Strive to Improve Political Capability

The current and coming period is a critical period for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. The whole Party, especially leading cadres at all levels, bears heavier burdens on their shoulders, and the need to improve capability is more urgent than ever. Among the various capabilities required for cadres to do their work well, political capability is the primary one. The Party’s more than one hundred years of struggle have repeatedly proven: only with political clarity can there be conscious action; only with political firmness can one withstand trials. Since the 18th National Congress of the

当前和今后一个时期是以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业的关键时期，全党特别是各级领导干部肩上的担子更重，能力的提高比以往任何时候都更为迫切。在干部干好工作所需的各种能力中，政治能力是第一位的。党的百余年奋斗历史反复证明：政治上清醒，才能行动上自觉；政治上坚定，才能经得起考验。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记着眼于把我们党建设得更加坚强有力，把党的政治建设摆在更加突出位置，对必须旗帜鲜明讲政治作出一系列重要论述，强调政治问题任何时候都是根本性的大问题，必须增强政治意识，善于从政治上看问题，善于把握政治大局，不断提高政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力；必须炼就政治慧眼，不断提高政治敏锐性和政治鉴别力，观察分析形势要把握政治因素，筹划推动工作要落实政治要求，处理解决问题要防范政治风险。2024年底，总书记在中央政治局民主生活会上特别强调，要活到老、学到老、修养到老，把政治修养摆在党性修养的首位。广大党员、干部必须牢记总书记的谆谆告诫，充分认识提高政治能力的极端重要性和现实紧迫性，把旗帜鲜明讲政治从外部要求转化为内在主动，自觉对标检视、对标努力，使自己在政治上更加坚定、更加成熟。

I. Continuously Forge Political Loyalty

一、不断铸牢政治忠诚

Loyalty to the Party is the primary political quality of Communists and the most important political accomplishment of Party officials and members. If this criterion is not met, nothing else matters. General Secretary Xi Jinping has clearly pointed out that all political issues within the Party ultimately boil down to loyalty to the Party; we must uphold the great virtue of loyalty to the Party, never forget the oath of loyalty to the Party and never betraying the Party made when joining it, and always be loyal to the Party and the Party's cause, following the Party with unwavering resolve even at the cost of nine deaths without regret. [1]1 "Even at the cost of nine deaths without regret" (九死而不悔) is a classical Chinese idiom expressing unwavering determination, derived from Qu Yuan's poem "Li Sao" (Encountering Sorrow). The General Secretary requires that Party organizations at all levels, all Party members, and especially senior officials, align themselves with the Party Central Committee, align themselves with the Party's theories, line, principles, and policies, and align themselves with the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments, so that they resolutely respond to what the Party Central Committee advocates, resolutely implement what the Party Central Committee decides, and resolutely refrain from what the Party Central Committee prohibits. On the occasion of the opening of the spring 2024 semester training course for young and middle-aged officials at the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance), the General Secretary issued important instructions, emphasizing the need to consciously become a model practitioner of honesty and loyalty to the Party, and to speak clearly about politics. [2]2 The "spring 2024 semester training course for young and middle-aged officials" refers to a regular training program at the Central Party School, which General Secretary Xi Jinping has addressed on multiple occasions. Over a century of struggle, loyalty is etched in the heart. The reason our Party has never been crushed by any difficulty or defeated by any enemy throughout its journey is precisely because of the millions of Party members and officials who loyally serve and protect the Party, fully strive to strengthen and prosper the Party, ensuring the whole Party is united, unified in action, and consistently maintains strong creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness, becoming the mainstay of the development of the Party's and the country's cause.

对党忠诚是共产党人首要的政治品质，也是党员干部最重要的政治素养。这一条不过关，其他都不过关。习近平总书记鲜明指出，党内所有的政治问题，归根到底就是对党是否忠诚；要崇尚对党忠诚的大德，永远不能忘记入党时所作的对党忠诚、永不叛党的誓言，做到始终忠于党、忠于党的事业，做到铁心跟党走、九死而不悔。总书记要求党的各级组织、全体党员特别是高级干部都要向党中央看齐，向党的理论和路线方针政策看齐，向党中央决策部署看齐，做到党中央提倡的坚决响应、党中央决定的坚决执行、党中央禁止的坚决不做。在2024年春季学期中央党校（国家行政学院）中青年干部培训班开班之际，总书记作出重要指示，强调要自觉做对党忠诚老实的模范践行者，旗帜鲜明讲政治。奋斗百年路，忠诚印寸心。我们党一路走来，之所以没有被任何困难压垮，没有被任何敌人打倒，靠的就是千千万万党员、干部忠诚为党护党、全力兴党强党，保证全党团结统一、步调一致，始终保持强大的创造力、凝聚力、战斗力，成为党和国家事业发展的中流砥柱。

