The Shaping of the Image of the Chinese Communist Party as a Major Party in the New Era

A party’s image is both the external manifestation of its intrinsic qualities and behavioral state, and also includes the public’s comprehensive perception and subjective evaluation of its overall style. The Party’s image is not only related to the Party’s fate, but is also closely linked to the fate of the country, the nation, and the people. The shaping of the image of the Chinese Communist Party in the New Era is of paramount importance. Currently, the Chinese Communist Party has become “the world’s largest governing party with significant global influence.” The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has clearly proposed the mission and task of “strengthening the publicity and interpretation of the Chinese Communist Party,” mobilizing the entire Party to “actively tell the story of the Chinese Communist Party’s governance of the country,” so that both international and domestic society can fully understand the difficulty of the Chinese Communist Party’s development process, the largest number of Party members, the largest population within its domain, and its immense global influence, grounding the “big image” of the Chinese Communist Party in the specific image positioning of a century-old major party, the largest party, a governing major party, and a world major party. In view of this, this article explores the progress in shaping the image of the Chinese Communist Party in the New Era across four dimensions: historical accumulation, Party building, governance philosophy, and international contributions. It comprehensively presents the demeanor of the Chinese Communist Party as a major party that maintains historical confidence, dares to engage in self-revolution, adheres to putting the people first, and always has the world in mind. This is beneficial for our country to actively grasp the power to shape the image of the Party and the state, promote a correct view of the Chinese Communist Party and China, enhance Party identity and national identity, and win broad understanding and support from the international community.

政党形象既是其内在品质和行为状态的外在显现，也包括民众对其整体风貌的综合认知和主观评价。党的形象不仅关乎党的命运，而且与国家、民族、人民的命运息息相关。新时代中国共产党的形象塑造至关重要。当前，中国共产党已成为“具有重大全球影响力的世界第一大执政党”，以习近平同志为核心的党中央明确提出要“加强对中国共产党的宣传阐释”的使命任务，动员全党“主动讲好中国共产党治国理政的故事”，使国际国内社会充分了解中国共产党的发展历程之难、党员数量之最、域内人口之多、全球影响之大，将中国共产党“大的样子”落实到百年大党、第一大党、执政大党和世界大党的具体形象定位上来。有鉴于此，本文探查了新时代中国共产党在历史积淀、党的建设、执政理念与国际贡献四个层面的形象塑造进展，综合呈现出中国共产党保持历史自信、勇于自我革命、坚持人民至上、始终胸怀天下的大党风范，这对我国主动把握党和国家的形象塑造权，推行正确的中共观、中国观，增进政党认同与国家认同，赢得国际社会的广泛理解支持均有裨益。

01 Shaping the Image of a Century-Old Major Party with Historical Confidence

01塑造历史自信的百年大党形象

As a political party that has grown stronger through a century of historical tempering, the Chinese Communist Party in the New Era has always maintained a clear understanding of the Party’s achievements, experiences, and historical mission in its struggle. The Chinese Communist Party not only unequivocally opposes historical nihilism, exposing all acts that attempt to distort historical facts, and emphasizes that every Chinese Communist Party member has reason to be proud of “the Party’s century-long report card,” but also adheres to the governance thinking of “upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground.” Under General Secretary Xi Jinping’s call to “learn from history to create the future,” it has clarified the direction of striving to enhance historical consciousness and exert historical initiative. This trust in, identification with, and inheritance of its own history, derived from objective facts, manifests the image of a century-old major party with historical confidence.

作为一个历经百年历史淬炼而愈发强大的政党，新时代中国共产党始终保持着对党的奋斗成就、奋斗经验、历史使命的清醒认知。中国共产党不仅旗帜鲜明地反对历史虚无主义，揭露一切企图曲解历史史实的行径，强调每一名中国共产党人都有理由为“党的百年成绩单”而自豪，而且秉承“坚持守正创新”的治国理政思维，在习近平总书记“以史为鉴、开创未来”的号召下明确了增强历史自觉、发挥历史主动的奋进方向。这种基于客观事实衍生的对自身历史的信赖、认同与传承，彰显了历史自信的百年大党形象。

The Chinese Communist Party insists on comprehensively understanding history, profoundly comprehending history, and promoting advanced history, shaping the image of a major party pursuing historical consciousness. Historical consciousness is the conscious representation of historical confidence. In the New Era, the Chinese Communist Party has, with a high degree of conscious awareness, refined and summarized the Party’s major achievements, lofty spirit, and profound heritage over the past century. Regarding the conscious summarization of historical achievements, the “Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century” [1]1 “讲信义、重情义、扬正义、守道义” is a four-character idiom-like phrase summarizing China’s principles in international relations: honoring commitments, valuing friendship, upholding justice, and abiding by morality. outlines the tortuous course of the Chinese Communist Party’s century-long struggle, elucidates the revolutionary achievements, national progress, and world contributions made since the founding of the Party, and summarizes ten historical experiences worthy of reference, to help the entire Party “consolidate historical memory and advance with full confidence.” In his report to the 20th National Congress of the

中国共产党坚持全面了解历史、深刻领悟历史、发扬先进历史，塑造追求历史自觉的大党形象。历史自觉是历史自信的意识表征。新时代中国共产党以高度的意识自觉提炼总结了党百年来的重大成就、崇高精神与深厚底蕴。在对历史成就的自觉总结上，《中共中央关于党的百年奋斗重大成就和历史经验的决议》概述了中国共产党百年奋进的曲折历程，阐明了建党百年来所取得的革命性成果、民族性进展与世界性贡献，并从中归纳出十条值得借鉴的历史经验，以帮助全党“筑牢历史记忆，满怀信心地向前进”。习近平总书记在党的二十大报告中充分阐释了新时代十年所发生的历史性变革，起到了引导全党“认清当代中国所处的历史方位”的作用。在对精神品格的自觉提练上，习近平率先在庆祝中国共产党成立100周年大会上阐释了“伟大建党精神”的丰富内涵，将中国共产党的成立视作中国人民“从精神上由被动转为主动”的起点。随后，党中央依据中国共产党人在不同历史时期、不同历史任务中呈现出的具体精神样态，不断丰富中国共产党人的精神谱系，并在党的二十大报告中明确提出“弘扬以伟大建党精神为源头的中国共产党人精神谱系”的要求，集中呈现了共产党人的意志品质，揭示了党历经百年而生生不息的精神支柱，极大地提振了历史自信。在对民族文化的自觉传承上，以习近平同志为核心的党中央十分重视对中华文明的保护与挖掘工作，要求“植根本国、本民族历史文化沃土”来发展马克思主义，既要“对中华五千多年文明宝库进行全面挖掘”，做中华优秀传统文化的传承者，也要“把马克思主义思想精髓同中华优秀传统文化精华贯通起来”，实现二者间的深层互动与同向发展，以持续推进“第二个结合”的意识自觉来增加民族文化的传播广度与影响深度，表现出对源远流长的中华文明的真切自豪感。总之，新时代中国共产党及时总结历史经验，积极弘扬奋斗精神，传承优秀文化，展现了一个百年大党坚定历史自信的清醒与成熟。

