Deeply Grasping the Historical Logic, Theoretical Logic, and Practical Logic of the Party’s Work Style Construction

The Party’s work style is the Party’s image, it concerns the support or opposition of the people, and it determines the success or failure of the Party’s and the state’s undertakings. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has broken new ground by formulating and

党的作风就是党的形象，关系人心向背，决定党和国家事业成败。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，坚持自上而下、以上率下，解决了新形势下作风建设抓什么、怎么抓的根本问题，以徙木立信之举实现时代风气之变，为推动党和国家事业取得历史性成就、发生历史性变革提供了有力作风保障。当前，全党正在开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育。认真学习领会习近平总书记关于加强党的作风建设的重要论述，深刻把握党的作风建设的历史逻辑、理论逻辑和实践逻辑，有助于推动学习教育不断走深走实，推动新征程上党的作风建设取得新成效。

Historical Logic: The Party Has Cultivated and Adhered to a Complete Set of Glorious Traditions and Fine Conduct in Its Long-Term Practice

历史逻辑：党在长期实践中培育并坚持了一整套光荣传统和优良作风

The Party's glorious traditions and fine conduct are the concentrated embodiment of the Party's nature and purpose, and are the distinctive hallmark that distinguishes our Party from other political parties. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: An important reason why our Party has united and led the people to achieve great successes in revolution, construction, and reform is that our Party has cultivated and adhered to a complete set of glorious traditions and fine conduct in its long-term practice. Whether in the past, present, or future, the Party's glorious traditions and fine conduct are precious spiritual wealth that inspires us to fear no difficulties and forge ahead courageously.

党的光荣传统和优良作风是党的性质和宗旨的集中体现，是我们党区别于其他政党的显著标志。习近平总书记指出：我们党团结带领人民取得了革命、建设、改革的伟大成就，很重要的一条就是我们党在长期实践中培育并坚持了一整套光荣传统和优良作风。不论过去、现在还是将来，党的光荣传统和优良作风都是激励我们不畏艰难、勇往直前的宝贵精神财富。

"Defeat the Xi'an style of conduct with the Yan'an style of conduct." General

“用延安作风打败西安作风”。习近平总书记强调：我们党之所以能够取得新民主主义革命的胜利，带领人民建立了新中国，原因有很多条，其中重要一条是我们党始终保持同人民群众的血肉联系，最终“用延安作风打败西安作风”。我们党作为秉持共产主义远大理想的马克思主义政党，一登上中国历史舞台，就展现出其他政党和政治团体不曾有过的形象和作风。党的一大通过党的第一个纲领，强调“必须与无产阶级一起推翻资本家阶级的政权，必须支援工人阶级”。党的二大进一步指出，“我们既然是为无产群众奋斗的政党，我们便要‘到群众中去’，要组成一个大的‘群众党’”。此后，从中央苏区时期红军“三大纪律、八项注意”、中央机关领导“每天节约二两米，使前方红军吃饱饭”、干部“自带干粮去办公”，到党的七大上概括的理论和实践相结合、和人民群众紧密地联系在一起、自我批评的三大作风……在革命战争年代的艰苦岁月里，全党作风建设标准很高、措施很严、考验也很实。毛泽东同志强调：“我们要养成一种新的风气，延安作风。我们要用延安作风打败西安作风”。1940年爱国华侨领袖陈嘉庚先后到重庆和延安参观访问。一面是奢侈腐败、贪污舞弊、吃酒盛行、花天酒地；一面是人人平等、相亲相爱、工作勤奋、风化诚朴。“延安作风”与“西安作风”形成鲜明对比，陈嘉庚对中国的发展得出结论：“国民党蒋政府必败，延安共产党必胜”。

“Do not become tainted with bureaucratism.” “Conquering a kingdom is not as difficult as holding it”; the difficulty lies in the fact that after seizing national power, one faces more temptations and tests, and the danger of becoming divorced from the masses or even degenerating and becoming corrupt is greatly increased. It has been over seventy years since the founding of New China. As General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out, “All kinds of problems that arise in the Party’s conduct are actually closely related to changes in the Party’s position.” Around the time of the founding of New China, Comrade Mao Zedong repeatedly warned the entire Party to be vigilant about the new situations and new problems brought about by the change in the Party’s position. The change in the ruling position and ruling environment caused some Party members and cadres to have their revolutionary will decline, fostering individualism, hedonism, and bureaucratism. In February 1950, Comrade Mao Zedong, when meeting with local leaders, said that efforts should be made to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the CPC [1]1 The Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the CPC was held in March 1949, on the eve of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It set the Party’s policy for shifting the focus of work from the countryside to the city and warned against the dangers of complacency and corruption after taking power., and he wrote the inscription “Do not become tainted with bureaucratism.” Starting in May 1950, our Party promptly carried out rectification campaigns and the “Three-Anti” and “Five-Anti” movements [2]2 The “Three-Anti” movement (1951-1952) targeted corruption, waste, and bureaucratism within the Party and government. The “Five-Anti” movement (1952) targeted bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, cheating on government contracts, and stealing state economic information among private business owners., effectively curbing bureaucratism, commandism, corruption, and violations of law and discipline within the Party, and promoting the most extensive and profound social changes in Chinese history. The Eighth National Congress of the CPC [3]3 The Eighth National Congress of the CPC was held in September 1956. It was the first Party congress after the founding of New China and focused on the tasks of socialist construction and the challenges of building a ruling Party., focusing on the issue of building a ruling Party, prominently raised the opposition to subjectivism, sectarianism, and bureaucratism within the Party, criticized the ideological style of being divorced from reality and the masses, and emphasized that whether the Party’s leadership work can remain correct depends on whether it can adopt the method of “from the masses, to the masses.”