On the square of the Museum of the Communist Party of China stand four large-scale sculptures—"Faith," "Great Undertaking," "Tackling Tough Challenges," and "Pursuing Dreams"—which narrate the CPC's century-long struggle for the happiness of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The picture shows the sculpture "Great Undertaking," which portrays 65 figures from different groups and professions, primarily reflecting how the CPC unites and leads the people of all ethnic groups across the country, firmly upholding the "Four Confidences," working hard and striving tenaciously, and continuously achieving historic accomplishments in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Photo by Liu Xinwu

中国共产党历史展览馆广场上矗立的《信仰》、《伟业》、《攻坚》、《追梦》四组大型雕塑，讲述着中国共产党100多年来为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴的奋斗历程。图为雕塑《伟业》，共塑造65位人物形象，涵盖不同群体、不同职业，重点反映中国共产党团结带领全国各族人民，坚定“四个自信”，奋发图强、艰苦奋斗，推动中国特色社会主义事业不断取得历史性成就。 刘新武/摄

For Party members and officials, loyalty to the Party is an eternal subject. In the New Era, the key to forging loyalty to the Party is to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments" and always adhere to the "Two Upholds," which are the Party's highest political principle and fundamental political rule. [3]3 The "Two Establishments" (两个确立) refers to establishing Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The "Two Upholds" (两个维护) refers to upholding Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. Today, from the historic achievements recorded in the annals of history, from the stark contrast of "the scenery here is uniquely beautiful," [4]4 "The scenery here is uniquely beautiful" (风景这边独好) is a line from Mao Zedong's 1934 poem "Treading on Sassafras: Mount Huichang," used here to contrast China's stability and success with turmoil elsewhere. and from the tangible sense of gain, happiness, and security, the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country are increasingly deeply aware that the "Two Establishments" are the greatest certainty, the greatest confidence, and the greatest guarantee for us to cope with all uncertainties, and that the "Two Upholds" essentially safeguard the fundamental and long-term interests of the Party, the country, and the people. Any organization or member of the Party, no matter which field, level, or unit they belong to, must resolutely uphold the authority of the Party Central Committee to have the final say and be the ultimate arbiter, and always maintain a high degree of alignment with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path. Loyalty to the Party is concrete and practical; it must be clearly reflected in implementing the important instructions and directives of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and in the tangible results of fulfilling duties and doing one's own work well.

对党员、干部来说，对党忠诚是永恒课题。新时代铸牢对党忠诚，关键是深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，始终坚守“两个维护”这一党的最高政治原则和根本政治规矩。现在，全党全国各族人民从彪炳史册的伟大成就中，从“风景这边独好”的鲜明对比中，从实实在在的获得感、幸福感、安全感中，越来越深切地认识到，“两个确立”是我们应对一切不确定性的最大确定性、最大底气、最大保证，“两个维护”本质上就是维护党、国家、人民的根本利益、长远利益。党的任何组织和成员，无论处在哪个领域、哪个层级、哪个单位，都必须坚决维护党中央一锤定音、定于一尊的权威，始终在政治立场、政治方向、政治原则、政治道路上同以习近平同志为核心的党中央保持高度一致。对党忠诚是具体的、实践的，必须鲜明体现在贯彻落实习近平总书记重要指示批示精神和党中央决策部署上，体现在履职尽责、做好本职工作的实效上。

II. Grasp the Correct Political Direction

二、把握正确政治方向

Direction determines the path, and the path determines destiny. If there is a deviation on the issue of direction, it will lead to catastrophic mistakes. General Secretary Xi Jinping, with profound insight into the development trends of today's world and contemporary China, has deeply pointed out that political direction is the primary issue for the Party's survival and development, concerning the Party's future, destiny, and the success or failure of its cause; to improve political capability, one must first grasp the correct political direction, adhere to the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China and China's socialist system. The General Secretary also cited the story from the Long March of a cook who, upon waking up, did not ask whether there was rice to cook but first asked whether to march south or north, reminding us to always keep the correct political direction. [5]5 This refers to an anecdote from the Long March (1934–1935), where a cook's first concern upon waking was the political direction of the march, illustrating the importance of political orientation even in daily life. This shows that political direction is extremely important for a party, a party organization, and a party official or member. Comrade Mao Zedong once vividly likened it, saying, "Political direction is like a person's head; with a head, the other parts can move," and he set the requirement of firm and correct political direction for the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and the Northern Shaanxi Public School. [6]6 The Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University (抗日军政大学) and the Northern Shaanxi Public School (陕北公学) were educational institutions established by the CPC in Yan'an during the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937–1945). It is precisely because of grasping the correct political direction that our Party has been able to always master historical initiative and continuously move from victory to victory. Entering the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has upheld and strengthened the Party's overall leadership, held high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, firmly upheld the "Four Confidences," neither taking the old path of closed-door rigidity nor the evil path of changing the banner, and has pushed the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics to become ever broader.