The Communist Party of China actively grasps the laws of history, actively shoulders its historical mission, and actively creates historical achievements, shaping the image of a major party that seizes historical initiative. Historical initiative is the practical transformation of historical confidence. In the New Era, the CPC emphasizes the enormous dynamic role of historical confidence, stressing the need to use history to illuminate reality and foresee the future. First, the CPC actively grasps the laws of history. "The deeper the grasp of historical laws, the richer the Party's historical wisdom, and the more proactive it becomes in controlling the future." [1]1 “讲信义、重情义、扬正义、守道义” is a four-character idiom-like phrase summarizing China’s principles in international relations: honoring commitments, valuing friendship, upholding justice, and abiding by morality. The Chinese Communists of the New Era continuously cultivate historical thinking with the far-sightedness of "examining the past to understand the present," [2]2 “碳达峰、碳中和” refers to China’s goals of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. deeply insight into the Party's governing laws, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of human social development from China's actual conditions, actively conform to historical trends and the developmental situation of the times, and strive to take the historical initiative into their own hands. For example, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture was born under the premise that "the Party's understanding of the laws of socialist cultural construction has reached a new height." [3]3 “百年未有之大变局” is a key judgment by Xi Jinping describing the profound and unprecedented changes in the contemporary international landscape. Second, the CPC actively shoulders its historical mission. Since its founding, the CPC has unswervingly shouldered the historical mission of "realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." In the New Era, in order to continue striving toward this "great dream," the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has formulated the development path of "comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization," and has particularly emphasized that "modernization will not fall from the sky, but must be achieved by carrying forward the spirit of historical initiative." [4]4 “世界第一大党” refers to the CPC being the world’s largest political party by membership, with over 99 million members as of 2024. To this end, the Party Central Committee adheres to a problem-oriented approach and comprehensively deepens reform, continuously injecting momentum into Chinese-path modernization, leading the entire Party to achieve the First Centenary Goal [5] and steadily advance toward the Second Centenary Goal, [6] demonstrating the sense of mission and conviction of a century-old major party that is duty-bound. Third, the CPC actively creates a new historical situation. In order to "continue to deliver outstanding answers" on the new road of the examination, [7] Xi Jinping leads the entire Party to keep pace with the times, constantly seeking new driving forces and new advantages to advance the historical process, scientifically and profoundly thinking and judging various major issues in the Party's and the state's undertakings with persistent strategic resolve, and proposing original new concepts and strategies such as "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" [8] and "implementing a holistic approach to national security," [9] opening up new prospects for the Party in many fields such as social construction, strengthening the military, and major-country diplomacy, providing a relatively complete driving mechanism for the Party's vigorous progress on the new journey of the New Era, and also heralding the bright prospects of the century-old major party. In short, the historical initiative and historical creativity radiated by the CPC in the New Era make its image as a major party with historical confidence increasingly vivid.

中国共产党主动把握历史规律、主动肩负历史使命、主动开创历史伟业，塑造把握历史主动的大党形象。历史主动是历史自信的实践转化。新时代中国共产党注重发挥历史自信的巨大能动作用，强调要用历史映照现实、远观未来。其一，中国共产党主动把握历史规律。“对历史规律的把握越深刻，党的历史智慧越丰富，对前途的掌握就越主动。”新时代中国共产党人以鉴往知来的深谋远虑不断涵养历史思维，从中国实际出发深入洞察党的执政规律、社会主义建设规律与人类社会发展规律，主动顺应历史潮流与时代发展形势，力图将历史主动权掌握在自己手中。譬如习近平文化思想就是在“党对社会主义文化建设规律的认识达到了新高度”的前提下问世的。其二，中国共产党主动担负历史使命。中国共产党一经成立，就义无反顾肩负起“实现中华民族伟大复兴”的历史使命。新时代为了朝着这一“伟大梦想”接续奋进，以习近平同志为核心的党中央制定出“以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴”的发展路径，并特别强调“现代化不会从天上掉下来，而是要通过发扬历史主动精神干出来”。为此，党中央坚持问题导向、全面深化改革，不断为中国式现代化注入动力，带领全党实现了第一个百年奋斗目标，并朝着第二个百年奋斗目标扎实迈进，展现了百年大党责无旁贷的使命信念。其三，中国共产党主动开创历史新局。为了在新的赶考之路上“继续交出优异答卷”，习近平带领全党紧跟时代脚步，不断找寻推动历史进程的新动能、新优势，以持之以恒的战略定力对党和国家事业中的各种重大问题进行科学深入的思考判断，提出“绿水青山就是金山银山”“贯彻总体国家安全观”等原创性的新理念、新策略，开创了党在社会建设、强军兴军、大国外交等诸多领域的新局面，为党新时代新征程的踔厉奋进提供了较为完善的动力机制，也预示了百年大党的光辉前景。总之，新时代中国共产党焕发出的历史主动性与历史创造性使其历史自信的大党形象越发生动。

02 Shaping the image of a major party that carries out self-revolution

02塑造自我革命的第一大党形象

Deeply advancing the great new project of Party building in the New Era is one of the basic pathways for shaping a favorable party image. The Communist Party of China is the largest Marxist governing party in the world in terms of membership, truly deserving the title of the largest party. Facing the long-standing "Four Tests" and "Four Dangers" within the Party, how to manage and build such a huge party well is a unique challenge for the largest party, and self-revolution is the secret to solving this challenge. On

