Promoting Work Style Improvement by Taking Firm Ideals and Convictions as the Foundation

At present, the entire Party is carrying out education and study on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations. This is an important measure deployed by the Party Central Committee to consolidate and expand the achievements of the Party’s work style improvement in the New Era and to advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in depth. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “To improve work style, we must return to simplicity and consolidate the foundation, with emphasis on strengthening firm ideals and convictions, practicing the fundamental purpose, and enhancing moral cultivation.” On the new journey, all Party comrades must take firm ideals and convictions as a lifelong subject, build a solid foundation of faith, replenish the calcium of the spirit, and steady the rudder of thought, thereby providing a strong political guarantee for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

当前，全党正在开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育，这是党中央部署巩固拓展新时代党的作风建设成果、纵深推进全面从严治党的重要举措。习近平总书记指出，“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”。新征程上，全党同志要把坚定理想信念作为终身课题，筑牢信仰之基、补足精神之钙、把稳思想之舵，为全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供坚强政治保证。

1. Firm Ideals and Convictions Are the Foundation of Party Building and Party Flourishing

1.坚定理想信念是立党兴党之基

Firm ideals and convictions, and adherence to the spiritual pursuit of Communists, have always been the foundation on which Communists establish themselves and fulfill their mission. Faith in Marxism, belief in socialism with Chinese characteristics, and confidence in realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation are the spiritual pillars that enable Communists to withstand any test.

坚定理想信念，坚守共产党人精神追求，始终是共产党人安身立命的根本。对马克思主义的信仰、对中国特色社会主义的信念、对实现中华民族伟大复兴中国梦的信心，是共产党人经受住任何考验的精神支柱。

Firm ideals and convictions are a powerful weapon for maintaining the Party’s advanced nature and purity. In its century-long journey of struggle, the Communist Party of China has firmly grasped ideals and convictions as the project of forging the soul, replenishing calcium, and laying foundations. It has insisted on proceeding from reality in everything and continuously advanced adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times. Facing the major epochal questions of “What is happening to the world?” and “Where is humanity heading?”, our Party has taken replenishing the calcium of the spirit as the foundation, maintaining fine work style as the guarantee, strengthening discipline building as the support, and punishing corruption as the starting point, thereby opening up a new situation for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Through continuously carrying out education and study, the ideals and convictions of the vast majority of Party members are established on a high degree of identification with scientific theory, a profound understanding of historical laws, and an accurate grasp of basic national conditions. This enhances the ability to self-purify to improve political immunity, enhances the ability to self-improve to maintain the Party’s youthful vitality, enhances the ability to self-reform to create a clean and upright political ecosystem, and enhances the ability to self-improve to raise the capability of solving practical problems. It internalizes “loyalty, integrity, and responsibility” in the mind and externalizes it in action, achieving the unity of knowledge and action.

坚定理想信念是永葆党的先进性纯洁性的强大武器。中国共产党在百年奋斗征程中，牢牢扭住理想信念这个铸魂工程、补钙工程、夯基工程，坚持一切从实际出发，不断推进马克思主义中国化时代化。面对“世界怎么了”“人类向何处去”的重大时代课题，我们党以补足精神之钙为根本，以保持优良作风为保障，以加强纪律建设为支撑，以惩治腐败现象为抓手，开辟全面从严治党新局面。通过持续开展学习教育，使广大党员的理想信念建立在对科学理论的高度认同、对历史规律的深刻认识、对基本国情的准确把握上，以增强自我净化能力提高政治免疫力，以增强自我完善能力保持党的青春活力，以增强自我革新能力营造风清气正的政治生态，以增强自我提高能力提升解决实际问题的本领，把“忠诚干净担当”内化于心、外化于行，做到知行合一。