方向决定道路，道路决定命运。如果在方向问题上出现偏离，就会犯颠覆性错误。习近平总书记深邃洞察当今世界和当代中国发展大势，深刻指出政治方向是党生存发展第一位的问题，事关党的前途命运和事业兴衰成败；提高政治能力，首先要把握正确政治方向，坚守共产主义远大理想和中国特色社会主义共同理想，坚持中国共产党领导和我国社会主义制度。总书记还引用长征途中伙夫同志一起床，不问今天有没有米煮饭，却先问向南走还是向北走的故事，提醒我们要始终把准正确政治方向。可见，政治方向对一个党、一个党的组织、一个党员干部来说都极端重要。毛泽东同志曾形象地比喻，“政治方向好像是一个人的头，有了头其他各部分才能动作”，并向抗日军政大学和陕北公学提出坚定正确政治方向的办学要求。正是因为把准政治方向，我们党才能始终掌握历史主动，不断从胜利走向胜利。进入新时代，以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚持和加强党的全面领导，高举中国特色社会主义伟大旗帜，坚定“四个自信”，既不走封闭僵化的老路，也不走改旗易帜的邪路，推动中国特色社会主义道路越走越宽广。

Practice has proven and will continue to prove that our direction is extremely correct and our future is infinitely bright. However, the stronger and better China's development becomes, the more some Western hostile forces are unwilling to see a socialist China develop and grow stronger, and the more they will try every means to disrupt China's development and stability. Therefore, on major principled issues concerning the banner, path, and direction, Party members and officials must have particularly sharp eyes, particularly clear minds, and particularly firm positions, and must not be the slightest bit ambiguous, hesitant, or wavering, and must never do things that undermine their own strength or destroy their own defenses. [7]7 "Undermine their own strength" (自废武功) and "destroy their own defenses" (自毁长城) are Chinese idioms; the latter literally means "destroy one's own Great Wall," referring to self-sabotage. They must comprehensively implement the Party's basic theory, basic line, and basic policy, frequently benchmark and align themselves, promptly correct deviations, and must not go astray, deviate, or, even worse, go in the wrong direction on the political path, ensuring that all work proceeds in the direction determined by the Party Central Committee. In the face of major issues of right and wrong and political principles, they must show their political stance, dare to step forward, dare to speak out and take a clear stand, especially against various people and things that harm the authority of the Party Central Committee, and against various words and deeds that attack the Party's leadership and the socialist system; they must wage a clear-cut struggle, not "cherish their feathers," [8]8 "Cherish their feathers" (爱惜羽毛) is a Chinese idiom meaning to be overly concerned with one's reputation, avoiding taking principled stands. not act as "enlightened gentlemen" or bystanders.

实践已经并将继续证明，我们的方向无比正确，前途无限光明。但我国发展越是向好向强，一些西方敌对势力越是不愿看到社会主义中国发展壮大，越会千方百计扰乱我国发展和稳定。因此，在涉及旗帜、道路、方向等重大原则问题上，党员、干部眼睛要特别明亮，头脑要特别清醒，立场要特别坚定，绝不能有丝毫含糊、犹疑、动摇，绝不能做自废武功、自毁长城的事。要全面贯彻党的基本理论、基本路线、基本方略，经常对标对表，及时校准偏差，不能在政治方向上走岔了、走歪了，更不能走错了，确保各项工作沿着党中央确定的方向前进。在大是大非和政治原则问题面前，要亮明政治态度，敢于站出来，敢于发声亮剑，尤其是对各种危害党中央权威的人和事，对各种攻击党的领导和社会主义制度的言行，要旗帜鲜明地进行斗争，不能“爱惜羽毛”，不能当“开明绅士”、当看客。

III. Submit to and Serve the Overall Political Situation

三、服从服务政治大局

Speaking of politics requires speaking of the overall situation; within the overall situation there is politics, and the overall situation itself is politics. General Secretary Xi Jinping, standing from an overall and strategic height, has repeatedly emphasized the need to bear in mind the "greatest concerns of the state," to constantly pay attention to what the Party Central Committee cares about and emphasizes, to deeply understand what the most important interests of the Party and the state are and what positions most need to be firmly upheld, and to be adept at thinking about problems, making decisions, and handling affairs from the standpoint of the Party and the people and from the overall work of the Party and the state. "One who fails to plan for the whole situation is inadequate to plan for a single domain." [9]9 Jiao Yulu (1922–1964) was a county Party secretary in Henan Province, celebrated posthumously as a model Communist cadre for his selfless dedication to fighting poverty and natural disasters. Emphasizing the overall situation and grasping the overall situation is an important ideological method and working method consistently advocated by General Secretary Xi Jinping. As early as when he was working in Ningde, Fujian, he stressed that the overall situation of eastern Fujian could only be subordinated to the overall situation of the entire province and even the entire nation; when working in Zhejiang, he required leading cadres to always stand from an overall and strategic height and strive to make positive contributions to the national overall situation; when working in Shanghai, he pointed out that Shanghai's development could never stand alone in self-interest, nor could it solely benefit itself, but must be considered and planned within the national overall deployment for the regional development of the Yangtze River Delta. These all vividly interpret the broad-minded pattern of "the overall situation and the partial situation are one chess game," setting an example for us to enhance our awareness of the overall situation. In the great practice of the New Era, the General Secretary has coordinated the two overall situations of domestic and international development, observed the general trend, planned the overall situation, grasped the fundamentals, comprehensively advanced the "Five-Sphere Integrated Plan," coordinated the advancement of the "Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy," and deployed and mapped out the "greatest concerns of the state" and major plans of the Party, such as coordinated regional development, reform and opening up, scientific and technological innovation, education reform, food security, ecological environmental protection, and safeguarding and improving people's livelihoods, propelling the "China" giant ship to break waves and forge ahead.