“不要沾染官僚主义作风”。“打江山不易，守江山更难”，难就难在取得全国政权后，面临着更多的诱惑和考验，脱离群众乃至腐化变质的危险比以前大大地增加了。新中国成立到现在已七十多年，正如习近平总书记所指出的，“党内作风上发生的种种问题，实际上都同党的地位变化密切相关”。新中国成立前后，毛泽东同志多次告诫全党，要警惕党的地位变化给党带来的新情况新问题。执政地位和执政环境的变化，使部分党员、干部革命意志衰退，滋长了个人主义、享乐主义和官僚主义作风。1950年2月，毛泽东同志会见地方负责人时说，要努力贯彻执行党的七届二中全会精神，并题词“不要沾染官僚主义作风”。1950年5月起，我们党及时开展整风整党和“三反”“五反”运动，有效遏制党内存在的官僚主义、命令主义作风以及贪污腐败、违法乱纪问题，推动中华民族实现了有史以来最为广泛而深刻的社会变革。党的八大围绕执政党的建设问题，突出地提出反对党内主观主义、宗派主义、官僚主义，批评脱离实际、脱离群众的思想作风，强调党的领导工作能否保持正确，决定于它能否采取“从群众中来，到群众中去”的方法。

“Strengthening the Party’s leadership and rectifying the Party’s conduct are of decisive significance.” “In the current period of historical transition, problems are piled up like mountains, and a hundred tasks await our attention. Strengthening the Party’s leadership and rectifying the Party’s conduct are of decisive significance.” This was an important thesis put forward by Comrade Deng Xiaoping in March 1979 at the Party’s Theoretical Work Conference [4]4 The Party’s Theoretical Work Conference was convened by the Central Committee in early 1979 to discuss ideological and theoretical issues in the wake of the Cultural Revolution and the beginning of reform and opening up. Deng Xiaoping’s speech there, “Uphold the Four Cardinal Principles,” was a key document., elucidating the important role of the Party’s conduct in strengthening the Party’s leadership, solving the difficulties faced by the Party, opening up new prospects for work, and promoting historical transition, enriching and deepening our understanding that the conduct of a ruling Party is a matter of life and death for the Party. In the early period of reform and opening up, after the “ten years of turmoil” of the “Cultural Revolution” [5]5 The “Cultural Revolution” (1966-1976) was a political and social movement initiated by Mao Zedong, marked by widespread upheaval, factional conflict, and attacks on Party and state institutions. It is officially regarded by the CPC as a period of severe internal turmoil and error., the Party’s fine traditions and conduct were severely damaged, with a period of lax discipline and the spread of individualism and anarchist thinking. Under circumstances where reform touched on a wide range of areas, if the Party’s conduct were not resolutely improved, and the fine traditions of seeking truth from facts, the mass line, and hard struggle were not further restored, some major or minor disturbances that could otherwise have been avoided might have occurred, causing serious obstacles to our modernization drive as soon as it took its first steps. It can be said that rectifying the Party’s conduct became an important breakthrough for our Party in opening up a new situation for reform and opening up.

“加强党的领导，端正党的作风，具有决定的意义”。“在目前的历史转变时期，问题堆积成山，工作百端待举，加强党的领导，端正党的作风，具有决定的意义。”这是邓小平同志1979年3月在党的理论工作务虚会上提出的重要论断，阐明了党风问题对于加强党的领导、解决党所面临的困难、开创工作新局面、推动历史转变的重要作用，丰富和深化了我们对于执政党的党风关系党的生死存亡的理解。改革开放初期，经过“文化大革命”的“十年动乱”，党的优良传统和作风遭到了严重的破坏，一度出现纪律废弛，个人主义、无政府主义思想泛滥的现象。在改革涉及面很广的情况下，如果不坚决搞好党风，进一步恢复党的实事求是、群众路线和艰苦奋斗的优良传统，就可能出现一些本来可以避免的大大小小的乱子，使我们的现代化建设在刚刚迈出第一步的时候就遇到严重障碍。可以说，端正党风，成为我们党打开改革开放新局面的重要突破口。

“Once the Eight-Point Regulations took root, the entire game of conduct building came alive.” After the 18th National Congress of the CPC [6]6 The 18th National Congress of the CPC was held in November 2012. It marked the beginning of the New Era under the leadership of Xi Jinping as General Secretary of the Central Committee., socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a New Era. On November 15, 2012, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the meeting between the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee and Chinese and foreign journalists: “To forge iron, one must be strong oneself. Our responsibility is to work together with all Party comrades to uphold the principle that the Party must supervise itself and govern itself strictly, to effectively solve the prominent problems within the Party itself, to earnestly improve work conduct, to maintain close ties with the masses, and to ensure that our Party always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” Subsequently, on December 4, the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee reviewed and approved the “Eight-Point Regulation of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee on Improving Work Conduct and Maintaining Close Ties with the Masses.” The Eight-Point Regulations, just over 600 characters, established rules for strengthening conduct building from eight aspects, including investigation and research, meetings, and activities. General Secretary Xi Jinping once spoke about the original intention behind formulating and introducing the Central Committee’s Eight-Point Regulations: “After the 18th National Congress, when the Party Central Committee discussed how to grasp Party building, it thought about solving the problem of ‘a tiger wanting to eat the sky, not knowing where to bite.’ Later, it was decided to grasp the Eight-Point Regulations; the bite must truly swallow that piece and digest it.” The Central Committee’s Eight-Point Regulations were the first important intra-Party regulation formulated after the 18th National Congress, serving as the entry point and mobilization order for improving conduct. Once the Eight-Point Regulations took root, the entire game of conduct building came alive. The conduct of the Party and the government took on a completely new look, social conduct and public sentiment continued to improve, and our Party won the heartfelt support of the people with a new atmosphere in conduct building.

