the party's thought on self-revolutionary strategy is a major theoretical contribution of the thought on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era to the marxist theory of party building. the general secretary pointed out in his report on the party's twenty national congress: "through unremitting efforts, the party has found the second answer to the problem of self-revolution, which is to break out of the historical cycle of the rise and fall of chaos. its capacity for self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal and self-improvement has been significantly enhanced, and its lax and soft governance of the party has been fundamentally reversed. a clean and positive intra-party political environment has been formed and developed to ensure that the party will never deteriorate, change color or become stale." this sums up the important reasons and experience for the historic achievements and changes made by the cpc central committee in comprehensively governing the party with strict discipline since the 18th cpc national congress. to continue to thoroughly and consistently implement the general requirements for party building in the new era, improve the system for comprehensively and strictly governing the party, comprehensively promote the party's self-purification, self-improvement, self-renovation, and self-improvement, and continue to enhance the party's advanced nature and purity, we need to have a deep understanding of the connotation and essential requirements of self-revolution.
the party's strategic thought on self-revolution originates from practice and guides practice. since the 18th national congress of the cpc, the central committee has insisted that we must work hard to forge iron, put forward and implement the general requirements for party building in the new era, and guided all work of party building with party political building. we used the spirit of driving a nail to correct the "four winds" and oppose the thought and phenomenon of privilege. we curbed some undesirable winds that had not been curbed for a long time and remedied stubborn malpractices that had persisted for many years. it launched an unprecedented anti-corruption campaign to eliminate chronic diseases and solve the disease with the mission of "offending millions of people and fulfilling 1.4 billion". it took multiple steps to "fight tigers", "hunt flies" and "hunt foxes". through determined struggle, we gave full play to the role of political guidance and guarantee for comprehensively and strictly governing the party, significantly enhanced the party's ability to purify, improve, renovate, and improve itself, fundamentally reversed the lax and soft governance over the party, and comprehensively consolidated the fight against corruption, thus eliminating serious hidden dangers within the party, the state, and the armed forces. the party has become stronger in its revolutionary forge.
the successful experience of comprehensively and strictly governing the party in the new era shows that to combat the "four winds" and resolutely fight corruption, we must do both at the same time. only by ceaselessly correcting the "four winds" can we lay a solid foundation for our own revolution. work style construction is always on the way, we must adhere to the tone of strict and carry forward the spirit of nails to strengthen work style construction. fighting corruption is the most complete self-revolution. corruption is the biggest cancer that endangers the vitality and fighting power of the party. as long as the conditions and conditions exist for corruption to occur, the fight against corruption will not stop for a moment. we must always call for the fight against corruption. we must not dare, cannot and do not want to engage in corruption at the same time.
the successful experience of comprehensively governing the party with strict discipline in the new era also shows that comprehensively governing the party with strict discipline is a great practice of the party's self-revolution in the new era, and has opened up a new realm of large-scale party self-revolution in the past century. only by developing the people's democracy and accepting the people's oversight, and by exercising strict governance over the party and pushing forward self-revolution, and by having the courage to uphold truth and correct mistakes, and by having the courage to turn the knife inward to scratch the bone and cure poison, can we ensure the enduring prosperity and stability of the party. we must bear in mind that comprehensive and strict party self-governance is always on the way, and the party's self-revolution is always on the way. we must never relax or become tired or weary of war. we must persevere in comprehensively exercising strict party self-governance, advance the great new project of party building in the new era, and lead social revolution with the party's self-revolution.
grasp the party's self-revolutionary strategic thought from the political character and essential attributes of the cpc
the courage to carry out self-revolution is the cpc's most distinctive character and its greatest strength. the key to the cpc's success in overcoming one difficulty after another and winning one victory after another lies in its persistent commitment to party management, comprehensive and strict governance, and thorough self-revolution while promoting social revolution.
the general secretary pointed out: "the courage to self-revolution is the cpc's distinctive mark from other political parties." advanced marxist political parties were not born, but were tempered through continuous self-revolution. the party has been more vibrant after a century of vicissitudes, and its secret lies in adhering to truth and correcting mistakes. the greatness of the party does not lie in the fact that it does not make mistakes. rather, it lies in the fact that it never minces no regrets, actively engages in criticism and self-criticism, dares to face problems head-on, and dares to revolutionize itself. it is precisely because of this unique political character that the party has been able to overcome the ups and downs of the past century, rise up in times of crisis and put things right after mistakes, and become a marxist party that cannot be defeated or crushed.
