How the Chinese Communist Party Has Won the “Two Historical Initiatives”

General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, emphasizing that in the New Era, faced with the prominent problems of Party conduct, clean governance, and the fight against corruption within the Party, we have insisted that corruption must be punished wherever it is found, and graft must be eliminated wherever it is uncovered. We have continuously purified the cadre ranks, safeguarded the Party’s image, consolidated the red political power, and won the historical initiative to ensure that the Party never deteriorates, never changes its color, and never loses its character. We have also won the historical initiative for the Party to unite and lead the entire people in the great endeavor of building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech fully affirmed the historic achievements of the anti-corruption struggle in the New Era, profoundly revealed the Party’s success in leading social revolution through self-revolution, making sober judgments and scientifically grasping the situation of the anti-corruption struggle, deeply understanding its basic laws, and persisting in the integrated advancement of ensuring that officials dare not, cannot, and do not want to be corrupt, thereby winning the “two historical initiatives.” This provides direction and guidance for deepening the anti-corruption struggle on the new journey and resolutely waging the tough, protracted, and overall battle against corruption.

习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委四次全会上发表重要讲话，强调进入新时代，面对党内党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争的突出问题，我们坚持有腐必反、有贪必肃，不断纯洁干部队伍，维护了党的形象，巩固了红色江山，赢得了确保党不变质、不变色、不变味的历史主动，赢得了党团结带领全体人民为强国建设、民族复兴伟业共同奋斗的历史主动。习近平总书记的重要讲话，充分肯定了新时代反腐败斗争取得的历史性成就，深刻揭示了我们党坚持以自我革命引领社会革命，清醒判断和科学把握反腐败斗争形势，深刻把握反腐败斗争基本规律，坚持一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐，赢得“两个历史主动”的成功之道，为新征程上纵深推进反腐败斗争，坚决打好反腐败斗争攻坚战、持久战、总体战，指明了方向、提供了遵循。

Always maintain sobriety and firmness in solving the unique problems of a large party, and treat the anti-corruption struggle as a major political task that the Party must persistently address in its self-revolution over the long term.

始终保持解决大党独有难题的清醒和坚定，把反腐败斗争作为党自我革命必须长期抓好的重大政治任务

Deeply grasp the significant importance of the anti-corruption struggle, and always unswervingly advance it from the strategic height of the Party’s and the nation’s survival or demise. Corruption erodes the Party’s organism, undermines fairness and justice, affects the relationship between officials and the masses, and is the greatest tumor endangering the Party’s vitality and combat effectiveness. It is a “roadblock” and “stumbling block” that must be resolutely removed in advancing Chinese-path modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has consistently viewed Party conduct, clean governance, and the anti-corruption struggle from a strategic perspective. It has profoundly discussed the significance of the anti-corruption struggle in terms of maintaining the Party’s advanced nature and integrity, uniting the Party, the military, and the people, consolidating the political foundation of the Party’s governance, securing the Party’s ruling position, and fulfilling the Party’s mission and tasks. It has emphasized that opposing corruption, building clean politics, and maintaining the Party’s healthy organism have always been the clear political stance the Party has consistently upheld. It has stressed that the future and destiny of a political party or a regime depend on the support or opposition of the people; since the people most hate corruption, we must unswervingly oppose it. It has pointed out that corruption has the greatest destructive and lethal impact on the Party’s ruling foundation, is the issue most likely to subvert the regime, and is the greatest threat facing the Party; the anti-corruption struggle is a major political struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost. It has emphasized that not opposing corruption will indeed lead to the Party’s demise, while genuinely opposing corruption will not only prevent the Party’s demise but also enhance the Party’s ability to self-purify, self-improve, self-reform, and self-enhance, maintain the Party’s flesh-and-blood ties with the masses, and make the Party stronger and more powerful. It has stressed that only with the tenacity and perseverance of the anti-corruption struggle forever on the road, deepening the treatment of both symptoms and root causes, and ensuring that officials are upright, the government is clean, and politics are clear, can we break out of the historical cycle of rise and fall [1]1 Centrally administered cadres (中管干部) are senior officials whose appointments, removals, and disciplinary oversight are directly managed by the Central Committee of the CPC, typically at or above the provincial/ministerial level. and ensure the long-term stability and security of the Party and the state. These new concepts, new ideas, and new judgments profoundly summarize the experiences and lessons of anti-corruption efforts in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, deepen the understanding of the laws of Party building and the anti-corruption struggle, reflect the Party’s sobriety and firmness in solving the unique problems of a large party, and demonstrate the Party’s historical initiative and sense of responsibility in unswervingly opposing corruption and solving its own problems.

