“Who am I（我是谁）？”
On October 19, 2022, when the world was paying attention to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the international image of this political party attracted countless people to think deeply with such a question.
A hundred years of wind, frost, snow and rain, a hundred years of waves and sand.
A political party that has been tempered by blood and fire has led a nation that has experienced many vicissitudes of life, from the years of revolutionary war, through the years of passionate construction, through the magnificent new period of reform and opening up, to the new era full of vitality and steaming, and has created one miracle after another that has attracted worldwide attention.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has been forging ahead all the way, its original aspiration and true colors remain unchanged, its mission and dreams remain the same, and its pride and ambition remain the same, leading the "rule of China" with "the rule of the Communist Party of China", uniting and leading the 1.4 billion Chinese people, and writing a new historical chapter on the new journey of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.
People are pondering: What is the force that enables a 100-year-old party to become famous without being arrogant, to suffer repeated setbacks but not to decline, and to always be full of vigor and youth? People want to know even more: How can the world's largest Marxist ruling party successfully break out of the historical cycle of the rise and fall of chaos and ensure that the party will never change its quality, color, or taste?
With a grand strategic vision and profound historical insight, General Secretary Xi Jinping has given a resounding response that transcends time and space -- the key to our party's ability to overcome one difficulty after another and win victory after victory lies in our party's insistence on always insisting that the party should manage the party, comprehensively and strictly administering the party without relaxation, and carry out thorough self-revolution while promoting social revolution.
Self-revolution is precisely the secret of our party's prosperity after a hundred years of vicissitudes!
(1) The courage to self-revolution is a distinctive characteristic of a Marxist political party
What is revolution? The word "revolution" was first seen in the "Zhou Yi Ge Hexagram Biography": "Heaven and earth are revolutionized and the four seasons come into being." The Tangwu Revolution conforms to the heavens and responds to the people. "The mandate of heaven has changed, the artifact is easier, and the dynasty has risen and fallen, which is called revolution.
In modern times, in the face of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal old China, countless people with lofty ideals have been running and shouting on the land of China, setting off a wave of salvation and survival, and the word "revolution" corresponds to the English "revolution" and has been resurrected.
"Revolution is the locomotive of history. Marx's famous phrase gave a new meaning to the word "revolution". Turning over the history of human civilization that has lasted for thousands of years, in the violent struggle of "new social and political forces to overthrow the old forces" and in the social transformation of "the most radical break with traditional ownership relations", the revolution has unstoppably dragged the wheels of history forward.
The revolutionary mentor had a deep thought about this concept. Marx put forward the concept of "social revolution", "when the material productive forces of society reach a certain stage of development, they contradict the existing relations of production or property in which they have been active." As a result, these relations have changed from the form of development of the productive forces to the shackles of the productive forces. Then the time of the social revolution came. Engels pointed out: "A social revolution is a real revolution, and a political and philosophical revolution must lead to a social revolution." At the same time, Marx and Engels also pointed out: "Only in the revolution can the class that overthrows the ruling class throw away all the old and dirty things in itself and can be competent for the work of rebuilding society." Lenin also said: "The vanguard must not be afraid of self-education and self-transformation, or it is not afraid to openly admit that it is not good enough and has little ability." These classic expositions not only reveal the root cause of social revolution, but also clarify the logical necessity of self-revolution: revolutionaries must carry out self-revolution while promoting social revolution.
As a proletarian political party that loyally believes in and firmly practices Marxism, the courage to carry out self-revolution is the most distinctive character and greatest advantage of our party. In the various historical periods of revolution, construction and reform, our party has always adhered to the principle of leading the great social revolution with the party's self-revolution, promoting the party's self-revolution with the great social revolution, and effectively solving the problems of impure ideology, politics, organization and style within the party, ensuring that the party always has lofty political ideals, pure political quality, and strict political discipline, and ensuring that the party has always become a servant of the people, the vanguard of the times, and the backbone of the nation, and has realized the benign interaction between the transformation of the subjective world and the transformation of the objective world.
