People's Daily published a "Manifesto" article: How can we continue to succeed

On the evening of June 28, 2021, the National Stadium held a grand cultural performance to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The "Singing Mountain Songs to the Party" led by 8 Yi children from Liangshan, Sichuan Province, was particularly eye-catching. The heavenly voice, simple and sincere, pure and ethereal, sang the sincere feelings from the heart of the great party, sang the firm confidence in creating a happy life under the leadership of the party, and sang the infinite vision of a better future.

Two days later, in his speech at the meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the fundamental and lifeblood of the party and the country, and the interests and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups in the country.

The speech summed up the achievements and experience of the past one hundred years, and put forward nine requirements for taking history as a mirror and creating a future, the first of which was: "We must uphold the party's overall leadership, constantly improve the party's leadership, enhance the 'four consciousnesses,' strengthen the 'four self-confidences,' achieve 'two safeguards,' keep firmly in mind the 'great power of the country,' continuously improve the party's scientific ruling, democratic governance, and ruling according to law, and give full play to the party's role as the core of leadership in overseeing the overall situation and coordinating all parties!" "This is the code for our past success and the key to our continued success in the future."

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Only when the sun is gathered can it be flamed, and only by folding its fingers can it become a fist.

In July 1949, in order to welcome the imminent birth of the new China, the Preparatory Committee for the New Political Consultative Conference decided to collect the national flag pattern for the whole country. In nearly 3,000 design schemes, the "five-star red flag" style designed by Shanghai employee Zeng Liansong became the greatest common divisor and was finally determined as the national flag pattern. A large five-pointed star represents the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and four small five-pointed stars represent the people of the whole country; each of the four small stars has a sharp horn, facing the center point of the big star, which means "the arch of the stars is the north star", and the people of the whole country are united around the Communist Party of China. It is no accident that this ingenious design scheme has been unanimously recognized. It contains the magic weapon of success of our party from small to large, from weak to strong, and from victory to victory, reflects the pursuit and yearning of the Chinese people for unity and unity for thousands of years, and reflects the emotional identification and rational recognition of the Chinese people for the party as the core of leadership.

A hundred years of history tells us that unity is strength, and unity is the foundation of our success; a hundred years of history also tells us that the mountains have ridges, the houses are solid, and the strong political leadership of the party Central Committee is the fundamental guarantee for the unity of the whole party and the people of the whole country.

Looking back on the early arduous years, our party experienced so many setbacks and took so many detours, and in the final analysis it was because it did not form a mature and strong leadership core. It was not until the Zunyi Conference that Comrade Mao Zedong's leading position in the Party Central Committee and the Red Army was in fact established, and the first generation of central leading collectives with Comrade Mao Zedong as the core began to be formed. After the end of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the party central organ newspaper "Liberation Daily" spoke highly of it in an editorial: The Communist Party of China has its own leader, which strengthens the unity of the party tenfold and a hundredfold... This has enhanced the people's will to liberate and their confidence in victory tenfold and strengthened the people's strength tenfold and a hundredfold. At that time, the whole party's joy and excitement at the emergence of its own leader and its own strong leadership core are still exciting to think about.

"Six contract winds, Kyushu common". From the tenacious search at the beginning of the founding of the party to the arduous and arduous road of the Long March, from the anti-Japanese efforts to save the dead to turn the tide of the tide to the consultation to build the country and create a great cause, from the country's initial creation of the blue wisps of the road to the "two bombs and one star" to overcome difficulties, from the reform and opening up daring to be the first to be the first to the giant wheel of rejuvenation chopping the waves... "Whatever the strength of the people does, it is invincible; what the wisdom of the people does, it will not fail." It is precisely because of the strong core of leadership, the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and the unity and unity of the whole party and the people of the whole country that the ships of socialist China can forge ahead in all kinds of winds and waves.

