Zhong Hua on: The Source of Great Spirit and the Magnificent Force of Forging Ahead -- On the Great Spirit of Party Building

Beijing, 18 Jul (Xinhua) -- Zhong Hua on the Source of Great Spirit and the Magnificent Force for Forging Ahead -- On the Great Spirit of Party Building

"One hundred years ago, the pioneers of the Communist Party of China founded the Communist Party of China, forming the great spirit of adhering to the truth, adhering to ideals, practicing the original intention, undertaking the mission, not being afraid of sacrifice, heroic struggle, loyalty to the party, and living up to the people, which is the source of the spirit of the Communist Party of China."

July 1, 2021, Tiananmen Square, Beijing. At the meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly put forward the great spirit of party building, and stirred up the magnificent force of carrying forward the past and forging ahead in the hearts of more than 95 million party members and more than 1.4 billion Chinese people.

32 words, condensing a hundred years of struggle, revealing the true meaning of history. This is the spiritual epic of a great Marxist political party, and this is the heroic declaration of the Chinese Communists in the new era to learn from history and create a future.

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The Communist Party of China is celebrating its centenary, and the eyes of the world are once again focused on China. The Summit of Leaders of The Communist Party of China and the World Political Parties was held in the "cloud" with the participation of leaders of more than 500 political parties and political organizations in more than 160 countries, more than 10,000 political parties and representatives from all walks of life. Behind the pomp and circumstance is the question that pervades many people's minds: Why can the Chinese Communist Party?

Trees that are thousands of feet tall will have roots, and rivers will always have a source. To understand the CPC, we must understand the spirit of the CPC; to understand the spirit of the CPC, we must understand the spiritual source of the CPC.

General Secretary Xi Jinping's refinement, summary and profound elaboration of the great party-building spirit explained the spiritual source and starting point of the Communist Party of China, revealed the historical significance and era value of the great party-building spirit, and concentrated on the profound exposition of the party's history, party traditions and party spirit.

The proposal of the great spirit of party building has both a profound historical foundation and distinct characteristics of the times, which indicates that our party's understanding and summarization of its own history has reached a new height, its understanding and grasp of its own nature and purpose have reached a new height, and its understanding and interpretation of its own spiritual genealogy have reached a new height. This is a major theoretical innovation, the enrichment and perfection of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, and of great and far-reaching significance for promoting the vigorous development of the cause of the party and the people.

Engels pointed out that a party that knows its own aims and how to achieve them, a party that really wants to achieve it and has the tenacity that is indispensable to achieving it - such a party will be invincible.

The sign of victory and defeat, spiritual foresight. The great spirit of party building highly summarizes the historical, theoretical and practical logic of the CPC's century-old struggle, provides a "golden key" for people to deeply understand "why the CPC can", and contains the spiritual code that the century-old party is still flourishing.

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The spark of a spark can ignite the plains.

At one of the great memorial halls of the Communist Party of China, the huge oil painting "Spark" with a height of 3 meters and a width of 7 meters attracted many visitors to stop. On the screen, more than 50 members of the early organizations of the Communist Party in various places held their heads high and marched forward with great vigor. Once the fire of ideals and beliefs is ignited, it will never be extinguished...

"The highest ideal of life is to seek the truth." Turning over the history of the Party, the pioneers of the Party have written one touching story after another of adhering to the truth and adhering to the ideal. For the sake of the doctrine and faith in their hearts, they are unswerving, going forward and succeeding, and the test of life and death cannot change their aspirations, fame and fortune cannot move their hearts, and they cannot stop their actions in all difficulties and dangers. "Stones can be broken, but they cannot be seized; Dan can be sharpened, but not red." The ideals and convictions of the Chinese Communists are as solid as a rock, and the Chinese Communists are indomitable in their hard work and struggle.

The awakening of the mind is the real awakening, and the spiritual sublimation is the real sublimation. In modern times, in the course of repeated comparisons, in the course of arduous exploration, and in the course of practical testing, China's advanced elements have become more and more truly aware that "all roads are impossible" and that only Marxism can save China. It is precisely on the basis of a profound understanding of the scientific nature and truth of Marxism that the Chinese Communists believe that "Marx's doctrine is really the guiding star for saving China" and firmly believe that "the doctrine we believe in is the truth of the universe." Since its birth, our party has clearly written Marxism on its banner, continuously promoted the sinicization of Marxism and the popularization of the times in its long-term practice, and led the people to embark on a correct path toward the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Marx believed that the essence of the spirit is always the truth itself. The "taste" of faith stems from the power of truth. For Chinese communists, to uphold the truth is to uphold the truth of Marxism; to uphold the ideal is to adhere to the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

There is faith in the heart and strength in the feet. A hundred years of arduous struggle and a hundred years of vicissitudes and great changes have fully proved that the reason why the Communist Party of China can and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good is, in the final analysis, because of Marxism. Faith in Marxism, in socialism and communism, will always be the political soul of communists and the spiritual pillar for communists to withstand any test.