讲政治就要讲大局，大局里面有政治，大局本身就是政治。习近平总书记站在全局和战略的高度，反复强调要胸怀“国之大者”，时刻关注党中央在关心什么、强调什么，深刻领会什么是党和国家最重要的利益、什么是最需要坚定维护的立场，善于从党和人民的立场、党和国家工作大局出发想问题、作决策、办事情。“不谋全局者，不足谋一域。”讲大局、抓大局，是习近平总书记一贯倡导的重要思想方法和工作方法。早在福建宁德工作时就强调，闽东这个全局只能服从全省乃至全国这个全局；在浙江工作时，要求领导干部始终站在全局和战略的高度，努力为全国大局作出积极的贡献；在上海工作时指出，上海的发展绝不可能独善其身，也绝不可以独惠其身，必须放在国家对长三角区域发展的总体部署中来思考和谋划。这些都生动诠释了“大局小局一盘棋”的胸怀格局，为我们树立了增强大局意识的典范。在新时代伟大实践中，总书记统筹国内国际两个大局，观大势、谋全局、抓根本，统筹推进“五位一体”总体布局、协调推进“四个全面”战略布局，部署擘画区域协调发展、改革开放、科技创新、教育改革、粮食安全、生态环保、保障和改善民生等“国之大者”、党之大计，推动“中国号”巨轮破浪前行。

"One who grasps the greater picture can encompass the smaller parts." [10]10 Gu Wenchang (1915–1981) was a county Party secretary in Fujian Province, known for leading afforestation and combating desertification; Yang Shanzhou (1927–2010) was a retired Party official who spent his later years planting trees on a barren mountain; Zhang Fuqing (1924–2019) was a war hero who lived modestly and concealed his military honors. In a situation of profound change, Party members and cadres must enhance their awareness of the overall situation, consciously place their work within the overall situation to think about, grasp, and advance it, insist on everything being subordinated to and serving the overall situation, and resolutely and effectively implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. Whether the awareness of the overall situation is strong is not only a matter of understanding but also tests one's realm and pattern. For example, building a unified national market means breaking down closed small markets and self-contained small cycles. When faced with choices of interests, one should calculate on a larger abacus and settle larger accounts, rather than on a small abacus and small accounts, step out of one's own "one acre and three-tenths of land," [11]11 "Knowing there are tigers in the mountains yet偏向虎山行" is a Chinese idiom meaning to forge ahead despite known dangers, often used to describe resolute courage. and insist that small principles submit to big principles, local interests submit to the overall national interest, and the partial submits to the whole.

“得其大者可以兼其小。”在深刻变化的形势下，党员、干部必须增强大局意识，自觉把工作放到大局中去思考、去把握、去推进，坚持一切服从大局、一切服务大局，坚决有力地把党中央决策部署落到实处。大局意识强不强，不只是认识问题，更检验着境界格局。比如，构建全国统一大市场，就意味着要打破封闭小市场、自我小循环。面对利益取舍，要多打大算盘、算大账，少打小算盘、算小账，跳出自己的“一亩三分地”，坚持小道理服从大道理、地方利益服从国家整体利益、局部服从全局。

IV. Strictly Observe Political Discipline and Political Rules

四、严守政治纪律和政治规矩

Political discipline is the fundamental guarantee for maintaining the unity and solidarity of the Party and is an insurmountable red line and an unshakable bottom line for Party members and cadres. In response to various chaotic phenomena of violating political discipline within the Party over a period of time, General Secretary Xi Jinping warned the entire Party that to strictly enforce Party