Firm ideals and convictions are the foundation of strength for stabilizing the Party’s long-term governance. A Marxist political party is not a party formed by interests, but a party organized by common ideals and convictions. Firm ideals and convictions have always been the decisive factor for Communists to firmly uphold their political stance and resist various temptations; they are the “master switch” for solving fundamental problems. Looking back at the Party’s century-long struggle, it is precisely because of firm communist convictions that our Party was able to overcome one difficulty after another in the different historical stages of revolution, construction, and reform, and move from one victory to another. On the new journey, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core coordinates the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the changes unseen in a century in the world, takes the realization of communism as the highest ideal, and takes serving the people wholeheartedly as the fundamental purpose, ensuring that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

坚定理想信念是稳固党长期执政的力量根基。马克思主义政党不是因利益而结成的政党，而是以共同理想信念组织起来的政党。坚定理想信念，始终是共产党人站稳政治立场、抵御各种诱惑的决定性因素，是解决根本问题的“总开关”。回望党的百年奋斗历程，正是因为有着坚定的共产主义信念，我们党才能在革命、建设、改革的不同历史阶段战胜一个又一个困难，从一个胜利走向另一个胜利。新征程上，以习近平同志为核心的党中央统筹把握中华民族伟大复兴战略全局和世界百年未有之大变局，以实现共产主义为最高理想，以全心全意为人民服务为根本宗旨，确保党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心。

Firm ideals and convictions are the essential requirement for realizing the Party’s central task. Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has taken the realization of communism as its highest ideal and ultimate goal, unhesitatingly shouldering the historical mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the great practice of saving the nation, rejuvenating the nation, and strengthening the nation, it has won the trust and support of the people and pushed forward the cause of socialism. The Communist Party of China embodies its ideals and convictions in doing things and achieving results, transforming them into the power of action to take responsibility. It actively seizes opportunities, faces difficulties head-on, carries forward the historical initiative spirit, and has successfully promoted and expanded Chinese-path modernization. Based on the new historical orientation of the New Era, the Party actively advances the great practice of realizing the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, gathering the mighty force to strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

坚定理想信念是实现党的中心任务的本质要求。中国共产党一经成立，就把实现共产主义作为党的最高理想和最终目标，义无反顾肩负起实现中华民族伟大复兴的历史使命，在救国、兴国、强国的伟大实践中，赢得人民的信任和支持，把社会主义事业推向前进。中国共产党把理想信念体现在干事成事上，转化成担当作为的行动力量，在机遇面前主动出击，在困难面前迎难而上，发扬历史主动精神，成功推进和拓展了中国式现代化。立足新时代新的历史方位，党积极推进实现共产主义远大理想和中国特色社会主义共同理想的伟大实践，汇聚起为实现中华民族伟大复兴而奋斗的磅礴力量。

2. The Party’s Practical Exploration of Firming Ideals and Convictions in the Century-Long Course

2.党在百年历程中坚定理想信念的实践探索

In its more than one hundred years of struggle, the Party has always taken education in ideals and convictions as a strategic task, emphasizing establishing oneself through conviction, personality, and practical work, consciously resisting the erosion of various decadent ideas, and forever maintaining the political essence of Communists.

党在一百多年的奋斗历程中，始终把理想信念教育作为战略任务，强调以信念、人格、实干立身，自觉抵御各种腐朽思想的侵蚀，永葆共产党人政治本色。

During the period of the New Democratic Revolution, under the guidance of Marxist theory, the Party’s Second National Congress [1]1 The Second National Congress of the CPC, held in July 1922, formulated the Party’s first constitution and proposed the distinction between the maximum program (communism) and the minimum program (anti-imperialist, anti-feudal democratic revolution). proposed the maximum program and the minimum program and carried out revolutionary ideals and convictions education. The “Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention” [2]2 The “Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention” were a set of military discipline codes first formulated by Mao Zedong for the Red Army in 1928, later revised and standardized, emphasizing obedience, no confiscation of peasant property, and polite treatment of civilians. were formulated, providing an important guarantee for promoting unity between the army and the people and enhancing the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the people’s army. Party schools, various short-term training classes, and cadre schools were established in the base areas, ensuring the Party’s organizational discipline and work style building. In particular, Comrade Mao Zedong put forward theses and slogans such as “All reactionaries are paper tigers” and “Carry the revolution through to the end,” laying the cornerstone of conviction for the final victory. During this period, the Party placed the consolidation of ideals and convictions in a prominent position in Party building, army building, and base area regime building, achieving victory in the New Democratic Revolution.

