Communist Party of China: Rely on learning to get today and move toward the future
Zhang Xiaolin (Former Editor-in-Chief of Qiushi Magazine)
The one-hundred-year struggle course that the CPC has led Chinese people is a hundred years in which the Chinese nation has overcome countless difficulties, risks, and challenges and marched toward great rejuvenation; it is a hundred years in which the Chinese people have stood up and become rich to become strong; and it has also been a hundred years of constantly opening up and winning the future. In the course of a hundred years of continuous struggle, the party has led the people to create a great history, forge a great spirit, and form valuable experience, and "relying on learning to go to today and into the future" is undoubtedly one of the most precious and important successful experiences. We must inherit and carry forward the successful experience and important principles of the party's century-old study history, and continue to write a new chapter in the party's study under the historical conditions of the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The history of the party for a hundred years is also the history of the party's creative study
Our party is a Marxist political party, a learning party, and a Marxist learning party. Relying on study to move toward today and into the future is the true footprint and vivid portrayal of the party's century-old history, and it is also the essential characteristic and political advantage cast by the party's century-old history. As General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Our party has always attached importance to learning and is good at learning, and the history of the party leading China's revolution, construction and reform is a history of creative learning." The Central Committee of the Party has always called on the comrades of the whole Party to strengthen their study at every important historical turning point, and each such upsurge of study will promote the great progress and development of our cause. ”
The centenary history of the Party also illustrates the problem in this way. Tracing back to the roots, in a certain sense, our party started by studying and studying Marxism, and relied on the study, arming, and guidance of Marxism to continuously develop and grow and march toward victory. As we all know, with the October Revolution in Russia in 1917, Marxism was introduced to China, and it was precisely by relying on the study of Marxism that the earliest group of believers, followers, and practitioners of Marxism were produced in China, and the first Marxist political party in China was organized, that is, the Communist Party of China. From the beginning there were only a few dozen party members, to now, the party has more than 91 million party members. The party attaches importance to study and is good at learning, and the construction of a learning-oriented political party has always accompanied the party's century-old history, and the vivid pictures and lenses of great study and great development are vividly remembered and clearly visible. During the Jinggangshan period, there was the great study and great development that "the spark of a spark can ignite the plains"; during the Long March period, there was a great study and great development of "the Red Army is not afraid of expeditions and difficulties, and thousands of rivers and mountains are only idle" During the Yan'an period, our party's study of "Rectifying the Wind in Yan'an" against subjectivism, dogmatism, and sectarianism was even more popular among the population and inscribed in the annals of history. These studies and educations have strengthened the ideals and convictions of the whole party, kept firmly in mind the original intention, and undertaken the mission, effectively promoted the ideological unity and unity of the whole party, and effectively promoted the victory of China's new-democratic revolution. There are still many touching and classic learning stories. When Chen Wangdao translated the Communist Manifesto, he went to the point of oblivion, mistook the ink for brown sugar, and ate it with rice dumplings. The various mimeographed study materials, newspapers, periodicals, books, and counseling reports of the revolutionary years displayed in the party's historical materials, memorial halls, and museums are the most vivid historical testimonies of our party's emphasis on study and the building of a learning-oriented political party. In the success of the Chinese revolution, the tremendous role played by our Party in relying on study and building a learning party is indispensable and of the utmost importance.
After the founding of New China, our party has not stopped in attaching importance to the pace of study, and has pushed forward more vigorously in a wider range of fields, on a larger scale, and at a deeper level. Especially in the new period of reform and opening up, in the face of the new situation and new tasks, in view of the new situations, new changes, new problems, and new challenges that have emerged in reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, our party has attached more importance to study, and the building of a learning-oriented political party has stepped onto a new level and reached a new historical height. Taking the collective study of the Politburo of the Central Committee since the Eighteenth National Congress as an example, the breadth of topics and knowledge involved are unprecedented, covering all aspects of the economy, politics, culture, society, science and technology, ecological civilization, national defense and the army, and party building. The collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has undoubtedly played a huge exemplary effect, effectively promoting the study of the whole party and the whole society, and is of obvious and far-reaching significance to the building of a learning-oriented political party and a learning-oriented society and to China's economic and social development.
