Fine Work Style Manifests the Party’s Moral Force

The Party’s work style is the Party’s image; it concerns the support or opposition of the people and determines the success or failure of the Party’s and the state’s undertakings

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。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”。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，向全党发出全面从严治党、严肃党内政治生活的动员令。八项规定一子落地，作风建设满盘皆活，党风政风焕然一新，优良作风凝结而成的人格力量使得我们党赢得了人民群众的信任和拥护。新时代新征程，必须持之以恒加强作风建设，以强大的人格力量团结凝聚广大人民群众。

The charismatic power of the Communist Party of China is an important cornerstone for the Party to win the emotional identification of the masses and consolidate its long-term ruling position. Charisma refers to the behavioral tendencies and psychological characteristics an individual displays in social adaptation; it is the sum of elements such as interests, abilities, temperament, motivation, and values, and is centrally embodied in a person’s spiritual cultivation. So-called charismatic power is a derivative of charisma, specifically referring to the effect produced when the inner spiritual factors of charisma are externalized in practice. Individuals with strong charismatic power can often, by virtue of their fine qualities and noble sentiments, influence, attract, and rally more recipients and followers. The charismatic power of the Communist Party of China is not an abstract concept but has rich connotations and distinct qualities. Deng Xiaoping pointed out: “In undertaking their cause, Communists rely on the power of truth on the one hand, and the power of charisma on the other.” [1]1 Deng Xiaoping, “Speech at the National Conference of the Communist Party of China,” 23 September 1985. “Charismatic power” and “truth power” combine to constitute the dual advantage of the Communist Party of China. Truth power provides scientific theoretical guidance for the development of the Party’s and the people’s cause, ensuring that the CPC always strides forward with a firm step in the correct direction; charismatic power ensures that the CPC can always unite the hearts of the Party and the people, possessing an indestructible force for progress. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: “Only when Communists possess charismatic power can they be worthy of their title and win the people’s praise.” [2]2 Xi Jinping, speech at a ceremony marking the centenary of the CPC, 1 July 2021. Only a Communist with full charismatic power can win the support of the masses and better advance the Party’s cause. At the same time, truth power also needs charismatic power to be enriched and externalized; the stronger the charismatic power, the more it can manifest truth power. Without the formation and manifestation of charismatic power, truth power becomes pale and feeble, unable to convince the masses. Charismatic power is the “soft power” that forms a political party’s centripetal force; it can win popular support and thicken the foundation of governance. It is precisely because of the strong support of great charismatic power that the truth of Marxism can, in the process of adapting to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, burst forth with powerful historical penetration, cultural appeal, and spiritual inspiration.

中国共产党的人格力量是党赢得人民群众情感认同、巩固长期执政地位的重要基石。人格是指个体在社会适应中表现出的行为倾向和心理特征，是兴趣、能力、气质、动机、价值观等要素的总和，集中体现为一个人的精神修养。所谓人格力量是人格的衍生词，专指人格的内在精神因素外化在实践中产生的效应，拥有强大人格力量的个体往往能够凭借着其优良品质和高尚情操感染、吸引、凝聚更多的接受者和追随者。中国共产党的人格力量并不是抽象的概念，而是有着丰富内涵与鲜明品质。邓小平指出：“共产党人干事业，一靠真理的力量，二靠人格的力量。”“人格力量”与“真理力量”结合，共同构成了中国共产党的双重优势。真理力量为党和人民事业发展提供了科学理论指导，确保中国共产党始终以坚定步伐朝着正确方向砥砺前行；人格力量确保中国共产党始终能够凝聚党心民心，拥有无坚不摧的前进力量。习近平总书记深刻指出：“共产党人拥有人格力量，才能无愧于自己的称号，才能赢得人民赞誉。”一个充满人格力量的共产党人，才能获得人民群众的支持，更好地推进党的事业。同时，真理力量也需要人格力量来丰富和外化，人格力量越强大越能展现真理力量，没有人格力量的形成、彰显，真理力量就会苍白无力、难以服众。人格力量是一个政党形成向心力的“软实力”，能够赢得民心、厚植执政基础。正是有伟大人格力量作坚强支撑，马克思主义真理才能在中国化时代化过程中勃发出强大的历史穿透力、文化感染力、精神感召力。