“八项规定一子落地，作风建设满盘皆活”。党的十八大之后，中国特色社会主义进入新时代。2012年11月15日，习近平总书记在十八届中共中央政治局常委同中外记者见面会上指出：“打铁还需自身硬。我们的责任，就是同全党同志一道，坚持党要管党、从严治党，切实解决自身存在的突出问题，切实改进工作作风，密切联系群众，使我们党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心。”随后的12月4日，中央政治局会议审议通过《十八届中央政治局关于改进工作作风、密切联系群众的八项规定》。八项规定短短600余字，从调查研究、会议活动等8个方面为加强作风建设立下规矩。习近平总书记曾这样谈制定出台中央八项规定的初衷：“党的十八大之后，党中央讨论加强党的建设如何抓时，就想到要解决‘老虎吃天不知从哪儿下口’的问题。后来决定就抓八项规定，下口就要真正把那块吃进去、消化掉”。中央八项规定是党的十八大之后制定的第一部重要党内法规，是改进作风的切入口和动员令。八项规定一子落地，作风建设满盘皆活，党风政风焕然一新，社风民风持续向好，我们党以作风建设新气象赢得了人民群众衷心拥护。

Work style construction has only a present tense, no past tense. As soon as this year’s Two Sessions concluded, the Party Central Committee deployed across the entire Party a study and education initiative on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations, once again declaring to the entire Party that the Eight-Point Regulations are long-term effective iron rules and hard constraints, demonstrating the firm resolve to persist unremittingly and achieve lasting results. At the time of the release of the news that the General Office of the CPC Central Committee had issued the “Notice on Carrying Out the Study and Education Initiative on Thoroughly Implementing the Spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations across the Party,” General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was on inspection tours in Guizhou and Yunnan, repeatedly spoke of the far-reaching considerations behind the Party Central Committee’s decision to launch this study and education initiative: “We must see that in some places there has been a loosening, in some aspects there are still blind spots and dead corners, and some unhealthy tendencies have rebounded and resurged. Driving in the nail, well, drive it a few more times, persist for lasting results, and turn it into a custom.” From the beginning of establishing trust through moving a wooden pole [7]7 "Historical activity is the cause of the masses" is a quotation from *The Holy Family* (1845) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, emphasizing the masses as the decisive force in history., to solidifying through building institutions and rules, to the formation of a fresh new ethos, and then to persisting for lasting results, carrying out the study and education initiative on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations is precisely the right time. The Eight-Point Regulations have historically changed China and will continue to change China.

抓作风建设只有进行时，没有完成时。今年全国两会一结束，党中央就在全党部署开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育，再次向全党宣示中央八项规定是长期有效的铁规矩、硬杠杠，表明常抓不懈、久久为功的坚定决心。中共中央办公厅印发《关于在全党开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育的通知》的消息发布之际，正在贵州、云南考察的习近平总书记多次谈及党中央决定开展这次学习教育的深远考量：“要看到，有一些地方发生了松动，有一些方面还存在盲区死角，一些不良风气出现了反弹回潮。钉钉子嘛，再钉几下，久久为功，化风为俗”。从徙木立信始、以建章立制实、到蔚然新风成，再到久久为功抓，开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育，正当其时。八项规定已经历史性地改变中国，并将继续改变中国。

In summary, the Party’s work style construction originated in the period of the Party’s founding, took shape and developed throughout the Party’s entire history of more than a century. It surges with the driving force of the Party’s original aspiration and founding mission and the great founding spirit of the Party, runs through the consistent lineage of the great project of Party building, the great new project of Party building, and the great new project of Party building in the New Era, enriches the fundamental path of the “two answers” [8]8 “Master switch” (总开关) is a metaphor for one’s worldview, outlook on life, and values, which are seen as the fundamental determinants of a person’s thoughts and actions. of people’s supervision and self-revolution for escaping the historical cycle of rise and fall, merges into the main line of the Party’s long-term governance capacity building, advanced nature, and purity, highlights the leading role of the Party’s political construction, and through unremitting persistence, strengthening, and improvement, has reached the state in the New Era where “once the Eight-Point Regulations are implemented, the entire work style construction comes alive.” The more than century-long Party work style construction, with its grand historical narrative, profoundly explains the profound truth of “why we were able to succeed in the past and how we can continue to succeed in the future,” constituting the deep historical logic of the Party’s work style construction.

概而言之，党的作风建设发端于党的创建时期，成型和发展于党的百余年全部历史。它澎湃着党的初心使命和伟大建党精神的原动力，贯穿于党的建设伟大的工程、党的建设新的伟大工程、新时代党的建设新的伟大工程的一脉相承，丰富了人民监督和自我革命这跳出历史周期率“两个答案”的根本路径，融汇于党的长期执政能力建设、先进性和纯洁性建设的主线，彰显了党的政治建设的统领作用，通过驰而不息地坚持、加强和完善，在进入新时代之后达到“八项规定一子落地，作风建设满盘皆活”的境界。百余年党的作风建设，以宏大的历史叙事深刻诠释了“过去我们为什么能够成功，未来我们怎样才能继续成功”这一深刻道理，构成了党的作风建设深厚的历史逻辑。

Theoretical Logic: Work Style Issues Are Essentially Party Spirit Issues

理论逻辑：作风问题本质上是党性问题

Work style reflects image and quality, embodies Party spirit, and what plays the decisive role is also Party spirit. From the various manifestations of work style issues, especially the “four forms of decadence” [9]9 “He who practices is the beginning of governance” (躬行者，政之始也) is a classical Chinese saying emphasizing that personal practice and leading by example are the foundation of governance., their essence and root cause are invariably deviations from Party spirit and abandonment of the fundamental purpose, invariably related to the failure to properly handle the relationships between public and private, integrity and corruption, extravagance and frugality, hardship and pleasure, and so on. Regarding work style issues, one cannot simply address them on their own terms; one must deeply grasp the theoretical logic behind them, thereby seeing Party spirit through work style, and on the basis of solving work style issues, solve Party spirit issues well. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourses on strengthening the Party’s work style construction, based on this essential attribute of work style construction, profoundly elaborate on the strategic significance, scientific connotation, core essence, spiritual substance, and thematic main line of strengthening the Party’s work style construction, and are an important component of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution.