政治纪律是维护党的团结统一的根本保证，是党员、干部不可逾越的红线、必须坚守的底线。针对一段时间以来党内违反政治纪律的种种乱象，习近平总书记警示全党，严明党的纪律，首要的就是严明政治纪律；一个政党，不严明政治纪律，就会分崩离析。总书记多次强调政治纪律是最重要、最根本、最关键的纪律，遵守党的政治纪律是遵守党的全部纪律的重要基础。在党的六项纪律中，政治纪律是打头、管总的，破坏和违反政治纪律危害极大。如果政治纪律守不住，其他纪律也会全面失守。据统计，这些年来立案查处的中管干部，大多都存在违反政治纪律的问题。在新时代全面从严治党的实践中，以习近平同志为核心的党中央把严明党的政治纪律和政治规矩放在从严管党治党、加强纪律建设的首位来抓，把维护党中央权威和集中统一领导作为最根本的政治纪律和政治规矩，严肃查处“七个有之”问题，清除了党内严重政治隐患。

Comrade Jiao Yulu was a good public servant of the people, a role model for county Party secretaries, and a role model for the entire Party. Comrade Jiao Yulu's deeds can be summed up in one point: he firmly followed the Party, and throughout his life he shared the Party's concerns and added luster to the Party. It is precisely because our Party has a large number of heroic models like Jiao Yulu, Gu Wenchang, Yang Shanzhou, and Zhang Fuqing who take the lead in setting an example that it has been able to unite and lead the people to continuously open up new prospects in various undertakings. The picture shows visitors studying and visiting the Comrade Jiao Yulu Memorial Hall in Lankao County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province on April 27, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Comrade Jiao Yulu Memorial Hall.

焦裕禄同志是人民的好公仆，是县委书记的榜样，也是全党的榜样。焦裕禄同志的事迹归结到一点，就是坚定跟党走，他一生都在为党分忧、为党添彩。我们党正是因为有一大批像焦裕禄、谷文昌、杨善洲、张富清这样的英雄模范率先垂范，才团结带领人民群众不断开创各项事业发展新局面。图为2025年4月27日，参观者在河南省开封市兰考县焦裕禄同志纪念馆参观学习。 焦裕禄同志纪念馆供图

Only by observing discipline and rules can one have full freedom and broad space for undertaking endeavors. Party members and cadres must be upright and capable themselves, constantly restrain themselves with the Party Constitution, intra-Party regulations, and Party discipline, strictly implement the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulations and its implementation rules, and maintain reverence, caution in words, and restraint in actions before discipline and rules, consciously being politically clear-minded and honest persons. They must earnestly study the political discipline requirements in the "Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Punishment," using the strengthening of political discipline to drive the comprehensive strictness of all disciplines. Reporting requests on major matters is an important political discipline and political rule. The system of requesting instructions and reporting must be strictly implemented; when it comes to major matters, important work, and personal related matters, what must be requested must be requested, and what must be reported must be reported. External constraints can only achieve maximum effect when transformed into internal consciousness. Efforts must be made to cultivate "conscious discipline," continuously enhance political resolve, disciplinary resolve, moral resolve, and anti-corruption resolve, transform heteronomy into self-discipline, make it a habit, and use it daily without conscious awareness.

遵规守纪，才能拥有干事创业的充分自由和广阔空间。党员、干部要做到自身正、自身硬，时时处处用党章党规党纪约束自己，严格落实中央八项规定及其实施细则精神，在纪律和规矩面前心有所畏、言有所戒、行有所止，自觉做政治上的明白人、老实人。要认真学习《中国共产党纪律处分条例》中的政治纪律要求，以强化政治纪律带动各项纪律全面从严。重大事项请示报告是重要的政治纪律和政治规矩。要严格执行请示报告制度，在涉及重大事项、重要工作、个人有关事项时，该请示的必须请示，该报告的必须报告。外在约束只有转化为内在自觉，才能够发挥最大效果。要着力培养“自觉的纪律”，不断增强政治定力、纪律定力、道德定力、抵腐定力，把他律转化为自律，习惯成自然，日用而不觉。

V. Consciously Strengthen Political Responsibility

五、自觉强化政治担当

Cadres daring to take on responsibilities and act is both a political character and the duty of holding office. General Secretary Xi Jinping has encouraged cadres to dare to take on responsibilities and act actively on many occasions, emphasizing that being a cadre requires responsibility, that the greater the responsibility one can bear, the greater the cause one can accomplish, and the more responsibility one fulfills, the greater the achievement one will have; the Party places cadres in various positions so that they can take on responsibilities and do work, and they must take loyalty to the Party, sharing the Party's concerns, fulfilling duties for the Party, and benefiting the people as fundamental political responsibilities. Taking on the responsibilities one should bear is a fine tradition and spiritual trait of Communists. Back then, when Comrade Deng Xiaoping resumed work for the third time to take charge, he said: "I can come out to work with two attitudes: one is to be an official, and the other is to do some work." "Doing some work" embodies the political responsibility of a Communist Party member. Each generation has its own responsibilities. Since the New Era, the General Secretary has, with great political courage, taken extraordinary actions and shouldered immense responsibilities, taking responsibility for the destiny of the nation, for the happiness of the people, for the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and for the cause of progress for all humanity. For example, in promoting reform and development, he has dared to face deep-seated contradictions, made great efforts to adjust deep-seated interest relationships, and resolutely removed institutional obstacles hindering the development of social productive forces; in advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, with the courage and boldness of "offending thousands to live up to no one in fourteen hundred million," the firm determination of "knowing there are tigers in the mountains yet偏向虎山行," and the tenacious persistence of "always sounding the charge, always on the road," he has resolutely carried the fight against corruption and for clean governance through to the end; in advancing major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, he has resolutely opposed hegemonism and power politics, promoted the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, provided Chinese solutions for building a better world, and demonstrated the "hardcore" responsibility of Communists in the New Era.

