Always maintain the party's Marxist party nature

Source: Guangming Daily

Author: Liu Xiaochuan (Researcher, Research Center of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, Shandong Province)

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: "Under the new historical conditions, we must always maintain the true color of the party's Marxist party. "Now, our party has united and led the Chinese people to embark on a new road to achieve the second centenary goal of the struggle, and it is the fundamental guarantee that we must continue to achieve good results in the examinations, show new atmosphere and new deeds in the new era and new journey, and always maintain the party's Marxist political party essence.

The Communist Party of China is a Marxist political party with unique advantages

Advantage refers to a situation that is in a more favorable situation or in some respects exceeds that of the same kind. As early as the leadership of the founding of Marxist political parties, Marx and Engels clearly expounded in the Communist Manifesto the unique advantages of Marxist political parties compared with other non-proletarian parties. At the theoretical level, the superiority of the Communists over the rest of the proletarian masses lies in their understanding of the conditions, processes and general results of the proletarian movement. At the practical level, the Communists are the most resolute and always promoting part of the workers' parties in various countries. At the level of the value position, "the Communists emphasize and uphold the common interests of the entire proletariat, regardless of nationality" and "in all stages of development of the struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, the Communists always represent the interests of the whole movement". At the level of ideal pursuit, what the Communists seek is to establish an association in which the free development of each person is the condition for the free development of all people.

As an advanced Marxist political party, the unique advantages formed by the CPC in its long-term struggle are comprehensive and include "theoretical advantages, political advantages, organizational advantages, institutional advantages, and advantages in maintaining close ties with the masses." Since its founding, our party has written Marxism on its banner, persistently integrated the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture, and constantly opened up the correct road of saving the country, building the country, rejuvenating the country, and strengthening the country. Compared with other political parties, firm lofty political ideals and political convictions, as well as the indomitable revolutionary will that arise from them, are the powerful political advantages of our party in overcoming all kinds of difficulties and obstacles and constantly winning new victories. In terms of organizational construction, in accordance with the Marxist principle of party building, our party has established a scientific and rigorous organizational system composed of the party's central organizations, local organizations, and grass-roots organizations, so that the whole party can form a unified whole and strive to achieve common goals. Democratic centralism is the fundamental organizational system and leadership system of our party, among which inner-party democracy is the life of the party, and its essence is to realize the equality of all party members in the life of the party in accordance with the provisions of the party constitution; centralization and unification is the guarantee for the cohesion of the party's strength and the unity of action. Our Party has grown, developed and grown in close ties with the masses of the people, and without the support of the people, the Party cannot survive and develop. Therefore, maintaining close ties with the masses is the greatest advantage of our Party.

Over the past one hundred years, our party has always adhered to and brought into full play these unique advantages, ensured that it has constantly created a new situation in the development of the cause independently and self-reliantly; ensured that upholding lofty ideals and unifying with the program of struggle in the specific historical stage, and always standing in the forefront of the times to lead the correct direction of Chinese society to advance; ensuring the concentration of the Chinese working class and the advanced elements of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and the concentration of outstanding talents in all fields of the country who have both political integrity and ability, and giving full play to their vanguard and exemplary role among the masses of the people It ensures the persistence of establishing a strict organizational system and iron discipline in accordance with the principle of democratic centralism, and forms a strong unity and unity on the basis of both democracy and centralism.

Always maintaining the true character of a Marxist political party is the fundamental reason why the party is still vigorous after thousands of years of tempering

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out 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 thousands of trials, and has won the support and support of the people, because the party dares to face its own problems, has the courage to self-revolution, always maintains its advanced nature and purity, continuously enhances creativity, cohesion and combat effectiveness, and always maintains the true color of a Marxist political party.

Looking at the history of the rise and fall of political parties in the world, it is not difficult for us to find a universal phenomenon, and some political parties are often able to maintain a mental state of striving to govern and work hard as the antithesis of the old forces and the representatives of the new productive forces in the early stage of their establishment. However, with the passage of time, some political parties have gradually developed tendencies such as corruption, laziness, and spiritual slackness, and eventually become corrupt and degenerate. The reasons for this can be roughly divided into two aspects. On the one hand, some are determined by the essential nature of bourgeois parties, which, with the fundamental aim of safeguarding the interests of the bourgeoisie, advocate simple freedom to join the party, take pride in the characteristics of "factional valves", do not pay attention to the core of the party, or even deny the party spirit, and do not have the advanced nature of a Marxist political party and strict organizational discipline. On the other hand, although some political parties were established in accordance with the Marxist principle of party building in the early days of party building, due to the influence of subjective and objective factors, they eventually lost the true color of a Marxist political party.

