The Great Significance of Strengthening the Party’s Work Style Construction in the New Era

On the new journey of the New Era, the greatest political task and central mission of the Party uniting and leading the people is to comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. This major historical mission and epochal responsibility is glorious and lofty. Facing the strategic overall plan for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the changes unseen in a century in the world, our Party confronts unprecedented risks and challenges. It must govern the Party with a reform spirit and strict standards, continuously advance the great new project of Party building in the New Era, persistently strengthen the Party’s work style construction, enhance the powerful driving force of self-revolution, ensure that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and promote the steady and long-term progress of Chinese-path modernization in the process of further comprehensively deepening reform.

新时代新征程，党团结带领人民的最大政治和中心任务，就是以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴，这一重大历史使命和时代责任光荣而崇高。面对中华民族伟大复兴战略全局和世界百年未有之大变局，我们党面临前所未有的风险挑战，必须以改革精神和严的标准管党治党，不断推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程，持之以恒加强党的作风建设，增强自我革命的强大动力，确保党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心，在进一步全面深化改革的进程中推动中国式现代化行稳致远。

I. Strengthening Work Style Construction Is a Powerful Weapon for Forever Preserving the Party’s Advanced Nature and Purity

一、加强作风建设是永葆党的先进性和纯洁性的强大武器

The Party’s work style is closely related to the Party’s nature and purpose. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “At root, the work style issue is a matter of Party spirit. Work style reflects image and quality, embodies Party spirit, and what plays the decisive role is also Party spirit” (Excerpts from Xi Jinping’s Discourses on Strengthening the Party’s Work Style Construction, Central Party Literature Press, 2025 edition, p. 17). This major thesis concisely elucidates the dialectical relationship between the Party’s work style and its nature. Party spirit is the internal basis of the Party’s work style; the Party’s work style is an important manifestation of Party spirit. The two are interrelated and inseparable. To preserve the Party’s nature and purpose, it is necessary to strengthen the Party’s work style construction. The fundamental purpose of the Party’s work style construction is to ensure that the Party’s nature and purpose are not eroded, so that the Party never changes its quality, never changes its color, and never changes its flavor.

党的作风同党的性质宗旨密切相关。习近平总书记指出，“作风问题根本上是党性问题。作风反映的是形象和素质，体现的是党性，起决定作用的也是党性”（《习近平关于加强党的作风建设论述摘编》，中央文献出版社2025年版，第17页）。这一重大论断言简意赅地阐明了党的作风同党的性质之间的辩证关系。党性是党风的内在根据，党风是党性的重要体现，二者相互关联、不可分离，保持党的性质宗旨就必须加强党的作风建设，党的作风建设的根本目的就是要确保党的性质宗旨不受到侵蚀，使党始终不变质、不变色、不变味。

The Party’s work style is the concentrated embodiment of the Party’s nature and purpose. From the moment of its founding, the Communist Party of China has been a Marxist party with advanced nature and purity, committed to achieving national independence, people’s liberation, national prosperity and strength, and people’s happiness. This pursuit, through long-term development and struggle, has been condensed into the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly. As early as the period of the revolutionary war, Mao Zedong clearly stated, “The question of ‘for whom?’ is a fundamental question, a question of principle” (Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Vol. 3, People’s Publishing House, 1991 edition, p. 857). Chinese Communists “are completely dedicated to liberating the people and work entirely in the interests of the people” (ibid., p. 1004). Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that the interests of the people are above all else; we must adhere to the people’s standpoint, uphold the people-centered development thinking, and take enhancing the well-being of the people and promoting the comprehensive development of individuals as the starting point and ultimate goal of development. “As Party cadres, one must serve the people wholeheartedly, must sincerely strive for the cause of the Party and the people, and must practice selflessness, clearly distinguish between public and private, put public interests before private ones, and be so dedicated as to forget one’s own interests” (Excerpts from Xi Jinping’s Discourses on the Party’s Mass Line Education and Practice Activities, Central Party Literature Press, 2014 edition, p. 38). The Party’s nature and purpose must be manifested through the Party’s revolutionary, construction, and reform practices, and through the work style of the vast majority of Party members and cadres. In the long process of revolution, construction, and reform, Chinese Communists have formed and long adhered to fine work styles such as integrating theory with practice, maintaining close ties with the masses, and conducting criticism and self-criticism. These are the concentrated embodiment of the Party’s nature and purpose and have become the distinctive hallmarks distinguishing our Party from other political parties.