干部敢于担当作为，既是政治品格，也是从政本分。习近平总书记在许多场合激励干部敢于担当、积极作为，强调当干部就要有担当，有多大担当才能干多大事业，尽多大责任才会有多大成就；党把干部放在各个岗位上是要大家担当干事，要把对党忠诚、为党分忧、为党尽职、为民造福作为根本政治担当。担当起该担当的责任，是共产党人的优良传统和精神特质。当年，邓小平同志第三次复出主持工作时说：“我出来工作，可以有两种态度，一个是做官，一个是做点工作。”“做点工作”，体现的正是一名共产党员的政治担当。一代人有一代人的担当。新时代以来，总书记以极大的政治魄力行非常之举、担千钧之责，为民族命运担当、为人民幸福担当、为管党治党担当、为全人类进步事业担当。比如，在推动改革发展上，敢于面对深层次矛盾，下大力气调整深层次利益关系，坚决清除妨碍社会生产力发展的体制机制障碍；在推进全面从严治党上，以“得罪千百人、不负十四亿”的勇气魄力、“明知山有虎、偏向虎山行”的坚定决心、“永远吹冲锋号、永远在路上”的坚韧执着，坚决把党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争进行到底；在推进中国特色大国外交上，坚决反对霸权主义和强权政治，推动构建人类命运共同体，为建设更加美好的世界提供中国方案，彰显了新时代共产党人的“硬核”担当。

"Shirking responsibility in office is a lifelong shame." To realize the Party's mission and tasks in the New Era and new journey, it is necessary to temper an iron-like political responsibility. Leading cadres must resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, regard doing a good job in Party building as the greatest political performance, and make Party building in all fronts and fields deep and solid. Party members and cadres must fulfill their duties based on their positions, focus on major tasks such as promoting high-quality development, advancing high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-strengthening, building a modern industrial system, promoting comprehensive rural revitalization, and strengthening and innovating social governance, bear the weight and charge ahead. Political responsibility must be truly reflected in grasping implementation; work that should be done must be done immediately, and matters that can be handled must be handled promptly. Firmly establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, do more things that benefit people's livelihoods, solve people's worries, and warm people's hearts, and interpret political responsibility with practical actions that benefit the people.

“为官避事平生耻。”实现党在新时代新征程的使命任务，必须淬炼铁一般的政治担当。领导干部要坚决扛起全面从严治党政治责任，把抓好党建作为最大的政绩，把各条战线、各个领域的党建抓深抓实。党员、干部要立足岗位履职尽责，围绕推动高质量发展、推进高水平科技自立自强、建设现代化产业体系、推进乡村全面振兴、加强和创新社会治理等重大任务，知重负重、冲锋在前。要切实把政治担当体现在狠抓落实上，该抓的工作马上抓，能办的事情立即办。牢固树立和践行正确政绩观，多干惠民生、解民忧、暖民心的事，以为民造福的实际行动诠释政治担当。

VI. Prevent and Defuse Political Risks

六、防范化解政治风险

Preventing and defusing political risks bears on the Party’s long-term governance and the nation’s enduring stability and security; it is a major issue that the Party must confront and resolve properly. Based on the grave and complex situation at home and abroad, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly pointed out that preventing and defusing major risks is the political responsibility of Party committees, governments, and leading cadres at all levels, and that the maintenance of national political security, especially the security of political power and the security of the system, must be placed first, so as to improve the capacity to predict, warn, and prevent various contradictions and problems. The war without gunpowder smoke in the ideological domain is everywhere; the contest without guns and cannons in the political domain has never ceased. History and reality have repeatedly proven that only by preparing for the worst and striving for the best outcome can one be prepared and not panic when trouble arises. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, in the face of various external encirclement, suppression, sabotage, and subversion activities, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has creatively put forward a holistic approach to national security, coordinating the two major tasks of development and security, taking the initiative, and fighting the active battle. It has withstood the tests of risks and challenges from the political, ideological, economic, scientific and technological, social, and external work domains, and has forcefully safeguarded national political security.