the spirit of self-revolution is a strong support for the party to maintain its youthful vitality. the most difficult thing for a political party is to remain true to its original aspiration and to remain true to its original character despite vicissitudes of life. it is not easy to be thrifty and introverted when you are in power. it is not easy to be strict in governing officials and preventing extravagance in a period of peace. it is not easy to follow the trend and conform to the people at a time of major reform. can defeat only oneself, no second person. as the saying goes, "things must rot before insects grow." only by constantly pushing forward the party's self-revolution can it maintain its vitality and its advanced nature and purity forever.
looking around the world, only the communist party of china can truly achieve self-revolution. "i will live up to the people without myself," is the answer. the communist party of china has no special interests of its own. this is the source of the party's courage and confidence in self-revolution. it is because of selflessness that people can constantly examine themselves and think about their own mistakes in the spirit of thorough materialism, get rid of the "hunting" of all interest groups, powerful groups and privileged classes, and carry out operations on those who are trapped by these groups, groups and classes in the party.
grasp the party's self-revolutionary strategic thought from the successful experience of comprehensively governing the party strictly in the new era
ten years to sharpen a sword. the cpc central committee has incorporated strict self-governance into the four-pronged comprehensive strategy, explored a successful path to escape the historical cycle by relying on the party's self-revolution, and accumulated rich experience in comprehensively strict self-governance in the new era. this is mainly: we must uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the cpc central committee, ensure that the party exercises self-management and strictly govern the party, place party political building as the guiding principle, unswervingly uphold the principle of strict discipline, strengthen our work style with the spirit of driving in the peds, punish corruption with zero tolerance, correct all forms of corruption and irregularities that harm the interests of the people, and ensure that the percentage of people in a critical minority or above is maintained. we will continue to improve the party and state oversight systems, and form a synergy of oversight that covers all areas and is permanent.
to sum up the successful experience of comprehensively governing the party with strict discipline in the new era is to more consciously lead the great social revolution with the great self-revolution on the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. how to adhere to self-revolution in the new era? the general secretary proposed: we must adhere to the party's political building as the guide, adhere to the fundamental political direction of self-revolution; we must continue to make ideological development the basic building of the party and hone the sharpened ideological weapon for self-revolution. we must resolutely implement the central committee's eight-point regulation, enforce strict discipline to overhaul our work style, and enrich effective channels for self-revolution. we must continue to fight corruption and punish evil with fierce force, and fight a tough and protracted battle for self-revolution. we must continue to strengthen the political function of party organizations and the cohesion of their organizational force, and build a contingent of cadres who are brave enough to fight and brave enough to revolutionize themselves. we must continue to build institutions and standards for self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-improvement to provide institutional guarantees for the great self-revolution. this important statement profoundly clarifies the political direction, scientific connotation, practical requirements, methods and paths for the party's self-revolution in the new era. it points out the way forward and sets out the basic requirements for the party to continue to pursue self-revolution on its great new journey and make unremitting efforts to comprehensively and strictly govern the party.
the iron must be hard. what is too tough? that is, we should dare to carry out self-revolution, dare to turn the knife inward, dare to scrape the bone to cure poison, dare to break the wrist, and prevent the evil from rising up against the wall. this is why it is important to keep on revolutionizing ourselves. self-revolution is actually self-tempering and revolutionary reshaping. only if we succeed in this task can we continue to make good use of our outstanding achievements in comprehensively and strictly governing the party to answer the fundamental and decisive issues of the times concerning the development of the new era: what kind and how to build a marxist party with long-term governance.
to grasp the party's self-revolutionary strategic thought by exploring a new answer which jumps out of the historical periodic rate of the rise and fall of chaos
the general secretary pointed out: "with such a long history, such a large scale and such a long rule of the party, how can we get out of the historical periodic rate of the rise and fall of chaos? after a century of struggle, especially the new practice since the 18th cpc national congress, the party has given a second answer: self-revolution."
whether it can jump out of the historical periodic rate of the rise and fall of chaos is a life-and-death test for every marxist ruling party. both the positive and negative experiences of the cpc in governance and the lessons learned from the evolution of some socialist countries and political parties in the world reveal one truth: it is not easy for a marxist party to seize political power, and it is even harder for it to consolidate it. as long as the marxist ruling party does not run into problems, the socialist country will not run into major problems and will be able to jump out of the historical cycle.
in order to break out of the historical periodic rate of chaos, rise and fall, and ensure that the party does not deteriorate, change color, and do not change taste, the cpc has gone through a long search.