党的作风是党的性质宗旨的集中体现。中国共产党成立伊始就是具有先进性和纯洁性的马克思主义政党，致力于实现民族独立、人民解放和国家富强、人民幸福，这种追求在长期发展奋斗中凝练为全心全意为人民服务的根本宗旨。早在革命战争时期，毛泽东就明确指出，“为什么人的问题，是一个根本的问题，原则的问题”（《毛泽东选集》第3卷，人民出版社1991年版，第857页）。中国共产党人“完全是为着解放人民的，是彻底地为人民的利益工作的”（同上，第1004页）。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记反复强调，人民利益高于一切，要坚持人民立场，坚持以人民为中心的发展思想，把增进人民福祉、促进人的全面发展作为发展的出发点和落脚点。“作为党的干部，就是要全心全意为人民服务，就是要诚心诚意为党和人民事业奋斗，就是要讲大公无私、公私分明、先公后私、公而忘私”（《习近平关于党的群众路线教育实践活动论述摘编》，中央文献出版社2014年版，第38页）。党的性质宗旨要通过党的革命、建设、改革实践，通过广大党员干部的工作作风体现出来。在长期的革命、建设、改革过程中，中国共产党人形成并长期坚持的理论联系实际、密切联系群众、批评和自我批评等优良作风，是党的性质宗旨的集中体现，成为我们党区别于其他政党的显著标志。

Work style construction is an important pathway for preserving the Party’s nature and purpose. The Party’s nature and purpose are not automatically and permanently preserved once established, nor are the Party’s original aspiration and founding mission naturally sustained and continued; rather, they must be continuously maintained and strengthened in the process of Party building. Especially as the development environment changes, the advanced nature and purity of Party members and cadres must also withstand various tests. In this regard, our Party has always maintained a clear sense of vigilance and has adopted effective policy measures. When Mao Zedong led the creation of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area, he creatively formulated the “Three Main Rules of Discipline and Six Points for Attention” [1]1 The “Three Main Rules of Discipline and Six Points for Attention” were a set of behavioral rules for the Red Army formulated by Mao Zedong in 1927–1928, later expanded into the “Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention.”, marking the beginning of the fine work style of the people’s army led by the Party. During the Yan’an period, our Party emphasized opposing various forms of subjectivism such as dogmatism and empiricism, adhering to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, and continuously strengthening the close ties between the Party and the masses. The Seventh National Congress of the CPC profoundly summarized historical experience, clearly proposed the Party’s three fine work styles, and required the entire Party to firmly uphold them. At the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee, based on the new situation that the Chinese revolution was about to achieve nationwide victory, our Party emphasized the need to guard against undesirable work styles that might emerge within the Party after the victory, proactively proposed the “Two Musts” [2]2 The “Two Musts” were proposed by Mao Zedong at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee in March 1949: “must remain modest, prudent, and free from arrogance and rashness; must remain hardworking and plain-living.”, and the Party Central Committee explicitly put forward the “Six Regulations” [3]3 The “Six Regulations” were rules adopted by the Party Central Committee at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee to prevent the emergence of undesirable work styles after the nationwide victory, including prohibitions against naming places after individuals and against birthday celebrations for leaders., with the leadership setting an example to drive the Party’s work style construction, providing a strong work style foundation for the founding of New China and the consolidation of the new political power. After the founding of New China, our Party conducted several Party consolidation and rectification campaigns according to the tasks of different periods, with the purpose of ensuring that the Party, under the conditions of governance, continued to preserve its nature and purpose and did not lose its essential character.

作风建设是保持党的性质宗旨的重要途径。党的性质宗旨不是确立下来就能自动永久保持，党的初心使命不会自然而然地践行持续，而是要在党的建设过程中不断持续和强化。尤其是随着发展环境的变化，党员干部的先进性和纯洁性也要经受各种各样的考验。对此，我们党历来保持清醒的忧患意识，采取了卓有成效的政策措施。毛泽东在领导开创井冈山革命根据地之时，就创造性地制定了“三大纪律、六项注意”，形成党领导的人民军队优良作风的肇端。延安时期，我们党强调要反对教条主义、经验主义等各种主观主义思想，坚持实事求是的思想路线，不断加强党同人民群众的密切联系。党的七大深刻总结历史经验，鲜明提出党的三大优良作风，并要求全党牢牢坚持。在党的七届二中全会上，基于中国革命即将取得全国性胜利的新形势，我们党强调要警惕革命胜利后党内有可能出现的不良作风，未雨绸缪地提出“两个务必”，党中央明确提出“六条规定”，以上率下带动全党的作风建设，为新中国成立和新政权巩固提供了强有力的作风基础。新中国成立后，我们党根据不同时期的形势任务，开展多次整党整风，目的就是要确保党在执政条件下继续保持性质宗旨，不丧失自己的本质本色。