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On the square on the west side of the Historical Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China, five groups of sculptures entitled "Banner", "Faith", "Great Cause", "Tackling Tough Problems", and "Chasing Dreams" stand solemnly, vividly telling the struggle process of our party for seeking happiness for the people and rejuvenation for the nation over the past hundred years, and fixing the image of the great shore that practices the original intention and undertakes the mission one by one between heaven and earth and is engraved in people's hearts.

As General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, over the past hundred years, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people to carry out all the struggles, all the sacrifices, all the creations, which boil down to one theme: to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. At a time when the national fortunes were in turmoil and the nation was in danger, the revolutionary pioneers stepped forward and were determined to open up a bright road for the Chinese nation, which was deeply suffering. As soon as the Communist Party of China was born, it established itself as its original mission to seek happiness for the Chinese the people, and to seek rejuvenation for the Chinese nation.

The original intention is eternal because of practice, and the mission is great because of responsibility. From Li Dazhao's ambition to "create a new life for the nation and save the youth of the nation" to Fang Zhimin's vow that "I long for the light; I begin to struggle for the light"; from Wang Jinxi's struggle to "desperately win the big oil field", to Jiao Yulu's feeling of "having the whole people in his heart, but without himself"; from Kong Fansen's dissection that "the highest state of love for a Communist Party member is to love the people", to Huang Wenxiu's choice to "plunge himself into the place where the masses of the people need it most"... Generation after generation of communists have kept their original intentions with the heart of a child and carried out their mission with the will to struggle, leading the people to create one miracle after another in the annals of history.

The original intention and mission are the fundamental driving force that motivates the Chinese Communists to keep moving forward. In the course of a hundred years of ups and downs, it is precisely because of adhering to the original intention and bravely undertaking the mission that the Chinese Communists have always been able to strengthen their confidence that "the long winds and waves will sometimes be broken", maintain the determination of "a thousand hardships and a thousand blows and still be strong", stimulate the courage of "courage to ascend to the invincible situation first", excavate the wisdom of "breaking through the clouds and fog to see the moon", and bravely move forward on the journey of "smoothing the bumpy road into the road"...

At the ceremony of awarding the "July 1st Medal", when Zhang Guimei walked into the Great Hall of the People, her hands covered with plasters and holding up the dreams of many mountain girls made people tear up. Like Zhang Guimei, countless Communist Party members wrote down their sincere voices with their struggling hands: "Some people have asked me, why do I do this?" Among them, there is my gratitude and affection for this land, and more importantly, it is the original intention and mission of a Communist Party member. ”

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"Since 1921, so 2021." On the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the party, a number of film and television works such as "The Age of Awakening", "1921", "Revolutionaries", and "Red Boat" were screened. Relive the historical moments that can be sung and wept, feel that everything is not easy to come by today, and people remember those martyrs who "woke up first but left first" even more.

"Li Dazhao, sacrificed in 1927", "Chen Yannian, sacrificed in 1927", "Li Hanjun, sacrificed in 1927", "Chen Qiaonian, sacrificed in 1928", "Cai Hesen, sacrificed in 1931", "Deng Zhongxia, sacrificed in 1933"...

"Without sparing the head of the new homeland, Gan will be willing to fertilize China with blood." The century-old history of the Party is a history of heroic struggle without fear of sacrifice. In the history of youth, there are blood and tears, there are sufferings and glory, and there are iron bones.

That was Zhao Shiyan's firm conviction that "the heroes will not give up their sacrifices", the generosity and calmness of Qu Qiubai's "very good place" before his execution, the fearless feat of He Shuheng "shed the last drop of blood for the Soviets", Shi Guangyin's tenacious struggle to "smash the pot and sell iron to cure the sand", and Huang Dafa's selfless dedication of "water cannot pass, take his life to pave"...

