The 20th 4th plenum of the party adopted “assisting on the overall leadership of the party” as the first principle to be followed in economic and social development during the “15th” period. High-quality party-building is a fundamental guarantee of high-quality development, which is an important test of its effectiveness. The core of high-quality development led by a high-quality party is to provide fundamental guarantees for the advancement of chinese-style modernization by continuously improving the quality of party-building and translating party political, organizational and institutional advantages into effective governance and qualitative development。
Why lead — the demands of the times
High-quality party-building provides direction, organizational support and motivation for high-quality development, which gives parties the space to practice, test standards and innovation, both of which together serve the ambitious goals of chinese modernization。
The leadership of the communist party of china (cpc) is the most essential feature of chinese identity socialism. The party's leadership is not an abstract political principle, but cuts across the entire spectrum of economic and social development, and its delivery vehicle is the quality of party formation. It is only by upgrading the quality of party construction that it will be possible to ensure that the party remains in general and coordinates, so that high-quality development remains in the direction of socialism。
Modernizing the chinese style requires a strong organizational strength to harmonize and build consensus. It is only through strong leadership of high-quality parties that the institutional advantages of a “one-size-fits-all” system can be translated into development effectiveness and ensure that china's modernization takes place steadily。
The current century-old dramatic changes are accelerating, with domestic reforms entering deep waters and developing a complex environment in which “strategic opportunities and risk challenges coexist and uncertainties increase”. The more complex the situation is, the more necessary it will be for the party to play its role as a “seasonal pin”. High-quality party-building builds confidence by strengthening the doctrine, building the foundations of development through a well-structured and strong organization system, optimizing the development environment through discipline and anti-corruption, making the party organization the “principal backbone” of the risk challenge and a “bridgeheadhead” that pushes the difficult struggle。
What to lead — core content
High-quality party-building leads to high-quality development, essentially through the integration of political leadership, organizational empowerment and value-oriented systems, which resolves the fundamental question of development “where to go, by whom to do it, by whom”, and achieves a deeper integration and mutually reinforcing development。
(i) the correctness of the direction of development. The direction is the lifeline of development, and high-quality party-building ensures that development is not biased by strengthening political construction. At the core is the cross-cutting development of “two maintenance”, where local practices resonate with central deployments. The party-building leadership has always been based on calibration of the coordinates of the “big man of the country”, reinforced by theoretically armed unity of thought, institutional design and normative paths, and examination orientation, to ensure that high-quality development is consistent with economic law and highlights the nature of socialism and meets historical and popular tests。
(ii) sustainability in activating the dynamics of development. The driving force for development stems from the struggle for innovation and solidarity. High-quality party formation injects internal momentum into development by building strong organizational structures and forging cadres. At the organizational level, the organization of the party is promoted through the establishment of “party organizations in the chain of innovation, with pioneers on the front lines” and the in-depth integration of industrial development, project-building and scientific and technological innovation; at the team level, by capturing the decisive factor of cadres, by insisting on the correct orientation and selection of superior leaders, and by creating a cadre that is too hard, broad-sighted, innovative and capable; and at the popular level, by strengthening the sense of purpose of the party organizations and members of the party teams, bringing together the whole society for development and creating a dynamic picture of high-quality development。
(iii) popularity that upholds the values of development. High-quality party-building has always been a people-centred concept of development, with the promotion of people's well-being as a starting and entry point for development. Optimizing the business environment and people's lives by addressing the issues of poor weather and corruption around the population; addressing business distress and the real needs of the population through mechanisms such as the “party membership consortium” “subsidiaries”; and making development gains more equitable and more accessible to the entire population by promoting high-quality development and the organic integration of high-quality life。
How to lead - a path to practice
The key to leading and promoting high-quality development with a high-quality party is to build a systematic mechanism for “political leadership, organization of foundational cohesion, etiquette, integration of innovation for effectiveness” that promotes the transformation of party strengths into development effectiveness。
First, political construction should be intensified and “a fixed star” should be built. It is necessary to deepen the doctrine and build the spirit, maintain the primary political task of learning to implement the chinese socialist philosophy of xi jinping's new era, and encourage party members' cadres to take a deep sense of what is at the heart of the new concept of development and increase their ability to use the innovative ideas of the party to guide practice and promote development. The political discipline is to be carefully calibrated and the central party decision-making on quality development is to be refined into a specific task, incorporated into the party's performance appraisal and performance appraisal system, ensuring that decrees are passed and banned. Political empowerment is to be promoted, party organizations at all levels are to be guided by the right human orientation, the selection of highly political and developmental cadres is to be made, and cadres are to be encouraged to start their own businesses in the context of discipline. It is necessary to promote the reinforcement of the battle fort by the grass-roots branches and the organization of the grass-roots parties to focus on the challenges of development, so that the party's flag can rise and rise。
Secondly, to deepen discipline and optimize the development of the “ecological environment”. The sustainability of formalism is reduced at the grass-roots level, giving cadres more time for implementation and development. Together, it is necessary to promote discipline and fight corruption, maintain party discipline, improve monitoring mechanisms for the functioning of power, continue to tackle corruption and malpractice among the population and create pro-government business relations. It is important to promote a pragmatic approach to the dynamism of the officers, to create a mechanism of “fault tolerance + positive incentives”, and to encourage party cadres to be innovative and responsive。
Thirdly, the integration vehicle of innovation activates the “power source” of development. • the establishment of a joint party-building mechanism to integrate policies, technologies and human resources, and to break down the barriers to development such as industrial chain synergy and integration of productive studies. • create a brand of specialty-building services that match business demand and provide services such as policy advice, factor security, market expansion, etc. To promote greater integration between the party and the people's lives, focusing on the areas of education, health care and old age, so as to address the population's dire needs, and to test the effectiveness of the party's efforts to improve the lives of the people in order to build synergies。
(by dong deok-kyung, a professor at the pudong college of excellence of china, a special researcher at the xi jinping new age centre for research and research on socialism in china, shanghai city, and a member of the twenty-fourth session of the spiritual advocacy group for the implementation of the party, shanghai city; and a doctorate student at the maxianist institute of shanghai university)