Work style construction is a major political issue and an important component of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era. Political construction is the fundamental construction of the Party, and work style issues have distinct political connotations. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “For us Communists, whether we can solve the work style issue is a very important yardstick for measuring faith in Marxism, belief in socialism and communism, and loyalty to the Party and the people” (Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, Vol. 2, Foreign Languages Press, 2017 edition, p. 165). This means that work style construction concerns the Party’s ideals and beliefs, concerns the political loyalty of Party members and cadres, and directly affects the effectiveness of the Party’s political construction. Entering the New Era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Party undertakes new historical tasks and epochal responsibilities, and the Party’s work style construction also faces new challenges. Some people have forgotten the Party’s original aspiration and founding mission, shaken their lofty ideals and common ideals, deviated from the mass viewpoint and the mass line, and seriously harmed the interests and feelings of the people. These issues are both work style issues and political issues, reflecting a weak awareness of political discipline and political rules. In particular, work style issues are intertwined with corruption issues, forming a complex pattern of wind-corruption linkage, increasing the difficulty of eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption, and becoming a stubborn and persistent disease endangering the Party’s long-term governance. For this reason, since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has started by formulating and implementing the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee, incorporated work style construction into the general requirements for Party building in the New Era, tirelessly led the entire Party in carrying out work style construction, led the great social revolution with the great self-revolution, and continuously pushed forward comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in depth.

作风建设是重大政治问题，是新时代全面从严治党的重要组成部分。政治建设是党的根本性建设，作风问题具有鲜明的政治性内涵。习近平总书记强调，“对我们共产党人来讲，能不能解决好作风问题，是衡量对马克思主义信仰、对社会主义和共产主义信念、对党和人民忠诚的一把十分重要的尺子”（《习近平谈治国理政》第二卷，外文出版社2017年版，第165页）。这就是说，作风建设关乎党的理想信念，关乎党员干部的政治忠诚，直接关系党的政治建设成效。进入中国特色社会主义新时代，党承担着新的历史任务和时代责任，党的作风建设也面临新的挑战。一些人忘记了党的初心使命，动摇了远大理想和共同理想，背离了群众观点和群众路线，严重伤害人民群众的利益和感情。这些问题既是作风问题，更是政治问题，体现了政治纪律和政治规矩意识淡薄的情况，尤其是作风问题同腐败问题交织在一起，形成风腐联动的复杂格局，增加了清除腐败滋生土壤和条件的难度，成为危及党长期执政的顽瘴痼疾。为此，党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央从制定和落实中央八项规定开局破题，把作风建设纳入新时代党的建设总要求，驰而不息领导全党开展作风建设，以伟大自我革命引领伟大社会革命，不断推动全面从严治党向纵深发展。

Work style construction is a powerful driving force for deepening the Party’s self-revolution. In the process of leading the great new project of Party building in the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to

作风建设是深入推进党的自我革命的强大动力。在领导新时代党的建设新的伟大工程过程中，习近平总书记高度重视自我革命问题，明确提出“勇于自我革命，是我们党最鲜明的品格，也是我们党最大的优势。中国共产党的伟大不在于不犯错误，而在于从不讳疾忌医，敢于直面问题，勇于自我革命，具有极强的自我修复能力”（《习近平著作选读》第1卷，人民出版社2023年版，第576页）。习近平总书记深刻总结党的建设历史经验特别是新时代全面从严治党的成功经验，不断深化对党的自我革命的规律性认识，全面系统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，创造性地形成了关于党的自我革命的重要思想，为进一步推进党的自我革命提供了强大思想武器和科学理论指引。自我革命的核心内容，就是以正视问题的自觉和刀刃向内的勇气，实现自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高，“就是补钙壮骨、排毒杀菌、壮士断腕、去腐生肌，不断清除侵蚀党的健康肌体的病毒，不断提高自身免疫力，防止人亡政息”（《习近平著作选读》第2卷，人民出版社2023年版，第588页）。党的作风建设不仅是自我革命的重要路径，而且为自我革命提供了强大动力。党的作风建设就是要着眼于党内存在的杂质、毒素、毒瘤，教育和引导全党坚定理想信念和根本宗旨；就是要大力弘扬改革创新精神，大胆破除不符合时代要求的思想观念、体制机制，营造风清气正的政治生态；就是要不断提升全党的政治站位、思想水平、道德境界、执政本领，永葆党的先进性、纯洁性和旺盛生机活力。

