Zhao Leji
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, made by the Supreme Leader General Secretary, takes the great struggle, great project, great cause and great dream as a whole, bases itself on Do not forget your initiative mind, keeps in mind the mission, which is the fundamental driving force for the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to keep on advancing, highlights Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the distinctive theme of all the theories and practices of the Party since the reform and opening up, and revolves around the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way with the efforts of the whole party and the whole country. Focusing on winning the great victory of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era and making unremitting efforts to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, this century-old wish of the Chinese people is to keep pace with the times and put forward the general requirements for Party building in the new era. We must firmly establish political consciousness, overall situation consciousness, core consciousness and conformity consciousness, maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee with the supreme leader as the core in ideological and political actions, fully understand, accurately grasp and implement this general requirement to the letter.
First, profoundly understand the purpose, principles, main lines, overall layout, objectives and mutual relations of party building in the new era proposed by the general requirements.
The general requirements and eight key tasks of party building in the new era put forward in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China have made top-level design and strategic deployment for promoting the new great project of party building, enriched and developed the Marxist theory of party building, and further answered the historical topic of "what kind of party to build and how to build the party", which indicates that our party’s understanding of the law of party building has reached a new height.
The general requirement points out the direction of party building in the new era. At the beginning, the general requirement clearly stated that we should "uphold and strengthen the overall leadership of the Party" and pointed out the purpose and fundamental principle of Party building in the new era. Party leadership is the "anchor needle" to overcome all difficulties and risks, and it must be comprehensive and holistic. Any field, aspect and link that is missing or weakened will weaken the Party’s strength and harm the cause of the Party and the people. The general requirements clarify the guiding principle of party building: "Insist on the Party’s management of the Party and strictly manage the Party in an all-round way", and "China’s problems are still within communist party". If the Party is poorly managed and lax, the Party will inevitably be eliminated by history and its historical mission will not be realized. The general requirement puts forward "to strengthen the construction of the Party’s long-term ruling ability, advancement and purity", which profoundly shows that improving the Party’s ruling ability and leadership level and maintaining the Party’s advanced and purity will always be on the road, which will inevitably accompany the whole process of our Party’s ruling and the grand journey of Socialism with Chinese characteristics; The general requirements further clarify the overall layout of party building, emphasizing "comprehensively promoting the party’s political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction, and discipline construction, and deepening the anti-corruption struggle through the system construction", grasping the key to party building in the new era.It highlights the leading position of political construction and discipline construction, which is the fundamental strategy for managing the party; The general requirements set the party’s construction goal in the new era, that is, "to build the party into a Marxist ruling party that is always in the forefront of the times, wholeheartedly supported by the people, brave in self-revolution, able to stand the test of all kinds of storms, and full of vigor and vitality", which embodies the nature, purpose and program of the party and the value orientation, political determination and mission responsibility of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people in the new era.
The general requirements constitute a scientific and organic whole of party building in the new era. The purpose, principle, main line, overall layout and objectives of the Party’s construction in the new era are closely related, interacting and promoting each other. The purpose is the basis and the fundamental point, and party building should be carried out closely around this purpose, and it should not be separated or deviated at all times; The principle is principle and compliance, which leads the party’s construction in the right direction; The main line is the outline and the soul, the outline is open, and the soul is here; The overall layout is the key point and the path. When the overall layout is established, the party building will have solid support and a strong grasp; The goal is the direction and the foothold, and all the work of party building should be strengthened towards this goal and tested according to this goal. We should profoundly understand and grasp the basic connotation and relationship of the general requirements, adhere to coordinated, overall and integrated promotion, and constantly improve the quality of party building, so as to manage the party well, manage the party effectively and build the party effectively.
Second, profoundly understand that upholding and strengthening the party’s overall leadership is the fundamental guarantee for winning the great victory of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that "the most essential feature of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership, and the greatest advantage of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership", and it is necessary to "uphold and strengthen the overall leadership of the Party". This important exposition and major deployment has profound historical logic, theoretical logic and practical logic.
