Discipline, discipline, discipline, discipline
Commentator for Qiushi magazine
"The party must manage the party and administer the party strictly. "General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to the party's discipline construction and grasped it very tightly. According to the arrangements of the Party Central Committee, from April to July this year, the study and education of party discipline will be carried out throughout the party. This is an important measure taken by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core to strengthen the party's discipline construction and promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the party to develop in depth, demonstrating the historical consciousness and mission of our party to continuously promote self-revolution.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to this party discipline study and education, and has made many important speeches and instructions. On 8 January this year, at the Third Plenary Session of the 20 th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, it was proposed to "take the opportunity of studying and implementing the newly revised regulations on disciplinary punishment to carry out a centralized discipline education in the whole party"; on 31 January, when presiding over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to deliberate on the summary report on the theme education and the opinions on consolidating and expanding the achievements of the theme education, he called for "carrying forward the spirit of self-revolution and organizing and carrying out centralized discipline education in the whole party"; during his inspection tour in Hunan in March, he stressed the need to "organize and carry out the study and education of party discipline and guide party members and cadres to study discipline." During his inspection tour in Chongqing in April, he further demanded that "party discipline study and education be carried out in a down-to-earth manner, and party members and cadres should be guided to truly transform discipline and discipline into political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness." The important instructions of the general secretary's important speech are of a strong political, ideological, pertinent, and guiding nature, and provide a fundamental basis for carrying out party discipline study and education. Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party members and cadres must conscientiously study and comprehend, comprehensively implement them, earnestly unify their thoughts and actions with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, regard the study and education of Party discipline as an important political task, and strive to make new progress and new improvements in the study of discipline, knowledge of discipline, clear discipline, and observance of discipline, so as to ensure that the study and education of Party discipline are deepened and practical, and practical results are achieved.
We have a deep understanding of the importance of strengthening the party's discipline building. In his "On the People's Democratic Dictatorship," Comrade Mao Zedong said that our party has three "main weapons for defeating the enemy," the first of which is "a party that is disciplined, armed with Marxist-Leninist theory, adopts the method of self-criticism, and is in touch with the masses of the people." Comrade Zhou Enlai explained: "It is no accident that Comrade Mao Zedong put discipline in the forefront. This is because this is the primary condition that determines whether the Party can persist in the revolution, defeat the enemy, and strive for victory."
Our party is a Marxist political party organized on the basis of revolutionary ideals and iron discipline, and strict discipline is the party's glorious tradition and unique advantage. In 1920, when Cai Hesen wrote a letter to Comrade Mao Zedong to discuss the establishment of the Communist Party of China, he proposed that "the party's discipline is the discipline of iron". From the first party constitution formulated by the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to include "discipline" as a separate chapter, to the establishment of the Central Supervision Commission, the first central discipline inspection and supervision organ in the history of the CPC, at the Fifth National Congress of the CPC; from the Jinggangshan period, which put forward "three major disciplines and eight points of attention," to the Yan'an period, which emphasized that "discipline is the guarantee for the implementation of the line"; from the proposal of "strengthening discipline, the revolution will be invincible" when the victory of the Chinese revolution was in sight, to the "two musts" and "six rules" put forward by the party Central Committee before "rushing to Beijing to rush for the examination...... It is precisely the iron discipline that has laid a solid foundation for the implementation of the party's line, principles, and policies, and has provided a strong guarantee for our party to always win the love and support of the masses of the people, and to unite and lead the people to continuously advance from victory to victory.
"This is a question that I have repeatedly talked about as a 'mother-in-law'." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly focused on discipline and rules, reasoned with party members and cadres, sounded the alarm bell, and drew red lines. On the importance of discipline and rules, he stressed that "if people do not follow the rules, they will be abolished, and if the party does not follow the rules, they will be chaotic," and "if the discipline is not strict, it is impossible to talk about administering the party strictly"; on the content of discipline building, he put forward specific requirements for political discipline, organizational discipline, honesty discipline, mass discipline, work discipline, and life discipline, and emphasized that "political discipline is the most important, most fundamental, and most crucial discipline"; on the relationship between party discipline and state law, he clearly put forward that "party rules and party discipline are stricter than state laws" and "discipline should be put in the forefront"; On the topic of abiding by rules and discipline, he earnestly admonished that "party members' 'breaking the law' all begins with 'breaking discipline'" and that it is necessary to "tighten the string of discipline and discipline at all times"; when talking about strict discipline enforcement, he stressed that "discipline must not become a 'scarecrow' and cannot become a deaf man's ear - ornament", and "discipline must truly become a charged high-voltage line"; and so on. The CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core regards discipline building as the fundamental policy for comprehensively and strictly governing the party, incorporates it into the overall layout of party building in the new era, governs the party with strict discipline, and promotes the party to be stronger and more powerful in the revolutionary forging.