Looking back at the road our party has traversed over the past 100 years, the social revolution has been magnificent, and the self-revolution has stirred up turbidity and brought clarity to the pure. The reason why our party is great is not that it does not make mistakes, but that it never shies away from medical treatment, dares to face problems head-on, and has the courage to revolutionize itself. From the correction of Chen Duxiu's right-leaning opportunist mistakes after the defeat of the Great Revolution, the correction of the "leftist" blind movement and the "leftist" adventurous mistakes during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the thorough correction of Wang Ming's "leftist" dogmatism errors during the Yan'an period, and the complete negation of the "Cultural Revolution" after the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee; from the Yan'an rectification, the rectification of the party and the "three antis" movement in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, to the comprehensive rectification of the party and a series of concentrated educational activities after the reform and opening up; from the "two imperatives" on the eve of the victory of the national revolution, From the 60s of the last century when "the party should manage the party" to the "strict management of the party" put forward by the 13 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has always been supported by the people, overcoming shortcomings when there are shortcomings, solving problems when there are problems, admitting and correcting mistakes when there are mistakes, and becoming a Marxist political party that cannot be defeated or crushed.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered In the face of many people's "worries" about the outstanding problems in the party in the period before the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has played a set of self-revolutionary "combination punches" with unprecedented courage and determination, promoted the comprehensive and strict governance of the party to achieve historic and pioneering achievements, produced all-round and deep-seated impact, realized the revolutionary forging of the party, prevented the party from deteriorating and fading due to the spread of corruption, the "four winds" raging, and the rampant privileges, and prevented the party from being degenerated and faded by interest groups. The infiltration and intervention of powerful groups has won the historical initiative of maintaining flesh-and-blood ties with the masses of the people and the heartfelt support of the people, and has won the historical initiative of the whole party to achieve a high degree of unity and unity, walk in the forefront of the times, and lead the people to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
In the past ten years, scraping bones to cure poison and rebirth from the fire. History has recorded the solemn promise that "striking iron must be its own", the solemn oath of "offending thousands of people and living up to 1.4 billion", the firm determination to "comprehensively and strictly govern the party forever on the road", and the resolute action of "daring to face problems head-on and have the courage to revolutionize themselves". Comprehensively and strictly administering the party is the great practice of the party's self-revolution in the new era, which has opened up a new realm of self-revolution for the party in the past century.
The era is the mother of thought, and practice is the source of theory. In the great practice of comprehensively and strictly governing the party in the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly summarized rich practical experience and important theoretical achievements with the strong historical initiative, extraordinary theoretical courage and outstanding political wisdom of Marxist politicians, thinkers and strategists, and creatively put forward a series of original and iconic new ideas, new ideas and new strategies, forming General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on the party's self-revolution. This important thinking has profoundly answered the major question of "why our party should carry out self-revolution" and pointed out the fundamental task of ensuring that the whole party will always maintain its original aspiration and fulfill its mission; profoundly answered the major question of "why our party can carry out self-revolution?" and strengthened the confidence and determination of the whole party to make good use of the "second answer" and solve the problems unique to the big party; profoundly answered the major question of "how to promote self-revolution" of our party, and demonstrated the bright prospects for the party to always maintain its vitality and vitality and take a new road to catch up with the examination. This is a new achievement of our party's adherence to the "two combinations" to promote theoretical innovation, a new chapter in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, marking that our party's understanding of the law of Marxist party building and the law of the Communist Party's governance has reached a new height, and fully demonstrates the decisive significance of the "two establishments".
(2) Self-revolution is a successful path to jump out of the historical cycle
The Party's self-revolution is extremely great and extremely challenging. To promote self-revolution is to turn the blade inward, break the wrist of a strong man, and cut off carrion, just like picking up a scalpel to operate on himself, and the pain during this can be imagined. But why does our Party still have no hesitation in promoting self-revolution?