深刻把握反腐败斗争的重大意义，始终从关系党和国家生死存亡的战略高度坚定不移推进反腐败斗争。腐败侵蚀党的肌体，破坏公平正义，影响干群关系，是危害党的生命力和战斗力的最大毒瘤，是推进中国式现代化必须着力清除的“拦路虎”“绊脚石”。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央始终从战略高度看待党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争，从保持党的先进性和纯洁性、凝聚党心军心民心、厚植党执政的政治基础、巩固党的执政地位、实现党的使命任务等方面深刻论述了反腐败斗争的重大意义，强调反对腐败、建设廉洁政治，保持党的肌体健康，始终是我们党一贯坚持的鲜明政治立场；强调一个政党，一个政权，其前途命运取决于人心向背，人民群众最痛恨腐败现象，我们就必须坚定不移反对腐败；强调腐败问题对党的执政基础破坏力最大、杀伤力也最大，是最容易颠覆政权的问题，是党面临的最大威胁，反腐败斗争是一场输不起也决不能输的重大政治斗争；强调不反腐败确实要亡党，真反腐败不仅不会亡党，而且能增强党自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高能力，保持党同人民群众的血肉联系，使我们党更加坚强、更有力量；强调只有以反腐败永远在路上的坚韧和执着，深化标本兼治，保证干部清正、政府清廉、政治清明，才能跳出历史周期率，确保党和国家长治久安。这些新理念新观点新论断，深刻总结古今中外反腐败经验教训，深化了对党的建设和反腐败斗争的规律性认识，体现了我们党保持解决大党独有难题的清醒和坚定，彰显了我们党坚定不移反对腐败、解决自身存在问题的历史主动和责任担当。

Deeply grasp the situation of the anti-corruption struggle, and always maintain the tenacity and perseverance that the anti-corruption struggle is forever on the road. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, while fully affirming the historic achievements of the anti-corruption struggle, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has consistently made sober judgments on

深刻把握反腐败斗争形势，始终保持反腐败永远在路上的坚韧执着。党的十八大以来，在充分肯定反腐败斗争取得历史性成就的同时，以习近平同志为核心的党中央始终坚持以历史眼光清醒判断反腐败斗争形势。2013年8月，中央政治局会议就作出“三个依然”的重要判断，强调当前腐败现象依然多发，滋生腐败的土壤依然存在，反腐败斗争形势依然严峻复杂。随后在十八届中央纪委三次全会上，习近平总书记明确作出“反腐败形势依然严峻复杂”的总体判断，强调要深刻认识反腐败斗争的长期性、复杂性、艰巨性，坚决把党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争进行到底。在二十届中央纪委四次全会上，习近平总书记进一步作出“两个仍然”的重要判断，明确指出当前反腐败斗争形势仍然严峻复杂，腐败存量尚未清除，增量还在持续发生，铲除腐败滋生土壤和条件任务仍然艰巨繁重。正是基于对反腐败斗争形势的清醒认识和科学判断，以习近平同志为核心的党中央始终强调只要存在腐败问题产生的土壤和条件，反腐败斗争就一刻不能停，必须永远吹冲锋号，把严的主基调长期坚持下去，以抓铁有痕、踏石留印的坚韧和执着，坚决把党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争进行到底，确保党不变质、不变色、不变味。