The party's glorious history was created by the party leading the people, and the great historical practice has produced outstanding people's leaders. Especially at the major juncture of historical turning point, a strong and powerful leadership core often plays a key role in raising the flag and orienting historical trends, which has a major and far-reaching impact on the spiritual temperament of a nation and the future and destiny of a country.

Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in the face of severe and complex domestic and foreign situations, from winning the battle against poverty to realizing the millennium dream of a well-off society, from building a full-coverage social security network to blocking the new crown pneumonia epidemic, from comprehensively deepening reform to building and improving the national system and the four beams and eight pillars of the national governance system, from "fighting tigers", "shooting flies" and "hunting foxes" to promoting integration that does not dare to be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, and does not want to be corrupt, from establishing the goal of strengthening the army to the revolutionary reshaping of the military force system, from advocating the "Belt and Road" to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, The reason why our party has been able to overcome a series of risks and challenges, promote the cause of the party and the country to achieve historic achievements and historic changes, and the Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up and getting rich to becoming strong, lies in the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, and fundamentally lies in the comprehensive leadership and strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core.

"The east wind is good for the sun and the messenger, and every grass and flowers are reported." Today, the curtain of the era of comprehensively building a modern socialist country has been opened, and "continuing to create the great historical time of the Chinese nation in the great time history of mankind" requires the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee and the role of the core.

This is an era of complex and changeable situations, where opportunities and challenges coexist. In the extremely arduous and great cause, only a strong core of leadership that can scientifically judge the situation, dare to make decisive decisions, and be good at following the trend can lead the whole party and the people of the whole country to seize fleeting opportunities, avoid reef risks, cultivate opportunities in the crisis, open a new situation in the midst of changes, lead the party and the country to ride on the momentum, move forward courageously, and live up to the favor of the times and history.

This is an era in which the boat to the middle of the river is more urgent, the road to the middle of the mountain is steeper, the pressure and resistance are getting bigger and bigger, the tasks and responsibilities are getting bigger and bigger, and it is more necessary to go against the trend. Only with extraordinary strategic determination and tenacious revolutionary will, and a strong core of leadership that dares to struggle and dare to win, can we maintain a sober-mindedness like walking on thin ice, a calm and calm response to danger in times of peace, and can we muster up indestructible will and strength, unite and lead the people through all kinds of terrifying waves, overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, accomplish the arduous and arduous tasks of reform, development, and stability, and create a new miracle belonging to our generation.

This is an era of diversified interests, expanding differences in demands, and more need for cohesion. Only by adhering to the people-centered and having the feeling of "I will live up to the people without myself" can we truly represent the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people, take into account and coordinate the interests of all aspects, hammer out the voice in the midst of the divergence of opinions, find the greatest common denominator, draw the largest concentric circles, and stimulate social vitality and creativity; can we avoid the conflict of interests caused by differences in demands and intensify all kinds of social contradictions, and condense the magnificent force of common struggle to the greatest extent.

"Ten thousand mountains majestic to see the main peak". Having a far-sighted, mature and stable leadership core is the good fortune of the times, the great fortune of the country, and the most important factor for the party and the country to forge ahead and prosper. Every Chinese supports this core, and every party member follows this core, and uses practical actions to enhance the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve "two safeguards".

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It has been said that there are two things in the world that are sharpest, one is the sword and the other is the mind, and the mind is sharper than the sword.

Indeed, thought is power. "Once the lightning of thought completely hits this simple people's garden," it will shine on the starry sky of the times with a thunderous momentum, bursting out a powerful material force for building a new world.

On June 18, 2021, the "Exhibition on the History of the Communist Party of China 'Don't Forget the Initial Intention, Remember the Mission' was opened. In the glass display case, an original manuscript of Marx's "Notes on Brussels" is particularly eye-catching, attracting countless people to stop and watch. In fact, many people can't read the words on the manuscript, and what attracts them is a magical power, and this magical power is the power of truth. What people want to find and understand is the source of strength that has inspired us to struggle unremittingly for a hundred years.