新民主主义革命时期，在马克思主义理论指导下，党的二大提出最高纲领和最低纲领，开展革命理想信念教育。制定“三大纪律八项注意”，为促进军民团结、提高人民军队的凝聚力和战斗力提供了重要保证。在根据地开办党校、各种短期培训班和干部学校，保证了党的组织纪律和作风建设。尤其是毛泽东同志提出“一切反动派都是纸老虎”“将革命进行到底”等论断和口号，为最后的胜利奠定了信念的基石。这一时期，党把筑牢理想信念放在党的建设、军队建设和根据地政权建设的突出地位，取得新民主主义革命的胜利。

During the period of socialist revolution and construction, the Party repeatedly emphasized the revolutionary will and fighting spirit of Party cadres, strengthening education in ideals and convictions through a series of conscious study and centralized education activities, and the establishment of intra-Party regulations and institutional mechanisms. Movements such as rectification, Party consolidation, and the “Three-Anti” and “Five-Anti” campaigns [3]3 The “Three-Anti” campaign (1951-1952) targeted corruption, waste, and bureaucracy within the Party and government; the “Five-Anti” campaign (1952) targeted bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, cheating on government contracts, and stealing state economic information among private businesses. were carried out, and spiritual benchmarks of the times such as the Lei Feng spirit and the Iron Man spirit [4]4 Lei Feng was a model soldier celebrated for selfless service; the “Lei Feng spirit” became a slogan for altruism. The “Iron Man spirit” refers to the heroic, hard-working attitude of oil worker Wang Jinxi during the Daqing oilfield development in the 1960s. were established. The ideological understanding of Party cadres became increasingly clear, and their ideals and convictions became firmer. With the promulgation of rules and regulations such as the “Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening Theoretical Education (Draft)” and the “Several Provisions of the Central Committee for the Suppression of Waste on Handling Corruption, Waste, and Overcoming Bureaucratic Errors,” and the successive establishment of the Party’s Discipline Inspection Commission and the Ministry of Supervision of the State Council, the building of ideals and convictions gradually became institutionalized, standardized, and rigorous. In particular, the Eighth National Congress of the Party [5]5 The Eighth National Congress of the CPC, held in September 1956, was the first congress after the founding of the PRC; it emphasized the transition to socialist construction and the need to follow the mass line. took the implementation of the Party’s mass line as a historical task to be addressed, pointing the direction for Party members to strengthen Party spirit education. These strategic arrangements with overall and long-term significance laid a solid ideological foundation for comprehensively carrying out socialist construction.

社会主义革命和建设时期，党反复强调党员干部的革命意志和斗争精神，通过一系列自觉学习和集中教育活动、建立党内法规和制度机制等方式加强理想信念教育。开展整风、整党和“三反”“五反”等运动，树立雷锋精神、铁人精神等时代精神标杆，党员干部的思想认识愈发清醒、理想信念更加坚定。随着《中共中央关于加强理论教育的决定（草案）》《中央节约检查委员会关于处理贪污、浪费及克服官僚主义错误的若干规定》等规章制度的颁布，以及党的纪律检查委员会、国务院监察部等陆续成立，理想信念建设逐步制度化、规范化和严格化。尤其党的八大把贯彻执行党的群众路线作为着力解决的历史任务，为党员加强党性教育指明了方向。这些具有全局性、长远性的战略安排，为全面开展社会主义建设奠定了坚实思想基础。

During the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, the Party, based on national conditions and specific practices, re-established the Party’s ideological line of seeking truth from facts, pushing the building of ideals and convictions into a new stage. Facing the new ideological trends brought by reform and opening up, the Communist Party of China emancipated the mind and sought truth from facts, combining the basic principles of Marxism with contemporary Chinese practice and the characteristics of the times, and building socialism with Chinese characteristics. As reform and opening up continued to deepen, some individual Party cadres could not withstand the attack of “sugar-coated bullets,” coupled with the influence of the international environment such as the drastic changes in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The Party Central Committee attached great importance to the education of Communists’ ideals and convictions, pointing out that “those who talk about lofty ideals divorced from practical work are not qualified Communists,” thereby setting a practical benchmark for the vast majority of Party cadres to firm their ideals and convictions.