深入推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程是塑造良好政党形象的基本路径之一。中国共产党是世界上党员人数最多的马克思主义执政党，堪称第一大党。面对党内长期存在的“四大考验”“四种危险”，如何将规模如此巨大的政党管理好、建设好，是第一大党的独有难题，而自我革命便是破解这一难题的秘诀所在。基于此，习近平先是用“六个如何始终”概述了大党独有难题的具体表现，随后又用“九个以”阐释了推进党的自我革命的实践要求，带领全党驰而不息地净化党内政治生态、完善党规党纪、革新陈旧观念、提高队伍质量，不断开辟新时代自我革命的新境界，也使得第一大党的形象深入人心。

The Communist Party of China continuously purifies the intra-Party political ecosystem, shaping the image of a major party that dares to confront real problems and take tough action. "Fairness and uprightness can foster a clean and righteous atmosphere, while integrity and self-discipline can build a good image." [1]1 “讲信义、重情义、扬正义、守道义” is a four-character idiom-like phrase summarizing China’s principles in international relations: honoring commitments, valuing friendship, upholding justice, and abiding by morality. Normalizing and sustaining the advancement of work style improvement, and persistently upholding the fight against corruption and the promotion of integrity, are powerful measures by which the CPC achieves self-purification and creates a clean and upright political ecosystem. On the one hand, the Party vigorously grasps the improvement of its work style, emphasizing that the issue of the Party's work style "concerns the Party's image, concerns the support of the people, and concerns the life and death of the Party and the state." [2]2 “碳达峰、碳中和” refers to China’s goals of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, starting from formulating and implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations, [3]3 “百年未有之大变局” is a key judgment by Xi Jinping describing the profound and unprecedented changes in the contemporary international landscape. has taken concrete action, intensively rectifying problems of formalism and bureaucracy; it has seriously dealt with privileged behaviors such as using public funds for dining and tourism, resolutely resisted hedonism and extravagance, and achieved remarkable results in correcting the "four undesirable work styles." [4]4 “世界第一大党” refers to the CPC being the world’s largest political party by membership, with over 99 million members as of 2024. On the other hand, it has persistently carried out actions to punish corruption and eliminate graft, regarding the fight against corruption as "the most thorough self-revolution." [5] Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, [6] the Party Central Committee has struck hard with a zero-tolerance attitude, employing a multi-pronged approach of "cracking down on tigers," "swatting flies," and "hunting foxes." [7] It has not only seriously dealt with those ministerial and vice-ministerial-level officials who have violated the law and committed crimes, but has also focused on "micro-corruption" at the grassroots level, correcting and investigating multiple cases of unfair law enforcement at the grassroots, vigorously eliminating "fly corruption" around the masses. At the same time, adhering to the principle of pursuing all fugitives and pursuing them to the end, it has deepened international cooperation against corruption, repeatedly carrying out overseas "fox hunts," recovering both fugitives and large amounts of illicit money, achieving an overwhelming victory in the Party's anti-corruption struggle and comprehensively consolidating it. Xi Jinping emphasized the need to maintain the mindset and conscious action that "the fight against corruption is always ongoing," resolutely eradicate the soil that breeds corruption, and "carry the fight against corruption through to the end." [8] This demonstrates a tenacity and persistence in "large-scale, forceful, and unremitting punishment of corruption" that no other political party in the world today can match, showcasing the clear attitude of the CPC in the New Era [9] in daring to cut into the Party's internal ailments and seeking practical results.

中国共产党不断净化党内政治生态，塑造敢于动真碰硬的大党形象。“公道正派才能出清风正气，廉洁自律才能塑良好形象”，常态长效地推进作风建设，坚持反腐倡廉常抓不懈是中国共产党坚持自我净化、营造风清气正的政治生态的有力举措。一方面，狠抓党的作风建设，强调党风问题“关系党的形象，关系人心向背，关系党和国家生死存亡”。以习近平同志为核心的党中央从制定并落实中央八项规定精神出发，真抓实干，集中整治形式主义、官僚主义问题；严肃处理诸如公款吃喝、公款旅游等特权行为，坚决抵制享乐主义和奢靡之风，在纠正“四风”问题方面取得显著成效。另一方面，持之以恒地开展惩腐肃贪行动，将反腐败视作“最彻底的自我革命”。党的十八大以来，党中央以零容忍的态度重拳出击 ，“打虎”、“拍蝇”、“猎狐”多管齐下，不但严肃处理了那些违法犯罪的部级、副部级官员，而且聚焦基层“微腐败”行为，纠正并查处了多起基层执法不公案件，极力消灭群众身边的“蝇贪”，同时本着凡逃必追、一追到底的原则，深化反腐败国际合作，多次开展海外“猎狐”行动，将外逃人员与大额赃款一并追回，使党的反腐败斗争取得压倒性胜利并得以全面巩固。习近平强调，要继续保持“反腐败斗争永远在路上”的思维与行动自觉，坚决铲除腐败滋生的土壤，“将反腐败斗争进行到底”。这表现出当今世界其他政党无法比肩的“大规模、大力度、坚持不懈惩治腐败”的坚韧执着，展现了新时代中国共产党敢于向党内病灶开刀、务求实效的鲜明态度。

The Communist Party of China continuously improves its intra-Party regulations and discipline, shaping the image of a major party that promptly corrects deviations and remedies deficiencies. As the number of CPC members grows, it is inevitable that there will be "phenomena of overlooking one's own shortcomings and ignoring one's own problems," [10] which requires self-improvement to shore up weaknesses, strengthen weak links, and perfect the systems and mechanisms to achieve mutual integration and connectivity among various systems within the Party. Among these, improving intra-Party regulations and discipline is the primary step. First, it continuously perfects the Party's institutional and normative system, implementing "governing the Party according to regulations." "Institutional advantage is a country's greatest advantage." [11] The CPC in the New Era pursues the "organic unity of law-based governance and governing the Party according to regulations." [12] Facing problems such as the lack of coordination between some intra-Party systems and unclear implementation of responsibilities, on the one hand, it establishes rules and regulations, taking the Party Constitution as the foundation and democratic centralism as the core. Based on revising and supplementing existing systems, it further issues targeted supporting regulations according to the different situations of various provinces and cities, to plug institutional loopholes, fortify the institutional defense line, and ensure that intra-Party life has rules and regulations to follow. On the other hand, it constructs a strict accountability and responsibility investigation mechanism, tracking the implementation and enforcement of systems in real-time to ensure that all systems truly take root. Second, it continuously improves Party discipline, forming a "yardstick-like" constraint for managing and governing the Party. Strict discipline is a major political advantage of the Party. In the New Era, the Party Central Committee, starting from the principle that "intra-Party regulations and discipline are stricter than national laws," [13] places political discipline in a prominent position. By strictly enforcing the Party's disciplinary regulations and strengthening intra-Party supervision, discipline enforcement, and accountability, it perfects the Party's organizational discipline. Using a strategy of addressing both symptoms and root causes, where discipline must be enforced and violations must be investigated, it effectively corrects the "seven issues" [14] existing within the Party, making discipline a live "high-voltage line" and prompting the entire Party to form a political consciousness of abiding by rules and discipline. This process of pursuing the scientization and systematization of intra-Party regulations and discipline, thereby constructing a "strict, tight, and hard" model of Party management and governance, also highlights the high degree of awareness of the CPC in the New Era in promptly detecting hidden dangers and being prepared for danger in times of peace.