Scientific ideological theories can always guide people to clear up the fog of thought and a bright future, and have the great power of thinking to change history. The party's century-long course of struggle and the party's century-long pursuit of truth have profoundly shown us: Why the Communist Party of China can and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good is, in the final analysis, because of Marxism! Over the past one hundred years, generation after generation of Chinese Communists have persistently integrated the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture, founded Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, formed the important thinking of "three represents" and the scientific outlook on development, created Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, and guided the cause of the party and the people from glory to glory.

The times come up with problems, and ideas solve problems. Thinking about how the process of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression would develop, whether China could win victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and how it could achieve victory, Comrade Mao Zedong wrote "On Protracted War," which provided ideological and political guidance for the final victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and enabled the broad masses of Chinese people who were deeply in despair at that time to suddenly be enlightened and greatly encouraged and empowered. Nowadays, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and whether or not we can keep up with the pace of the times and profoundly answer the brand-new topic of comprehensively building a socialist modern power is the unshirkable theoretical responsibility of the Chinese Communists. "New development stage, new development concept, new development pattern", "New road of Chinese-style modernization, new form of human civilization", "People's democracy in the whole process of development", "Green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains"... All of them show the light of truth and the power of thought. In the face of the questions of the times, as long as we insist on using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to observe, interpret and lead the times, we will certainly be able to embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The great power of thought and the charm of truth lie in making arguments for the people and seeking happiness for the people. At the beginning, in the face of the situation in which the problem of food and clothing for the people had not yet been thoroughly resolved, Comrade Deng Xiaoping profoundly pointed out that "poverty is not socialism" and that "it has been poor for thousands of years, it is time, and we cannot wait any longer." It is precisely under the guidance of scientific theories that the land of China has sung the story of spring, constantly running from food and clothing to moderate prosperity, and from the overall well-off to the all-round well-off. Nowadays, the main contradictions in society have undergone profound changes, and the people have put forward new and more needs and higher expectations for a better life. "Adhere to the people-centered development thinking", "Promote more obvious substantive progress in common prosperity", "Solve the problems of the masses' urgency, difficulty and hope", "Enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness and security"... It is precisely under the guidance of these ideologies and concepts that our party has continuously handed over answer sheets that the people are satisfied with. In the face of the people's questions, as long as we adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and constantly respond to the expectations of the people and meet the needs of the people, we will certainly be able to steadily achieve common prosperity and fully demonstrate the essential characteristics of socialism and the value pursuit of the Communist Party of China.

Scientific theories span historical time and space, and great ideas gather the essence of civilization. Thinking that in the face of a major turning point in history and how to clearly understand and grasp the general trend of development in the complicated international situation, Comrade Deng Xiaoping put forward that "peace and development" is the theme of the times, which has won important strategic opportunities for reform and opening up. Nowadays, the century-old changes and the century epidemic are intertwined, and human society is at a crossroads of where to go. What happened to the world and what should we do has become a question that the whole world is thinking about. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the concept of "building a community with a shared future for mankind", profoundly answered the major issue related to the future and destiny of human society, "what kind of world to build, how to build this world", and became a clear banner leading the direction of human civilization progress, providing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for solving common problems facing the world. "The 'Belt and Road' Initiative", "China's door to opening up will only open wider and wider", "Carry forward the common values of all mankind", "Exchanges and mutual learning among human civilizations"... In the face of the world's questions, as long as we adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will certainly be able to always stand on the right side of history and the side of human progress, and work together with the people of the world to move forward on the right path on earth and jointly create a more prosperous and beautiful world.

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"Stick to the outline and be self-explanatory, stick to the book and end it up." A well-organized organization will multiply its strength, and a sound system will enable it to act effectively.

