Promoting Knowledge through Action to Fulfill Party Members’ Commitments and Pledges

Grassroots Party building work should not only emphasize promoting knowledge through action, but also emphasize promoting knowledge through action, focusing on the sublimating role of practice in cognition. The Suzhou Municipal Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Anhui Province [hereinafter referred to as Suzhou Municipal Bureau (Company)] carefully plans Party building work. While carrying out theoretical policy study, it also focuses on educating Party members in work practice and life practice, promoting Party members to comprehend truth in productive labor, feel the power of truth, and obtain true knowledge. In overcoming difficulties, undertaking undertakings, and starting businesses, it tempers conduct and cultivates Party spirit. In promoting knowledge through action, it integrates learning, thinking, and practice, and unifies knowledge, faith, and action, allowing ideological and political education to enter the mind, heart, and soul. Only then can Party building work achieve more profound, more lasting, and more reliable results. Suzhou Municipal Bureau (Company) takes Party members’ commitments and pledges as a carrier, vigorously focuses on Party members undertaking undertakings, taking responsibility, and making achievements, with high standards and strict requirements. It innovates “seven haves” measures to strengthen whole-process management, promotes knowledge through action, and makes Party spirit cultivation more vivid and more concrete.

基层党建工作不仅应强调以知促行，还应强调以行促知，注重实践对认识的升华作用。安徽省宿州市烟草专卖局〔以下简称宿州市局（公司）〕认真谋划党建工作，在开展理论政策学习的同时，注重在工作实践和生活实践中教育党员，促进党员在生产劳动中领悟真理，感受真理的力量，求得真知，在攻坚克难、干事创业中砥砺品行、历练党性，在以行促知中学思用贯通、知信行统一，让思想政治教育入脑入心入魂，党建工作才能取得更深刻、更持久、更可靠的成效。宿州市局（公司）以党员承诺践诺为载体，力抓党员干事创业、担当作为，高标准、严要求，创新“七有”措施加强全过程管理，以行促知，让党性修炼变得更加生动、更加具体。

First, have specific matters. Party members’ commitments must avoid the formalism of empty and generalized statements, and mainly achieve three integrations. First, integrate with the unit’s high-quality development goals, topics for overcoming difficulties, urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks, innovation and development challenges, the people’s urgent, difficult, anxious, and anticipated problems, and benchmarks and shortcomings. Party member leading cadres should actively take on difficult problems, take responsibility, bravely shoulder heavy burdens, and strive to promote organizational growth. Second, integrate with the weaknesses and deficiencies of one’s own ability and quality, set goals, strive to improve and enhance oneself, reflect the high standards and strict requirements of Party members’ self-management, and promote Party members’ self-growth. Third, integrate with social responsibility. Actively participate in volunteer services, social welfare, rural revitalization, flood prevention and disaster relief, etc., focus on social practice, strengthen social cognition, shoulder social responsibility, and consciously accept social education and mass education. The three integrations are the organic integration of unit development and personal growth, the organic integration of production practice and Party spirit cultivation, and the organic integration of fulfilling political responsibility, economic responsibility, and social responsibility.

一有具体事项。党员承诺切忌空泛化表态的形式主义，主要做好三个结合。一是结合本单位高质量发展目标、攻坚克难课题、急难险重任务、创新发展难题、群众急难愁盼问题、对标对表短板等，党员领导干部应主动认领难题，担当作为，勇挑重担，奋力推动组织成长。二是结合自身能力素质的弱项不足，设定目标，努力改进提高自己，体现出党员自我管理的高标准、严要求，促进党员自我成长。三是结合社会责任担当，在志愿服务、社会公益、乡村振兴、防汛救灾等方面应积极参与，注重社会实践，加强社会认知，担当社会责任，自觉接受社会教育和群众教育。三个结合是单位发展和个人成长的有机结合，是生产实践和党性修炼的有机结合，是履行政治责任、经济责任和社会责任的有机结合。

Second, have a certain weight. Party members’ commitment matters should set specific target values. The key is to balance “four natures.” First, challenge. Requirements for Party members should be higher than those for ordinary employees. The commitment content should have a certain degree of difficulty, achievable only through certain efforts, so as to reflect the advanced nature of Party members and give play to the vanguard and exemplary role of Party members. Second, targeting. Commitments promoting personal growth should be proposed targeting the Party member’s own deficiencies, achieving the goals of self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation, and self-enhancement, ultimately strengthening weaknesses, improving competence, and promoting growth. Third, feasibility. Commitments should not be overly ambitious or divorced from reality, nor blindly pursue large, difficult, or numerous goals. They should be closely integrated with the unit’s actual situation and one’s own actual situation, avoiding the problem that most commitments cannot be fulfilled, creating new formalism. Fourth, measurability. Target values should be datafied and quantified to the greatest extent, with completion time nodes, facilitating final fulfillment and acceptance. Qualitative descriptions such as “strive for,” “improve,” and “enhance” should not be used, leaving a backdoor for breaking promises.