The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership is where the interests and happiness of the people of all ethnic groups lie. The leadership of the party is the choice of history and the choice of the people. In the old days of China, wars were frequent, mountains and rivers were broken, and people were miserable. The Communist Party of China (CPC) resolutely shouldered the historical mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, united and led the people in arduous struggles, made great achievements in revolution, construction and reform, and wrote a magnificent epic that swallowed mountains and rivers. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with great political courage and strong responsibility, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has promoted the cause of the party and the country to achieve all-round and groundbreaking historical achievements, and has undergone profound and fundamental historical changes. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up, becoming rich and becoming strong, and ushered in a bright future for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Facts have fully proved that the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is a great blessing for the people of China, China and the Chinese nation. With the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), our country and our nation have achieved such brilliant achievements today and stood in the east of the world with such a brand-new attitude. On the important principle of upholding the leadership of the party, we must be highly conscious and firm, and we must never be vague or wavered.
Party, government, military and civilian studies, east, west, north and south, the party is the leader of everything. The history of more than 100 years from China’s modern times to the founding of New China has fully proved that without the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership, there would be no way out, it would be fragmented, the world would be in chaos, and national rejuvenation would be a fantasy. Party prosperity makes the country strong, while party decline makes the country weak. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in view of the neglect, dilution and weakening of the Party’s leadership, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has resolutely put forward major political requirements for upholding and improving the Party’s leadership, reformed and improved the system and mechanism for upholding the Party’s leadership, made great efforts to improve the Party’s ability and determination to take the direction, seek the overall situation, formulate policies and promote reform, and enhanced the ideological unity, political unity and action unity of the whole Party. Facts tell us and warn us that the Party is the highest political leading force and the fundamental point of China’s political stability, economic development, national unity and social stability. We must unswervingly uphold and strengthen the party’s overall leadership, resolutely safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core and centralize and unify leadership, and ensure that our party unites and leads the people to effectively respond to major challenges, resist major risks, overcome major obstacles, resolve major contradictions, and constantly move from victory to new victory.
Third, profoundly understand the main line of strengthening party building in the new era
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasizes that party building in the new era should focus on strengthening the party’s long-term ruling ability, progressiveness and purity, which contains far-reaching considerations for realizing the long-term and arduous ruling mission and reveals the essential requirements for the construction of the Marxist ruling party.
It is necessary to be politically competent and skilled, and constantly enhance the party’s political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization and social appeal. Political attribute is the first attribute of a political party, and political leadership is the first ability of a political party. Our party must always grasp the political direction, maintain political strength, be good at controlling the political situation, and effectively prevent political risks; The guiding ideology is the spiritual banner of a political party, and the ideological leading force is the solid foundation to ensure the unity of the whole party’s thinking and keep pace. Our party must persist in arming its mind, guiding practice and promoting its work with the latest achievements of Marxism in China. The people are the fundamental force that determines the future and destiny of the party and the country, and the mass organization is the rock-solid and indestructible inexhaustible source of our party. Our party must adhere to the Marxist historical materialism, adhere to the people-centered development thought, and lead the people to create a happier and better life in vivid and concrete practice; With the diversity of ideas, interests, ways of employment and lifestyles in today’s society, our party must maintain a strong social appeal, inspire and inspire people with common values and goals, and form a majestic force to win the great victory of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Party organizations at all levels and the broad masses of party member cadres should, in accordance with the requirements of the Party’s 19th National Congress, constantly enhance their learning skills, political leadership skills, reform and innovation skills, scientific development skills, ruling according to law skills, mass work skills, paying close attention to implementation skills, and controlling risks, so that our Party will always want to work together with the people and strive to write a magnificent chapter in the new journey of socialist modernization.