II. Strengthening Work Style Building Is a Key Measure for Consolidating the Party’s Foundation for Long-Term Governance

二、加强作风建设是筑牢党长期执政根基的关键举措

The Party’s work style concerns the Party’s image, concerns whether the people support or oppose the Party, concerns whether the Party can govern for the long term, and determines the success or failure of the Party’s and the state’s undertakings. The core of the work style issue is the question of the Party’s relationship with the masses. Strengthening work style building means grasping the key of forging close ties between the Party and the people.

党的作风关系党的形象，关系人心向背，关系党能否长期执政，决定党和国家事业兴衰成败。作风问题的核心是党同人民群众的关系问题，加强作风建设就是要抓住密切党同人民群众血肉联系这个关键。

The people are the source of strength for the Chinese Communist Party’s development and progress. Whoever grasps the masses and wins their support can achieve victory. Mao Zedong pointed out, “The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history” (Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Vol. 3, People’s Publishing House 1991 edition, p. 1031). General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes, “The people are the creators of history and the fundamental force determining the future of the Party and the country. We must uphold the principal position of the people, uphold the principle of building the Party for the public and exercising governance for the people… and rely on the people to create historic achievements” (Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, Vol. 3, Foreign Languages Press 2020 edition, pp. 16–17). The fundamental reason why the Chinese Communist Party, under extremely difficult conditions, gradually grew from small to large and from weak to strong lies in its deep roots among the broadest masses of the people, and in its winning the heartfelt support of the broadest masses of the Chinese people through its powerful truth force, correct policies and decisions, and excellent work style, thereby gaining an inexhaustible driving force for development and progress. On the eve of the victory of the New Democratic Revolution, Mao Zedong clearly stated that the fundamental reason why our Party could achieve the decisive victory of the national revolution was that “it had won the support of tens of millions of the people” (Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Vol. 4, People’s Publishing House 1991 edition, p. 1485). After the founding of New China, in the long process of revolution, construction, and reform, the fundamental reason why the Party led the state’s undertakings to brilliant achievements was likewise that it had won the genuine support of the broadest masses of the Chinese people. As General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes, “The fundamental reason why our Party was able to stand out from the repeated contests among various political forces after modern times, win the people’s trust, and achieve major accomplishments lies precisely in the Party’s unwavering and rock-solid adherence to its original aspiration and founding mission” (Xi Jinping, “Learning from History to Create the Future, Working Hard and Forging Ahead Courageously,” Qiushi, Issue 1, 2022).

人民群众是中国共产党发展进步的力量之源。谁掌握了群众，得到了群众的拥护，谁就能够赢得胜利。毛泽东指出，“人民，只有人民，才是创造世界历史的动力”（《毛泽东选集》第3卷，人民出版社1991年版，第1031页）。习近平总书记强调，“人民是历史的创造者，是决定党和国家前途命运的根本力量。必须坚持人民主体地位，坚持立党为公、执政为民……依靠人民创造历史伟业”（《习近平谈治国理政》第三卷，外文出版社2020年版，第16—17页）。中国共产党在极其艰苦的条件下逐步从小到大、由弱变强的根本原因，就在于深深植根于最广大人民群众之中，以强大的真理力量、正确的政策决策、优良的工作作风获得了中国最广大人民群众的衷心拥护，获得了发展进步的不竭动力。在新民主主义革命胜利之际，毛泽东明确指出，我们党之所以能取得全国革命的决定性胜利，根本原因就在于“获得了数万万人民群众的拥护”（《毛泽东选集》第4卷，人民出版社1991版，第1485页）。新中国成立后，在长期革命、建设、改革进程中，党领导国家事业取得辉煌成就的根本原因，同样是因为获得了中国最广大人民群众的真心支持。正如习近平总书记强调的，“我们党之所以能够在近代以后各种政治力量反复较量中脱颖而出、赢得人民信任、取得重大成就，根本原因就在于党在坚持初心使命上矢志不渝、坚定如磐”（习近平：“以史为鉴、开创未来埋头苦干、勇毅前行”，《求是》2022年第1期）。