Sanwan Village, Yongxin County, Jiangxi, is an ordinary small village, but it is a far-reaching red landmark in the history of the party and the army. In 1927, Comrade Mao Zedong led the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops here, led the famous "Three Bays Reorganization", creatively put forward the principle of "building branches on the company", the party organizations began to take root in the grass-roots front, really began to play the role of a fighting fortress, the Red Army's combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced, thus forging a brand-new people's army. Comrade Mao Zedong once said that a person must have a heart when he is alive, and the party branch is the heart of the company, and only by building the party branch of the company well and letting the heart of the company beat strongly can the blood of the party flow through the whole body of our unit.

Today, in the great struggle against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, which is rare in the world, from cities to townships, from communities to villages, from organs to schools, from office buildings to factories, the vast number of grass-roots party organizations have resolutely responded to the call of the Party Central Committee, given full play to their role as fighting fortresses, and organized and led the masses to fight a people's war against time and the epidemic. The "small speakers" and "big horns" resounded throughout the streets and alleys and thousands of households, shouting out the "strongest sound" of epidemic prevention and control, opening up the "last kilometer" of the fight against the epidemic, and condensing the strong positive energy to overcome the disaster.

"Historical activity is the cause of the masses" "The organization of millions of toiling masses is the most favourable condition for the revolution" "The strength of the working class lies in organization." Without organizing the masses, the proletariat will achieve nothing"... The incisive conclusions of these classic Marxist writers profoundly expound the extreme importance of the mass organizational strength of a political party. Over the past one hundred years, in accordance with the principle of democratic centralism, our party has established an organizational system composed of the party's central organizations, local organizations, and grass-roots organizations; it is precisely on the basis of this powerful organizational system that it has organized party members and mobilized the masses, completely changed the situation in which China was scattered in the past, and created one miracle after another.

This system is horizontal to the edge and vertical to the end, and it is a network of organizations covering a wide range. This network connects government agencies at all levels, various enterprises and institutions and social organizations, connects more than 1.4 billion people, and unites the people of the whole country into a community of common destiny. On the new journey, as the construction of the party's organizational system becomes more sound and perfect, this network will certainly be deeply embedded in all kinds of social grass-roots organizations, so that the party's work can effectively cover all kinds of social groups, and it is possible to effectively ensure that wherever there are masses, there will be party work, where there are party members, there will be party organizations, and where there are party organizations, there will be full play of the role of party organizations.

This system performs its own duties and responds quickly, which is an orderly and efficient operating mechanism. The Party Central Committee is the brain center, the Party's local organizations and Party groups are the trunk limbs, the Party's grass-roots organizations are nerve endings, party members are the cells, and the whole Party is "like an arm, like an arm, like a finger, changing, leaving no difficulty." On the new journey, with the continuous reform and improvement of the organizational structure, it will better comply with the requirements of the times, grasp and make good use of the law of organizing the masses, innovate the network mass work mechanism, effectively organize the masses, and truly implement the party's mass organizational strength in all aspects of the practice of national governance modernization.

This system respects the spirit of initiative, stimulates creative vitality, and demonstrates a unique advantage of vitality. The important reason why our party will always maintain its vigorous vitality and strong combat effectiveness lies in the fact that it has been deeply rooted in the masses of the people, has formed a set of effective work methods for organizing and mobilizing the masses, and has gained inexhaustible strength. On the new journey, as long as we truly respect the masses ideologically, get close to the masses emotionally, unite the masses in work, serve the masses in action, and constantly enhance the organizational strength of the masses, we will be able to give full play to the greatest advantage of the party's leadership.

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"If a person does not lead, he will not obey, and if he is not first, he will not believe." Pioneers have the most appeal, models have the most leadership, and personalities have the most appeal.

On June 29, 2021, the Party Central Committee solemnly held the ceremony of awarding the "July 1st Medal" in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People, which is a high praise for pioneer models, a lofty tribute to heroic models, and a great encouragement for more than 95 million Communist Party members to take the lead in forging ahead into the new era.

Former heroic model Ma Maojie, veteran wang Zhanshan, doctor Renxin Wu Tianyi, "principal mother" Zhang Guimei, Huang Wenxiu, who sacrificed herself in the front line of poverty alleviation... The advanced deeds and lofty spirit of generations of Chinese Communists have touched the whole of China and inspired countless people, like a bright lamp, like a cluster of flames, like a shining red star, converging into a spiritual light that illuminates the whole nation.