始终保持勇于自我革命、从严管党治党的鲜明品格，始终保持先进和纯洁的政治本色。中国共产党除了中国人民和中华民族的根本利益，没有自身特殊利益，所以才有资格有底气敢于直面问题、勇于自我革命。在革命、建设、改革各个时期，我们党一次次拿起手术刀革除自身病症，一次次依靠自身力量和与群众结合的力量解决自身问题，攻克了一个又一个看似不可攻克的难关，创造了一个又一个彪炳史册的人间奇迹。党的十八大以来，以最高领袖同志为核心的党中央部署开展党的群众路线教育实践活动和“三严三实”专题教育，推进“两学一做”学习教育常态化制度化，严厉整治“四风”，发挥巡视利剑作用，“打虎”“拍蝇”“猎狐”，严肃查处周永康、薄熙来、郭伯雄、徐才厚、孙政才、令计划等人，管党治党实现从宽松软到严紧硬的深刻转变，党内政治生活气象更新，党内政治生态明显好转，党的面貌焕然一新。全面从严治党永远在路上。我们必须深刻认识“四大考验”的长期性和复杂性、“四种危险”的尖锐性和严峻性，保持正视问题的自觉，保持刀刃向内的勇气，不断提高党自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高能力，确保党始终成为时代先锋、民族脊梁。
Four, a profound understanding of the party’s political construction is the fundamental construction of the party.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that it is necessary to "take the political construction of the Party as the guide". It is the fundamental requirement of our party as a Marxist political party to speak politics clearly.
Resolutely safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core and resolutely obey the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee. This is the primary task of the party’s political construction. Our party has more than 89 million party member and more than 4.5 million grass-roots party organizations, and has been in power for a long time in a big country with a population of more than 1.3 billion. To govern such a big party and country well, it is essential to ensure the unity and centralization of the party and safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee. Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out that "the Party must have a leader and a core of leadership" and that "the leader is the core of unity, and he himself is strength". Party organizations at all levels and the broad masses of party member cadres must earnestly enhance their political awareness, overall awareness, core awareness and conformity awareness, firmly implement the party’s political line, strictly abide by political discipline and rules, and maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core in political stance, political direction, political principles and political road. The "four consciousnesses" are not empty slogans. They should be put into action and the effect of doing it. They must never be allowed to go their own way, do things in their own way, have orders that are impossible, have prohibitions, and never engage in policies and countermeasures.
Strictly implement some norms of inner-party political life under the new situation. This is a powerful starting point for the party’s political construction. Party organizations at all levels and the broad masses of party member cadres must strictly respect party constitution, strictly implement the guidelines, and effectively enhance the political life within the party, which is political, contemporary, principled and combative; We must improve and implement various systems of democratic centralism and adhere to the combination of centralism on the basis of democracy and democracy under centralized guidance; We must develop a positive and healthy inner-party political culture, carry forward the values of loyalty, honesty, fairness and decency, seeking truth from facts, honesty and integrity, resolutely prevent and oppose individualism, decentralism, liberalism, departmentalism and good people, resolutely prevent and oppose sectarianism, circle culture and dock culture, and constantly cultivate a good political ecology.
Resolutely oppose double-dealing and "double-dealing". This is a prominent problem to be solved in the party’s political construction. "Two-faced people" worsen the political ecology and damage the party’s heart and people’s hearts. "If you don’t know evil, it is the beginning of disaster." Party organizations at all levels should adhere to treating both the symptoms and root causes, taking multiple measures simultaneously, strictly carrying out ideological education, strict management and supervision, and strict discipline enforcement, and effectively identify and eliminate "two-faced people" who are "good in words and evil in deeds". Every party member cadre should strengthen party spirit training, improve political consciousness and political ability, take loyalty to the party, share worries for the party, do his duty for the party and benefit the people as the fundamental political responsibility, and take telling the truth, doing honest things and being honest as the basic principles of being an honest person, so as to keep the political qualities of communist party people forever.