The heartfelt support of the people is the greatest legitimacy and the most fundamental foundation for the Chinese Communist Party’s governance. The Chinese Communist Party’s ruling position is not innate, nor is it bestowed by anyone else; it was won through a long revolutionary struggle with the support of the broadest masses of the Chinese people. From the very beginning, our Party has consciously insisted on doing everything for the people, representing the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the Chinese people without having any special interests of its own. Precisely because of this, the Party won the sincere support and full backing of the broadest masses of the people during the long revolutionary struggle, forming an iron bastion that no force could destroy, and establishing the most powerful foundation for achieving revolutionary victory and governing the whole country. Mao Zedong’s statement that the masses are the true iron bastion and that soldiers and the people are the foundation of victory, and Chen Yi’s remark that the victory of the Huaihai Campaign was pushed forward by the people with their small carts, all speak to this truth. Without the support of the broadest masses of the Chinese people, our Party could not have achieved victory, nor could it have become a Marxist political party governing the whole country.

人民群众的衷心支持是中国共产党执政的最大合法性和最根本基础。中国共产党的执政地位不是天生的，不是其他什么人赐予的，而是在中国最广大人民群众的支持下经过长期革命斗争取得的。我们党从一开始就自觉坚持一切为了人民，代表中国最广大人民群众的根本利益而没有自己的特殊利益。正因为如此，党在长期革命斗争中赢得了最广大人民群众的真诚拥护和全力支持，形成了任何力量都难以摧毁的铜墙铁壁，建立了取得革命胜利、在全国执政的最有力基础。毛泽东提出的群众是真正的铜墙铁壁、兵民是胜利之本，陈毅讲到的淮海战役的胜利是人民群众用小推车推出来的，说的就是这个道理。如果没有中国最广大人民群众的支持，我们党就不可能获得胜利，也就不可能成为在全国执政的马克思主义政党。

Work style building is an important way to break out of the historical cycle of rise and fall [4]4 The Second Centenary Goal refers to the goal of building China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful by the middle of the 21st century, the centenary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. and maintain a long-term ruling position. The ruling position of any political force is never permanent or naturally enduring. Losing the support of the people means losing the foundation of governance and forfeiting the fundamental legitimacy of rule. Throughout history, many rulers obtained their ruling positions through effort, but as the duration of their rule continued, the ruling group often lost the fighting spirit and self-discipline they had when seizing power, falling into the tragic outcome of slack governance and the ruin of the state with the death of the ruler. This is the problem of the historical cycle of rise and fall that has repeatedly appeared in history. The Chinese Communists have always maintained a high degree of vigilance on this issue. In July 1945, Mao Zedong gave the first answer to breaking out of the historical cycle of order and chaos, rise and fall. Entering the New

作风建设是跳出历史周期率、保持长期执政地位的重要途径。任何政治力量的执政地位都不可能是一劳永逸、自然持久的，失去了人民群众的支持也就失去了执政的根基，丧失了执政的根本合法性。历史上，多少执政者都是经过努力才获得执政地位的，但随着执政时间的持续，执政集团往往丧失夺取执政地位时的奋斗精神和自律自觉，陷入政怠宦成、人亡政息的悲惨结局。这就是在历史上反复出现的历史周期率问题。对此，中国共产党人历来保持高度清醒。1945年7月，毛泽东给出了跳出治乱兴衰历史周期率的第一个答案。进入新时代，习近平总书记从党的生死存亡和社会主义事业兴衰成败的高度对历史周期率问题作了深入研究，结合新的时代要求给出了跳出历史周期率的第二个答案。他指出，“如何跳出历史周期率？党始终在思索、一直在探索。毛泽东同志在延安的窑洞里给出了第一个答案，这就是‘让人民来监督政府’；经过百年奋斗特别是党的十八大以来新的实践，党又给出了第二个答案，这就是自我革命”（《习近平著作选读》第2卷，人民出版社2023年版，第588页）。这两个答案内在一致、相互贯通，实现了人民监督和自我监督的有机结合、人民民主和自我革命的有效贯通。理论清醒是政治坚定的前提，正是因为对历史周期率有着清醒的认识，习近平总书记团结带领全党在新时代全面从严治党的创造性实践中，以刀刃向内、壮士断腕的精神和勇气，以抓铁有痕、踏石留印的坚韧和执着，以上率下，徙木立信，身体力行，率先垂范，制定并模范执行中央八项规定，带动党风政风焕然一新，社风民风持续向好，以新时代党风建设的新气象赢得了人民群众的信任拥护，保持为人民长期执政的生机活力。