改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期，党立足国情和具体实践，重新确立党的实事求是的思想路线，推动理想信念建设进入新阶段。面对改革开放带来的新思潮，中国共产党解放思想、实事求是，将马克思主义基本原理同当代中国实践和时代特征相结合，建设有中国特色的社会主义。随着改革开放持续深入，个别党员干部经不起“糖衣炮弹”攻击，加上东欧剧变、苏联解体等国际环境的影响，党中央高度重视共产党人的理想信念教育，指出“离开现实工作而空谈远大理想，也不是合格的共产党员”，为广大党员干部坚定理想信念树立了实践标尺。

As socialism with Chinese characteristics entered the New Era, the Party likened ideals and convictions to the “calcium” in the spirit of Communists, emphasizing that we must both strengthen our conviction in taking the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and cherish the lofty ideal of communism. It successively carried out the Party’s mass line education and practice activities, the “Three Stricts and Three Honests” [6]6 “Three Stricts and Three Honests” (严以修身、严以用权、严以律己，谋事要实、创业要实、做人要实) is a set of requirements for Party officials, emphasizing strict self-cultivation, strict use of power, strict self-discipline, and practical work in planning, undertaking, and personal conduct. special education, the “Two Studies, One Action” [7]7 “Two Studies, One Action” (两学一做) refers to the 2016 campaign to study the Party Constitution and Party regulations, study Xi Jinping’s speeches, and become education and study, the “Remain true to our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind” [8]8 “The last half of a journey is the hardest” (行百里者半九十): A classical Chinese idiom from the *Strategies of the Warring States* (《战国策》), meaning that the closer one gets to completing a task, the more difficult and critical the remaining effort becomes. theme education, Party history study and education, study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era theme education, Party discipline study and education, and education and study on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations. It also leveraged the role of all-media education and study platforms such as “Study Power” [9]9 The Two Establishments (两个确立): The establishment of Comrade Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and the establishment of the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. to achieve the normalization of education in ideals and convictions. Emphasizing “confining power to the cage of institutions,” it insisted on the simultaneous and coordinated advancement of ideological Party building and institutional Party governance, providing a strong institutional guarantee for the Party’s long-term stability and security.

中国特色社会主义进入新时代，党把理想信念比喻成共产党人精神上的“钙”，强调我们既要坚定走中国特色社会主义道路的信念，也要胸怀共产主义崇高理想。先后开展党的群众路线教育实践活动、“三严三实”专题教育、“两学一做”学习教育、“不忘初心、牢记使命”主题教育、党史学习教育、学习贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想主题教育、党纪学习教育、深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育，并发挥“学习强国”等全媒体教育学习平台的作用，实现理想信念的常态化教育。强调“把权力关进制度的笼子”，坚持思想建党和制度治党同向发力，为党的长治久安提供了坚强制度保障。

3. Further Firming Ideals and Convictions on the New Journey of the New Era

3.新时代新征程上进一步坚定理想信念

To firm ideals and convictions, one must first know them, then believe them, and then act on them. On the new road of the examination, facing various risks and challenges from home and abroad, we must always maintain a clear understanding and persistent pursuit of lofty ideals and goals of struggle.

坚定理想信念，必先知之而后信之，信之而后行之。在新的赶考路上，面对来自国内外的各种风险挑战，我们必须始终保持对远大理想和奋斗目标的清醒认知与执着追求。

In the process of continuously improving theoretical literacy, especially raising the level of Marxist theory, we strengthen our ideals and convictions. The firmness of ideals and convictions comes from the firmness of thought and theory. We must deeply understand that “the reason why the Communist Party of China can succeed and why socialism with Chinese characteristics works is, in the final analysis, that Marxism works, and that Marxism adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of the times works.” Marxism is a scientific theory, a theory of the people, a practical theory, and an open theory that constantly develops. This requires us to solidly master the Marxist stance, viewpoint, and method, effectively enhance our level of Marxist theory and our ability to apply it, deeply understand and accurately grasp the laws of governance by the Communist Party, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of the development of human society, and always maintain theoretical sobriety and political firmness. We must firmly grasp the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, continuously enhance our insight, foresight, and discernment, and use the Party’s innovative theories of the New Era to observe new situations, study new circumstances, and solve new problems.