5. Deeply understand the fundamental task of arming the whole party with Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that "ideological construction is the basic construction of the Party" and it should be "based on firm ideals and beliefs". To strengthen ideological construction, strengthen ideals and beliefs, and keep in mind the Party’s purpose, we must arm the whole Party with Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era is the guiding ideology that the Party must adhere to for a long time. Marx said that any scientific theory "is the spiritual essence of one’s own time". Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with the profound insight, keen judgment and strategic determination of Marxist politicians and theorists, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has deepened his understanding of communist party’s laws of governance, socialist construction and the development of human society, systematically answered what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and how to uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and formed Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era. It has opened up a new realm of Marxism in China, which is the action guide for the whole party and the people of the whole country to strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the guiding ideology that the party must adhere to for a long time. In the past five years, the scientific and strategic guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era is the fundamental reason why the various undertakings of the Party and the country have made a new start.
Thoroughly study and understand the scientific system, spiritual essence and practical requirements of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era is a rich and profound ideological system, which must be systematically studied, followed up in time and integrated. We should profoundly grasp the Marxist standpoint, viewpoint and method running through it, the basic strategy of adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s "Fourteen Persistences" in the new era, vigorously carry forward the Marxist style of study, adhere to the unity of knowing and doing, promote the normalization and institutionalization of "two studies and one doing" study and education, focus on leading cadres at or above the county level, and carry out the theme education of "Do not forget your initiative mind, keep in mind the mission" throughout the party, so as to urge party member cadres to solve the "total" of world outlook, outlook on life and values.
Six, profoundly understand the important deployment of building a high-quality professional cadre team.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that "it is necessary to adhere to the principle of the Party governing cadres, to have both ability and political integrity, to put morality first, to be all corners of the country, to appoint people on their merits, to put career first, to be fair and upright, and to implement the standards of good cadres". The new era gives new missions, and new missions need good cadres. In accordance with the deployment requirements of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we should effectively gather outstanding talents from all walks of life into the great struggle of the Party and the people.
Implement the cadre standards and solve the problem of who to choose. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader clearly put forward the standards of good cadres in the new era of "firm belief, serving the people, being diligent and pragmatic, daring to take responsibility, being honest and clean", which set a benchmark for the selection and employment of people. We must adhere to the correct orientation of selecting and employing people, highlight political standards, and train and select cadres who firmly establish the "four consciousnesses" and "four self-confidences", resolutely safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee, fully implement the party’s theory, line, principles and policies, and be loyal and clean; Cultivate and select cadres with professional ability and professionalism to meet the development requirements of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era; Cultivate and select cadres who have solid experience at the grassroots level, have been tempered in "hard-working" posts and hard areas, and have outstanding achievements, optimize the growth path of cadres, broaden the horizons of selecting cadres, coordinate the resources of cadres, and carefully cultivate good cadres needed by the party and the people, find them in time, and use them rationally.
Improve the method of recommendation and inspection, and solve the problem of how to select people. It is necessary to strengthen the leadership and gatekeeper role of party organizations, highlight the political barrier, look at the essence through the phenomenon, and "veto" politically unqualified; Take honesty as the bottom line requirement, and resolutely use it if there is a problem; Focusing on the new tasks and requirements put forward by the new era, we should choose people according to their own circumstances, so that the professional quality of leading group members can cover the development needs of a place and the core business of a unit as a whole; Extensive and in-depth talks and research, not engaging in "sea push" and "sea election", and strengthening analysis and judgment; Adhere to the mandatory review of cadres’ files, the mandatory verification of personal reports on related matters, the mandatory listening of opinions of discipline inspection and supervision organs, and the mandatory investigation of complaints and reports with specific clues to prevent "promotion with illness"; Seriously organize personnel discipline, resolutely investigate and deal with acts such as interceding and greeting, running away from officials, buying and selling officials, canvassing and bribing elections, rectifying the atmosphere of selecting and employing people, and promoting the political ecology with a clean environment.