The charismatic power of the Communist Party of China is centrally embodied in the Party’s fine conduct, revolutionary spirit, and lofty demeanor. In the long-term practice of revolution, construction, and reform, our Party has formed and persistently carried forward fine conduct such as integrating theory with practice, maintaining close ties with the masses, and practicing criticism and self-criticism. This is the concentrated expression of the Party’s nature and purpose, a distinctive hallmark distinguishing our Party from other political parties, and the most core content and most vivid manifestation of the great charismatic power of the Communist Party of China. The conduct of integrating theory with practice emphasizes combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific realities; this is the foundation of the Party’s theoretical innovation. Only by deeply understanding actual conditions can dogmatism be avoided and can the Party’s theory be ensured to conform to national conditions and popular sentiment. The reason the conduct of integrating theory with practice can become a great charismatic power lies in the fact that our Party always adheres to emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts, promoting the sustained development of the Party’s and the state’s cause through “practice—theory—re-practice.” The fundamental requirement of the conduct of maintaining close ties with the masses is to adhere to serving the people wholeheartedly; the Party must always stand on the people’s side, seek benefits for the people, and earnestly place the people’s interests first. It is precisely because the Communist Party of China is always people-centered, upholds the charismatic pursuit of putting the people above all else, and closely unites the masses around the Party, that it can always maintain its flesh-and-blood ties with the masses. Adhering to criticism and self-criticism is an important pathway for the Party to constantly purify, perfect, reform, and improve itself. Through criticism and self-criticism, the Party can promptly discover and correct its own existing problems, continuously improve its governing capacity and leadership level, and ensure that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Criticism and self-criticism not only win recognition from the masses through the Party’s internal error-correction mechanism but also force the rectification of internal Party problems through mass supervision, ultimately forming a virtuous cycle of “Party heart connecting with people’s heart.” The Three Fine Conducts [3]3 The “Three Fine Conducts” (三大作风) refers to the conduct of integrating theory with practice, maintaining close ties with the masses, and practicing criticism and self-criticism, as summarized by Mao Zedong in 1945. coalesce into a great charismatic power, playing an irreplaceable and important role in promoting the development of China’s revolution, construction, and reform.

中国共产党的人格力量集中体现为党的优良作风、革命精神和崇高风范。我们党在长期革命、建设、改革实践中形成并坚持发扬了理论联系实际、密切联系群众、批评和自我批评等优良作风，这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，也是中国共产党伟大人格力量最核心的内容和最鲜明的表现。理论联系实际的作风强调把马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际相结合，这是党理论创新的基础。只有深入了解实际情况，才能避免教条主义，才能确保党的理论符合国情、民情。理论联系实际的作风之所以能够成为伟大的人格力量，就在于我们党始终坚持解放思想、实事求是，通过“实践——理论——再实践”推动党和国家事业持续发展。密切联系群众的作风，根本要求是坚持全心全意为人民服务，党必须始终站在人民的立场上，为人民谋福利，切实把人民的利益放在第一位。正是因为中国共产党始终以人民为中心，秉持人民至上的人格追求，把人民群众紧紧团结在党的周围，才能始终保持同人民群众的血肉联系。坚持批评和自我批评是党不断自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高的重要途径。通过批评和自我批评，党能够及时发现并纠正自身存在的问题，不断提高党的执政能力和领导水平，确保党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心。批评和自我批评既通过党内纠错机制赢得人民群众的认可，又通过群众监督倒逼党内问题整改，最终形成“党心连民心”的良性循环。三大优良作风凝聚起伟大的人格力量，对于推动中国革命、建设、改革事业的发展发挥了不可替代的重要作用。