In the course of the party's century-long creative study, our party has gradually formed a series of important study principles centering on the nature and purpose of the party, the party's central work, the party's decision-making arrangements, and the party's key tasks; it has formed a series of important fine study styles of proceeding from reality, linking theory with practice, and seeking truth from facts; and has formed a series of important fine study styles in which study must be comprehensive, systematic, and full of the spirit of exploration; it is necessary to grasp the key points of study and also pay attention to expanding the field of study, not only to learn from books, but also from practice, and from the masses of the people. To learn from experts and scholars, we must also learn from useful experiences abroad, including the study of theoretical knowledge and a series of important learning methods for the study of practical knowledge; a series of study materials with clear themes, strong pertinence, practical use, and rich and concise; and a series of learning systems and study plans for hierarchical and classified leadership, guidance, and management have been formed. All these effective and complete sets of the party's relevant attention to study, the study system of building a Marxist political party, containing the party's fine traditions and political advantages, with distinct Chinese characteristics, Chinese experience, and Chinese style, is the party's precious and important wealth, is unique and unique among the world's political parties, has been integrated with the party's history and career development, is an important aspect, important content, and important field of the party's history and career development, and has an irreplaceable and important role. At the same time, it is also an important part of self-confidence in the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, theoretical self-confidence, institutional self-confidence and cultural self-confidence.
Solve the problem of "skill panic"
Why should our party attach importance to study and to building a learning-oriented political party? In a nutshell, it is necessary to solve the problem of "skill panic". As early as the Yan'an period in 1939, Mao Zedong proposed that "there is a panic in our ranks, not an economic panic, nor a political panic, but a skill panic." Mao Zedong's proposal of "skill panic" was intended to warn and spur the whole party, vigorously promote the trend of study, and pay close attention to increasing skills to meet the revolutionary upsurge.
Our party has a strong sense of relying on study to solve the problem of "skill panic," and the key points are twofold:
One point is the requirement of realistic necessity. Although our party has the guidance of Marxist scientific theory, it must be integrated with China's reality and must proceed from China's actual conditions. The party's century-old history has gone through different historical stages of revolution, construction, and reform, and whether it is revolution, construction, or reform, it is an innovative undertaking for our party. How is the Chinese revolution carried out? How to do construction? How to carry out reform? We must proceed from China's reality, determined by China's specific national conditions, there are no and cannot have ready-made answers in books, there is no and cannot have successful experiences that can be used as references in reality, only by studying and exploring, we can find a way out on our own, and we can break through on our own. It can be seen how important it is to rely on study to solve the problem of "skill panic" and grasp the development law of China's revolution, construction, and reform! China's new-democratic revolution is to solve the problem of "skill panic" through continuous study and exploration, including experiencing setbacks and paying a price, and to find the correct new-democratic revolutionary road of the countryside encircling the cities and eventually seizing power. The same is true of China's construction and reform causes, which are also through continuous study and exploration, to solve the problem of "skill panic", and to embark on a path of China's socialist construction that conforms to China's national conditions and reality and china's reform, opening up, and modernization development path.
Another point is the requirement of the inevitability of our Party's self-development. Our party is a Marxist political party that serves the people wholeheartedly, is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, the Chinese people, and the Chinese nation, and undertakes the lofty historical mission of national rejuvenation. Only by continuously learning and mastering new knowledge can we come to the forefront of the times, can we become the backbone of the Chinese people, become the mainstay of coping with various risks and challenges, and become the core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
General Secretary Xi Jinping recalled the "skill panic" at the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Central Party School and the opening ceremony of the spring of 2013, stressing that only when the skills of the whole party are continuously enhanced, the goal of "two hundred years" can be realized, and the "Chinese Dream" of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation can be dreamed of come true. This means that solving the problem of "skill panic" is more urgent and important. We now re-mention the "skill panic" and the "skill panic" mentioned in the Yan'an period, and the connotation and extension are not the same. During the Yan'an period, we still wanted to seize political power as a party, and now our party has been in power for more than seventy years, and if we are facing panic, then the "skill panic" we are facing is probably characterized by a comprehensive nature, including economic, political, cultural, social, ecological civilization, national defense and the army, the party's self-building, and other aspects and fields, because the socialist modernization drive in China under the leadership of the party itself is itself a cause of all-round development, and no one can be less. Moreover, the severity and complexity of the "skill panic" are different from the past. Today's world is experiencing major changes unprecedented in a century, the outbreak of the new crown virus epidemic has intensified the evolution of the great changes, the unstable and uncertain factors in the external environment have increased, and the risks and challenges have increased significantly. Today's China has also entered a new stage of development, is achieving high-quality development, forming a new development pattern, and facing many deep-seated complex problems. In such an international and domestic background to promote China's socialist modernization and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the tasks facing us are extremely arduous, the problems are many and complex, and they are also unique, and there are many unknown things, so we must rely on study, through study and exploration to solve the problem of "skill panic", rely on our own wisdom, and rely on our own practice to solve the problems of the times facing China.