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。从作风问题特别是“四风”问题的种种表现看，其实质和根源无一不是背离了党性、丢掉了宗旨，无一不是与没有处理好公与私、廉与腐、奢与俭、苦与乐等有关系。对于作风问题，不能简单就事论事，要深刻把握其背后的理论逻辑，从而透过作风看党性，在解决作风问题的基础上解决好党性问题。习近平总书记关于加强党的作风建设的重要论述，立足作风建设的这一本质属性，深刻阐述了加强党的作风建设的战略意义、科学内涵、核心要义、精神实质及主题主线，是习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想的重要组成部分。

The personality power of a Marxist ruling party is concentratedly embodied in its fine work style. The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, simultaneously the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and the leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. To always remain the vanguard of the times, the backbone of the nation, and always remain a Marxist ruling party, it must itself always be strong, maintaining powerful creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “Our Party, as a Marxist ruling party, must not only have powerful truth power but also have powerful personality power; truth power is concentratedly embodied in our Party’s correct theory, and personality power is concentratedly embodied in our Party’s fine work style.” The two kinds of power are indispensable, and truth power often relies on personality power to be practiced and embodied. Our Party’s long-term practice of revolution, construction, and reform has proven that “shouting ‘Follow me’ and roaring ‘Charge for me’ differ by one word but are worlds apart.” The reason why formulating and implementing the Eight-Point Regulations became our Party’s act of establishing trust through moving a wooden pole in the New Era is that the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core led by example and set a precedent, allowing everyone to feel that our Party can get things done and does things seriously. Communists, with the utmost seriousness, persist in maintaining close ties with the masses and continuously enhance the credibility of the Party and government, thereby delivering an excellent answer sheet amidst the “Tacitus Trap” [10]10 “Leading goose effect” (头雁效应) is a metaphor for the role of leaders in setting an example and guiding others, analogous to the lead goose in a V-formation. troubling many countries worldwide, making the Eight-Point Regulations a “golden business card” for Chinese Communists in the New Era.

马克思主义执政党人格力量集中体现为党的优良作风。中国共产党是中国工人阶级的先锋队，同时是中国人民和中华民族的先锋队，是中国特色社会主义事业的领导核心。要始终成为时代先锋、民族脊梁，始终成为马克思主义执政党，自身必须始终过硬，保持强大的创造力、凝聚力、战斗力。习近平总书记指出，“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”。两种力量缺一不可，而真理的力量往往要靠人格的力量来实践和体现。我们党长期革命建设改革实践证明了，“喊一声‘跟我上’和吼一声‘给我上’，一字之差、天壤之别”。制定实施中央八项规定之所以成为我们党在新时代的徙木立信之举，是因为以习近平同志为核心的党中央以身作则、率先垂范，让大家从中感受到了我们党是能办成事的，而且是认真办事的。共产党人拿出最讲认真的劲头坚持密切联系群众、不断提升党和政府的公信力，从而在世界多国备受“塔西佗陷阱”困扰之际交出了一份优异答卷，让八项规定成为新时代中国共产党人的一张“金色名片”。

The Party’s work style determines the success or failure of the Party’s and the nation’s cause. The report of the 18th National Congress of the CPC warned the entire Party that currently, the world situation, national conditions, and Party conditions continue to undergo profound changes, and the development opportunities and risks and challenges we face are unprecedented. Among the various risks and challenges from international, domestic, and Party sources, the most fundamental are still those from within the Party, with unhealthy tendencies and corruption being one of them. “The beginning of extravagance is the beginning of peril and ruin.” [11]11 “Key minority” (关键少数) is a term used in CPC discourse to refer to leading cadres at various levels, whose conduct and decisions have a disproportionate impact on the Party and society. Throughout history, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, there are countless examples of ruling groups collapsing due to decadent work styles. General

党的作风决定党和国家事业成败。党的十八大报告告诫全党，当前，世情、国情、党情继续发生深刻变化，我们面临的发展机遇和风险挑战前所未有。在来自国际、国内、党内的各种风险挑战之中，最根本的还是来自党内的风险挑战，不正之风和腐败问题就是其中之一。“奢靡之始，危亡之渐。”古今中外，因为统治集团作风败坏导致人亡政息的例子不胜枚举。习近平总书记从关乎党的兴衰存亡、巩固党的执政地位、实现党的执政使命的战略高度，深入揭示党的作风建设的重大意义，强调“工作作风上的问题绝对不是小事，如果不坚决纠正不良风气，任其发展下去，就会像一座无形的墙把我们党和人民群众隔开，我们党就会失去根基、失去血脉、失去力量”，要求“以最严格的标准、最严厉的举措治理作风问题”。作风建设是为党的工作大局服务的，党和人民事业发展到什么阶段，党的作风建设就要推进到什么阶段，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。

The core of the conduct issue is the relationship between the Party and the masses. "Historical activity is the cause of the masses." [7]7 "Historical activity is the cause of the masses" is a quotation from *The Holy Family* (1845) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, emphasizing the masses as the decisive force in history. Only by correctly handling its relationship with the masses can a proletarian party closely unite the broadest masses of the people around itself, guiding, educating, and organizing them to strive for the fulfillment of their historical mission. At the same time, the masses always come to know and view the Party through the activities and conduct of Party organizations and Party members. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out, "The core of the conduct issue is the relationship between the Party and the masses." This is an important development of the Marxist view on the masses and a scientific application of Marxist historical materialism to the building of a Marxist political party. The practice of the world socialist movement has repeatedly proven that whenever a Marxist party strengthens its conduct building and maintains close ties with the masses, the cause of revolution and construction can achieve significant progress; whenever it neglects conduct building and becomes detached from the masses, the cause of revolution and construction will suffer setbacks or even extremely severe setbacks. Under the conditions of reform and opening up and the development of a socialist market economy, the danger of the Party becoming detached from the masses has greatly increased compared to the past. Since the New Era, the Party Central Committee has acted with vigor and determination to improve conduct; the starting point and ultimate goal lie precisely here. The Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee are the eight regulations for "improving work conduct and maintaining close ties with the masses." An important purpose of the current study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations is to educate the entire Party that, at any time and under any circumstances, it must not change its firm stance of breathing the same air and sharing the same fate with the masses, must not forget the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, must not discard the historical materialist view that the masses are the true heroes, and must not depart from the mass line, which is the Party's lifeline and fundamental working line.