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that "communists have the strength of personality to win the hearts and minds of the people." I think that in those years, the flames of the anti-Japanese resistance were burning fiercely, and the "Song of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University" was sung all over the north and south of the great river, "On the banks of the Yellow River, a group of outstanding descendants of the Chinese nation are gathered, and the responsibility for the liberation and salvation of mankind is all borne by ourselves." One after another, the "vanguards of the laborers" sacrificed their lives and forgot their deaths, and went forward to succeed each other, inspiring countless sons and daughters of the Chinese nation to fight to the death against the invaders and fight to the end, "advancing and advancing toward the new society." "What kind of people are Chinese Communists?" Many foreign journalists took this question with them to Yan'an, the "red holy land." They described the group they saw this way: "This is a team that has never been seen in Chinese history. Their existence is a miracle of the world, and their spirit is a treasure of world civilization. ”

The course of one hundred years of struggle has fully demonstrated that the party's social appeal stems from both the power of truth and the power of personality. It is precisely because countless outstanding Communist Party members with super strong personality strength have continued to emerge, so that the masses of the people can understand our party, trust our party, and unswervingly follow the party.

At the closing session of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Mao Zedong told the story of "the fool moving the mountain." It is precisely the tens of millions of Communist Party members who are willing to be "foolish" and have touched the masses of the people as "Gods" with the powerful strength of personality tempered by faith, so that they are willing and willing to fight with the Chinese Communists without hesitation.

Looking back at the party's century-old struggle course, setting sail in danger, fighting in desperate circumstances, struggling in hardship, and dedicating in the ordinary... Following in the footsteps of the Communists, there stood one proud figure after another who was not afraid of sacrifice and charged forward.

From 1921 to 1949, there were more than 3.7 million well-known martyrs in the revolutionary ranks led by the Party. In the period of peaceful construction, in the urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks of fighting earthquakes and providing disaster relief, flood fighting and emergency relief, and responding to emergencies, wherever there are difficulties and dangers, there are Communist Party members. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, nearly 400 party members and cadres have sacrificed their precious lives to fight the epidemic. In the battle against poverty, more than 1,800 party members and cadres have fixed their lives on the journey of poverty alleviation. Among the Communist Party members who have sacrificed their lives for the people are ordinary Party members, senior Party leading cadres, and family members and relatives of Party leaders.

In order to have the courage to sacrifice more, shouting "follow me" and shouting "give me up", a word difference, a world of difference. It is precisely this kind of sacrifice, responsibility, and dedication of communists that has composed a spiritual hymn that moves the earth and moves the mountains and rivers, and inspires hundreds of millions of Chinese people.

We are in a great era that has never been done before, doing a great cause unprecedented in history, and communist party members must shoulder their responsibilities for anything that is beneficial to the party and the people, not take refuge in anything, not shirk their duties in righteousness, do things boldly and resolutely, and be able to see it in ordinary times, stand up at critical moments, and be open-minded at critical junctures. "A heart of blood is diligent and precious, sprinkled with Yu Neng's Bi Tao." As long as we assume the role of officials and dedicate our duties, the party's appeal and influence will become stronger and stronger, and the class foundation and mass foundation of the party's ruling power will become more and more solid.

Riding on the general trend of history, we will go far on the right path in the world. The Communist Party of China has united and led the people to achieve the first centenary goal, Chinese the dream of "being well-off" pursued since ancient times has become the reality of "active leaps and bounds", and the dream of national rejuvenation that has been diligently pursued has become a ship that can see the tip of the mast. Looking forward to the second centenary goal, we firmly believe that under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and constantly enhancing the party's political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization and social appeal, no difficulty can overwhelm the Chinese people, and no terrifying waves can stop the chinese giant ship. We will continue to succeed, we will be able to succeed!