二有一定分量。党员承诺事项要设定具体目标值。重点要“四性”兼顾。一是挑战性。对党员的要求应该高于一般员工，承诺内容应有一定难度，通过一定努力才能达成，这样才能体现党员先进性，发挥出党员先锋模范作用。二是针对性。促进个人成长的承诺，针对党员自身不足提出，达到自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高的目的，最终能强短板、提素能、促成长。三是可行性。承诺不好高骛远、脱离实际，不一味贪大求难求多，紧密结合单位实际和自身实际，不能出现大部分承诺不能兑现的问题，形成新的形式主义。四是可测量性。目标值应该最大限度数据化、量化，并有完成时间节点，便于最终的兑现验收，不可采取“力求”“提高”“改进”等定性描述，为自己爽信弃诺留有后路。

Third, have an environmental atmosphere. The Party branch (Party group) should organize Party members to display their commitments through certain forms, focusing on implementing “three comes.” First, speak it out. The Party branch (Party group) should organize Party members to publicly read out their commitments at the Party member conference (Party group meeting), comparing whose commitments have weight, responsibility, and challenge. Second, display it out. The Party branch should publicly display the specific content of the commitment letter within the Party building position of the Party branch and the scope of the unit (department), such as making short videos, bulletin boards, and commitment desk cards, so that oneself can always see it, and others can always see it, forming a joint supervisory force. Third, lead it out. The reading of commitments should arrange for non-Party members of the unit to participate together, to display the vanguard and exemplary image of Party members, educate all employees to take responsibility, accept mass supervision, etc., extending Party members’ commitments from individual behavior to group activities.

三有环境氛围。支部（党小组）应通过一定形式组织党员展示承诺，重在落实“三来”。一是说出来。支部（党小组）应组织党员在党员大会（党小组会）上公开宣读承诺，比一比谁的承诺有分量、有担当、有挑战性。二是亮出来。支部应将承诺书中的具体内容在党支部所在党建阵地、单位（部门）范围内进行公开，如制作小视频、公示栏及承诺桌牌等，自己时时看得见，别人时时看得见，形成督促合力。三是带起来。宣读承诺应该安排所在单位非党员同志共同参与，以展示党员先锋模范形象、教育全体员工担当作为、接受群众监督等，让党员承诺由个体行为延伸为群体活动。

Fourth, have concrete actions. Party members should report on the implementation of their commitments at the study meeting of their Party branch (Party group) every month, and the Party branch (Party group) should supervise and remind them. Party members should, based on the commitment matters, target values, completion time, and other elements in the commitment letter, independently formulate a pledge-fulfillment plan, plan work measures, and independently carry out pledge fulfillment, striving to achieve the goals. Party member commitments are an activity independently carried out by grassroots Party organizations, but they have seriousness. Whether a Party member can actively and earnestly fulfill their promises reflects the Party member’s political quality, mental state, integrity awareness, responsibility, and professional quality, affecting the organization’s evaluation and characterization of the Party member.

四有实际行动。党员每月应在所在支部（党小组）学习会上对党员承诺落实情况进行报告，支部（党小组）应予以督促和提醒。党员应当对照承诺书中的承诺事项、目标值、完成时间等要素，自行制定践诺计划、谋划工作举措、自主开展践诺，努力实现目标达成。党员承诺是基层党组织自主开展的一项活动，但具有严肃性，党员能不能主动、认真践行诺言，体现出党员的政治素养、精神状态、诚信意识、担当作为和职业素养，影响到组织对党员的评价和定性。

Fifth, have process supervision. Party member commitments need to set a supervisor, focusing on supervising three links. First, responsible for reviewing the quality of the supervised Party member’s commitments. For commitments of low quality, the supervisor should have a face-to-face talk with the committer, point out deficiencies, set topics, assign burdens, delegate tasks, guide the Party member to face problems and take responsibility, until the commitment is reached and the commitment letter is rewritten, and only then can the supervisor sign and approve. Second, responsible for supervising and advancing the pledge-fulfillment process. The supervisor should supervise the committer’s pledge-fulfillment situation at least once per quarter, avoiding the problem of “more statements and higher tones, less action and worse implementation,” ultimately leading to the Party member commitment work starting with a bang and ending with a whimper. Third, responsible for the quality acceptance of commitment fulfillment. The supervisor completes the rating of the fulfillment level according to the time node, and simultaneously conducts feedback talks, focusing on Party members who have outstanding commitment and pledge fulfillment, and focusing on understanding the specific situation of unfulfilled commitments. They should have a clear understanding and provide effective guidance on the supervised Party members’ ability and quality, responsibility, performance and effectiveness, and shortcomings. Depending on the number of Party members, the Party branch secretary or branch committee member is generally designated as the supervisor of Party member commitments. To ensure supervision quality, a supervisor generally supervises about 10 Party members, at most no more than 20.