在不断提升理论素养特别是提高马克思主义理论水平的过程中坚定理想信念。理想信念的坚定，来自思想理论的坚定。我们要深刻认识“中国共产党为什么能，中国特色社会主义为什么好，归根到底是马克思主义行，是中国化时代化的马克思主义行”。马克思主义是科学的理论、人民的理论、实践的理论、不断发展的开放的理论。这就要求我们要扎实掌握马克思主义立场、观点、方法，切实提升马克思主义理论水平和运用能力，深刻认识和准确把握共产党执政规律、社会主义建设规律、人类社会发展规律，始终保持理论上的清醒和政治上的坚定。牢牢把握习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观和方法论，不断增强洞察力、预见力和鉴别力，用新时代党的创新理论观察新形势、研究新情况、解决新问题。

In the process of always remembering our original aspiration and founding mission, especially bearing the responsibility of “the great affairs of the state,” we strengthen our ideals and convictions. Ideals and convictions are the political soul of Communists and the essential requirement of the Communists’ original aspiration. We must always be clear about “what the Communist Party of China is and what it wants to do,” draw strength for progress from victories, learn historical lessons from setbacks, and unremittingly advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with the sobriety of “the last half of a journey is the hardest.” [8]8 “The last half of a journey is the hardest” (行百里者半九十): A classical Chinese idiom from the *Strategies of the Warring States* (《战国策》), meaning that the closer one gets to completing a task, the more difficult and critical the remaining effort becomes. On the path forward, we must adhere to the fundamental position of putting the people first, always breathe the same air and share the same fate with the people, persist in “coming from the masses and going to the masses,” identify urgent difficulties and concerns by bending down to listen to public opinion, and demonstrate the essence of our original aspiration by bending down to solve problems. With a sense of responsibility that is “always on our minds,” we must ensure policy implementation, interpret loyalty through concrete actions that benefit the people, and forge an unshakable foundation of faith in the practice of “the great affairs of the state.”

在始终牢记初心使命特别是胸怀“国之大者”的担当中坚定理想信念。理想信念是共产党人的政治灵魂，是共产党人初心的本质要求。我们要始终明确“中国共产党是什么、要干什么”，从胜利中汲取奋进力量，从挫折中吸取历史教训，以行百里者半九十的清醒不懈推进中华民族伟大复兴。前进道路上，必须坚持人民至上的根本立场，始终与人民同呼吸、共命运，坚持“从群众中来、到群众中去”，在俯身倾听民意中找准急难愁盼，在躬身破解难题中彰显初心本色。以“时时放心不下”的责任感抓实政策落地，以造福人民的实际行动诠释忠诚，在践行“国之大者”中铸就坚不可摧的信仰之基。

In the process of continuously enhancing cultural confidence, especially strengthening the construction of intra-Party political culture, we strengthen our ideals and convictions. Only by firmly grasping the powerful weapon of cultural confidence can we forge the foundation of ideals and convictions. Intra-Party political culture is the soul of political life and has a subtle and profound influence on the political ecosystem. This requires us to closely adhere to the inherent stipulations of intra-Party political culture, which is “guided by Marxism, based on fine traditional Chinese culture, sourced from revolutionary culture, centered on advanced socialist culture, and fully embodying the Party spirit of the Communist Party of China,” continuously improve Party spirit cultivation and political awareness, strengthen Party cadres’ genuine understanding, recognition, and conscious cultivation and practice of Communist values, and form a high degree of political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness.