Adhere to the combination of strict management and love, pay equal attention to encouragement and restraint, and solve the problem of how to manage people. Selection and management, strictness and love, reward and punishment are dialectics of selecting, employing and managing people. It is necessary to strengthen the daily management and supervision of cadres in party member, especially leading cadres, improve the system and mechanism for cadres to grow up with management and manage their life, persist in grasping early and grasping small and preventing, make good use of heart-to-heart talks, reminders, letters and admonitions, and do more work to avoid bias and correct mistakes. Improve the evaluation mechanism of cadres, take a clear-cut stand to support and encourage those cadres who dare to take responsibility, do things in a down-to-earth manner, and guide the spirit of the vast number of cadres in party member to reform and development.
Seven, deeply understand the important ways to enhance the organizational strength of grass-roots organizations.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that strengthening the construction of grass-roots organizations "should focus on improving organizational strength", which has a strong realistic pertinence. The strength of the party comes from the organization, and the organization can multiply the strength. We must focus on strengthening the party’s organizational advantages, organizational functions and organizational strength.
Highlight political functions. Political function is the first function of the party organization. It is necessary to focus on the weakening, blurring and marginalization of some grassroots party organizations, and earnestly work hard to lay the foundation and make up the shortcomings. Focus on strengthening the party’s awareness and party member awareness, and continue to rectify weak and lax grassroots party organizations; Efforts should be made to promote the innovation of the party’s grass-roots organization and activity mode, adhere to where people are and where party member is, and where the focus of party building work is, innovate the organization, improve the organizational system, and continuously expand the coverage of grass-roots party organizations; Efforts should be made to strengthen the construction of leaders, do a good job in regular education and training, promote the organic integration of the traditional advantages of grassroots party building and information technology, and truly build grassroots party organizations into a strong fighting fortress to publicize the party’s ideas, implement the party’s decisions, lead grassroots governance, unite and mobilize the masses, and promote reform and development, so that the party’s banner can fly high in every grassroots position.
Attach great importance to the role of party branches. The party branch is the basic unit of the work of the party organization and the basic organization of the party. To promote the comprehensive and strict administration of the Party to the grass-roots level, we must firmly grasp the 4.02 million Party branches, insist on the construction of Party branches as the most important capital construction, conscientiously implement the basic organizational life system such as "three meetings and one lesson", educate and urge Party branches to shoulder the responsibilities of directly educating party member, managing party member, supervising party member, organizing the masses, publicizing the masses, rallying the masses and serving the masses, and guide party member to play a good vanguard and exemplary role.
Intensify efforts to grasp party building and promote poverty alleviation. Winning the battle against poverty and letting more than 40 million people bid farewell to absolute poverty in the next three years is our party’s solemn commitment. Party building should serve the overall situation and transform the party’s political and organizational advantages into development advantages for tackling poverty. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of leading bodies at the grass-roots level, select top leaders with strong positions, maintain the stability of party and government posts at the county level in poverty-stricken counties during the period of tackling poverty, and urge the first secretary and the resident team to dive into the village and work with the masses to ensure that the policies of the CPC Central Committee on tackling poverty are effective in hit the floor.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has made major arrangements for persevering in keeping the discipline and discipline, winning an overwhelming victory in the anti-corruption struggle, and improving the supervision system of the Party and the state, all of which must be fully understood, accurately grasped and resolutely implemented. Party organizations at all levels should conscientiously perform the main responsibility of managing the party. Every party member cadre should shoulder the political responsibility of loving, worrying about, rejuvenating and protecting the party. The whole party should unite more closely around the CPC Central Committee with the supreme leader as the core. Do not forget your initiative mind, bearing in mind his mission, should build and strengthen the party, ensure that the party is always at the forefront of the times in the historical process of profound changes in the world situation, and always become the backbone of the people of the whole country in the historical process of coping with various risks and tests at home and abroad.