Become its body and the world will become, and govern its body and the world will govern. The tide of history is constantly moving forward, and stopping in place is going backwards. For a party that is committed to seeking happiness for the Chinese people, rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, progress for mankind, and great harmony for the world, it must constantly purify, improve, innovate and improve itself. Only by having the courage to self-revolution can we win the historical initiative, which is the way to win that our party has explored after a century of struggle, especially in the great practice of comprehensively and strictly governing the party in the new era, and it is the only way for our party to successfully jump out of the historical cycle and achieve long-term governance.
In a history of human politics, there are also those who "become slacking off in government", there are also those who "die in politics", and there are also those who "seek glory and humiliation". In July 1945, in a cave in Yan'an, Comrade Mao Zedong gave the first answer to the question raised by Mr. Huang Yanpei, "Let the people supervise the government."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has given the second answer in the great practice of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, which is to continuously promote the Party's self-revolution.
Over the past 70 years, we have continued to rush for the exam, answer the same questions together, and continue to carry out practical exploration and theoretical thinking, which has demonstrated our party's strong will and firm determination to jump out of the historical cycle.
Only a party that has endured many vicissitudes but has not changed its original intention can have an evergreen foundation, and a party that has forged brilliance and still has the courage to carry out self-revolution can be invincible. On October 27, 2022, less than a week after the conclusion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping led the members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee to Yan'an, the "starting point of victory" of the Chinese revolution, and solemnly declared: "Have the courage to promote the party's self-revolution, unswervingly promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the party, always maintain the party's advanced nature and purity, and ensure that the party will always become a strong leadership core for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics." ”
-- Only through self-revolution can we always maintain a sober and firm approach to solving the problems unique to the big party.
On July 1, 2023, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee released the latest data, the total number of members of the Communist Party of China is 98.041 million, which is already the world's largest ruling party. Over the years, our party has always been the mainstay of the anti-poverty, building a well-off life, fighting disasters, fighting epidemics, resolving crises, and responding to emergencies, and has become the most reliable backbone of the Chinese people. It has a long history, a long ruling power, a large number of people, a large scale, an organization, a faith, and a consciousness...... The unique advantages of these big parties have enabled us to have the majestic power to do great things and build great causes.
There are big advantages, but also big difficulties. It is a world-class problem for a large party with more members than the population of all the traditional European countries to maintain its original aspiration and continue to revitalize. The larger the size of the party, the more difficult it will be for the whole party to unite as one; the more levels of the party, the more likely it will be that the responsibilities and pressures from the top down will decrease from top to bottom; the greater the number of party members, the higher the cost of management and supervision; the longer the party has been in power, the more difficult it will be to coordinate various interests and contradictions inside and outside the party; as the ruling position is secured, blind optimism will easily appear within the party, and the more difficult it will be to maintain the revolutionary nature and prevent disasters from causing depression. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Such a large party, in a ruling position and controlling governing resources, is easy to ignore its own shortcomings and ignore its own problems under the illumination of the halo of governing performance, and fall into the situation of 'it is easy to reform other people's lives, but it is difficult to reform one's own life'." ”
How to never forget the original aspiration and keep the mission in mind, how to always unify thinking, will and action, how to always have a strong governing ability and leadership level, how to always maintain the entrepreneurial spirit of the officer, how to always be able to discover and solve its own problems in a timely manner, and how to always maintain a clean and upright political ecology are all unique problems that our big party must solve. Solving these problems is a hurdle that must be crossed to realize the party's mission and tasks in the new era and new journey, and it is a hard bone that must be gnawed to comprehensively and strictly govern the party and adapt to the new situation and new requirements. In the face of the lofty mission of building a great modern socialist country in an all-round way and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, in the face of major challenges on the road ahead, and in the face of the long-standing "four tests" and "four dangers", General Secretary Xi Jinping warned the whole party that we must always maintain the sobriety and firmness to solve the unique problems of the big party, "comprehensively and strictly governing the party is always on the road, and the party's self-revolution is always on the road", and "taking the comprehensive and strict governance of the party as the party's long-term strategy and eternal topic". Only by unslackening our efforts to solve existing problems through self-revolution can we always keep up with the times, practice, and the demands of the people.
-- Only through self-revolution can we continue to comprehensively promote the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.