Deeply grasp the basic laws of the anti-corruption struggle, and always firmly hold the initiative in the anti-corruption struggle. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has led the entire

深刻把握反腐败斗争基本规律，始终牢牢掌握反腐败斗争的主动权。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记带领全党以前所未有的决心力度推进全面从严治党和反腐败斗争，提出一系列具有原创性、标志性的新理念新思想新战略，科学回答了我们党为什么要自我革命、为什么能自我革命、怎样推进自我革命等重大问题，形成习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，为深入推进全面从严治党、党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争提供了强大思想武器。习近平总书记深刻把握反腐败斗争基本规律，强调只有坚持依法严厉惩治、形成不敢腐的惩戒机制和威慑力，坚持完善法规制度、形成不能腐的防范机制和预防作用，坚持加强思想教育、形成不想腐的自律意识和思想道德防线，才能有效铲除腐败现象的生存空间和滋生土壤。明确把一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐作为反腐败斗争的基本方针和新时代全面从严治党的重要方略，强调不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐是相互依存、相互促进的有机整体，必须统筹联动，增强总体效果。

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the intensity of advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and the anti-corruption struggle has been unprecedented, and the results are evident to all, greatly enhancing confidence and resolve in deepening the anti-corruption struggle in depth. In 2024 alone, national discipline inspection and supervision organs handled a total of 2.175 million leads on issues, filed 877,000 cases, and sanctioned 889,000 individuals, including 58 centrally administered cadres [1]1 Centrally administered cadres (中管干部) are senior officials whose appointments, removals, and disciplinary oversight are directly managed by the Central Committee of the CPC, typically at or above the provincial/ministerial level. who were placed under review and investigation. They investigated and dealt with over 700,000 cases of misconduct and corruption in areas close to the people, resolving a large number of prominent issues that had drawn strong public concern. The anti-corruption struggle in the New Era has achieved historic accomplishments, purifying the cadre ranks, safeguarding the Party's image, consolidating the red political power [2]2 Red political power (红色江山) is a metaphorical term referring to the political power established by the CPC, symbolizing its revolutionary heritage and socialist system., winning over the hearts and minds of the Party, the military, and the people, and rallying the entire Party, the entire military, and people of all ethnic groups across the country into a powerful force for the common endeavor of building a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

党的十八大以来，推进全面从严治党和反腐败斗争力度之大前所未有，成效有目共睹，极大增强了纵深推进反腐败斗争的信心和决心。仅2024年，全国纪检监察机关共处置问题线索217.5万件，立案87.7万件，处分88.9万人，包括58名中管干部接受审查调查，查处群众身边不正之风和腐败问题70多万件，解决了一大批群众反映强烈的突出问题。新时代反腐败斗争取得历史性成就，纯洁了干部队伍，维护了党的形象，巩固了红色江山，赢得了党心民心军心，凝聚起全党全军全国各族人民为强国建设、民族复兴伟业共同奋斗的强大力量。

Adhere to severe deterrence, high pressure, and lasting震慑 [3]3 震慑 (zhen she) is a Chinese term meaning "deterrence" or "awe-inspiring intimidation," often used in the context of anti-corruption to describe the psychological effect of severe punishment on potential offenders., resolutely curb the momentum of the spread and growth of corruption

坚持重遏制、强高压、长震慑，坚决遏制腐败现象滋生蔓延势头

Always persist in punishing corruption with a zero-tolerance attitude, never stopping for a single step, never retreating half a step. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with a strong sense of historical responsibility, a deep sense of mission and urgency, and tenacious will and character, has unswervingly advanced the construction of Party conduct, clean governance, and the anti-corruption struggle. It has continuously strengthened the atmosphere of not daring to be corrupt, adhered to severe deterrence, high pressure, and lasting震慑, resolutely reduced the stock of corruption, focused on curbing the increment, resolutely eliminated all factors that harm the Party's advanced nature and purity, and eradicated all viruses that erode the Party's healthy organism, ensuring the Party's physical health, advanced nature, and purity. By intensifying international fugitive pursuit and asset recovery efforts and implementing major special operations, it has left those who have already absconded with no place to hide and caused those who attempt to flee abroad to abandon their illusions, resolutely curbing the momentum of the spread of corruption.