For party members and cadres, discipline is a "tight mantra" and a "safety belt". Only by insisting on demanding cadres with strict standards and restraining cadres with strict discipline can we make party members and cadres fearful, wary of their words, and stop their deeds, and prevent small mistakes from turning into big mistakes and violating discipline from breaking the law. For party organizations, discipline is the "precept" for governing the party and governing the party. Only by upholding, standing up, and being strict in discipline can we always maintain the party's advanced nature and purity, ensure that the party will not degenerate, change color, or taste, continuously enhance the party's creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness, and ensure the party's political unity, ideological unity, and unity of action.
Deeply understand the necessity of carrying out party discipline study and education. On the eve of July 1, 2023, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee released the latest data showing that as of December 31, 2022, the total number of members of the Communist Party of China was 98.041 million. "As big as ours, what can we rely on to manage our contingent well? What can we rely on to overcome risks and challenges? In addition to correct theories, lines, principles, and policies, we must rely on strict norms and discipline. "General Secretary Xi Jinping's profound thinking reflects a clear understanding of the severe and complex tests facing the party and a firm determination to deepen the party's discipline construction.
Judging from the situation and tasks facing the party, strengthening discipline building is an urgent need to unify the ideology, will, and action of the whole party and constantly open up a new situation in the development of the cause. "Becoming its body and the world will become, governing its body and the world will be governed." "Our party shoulders the lofty mission of uniting and leading the people to comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, and whether the party's leadership is strong and powerful is directly related to the fundamental direction, future and destiny, and ultimate success or failure of Chinese-style modernization. On the journey ahead, the mainland's reform, development and stability are faced with many deep-seated contradictions that cannot be avoided or bypassed, and external risks and challenges have always existed and become increasingly prominent. The changes of the times and the responsibility of history have put forward higher requirements for the party's leadership ability. Without strict discipline, there will be no unity and unity of the party, it will be difficult to effectively play the role of the party's core of leadership, and it will be difficult to lead the people of the whole country in carrying out great struggles, advancing great causes, and realizing great dreams.
From the perspective of the party's self-building, strengthening the construction of discipline is an urgent need to temper the "steel and iron bones" of party members and cadres and forge the "iron wall" of comprehensively and strictly governing the party. After the revolutionary forging of comprehensive and strict governance of the party in the new era, the situation of lax discipline and floating style in the party has changed significantly, and the awareness of discipline and rules of party members and cadres has been significantly enhanced. However, we must also be soberly aware that there are still some party organizations that do not pay enough attention to the building of discipline and take ineffective measures, and some party members and cadres are "undisciplined" and do not care, understand, or grasp party rules and party discipline, regard discipline and law education as a "deaf ear," lack reverence for discipline and law, and the phenomenon of doing their own thing and violating discipline in the face of the wind still occurs from time to time. These problems not only affect the healthy growth of party members and cadres, but also damage the party's image and hinder the development of the party's cause.
Only by knowing the bottom line can we know awe. Strengthening discipline education is a basic and regular task for implementing the requirements of comprehensively and strictly administering the party and strengthening the party's discipline building. This party discipline study and education is to start with the study of discipline, so that the whole party can further deepen the understanding of the importance of strengthening the party's discipline construction and the harmfulness of ignoring party discipline and violating party discipline, so as to promote party organizations and leading groups at all levels to strictly grasp the party's discipline building, and promote the majority of party members and cadres to strengthen the consciousness of abiding by discipline, and ensure that the whole party consciously maintains a high degree of consistency with the party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core with strict discipline. Orders and prohibitions have formed a powerful driving force and synergy to promote Chinese-style modernization.