At the beginning of reform and opening up, our party formulated a development strategy for basically realizing socialist modernization in three steps by the middle of the 21 st century. At that time, the Western media questioned whether there was a precedent for a quarter of the world's population to quickly lift themselves out of poverty and into prosperity.
The years are magnificent, as evidenced by the mountains and rivers. Today's China has already used one dazzling report card after another to straighten the "question mark" into one "exclamation point" after another. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China solemnly declared that "comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization" has become a new footnote for the outside world to "understand China". "a major innovation in the history of human development" and "provides a new model of modernization for the world...... International people have praised and eagerly awaited it.
History and reality tell us that it often takes a long historical process for a social revolution to achieve its final victory. Modernizing a developing country with a super-large population, a super-vast territory, and a super-long historical tradition, which is still in the primary stage of socialism and will remain so for a long time to come, is a tremendous challenge rarely seen in the world and history.
The key to building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way lies in the party. The leadership of the Party has a direct bearing on the fundamental direction, future and destiny, and ultimate success or failure of Chinese-style modernization. Our party has raised the management of the party and the party to the height of rejuvenating the party and the country, and tempered itself with the highest standards and strictest requirements for the self-building of the ruling party.
——Only through self-revolution can we always overcome the storms, difficulties and obstacles on the new journey.
At this moment, China has reached a critical juncture where the situation is more complicated, and it is facing more severe risks and tests. The breadth of the fields covered by our party, the profundity of the adjustment of the pattern of interests, the acuteness of the contradictions involved, the arduousness of breaking through the obstacles of the system and mechanism, and the complexity of the situation of the great struggle have put forward unprecedented new challenges and new demands on the party itself.
When we are closer to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history, with more confidence and ability, General Secretary Xi Jinping warned and put forward "four difficulties": it is not easy to be prepared for danger in times of peace and maintain the mental state of hard work in the early days of entrepreneurship when we are successful and famous, it is not easy to be thrifty and introverted after taking power, and it is not easy to respect the end as before, it is not easy to strictly govern officials and prevent corruption and luxury during the Chengping period, and it is not easy to follow the trend and conform to the will of the people at the juncture of major changes. We warn the whole party that we must not lose our revolutionary spirit amid the sound of applause and praise, and gradually fall into a state of being content with the status quo, not wanting to make progress, and greedy for pleasure.
Maintaining the advanced nature and purity of a Marxist political party is a process that requires strict scrutiny at all times, never ceases to remove impurities, and constantly improves quality. Adhering to the spirit of thorough self-revolution, our party has explored a successful path to solve its own problems and jump out of the historical cycle rate under the condition of self-purification to eliminate its own tumors, improve its overall image with self-improvement, cultivate creative vitality with self-innovation, and enhance its ability to take responsibility with self-improvement.
Facts have eloquently proved that the great social revolution forged a great party, and the great self-revolution guaranteed the great cause. To master the "four greats", withstand the "four tests", resist the "four dangers", and solve the "four impurities", we must continue to remove impurities, strengthen immunity, and strengthen muscles and bones through self-revolution, so as to ensure that the party will always become a strong leadership core, unite and lead the people, and turn the grand blueprint of Chinese-style modernization into a beautiful reality step by step.
(3) Our Party has the determination, ability, and confidence to carry out the self-revolution to the end
Revolution means change, change. Throughout the ages, no political power or political party has been willing to be crushed by the wheels of history, and there has always been no shortage of people of insight who have tried to reform the old and bring forth the new and turn things around. However, looking back at history, the tragedy of "posterity mourning but not learning from it, and making posterity mourn for posterity" has been staged repeatedly, which is almost a fate that feudal dynasties can hardly get rid of. Looking around the world, how many political parties have experienced ups and downs of glory and disgrace, and some old parties of the big parties have withdrawn from the ruling stage, or the old dragon clock has relied on "drips" to continue its life, or it has been abandoned and buried in peace and silence.