防范化解政治风险关系党的长期执政和国家长治久安，是党必须面对和解决好的重大问题。基于国际国内严峻复杂的形势，习近平总书记深刻指出，防范化解重大风险，是各级党委、政府和领导干部的政治职责，要把维护国家政治安全特别是政权安全、制度安全放在第一位，提高对各种矛盾问题预测预警预防能力；意识形态领域看不见硝烟的战争无处不在，政治领域没有枪炮的较量一直未停。历史和现实一再证明，凡事从坏处准备，努力争取最好的结果，才能有备无患、遇事不慌。党的十八大以来，面对来自外部的各种围堵、打压、捣乱和颠覆活动，以习近平同志为核心的党中央创造性提出总体国家安全观，统筹发展和安全两件大事，下好先手棋，打好主动仗，经受住了来自政治、意识形态、经济、科技、社会、对外工作等方面的风险挑战考验，有力捍卫了国家政治安全。

At present, the overall social and political situation in our country is stable, but the risks and hidden dangers in key areas remain relatively large. “Black swan” and “gray rhino” events may occur at any time, and the cross-transmission of risks across various domains cannot be ignored. Party members and cadres must consciously take national political security as the priority, strengthen the cultivation of their fighting spirit and fighting ability, and be sharp-eyed, quick to detect, and swift to act regarding sensitive factors and budding tendencies that could easily trigger political problems, especially major emergencies, so as to promptly eliminate various political hazards. They must adhere to using high-probability thinking to deal with low-probability events, comprehensively sort out and investigate risk points in all domains and links, attach great importance to and promptly block the channels for the transformation of risks across different domains, and prevent non-political risks from turning into political risks. Governing the country and ensuring peace depend on the grassroots level. It is necessary to uphold and develop the “Fengqiao experience” in the New Era, resolving contradictions and risks to the greatest extent at the grassroots level and nipping them in the bud. Deepen the leadership of Party building in grassroots governance, carry out targeted work in key areas, key regions, and key groups, especially strengthen humanistic care, psychological counseling, and crisis intervention, and strictly prevent the occurrence of extreme vicious incidents.

当前，我国社会政治大局稳定，但重点领域风险隐患仍然较大，“黑天鹅”、“灰犀牛”事件随时可能发生，各领域风险交叉传导也不容忽视。党员、干部要自觉以国家政治安全为大，加强斗争精神和斗争本领养成，对容易诱发政治问题特别是重大突发事件的敏感因素、苗头性倾向性问题，做到眼睛亮、见事早、行动快，及时消除各种政治隐患。要坚持用大概率思维应对小概率事件，全方位梳理排查各领域、各环节风险点，高度重视并及时阻断不同领域风险的转化通道，防止非政治性风险转化为政治风险。治国安邦，重在基层。要坚持和发展新时代“枫桥经验”，最大程度把矛盾风险化解在基层、解决在萌芽状态。深化党建引领基层治理，有针对性地做好重点领域、重点区域、重点群体的工作，特别是加强人文关怀、心理疏导和危机干预工作，严密防范发生极端恶性事件。

VII. Continuously Purify the Political Ecosystem

七、持续净化政治生态

The political ecosystem is an important yardstick for testing whether our Party is effective in governing the Party and running it strictly. When the political ecosystem is good, the Party will be filled with righteous energy; when the political ecosystem is bad, the Party will be rampant with evil

政治生态是检验我们党管党治党是否有力的重要标尺。政治生态好，党内就会正气充盈；政治生态不好，党内就会邪气横生。习近平总书记将“如何始终保持风清气正的政治生态”，列为我们这个大党必须解决的独有难题之一，告诫全党必须常怀忧患意识、底线思维，始终保持刀刃向内的坚定自觉，补钙壮骨、排毒杀菌、祛病疗伤、去腐生肌，涵养积极健康的党内政治文化，持续净化党内政治生态，汇聚激浊扬清的强大正能量，使党永远不变质、不变色、不变味。新时代以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央以前所未有的勇气和定力全面从严治党，推动党内政治生态建设的实践创新，营造了党内政治生态的“绿水青山”。经过这些年的革命性锻造，党内政治生态整体向好、持续向好。实现好转很不容易，持续保持更为不易。从近年来查处的重大违纪违法案件来看，有些地方出现系统性、塌方式腐败，带坏了一方风气，恶化了一方政治生态。要让政治生态“青山常在、绿水长流”，必须保持战略定力，付出艰苦努力。