To struggle there is sacrifice. No other party in the world has encountered so many hardships and obstacles, experienced so many life and death tests, and paid so many tragic sacrifices like the Communist Party of China. According to incomplete statistics, in modern times, there have been about 20 million martyrs who have sacrificed their precious lives for the cause of China's revolution and construction. Most of them were Communists, and most of them left no names.

Born in the course of struggle, developed in struggle, and grown stronger in struggle, our party has tempered an invincible and powerful spiritual force in the course of struggle, forged a magnificent wind bone that is not afraid of risks and strong enemies, dares to overcome all difficulties without being overwhelmed by any difficulties, and unites and leads the Chinese people to create a bright and splendid new world.

"In order to have the courage to sacrifice more, dare to teach the sun and the moon for a new day." The history of the struggle over the past hundred years has stirred up the heroic pride of the Chinese Communists who have changed the world and the earth and are full of mountains and rivers.

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"I volunteered to join the Communist Party of China, support the Party's program, abide by the Party's constitution ... We are always ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people and never betray the party. Facing the bright red party flag, raising his right fist and solemnly taking an oath - for communist party members, the 80-word oath of joining the party is thousands of words, and the spirit and requirements of "loyalty to the party and living up to the people" run through it, calling on every party member to "practice what they believe and practice what they know."

"The world is more virtuous than loyal." Loyalty to the Party is the primary political quality of Communists. Over the past hundred years, our Party has gone through hardships and tribulations, not crushed by difficulties, nor defeated by the enemy, relying on the loyalty of tens of millions of Party members. In the history of the party in the past hundred years, there is the fortitude of "being loyal to the heart and filling the two rooms with greatness"; there is the grandeur of "the head of a strong man falls for the party, and the body of a good man is a group of cracks"; there is the integrity of the belly full of grass roots and preferring to die; there is the steadfastness of a bamboo stick nailed into ten fingers and never betraying the party; there is a realm of hiding meritorious fame and indifference to fame and fortune... Generations of outstanding communists have interpreted absolute loyalty to the party with blood and life, hard work and dedication.

Loyalty to the party comes from firm faith; it does not fail the people and comes from the original intention of serving the people. The century-old history of our party is a history of sharing weal and woe with the people, and struggling in unity with the people. From "serving the people" to "taking the people as the center," the Chinese Communists have always put the people in the highest position in their hearts, and for the sake of the people's happiness, they have bravely gone forward to go forward, struggled hard to seek it, worked hard to achieve success, and truly achieved "I will live up to the people without myself."

"The people also work hard, but they can be well-off." Only under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people have achieved mastery of their own affairs, historically solved the problem of absolute poverty, built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way on the land of China, and the people have lived a better and better life. "This prosperous world, as you wish" - this is the prosperity created by the people, and it is also the prosperity of the people.

"The frost is full of heart blood, sprinkled on the Qianfeng Qiuye Dan." Party spirit and people's nature have always been consistent and unified, and the essential requirement for loyalty to the party is to live up to the people, and to live up to the people is the greatest loyalty to the party. Absolute loyalty to the party and unlimited love for the people - the loyal heart and the heart of the naked son of the Chinese communists have long been integrated into the spiritual bloodline and have become an inexhaustible source of strength.

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Comrade Deng Xiaoping said: "Communists rely on the power of truth and the strength of personality on the one hand. "The great spirit of party building comprehensively and vividly embodies the strength of the communists' truth and the strength of their personality, and is a summary and condensation of the ideals and convictions, responsibilities, value pursuits, spiritual outlook, and political character embodied by the pioneers of the Communist Party of China in the practice of party building, and has a distinct political, revolutionary, practical, and people's nature.

The spirit of the great founding of the party is incisive in thought, rich in connotation, and far-reaching in artistic conception; its four aspects are relatively independent, each with its own emphases, closely linked and integrated with each other, and are an organic whole that is interconnected and mutually reinforcing, fully embodying the theme and main line, mainstream, and essence of the century-old party's history, and fully embodying the essential requirements of a Marxist political party of "not forgetting the original intention and keeping firmly in mind the mission."

"Upholding the truth and adhering to ideals" reveals from the ideological level the unique advantages of our party's advanced ideology and firm belief; "practicing the original intention and undertaking the mission" reveals our party's consistent historical responsibility and inexhaustible driving force for progress from the practical level; "not being afraid of sacrifice and fighting heroically" reveals from the spiritual level the strong will and invincible powerful force of our party; "being loyal to the party and not failing the people," and revealing from the value level the noble character of our party in building the party for the public and caring for the people.