Work style construction is a key measure for solving the unique challenges of a large party. The greatest political advantage of the Communist Party of China lies in its close connection with the masses and its maintenance of flesh-and-blood ties with the people. However, we must also clearly recognize that the greatest danger after the Party has taken power is becoming divorced from the masses and losing the people’s support. As the duration of governance extends and the governing environment becomes increasingly complex, a series of problems inevitably emerge within the Party that endanger its long-term governance. Some Party members, and even certain leading cadres, disregard the Party’s original aspiration and founding mission, engaging in formalism and bureaucratism for personal fame, gain, and career advancement. These pernicious work styles severely damage the relationship between the Party and the masses, and between cadres and the people. How to always remain true to the original aspiration and keep the founding mission firmly in mind, how to always unify thought, will, and action, how to always possess strong governing capacity and leadership competence, how to always maintain the entrepreneurial spirit of working hard, how to always promptly detect and resolve the Party’s own problems, and how to always preserve a clean and upright political ecosystem—these have become the unique challenges of a large party for our Marxist party that has been in power for a long time. If these problems are not properly resolved, the Party will lose the people’s endorsement and support, and the foundation of its long-term governance will be shaken. In this regard, General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized, “The governing foundation of our Party is very solid, but if work style problems are not properly addressed, there could also come a moment like ‘the Hegemon-King bids farewell to his concubine’” [1]1 The “Three Main Rules of Discipline and Six Points for Attention” were a set of behavioral rules for the Red Army formulated by Mao Zedong in 1927–1928, later expanded into the “Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention.” (Excerpts from

作风建设是解决大党独有难题的重点举措。中国共产党的最大政治优势，就在于密切联系群众，始终保持同人民群众的血肉联系。但是，我们也要清醒地认识到，党执政后的最大危险是脱离群众，失去人民群众的支持。随着执政时间的不断延长，执政环境的日益复杂，党内不可避免地出现了一系列危及党长期执政的问题，一些党员甚至某些领导干部置党的初心使命于不顾，为了个人名利和地位升迁而大搞形式主义、官僚主义，这些恶劣的工作作风严重伤害党群干群关系。如何始终不忘初心、牢记使命，如何始终统一思想、统一意志、统一行动，如何始终具备强大的执政能力和领导水平，如何始终保持干事创业精神状态，如何始终能够及时发现和解决自身存在的问题，如何始终保持风清气正的政治生态，已经成为我们这个长期执政的马克思主义政党的大党独有难题。这些问题如果不能得到很好解决，党就会丧失人民的拥护和支持，长期执政的基础就会动摇。对此，习近平总书记强调，“我们党的执政基础很牢固，但如果作风问题解决不好，也有可能出现‘霸王别姬’这样的时刻”（《习近平关于加强党的作风建设论述摘编》，中央文献出版社2025年版，第4页）。为此，广大党员干部一定要站稳人民立场，厚植为民情怀，把心系群众、情系百姓贯彻落实到履职尽责的全过程各方面，密切党群干群关系，筑牢党长期执政的坚实基础。

III. Strengthening Work Style Building Is an Important Guarantee for Realizing the Party’s Central Task

三、加强作风建设是实现党的中心任务的重要保证

General Secretary Xi Jinping points out, “Work style building serves the overall work of the Party and should reflect the requirements for work style posed by the new situation and new tasks facing the Party, so that the process of improving work style becomes a process of implementing the Party’s theories, lines, principles, and policies, and a process of smoothly advancing reform and opening up and socialist modernization” (same source). This means that the Party’s work style building has never been without a target; rather, it has distinct practical relevance and specific practical orientation. In the New Era, the Party’s work style building must serve the overall work and central task of the Party.