中国共产党不断健全党规党纪，塑造及时补偏救弊的大党形象。随着中国共产党人数的增长，不免会出现“忽略自身不足、忽视自身问题的现象”，需要通过自我完善来补短板，强弱项，健全体制机制，实现党内各系统间的互融互通。其中，健全党规党纪是首要步骤。其一，不断完善党的制度规范体系，将“依规治党”落到实处。“制度优势是一个国家的最大优势”。新时代中国共产党人追求“依法治国和依规治党有机统一”，面对党内部分制度衔接不配套、责任落实不明确等问题，一方面建章立制，以党章为根本、以民主集中制为核心，在对现有制度进行修订、补充的基础上，进一步根据各省市不同情况，有针对性地出台配套法规，以弥补制度漏洞，筑牢制度的防线，使党内生活有章可循、有规可依。另一方面构筑起严厉的追责问责机制，实时跟踪制度的执行落实情况，确保各项制度真正落地生根。其二，不断完善党的纪律，为管党治党形成“戒尺式”约束。纪律严明是党的一大政治优势。新时代党中央从“党规党纪严于国家法律”的原则出发，将政治纪律摆在突出位置，并通过严明党的纪律处分条例、强化党内监督执纪问责等方式完善党的组织纪律，以有纪必执、有违必查的标本兼治方略有效矫正了党内存在的“七个有之”问题，使纪律成为带电的“高压线”，促使全党形成遵规守纪的政治自觉。这种追求党规党纪的科学化、体系化，进而构筑“严紧硬”的管党治党模式的过程，也彰显了新时代中国共产党及时洞察隐患、居安思危的高度觉悟。

The Communist Party of China continuously innovates outdated concepts, shaping the image of a major party that keeps pace with the times. Having the courage to break the old and establish the new is an essential quality for the CPC in the New Era to maintain its vigorous vitality. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has embraced new things with full enthusiasm. Proceeding from the sharp spirit and boldness of "never waiting by a tree stump for a hare, nor carving a mark on a boat to find a lost sword," [15] it has promptly updated long-standing conventional old ideas and methods, eliminated elements within the Party that are inconsistent with the trends of the times, insisted on using new ideas and new strategies to break new ground and resolve intra-Party contradictions, and continuously improved the effectiveness of self-revolution. Marked by the theoretical innovation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Marxism has achieved a new leap in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, providing the entire Party with a fundamental guide for unifying thought, will, and action in the New Era. Under this guidance, the Party Central Committee has successively promoted innovative development in systems, practices, culture, etc., encouraging the transformation of the guiding power of thought into the action power for studying new situations and solving new problems, striving to create a strong atmosphere of daring to innovate and bravely tackle difficulties. It has effectively broken down various "ideological concepts and institutional and mechanistic drawbacks that hinder the advancement of Chinese-path modernization," [16] enhanced the Party's ability to grasp and lead the times, injected creative vitality into the largest party in the world to maintain its advanced nature, and also demonstrated the spiritual state of the CPC in the New Era of daring to be the first and pursuing breakthroughs.

中国共产党不断革新陈旧观念，塑造与时俱进的大党形象。勇于破旧立新是新时代中国共产党永葆蓬勃生机的必备品质。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央以满腔热忱应对新生事物，本着“决不能守株待兔、刻舟求剑”的锐气胆魄，及时更新长期以来相沿成习的老思路、老办法，破除党内与时代发展趋势不符的元素，坚持以新思路、新策略来开题破局、化解党内矛盾，不断提高自我革命实效。以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为理论创新标志，马克思主义实现了中国化时代化的新飞跃，全党上下有了新时代统一思想、意志与行动的根本遵循。在此指导下，党中央接续推进制度、实践、文化等方面的革新性发展，鼓励将思想引领力转化为研究新情况、解决新问题的行动力，竭力营造敢创新、勇攻坚的浓厚氛围，有效破除了各类“妨碍推进中国式现代化的思想观念和体制机制弊端”，提升了全党把握时代、引领时代的能力，加注了第一大党永葆先进性的创造活力，也展现了新时代中国共产党敢为人先、追求突破的精神样态。

The Communist Party of China continuously improves the quality of its membership, shaping the image of a diligent and capable major party. "To forge iron, one must be strong oneself." [17] Handling China's affairs well requires a high-quality, professional contingent of Party cadres and members as the organizational backbone. In the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core insists on grasping both the "vast majority"

中国共产党不断提高队伍质量，塑造勤奋有为的大党形象。“打铁必须自身硬”，办好中国事情要以一支高素质、专业化的党员干部队伍为组织支撑。新时代以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚持“绝大多数”与“关键少数”两手抓，力求在党的革命性锻造中实现党性修养与工作能力的全面提升。在党员党性修养的自我提升方面，党中央深知党员的党性不会“随着党龄增长和职务提升而自然提高”，因而主张以丰富多样的党内集中教育来解决党员世界观、人生观、价值观这个“总开关”的问题。为此，开展了党的群众路线教育实践活动、“不忘初心、牢记使命”主题教育、党史学习教育等一系列活动，着力解决部分党员理想信念动摇、信仰迷失、政治意识滑坡等问题，推进学习型政党建设。同时定期组织批评和自我批评民主生活会，引导广大党员增强党性，提高理论修养，形成勇于自我检视的政治自觉。在干部工作能力的自我提升方面，党中央以锻造一支“具备领导现代化建设能力的干部队伍”为目标指向，要求领导干部重实干、戒空谈，主动接受专业训练，练就“从战略上看问题、想问题”的过硬本领；主动扑下身子投身一线参与各类重大斗争，在防汛救灾等严峻考验中锤炼意志，发挥干部作为中坚力量的以上率下作用。这些致力于实现质量强党的部署与措施，展现了新时代中国共产党好学善学、坚韧向上的整体风貌。