五有过程监管。党员承诺需要设置监管人，重点监管好三个环节。一是负责所监管党员的承诺质量的审核。对于质量不高的承诺，监管人应与承诺人面谈，指出不足，出题目，压担子，下任务，引导党员直面问题、担当作为，直至达成承诺、重新填写承诺书，监管人方可签字审核通过。二是负责践诺过程的监管督进。监管人至少每季度对承诺人的践诺情况进行督导一次，避免出现“表态多调门高、行动少落实差”问题，最终导致党员承诺工作虎头蛇尾、不了了之。三是负责承诺完成的质量验收。监管人根据时间节点完成验诺等级评定，同时进行反馈谈话，重点关注承诺践诺突出的党员同志，重点了解未完成承诺的具体情况，对所监管党员能力素质、担当作为、效能业绩、短板不足做到心中有数、指导有方。根据党员人数情况，一般指定支部书记或支委为党员承诺监管人；为确保监管质量，监管人一般监管10名左右党员，至多不超过20人。

Sixth, have result application. Applying the results of Party members’ commitments and pledge fulfillment is a key node in strengthening Party building work, mainly focusing on four aspects of application. First, at the organizational life meeting, Party members should report on their commitment and pledge fulfillment situation. Regarding problems existing in commitment and pledge fulfillment, they should dig into ideological problems and style problems to carry out self-criticism, achieving targeted criticism, seeing people, seeing things, and seeing thoughts, and improving the quality of the organizational life meeting. Second, the evaluation results of commitment and pledge fulfillment should be used as an important indicator for the selection and commendation of “Two Excellences and One Advanced” [1]1 “Two Excellences and One Advanced” refers to the selection of outstanding Communist Party members, outstanding Party affairs workers, and advanced grassroots Party organizations., changing the past formalism problem of Party member evaluation relying on popularity and impression. Third, the commitment and pledge fulfillment process can show the Party member’s sense of responsibility and implementation ability. The results of commitment and pledge fulfillment should be used as an important reference for Party members’ responsibility and as important material for the extended investigation of cadres and personnel. When assessing cadres, both the reputation of being praised by the masses and the actual performance of being pragmatic and responsible should be considered. Fourth, Party member commitments have challenging requirements. The evaluation results of commitment and pledge fulfillment should not be simply used as the direct basis for annual individual performance assessment. Those who complete challenging commitments should be commended; those who have made efforts but failed to fulfill them should be encouraged; those who only make commitments but take no action should be criticized and warned. Seek truth from facts, encourage Party members to make challenging commitments, protect the enthusiasm of most Party members, and also supervise and urge backward Party members to improve their style and take responsibility. The situation of commitment and pledge fulfillment should be an important content of Party member heart-to-heart talks.

六有结果应用。应用好党员承诺践诺成果，是强化党建工作的关键节点，主要抓好四个方面的应用。一是组织生活会上，党员应将自己承诺践诺情况予以报告，针对承诺践诺存在的问题，挖掘思想问题、作风问题开展自我批评，做到有的放矢、见人见事见思想，提高组织生活会质量。二是承诺践诺评定结果应作为“两优一先”评选表彰的重要指标依据，改变过去存在的党员评议凭人缘、凭印象的形式主义问题。三是承诺、践诺过程可以看出党员的担当精神和落实能力，承诺践诺结果应作为党员担当作为的重要参考依据，作为干部人事延伸考察的重要材料。考核干部既要有群众说他好的口碑，也要有务实担当干得好的实绩。四是党员承诺有挑战性要求，承诺践诺评定结果不简单作为年度个人绩效考核直接依据。对挑战性强且顺利实现的应予以表彰，对付出努力未能兑现的，应予以鼓励，对只做承诺不见行动的应予以批评告诫。实事求是，鼓励党员开展承诺挑战，保护大多数党员积极性，也要督促鞭策落后党员改进作风、担当作为。承诺践诺情况应作为党员谈心谈话的重要内容。