The cultivation of a sound political ecosystem requires unremitting efforts from the entire Party. Party members and officials must consciously become strong promoters of a sound political ecosystem, treating the construction of the political ecosystem as a foundational and routine task, dredging its sources, nurturing its forests, fostering healthy tendencies, and consolidating its foundations. Leading officials, especially those in primary leadership positions, must take the lead in strictly implementing democratic centralism, adhering to the combination of collective leadership and individual division of responsibilities, improving the level of scientific, democratic, and law-based decision-making, and preventing the practice of "one-man rule" or individual decision-making. It is necessary to persistently purify the political ecosystem, simultaneously eliminating the turbid and promoting the clear, rigorously conducting intra-Party political life, breaking "unspoken rules" and establishing "explicit regulations," taking the lead in advocating refreshing comradely relations and standardized superior-subordinate relations, resolutely preventing the formation of "small circles," "paying homage to faction leaders," and "setting up back channels," and never associating with political swindlers or being exploited by them, using clean and upright atmosphere to influence those around, affect those nearby, and inspire more people. It is essential to clearly establish the correct orientation for selecting and appointing personnel, truly selecting and utilizing good officials, resolutely preventing opportunists from benefiting and those who buy and sell official positions from succeeding, thereby making the atmosphere for selecting and appointing personnel more clear and upright.

良好政治生态的营造要靠全党上下不懈努力。党员、干部要自觉做良好政治生态的有力促进者，把政治生态建设作为基础性、经常性工作，浚其源、涵其林，养正气、固根本。领导干部特别是一把手要带头严格执行民主集中制，坚持集体领导和个人分工负责相结合，提高科学决策、民主决策、依法决策水平，防止搞“一言堂”、个人说了算。要持之以恒净化政治生态，坚持激浊和扬清并举，严肃党内政治生活，破“潜规则”，立“明规矩”，带头倡导清清爽爽的同志关系、规规矩矩的上下级关系，坚决防止搞“小圈子”、“拜码头”、“搭天线”，决不能结交政治骗子或者被政治骗子利用，以清风正气带动身边人、影响周围人、感染更多人。要鲜明树立选人用人正确导向，真正把好干部选出来、用起来，坚决不让投机钻营者得利、不让买官卖官者得逞，使选人用人风气更加清朗。

8. Take the Lead in Cultivating Sound Political Morality

八、带头涵养良好政德

Political morality is the weathervane of the entire social moral construction. General Secretary Xi Jinping places the requirement of virtue in an important position in Party building and cadre team building, emphasizing that leading officials must speak of political morality, and profoundly elucidating the contemporary connotations and practical requirements of establishing political morality, pointing out that establishing political morality requires understanding great virtue, upholding public virtue, and strictly observing private virtue. Political morality is like the wind, rectifying oneself and others. The Chinese nation has always revered and cherished reputation and integrity, valued moral conduct, and sought clean governance, and has always spoken of "governing with virtue" and "governance means rectitude." Looking back at the Party's history, from many outstanding officials such as Jiao Yulu, Gu Wenchang, and Yang Shanzhou, one can deeply feel the noble moral cultivation and powerful personality charm of Communists.

政德是整个社会道德建设的风向标。习近平总书记把德的要求摆在党的建设、干部队伍建设的重要位置，强调领导干部要讲政德，并深刻阐释了立政德的时代内涵和实践要求，指出立政德就要明大德、守公德、严私德。政德如风，正己正人。中华民族历来都崇尚珍惜名节、注重操守、干净为官，历来都讲“为政以德”、“政者正也”。回顾党的历史，从焦裕禄、谷文昌、杨善洲等许多优秀干部身上，都能深刻感受到共产党人高尚的道德修养和强大的人格魅力。

The virtue of governance is precious in constant cultivation. On the new journey of the New Era, Party members and officials tempering political morality should be adept at drawing nourishment from traditional Chinese virtues, feeling the style from heroic figures and role models of the times, enhancing cultivation through internal training, rectifying the mind and understanding the Way, cherishing virtue and self-respect, taking the lead in practicing political morality, professional ethics, social morality, and family virtues. Cultivating political morality not only requires strict self-cultivation, embedding the adherence to political morality deep into the soul, but also putting it into action, using the power in one's hands well, consciously achieving governance with virtue, governance with integrity, and governance for the people. It is necessary to start from small matters, always pay attention to one's words and deeds, accumulate small achievements, frequently guard against gradual erosion, cultivate virtue to cultivate oneself, establish authority through virtue, and convince the masses through virtue, resolutely oppose the thinking and behavior of privilege, and become a person who is wholly devoted to the public, upright, and spotless.

为政之德，贵在常修。新时代新征程上，党员、干部锤炼政德，要善于从中华传统美德中汲取滋养，从英雄人物和时代楷模身上感受风范，从练好内功中提升修养，正心明道、怀德自重，带头践行政治品德、职业道德、社会公德、家庭美德。涵养政德不仅要严以修身，把对政德的坚守熔铸于灵魂深处，更要付诸行动，用好手中的权力，自觉做到为政以德、为政以廉、为政以民。要从小事做起，时时注意自己的言行，多积尺寸之功，经常防微杜渐，以德修身、以德立威、以德服众，坚决反对特权思想和特权行为，做一个一心为公、一身正气、一尘不染的人。

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