习近平总书记指出，“作风建设是为党的工作大局服务的，应该体现党面临的新形势新任务对作风的要求，使改进作风的过程成为贯彻执行党的理论和路线方针政策的过程，成为推动改革开放和社会主义现代化建设顺利进行的过程”（同上）。这就是说，党的作风建设从来就不是无的放矢的，而是具有鲜明的现实针对性和特殊的实践指向性的。新时代党的作风建设就是要为党的工作大局和中心任务服务。

Achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has been the strategic goal set by the Communist Party of China since its founding. The victory of the New Democratic Revolution and the founding of New China created the fundamental social conditions for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. After the founding of New China, the Party united and led the people in arduously exploring the path of socialist construction in China through socialist revolution and construction, successfully creating and continuously developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in reform and opening up and socialist modernization, and comprehensively advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era through great transformations. Through long-term unremitting efforts, the Chinese people have experienced a great leap from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has ushered in unprecedented bright prospects. On this basis, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Xi Jinping as their chief representative, solemnly declared to the world that on the new journey of the New Era, the Party’s central task is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to comprehensively build a great modern socialist country, achieve the Second Centenary Goal, and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

实现中华民族伟大复兴，是中国共产党从成立伊始就确定的战略目标。新民主主义革命的胜利、新中国的成立，为实现中华民族伟大复兴创造了根本社会条件。新中国成立后，党团结带领人民在社会主义革命和建设中艰辛探索中国社会主义建设道路，在改革开放和社会主义现代化建设中成功开创并不断发展中国特色社会主义，在新时代伟大变革中全面推进新时代中国特色社会主义事业。经过长期不懈努力，中国人民迎来从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃，中华民族伟大复兴迎来前所未有的光明前景。在此基础上，以习近平同志为主要代表的中国共产党人向世界庄严宣誓，新时代新征程上，党的中心任务就是团结带领全国各族人民全面建成社会主义现代化强国、实现第二个百年奋斗目标，以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴。

Chinese-path modernization is a socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China. Party leadership is the most essential stipulation, the greatest advantage, and the most fundamental guarantee of Chinese-path modernization, determining its core force, political stance, development direction, and principled requirements. It is precisely under the leadership of the Communist Party of China that Chinese-path modernization highlights its distinctive features: a huge population size, common prosperity for all the people, coordination between material and cultural-ethical progress, harmony between humanity and nature, and a path of peaceful development. These features enable it to overcome the serious defects of Western modernization while fully absorbing the excellent achievements of human modernization development, making creative explorations for the construction of a new form of human civilization.

中国式现代化是中国共产党领导的社会主义现代化。党的领导是中国式现代化最本质的规定、最大优势和最根本的保证，决定着中国式现代化的核心力量、政治立场、发展方向和原则要求。正是在中国共产党的领导下，中国式现代化凸显出人口规模巨大、全体人民共同富裕、物质文明和精神文明相协调、人与自然和谐共生、走和平发展道路的鲜明特征，这些特征使它在充分吸收人类现代化发展优秀成果的基础上，克服了西方现代化的严重缺陷，为人类文明新形态的构建作出了创造性探索。

Work style building is an important guarantee for ensuring the Party’s overall leadership over Chinese-path modernization. The Party’s overall leadership over Chinese-path modernization is not abstract but concrete; it must be reflected not only in the Party’s grasp of the essential stipulations of Chinese-path modernization and in the formulation of strategies for Chinese-path modernization, but also, more importantly, in the exemplary and vanguard role of the vast number of Party members and cadres in promoting the development of Chinese-path modernization. The Party’s overall leadership over Chinese-path modernization does not occur naturally; it must be embodied in the process by which Party organizations at all levels implement the major strategic decisions of the Party Central Committee, in the process by which Party members and cadres at all levels implement the Party’s will into the practice of Chinese-path modernization development, and in the process of further comprehensively deepening reform. The vast number of Party members and cadres must, with a solid work style, down-to-earth and faithfully implement the Party’s major strategic decisions regarding Chinese-path modernization, solidly promote social fairness and justice and common prosperity for all the people, and ensure that the fruits of modernization benefit all the people more and more fairly.

