Unchanging essence The source of strength

【Guangming Forum】

Author: Xu Bin (Researcher, Beijing Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Director and Professor, Research Center of Marxist System Theory, Beijing Normal University)

General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed at the opening ceremony of the seminar on the study and implementation of the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China by major leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels that in the course of a hundred years of struggle, the party has led the people to achieve one great achievement after another, overcome one difficulty and obstacle after another, and is still full of vigor and vigor after thousands of hammers, and has won the support and support of the masses of the people, the reason is that the party dares to face its own problems, has the courage to self-revolution, always maintains its advanced nature and purity, and constantly enhances creativity, cohesion and combat effectiveness. Always maintain the true colors of a Marxist political party.

The ultimate goal of Marxism is the emancipation of the proletariat and of all mankind, and to achieve this lofty goal the proletariat must establish its own party and strive for communism. With regard to this party, Marx pointed out that the Communists are not a special party opposed to other workers' parties, that they do not have any interests different from those of the proletariat as a whole, and that they emphasize and uphold the common interests of the proletariat as a whole. It is the true character of a Marxist party that has no special interests of its own and represents the interests of the proletariat and the masses of the people.

The Communist Party of China is a revolutionary party armed with Marxism, and it has always maintained the true character of a Marxist party. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out: "Our party does not have its own special interests, and the party always puts the interests of the masses first. This is a distinctive sign that distinguishes our party as a Marxist party from other political parties. "Always regarding the interests of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation as our fundamental interests, and taking the protection and development of the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people as the historical mission and greatest significance of our existence and development, is the true color of our party's Marxist party."

In the 100 years since the founding of the Communist Party of China, from Shikumen to Tiananmen, from a small organization of more than 50 people to a worldwide political party with more than 95 million members, it has continued to grow and develop. What has changed in the party's century-long struggle is that our party has become stronger, more mature and self-confident, and has a more extensive and profound impact on the world; what has not changed is that our party has always adhered to the party's purpose and stand, always kept firmly in mind the party's original mission, and always maintained the true color of a proletarian party. The unchangeable true color is where the vitality and vitality of our party lies, and it is the source of cohesion and centripetal force.

In the course of the party's century-long struggle, there have been periods of peaceful, smooth, and stable development, as well as moments of terrifying waves and dangerous challenges, and summing up historical experience, one of the fundamental reasons why we have been able to succeed in the past is that our party has always safeguarded and developed the interests of the people, stood with the people, and maintained the true color of a Marxist political party. During the period of the new-democratic revolution, countless communists and revolutionary fighters sacrificed their lives, but our Party still fought with blood and perseverance in order to Chinese the people to get rid of the fate of oppression and humiliation, and to realize national independence and people's liberation. In the period of socialist revolution and construction, in the face of great difficulties and challenges in survival and development, the Chinese Communists will never yield, rely on themselves, and strive to become stronger in order to change the backward appearance of China, to Chinese the people to truly stand up, and to make China truly stand tall among the nations of the world. In the new period of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, the Chinese Communists have the courage to break through the shackles of the old concepts and the old system, withstand the test of the low tide of the socialist movement and the peaceful evolution of the capitalist countries in the West, and firmly explore socialism with Chinese characteristics in order to Chinese the people become rich, the people live a well-off life, and the Chinese nation catches up with the times in great strides. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the Chinese Communists are self-confident, self-reliant, upright and innovative, soberly understanding and grasping the "two overall situations", adhering to and improving the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, and overcoming a series of major risks and challenges, in order to meet the needs of the people for a better life, substantively promote common prosperity, and promote the goal of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

An important reason why the Communist Party of China has always maintained the true character of a Marxist political party is that the party dares to face up to its own problems and has the courage to carry out self-revolution. The nature of Marxism is critical and revolutionary, and self-revolution is the distinctive character and distinctive feature of our Party. In terms of its nature, purpose, ideals and mission, the Communist Party of China represents the direction of progress in the development of human society and is undoubtedly an advanced political party. In the course of the century-long struggle, our party can maintain the party's advanced nature, purity, and combat effectiveness, always win the support and support of the masses of the people, because we always maintain the spirit of self-criticism and self-revolution, in the process of revolution, construction, and reform and development, we constantly eliminate all factors that undermine the party's advanced nature and purity, constantly eliminate all viruses that erode the party's healthy body, and ensure that the party does not change its quality, color, and taste.

The CPC has led the Chinese people to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and have embarked on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, which has put forward new requirements and expectations for us, and our party will also face new and greater risks and challenges. If we want to be able to continue to succeed in the future, we must always maintain the true character of a Marxist party. The true character of the party depends on all our party members to safeguard it, and we must be sober-minded and firm in our stand on the fundamental issue of who governs for whom, for whom to use power, and for whom to seek profits; we must be wise and virtuous, abide by public morality, and strictly enforce private morality; we must firmly establish communist ideals and convictions, we must also adhere to the concept of ruling for the people, and we must also maintain honest and honest political ethics. In this way, the Banner of Marxism of our Party will never fade.

Guangming Daily ( 2022-01-18 13 edition)

Source: Guangming Network - Guangming Daily