Source: May 27, 2023, Outlook 22, 2023
◇ As a distinctive character, being brave in self-revolution stems from the party’s nature and purpose, and runs through the party’s history; As a kind of political consciousness, being brave in self-revolution is a kind of courage and consciousness that dares to cut the blade inward and self-destruct, which is the fundamental reason why the Communist Party of China (CPC) has always been able to maintain and stimulate its vitality.
◇General Secretary Supreme Leader’s important exposition on the Party’s self-revolution has profound ideological connotation and great value of the times, and profoundly reveals the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s political consciousness.
◇进入新时代，我们党探索出了一条长期执政条件下依靠自我革命跳出历史周期率的有效途径
◇在最高领袖总书记关于党的自我革命重要论述的指引下，新时代全面从严治党取得历史性、开创性成就，产生全方位、深层次影响，推进新时代党的自我革命积累了宝贵经验
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1月9日，中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席最高领袖在中国共产党第二十届中央纪律检查委员会第二次全体会议上发表重要讲话 张领摄 / 本刊
强大的政党是在自我革命中锻造出来的。勇于自我革命，既是中国共产党百年奋斗培育的鲜明品格，又是中国共产党代以相承的政治自觉，是中国共产党永葆青春活力的强大支撑。
党的十八大以来，最高领袖总书记站在党和国家事业发展的全局高度，从历史和现实、理论和实际的结合上，围绕党的自我革命发表了一系列重要论述。这一系列重要论述，思想深刻、内容厚重，不仅深刻回答新时代党的自我革命的提出背景、丰富内涵及实践要求等一系列重大问题，还深刻揭示了勇于自我革命是中国共产党人的政治自觉，具有很强的政治性、理论性、指导性。
It is of great significance for the whole party to deeply understand the decisive significance of "two establishment", strengthen "four consciousnesses", strengthen "four self-confidences" and achieve "two maintenance", further strengthen and carry forward the political consciousness of being brave in self-revolution, focus on solving the outstanding problems existing in the party itself, and continuously enhance the party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement ability.
The Party’s Self-Revolution in the New Era: Theory, History and Reality
As a distinctive character, the courage of self-revolution stems from the nature and purpose of the party and runs through the whole history of the party; As a kind of political consciousness, being brave in self-revolution is also a kind of courage and consciousness that dares to cut the blade inward and self-destruct, which is the fundamental reason why the Communist Party of China (CPC) can always walk in the forefront of the times, become the backbone of the people of China and the Chinese nation, and always maintain and stimulate its own vitality.
"Self-revolution" is a concept with specific connotation, which shines with the innovation of the Party’s theory and practice in the new era. On May 5, 2015, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out in his speech at the 12th meeting of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform that "we should be brave in self-revolution, dare to face up to problems and jointly do a good job in comprehensively deepening reform." Since then, on several important occasions, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly expounded the theoretical connotation and practical requirements of "self-revolution" to enrich and develop it.
The proposal of "self-revolution" has a profound background of the times and embodies the high unity of theoretical logic, historical logic and realistic logic.
Marxist theory of party building is the theoretical basis of self-revolution. Advanced nature and purity are the essential attributes of Marxist political parties. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "our Party has inherited and developed the Marxist theory of party building, and has formed rich ideological achievements about the party’s self-revolution". The Communist Party of China (CPC) is a political party armed with Marxism, which is the fundamental guiding ideology for building the party and the country. It is the fundamental difference between Marxist political parties and other political parties to always be with the people and fight for their interests. In other words, the courage and consciousness of Marxist political parties to carry out self-revolution are determined by their advanced nature, and their characteristics are also innate. For more than 100 years, the party has always adhered to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly and devoted itself to the great cause of national rejuvenation without daring to slack off. As a Marxist political party, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has no special interests of its own, and never represents the interests of any interest group, any power group or any privileged class. This is the theoretical basis of self-revolution, and it is also the source of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s courage and confidence in self-revolution.