03 Shaping the image of a major ruling party that puts the people first

03塑造人民至上的执政大党形象

China is a country of immense scale, and a large population base is one of China’s national conditions. The Communist Party of China is one of the longest-ruling political parties in the world. To continue leading this most populous country well in the New Era, and thereby win the support and endorsement of the masses and achieve long-term governance, it must always adhere to the fundamental position of putting the people first. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Communist Party of China has solidly established the governing philosophy of seeking happiness for the people, actively implemented the Party’s mass line, significantly enhanced the people’s sense of well-being, and deepened the image of a major party that puts the people first.

中国是一个体量庞大的国家，人口基数大是我国的国情之一。中国共产党是世界上执政时间最长的政党之一，要想在新时代继续领导好这个世界上人口最多的国家，继而赢得人民群众的拥护支持、实现长期执政，就必须始终坚持人民至上的根本立场。党的十八大以来，中国共产党扎实树立为人民谋幸福的执政理念，积极贯彻党的群众路线，使人民的幸福感显著增强，也深化了人民至上的大党形象。

First, the Communist Party of China takes seeking happiness for the people as its supreme pursuit, shaping the image of a major party that adheres to its original aspiration and founding mission. “People-centeredness is the essential attribute of Marxism.” The Communist Party of China is a party armed with Marxism, and adhering to the people’s standpoint is a distinctive mark that distinguishes our Party from other political parties. Since the founding of the Communist Party of China, our Party has never forgotten its original aspiration and founding mission of seeking happiness for the people; the Party’s history of governance is a history of wholeheartedly serving the people and striving for the people’s interests. Entering the New Era, Xi Jinping made a solemn expression at the 19th National Congress of the CPC that “the question of ‘for whom’ is the touchstone for testing the nature of a political party and a political power,” [1]1 “讲信义、重情义、扬正义、守道义” is a four-character idiom-like phrase summarizing China’s principles in international relations: honoring commitments, valuing friendship, upholding justice, and abiding by morality. requiring the entire Party to continue to bear in mind the Party’s original aspiration and founding mission, maintain the true character of a Marxist political party that shares weal and woe with the people, and be a faithful representative of the people’s interests, once again emphasizing the core concept of the Communist Party of China governing for the people. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping also put forward the famous thesis that “the country is the people, and the people are the country.” [2]2 “碳达峰、碳中和” refers to China’s goals of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. Subsequently, he explained: in the eyes of Chinese Communists, “the greatest happiness in the world is nothing more than striving for the happiness of the people,” therefore “doing good deeds for the people, striving, dedicating, and serving for the happy life of the people” is the only choice for our Party as a major governing party. This series of conceptual statements vividly conveys the clear stance of the Communist Party of China sharing hardships and joys with the people, living and dying together, highlights the resolute attitude of the Communist Party of China to strive for the free and comprehensive development of human beings for life, and successfully constructs the framework of the image of a major party that adheres to putting the people first throughout the entire Party.

第一，中国共产党把为人民谋幸福作为至高追求，塑造坚持初心使命的大党形象。“人民性是马克思主义的本质属性。”中国共产党是由马克思主义武装而成的政党，坚持人民立场是我们党区别于其他政党的显著标志。自中国共产党成立以来，我们党始终不忘为人民谋幸福的初心使命，党的执政历史就是一部全心全意为人民服务、为人民利益而奋斗的历史。步入新时代，习近平在党的十九大上作出“为什么人的问题，是检验一个政党、一个政权性质的试金石”的郑重表达，要求全党继续牢记党的初心使命，保持与人民休戚与共的马克思主义政党本色，做人民利益的忠实代表者，再次强调了中国共产党执政为民的核心理念。在中国共产党成立100周年之际，习近平又提出“江山就是人民，人民就是江山”的著名论断。随后他解释道：在中国共产党人眼中，“世界上最大的幸福莫过于为人民幸福而奋斗”，因此“为人民群众做好事，为人民群众幸福生活拼搏、奉献、服务”就是我们党作为执政大党的唯一选择。这一系列观念陈述都生动传递了中国共产党同人民甘苦与共、生死相依的鲜明立场，亮明了中国共产党为实现人的自由而全面发展奋斗终身的坚决态度，成功在全党上下构筑起坚持人民至上的大党形象框架。

Second, the Communist Party of China runs the mass line through the entire process of governing the country, shaping the image of a major party that maintains close ties with the masses. The mass line is the lifeline that the Communist Party of China has consistently adhered to in its long-term governance. In the New Era, the Communist Party of China still regards the people as “the greatest confidence of our Party in governance,” [3]3 “百年未有之大变局” is a key judgment by Xi Jinping describing the profound and unprecedented changes in the contemporary international landscape. taking understanding public sentiment, gathering public wisdom, and responding to public needs as its foothold, and deeply implementing the Party’s mass line. On the one hand, it takes the experience and wisdom of the masses as the greatest driving force for strengthening the Party and rejuvenating the country, starting from understanding the people’s conditions and opinions. The people’s creative practice is the source of our Party’s improvement of its governing capabilities. In the eyes of the Communist Party of China, “where do good measures and good methods come from? The answer is from the masses.” [4]4 “世界第一大党” refers to the CPC being the world’s largest political party by membership, with over 99 million members as of 2024. The Party Central Committee insists on seeking advice from the people, consciously learning from the people, and striving to “gather the wisdom and strength of the people into the cause of the Party and the people.” [5] Currently, the vigorous development of China’s digital economy, sharing economy, and online shopping economy, as well as the accelerated innovation of technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, are all products of the people’s wisdom. At the same time, the Party Central Committee has also made the decision to “vigorously promote investigation and research throughout the Party,” [6] emphasizing that “without investigation, there is no right to make decisions,” [7] requiring all departments to take going deep into the grassroots and understanding the people’s thoughts, hopes, and urgent concerns as a prerequisite, and on the basis of mastering first-hand information, make decisions and deployments that conform to reality, thereby continuously constructing a scientific and democratic decision-making mechanism. On the other hand, it takes the people as the “examiners” of the Party’s work, taking benefiting the people as the foothold. Xi Jinping emphasized: “The times are the examiners, we are the examinees, and the people are the examiners.” [8] Whether it is the process or the results of the Party’s work, it must stand the test of the people. Therefore, he requires the entire Party to “take benefiting the people as the greatest political performance,” [9] take whether it responds to the people’s concerns and whether it is supported and loved by the people as the yardstick, and handle every matter concerning the people’s urgent, difficult, anxious, and anticipated needs well and practically. At the same time, it continuously improves the systems for open Party affairs and open government affairs, takes the mass line combining online and offline methods, ensures the smooth upward and downward transmission of Party conditions and public opinion, and builds a solid mass foundation for shaping the image of a major party that puts the people first.

