Submitted by: dong zhenhua researcher and deputy director of philosophy studies, centre for research and research on socialism in china during the new age of xi jinping)
The resolution of the chinese communist party (cpc) on the major achievements and historical experience of the party's centennial struggle (hereinafter referred to as “the resolution”) adopted by the party at its nineteenth sixth plenary session included “continuing self-revolution” as one of the party's historical experiences of the centenary struggle, noting that “the courage of self-revolution is a prominent symbol of the chinese communist party's distinction from other political parties. The spirit of self-revolution is the strength of the party's youthful energy.” building on the historical dimensions of the new era, we will continue to push our own revolutions deeper and deeper, to break new challenges in new areas, to build our party stronger, to ensure that it remains a strong core of leadership in the historical process of upholding and developing china-specific socialism in the new era, and to continue to advance the great cause of china-specific socialism。
Stick to the orientation and awareness of the problem, always maintain the political consciousness of the self-revolution
The resolution states: “the greatness of the party lies not in the absence of error, but in its commitment to health care, its commitment to criticism and self-criticism, its ability to confront the problem and its ability to revolution itself.” for one person, it is an invaluable quality to confront one's own problems, as well as for a political party. The communist party of china (cpc) is one of the parties with a strong problem orientation and a sense of concern. It has always been in a precarious position to avoid problems and have the courage to attack itself。
The chinese communist party has been able to revolutionize itself because it has always maintained an acute sense of anxiety. This sense of concern for one's own future is expressed in two ways: in terms of whether one is behind the other, and in terms of whether the other is capable of fulfilling its historic mission. At the same time, our party is acutely aware that there is no outside power to defeat us, but we alone. It is because of these two concerns that our party is constantly building itself up, pushing forward its own revolution and guaranteeing its viability。
The chinese communist party continues to revolution itself because it has always maintained its great character. Advancing self-revolution is essentially a process of discovering, studying and resolving one's own problems, thereby transforming the past. It is not because there have never been problems that our party has been able to lead its people to a continuing victory, but rather because it has never kept its hands on medicine, dared to face the problems and was good at solving them, thereby reinforcing our culture and moving our cause forward。
The 87th conference, the compliance conference, the yon-anh, the “two musts” all-round party, the 11th third plenary session of the party, and the 18th congress of the party, all face up to the problem, correct the error and turn our cause into a great self-revolution. Since the 18th anniversary of the party, we have moved forward with a self-revolutionary spirit towards a comprehensive approach to the rule of the party, which has removed the serious pitfalls that exist within the party. The long-term governance test faced by the party, the reform and opening-up test, the market economy test, the external environment test are long-term and complex, the party faces a risk of mental neglect, a risk of lack of capacity, a danger of escape from mass danger, a risk of negative corruption with sharpness and severity, and the party's self-revolution has a long way to go. To that end, it is necessary to confront the problem with a sense of self-consciousness and boldness, and to deal with the problems that could destabilize the party's roots and hinder its cause, they must be resolved in a spirit of radical self-revolution。
Highlight the political construction and the theoretical arm of the military, always relying on self-revolutionary politics
The resolution states: “the party has become more dynamic after centuries, and its secret lies in maintaining truth and correcting mistakes.” one important reason why the communist party of china has been able to emerge from the complex and difficult historical conditions of recent times in china, becoming the backbone and navigator of the cause of people’s liberation and national renewal, is that the communist party of china, guided by marxist theory and clearly political affiliation, is an advanced marxist party。
Political parties are essentially central representatives of the interests of specific classes and political organizations with common political platforms and lines. There has never been a value-neutral party, and political affiliation is its first and fundamental attribute. As a political party, if it is to assume its political mission, values and political identities must be used to effectively address the issue of the unity of god. Revolution is the supreme act of politics, and revolutionaryity is the supreme expression of politics. Self-revolution through political construction and theoretical arming has led all the comrades in the party to think, to work hard and to work tirelessly for a common vision。
Every step forward in the innovation of theory, the force of theory has to follow. It is an important experience in the leadership of our party in the construction of the revolution, the governance of the state and its excellent traditions and political superiority. One important reason why our party has been able to remain firm and strong in life and combat is through strong faith. High faiths, firm convictions will not emerge spontaneously, nor can they be sustained by simple feelings and instant passions. Scientific theory must be used to equip the mind, to the maximum extent possible, from theoretical to value, and from psychological to faith, to maintain the sense of clarity and confidence that “undaunted clouds” will continue to elude and to shape and nurture the spiritual homeland of the communists。
You've always had the political courage to revolution
The resolution states that “as long as we continuously remove all factors that undermine the party's sophistication and purity, and as long as we continuously remove all viruses that erode the party's healthy body, we will ensure that the party remains constant in quality, colour and taste”. Corruption is the greatest threat facing a ruling party, and its ability to effectively combat it affects the survival of a political party. An important element of the chinese communist party's drive for self-revolution is its commitment to the fight against corruption, its insistence on punishing the crime-free zones, its full coverage and its zero tolerance, in order to stay on the road and fight corruption forever。