Chinese excellent traditional culture has given rich cultural nourishment to the proposal of self-revolution. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "We must never abandon the excellent cultural traditions of the Chinese nation. On the contrary, we must inherit and carry forward them well, because this is our nation’s ‘ Root ’ And ‘ Soul ’ , lost this ‘ Root ’ And ‘ Soul ’ There is no foundation. " Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has been a brave and enterprising nation, and the concepts of "reform for strength", "innovation" and "self-improvement" have always been important treasures of Chinese excellent traditional culture. From the Book of Changes, "Heaven and Earth are transformed into four seasons, and the Tang-Wu Revolution, according to the nature, depends on people" to the Book of Rites, "If you are new, you will be new every day, and you will be new again", many Tessa famous sayings throughout the ages all reflect the admiration and attention to the revolutionary ideas and self-improvement consciousness. Today, our party emphasizes a series of important requirements, such as "self-revolution", "strike while the iron is hot", "get rid of the old and innovate" and "keep the right and innovate". From a historical perspective,All of them have the same cultural origin as those excellent Chinese traditional cultures that have lasted for thousands of years. Chinese excellent traditional culture is one of the cultural sources put forward by the self-revolution.
Self-revolution is an important historical experience of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s century-long struggle. For more than 100 years, one of the important historical experiences of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is that it has been able to step by step from weak to strong, from small to large, to be reborn again and again, to save the people from fire and water, to help the people in distress, and to unite and lead the people to create great achievements that are shining in history today. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Resolution on the Great Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party’s Centennial Struggle pointed out in a comprehensive summary of the historical experience of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s Centennial Struggle: "The party is more energetic after a hundred years of vicissitudes, and its mystery lies in always upholding the truth and correcting mistakes. The greatness of the party lies not in not making mistakes, but in never being afraid of medical treatment, actively carrying out criticism and self-criticism, daring to face problems directly and being brave in self-revolution. " This generalization not only makes it clear that self-revolution is an important crystallization of the historical experience of the party’s struggle for a hundred years, but also deeply summarizes the secret of why the party can jump out of the historical cycle rate of the rise and fall of chaos and become more energetic after a hundred years of vicissitudes.
Self-revolution is an inevitable requirement for building a socialist modern country and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "We should stand at the height of the long-term governance of the party, the long-term stability of the country and the happiness and well-being of the people, regard the comprehensive and strict management of the party as the party’s long-term strategy and eternal topic, always adhere to the problem orientation, maintain strategic strength, carry forward the thorough spirit of self-revolution, always blow the bugle, stick to the strict tone, strict measures and strict atmosphere for a long time, and carry out the party’s great self-revolution to the end." The key to building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation lies in the party. At present, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and China’s development has entered a period in which strategic opportunities and risk challenges coexist and uncertainties and unpredictable factors increase. Specific to the party’s own construction, after ten years of firm efforts, we have made remarkable achievements in strictly administering the party in an all-round way. However, some deep-seated problems within the party have not been fundamentally solved, and there is always the possibility that some old problems will rebound. If we relax a little, it will revive, new problems will continue to emerge, and the "four major tests" and "four dangers" will exist for a long time. As the largest Marxist ruling party in the world, our party must always win the support of the people and consolidate its long-term ruling position, and must always remain sober and firm in solving the unique problems of the big party. Comrades of the whole party should always maintain the spirit of self-revolution,Strengthen the political consciousness of strictly administering the Party in an all-round way, and comprehensively promote the Party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement, so that our Party will stick to its original mission and always become the strong leadership core of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s cause.
The Rich Connotation of the Party’s Self-revolution in the New Era: Keeping the Right, Reforming the Old and Innovating the New.
General Secretary Supreme Leader’s important exposition on the Party’s self-revolution has profound ideological connotation and great value of the times, and profoundly reveals the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s political consciousness.
"Being brave in self-revolution is the most distinctive character of our party and the greatest advantage of our party." On February 13th, 2017, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader focused on expounding the profound connotation of "self-revolution" at the seminar on studying and implementing the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee for leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels, and clearly stated: "This ability is not only a remarkable sign that our party is different from other political parties in the world, but also an important reason for our party’s long-lasting prosperity." This is a major conclusion. This assertion profoundly reveals the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s distinctive spiritual character and political consciousness, which is different from other political parties. It is not only a profound grasp of the party’s nature, purpose and initial mission, but also a comprehensive summary of the party’s political character and historical experience, vividly embodying the inevitable requirement for our party to maintain its advanced nature and purity forever.