Why has the Communist Party of China been able to successfully promote self-revolution? This is because our party is both a Marxist ruling party and a Marxist revolutionary party. The revolutionary nature of Marxism is embodied in its thorough critical spirit. Marx profoundly stated: "Dialectics does not worship anything, it is, by its very nature, critical and revolutionary." "Thorough criticism and revolution have ensured the advanced nature and purity of the Party, and enabled our Party to naturally have the special quality and special ability to constantly repair itself.
-- Marxism has provided a powerful ideological weapon for deepening self-revolution.
Marxism is a revolutionary theory. The ideological weapon of Marxism is not only to explain the world, but also to change it. The scientific character of Marxism in seeking truth from facts, the character of the people in pursuing the emancipation of mankind, the critical character of adhering to materialist dialectics, and the practical character of integrating knowledge and action have endowed the Marxist political party with the innate revolutionary attribute and a high degree of consciousness of self-revolution in our party.
Over the past 100 years, the party has faced many times with the "danger of overthrowing the party" by splitting and disintegrating, and how many "darkest moments" it has experienced with chaos and confusion, all of which are thrilling and dangerous. At every critical moment, the revolutionary attribute that is integrated into the blood can always enable our party to turn the tide and turn danger into peace, and to survive in times of crisis, to rise resolutely after setbacks, and to set things right after mistakes. The analysis of the failure of the Great Revolution gave birth to the important thesis that political power came out of the barrel of a gun; the correction of "leftist" dogmatism ensured that the victory of the Long March opened up a new situation in the Chinese revolution; the reflection on the "Great Leap Forward" condensed into valuable experience in socialist construction; and the negation of the "Cultural Revolution" opened the historical curtain of reform and opening up. Every self-correction and self-correction has not only made our party more mature and firm, but also effectively promoted the development of its cause. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core and under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the great practice of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party has opened up a new realm of self-revolution, led and ensured the historic achievements and changes in the cause of the Party and the country, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process.
-- The party's original aspiration and mission have provided an inexhaustible driving force for the in-depth promotion of self-revolution.
In 1921, the Communist Party of China was born, and for the first time, China had a party that was determined to "work for the people". Since then, our party has always regarded seeking happiness for the Chinese people and seeking rejuvenation for the Chinese nation as its original aspiration and mission, and has consistently embodied this in all the party's struggles.
Some people have questioned that self-revolution is "grabbing one's own hair and lifting oneself" and is an "impossible task". Why has the Communist Party of China been able to revolutionize itself? It is precisely because of the word "selfless." Our party represents the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the Chinese people and does not have any special interests of its own, and this is the source of our party's courage and confidence in daring to carry out self-revolution.
Some people have puzzled: After a long period of peace, success and fame, is "self-revolution" a "blind toss," and will it "outweigh the losses"? Why does the Communist Party of China dare to carry out self-revolution? Or is it because of the word "selfless." What is there about a party that is "ready to sacrifice everything for the people" that cannot examine itself and overcome itself?
In the face of the noise about anti-corruption, General Secretary Xi Jinping resolutely determined to "offend thousands of people and live up to 1.4 billion" with the realm of "I will live up to the people without me". Only by always representing the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people can we examine ourselves in the spirit of thorough self-revolution, always think about our own mistakes, resolutely struggle against all factors that undermine the party's advanced nature and purity, shake off the "hunting" and corrosive nature of all interest groups, powerful groups, and privileged strata, and open fire on those who have become accomplices of these groups, groups, and strata within the party, so as to always maintain the vitality of the party.
"The selfless can be put on the agenda. "Not selfish, but the world is self-just." "Only by not seeking personal interests can we seek the fundamentals, great interests, and the interests of the masses of the people; only then can we not cover up our shortcomings, avoid problems, or cover up our wrongs, and always do what is right and correct what is wrong for the sake of the people's interests."
-- The excellent traditional Chinese culture has provided rich spiritual nourishment for promoting self-revolution.
The reason why the Communist Party of China is able and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good is, in the final analysis, the practice of Marxism and the practice of Marxism in the Chinese era. This is the conclusion of history. The three words "Sinicization" have effectively integrated the essence of Marxist ideology with the essence of China's excellent traditional culture. Rooted in the vast land of China and sucking in more than 5,000 years of civilization, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has incomparably strong cultural self-confidence in promoting self-revolution.