始终坚持以零容忍态度惩治腐败，一步不停歇、半步不退让。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央以强烈的历史责任感、深沉的使命忧患感、顽强的意志品质，坚定不移推进党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争，持续强化不敢腐的氛围，坚持重遏制、强高压、长震慑，坚决减存量、重点遏增量，坚决清除一切损害党的先进性和纯洁性的因素，清除一切侵蚀党的健康肌体的病毒，确保党的肌体健康、先进纯洁。通过加大国际追逃追赃力度，实施重大专项行动，让已经潜逃的无处藏身，让企图外逃的丢掉幻想，坚决遏制腐败现象蔓延势头。

The high-pressure stance against corruption has been consistently maintained, and the intensity of the anti-corruption struggle has been continuously escalated. A serious disease requires a strong remedy. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, bearing the mission of “off

始终保持反腐败高压态势，持续加大反腐败斗争力度。重症要用猛药。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央以“得罪千百人、不负十四亿”的使命担当，带领全党深入开展史无前例的反腐败斗争，坚持有腐必反、有贪必肃。习近平总书记强调，查处腐败问题，必须坚持零容忍的态度不变、猛药去疴的决心不减、刮骨疗毒的勇气不泄、严厉惩处的尺度不松，发现一起查处一起，发现多少查处多少，不定指标、上不封顶。新时代反腐败斗争始终坚持把反腐利剑举起来、用起来，反腐败斗争没有禁区，也没有特区，不管级别有多高，谁触犯法律都要严肃处理，让那些想搞腐败的人断了念头、搞了腐败的人付出代价，形成反腐败斗争的强大震慑。

Always adhere to a problem-oriented approach, focusing on key issues, key areas, and key targets with concentrated efforts and thorough investigations. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has consistently adhered to the principle of solving whatever problems arise and focusing on whatever issues are most prominent, conducting deep and meticulous investigations and punishing severely without leniency. It has closely monitored major projects, key areas, and critical positions that bear on the overall development situation and national security, deepened and expanded anti-corruption efforts in key areas where power is concentrated, funds are intensive, and resources are abundant, and continuously intensified the rectification of misconduct and corruption issues affecting the masses. It has focused on investigating corruption cases where political issues and economic issues are intertwined, and where collusion between government and business undermines the political ecosystem and the economic development environment. It has conducted in-depth investigations into new types of corruption and hidden corruption, insisted on punishing both bribe-takers and bribe-givers simultaneously, deepened the use of cases to promote reform and governance, effectively eradicated the soil and conditions for breeding corruption, and used new achievements in anti-corruption and clean governance to further create a clean and upright political ecosystem and a favorable development environment for advancing Chinese-path modernization.

始终坚持问题导向，对重点问题、重点领域、重点对象着重抓、着力查。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央始终坚持有什么问题就解决什么问题、什么问题突出就重点解决什么问题，深挖细查、严惩不贷。紧盯事关发展全局和国家安全的重大工程、重点领域、关键岗位，深化拓展权力集中、资金密集、资源富集领域的重点领域反腐，持续深化整治群众身边不正之风和腐败问题。重点查处政治问题和经济问题交织、政商勾连破坏政治生态和经济发展环境的腐败问题，深入查处新型腐败和隐性腐败，坚持受贿行贿一起查，深化以案促改促治，有力铲除腐败滋生的土壤和条件，以反腐倡廉新成效为推进中国式现代化进一步营造风清气正的政治生态和良好发展环境。

Strengthen the restriction and supervision of the exercise of power, and persist in building a cage that prevents corruption.