第二，中国共产党将群众路线贯穿于治国理政的全过程，塑造密切联系群众的大党形象。群众路线是中国共产党在长期执政中一以贯之的生命线。新时代中国共产党依旧将人民视作“我们党执政的最大底气”，以体察民意、汇集民智、回应民需为立足点，深入贯彻落实党的群众路线。一方面，将人民群众的经验智慧作为强党兴国的最大助力，以体察民情民意为出发点。人民的创造性实践是我们党提高执政本领的源头活水。在中国共产党眼中，“好措施、好办法哪里来，答案是从群众中来”。党中央坚持问计于民，自觉拜人民为师，竭力“把人民的智慧和力量凝聚到党和人民事业中来”。当前，我国数字经济、共享经济、网购经济的蓬勃发展，人工智能、区域链等技术的加速创新，都是群众智慧的产物。与此同时，党中央还作出“在全党大兴调查研究”的决定，强调“没有调查就没有决策权”，要求各部门以深入基层，了解人民群众的所思所盼所急为前提，在掌握第一手资料的基础上，作出符合实际的决策部署，从而不断建构科学民主的决策机制。另一方面，将人民群众作为党的工作的“阅卷人”，以为民造福为落脚点。习近平强调：“时代是出卷人，我们是答卷人，人民是阅卷人。”不论是党的工作过程还是工作成绩，都必须经得起人民的检验。因此，他要求全党“以造福人民为最大政绩”，以是否回应人民关切，是否被人民所拥护、所喜爱为标尺，将关乎人民的急难愁盼的每一件事情都办好办实。同时不断完善党务公开和政务公开系统，走线上与线下相结合的群众路线，确保党情民意顺畅地上传下达，为塑造人民至上的大党形象筑牢群众之基。

Third, the Communist Party of China has significantly enhanced the people’s happiness index, shaping the image of a major party pursuing common prosperity. “Leading the people to create a better life is the unwavering goal of our Party.” [10] In the New Era, the Communist Party of China puts the people’s interests first. Against the backdrop of increasingly diversified needs of the masses, it focuses on solving the problems of inadequate and unbalanced development, achieving a series of governing achievements that help improve people’s livelihoods and promote common prosperity, and significantly enhancing the people’s sense of gain and happiness. First, it strives to meet the people’s needs in multiple aspects such as politics, economy, and culture. At the political level, it implements whole-process people’s democracy, broadens the channels for the people to participate in and manage various state affairs in an orderly manner, and ensures that the people enjoy broader, more comprehensive, and fuller democratic rights. At the economic level, it led the people to win the battle against poverty, the largest in human history in scale and benefiting the most people, [11] eradicating absolute poverty, achieving a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and ensuring the food supply for over 1.4 billion people with the world’s highest total grain output for many years. At the cultural level, it continuously enriches cultural resources, flourishes literary and artistic creation, accelerates the development of the cultural industry, and improves the public cultural service system; it improves the mechanism for inheriting and promoting fine traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture; it cultivates a social atmosphere of respecting virtue and doing good, and raises the level of social civility. Second, it strives to enhance the inclusiveness and fairness of the people’s enjoyment of the fruits of governance. To eliminate polarization, the Party Central Committee adheres to the principle of letting some get rich first to drive others, striving to keep the wealth gap among the people within a moderate and reasonable range, so that China has “the world’s largest middle-income group,” [12] basically constructing an olive-shaped social structure. To improve the level of equalization of basic public services, the Party Central Committee has adopted a series of effective measures such as promoting education system reform, improving the quality of public health services, and perfecting the housing security system, and has “built the world’s largest education system, social security system, and medical and health system” in China, [13] supplemented by the successive implementation of the regional coordinated development strategy, the rural revitalization strategy, and the new urbanization strategy, so that public services achieve balance in terms of field coverage and spatial distribution. Currently, China is recognized by the world as one of the safest countries, and the people’s happiness index has significantly improved. These governing achievements aimed at meeting the people’s expectations for a better life have further enriched the image of the Communist Party of China in the New Era as a major governing party that adheres to putting the people first.

第三，中国共产党使人民的幸福指数显著提升，塑造追求共同富裕的大党形象。“带领人民创造美好生活，是我们党始终不渝的奋斗目标。”新时代中国共产党把人民利益放在首位，在群众需求日益多元化的时代背景下，着重解决好发展不充分与不平衡的问题，取得了一系列有助于改善民生、推进共同富裕的执政业绩，使人民的获得感、幸福感显著增强。其一，尽可能满足人民在政治、经济、文化等多个层面的需求。在政治层面，推行全过程人民民主，拓宽人民有序参与、管理各项国家事务的途径，确保人民享有更为广泛、全面、充分的民主权利。在经济层面，带领人民打赢了人类史上规模最大、惠及最多人口的脱贫攻坚战，摆脱了绝对贫困，实现了全面小康，以常年居于世界首位的谷物总产量保障了十四亿多人口的粮食供给。在文化层面，不断丰富文化资源，繁荣文艺创作，加快文化产业发展，完善公共文化服务体系；健全中华优秀传统文化、革命文化与社会主义先进文化的继承与弘扬机制；培育崇德向善的社会氛围，提高社会的文明程度。其二，尽可能提升人民享有执政成果的普惠性与公平性。为了消除两极分化，党中央坚持先富带动后富原则，努力将人民的财富差距控制在适度、合理的范围内，使我国具备“世界上规模最大的中等收入群体”，基本构建起橄榄型社会结构。为了提高基本公共服务均等化水平，党中央采取了诸如推进教育体制改革、提升公共卫生服务质量、完善住房保障系统等一系列行之有效的举措，在我国“建成了世界上规模最大的教育体系、社会保障体系、医疗卫生体系”，并辅之以区域协调发展战略、乡村振兴战略、新型城镇化战略等的相继落实，使公共服务在领域覆盖与空间分配上实现均衡。当前，中国已是世界公认的最有安全感的国家之一，人民的幸福指数显著提升，这些旨在满足人民对美好生活期盼的执政实绩也进一步充实了新时代中国共产党坚持人民至上的执政大党形象。