The excellent traditional Chinese culture has always adhered to the concepts of "self-examination" and "self-denial", and laid out the cultural background of our party's courage to face problems and self-revolution. From Lao Tzu's "self-knowing", to Confucius's "introspection when he sees the unvirtuous", Zengzi's "three provinces and my body in my day", Xunzi's "seeing that he is not good, he must introspect in his heart", and then to the Cheng brothers in the Northern Song Dynasty "When a gentleman encounters difficulties, he must seek his own self and benefit from self-cultivation", Wang Yangming of the Ming Dynasty "learn to be self-reflective", etc., a strong sense of self-reflection runs through the spiritual world of the Chinese nation, reflecting the philosophical wisdom of the Chinese nation's endless growth and development. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on the party's self-revolution combines the basic tenets of Marxism with the self-reflection consciousness and integrity genes in the excellent traditional Chinese culture, creating a new model of "two combinations".
The courage to carry out self-revolution is a conspicuous sign that distinguishes our party from other political parties. In the past, many people were not optimistic about whether our party could solve its own problems well, believing that only by taking turns in power and separating powers among the multiple parties in the West could the problem of power supervision be solved. However, looking at the whole world, what political party can have the courage of our party and dare to attack itself? What political party can push forward self-revolution on such a large scale and with such great vigor as our party?
Strong action is the best response. The Communist Party of China (CPC) has the determination, ability and confidence to solve the global problem of self-supervision and the "Goldbach conjecture" of national governance, and will continue to contribute Chinese wisdom and solutions to this end.
(4) Take a new road to catch up with the examination in the in-depth promotion of the party's self-revolution
Those who introspect are wise, and those who win are strong. During the Liaoshen Campaign, the apples in Jinzhou were ripe, and the PLA soldiers passing by on the march were hungry and thirsty, but they did not pick any of them. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out meaningfully: "Chairman Mao said, 'It is very noble not to eat, but it is very despicable to eat, because this is the people's apple'." We can't eat such apples now. "An apple shines on the sobriety and firmness of the Chinese Communists.
To further promote the Party's self-revolution, we must adhere to the truth, correct mistakes, always follow the trend and conform to the will of the people, carry forward experience and learn lessons, resolutely eliminate all factors that damage the Party's advanced nature and purity, eliminate all viruses that erode the Party's healthy body, ensure that the Party does not degenerate, change color and taste, and ensure that the Party will always become a strong leadership core in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
-- Clearly understand the situation and challenges we are facing, and face the difficulties of self-revolution.
Our party is engaged in a pioneering undertaking that has never been done before, and the mission it shoulders is arduous and arduous. At present, the world is entering a new period of turbulence and change, and risks and challenges from the outside have always existed and become increasingly prominent. The mainland's reform, development, and stability are faced with many deep-seated contradictions that cannot be avoided or bypassed, and party building, especially the building of a clean and honest party style and the anti-corruption struggle, are faced with many stubborn and frequent problems. The development of the mainland has entered a period of coexistence of strategic opportunities, risks and challenges, and an increase in uncertainties and unpredictable factors, and various "black swan" and "gray rhinoceros" events may occur at any time. The changes of the times, the responsibility of history, and the question of practice require our party to carry out a thorough self-revolution.
Comprehensively and strictly administering the party is always on the road, and the party's self-revolution is always on the road. In the face of the grim and complex situation, only by discarding illusions, strengthening will, examining oneself with the requirements of the development of the times, alerting oneself with a strong sense of adversity, forging oneself with the spirit of self-revolution, and improving oneself in an all-round way with the standard of the vanguard of the working class, can we adhere to the party's ideals, beliefs and purposes, ensure that the whole party is ideologically unified and in step with each other, constantly improve the level and ability of governance, maintain the spirit of hard work and hard work, and have the courage to adhere to the truth. We will correct our mistakes, continue to purify the political ecology within the party, and become a vigorous Marxist ruling party that has always been at the forefront of the times, wholeheartedly supported by the people, courageous in self-revolution, and able to withstand the test of all kinds of storms.