The nature and purpose of the party and its initial mission determine that the party has the courage and consciousness of self-revolution, can examine itself from the fundamental interests of the people, can always put the interests of the people at the highest position, and "seek the root and profit" for the people; The party’s political character and historical experience profoundly reflect that in the face of twists and turns and mistakes on the road ahead and contradictions and problems existing in the party, the Communist Party of China (CPC) never hides his shortcomings, evades problems and glosses over what is wrong. Instead, he dares to find out the reasons with the courage of cutting edge inward, overcome shortcomings with shortcomings, solve problems with problems, admit and correct mistakes with mistakes, and constantly learn lessons, grow wisdom and grow stronger in the process.
"To carry out the great social revolution of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, our party must be brave in self-revolution." General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out, "Our party is the largest political party in the world established under the guidance of Marxist theory of party building and in accordance with the principle of democratic centralism. It has been in power for a long time in the most populous country in the world, with a long history, a large number of people and a large scale. It not only has great advantages in doing great things and building great achievements, but also faces special problems in governing the party and the country." The Communist Party of China (CPC) is the largest Marxist ruling party in the world, and no external force can bring us down. Only ourselves can bring us down. It is not easy to manage such a big party, especially to build such a big party into a strong Marxist ruling party. In the face of the new changes in the domestic and international situation and the new development of practice, whether there is a strong spirit of self-revolution, whether there is an excellent quality of self-purification, and whether there is a persistent struggle against its own problems and mistakes have become the key factors that determine the success or failure of the party. On the way to achieve the goal of the second century, if our party wants to consolidate its long-term ruling position and always win the heartfelt support of the people, it must profoundly realize that the party’s self-revolution is always on the road, unswervingly push forward the party’s great self-revolution, lead the great social revolution with the great self-revolution, and constantly write a new chapter in upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
"Only by striving to achieve self-leapfrogging through innovation and innovation, can we continuously inject vitality into the cause of the party and the people." The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out, "We must adhere to the unity of integrity and innovation, adhere to the party’s nature, purpose, ideals and beliefs, and unshakable initial mission. At the same time, we must solve various contradictions and problems existing in the party with new ideas, ideas, methods and means, and constantly improve the effectiveness of self-revolution." It is emphasized that "we should strive for a breakthrough in self-innovation" and "constantly open up the future through innovation". These important expositions profoundly reveal the meaning of the self-revolution around several key words such as "keeping the right", "reforming the old" and "innovating".
"Upholding integrity" means adhering to the party’s nature and purpose, ideals and beliefs, and unshakable initial mission, showing great virtue, strict public morality, keeping private morality, emphasizing conduct, integrity, and nurturing the heart, so as to stand on faith, personality, and hard work; "Renovating the past" means constantly purifying the Party’s ranks by filtering impurities, removing toxins and removing cancer, and constantly eliminating all aspects of institutional and institutional drawbacks that hinder development; "Innovation" means to solve all kinds of contradictions and problems in the Party with new ideas, ideas, methods and means, to build and temper ourselves with the spirit of self-revolution, and to continuously enhance the Party’s ability of self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement. These contents have greatly deepened our understanding of the Party’s self-revolution in the new era.
"Corruption is the biggest threat facing the party, and resolutely preventing corruption is a major political task that the party must grasp for a long time in its self-revolution." General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Facing the long-standing ‘ Four major tests ’ 、‘ Four kinds of dangers ’ Solving the unique problems of the big party is bound to be a long and arduous process, which determines that strictly administering the party in an all-round way is always on the road, and the party’s self-revolution is always on the road. " Popular support is the greatest politics and the most precious resource for the party’s leadership and governance. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee, with the Supreme Leader as the core, has pushed forward the comprehensive and strict administration of the Party, insisted that we must strike while the iron is hot, and launched an unprecedented anti-corruption struggle. With the mission of "offending thousands of people and not bearing 1.4 billion", it has taken on the task of eliminating the disease and controlling the chaos, not daring to rot, not wanting to rot, and advancing in an integrated way. The anti-corruption struggle has been overwhelmed by the multi-pronged approach of "fighting tigers" "catching flies" and "hunting foxes". However, we must also be soberly aware that as long as there are soil and conditions for corruption, corruption will not be eradicated and our anti-corruption struggle will not stop; We must always maintain the spirit of self-revolution, adhere to the strategic policy of strictly administering the party in an all-round way, and regard anti-corruption as a major political task that the party must do well in its self-revolution for a long time.Unswervingly carry out the building of a clean and honest party style and the fight against corruption to the end.