it contains a profound reference to the law of disorder control in china's thousands of years of history, a profound summary of the party's arduous struggle, a profound concern for the party's victory in perpetuating its progressiveness and purity, for the people's political power to be born soon to achieve lasting peace and stability, and a profound understanding of the party's fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly.
in the new era, the whole party faces new challenges arising under new historical conditions, such as the test of reform and opening up and the test of the market economy. we need to fight against corruption throughout the whole process of reform and opening up." "it has been proved that the communist party can wipe out ugly things," he said firmly in the 1992 southern talk. we will fight against corruption throughout the process of reform and opening up. for cadres and communist party members, building a clean government should be a major issue."
since the 18th cpc national congress, with unprecedented courage and determination, the party has exercised strict governance over the party, fought a combination of self-revolution, and put in place a system of institutions and norms for the party to purify, improve, renovate, and improve itself. in response to the "seven violations" and other prominent problems that seriously affected the image and prestige of the party and seriously damaged the relationship between the party and its cadres, we maintained a strict tone, strengthened oversight, discipline enforcement and accountability, and targeted the "key minority" to make the party stronger in its revolutionary efforts. in particular, the party's determination to cure rottenness and chaos with fierce medicine, the courage to scratch the bone to cure poison and the courage to break one's wrist, unswervingly eliminate the serious hidden dangers within. as the general secretary said, "of all the ruling parties in the world, how many dare to fight corruption on such a large scale, with great efforts and with unremitting efforts?
grasp the party's self-revolutionary strategic thought from the overall strategic perspective of the party and the state
we are now at a crucial moment for comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. this great social revolution must have the strong leadership of the communist party of china. the 180-plus years of modern chinese history, the 100-plus years since the founding of the communist party of china, and the 70-plus years since the founding of the people's republic of china have all proved that without the communist party of china, there would have been no new china and no great rejuvenation of the chinese nation.
the party holds the key to comprehensively building a modern socialist country and advancing the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation. as the largest marxist ruling party in the world, to win the support of the people and consolidate its long-term governance, the party must always remain clear-sighted and firm in solving the difficult problems unique to a major party. to carry out the great social revolution, which is the realization of the second centenary goal, the communist party of china must have the courage to carry out self-revolution and build the party even stronger.
it should be noted that in the new era, comprehensive and strict governance of the party has made unprecedented achievements. at the same time, we must be soberly aware that the challenges facing the party in governance, reform and opening up, the market economy, and the external environment will persist for a long time to come, as will the dangers of laziness, incompetence, detachment from the people, and passive corruption. if we fail to do so, everything we've worked so hard for will be destroyed. it should also be noted that in the new era, the party is leading the people in carrying out a great social revolution, which is unprecedented in its scope, in the depth of the adjustment of interests, in the severity of problems, in the difficulty of breaking through institutional obstacles, and in the complexity of a great struggle.
in the new era, we need to use the party's self-revolution to promote the great social revolution that the party leads the people to carry out, and build the party into a vibrant marxist ruling party that is always in the forefront of the times, wholeheartedly supported by the people, brave enough to carry out self-revolution, and able to withstand the tests of all kinds of wind and waves. it is also the internal need of the party's construction and development as a marxist political party.
we must make it our top political task to thoroughly study and fully implement the party's 20 guiding principles, fully grasp the significance of our work over the past five years and the great changes of the decade for the new era, firmly grasp the world outlook and methodology of the thought on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era, and firmly grasp the mission and task of promoting the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation through chinese-style modernization. firmly grasp the important requirement of leading a great social revolution with a great self-revolution and the requirement of the times for working in unity, fully understand the decisive significance of the "two resolutions", strengthen the "four consciousness", "four confidence", and "two maintenance", carry forward the great spirit of party building, and firmly govern the party with full and strict discipline. we will deepen the great new project of party building in the new era, promote the improvement of the party's self-governing revolutionary system and system of standards, uphold a strict principle of integrity and discipline, and work together to ensure that we dare not, cannot, and do not want to commit corruption. we will resolutely win a protracted battle against corruption, and work together to build a modern socialist country in all respects and advance the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation in all respects.
we should bear in mind the general secretary's instructions: "be mindful of danger in times of peace, and always be alert to whether this century-old party will become senile and ill. we should not forget the detours and twists and turns the party has made in its history, nor the profound lessons learned in chinese and foreign political history from those who were content with the status quo and died in peace and contentment. the problem of their own existence can not be slow to react, deal with the action slowly, soft, and finally the death of the people! we must lead the great social revolution with a great self-revolution and promote the great self-revolution with a great social revolution to ensure that the party remains a strong leadership core in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with chinese characteristics in the new era."
source: party construction network