In sharp contrast to the above-mentioned situation of political parties, the Communist Party of China has flourished over the past century and is still full of vigor and vitality after thousands of hammers and tribulations, because our party has always been committed to always maintaining the true character of a Marxist political party. During the extremely arduous years of revolutionary war, our party carried out and advanced the great project of party building, put forward the principle of emphasizing party building ideologically, adhering to democratic centralism, adhering to the three fine work styles of linking theory with practice, maintaining close ties with the masses, and criticizing and self-criticizing, forming the three magic weapons of the united front, armed struggle, and party building, and striving to build a Marxist political party that is nationwide, broad-minded, and completely consolidated ideologically, politically, and organizationally. After the founding of New China, our party focused on the major issue of party building under the conditions of ruling the country, strengthened party building ideologically, organizationally, and worked style, and consolidated the party's leadership. After the reform and opening up, our party has always stressed that to govern the country, we must first administer the party, and we must administer the party strictly, concentrate our efforts on doing a good job in party building, and create and promote the new great project of party building. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese Communists with Comrade Xi Jinping as the main representative have emphasized that the key to handling China's affairs well lies in the party, and the key lies in the party's management of the party and the comprehensive and strict management of the party. We must take strengthening the party's long-term ruling capacity building, advanced nature, and purity building as the main line, take the party's political building as the command, take the strengthening of ideals and convictions as the foundation, and arouse the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the whole party as the focus of efforts, continuously improve the quality of party building, and build the party into a Marxist ruling party that always walks in the forefront of the times, is wholeheartedly supported by the people, has the courage to carry out self-revolution, and can withstand the tests of all kinds of winds and waves.

Over the past one hundred years, the Communist Party of China has adhered to the mission of a Marxist political party to fulfill its original mission, united and led the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to paint a magnificent picture in the history of human development, fundamentally changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people, opened up the correct path to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, demonstrated the strong vitality of Marxism, profoundly affected the course of world history, forged itself into a country with more than 95 million party members, leading a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion. The world's largest ruling party with significant global influence.

Enhance the political consciousness that comprehensively and strictly administering the party is always on the road

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "To always maintain the party's Marxist party nature, the key lies in our party itself. "Entering a new era and moving towards a new journey, we are closer, more confident and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history, but there are still various risks and challenges on the way forward that can be predicted and unpredictable." Therefore, our party must always "enhance the political consciousness of comprehensively and strictly administering the party and always being on the road."

Take the party's political construction as the guide. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the political construction of the party determines the direction and effect of party building. Taking the party's political construction as the guide, it has pointed out the scientific method of managing the party and governing the party, and embodies the organic unity of epistemology and methodology, the theory of key points and the theory of two points. Therefore, to promote the comprehensive and strict management of the party, it is necessary to firmly establish the awareness that the party's political building is the fundamental building of the party, highlight political standards and political requirements, continue to exert efforts in strengthening political belief, strengthening political leadership, improving political ability, purifying political ecology, enhancing the party's unity and centralization and unity, and constantly improving political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, so that the party's various buildings can better focus on the party's political ideals, political pursuits, political qualities, and political discipline, and be embodied in enhancing the "four consciousnesses" and firmness. Four self-confidence", to achieve "two maintenance" in the actual action.

Carry forward the great spirit of party building. For more than a hundred years, our party has adhered to its nature and purpose, adhered to its ideals and convictions, tempered its distinct political character, formed a spiritual genealogy with the great spirit of party building as its source, maintained its own advanced nature and purity, and continuously improved its ruling ability and leadership level. History flows endlessly, and the spirit is passed on from generation to generation. To lead the new journey of comprehensively and strictly administering the party in the new era with an advanced spirit, we must firmly grasp the great spirit of party building, which is the source of the CPC's spirit of strengthening its own construction. It is necessary to cast the soul of the spirit of advanced thinking and firm faith by adhering to the truth and adhering to the ideal; to carry on the red gene of the original intention and inherit the original intention and the true color of the people by practicing the original intention and undertaking the mission; to embody the stubborn will and fine work style with the unswerving will and fine work style with not being afraid of sacrifice and heroic struggle; and to show the political responsibility of building the party for the public and ruling for the people with loyalty to the party and not living up to the people.

Have the courage to revolutionize yourself. The courage to self-revolution is a distinctive mark that distinguishes the Chinese Communist Party from other political parties. The spirit of self-revolution is a powerful support for the party to always maintain its youthful vitality. Advanced Marxist parties are not born, but are tempered in a constant self-revolution. Facing the future, the longer we are in power, the more we must not lose the spirit of self-revolution, and with the political courage of self-revolution, we must strive to solve the outstanding problems existing in the party itself, constantly enhance our ability to purify, improve, renovate, and improve ourselves, withstand the "four major tests" and overcome the "four dangers," and ensure that the party will always become a strong core of leadership for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Guangming Daily ( 2022-01-18 06 edition)