The 17th issue of Qiushi magazine, published on September 1 this year, published General Secretary Xi Jinping's important article "The great spirit of the party will always be the precious spiritual wealth of the party and the country". The article emphasizes that if people do not have a spirit, they will not stand, and if the country does not have a spirit, it will not be strong. Only when we can stand firm and steady spiritually can a nation stand firm in the torrent of history and stand at the head of the tide. The reason why our party has flourished and endured hardships over the past century is that it relies on such a strong spirit of revolution and hard work. The struggle against difficulties is a material struggle and a spiritual confrontation.
Historical experience has proved that the Chinese spirit of perseverance and unremitting self-improvement is the soul and pillar of the Chinese nation to stand firm and stand at the head of the tide. Since the advent of the Communist Party of China, the chinese revolution has taken on a new look, the Chinese spirit has been endowed with a new connotation of the times, and the great spirit of the party will inevitably become the spiritual banner leading China forward, inspiring generation after generation of Chinese communists and Chinese people to continue to struggle for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The great spirit of the Party is the banner of the Chinese spirit
The Chinese spirit is the unity of the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core. The Chinese spirit runs through the five-thousand-year history of civilization of the Chinese nation, and the five-thousand-year culture of the Chinese nation has bred the spirit of the Chinese nation and the spirit of the times. As soon as the Communist Party of China was born, it became the backbone of the Chinese revolution, and the great spirit of the party formed in the course of leading the practice of China's revolution, construction, and reform not only deepened, enriched, and developed the Chinese spirit, but also led the Chinese spirit, became the banner of the Chinese spirit, and was a strong spiritual foundation for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the natural result of the natural formation of the Chinese people in the process of seeking national liberation and self-reliance and self-reliance, and has been tested by the practice of bloody rain and wind. "The Chinese Communist Party can!" It is the conclusion formed by the Chinese Communists in knowing the heavy burden, working hard, overcoming difficulties, and overcoming one seemingly insurmountable "fortress" after another, and has become an indisputable truth. The great spirit of the party leading the Chinese spirit not only conforms to the historical logic of the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, but also is a great form of practice under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China and the transformation of the people's style with the party style.
To understand why the CPC can, we must understand the great spirit of the CPC; to understand the great spirit of the CPC, we must understand the great spirit of party building. In the course of the CPC's century-long struggle, from the great May Fourth spirit with patriotism, progress, democracy, and science as the main contents to the spirit of poverty alleviation of "working with one heart from top to bottom, fighting with all our might, being precise and pragmatic, pioneering and innovating, overcoming difficulties, and living up to the people," a series of great spirits and the great spirit of party building are in the same vein and reflect each other, and they reflect the great spirit of the party in different periods from different angles and levels such as regions, events, and figures, enriching "upholding the truth, adhering to ideals, practicing the original intention, undertaking the mission, and not being afraid of sacrifice." The scientific connotation of the great spirit of party building, heroic struggle, loyalty to the party, and living up to the people's "great party building spirit, and jointly build the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists." The great spirit of party building fully embodies the nature and purpose of an advanced Marxist political party, reflects the main theme and mainstream essence of the century-old party history, and is the inheritance, development, and sublimation of our party's great spirit of the Chinese nation.
The great spirit of the party is the driving force, cornerstone and source of strength for realizing great dreams, advancing great causes, implementing great projects, and carrying out great struggles. Realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, advancing the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, implementing the great project of party building, and waging our great struggle to face various challenges, contradictions and problems are inseparable from the support of the party's great spirit.
"Loyalty to the party and living up to the people" is the main theme line that runs through the great spirit of the party
Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has been the theme of all the struggle, sacrifice and creation of the CPC over the past hundred years. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation can only be realized by relying on the tens of millions of CPC members working together with the broad masses of the people to overcome difficulties and unswervingly continue to struggle. "Loyalty to the party and living up to the people" is the foothold and important component part of the great founding spirit of the Communist Party of China, and it is also the main theme line of the great spirit that runs through the great spirit of the Communist Party of China in all periods.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out many times that leading cadres should be loyal and clean, and loyalty is always the first. This is a demand on both leading cadres and more than 95 million party members. The success of China's revolution, construction and reform, and the historic achievements and changes since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, absolute loyalty to the party is the primary condition. To test whether a party member is qualified or not, we must first determine whether the party member is loyal to the party. For party members, loyalty to the party is the premise and basis for taking responsibility, and between the two is the relationship of "1" and "0", without loyalty to the party, there is no talk of any responsibility. In the revolutionary years, it is necessary to see whether party members and cadres are loyal to the party, and whether they can charge into the battlefield for the cause of the party and the people and sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths; and in peacetime, there are also clear test criteria, that is, whether this party member can uphold the party's leadership, resolutely safeguard the authority of the party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership, and consciously maintain a high degree of unity with the party Central Committee in ideological and political actions; whether he can resolutely implement the party's theory, line, principles, and policies, and implement the decisions and arrangements of the party Central Committee to the letter Whether we can strictly abide by the party's political discipline and political rules, and be a politically understanding and honest person; whether we can persist in putting the cause of the party and the people above all else, consciously implement organizational decisions, obey organizational arrangements, and so on.