-- Accurately grasp the practical requirements of the "nine toes" and follow the path of self-revolution.
How to deeply promote self-revolution among the big parties that have been in power for 75 years? This is a question that has not been discussed by our "ancestors," has not been encountered by our predecessors, and has not been solved by other Marxist political parties in the world, so we can only rely on our own exploration to solve it.
Focusing on promoting the new great project of party building in the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the practical requirements of in-depth promotion of the party's self-revolution "nine to", which has clarified the direction and planned the path for the party's self-revolution in the current and future periods. It provides a method: to adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee as the fundamental guarantee, to lead the great social revolution as the fundamental purpose, to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the fundamental follow, to jump out of the historical cycle as the strategic goal, to solve the unique problems of the big party as the main direction, to improve the comprehensive and strict governance of the party system as an effective way, to forge a strong organization, to build a strong team as an important focus, to uphold discipline and anti-corruption as an important starting point, to combine self-supervision and people's supervision as a strong driving force.
The practical requirements of the "Nine Points" profoundly expound the political direction, political guarantee and scientific method of self-revolution, which has both strategic deployment and work requirements, is both epistemology and methodology, and not only puts forward the task of "crossing the river" but also guides the solution of the problem of "bridge or boat", which is a scientific system with complete system, strict logic, organic unity, and interpenetration, and provides a guide to action for promoting the party's self-revolution in depth.
If you grasp the law, you will win the initiative. Comprehensively and systematically grasp the practical requirements of the "nine points", unswervingly and comprehensively govern the party strictly, so that all aspects of the party's construction are organically connected and coordinated, and the party's ideas and measures for self-revolution can be more rigorous and the actual results will be more obvious.
-- Grasp the self-revolution on every front and every link concretely and deeply, and shoulder the responsibility of self-revolution.
The question is the voice of the times. To further promote the party's self-revolution, it is necessary to persist in being problem-oriented, maintain strategic concentration, and resolutely struggle against all phenomena that affect the party's advanced nature and purity. Self-revolution itself is to face problems, and serious problems are not problems, but not to face problems head-on, but not to solve them. In resolving outstanding problems within the party, we must not "sit back and talk about the road," but must "get up and act." In view of the phenomena that seriously erode the health of the party's body, such as power-for-money trading, embezzlement, and corruption, and problems that damage the party's image and undermine the relationship between the party and the masses and the cadres and the masses, such as mediocrity, laziness, and inaction, we must resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of comprehensively and strictly governing the party.
Self-revolution is not only a battle, but also a forging. If we want to succeed, we must ultimately see whether every party member and cadre can be a good soldier and repair the "mental study" of communists. To further promote the party's self-revolution, every party member and cadre is not an outsider. It is necessary to take the "compulsory courses" of party spirit training, continue the fine tradition, inherit the red gene, replenish the spiritual calcium, and make steel in the "melting pot" of self-revolution. In particular, leading cadres must diligently dust off their "ideological dust," think more about "greed and desires," and often break through the "thieves in their hearts," ideologically straighten out the roots, consolidate the foundation, build a solid ideological and moral defense line, and enhance their ability to resist corruption, guard against degeneration, and resist risks.
(5) Resolutely win the fight against corruption, tackling tough battles and fighting protracted battles
Corruption is the greatest cancer that endangers the party's vitality and combat effectiveness, and the fight against corruption is the most thorough self-revolution. The nature and purpose of the Communist Party of China determine that the party is incompatible with corruption, and the fight against corruption is a major political struggle that we cannot afford to lose and must never lose. When General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the first collective study of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee, he issued a deafening warning: "A large number of facts tell us that the problem of corruption is getting worse and worse, and it will inevitably lead to the destruction of the party and the country in the end! We must be vigilant!"