Combating corruption with zero tolerance has always been the bottom line for the communist party of china to strengthen its own construction. In the years of the revolution, knowing that corruption among officials was a major cause of the suffering of the people and that the people were repulsive of corruption, we reinforced the idea of “indefatigability” as a “high-pressure line” in the process of educating the members of the party, resulting in a code of conduct such as “three disciplines”, “eight attentions”, and a good tradition of “not taking the crowd at once”. Since the establishment of the new china, our party has also been concerned with the fight against corruption. Since its inception, it has been conducting a three-way and five-way anti-corruption campaign aimed at punishing corruption and preventing the deterioration of the pioneers. Since its eighteenth anniversary, our party has pursued, with great political courage, a series of serious violations, both “triggers” and “flying”, while intensifying international efforts to pursue the proceeds, leaving corruption and corruption with no place to escape, effectively reinforcing the fear of corruption, entrenching unperishable cages and strengthening self-consciousness. The fight against corruption with zero tolerance is a sign of the determination of the communist party of china to strengthen its own construction and, above all, the necessary link to achieving a self-revolution. At present, the breeding ground for corruption still exists, the anti-corruption situation remains serious and complex, and a number of bad winds and corruption problems are poorly affected and need to be addressed. The comrades of the whole party must be deeply aware of the long-term, complex and challenging nature of the fight against corruption, take the medicine to cure it, take it seriously, take the courage to shave it, and resolutely pursue the building of party integrity and the fight against corruption. Only with a firm determination to fight corruption and punish it can the recognition and support of the party's self-revolution by all the gays of the party and all sectors of society be exchanged for the preservation of the party's healthy body, its progressive and pureness, its youthful energy and its eternal support and support by the people。
Valuing historical experience and wisdom, and always promoting the great spirit of self-revolution
The resolution states: “the advanced marxist parties are not born, but are forged in a continuous self-revolution”. Our party has developed a wealth of experience in the history of self-revolution, which contains valuable historical wisdom, and we are keen to learn from that experience of history, to enrich and develop the spirit and practice of self-revolution towards the future, to keep the party advanced and pure, to continue to strengthen its creative cohesion and to lead the chinese national renewal ship to a steady distance。
Build and improve the party's self-revolutionary theoretical system and assert the party's self-revolutionary theoretical consciousness. Maintaining the theoretical connection is in fact a good tradition of our party, which is always able to draw lessons from experience in practice and produce theoretical results and then continue to guide the practical process. Since its eighteenth anniversary, the party's centre, with comrade xi at its core, has explicitly introduced the concept of “self-revolution”, inherited and developed marxist founding doctrine, developed a rich intellectual product of the party's self-revolution, such as a firm idealism, strengthened party discipline, a combination of regular and focused education in the political life of the party, a commitment to regular and focused education, a commitment to criticism and self-censorship, greater supervision within the party, people's oversight, continuous pure thinking, pure party organization, pure party style, pure party body, etc. These are important lessons for advancing the party's self-revolution, and we need to build on the lessons learned to build further on the party's self-revolutionary theory system and constantly raise the theoretical sense of self-revolution。
Maintaining popular lines and maintaining the power of self-revolution. Comrade mao said: “so long as we hold to the good of the people and correct the wrong for the good of the people, our team will prosper.” in the end, our party promotes its own revolution in order to respond to the will of the people, defend their interests and avoid the danger of dissociation from the masses. We want to follow the popular path into the party's self-revolution process, to respect the will of the people, to reflect the needs of the people, to build on their creativity and intelligence, and to increase the participation of the people in the party's self-revolution process, so that our party will always devote itself to the purpose of serving the people, and so that it will always work tirelessly to realize the people's aspirations for a better life。
Self-consciously subject to oversight and consistently practiced a good pattern of criticism and self-criticism. General secretary xi stated: “educate party cadres in a spirit of self-revolution with a sharp edge, to listen to and reflect closely, to find out what is going on, to dig deep into the root causes, to clearly direct their efforts and to improve measures so that they can actually solve the problem.” we cannot close the door to self-revolution. The ability to engage the public in criticism and self-criticism and to take the initiative of popular scrutiny is an important weapon and valuable experience of the party's self-revolution. In order to avoid deterioration, the communist party of china explored a series of “vaccination” “pharmacists” during the revolutionary period and during the construction period, with “preventive needles” prepared in advance. Criticism and self-criticism are “special effects drugs” that the communist party of china has summed up as it continues to explore the founding and socialist construction patterns. We should further explore the path of people's participation in the party's self-revolutionary self-revolution, innovative ways and means, relying closely on people's deepening criticism and self-criticism and continuing new achievements of self-revolution。
The party's self-revolution continues to take root by insisting on the orientation of the issue and capturing the main contradictions. The political courage of the self-revolution has focused on the outstanding problems within the party. In the new situation, our party faces many serious challenges and there are many pressing issues within it. In particular, corruption, secession from the masses, formalism and bureaucracy among some party members' cadres have severely hampered the healthy development of the party and have seriously affected its relations with the population, which must be addressed through self-revolutionary efforts。
The chinese communist party has proved to be capable of leading the people to a great social revolution, as well as a great self-revolution. We want to flourish forever, always as servants of the people, champions of the times and the back of the nation. The more the party is in power for a long period of time, the more it loses its own spirit of self-revolution, the more it moves its self-revolution deep into the new era, and the stronger and more positive power of the whole party gathers its strength in society to promote china’s development。