加强对权力运行的制约和监督，坚持扎牢不能腐的笼子

Seize the fundamental aspect of institutional development and confine power within the cage of institutions. Power is the greatest corrosive agent, and the essence of corruption is the deviation and transgression of power. By strengthening institutional development, scientifically allocating power, cutting off the chains of interest transmission, and forming a continuously complete institutional system and a strict and effective supervision system, we can achieve a fundamental solution to the fight against corruption. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has consistently adhered to using

抓住制度建设这个根本，把权力关进制度的笼子里。权力是最大的腐蚀剂，腐败的本质是权力出轨、越轨。通过加强制度建设，科学配置权力，切断利益输送链条，形成不断完备的制度体系、严格有效的监督体系，是推进反腐败斗争的治本之道。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央始终坚持用制度管权管事管人，聚焦制约和监督权力，通过全面深化改革和推进制度创新，破立并举，加强反腐倡廉党内法规制度建设和反腐败国家立法，围绕授权、用权、制权等关键环节，科学合理确定权力归属，划清权力边界，厘清权力清单，明确规定什么权能用、什么权不能用，强化权力流程控制，压缩自由裁量空间，杜绝各种暗箱操作，最大限度减少权力寻租的空间，形成有效管用的体制机制，确保公权力在正确轨道上运行。

Comprehensively strengthen disciplinary construction, and govern the Party and manage its affairs with strict discipline. Our Party is a Marxist political party organized with revolutionary ideals and iron discipline; strengthening disciplinary construction is the fundamental strategy for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and clean self-discipline is the bottom line for Communists in holding office and conducting politics. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has incorporated disciplinary construction into the overall layout of Party building, adhered to the principle that discipline is stricter than law and takes precedence over law, regulated the performance of duties and exercise of power by Party officials with strict discipline, and educated and guided the vast number of Party officials to know reverence, maintain vigilance, and guard the bottom line. This has both made iron discipline "grow teeth" and exert force, strengthening rigid constraints, and caused Party officials to take it seriously, stay alert, and know when to stop, transforming heteronomy into self-discipline and internalizing it into daily behavioral norms that are used without conscious awareness. In particular, it has strictly enforced the Party's political discipline and political rules, educated and guided Party organizations at all levels and the vast number of Party officials to strictly observe political discipline and political rules, uphold political faith, stand firm on political ground, and keep the correct political direction, resolutely eliminating the "seven issues" [4]4 The "seven issues" (七个有之) refers to seven types of political misconduct explicitly prohibited by the CPC, including acting against the Party's political principles, forming cliques, and spreading rumors, as articulated, and used strict political discipline to drive comprehensive strictness in organizational discipline, clean-discipline discipline, mass-discipline discipline, work discipline, and life discipline. It has strictly enforced Party discipline, accurately applied the "four forms" [5]5 “Thick black” (厚黑学) refers to a cynical Chinese theory of statecraft and personal advancement, popularized in the early 20th century by Li Zongwu, which advocates shamelessness (thick skin) and ruthlessness (black heart) as keys to success., adhered to the "three distinctions" [6]6 “Hidden rules” (潜规则) is a term popularized by scholar Wu Si to describe informal, often corrupt, norms that operate beneath the surface of formal institutions in Chinese society., and unified strict management and supervision with encouraging responsible conduct, so that Party officials can reform, innovate, and start undertakings while observing rules and discipline.

全面加强纪律建设，用严明的纪律管党治党。我们党是用革命理想和铁的纪律组织起来的马克思主义政党，加强纪律建设是全面从严治党的治本之策，廉洁自律是共产党人为官从政的底线。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央把纪律建设纳入党的建设总体布局，坚持纪严于法、纪在法前，以严明纪律规范党员干部履职用权，教育引导广大党员干部知敬畏、存戒惧、守底线，既让铁纪“长牙”、发威，强化刚性约束，又让党员干部重视、警醒、知止，把他律转化为自律，内化为日用而不觉的言行准则。尤其是严明党的政治纪律和政治规矩，教育引导各级党组织和广大党员干部严格遵守政治纪律和政治规矩，坚守政治信仰、站稳政治立场、把准政治方向，坚决杜绝“七个有之”，以严明政治纪律带动组织纪律、廉洁纪律、群众纪律、工作纪律、生活纪律全面从严。严格执行党的纪律，准确运用“四种形态”，坚持“三个区分开来”，把从严管理监督和鼓励担当作为统一起来，使党员干部在遵规守纪中改革创新、干事创业。