After 10 years of unremitting and vigorous anti-corruption in the new era, the anti-corruption struggle has won an overwhelming victory and has been consolidated in an all-round way. However, only true revolutionaries and brave people can withstand and carry the pressure and danger here. A foreigner commented: "Anti-corruption is a self-revolution that will go through pains. But the CCP has shown its attitude – they are not afraid of the pain, and they can withstand it. ”
Not confused by applause, disturbed by noise, and still less moved by undercurrents, the Party Central Committee's attitude of punishing corruption has been consistent, and its actions have been consistent: there must be no turning back, no slackening, and no mercy in the fight against corruption!
It must be noted that the current situation in the anti-corruption struggle is still grim and complicated, and we must not underestimate the stubbornness and harmfulness of corruption; in particular, we must have a sober understanding of the new situation and new trends in the anti-corruption struggle and the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption. As the anti-corruption struggle continues to advance in depth, our understanding of the regularity of the anti-corruption struggle is getting deeper and deeper, the means of carrying out the anti-corruption struggle are becoming more and more abundant, and the methods of promoting the anti-corruption struggle are becoming more and more scientific. The soil and conditions for breeding corruption still exist, the political ecology within the party has not yet been thoroughly purified, and the problem of corruption caused by the accumulation and continuous fermentation of various undesirable factors over a long period of time will not be brought under control in a day.
In the anti-corruption struggle in the new journey, we must continue to exert efforts and advance in depth in the eradication of the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption, and resolutely win the tough and protracted battle of the anti-corruption struggle in the spirit of thorough self-revolution.
It is necessary to persist in promoting the integration of those who dare not be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, and do not want to be corrupt, deepen the treatment of both the symptoms and the root causes, and systematically deal with them, and constantly expand the depth and breadth of the anti-corruption struggle. Strengthen the party's centralized and unified leadership over the anti-corruption struggle and firmly grasp the initiative in the anti-corruption struggle; continue to maintain a high-pressure posture of punishing corruption, and regard severe punishment of corruption in collusion between government and business as the top priority in tackling tough problems; deepen reform to stop the breeding and spread of corruption, and deepen the reform of systems and mechanisms by focusing on key areas; further improve the anti-corruption laws and regulations, and strengthen supervision and inspection of the implementation of key laws and regulations; intensify the punishment of bribery, and seriously investigate and punish those who always pull cadres into the water. Bribe-givers who endanger one side; persistently purify the political ecology, strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, and take the political life of the party seriously; strengthen the construction of a culture of honesty in the new era, and carry out in-depth education on party spirit, party style, and party discipline, so that party members and cadres will regard the abuse of power for personal gain, embezzlement, and corruption as a great shame.
Prescribing the right medicine, applying precise treatment, and taking multiple measures at the same time will certainly gradually reduce the recurrence of old problems, make it difficult for new problems to spread, and promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of the prevention and control of corruption. We have sufficient reason to believe that the hundreds of millions of people will continue to witness the Chinese Communists resolutely fulfill their sonorous promise that "striking iron must be its own", realize the goal of eliminating evils and clearing the sea and the river, and constantly promote the great social revolution with great self-revolution.
At the time of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, "'Sanyang Kaitai' flew from the sky" and "'Five Sons Dengke' came out of the ground" were the image depictions of the Kuomintang's work style; on the other hand, the "10 nos" with "no corrupt officials" and "no gangsters who formed parties for personal gain" as the main content were the concentrated embodiment of the Communist Party's work style. The direction of history is locked in such stark contrasts.
Today, we are on the road of Chinese-style modernization, and the prospects are bright, but it is by no means an easy road; the future is promising, and there is still a long way to go. It is necessary to keep in mind the ancient adage of "being born in adversity and dying in peace", with the state of "rushing for the examination" and the determination of "never being Li Zicheng", never be complacent, never slack off, never stop, firmly support the "two establishments" and resolutely achieve the "two safeguards", and strive to solve the historical problem of "prosperity and prosperity, and death and suddenness", and achieve good results in the examination on the new road to the examination. As long as we carry out the party's self-revolution to the end, so that the party will always maintain its vitality and vitality, and will always be strong and powerful, there will be no difficulty that can stop us from moving forward, and we will certainly be able to push the great ship of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation to ride the wind and waves and sail away!