作风问题核心是党同人民群众的关系问题。“历史活动是群众的事业”，无产阶级政党只有正确处理与群众之间的关系，才能把最广大的人民群众紧密团结在自己周围，引导、教育、组织群众为完成自己的历史使命而奋斗。而群众也总是通过党组织和党员的活动与表现来认识和看待党的。习近平总书记指出，“作风问题核心是党同人民群众的关系问题”，这是对马克思主义群众观点的重要发展，是马克思主义唯物史观在马克思主义政党建设方面的科学运用。世界社会主义运动实践一再证明，马克思主义政党什么时候加强党的作风建设，保持同人民群众的密切联系，革命和建设事业就能取得长足发展；什么时候忽视党的作风建设，脱离人民群众，革命和建设事业就会遭受挫折甚至遭受极其严重的挫折。在改革开放和发展社会主义市场经济的条件下，党脱离群众的危险比过去大大增加。新时代以来，党中央雷厉风行抓作风建设，出发点和落脚点就在这里。中央八项规定是“改进工作作风、密切联系群众”的八项规定。当前开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育，一个重要目的是教育全党在任何时候、任何情况下，都不能改变与人民群众同呼吸共命运的坚定立场，都不能忘记全心全意为人民服务的根本宗旨，都不能丢掉群众是真正英雄的历史唯物主义观点，都不能脱离群众路线这一党的生命线和根本工作路线。

The Party’s work style is a powerful driving force for the Party’s self-revolution. To forge iron, one must be strong oneself. What does it mean to be truly strong? It means daring to carry out self-revolution, daring to turn the blade inward, daring to scrape the poison off the bone, daring to cut off one’s own wrist, and preventing calamity from arising within one’s own walls.[1]1 The Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the CPC was held in March 1949, on the eve of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It set the Party’s policy for shifting the focus of work from the countryside to the city and warned against the dangers of complacency and corruption after taking power. In this systemic project, the construction of the Party’s work style is an important component of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and a key link in the Party’s self-revolution that has a guiding significance and an endogenous role. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes that the Party’s work style is the Party’s image and also a powerful driving force for the Party’s self-revolution. After the 18th National Congress of the CPC,[2]2 The “Three-Anti” movement (1951-1952) targeted corruption, waste, and bureaucratism within the Party and government. The “Five-Anti” movement (1952) targeted bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, cheating on government contracts, and stealing state economic information among private business owners. faced with various problems and malpractices existing within the Party, how should the Party govern itself? How should comprehensive and strict governance of the Party be implemented? After careful consideration and in-depth research, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core profoundly recognized that Party building should start with rectifying the “four forms of decadence,”[3]3 The Eighth National Congress of the CPC was held in September 1956. It was the first Party congress after the founding of New China and focused on the tasks of socialist construction and the challenges of building a ruling Party. and that rectifying the “four forms of decadence” should first focus on implementing the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee.[4]4 The Party’s Theoretical Work Conference was convened by the Central Committee in early 1979 to discuss ideological and theoretical issues in the wake of the Cultural Revolution and the beginning of reform and opening up. Deng Xiaoping’s speech there, “Uphold the Four Cardinal Principles,” was a key document. Work style construction is a self-revolution carried out in the area of the Party’s work style. Resolutely implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations and rectifying work style with strict discipline has enriched the effective pathways of self-revolution. Strengthening work style construction requires turning the blade inward and waging a resolute struggle against unhealthy tendencies. Opposing formalism focuses on solving the problem of insubstantial work; opposing bureaucracy focuses on solving the problem of failing to safeguard and act in the interests of the people; opposing hedonism focuses on overcoming the mentality of seeking pleasure in the moment and the phenomenon of privilege; opposing extravagance focuses on resolutely curbing the bad habits of wastefulness, pleasure-seeking, and dissipation. Using fine work style as a guide, strict discipline as a guarantee, and anti-corruption and punishment of evil as a means to clear obstacles, the Party’s self-revolution is advanced link by link and layer by layer. During his inspection tours in Guizhou and Yunnan, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “In recent years, the Eight-Point Regulations have indeed promoted a fundamental change; the atmosphere has been renewed, and most of the deeply ingrained problems of the past have disappeared.”

党的作风是党自我革命的强大动力。打铁必须自身硬。怎样才算过硬？就是要敢于进行自我革命，敢于刀刃向内，敢于刮骨疗伤，敢于壮士断腕，防止祸起萧墙。在这个系统工程中，党的作风建设是全面从严治党的重要组成部分，是党的自我革命中具有引领意义和内生作用的关键环节。习近平总书记强调，党的作风就是党的形象，也是党自我革命的强大动力。党的十八大之后，面对党内存在的种种问题和弊端，党要管党怎么管？全面从严治党怎么严？经过认真思考和深入研究，以习近平同志为核心的党中央深刻认识到抓党的建设要从“四风”抓起，抓“四风”要首先把中央八项规定抓好。作风建设，是在党的作风方面开展自我革命。坚决落实中央八项规定精神、以严明纪律整饬作风，丰富了自我革命有效途径。加强作风建设，必须刀刃向内、与不正之风作坚决斗争。反对形式主义，着重解决工作不实的问题；反对官僚主义，着重解决在人民群众利益上不维护、不作为的问题；反对享乐主义，着重克服及时行乐思想和特权现象；反对奢靡之风，着重狠刹挥霍享乐和骄奢淫逸的不良风气。以优良作风作引领，以严明纪律强保障，以反腐惩恶清障碍，推动党的自我革命环环相扣、层层递进。在贵州和云南考察期间，习近平总书记指出：“这些年，八项规定确实是推动了根本性的变化，风气为之一新，过去积重难返的现象大部分没有了。”

The longer the Party remains in power, the more it must strengthen work style education and work style construction. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “When the Central