Promote the study and education of party discipline to be deeper and more practical. Since April, the study and education of party discipline has been carried out in an orderly manner in the whole party, and all regions, departments and units have organized party members and cadres to thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on strengthening the construction of party discipline and the spirit of important instructions of important speeches on party discipline study and education, and thoroughly study and implement the "Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), creating a strong atmosphere of learning regulations and abiding by party discipline. This time, the party discipline study and education time is tight and the task is heavy, and it is necessary to adhere to a higher position, stricter requirements, and a more practical style, and promote the party discipline study and education to go deeper and more practical, and enter the brain and heart.
——Grasp the target requirements. The goal is clear, the thinking is clear. This party discipline study and education should adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, focus on solving the problems of some party members and cadres who do not care, understand, and master party rules and party discipline, and organize party members, especially party member leading cadres, to conscientiously study the "Regulations", figure out what the party's discipline and rules are, figure out what they can do and what they can't do, and engrave compliance with rules and discipline in their hearts, internalize them into words and deeds, further strengthen discipline awareness, strengthen self-restraint, improve immunity, and enhance political determination, discipline determination, Moral determination, resistance to corruption, and always be loyal, clean and responsible. Only by closely focusing on the requirements of this goal, making precise efforts, and grasping deep and solid, can we enhance the pertinence and accuracy of party discipline learning and education, and prevent astigmatism and distortion.
-- Grasp the key points of learning. Strict discipline is not an empty and abstract requirement, but should be embodied in concrete actions. As the foundation of the party's discipline construction, the "Regulations" stipulate the party's various disciplines and the basis for discipline enforcement, and are the compulsory teaching materials for party organizations and party members and cadres at all levels to know discipline and discipline, and the code of conduct for observing discipline and discipline. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has revised the "Regulations" three times, and has continuously upgraded the rich theoretical and practical achievements of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party into institutional norms and into disciplinary requirements, so as to realize the Party's discipline construction to keep pace with the times. The newly revised "Regulations" fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, adhere to the strict tone, adhere to the combination of problem-oriented and goal-oriented, further tighten political discipline and political rules, and drive all disciplines to be comprehensively strict, releasing a strong signal that the party will be governed more and more strictly, and the discipline will be stricter in the future. To carry out the study and education of party discipline well, it is necessary to focus on the "Regulations" in the original form, one by one, to make clear the various discipline regulations, to understand why they were revised, what places have been changed, and the considerations behind the revisions, so as to ensure that the study is thorough and thorough, and effectively use it to correct thinking and action, so as to truly make the process of studying party discipline a process of enhancing the sense of discipline and improving the cultivation of party spirit.
- Pay attention to the way you learn. The study and education of party discipline should be integrated into daily life, grasped on a regular basis, and efforts should be made to pay attention to practical results and improve quality. Adhere to the study chapter by chapter, article by article, the combination of individual self-study and concentrated learning, closely follow the party's "six disciplines" for discussion, accurately grasp the main meaning of the "Regulations" and the requirements of the provisions, and further clarify the measurement yardstick of daily words and deeds. Closely linked to practical learning, consciously compared with the provisions of the "Regulations", put oneself in, put the responsibilities in, put the work in, find problems in a timely manner, clarify the direction of efforts, and refine rectification measures. Do a good job of promoting learning through cases, deeply analyze typical cases of discipline violations, strengthen warning education, and educate people around them with things around them, so that party members and cadres can be alerted, know the bottom line, and know and respect. We should do a good job in training and learning, strengthen the interpretation and training of the "Regulations", help party members and cadres deeply understand and accurately grasp its spiritual essence, and truly achieve the unity of learning and understanding, knowledge and action.
"If the wood is roped, it will be straight, and if the gold is sharpened, it will be profitable." The majority of party members and cadres consciously study discipline, know discipline accurately, know discipline in their hearts, and strictly abide by discipline, so that they can be innocent, do things cleanly, and live up to the expectations and trust of the party and the people. With the guarantee of iron discipline, our party will be more united into a piece of "hard steel" and lead the people to win greater victories and glory!
Source: "Seeking Truth" 2024/09
Author: Commentator for Qiushi magazine