The purpose of the Communist Party of China is to serve the people wholeheartedly, which is determined by the nature of the Party. Marx and Engels pointed out in the Communist Manifesto: "All movements in the past were movements of the minority or for the benefit of the minority. The movement of the proletariat is an independent movement of the majority of the people, for the benefit of the overwhelming majority of the people. "Since the day it was founded, the Communist Party of China has established as its original mission to seek happiness for the Chinese the people, and to seek rejuvenation for the Chinese nation." "Living up to the people" is the fundamental requirement of every Communist Party member and has also become the basic core of the great spirit of the Party in all periods. The ultimate goal of the Chinese Communists to save the country, rejuvenate the country, and strengthen the country is to meet the people's yearning and needs for a better life. The great spirit of the Party in various periods is a summary of the vivid practice of the Chinese Communists in always "living up to the people."
Looking at the great spirit of the party, whether it is named after regions, such as the spirit of Jinggangshan, the spirit of the Soviet Union, the spirit of Yan'an, the spirit of Xibaipo, the spirit of Zhaojin, the spirit of Nanniwan, the spirit of Taihang (Lüliang spirit), the spirit of Dabie Mountain, the spirit of Yimeng, the spirit of the old district, the spirit of Daqing, the spirit of Beidahuang, the spirit of Saihanba, the spirit of the Special Administrative Region, etc.; or the spirit of events, such as the spirit of the Long March, the spirit of the Zunyi Conference, the spirit of the War of Resistance, the spirit of Hongyan, the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, the spirit of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the spirit of "two bombs and one star", the spirit of the Red Flag Canal, etc.; or the spirit of the Long March, the spirit of the Zunyi Conference, the spirit of the War of Resistance, the spirit of Hongyan, the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, the spirit of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the spirit of "two bombs and one star", the spirit of the Red Flag Canal, etc." The spirit of the "two roads", the spirit of moving west, the spirit of reform and opening up, the spirit of flood fighting, the spirit of fighting SARS, the spirit of earthquake relief, the spirit of manned spaceflight, the spirit of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the spirit of poverty alleviation, the spirit of fighting against the epidemic, the spirit of "three cows", the spirit of exploring the moon, the spirit of Beidou in the new era, the spirit of the Silk Road, etc.; or named after individuals or groups of heroic model figures, such as the spirit of Zhang Side, the spirit of Lei Feng, the spirit of Jiao Yulu, the spirit of iron man, the spirit of old Tibet (the spirit of Kong Fansen), the spirit of Wang Jie, the spirit of labor models (the spirit of labor, the spirit of craftsmen), The spirit of the women's volleyball team, the spirit of scientists, the spirit of entrepreneurship, etc., are inseparable from the main line of "loyalty to the party and living up to the people". "Loyalty to the party and not to the people" is the most distinctive background for communist party members.
Use the party's great spirit to dominate the Chinese spirit
Using party style to promote the transformation of people's style is an important experience of the CPC in governing the country, and using the party's great spirit to dominate the Chinese spirit is an important way to encourage us to draw more active spiritual strength at present.
Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, on the one hand, has incorporated the comprehensive and strict management of the party into the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, and has made one major decision-making deployment after another, achieving major victories in the anti-corruption struggle, the party style and government style have obviously improved, and the people's style and social style are rising; on the other hand, general secretary Xi Jinping must visit the revolutionary holy sites, red sites, and revolutionary memorial sites of great historical significance of our party every time he visits a locality. And summarize the connotation and essence of the spirit of each red revolution, repeatedly emphasize the continuation of the red bloodline, inherit the red gene, act as a model for the world, and practice what they preach, so as to accumulate more active spiritual motivation and forward strength for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modern power.
Building a strong socialist modern country should not only be strong materially, but also spiritually. Great causes breed great spirits, and great spirits lead great causes. Whether in the past, at present or in the future, the great spirit of the party is the banner that leads China to continuously forge ahead, and it will certainly inspire all the Chinese people to work harder and more promisingly and run towards a more brilliant future.
(The author is deputy director and research librarian of the Party School of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and researcher of the Shanghai Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era)
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