04 Shaping the Image of a World Major Party with a Global Vision

04塑造胸怀天下的世界大党形象

The Communist Party of China’s external work is an important window for shaping a good international image. The Communist Party of China is a major party with significant global influence, “always taking making new and greater contributions to humanity as its mission,” [14] possessing the spirit and breadth of mind to embrace the world. The New Era is “an era in which China is increasingly approaching the center of the world stage.” [15] The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core leads the entire Party to observe

中国共产党的对外工作是塑造良好国际形象的一扇重要窗口。中国共产党是具有全球重大影响力的大党，“始终把为人类作出新的更大的贡献作为自己的使命”，具有胸怀天下的气魄胸襟。新时代“是我国日益走近世界舞台中央”的时代，以习近平同志为核心的党中央带领全党以世界眼光洞察人类社会的发展趋势，开创人类文明新形态、推动构建人类命运共同体、为增进人类福祉而矢志奋斗，在此过程塑造了足智多谋、眼界开阔、无私无畏的大党形象，展现了胸怀天下的大智慧、大格局与大担当。

The Communist Party of China has created a new form of human civilization, shaping the image of a resourceful major party. The new form of human civilization is a new cultural pattern that strives to safeguard the diversity of world civilizations. It takes “civilization exchange,” “civilization mutual learning,” and “civilization coexistence” as its ideological core, encompassing political, material, spiritual, social, ecological, and international dimensions. It advocates that all subjects of world civilization discard prejudice and estrangement to achieve harmonious coexistence and mutual learning. The creation of the new form of human civilization not only achieves a breakthrough from the traditional socialist form of civilization and advances the process of human civilization development, but also overcomes the inherent contradictions of Western capitalist civilization, delivering a powerful rebuttal to such discourses as “Western-centrism,” “civilizational superiority,” and “clash of civilizations.” It provides new options for other countries, especially developing nations, in creating their own forms of civilization and broadens the development space for human civilization. It can be said that this new form of civilization, which aims to open new paths for the development of human civilization and provide a Chinese orientation for the direction of world civilizations, is both a product of Chinese-path modernization and a manifestation of the broad vision of the Chinese Communists in the New Era.

中国共产党开创人类文明新形态，塑造足智多谋的大党形象。人类文明新形态是竭力维护世界文明多样性的文化新样态，它以“文明交流”“文明互鉴”“文明共存”为思想内核，包括政治、物质、精神、社会、生态、国际等多个层面的内容，提倡世界各文明主体间摒弃偏见与隔阂，实现和谐共处、互鉴共生。人类文明新形态的开创不仅实现了对传统社会主义文明形态的突破，推进了人类文明发展进程，而且克服了西方资本主义文明的内在矛盾，对“西方中心论”“文明优越论”“文明冲突论”等论调予以有力的回击，为世界上其他国家尤其是广大发展中国家创造文明形态提供了新的选择，拓宽了人类文明的发展空间。可以说，这种旨在为人类文明发展开辟新路径、为世界文明走向提供中国向度的文明新形态，既是中国式现代化的产物，也展现了新时代中国共产党人胸怀天下的大智慧。

The Communist Party of China promotes the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, shaping the image of a major party with a broad horizon. A community with a shared future for mankind is the “Chinese solution” offered by Chinese Communists in the New Era to solve world problems and improve the global governance system. It advocates the construction of common values for all humanity, where each is an integral part of the other. Currently, “promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind” has been written into a series of texts, including United Nations resolutions, reports to the Party congress, the Constitution of the Communist Party of China, and the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, becoming a banner leading the progress of all humanity. As Xi Jinping stated: “Building a community with a shared future for mankind is where the future of the people of all countries lies.” To deeply implement this “Chinese solution,” the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has forged a new path of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. On the one hand, it actively develops global partnerships. The Communist Party of China actively promotes cooperation among major countries, building frameworks for coordinated development between China and the United States, China and Russia, China and Europe, and others; actively builds a community with a shared future for mankind and a community with a shared future for the Asia-Pacific, promoting regional security cooperation between China and its neighboring countries; actively adheres to sharing achievements, cooperating successively with developing countries in Africa, Latin America, and other regions, continuously creating new development opportunities for other nations. On the other hand, it practices genuine multilateralism. To promote the stable development of the international community, the Communist Party of China has made the solemn commitment that “we will never seek hegemony, expansion, or spheres of influence,” resolutely opposing unjust acts such as hegemonism, unilateralism, and protectionism, and taking the lead as a major-country model that “bridges differences through dialogue and resolves disputes through negotiation.” At the same time, the Communist Party of China combines its own interests with those of other countries, clearly stating that China will not “engage in closed-doorism” but will “continuously open China’s market wider,” earnestly practicing a new model of interaction based on win-win cooperation with all countries, and contributing to the formation of a positive international relationship of mutual respect and deepened cooperation. This high degree of consciousness of the Communist Party of China in sharing a common destiny and pursuing common development with all countries manifests its broad-mindedness in embracing the world.