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Where a tree has roots, it can grow, and where water has a source, it can run. The great spirit of party building has taken root and sprouted in the unremitting exploration of the pioneers of the Communist Party of China in their search for truth, thrived in the historical process of integrating Marxism with China's specific reality and China's excellent traditional culture, enriched and developed in the great practice of revolution, construction, and reform led by the Communist Party of China to Chinese the people, and built an eternal spiritual home for Chinese communists.

Where history begins, spirit arises. The great spirit of party building, which has written a great opening chapter in a century-old magnificent spiritual epic, is the source of the UNC's unceasing spirit.

This is the spiritual origin and ideological basis for building the party, rejuvenating the party, and strengthening the party. The great spirit of party building has answered such basic questions as "for whom, on whom, and who am I?", "where do I come from and where I am going?", "what is a Marxist political party and how to build a Marxist political party", accumulates the red gene that our party is born with, and reveals the fundamental reason why the CPC is "great, glorious, and correct." The great spirit of party building is like a cornerstone, supporting the majestic edifice of the party's cause and progress; it is also like a flame, igniting one burning spiritual torch after another on the arduous and extraordinary journey.

This is the source and origin, root and soul of the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists. Over the past one hundred years, proceeding from the source of the great spirit of party building, the Communist Party of China has formed a series of great spirits in its protracted struggle, built up the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists, and demonstrated the magnificent spiritual strength of passing on the torch from generation to generation.

"Upholding the Truth and Upholding Ideals" in the formation of the Spirit of Jinggangshan, the Spirit of the Zunyi Conference, and the Spirit of the Special Administrative Region has inspired the Chinese Communists to emancipate their minds, seek truth from facts, and dare to blaze a new trail; "practicing the original intention and undertaking the mission" has been vividly interpreted in the spirit of Yan'an, the spirit of Xibaipo, and the spirit of "two bombs and one satellite," which have fully demonstrated the chinese communists' historical responsibility and fighting spirit; and "not being afraid of sacrifice and heroic struggle" constitute the core essence of the spirit of the Long March and the spirit of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. It inspires the party and the people to overcome all difficulties to strive for victory; "loyalty to the party and living up to the people" reflects the spirit of flood resistance, earthquake relief, great anti-epidemic spirit, and poverty alleviation spirit, and engraves the lofty concepts of people-oriented and people-first in the depths of the earth...

A series of great spirits have embodied their own characteristics and different meanings in different periods, but the essence and spiritual essence are in the same vein, are in harmony with each other, and trace back to the roots, and can all find their spiritual origins and background in the great spirit of party building. Just as the Yangtze River and the Yellow River originated from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the "roof of the world", crossed heavy mountains and flowed into the sea in the east, the great spirit of party building has run endlessly in the long river of history, running through a hundred years and lasting for a long time, becoming the "source of living water" of the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists.

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Spirit is the soul on which a nation depends for its survival and development, and only when it reaches a certain height spiritually can this nation reach a certain height in the course of historical development.

In the old China, where the country was humiliated, the people were in distress, and civilization was dusted, whether it was the discrimination that "Chinese people and dogs were not allowed to enter" or the lament of "sadness and the greatest fear of reading the news", they all reflected the humiliating situation of Chinese being bullied by others and having no dignity, and the Chinese nation at that time was in a state of extreme involuntary, independence, and self-confidence in spirit. In a "silent China", time is stagnant, and there are "silent souls" everywhere.

"So the first sound of our liberation movement is 'spiritual liberation'!" Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has consciously closely integrated ideological change with social revolution, thus initiating a historic reshaping of the chinese national spirit. Comrade Mao Zedong once said: "Since Chinese learned Marxism-Leninism, Chinese has shifted from passive to active in spirit. "The Communist Party of China came into being at the right time, and the struggle of the Chinese people to seek national independence, the people's liberation, the country's prosperity and strength, and the people's happiness had a backbone, and the spiritual world of the Chinese people began to change dramatically. As the Internationale goes: "There has never been a savior, nor a god emperor!" To create human happiness, it is up to us! ”

"It all depends on ourselves" -- Over the past hundred years, our party has grasped the law, gained insight into the general trend, led the people to write the most magnificent epic poem in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, firmly grasped the fate of China's development and progress in its own hands, and won the initiative in history; our party has inspired people with lofty ideals, united people with common belief, and shaped people with lofty spirits, so that the Chinese people can sweep away their spiritual confusion and decadence, walk out of the passive quagmire, and plunge themselves into the great cause of national rejuvenation with a mental state of self-reliance, self-improvement, and self-confidence. Won the spirit of the initiative.