越是长期执政越是要加强作风教育和作风建设。习近平总书记指出：“中央提出抓作风建设，反对形式主义、官僚主义、享乐主义，反对奢靡之风，就是提出了一个抓反腐倡廉建设的着力点，提出了一个夯实党执政的群众基础的切入点。全党同志一定要从这样的政治高度来认识这个问题”。我们党作为一个在中国长期执政的马克思主义政党，对作风问题任何时候都不能掉以轻心。特别是随着党执政时间增加和党所处内外环境的深刻变化，作风问题越来越复杂地表现出来，集中表现在形式主义、官僚主义、享乐主义和奢靡之风这“四风”上。房间要经常打扫，镜子要经常擦拭。作为一个长期执政的马克思主义政党，必须坚决惩治腐败、纠治不正之风，坚决清除影响党的先进性和纯洁性的消极因素。否则，必然浪费有限资源，延误各项工作，疏远人民群众，败坏党风政风，最终会严重损害党的先进性和纯洁性、严重损害党的执政基础和执政地位。习近平总书记强调：“越是改革开放，越是发展社会主义市场经济，越是长期执政，党内形形色色的作风问题越是突出，我们越是要加强作风教育和作风建设。”

In summary, the Party’s conduct building is rooted in the Party’s ideals, beliefs, nature, and purpose, and has reached where it is today only by keeping pace with the steps of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context. To continue to be politically clear-headed and clean in conduct, it is necessary to be theoretically steadfast and strong in Party spirit. Through in-depth study of the sinicized Marxist theory of Party building, especially in-depth study of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building and his important thought on the Party’s self-revolution, we must deeply understand the issue of Party spirit behind conduct issues, treat both symptoms and root causes, consolidate the foundation and strengthen the essence, and on the basis of treating symptoms, further address the root cause, and on the basis of solving the problems of “dare not” and “cannot,” further solve the problem of “do not want to,” so as to advance the integration of “dare not, cannot, and do not want to.” This is the fundamental solution to conduct building, and also the deep theoretical logic behind conduct building.

概而言之，党的作风建设是植根于党的理想信念性质宗旨，伴随着马克思主义中国化的步伐才走到今天的。要继续做到政治上清醒、作风上清廉，就必须做到理论上坚定、党性上坚强。要通过深入学习中国化的马克思主义党建理论，特别是深入学习习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想、关于党的自我革命的重要思想，深刻认识作风问题背后的党性问题，标本兼治、固本培元，在治标的基础上治本，在解决好“不敢”“不能”的基础上，进一步解决好“不想”，做到“不敢、不能、不想”一体推进。这就是作风建设的治本之策，也是作风建设背后的深层理论逻辑。

Practical logic: Conduct building must continue to make efforts in constancy and long-term, strictness and solidity, depth and detail.

实践逻辑：作风建设要继续在常和长、严和实、深和细上下功夫

Maintaining the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the masses is an eternal task. Conduct issues are recurrent and stubborn; forming fine conduct cannot be achieved once and for all, and overcoming bad conduct cannot be accomplished overnight. Carrying out in-depth study and education on the implementation of the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations across the entire Party is a key task of Party building this year. We must deeply study and understand the essential requirements, major measures, key tasks, effective pathways, institutional guarantees, and important purposes of strengthening the Party’s conduct building from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourses on strengthening the Party’s conduct building, further enhance the consciousness and initiative in implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations, and better use the Party’s self-revolution to lead the great social revolution.

保持党同人民群众的血肉联系是一个永恒课题，作风问题具有反复性和顽固性，形成优良作风不可能一劳永逸，克服不良作风也不可能一蹴而就。在全党开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育，是今年党建工作的重点任务。要从习近平总书记关于加强党的作风建设的重要论述中深入学习领会加强党的作风建设的本质要求、重大举措、重点任务、有效途径、制度保障、重要目的等，进一步增强贯彻执行中央八项规定精神的自觉性主动性，更好以党的自我革命引领伟大社会革命。

Adhere to simultaneously grasping Party spirit, conduct, and discipline, and vigorously promote the Party’s fine conduct. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that Party spirit, conduct, and discipline are an organic whole, with Party spirit as the foundation, conduct as the manifestation, and discipline as the guarantee. Adhering to simultaneously grasping Party spirit, conduct, and discipline is a manifestation of governance concepts, systematic thinking, and dialectical thinking in the field of Party governance. For Party members and cadres, ideological decline is the most serious pathological change; if the “master switch” [8]8 “Master switch” (总开关) is a metaphor for one’s worldview, outlook on life, and values, which are seen as the fundamental determinants of a person’s thoughts and actions. is not tightened, if public-private relations cannot be correctly handled, and if there is a lack of correct views on right and wrong, righteousness and benefit, power, and career, then various transgressions and violations become inevitable. To grasp conduct building, we must return to simplicity, consolidate the foundation and strengthen the essence, with a focus on strengthening ideals and convictions, practicing the fundamental purpose, enhancing moral cultivation, and improving the consciousness and steadfastness of Party members and cadres in adhering to fine conduct and resisting bad conduct. Leading cadres must take tempering Party spirit and raising ideological awareness as a lifelong task, learning, studying, and cultivating until old age.