The seven-guarantee mechanism. This mainly refers to the organizational structure support and operational mechanism guarantees. The organizational structure of primary-level Party organizations must implement the requirements of industry Party-building standardization regarding organizational construction, and the operational mechanism must carry out the requirements of “joint planning, joint deployment, joint promotion, and joint assessment.” At the same time, attention must also be paid to efficiency, streamlining processes, and overcoming the problem of formalism. First, implementing the standardization and normalization of Party-building is the foundational work for carrying out Party members’ commitments well. Primary-level Party organizations must extend horizontally to the edges and vertically to the bottom, ensuring that “wherever there are masses, there is Party work; wherever there are Party members, there is a Party organization.” The setup of primary-level Party organizations should be basically consistent with the primary-level administrative management structure, resolving the “two skins” problem [2]2 “Two skins” (两张皮) is a Chinese political idiom referring to the problem of two systems or processes operating in parallel without integration, here specifically meaning Party-building work and business operations being disconnected from each other. at the organizational level. Only then can Party-building and business operations more likely achieve resonance in the same cavity and vibration at the same frequency, and Party members’ commitments can better play a substantive role. Second, supervision must be both in place and simplified in process, avoiding layer-by-layer approval. Emphasis should be placed on highlighting the Party-building responsibilities of branch secretaries and branch committee members. According to their management scope, they are responsible for supervising and managing Party members in their affiliated branches (Party groups). They are familiar with both personnel and work, responsible for both Party-building management and integrated business management, with one person taking responsibility and seeing it through to the end, thereby resolving the “two skins” problem in the operational process. Management levels should be flattened, responsibilities clarified, making supervision more efficient and simpler. Third, the content of Party members’ commitments should not be excessive; all content and all processes should be controlled within one A4 page. The key is that the quality of commitments should be strictly controlled, supervision should be strengthened during the process of fulfilling vows, and the results of fulfilling vows should be properly evaluated and applied, achieving strict control at key nodes and closed-loop management of the entire process. Where conditions permit, online digital management can be implemented to make supervision more convenient.

七有保障机制。主要指组织架构支撑和运作机制保障。基层党组织架构要落实行业党建标准化关于组织建设的要求，运作机制要贯彻“同谋划、同部署、同推进、同考核”要求，同时也要注重效能、精简流程，克服形式主义问题。一是落实好党建标准化规范化工作是开展好党员承诺的基础工作。基层党组织要横向到边、纵向到底，确保“哪里有群众哪里就有党的工作、哪里有党员哪里就有党组织”，基层党组织设置和基层行政管理架构基本吻合，在组织架构上破解“两张皮”问题，党建与业务才更有可能实现同腔共鸣、同频共振，党员承诺才能更好发挥出实质作用。二是监管既要到位，也要简化流程，不搞层层把关。重点突出支部书记、支委的党建责任，按照管理范畴，负责监督管理所属支部（党小组）党员，既熟悉人员，又熟悉工作，既负责党建管理，又融合业务管理，一人负责、负责到底，在运作过程中破解“两张皮”问题。管理层级扁平化、责任明确化，让监管更高效、更简单。三是党员承诺内容不宜过多，所有内容、所有流程控制在一页A4纸以内。关键在承诺质量上应该严格把控，在践诺过程中要加强监管，在践诺结果上要做好评定和应用，实现关键节点的严格管控、整个过程的闭环管理。条件具备的可以进行网络数字化管理，使监管更加便捷。

The Party member contingent is the backbone force driving the development of state-owned enterprises. The “Regulations on the Work of Primary-Level Organizations in State-Owned Enterprises of the Communist Party of China (Trial)” require “adhering to the deep integration of Party-building work with production and operation, and testing the effectiveness of Party organization work through the results of enterprise reform and development.” The Party members of Suzhou City Bureau (Company) account for approximately 50% of the employee contingent and are the backbone force for the unit’s development. Party members’ commitments and fulfillment of vows are an important pathway for implementing Party leadership and strengthening Party building, an effective lever for the deep integration of Party-building and business operations, an important pathway for Party members to play a vanguard and exemplary role and for primary-level Party organizations to play a fortress role, a perspective mirror for Party members and cadres to temper their work style and take on responsibilities, and a vivid vehicle for Party spirit education and promoting knowledge through action. While carrying out Party members’ commitments and fulfillment of vows, focusing on promoting knowledge through action, and promoting the unit’s high-quality development, it further cultivates Party members’ feelings for the masses, strengthens Party members’ political identification, ideological identification, theoretical identification, and emotional identification with the Party, and Party members’ own sense of achievement and mission are also further strengthened, and their capabilities and qualities are tempered and improved.

党员队伍是推动国有企业发展的中坚力量，《中国共产党国有企业基层组织工作条例（试行）》要求“坚持党建工作与生产经营深度融合，以企业改革发展成果检验党组织工作成效”。宿州市局（公司）党员数量约占员工队伍的50%，是单位发展的中坚力量。党员承诺践诺是落实党的领导、加强党的建设重要途径，是党建与业务深度融合的有效抓手，是发挥党员先锋模范作用、基层党组织战斗堡垒作用的重要途径，是党员干部历练作风、担当作为的透视镜，是党性教育、以行促知的生动载体。在开展党员承诺践诺、着力以行促知、推动单位高质量发展的同时，进一步厚植了党员的群众感情，强化了党员对党的政治认同、思想认同、理论认同、情感认同，党员自身成就感、使命感也得到进一步加强，能力素质得到锻炼提升。

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