Improve the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and continuously raise the level of institutionalization, standardization, and scientific management of Party governance. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has adhered to governing the Party by institutions and in accordance with Party regulations, taken the Party Constitution as the foundation and democratic centralism as the core, taken improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party as an effective pathway, and adhered to full coverage in content, full coverage of targets, a full chain of responsibilities, and full integration of institutions. It has implemented the strategic policy of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party throughout all aspects of the Party's political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work-style construction, disciplinary construction, institutional construction, and the fight against corruption, and integrated the requirements of comprehensiveness, the keynote of strictness, and the concept of governance into the construction of the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. This has continuously raised the level of institutionalization, standardization, and scientific management, further forming a virtuous cycle that relies on the Party's own strength to discover problems, correct deviations, promote innovation, and achieve an overall improvement in governance capacity, ensuring that all work on comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and the fight against corruption better reflects the characteristics of the times, grasps the laws, and is rich in creativity.

健全全面从严治党体系，不断提升管党治党制度化、规范化、科学化水平。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚持制度治党、依规治党，坚持以党章为根本，以民主集中制为核心，以健全全面从严治党体系为有效途径，坚持内容上全涵盖、对象上全覆盖、责任上全链条、制度上全贯通，把全面从严治党战略方针贯穿党的政治建设、思想建设、组织建设、作风建设、纪律建设、制度建设、反腐败斗争等各个方面，把全的要求、严的基调、治的理念落实到全面从严治党体系的构建之中，不断提升制度化、规范化、科学化水平，进一步形成依靠党的自身力量发现问题、纠正偏差、推动创新、实现执政能力整体性提升的良性循环，确保全面从严治党和反腐败斗争各项工作更好体现时代性、把握规律性、富于创造性。

Give full play to the sharp-sword role of inspections, and promote the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to inspection work, clarified the functional positioning of inspection work, and made inspections a strategic institutional arrangement for intra-Party supervision. Inspection work has achieved full coverage, and the intensity, force, and effectiveness of inspections are unprecedented, giving full play to the deterrent and curbing effects of this sharp sword in the construction of a clean and honest Party and the fight against corruption. In particular, it has deepened political inspections and political supervision, closely focusing on the implementation of the Party's theories, lines, principles, and policies and the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and closely focusing on "matters of national significance" such as fully, accurately, and comprehensively implementing the new development concept, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, solidly promoting high-quality development, further comprehensively deepening reform, and advancing Chinese-path modernization. It has deepened political inspections and promoted the concretization, precision, and normalization of political supervision, clearing obstacles and safeguarding the steady and long-term voyage of the great ship of Chinese-path modernization.

充分发挥巡视利剑作用，推进政治监督具体化、精准化、常态化。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央高度重视巡视工作，明确巡视工作的职责定位，把巡视作为党内监督的战略性制度安排，巡视工作实现全覆盖，巡视的强度、力度和效果前所未有，充分发挥巡视这把利剑在党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争中的震慑作用和遏制作用。尤其是深化政治巡视和政治监督，紧紧围绕落实党的理论和路线方针政策、党中央重大决策部署，紧紧围绕完整准确全面贯彻新发展理念、加快构建新发展格局、扎实推动高质量发展、进一步全面深化改革、推进中国式现代化等“国之大者”，深化政治巡视，推进政治监督具体化、精准化、常态化，为推进中国式现代化巨轮行稳致远清障护航。

Persist in consolidating the foundation and cultivating the root, build a dam against corruption, and strengthen the consciousness of not wanting to be corrupt