中国共产党推动构建人类命运共同体，塑造眼界开阔的大党形象。人类命运共同体是新时代中国共产党人为解决世界问题、完善全球治理体系而给出的“中国方案”，主张构建你中有我、我中有你的全人类共同价值。当前，“推动构建人类命运共同体”已被写入联合国决议、党代会报告、《中国共产党章程》和《中华人民共和国宪法》等一系列文本中，成为引领全人类进步的一面旗帜。正如习近平所言：“构建人类命运共同体是世界各国人民前途所在。”为深入推行这一“中国方案”，以习近平同志为核心的党中央走出了一条具有中国特色的大国外交新路。一方面，积极发展全球伙伴关系。中国共产党积极推进大国合作，构建中美、中俄、中欧等国家之间的协同发展框架；积极构建人类命运共同体、亚太命运共同体，推动中国与周边国家的区域安全合作；积极坚持成果共享，先后与非洲、拉美及其他地区的发展中国家展开合作，不断为他国创造新的发展机遇。另一方面，践行真正的多边主义。为促使国际社会稳定发展，中国共产党作出“我们永远不称霸，不扩张，不谋求势力范围”的郑重承诺，坚决反对霸权主义、单边主义、保护主义等非正义行径，率先成为“以对话弥合分歧，以谈判化解争端”的大国模范。同时，中国共产党将本国利益与他国利益相结合，明确表示中国不但“不搞关门主义”，还会“不断开大中国市场大门”，切实践行同世界各国合作共赢的交往新模式，为形成相互尊重、深化合作的积极国际关系助力。中国共产党这种与世界各国命运与共、共谋发展的高度自觉，彰显了胸怀天下的大格局。

The Communist Party of China takes enhancing the well-being of humanity as its own responsibility, shaping the image of a selfless and fearless major party. In the New Era, the Communist Party of China, as always, follows the path of peaceful development, “honoring commitments, valuing friendship, upholding justice, and abiding by morality,” continuously contributing Chinese strength to the cause of advancing all humanity. In terms of maintaining world peace and security, the Communist Party of China is committed to building a world of lasting peace and universal security, advocating a concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, opposing all forms of terrorism, and resolutely rejecting Cold War mentality and bloc confrontation. According to statistics, Chinese peacekeeping troops have left their footprints in more than 20 countries and regions worldwide, with many Chinese soldiers sacrificing their precious lives in peacekeeping operations. As an important member of the United Nations forces, the Chinese military has made indelible contributions to maintaining international security and resolving international disputes. In terms of safeguarding the vital interests of the world’s people, the Communist Party of China upholds the principle of putting life first, leading the Chinese people to quickly launch a battle against the sudden century-old pandemic, buying precious time for the international community’s pandemic prevention and control with “Chinese speed.” At the same time, it actively carried out international anti-pandemic assistance, providing support such as vaccines to countries with insufficient response capabilities, becoming the first country in the world to provide epidemic prevention materials and share epidemic prevention experience with other countries. It ultimately successfully completed this “largest global emergency humanitarian operation since the founding of New China,” providing assistance for building a global community of health for all, improving global public health governance, and forming a strong international anti-pandemic synergy, winning widespread praise from the international community. In addition, China has earnestly fulfilled its commitments to peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, hosted the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, worked with all countries to address severe challenges in climate change, ecological protection, and environmental governance, and made outstanding contributions to advancing the international poverty reduction process and maintaining world food security and energy security, demonstrating the great responsibility of the Communist Party of China in embracing the world in the New Era.

中国共产党以增进人类福祉为己任，塑造无私无畏的大党形象。新时代中国共产党一如既往地走和平发展道路，“讲信义、重情义、扬正义、守道义”，不断为推进全人类的进步事业贡献中国力量。在维护世界和平与安全方面，中国共产党致力于建设一个持久和平、普遍安全的世界，提倡树立共同、综合、合作、可持续的安全观，反对一切形式的恐怖主义，坚决摒弃冷战思维与阵营对抗。据统计，中国维和官兵的足迹已经遍及世界20多个国家和地区，多名中国官兵在维和行动中献出宝贵生命。中国军队作为联合国军队的重要成员，为维护国际安全、解决国际争端立下不可磨灭的功绩。在维护世界人民的切身利益方面，中国共产党秉持生命至上理念，带领中国人民在突如其来的世纪疫情中迅速打响疫情防控阻击战，以“中国速度”为国际社会的疫情防控赢得宝贵时间，同时积极开展国际抗疫援助，为一些应对能力不足的国家提供疫苗等支持，成为世界上最早为别国提供防疫物资、传授防疫经验的国家，最终圆满完成了这次“新中国成立以来最大规模的全球紧急人道主义行动”，为推动构建人类卫生健康共同体、完善全球公共卫生治理、形成强大的国际抗疫合力提供助力，赢得了国际社会广泛赞誉。除此之外，中国还切实履行碳达峰、碳中和的承诺，承办《生物多样性公约》缔约方大会，与世界各国一同应对气候变化、生态保护、环境治理等方面的严峻考验，并在推进国际减贫进程、维护世界粮食安全与能源安全等方面作出卓著贡献，彰显了新时代中国共产党胸怀天下的大担当。

05 Conclusion

05结语

The rise of a major party and a major country is by no means easy but has undergone long-term trials. In the New Era, facing a world undergoing changes unseen in a century, China still being in an important period of strategic opportunity for development, and the Communist Party of China having grown into the world’s largest party—these international, national, and Party conditions—the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has calmly responded to changes in the situation, made the comprehensive judgment that “the development of a major country is both the development of hard power and the enhancement of soft power,” actively strengthened the capacity for international communication, striving to secure “international discourse power commensurate with China’s comprehensive national strength and international status,” thereby firmly grasping the CPC’s right to propaganda, interpretation, and image shaping in its own hands. The image characteristics concentratedly presented by the Communist Party of China during this period—maintaining historical confidence, daring to engage in self-revolution, adhering to a people-centered approach, and always embracing the world—further highlight the demeanor of the CPC as a major party, making China’s international image more comprehensive, truthful, and three-dimensional, greatly contributing to guiding the international community to form a correct view of the CPC and China.

一个大党大国的崛起绝非轻而易举，而是经过了长期的考验。新时代，面对世界正在经历百年未有之大变局、我国仍处于发展的重要战略机遇期、中国共产党已成长为世界第一大党的世情、国情与党情，以习近平同志为核心的党中央沉着应对形势变化，作出“大国发展既是硬实力的发展，也是软实力的提升”的综合判断，主动加强国际传播能力建设，力图争取与“我国综合国力和国际地位相匹配的国际话语权”，进而将中国共产党的宣传阐释权、形象塑造权牢牢掌握在自己手中。而这一时期中国共产党集中呈现出的保持历史自信、勇于自我革命、坚持人民至上、始终胸怀天下的形象特质，更加彰显了中国共产党的大党风范，使中国的国际形象更加全面、真实、立体，为引导国际社会形成正确的中共观、中国观提供了很大助益。

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