The birth of the Communist Party of China is the inevitable result of the great awakening of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation; the great spirit of party building nurtured by the practice of party building has become a new starting point for the development of the Chinese nation's spirit, which not only stands up the backbone of the national spirit, but also injects a powerful "driving force" into the inheritance, reshaping, and sublimation of the national spirit. Originating from the great spirit of party building, generation after generation of communists have built up the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists in the course of long-term struggle, injected new elements into the national spirit, opened up new realms, greatly enriched the spiritual genealogy of the Chinese nation, and made it constantly full of vigor and vitality.

The people have faith, the nation has hope, and the country has strength. On the journey of national rejuvenation, the great spirit of party building is like a conspicuous road sign, which profoundly enlightens us: When high-rise buildings are lined up everywhere, the edifice of the Chinese national spirit should also stand majestically.

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"By making history our own, we move from history to eternity." Looking back at the road of struggle in the past and the road of endeavor ahead, the great spirit of party building has been deeply integrated into the blood and soul of the COMMUNIST Party of China and the Chinese nation, and has become the fundamental spiritual force for us to learn from history and create the future.

History flows endlessly, and the spirit is passed on from generation to generation. How to inherit and carry forward the great spirit of party building, so that this "source of spirit" can become the "source of motivation" for the new journey of forging ahead and building a modern socialist country in an all-round way? In the new era, Chinese Communists need to constantly make new answers in practice.

Only if you have faith in your heart can you go far. To carry forward the great spirit of party building, we should build a solid foundation of faith, replenish the calcium of the spirit, stabilize the rudder of the mind, adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, let the fire of the spirit and the light of truth illuminate the new journey, and let Marxism show more powerful vitality in China in the 21st century.

The greater the cause, the more challenging it is, and the more it needs to be aware of the heavy burden. To carry forward the great spirit of party building, we should arouse the spirit of struggle, enhance the ability to struggle, and carry out great struggles with many new historical characteristics. On the way forward, we must profoundly understand the new characteristics and new requirements brought about by the changes in the main contradictions in our society, profoundly understand the new contradictions and new challenges brought about by the complicated international environment, maintain the heroic spirit of "the more difficult and dangerous the more we move forward," strive to exert a high fighting spirit of "not breaking the building and never repaying it," dare to struggle, be good at struggle, open up roads in every mountain, build bridges in the face of water, and have the courage to overcome all risks and challenges.

Jiangshan is the people, the people are the Jiangshan, and it is the people's hearts that fight and defend the Jiangshan. To carry forward the great spirit of party building, we should persist in taking the people as the center, strive to solve the problems of unbalanced and inadequate development and the problems of the people's urgent difficulties and expectations, do a good job as the people's "intimate people," "confidants," and "warm-hearted people," keep loyalty and love for the party and the people firmly in mind and implement them in action, so as to bring about the people's new achievements and live up to the people's new expectations.

"The winner is strong, and the self-winner is strong." A very important reason why the Communist Party of China has gone through thousands of trials and tribulations and is that we have always insisted that the party should manage the party and administer the party in an all-round and strict manner. To carry forward the great spirit of party building, we should have the courage to carry out self-revolution, resolutely eliminate all factors that undermine the party's advanced nature and purity, eliminate all viruses that erode the healthy body of the party, be wise and virtuous, abide by public morality, and strictly private morality, ensure that the party does not change its degeneration, color, and taste, and always become a strong core of leadership in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

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Around the time of "July 1st," light shows held in various places on the theme of the centenary of the founding of the Party were screened. The changes of light and shadow, the contrast between the present and the past, make people feel infinitely emotional. From the spark of stars to the lights of thousands of homes, from a red boat to a mighty ship, what a miraculous change, what a great miracle!

"The Chinese nation has ushered in a great leap from standing up and getting rich to becoming strong, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process!" At the meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping's sonorous and powerful solemn proclamation sent out a strong voice of the times for Chinese communists and the vast number of Chinese sons and daughters to promote the great cause and realize the great dream in the new era.

Illuminating the road of struggle with the light of faith and condensing the mighty strength with the aspiration of rejuvenation, the original intention and mission of a century-old party have never bloomed with such a dazzling light; the glory and dream of a great nation have never been so close to the other side of the glorious shore.

Let the great spirit of party building inspire us to march forward courageously toward the goal of great rejuvenation! (End)