坚持固本培元，构筑不想腐的堤坝，增强不想腐的自觉

Strengthen education on ideals and beliefs, and guide the vast number of Party officials to always remain true to their original aspiration and keep their founding mission firmly in mind. Revolutionary ideals are higher than the sky. The lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics are the spiritual pillar and political soul of Chinese Communists, and also the solid foundation for the vast number of Party officials to resist the erosion of various decadent ideas. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has focused on strengthening ideological and political construction, carrying forward the Party's glorious traditions, continuing the red bloodline, promoting core socialist values, and nourishing Party spirit and Party character with the great founding spirit of the Party. It has educated and guided the vast number of Party officials to build a solid foundation of faith, replenish the calcium of the spirit, and steady the rudder of thought, solve the "master switch" problems of worldview, outlook on life, and values, understand great virtues, uphold public virtues, and strictly observe private virtues, value conduct, correct integrity, and cultivate the mind, achieve clean self-discipline, replenish calcium and strengthen the bones, detoxify and sterilize, heal illnesses and treat wounds, and remove decay and regenerate flesh, continuously consolidating the ideological and moral foundation for the vast number of Party officials to exercise clean governance, and building a solid ideological and moral line of defense against corruption and degeneration.

加强理想信念教育，引导广大党员干部始终不忘初心、牢记使命。革命理想高于天。共产主义远大理想和中国特色社会主义共同理想，是中国共产党人的精神支柱和政治灵魂，也是广大党员干部抵御各种腐朽思想侵蚀的坚实基础。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央着力加强思想政治建设，发扬党的光荣传统，赓续红色血脉，弘扬社会主义核心价值观，用伟大建党精神滋养党性修养，教育引导广大党员干部筑牢信仰之基、补足精神之钙、把稳思想之舵，解决好世界观、人生观、价值观这个“总开关”问题，明大德、守公德、严私德，重品行、正操守、养心性，做到廉洁自律，补钙壮骨、排毒杀菌、祛病疗伤、去腐生肌，不断夯实广大党员干部廉洁从政的思想道德基础，筑牢拒腐防变的思想道德防线。

Strengthen ideological development, adhere to using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to consolidate the soul and cast the foundation, and deeply study and implement Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution. Ideological development is the foundational development of the Party; theoretical firmness and sobriety are the prerequisites for political firmness and sobriety. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has always attached importance to building the Party through ideology and strengthening the Party through theory, insisted on using the Party’s innovative theory to consolidate the soul and cast the foundation, educated and guided the vast number of Party cadres and members to strengthen their belief in Marxism and the ideal of communism, and especially grasped and applied well the worldview, methodology, and the standpoints, viewpoints, and methods that run through Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, continuously exerting effort in truly studying, truly understanding, truly believing, truly using, deepening, internalizing, and transforming, drawing from the Party’s innovative theory the spiritual strength and ideological wisdom to advance the fight against corruption.

强化思想建设，坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂，深入学习贯彻习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想。思想建设是党的基础性建设，理论上坚定清醒是思想政治上坚定清醒的前提。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央始终重视思想建党、理论强党，坚持用党的创新理论凝心铸魂，教育引导广大党员干部坚定马克思主义信仰和共产主义理想，尤其是把握运用好习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观、方法论和贯穿其中的立场观点方法，在真学真懂真信真用、深化内化转化上持续用力，从党的创新理论中汲取推进反腐败斗争的精神力量和思想智慧。

Firmly establish a correct outlook on power, outlook on political performance, and outlook on career, and forever preserve the political essence of Communists who resist corruption and never stain themselves. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has guided the vast number of Party cadres and members, especially leading cadres at all levels, to firmly establish a correct worldview, outlook on power, and outlook on career, insist on using power impartially, using power according to law, using power for the people, and using power with integrity, achieving a state where the mind has something to guard, the body has something to follow, and actions have something to stop at, not overstepping bounds in conduct, not acting recklessly in handling affairs, not violating rules in using power, not crossing the bottom line of discipline, not stepping on the red line of regulations, and internalizing compliance with rules and discipline into the political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness of Party cadres and members.