"As long as there is nothing wrong with the Marxist ruling party, there will be no major problems in socialist countries, and we will be able to jump out of ‘ Its prosperity is also rich, and its death is also sudden ’ Historical cycle rate. " Our party attaches great importance to the exploration of historical cycle rate. More than 70 years ago, Comrade Mao Zedong lived in Yan ‘an, and gave the first answer in the famous "Cave Pair": "Only when the people supervise the government, will the government dare not relax". More than 70 years later, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader comprehensively summed up the party’s century-long struggle, especially the new practice since the 18th CPC National Congress, and gave the second answer: "This is self-revolution." From "cave-dwelling pair" to "self-revolution", it reflects not only the Communist Party of China (CPC) people’s consistent historical responsibility and political consciousness for the future of the country and the nation, but also the Communist Party of China (CPC) people’s ideological development process of exploring this important issue.
Entering the new era, our party has explored an effective way to jump out of the historical cycle rate by relying on self-revolution under the condition of long-term governance. The successful exploration of this road has not only cracked the fate of the cycle rate of the dynasty regime in China’s history, but also creatively answered the important questions of how Marxist political parties can keep their advanced nature and purity under the long-term ruling conditions, and always remain unchanged, unchanged and unchanged, which is of great historical significance.
The "new realm" of the party s self-revolution in the new era;
Valuable experience and great significance
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Strictly administering the Party in an all-round way is the great practice of the Party’s self-revolution in the new era, which has opened up a new realm of the Party’s self-revolution in the past century." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has put "strictly administering the Party in an all-round way" into the "four-round" strategic layout, played a set of "combination boxing" of self-revolution, formed a set of institutional norms for the Party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement, created a new realm of the Party’s self-revolution in the new era, and vividly practiced the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s political consciousness.
The valuable experience accumulated in promoting the party’s self-revolution in the new era. Under the guidance of the important exposition of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary on the Party’s self-revolution, the new era has made historic and pioneering achievements in comprehensively and strictly administering the Party, which has produced all-round and deep-seated influence, and accumulated valuable experience in promoting the Party’s self-revolution in the new era.
On January 18, 2022, at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that we must adhere to the party’s political construction as the guide and adhere to the fundamental political direction of self-revolution; We must persist in taking ideological construction as the party’s basic construction and temper the sharp ideological weapon of self-revolution; We must resolutely implement the spirit of the eight central regulations, strictly discipline put in order’s style of work, and enrich effective ways of self-revolution; We must persist in fighting corruption and punishing evil with thunder, and fight a tough battle and a protracted war of self-revolution; We must persist in strengthening the political function and organizational cohesion of party organizations and forge a cadre team that dares to be good at struggle and self-revolution; We must persist in building a system of self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement to provide institutional guarantee for promoting the great self-revolution.
In his speech, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader expounded the relationship between the comprehensive and strict administration of the Party and self-revolution, and profoundly summarized the successful practice and valuable experience of the Party’s self-revolution in the new era.
The great practical guiding significance of the important exposition of the supreme leader general secretary on the party’s self-revolution. Practice has proved that General Secretary Supreme Leader’s important exposition on the Party’s self-revolution is a systematic and scientific theoretical system, which has great practical guiding significance for the whole party to study and implement Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, promote the Party’s governance and self-construction in the new era, and realize the long-term stability of the country and the Party’s long-term governance.
Theoretically speaking, this series of important expositions is based on the great practice of the Party’s self-revolution in the new era, and condenses a series of new understandings and practices, which not only further enriches and deepens our understanding of the Marxist theory of party building, but also provides a fundamental basis for adhering to the nature and purpose of the Party and maintaining its youthful vitality under the new era conditions.
Practically speaking, this series of important expositions has raised the party’s self-revolution and self-innovation to a new height, and promoted the continuous development of comprehensively and strictly administering the party, marking and shaping the distinctive characteristics of the party’s governance in the new era.
Historically speaking, this series of important expositions have reached a new height in understanding the regularity of what kind of Marxist political party to be in power for a long time and how to build it, deepened the understanding that the party must always maintain its advanced nature and purity in terms of the rich connotation and practical requirements of self-revolution, and made original contributions to enriching and developing the Marxist theory of party building.
(Author: the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Institute of Party History and Literature)