The issue of study style is the first and most important issue
An important achievement of the party's century-long creative study of history is the formation of the party's fine study style, that is, the Marxist study style of integrating theory with practice, proceeding from reality, and seeking truth from facts. The reason why our party's century-long study has achieved great success is that the party's fine study style has played a decisive role. Mao Zedong once said: The issue of study style is the first important issue. This is also an important conclusion and important enlightenment of the party's century-old creative study of history, which must be inherited and carried forward in the new historical conditions to promote the party's study. Specifically, there are three distinctive features:
- Problem-oriented. The party's century-old study history tells us that we must study problems in light of problems, and the basic tenets of our Marxism, the living soul, is to proceed from reality. What is actually, reality is the problem, we must be problem-oriented to learn, not air-to-air. Mao Zedong once said that "we should establish the principle of taking the study of the practical problems of the Chinese revolution as the center and guided by the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism, and abolish the method of studying Marxism-Leninism in a static and isolated manner." He also vividly and vividly used the allusion of "having a purpose" to explain the application and style of theory. The party's century-long study history is guided by the problems of the times in the different historical stages of China's revolution, construction, and reform, and through continuous study and exploration, it has found the development law and development path of China's revolution, construction, and reform, and thus won the great victory of China's revolution, construction, and reform. Taking problems as the guide and focusing on analyzing and solving problems is not only the focus of the party's study, but also the fundamental requirement of the party's study nature, study purpose, and the party's fine study style.
- Learning by doing. The party's century-old study history also tells us that the party's study is not to study well and then do it, nor to do it after learning, but to study while practicing, to learn in practice, and to learn from doing. As Mao Zedong said, "Learn war in war." This statement is both vivid and vivid, incisive and profound, showing the importance our party attaches to study and how to study it. In fact, we are studying revolution in the course of revolution, construction in construction, and reform in reform. After the founding of New China, we entered the city and became the ruling party, and Mao Zedong reminded the whole party that "we must make great efforts to learn to manage and build cities", "to learn the technology of production and the methods of managing production", and "to learn what we did not understand before". Thanks to the new study and practice, we have learned from the cadres and learned the all-round development of the party's various undertakings, such as agriculture, industry, national defense, science, education, culture, public health, and sports. Entering the new period of reform and opening up, Deng Xiaoping said: "Realizing the four modernizations is a profound and great revolution. In this great revolution, we are advancing in the constant resolution of new contradictions. Therefore, the comrades of the whole party must be good at studying and re-studying. "We have established and developed a socialist market economy, established a basic economic system with public ownership as the mainstay and the common development of various ownership systems, and implemented the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and strengthening the country with qualified personnel. In a word, attaching importance to study, being good at studying, studying in practice, and learning through cadres are the valuable experience and political advantages of our communists and the fine study style of our party.
-- Studying the basic positions, viewpoints and methods of Marxism. The party's century-old study history also tells us that the party's study involves many scopes and a lot of knowledge to be learned, but the most important thing is to study the basic stand, viewpoints, and methods of Marxism. This is the essence and foundation of Marxist theory, for example, the masses of the people are the main body of history, proceeding from reality, seeking truth from facts, serving the people wholeheartedly, taking the people as the center, practicing first, material and spiritual, social existence and social consciousness, productive forces and production relations, dialectical unity of the superstructure and economic foundation, and so on. Comrade Mao Tse-tung said it well: "If you can apply the Marxist-Leninist point of view and explain one or two practical problems, you will be praised, even if you have some achievements." The more things you explain, the more universal, and the more profound, the greater your achievements. Therefore, our party must rely on study to move toward the future today, constantly uphold the party's advanced nature and purity, and constantly improve the party's leadership ability and leadership level, so we must make efforts to study the basic marxist stand, viewpoints, and methods, take what we are doing as the center, focus on the application of Marxist theory, focus on theoretical thinking on practical issues, focus on new practice and new developments, and truly learn to understand and understand the basic positions, viewpoints, and methods of Marxism.
Author: Zhang Xiaolin Former editor-in-chief of Qiushi magazine
Editor: Yu Ying
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