坚持党性党风党纪一起抓，大力弘扬党的优良作风。习近平总书记强调，党性、党风、党纪是有机整体，党性是根本，党风是表现，党纪是保障。坚持党性党风党纪一起抓是治理理念、系统观念、辩证思维在管党治党领域的体现。对党员、干部来说，思想上的滑坡是最严重的病变，“总开关”没拧紧，不能正确处理公私关系，缺乏正确的是非观、义利观、权力观、事业观，各种出轨越界、跑冒滴漏就在所难免了。抓作风建设，就要返璞归真、固本培元，重点突出坚定理想信念、践行根本宗旨、加强道德修养，提高党员、干部坚持优良作风、抵制不良作风的自觉性和坚定性。领导干部要把锤炼党性、提高思想觉悟作为终身课题，活到老、学到老、修养到老。

Adhere to the principle of those above setting an example for those below, and deeply implement the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations. “He who practices is the beginning of governance.” [9]9 “He who practices is the beginning of governance” (躬行者，政之始也) is a classical Chinese saying emphasizing that personal practice and leading by example are the foundation of governance. Chinese historical tradition has always emphasized leading by example. Leading organs and leading cadres taking the lead, charging forward, and acting first is the key to the success of our Party. From the 18th Central Political Bureau establishing the Eight-Point Regulations for conduct building, to the 19th and 20th Central Political Bureaus revising the implementation rules at their first meetings, to the Central Political Bureau hearing reports on the implementation of the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations every year, a strong signal of consistency and thorough implementation has been continuously released, giving full play to the “leading goose effect” [10]10 “Leading goose effect” (头雁效应) is a metaphor for the role of leaders in setting an example and guiding others, analogous to the lead goose in a V-formation. of leading by example and those above setting an example for those below, driving the entire Party’s conduct building to never relax, never stop, and start anew. Leading cadres, the “key minority,” [11]11 “Key minority” (关键少数) is a term used in CPC discourse to refer to leading cadres at various levels, whose conduct and decisions have a disproportionate impact on the Party and society. must take the lead in aligning themselves with the Party Central Committee, not only managing themselves well but also managing their family members and relatives, managing those around them and matters concerning them, and managing the atmosphere in the areas they are in charge of or supervise, taking the lead and fulfilling their responsibilities in creating a clean and upright political ecosystem, forming refreshing comradely relations and standardized superior-subordinate relations, adhering to a pro-clean government-business relationship, and fostering an upward and good social environment.

坚持以上率下，深入贯彻中央八项规定精神。“躬行者，政之始也。”中国历史传统从来都讲以身作则。领导机关和领导干部带头冲在前、干在先，是我们党走向成功的关键。从十八届中央政治局为作风建设立下八项规定，到十九届、二十届中央政治局第一次会议先后两次修订实施细则，再到中央政治局每年听取贯彻执行中央八项规定情况汇报等，持续释放一以贯之、一抓到底的强烈信号，充分发挥以身作则、以上率下的“头雁效应”，推动全党作风建设不松劲、不停步、再出发。领导干部这个“关键少数”要带头向党中央看齐，不仅管好自身，还要管好家人亲戚、管好身边人身边事、管好主管分管领域风气，在营造风清气正的政治生态、形成清清爽爽的同志关系和规规矩矩的上下级关系、坚持亲清政商关系、营造向上向善的社会环境等方面带好头、尽好责。

Adhere to the spirit of the nail, and persistently deepen the rectification of the “Four Forms of Decadence.” [12]12 “Four Forms of Decadence” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, which are the main targets of the Party’s conduct rectification campaigns. The difficulty in rectifying decadence lies in preventing a rebound. The “Four Forms of Decadence” are deeply ingrained, especially formalism and bureaucracy, which, as long-standing and complex historical phenomena, have deep ideological and interest roots as well as realistic subjective and objective factors. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: “On the issue of improving conduct, we cannot retreat, nor can we afford to retreat. We must maintain the tenacity of constant effort and the patience of long-term effort, seek normality in persistence, and seek long-term effectiveness from institutional construction.” We must closely monitor new forms and new trends of the “Four Forms of Decadence,” seriously investigate and punish them without yielding an inch, and while focusing on addressing various manifestations of the “Four Forms of Decadence” on the surface—correcting what should be corrected and prohibiting what should be prohibited—we must also identify the deep-seated causes of the problems, making efforts in ideals and convictions, work procedures, systems and mechanisms, etc., to curb unhealthy tendencies.

坚持钉钉子精神，持续深化纠治“四风”。纠风之难，难在防止反弹。“四风”问题积习甚深，特别是形式主义、官僚主义作为一种长期存在的复杂历史现象，有深刻的思想和利益根源，也有现实的主客观因素。习近平总书记深刻指出：“在改进作风问题上，我们不能退，也退不得，必须保持常抓的韧劲、长抓的耐心，在坚持中见常态，向制度建设要长效。”要紧盯“四风”新形式新动向，严肃查处，寸步不让，既着力针对面上“四风”问题的各种表现，该纠正的纠正，该禁止的禁止，也查找产生问题的深层次原因，从理想信念、工作程序、体制机制等方面下功夫，抑制不正之风。

Persist in integrating the rectification of work styles, the enforcement of discipline, and the fight against corruption, and deeply advance the simultaneous investigation and treatment of work style and corruption issues. Unhealthy practices and corruption share the same root and are intertwined. General

坚持正风肃纪反腐相贯通，深入推进风腐同查同治。不正之风与腐败问题同根同源、互为表里。习近平总书记深刻指出“不正之风和腐败问题相互交织，是现阶段党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争要着力解决的突出问题”，明确要求“坚持正风肃纪反腐相贯通”。这既是对党的十八大以来党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争经验的凝练总结，也为当前深化党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争提供了科学指导。要以“同查”严惩风腐交织问题，以“同治”铲除风腐共性根源。既“由风查腐”循线深挖，严查违规吃喝背后的官商勾结、利益输送问题，监管缺失背后的以权谋私、权钱交易问题；又“由腐纠风”双向突破，严查与腐败相伴而生的违反中央八项规定精神问题，推动风腐同查同治相互促进。

Adhere to the rule-of-law thinking and rule-of-law methods, and promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style improvement. Work style improvement is a tough battle, but also a protracted war and an overall war; we must resolutely avoid falling into the vicious cycle of “it improves a bit when we grasp it, but slackens when we let go.” Stirring the soup in the pot is not as good as removing the firewood from under the cauldron. [13]13 A Chinese idiom meaning that addressing a problem at the surface level is less effective than tackling its root cause. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “To promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style improvement, the key is to have a complete set of scientific and reasonable regulations and institutions. Without institutional guarantees, the achievements of improving work style will ultimately not be preserved.” Many problems appear to be problems of atmosphere, but when analyzed deeply, they are often problems of systems and mechanisms. We must deepen reform, transform functions, focus on key links in the exercise of power such as making decisions, setting policies, and approving supervision, plug the loopholes that breed unhealthy tendencies from the institutional and mechanistic perspective, use rigid institutional provisions and strict institutional implementation to make the provisions on work style improvement “tough,” and effectively prevent the rebound of the “four forms of decadence.” [14]14 The “four forms of decadence” (四风) refer to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the targets of the Party’s mass-line education campaign launched in 2013.