党风建设是确保党对中国式现代化全面领导的重要保证。党对中国式现代化的全面领导不是抽象而是具体的，不仅要体现在党对中国式现代化本质规定的把握上，体现在对中国式现代化战略的制定上，更要体现在广大党员干部推动中国式现代化发展的先锋模范作用上。党对中国式现代化的全面领导不是自然而然发生的，要体现到各级党组织对党中央重大战略决策的执行过程中，体现到各级党员干部把党的意志贯彻落实到中国式现代化发展实践当中，体现到进一步全面深化改革的过程中。广大党员干部必须以扎实的工作作风，脚踏实地忠实执行党关于中国式现代化的重大战略决策，扎实推进社会公平正义和全体人民共同富裕，使现代化建设成果更多更公平惠及全体人民。

Work style building is an important guarantee for fully implementing the Party’s mass line in the construction of Chinese-path modernization. The mass line is our Party’s heirloom. For a long time, our Party, based on a conscious mass viewpoint and a high regard for the strength of the masses, has clearly put forward and always firmly adhered to the Party’s mass line, establishing the fundamental working line of close ties with the masses. Under new historical conditions, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the need to firmly adhere to the people’s standpoint and take making the people’s lives better as the goal of struggle. In the practice of Chinese-path modernization development, Chinese Communists in the New Era must firmly adhere to the mass line, uphold the principal position of the people, uphold the supremacy of the people, and, with a correct work attitude and excellent work style, firmly grasp the most direct and realistic interests of the people, promoting the all-round development of individuals and the overall progress of society in the practical process of Chinese-path modernization.

作风建设是在中国式现代化建设中全面贯彻党的群众路线的重要保证。群众路线是我们党的传家宝。长期以来，我们党基于自觉的群众观点、对群众力量的高度重视，明确提出并始终牢牢坚持党的群众路线，确立了密切联系群众的根本工作路线。在新的历史条件下，习近平总书记反复强调必须坚持彻底的人民立场，把让人民过上好日子作为奋斗目标。在中国式现代化发展实践中，新时代中国共产党人必须牢牢坚持群众路线，坚持人民主体地位，坚持人民至上，以端正的工作态度和优良的工作作风，紧紧抓住人民最关心最直接最现实的利益问题，在中国式现代化的实践进程中推动人的全面发展和社会全面进步。

The Party’s work style and image are related to its creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness in leading the process of Chinese-path modernization, and to a certain extent determine the success or failure of the cause of Chinese-path modernization. The Party’s work style is an important component of the Party’s strength and an important manifestation of the Party’s moral force. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes, “Our Party, as a Marxist ruling party, must not only have powerful truth force but also have powerful moral force. Truth force is concentratedly embodied in our Party’s correct theory, and moral force is concentratedly embodied in our Party’s excellent work style” (Excerpts from Xi Jinping’s Discourses on Strengthening the Party’s Work Style Building, Central Party Literature Press, 2025 edition, p. 3). The work style of Party members and cadres is the display and weather vane of the Party’s strength and capability. The broad masses of the people deeply understand the nature and purpose of our Party and evaluate our Party’s ability and level in leading Chinese-path modernization construction, to a large extent, based on the work style of Party members and cadres at all levels as the criterion and yardstick. For this reason, “Party committees at all levels, especially municipal and county Party committees, should take the rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption around the masses as an important task to be carried out on a regular basis, so that the common people can feel and see it” (same source, p. 48), allowing the masses to truly feel the powerful strength of the Party leading modernization construction from the good work style of Party members and cadres.

党的作风和形象关系党在领导中国式现代化进程中的创造力、凝聚力、战斗力，在一定程度上决定着中国式现代化事业的兴衰成败。党的作风是党的力量的重要组成部分，是党的人格力量的重要体现。习近平总书记强调，“我们党作为马克思主义执政党，不但要有强大的真理力量，而且要有强大的人格力量。真理力量集中体现为我们党的正确理论，人格力量集中体现为我们党的优良作风”（《习近平关于加强党的作风建设论述摘编》，中央文献出版社2025年版，第3页）。党员干部的工作作风是党的力量和能力的显示器和风向标，广大人民群众深刻认识我们党的性质宗旨，评价我们党领导中国式现代化建设的能力和水平，在很大程度上是以各级党员干部的工作作风为判断标准和尺度的。为此，“各级党委特别是市县党委要把整治群众身边不正之风和腐败问题作为重要任务常态化地抓，让老百姓可感可及”（同上，第48页），让人民群众从党员干部的良好工作作风中实实在在地感受到党领导现代化建设的强大力量。

(Author’s bio: Jin Minqing, researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

（作者简介：金民卿，中国社会科学院研究员）

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