牢固树立正确的权力观、政绩观、事业观，永葆共产党人拒腐蚀、永不沾的政治本色。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央引导广大党员干部尤其是各级领导干部牢固树立正确的世界观、权力观、事业观，坚持公正用权、依法用权、为民用权、廉洁用权，做到心有所守、身有所循、行有所止，做人不逾矩、办事不妄为、用权不违规，不越纪律底线、不踩规矩红线，把遵规守纪内化为党员干部的政治自觉、思想自觉、行动自觉。

Cultivate a positive and healthy intra-Party political culture, and comprehensively purify the intra-Party political ecosystem. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has treated the seriousness of intra-Party political life and the purification of the intra-Party political ecosystem as fundamental and foundational issues in Party building, earnestly grasped and implemented them well, enhanced the political nature, contemporary relevance, principled nature, and combative spirit of intra-Party political life, consciously resisted the erosion of the principle of commodity exchange on intra-Party life, comprehensively purified the intra-Party political ecosystem, and gathered the powerful positive energy of eliminating the stale and taking in the fresh. Strengthen the construction of intra-Party political culture, inherit the Party’s glorious traditions and fine conduct, use revolutionary culture to temper the noble character of selflessness and willingness to contribute, use advanced socialist culture to cultivate the cultural soil of clean governance and impartial use of power, use fine traditional Chinese culture to nourish the spiritual realm of self-restraint and dedication to public service and incorruptible self-preservation, educate and guide the vast number of Party cadres and members to consciously resist the erosion of using power for personal gain and corruption. Advocate and promote values such as loyalty and honesty, openness and frankness, fairness and uprightness, seeking truth from facts, hard struggle, and clean and incorruptible conduct, clearly resist and oppose the study of interpersonal relationships, the study of thick black [5]5 “Thick black” (厚黑学) refers to a cynical Chinese theory of statecraft and personal advancement, popularized in the early 20th century by Li Zongwu, which advocates shamelessness (thick skin) and ruthlessness (black heart) as keys to success., officialdom tactics, “hidden rules” [6]6 “Hidden rules” (潜规则) is a term popularized by scholar Wu Si to describe informal, often corrupt, norms that operate beneath the surface of formal institutions in Chinese society., etc., use good political culture to cultivate a political ecosystem of clean and upright atmosphere, and continuously thicken the soil of a good political ecosystem. Strengthen institutional development, establish “explicit rules” and break “hidden rules,” promote continuous improvement of the political ecosystem through institutional and mechanism reforms and institutional innovation. Establish a correct orientation for personnel selection, implement the Party’s organizational line for the New Era, and promote a clean and upright political ecosystem through a clean and upright environment for personnel selection.

涵养积极健康的党内政治文化，全面净化党内政治生态。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央把严肃党内政治生活、净化党内政治生态作为党的建设中带有根本性、基础性的问题切实抓紧抓好，增强党内政治生活的政治性、时代性、原则性、战斗性，自觉抵制商品交换原则对党内生活的侵蚀，全面净化党内政治生态，汇聚激浊扬清的强大正能量。加强党内政治文化建设，传承党的光荣传统和优良作风，用革命文化淬炼公而忘私、甘于奉献的高尚品格，用社会主义先进文化培育为政清廉、秉公用权的文化土壤，用中华优秀传统文化涵养克己奉公、清廉自守的精神境界，教育引导广大党员干部自觉抵御以权谋私、贪污腐败的侵蚀。倡导和弘扬忠诚老实、光明坦荡、公道正派、实事求是、艰苦奋斗、清正廉洁等价值观，旗帜鲜明抵制和反对关系学、厚黑学、官场术、“潜规则”等，以良好政治文化涵养风清气正的政治生态，不断培厚良好政治生态的土壤。加强制度建设，立“明规矩”、破“潜规则”，通过体制机制改革和制度创新促进政治生态不断改善。树立正确的用人导向，贯彻新时代党的组织路线，以用人环境的风清气正促进政治生态的山清水秀。

(The author is the former director of the Academic and Editorial Review Committee of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the CPC)

（作者系中央党史和文献研究院学术和编审委员会原主任）

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