Strengthening conduct building is a key pathway for the Communist Party of China to display its great charismatic power. The masses come to know and trust our Party more through the moral character, charismatic appeal, and work style of Party members around them. Therefore, charismatic power must be honed in the process of promoting fine conduct. Using conduct building to continuously gather the even greater charismatic power of the Communist Party of China is our Party’s political advantage and fine tradition. During the period of the New Democratic Revolution, Mao Zedong put forward the concept of Party conduct, created a successful example of using rectification movements to strengthen the Party’s conduct building, and summarized and generalized the fine conduct formed in the Party’s long-term revolutionary struggle practice as the Three Fine Conducts. On the eve of the founding of New China, Mao Zedong put forward the important thought of the “Two Musts.” [4]4 The “Two Musts” (两个务必) were proposed by Mao Zedong at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the CPC in March 1949: comrades must be taught to remain modest, prudent, and free from arrogance and rashness, and comrades must be taught to preserve the style of hard struggle. During the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, Deng Xiaoping proposed “earnestly improving our Party conduct” and put forward the requirements of “Eight Insists and Eight Opposes,” [5]5 The “Eight Insists and Eight Opposes” (八个坚持、八个反对) were requirements on Party conduct issued by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Fifteenth Central Committee of the CPC in September 2001. such as “insist on integrating theory with practice, oppose copying mechanically and book worship,” “insist on maintaining close ties with the masses, oppose formalism and bureaucracy,” and “insist on hard struggle, oppose hedonism.” Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has elevated conduct building to a height concerning the survival or extinction of the Party and the state, warning the whole Party that “if the ruling party does not pay attention to conduct building and allows unhealthy tendencies to erode the Party’s body, it faces the danger of losing popular support and losing political power,” [6]6 Xi Jinping, speech at a meeting on Party conduct building, 2013. actively exploring new pathways and new methods to strengthen conduct building, and clarifying that conduct issues are fundamentally issues of Party spirit. Starting with the establishment of rules by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, starting with the formulation and implementation of the spirit of the Central Committee’s Eight-Point Regulations, [7]7 The Eight-Point Regulations (八项规定) are a set of rules on improving Party and government conduct adopted by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in December 2012, targeting extravagance, bureaucracy, and formalism. starting with focusing on rectifying prominent issues such as the “Four Forms of Decadence” [8]8 The “Four Forms of Decadence” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, targeted in the Party’s mass line education and practice campaign launched in 2013. that the masses strongly reflect on, emphasizing that conduct building is always on the way, making unremitting and persistent efforts, establishing and improving long-term mechanisms for improving conduct, combining problem-solving with establishing rules and regulations, and combining perfecting systems with implementing systems, to promote addressing both symptoms and root causes in conduct building. It is precisely because our Party attaches great importance to its conduct building and continuously uses new achievements in conduct building to gather powerful charismatic power that it has formed an incomparably strong cohesive force, combat effectiveness, influence, and appeal.

加强作风建设是中国共产党展现强大人格力量的关键途径。人民群众认识并信任我们党，更多的是通过身边党员的道德品行、人格魅力、工作作风来感知的，因此，要在弘扬优良作风中砥砺人格力量。以作风建设不断汇聚起中国共产党更加伟大的人格力量是我党的政治优势和优良传统。新民主主义革命时期，毛泽东提出了党风的概念，开创了用整风方式加强党的作风建设的成功范例，并把党在长期革命斗争实践中形成的优良作风总结概括为三大作风。新中国成立前夕，毛泽东提出了“两个务必”的重要思想。改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期，邓小平提出“切实把我们的党风搞好”，提出“坚持理论联系实际，反对照抄照搬、本本主义”“坚持密切联系群众，反对形式主义、官僚主义”“坚持艰苦奋斗，反对享乐主义”等“八个坚持、八个反对”的要求。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央将作风建设上升到关系党和国家生死存亡的高度，告诫全党“执政党如果不注重作风建设，听任不正之风侵蚀党的肌体，就有失去民心、丧失政权的危险”，积极探索加强作风建设的新途径新办法，明确作风问题根本上是党性问题。从中央政治局立规矩开始，从制定和落实中央八项规定精神切入，从聚焦整治群众反映强烈的“四风”等突出问题抓起，强调作风建设永远在路上，久久为功、常抓不懈，建立健全改进作风长效机制，将解决问题与建章立制相结合、健全制度与执行制度相结合，推动作风建设标本兼治。我们党正是因为高度重视党的作风建设，不断以作风建设的新成效汇聚起强大的人格力量，才形成了无比强大的凝聚力、战斗力、影响力和感召力。

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