坚持法治思维和法治方法，推动作风建设常态化长效化。作风建设是攻坚战，也是持久战、整体战，要坚决避免陷入“抓一抓就好一些、放一放就松下来”的怪圈。锅内扬汤不如釜底抽薪。习近平总书记指出：“推动作风建设常态化、长效化，关键要有一整套科学合理的法规制度。没有制度保证，改进作风的成果最后也保不住。”许多问题，看起来是风气问题，往深处剖析又往往是体制机制问题。要深化改革、转变职能，聚焦作决策、定政策、审批监管等行使权力的关键环节，从体制机制上堵塞滋生不正之风的漏洞，以刚性的制度规定和严格的制度执行，让作风建设的规定“硬起来”，切实防止“四风”问题反弹。

Adhere to using a fine Party conduct to drive social conduct and folk customs upward and toward goodness. When the atmosphere is clean, the spirit is upright; when the spirit is upright, minds are united; when minds are united, endeavors succeed. The Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee have not only swept away visible unhealthy trends but also profoundly corrected the unhealthy public-private views, right-wrong views, and justice-benefit views in society, promoting a deep reshaping of values and driving changes in the political ecology, cultural soil, and social landscape. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes that we should extend from solving the “four forms of decadence” to strive to improve ideological style, work style, leadership style, and cadre life style, and strive to improve the style of study, writing, and meetings. This year, the 14th Five-Year Plan is about to conclude, and the 15th Five-Year Plan is being planned. [15]15 The 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) and the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) are China’s national economic and social development plans. The greater the risks, the more challenges, and the heavier the tasks, the more we must strengthen the Party’s work style improvement, invigorate the spirit, stimulate fighting will, establish an image, and win the people’s hearts with a good work style. We must deeply understand the great significance of the Party Central Committee’s decision to carry out the education campaign on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations, [16]16 The education campaign on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations was launched in 2025 to reinforce the Party’s work style discipline. understand great virtues, uphold public virtues, and strictly observe private virtues, inherit the Party’s glorious traditions and fine work styles, act as leaders, creators, and maintainers of a good political ecosystem and social atmosphere, and drive the whole society toward virtue and goodness, respect for the law, and abidance by the law through concrete actions.

坚持以优良党风带动社风民风向上向善。风清则气正，气正则心齐，心齐则事成。中央八项规定不仅荡涤了看得见的歪风，也在深刻纠正着社会上不良的公私观、是非观、义利观，推动了一场关于价值观的深层重塑，推动改变政治生态、文化土壤和社会面貌。习近平总书记强调，要从解决“四风”问题延伸开去，努力改进思想作风、工作作风、领导作风、干部生活作风，努力改进学风、文风、会风。今年，“十四五”即将收官、“十五五”正在谋划。风险越大、挑战越多、任务越重，越要加强党的作风建设，以好的作风振奋精神、激发斗志、树立形象、赢得民心。要深刻领会党中央决定开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育的重大意义，明大德、守公德、严私德，传承党的光荣传统和优良作风，当好良好政治生态和社会风气的引领者、营造者、维护者，以实际行动带动全社会崇德向善、尊法守法。

In summary, the greatest practice in contemporary China is to continuously advance the great cause of building a strong country and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization under the comprehensive leadership of the Communist Party of China. Only when the Party “always stays at the forefront of the times, enjoys the heartfelt support of the people, has the courage to engage in self-revolution, withstands various tests and challenges, and is full of vitality,” and always maintains the true character of a Marxist ruling party, can it bear this heavy responsibility. There is no doubt that work style improvement is an inherent part of this. Because, “the issue of the Party’s work style is a matter of life and death for the Party.” [17]17 A quotation from Chen Yun, a senior CPC leader, at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in 1980. From this perspective, work style improvement concerns “using the great self-revolution to lead the great social revolution,” concerns the overall situation of Chinese-path modernization, and therefore, work style improvement must be “always on the road.” This is the greatest practical logic of work style improvement. In terms of itself, for work style improvement to be “always on the road,” we must work hard on constancy and duration, strictness and solidity, depth and detail, and must put the Party Central Committee’s requirements on work style improvement into practice. Marxism itself has a distinct practical character of being “committed to actively ‘changing the world’”; “without action, there is not a shred of Marxism.” [18]18 A paraphrase of a well-known saying by Deng Xiaoping, emphasizing the practical nature of Marxism. This is another layer of meaning in the practical logic of the Party’s work style improvement.

概而言之，当今中国最大的实践就是在中国共产党的全面领导下，以中国式现代化不断推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业。党只有“始终走在时代前列、人民衷心拥护、勇于自我革命、经得起各种风浪考验、朝气蓬勃”，始终保持马克思主义执政党本色，才能担此重任。毫无疑问，作风建设是其题中应有之义。因为，“党风问题是关系党的生死存亡的问题”。由此观之，作风建设事关“以伟大自我革命引领伟大社会革命”，事关中国式现代化全局，因而，作风建设必须“永远在路上”。这就是作风建设最大的实践逻辑。就自身而言，作风建设要“永远在路上”，就必须在常和长、严和实、深和细上下功夫，就必须将党中央关于作风建设的要求付诸实践。马克思主义本身具有“致力于积极‘改变世界’”的鲜明实践品格，“不干，半点马克思主义也没有”。这就是党的作风建设实践逻辑的又一层含义。

(The author is the former director of the Party History Research Office of the CPC Central Committee)

（作者系原中央党史研究室主任）

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