在不断增强文化自信特别是加强党内政治文化建设的进程中坚定理想信念。握牢文化自信这一强有力的武器，才能铸牢理想信念这一根本。党内政治文化是政治生活的灵魂，对政治生态具有潜移默化的影响。这就要求我们紧扣党内政治文化“以马克思主义为指导、以中华优秀传统文化为基础、以革命文化为源头、以社会主义先进文化为主体、充分体现中国共产党党性”的内在规定，不断提高党性修养和政治觉悟，强化党员干部对共产党人价值观的真正理解认同和自觉培养践行，形成高度的政治自觉、思想自觉、行动自觉。

In the practice of always adhering to self-revolution, especially daring to struggle and being good at struggle, we strengthen our ideals and convictions. Ideals and convictions originate from perseverance and are perfected through tempering. The Party was born amidst internal and external crises, grew through hardships, and strengthened by overcoming difficulties, forging ever firmer ideals and convictions in the arduous process of growing from small to large and from weak to strong. On the new journey of the New Era, facing major tests of high winds and choppy waters, even raging waves, we must hold fast to our political direction, adhere to bottom-line thinking, go straight at contradictions and problems, and take the initiative to struggle with a strong revolutionary will and a victorious posture of struggle; we must possess the ability to see the whole from a single detail, always maintain a state of readiness like an arrow on the bowstring, take the initiative, and fight the active battle.

在始终坚持自我革命特别是敢于斗争、善于斗争的实践中坚定理想信念。理想信念，源自坚守，成于磨砺。党在内忧外患中诞生，在历经磨难中成长，在攻坚克难中壮大，在从小到大、从弱到强的艰苦历程中锤炼出愈发坚定的理想信念。新时代新征程，面对风高浪急甚至惊涛骇浪的重大考验，我们要坚守政治方向，坚持底线思维，奔着矛盾问题去，以坚强的革命意志、必胜的斗争姿态主动斗争；要具备见微知著的能力，时刻保持箭在弦上的备战姿态，下好先手棋、打好主动仗。

In the process of continuously strengthening education on ideals and convictions, especially strengthening the construction of the intra-Party legal and regulatory system, we strengthen our ideals and convictions. We must always be clear that “firming up ideals and convictions is a lifelong task, requiring constant cultivation and refinement, and one must believe in them for a lifetime and uphold them for a lifetime.” On the new journey, we must unify the study of the Party’s innovative theories, Party spirit cultivation, practical tempering, and making new achievements and opening new chapters, deeply understand the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, [9]9 The Two Establishments (两个确立): The establishment of Comrade Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and the establishment of the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. enhance the Four Consciousnesses, [10]10 The Four Consciousnesses (四个意识): Consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in terms of the big picture, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the central Party leadership. strengthen the Four Confidences, [11]11 The Four Confidences (四个自信): Confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. and achieve the Two Upholds, [12]12 The Two Upholds (两个维护): Upholding Comrade Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. and continuously improve political judgment, political understanding, and political execution. At the same time, in accordance with the principle of being comprehensive in legal terms and simple in practical matters, we must strengthen the work of establishing rules and regulations, combine the central authorities’ requirements, the people’s expectations, practical needs, and fresh experience, and continuously consolidate the results of education on ideals and convictions with the power of institutions, promoting the normalization and institutionalization of education on ideals and convictions.

在不断加强理想信念教育特别是加强党内法规制度建设进程中坚定理想信念。我们要始终明确“坚定理想信念是终身课题，需要常修常炼，要信一辈子、守一辈子”。新征程上，我们必须把党的创新理论学习、党性修养、实践锻炼、立新功开新局统一起来，深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，增强“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”、做到“两个维护”，不断提高政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力。同时，本着于法周延、于事简便的原则加强建章立制工作，把中央要求、群众期盼、实际需要、新鲜经验相结合，不断以制度伟力巩固理想信念教育成果，推动理想信念教育常态化制度化。

(Author: Zhang Yanman, Researcher at the Zhejiang Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Lecturer at the School of Marxism, Zhejiang University of Technology)

（作者：张延曼，系浙江省习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心研究员、浙江工业大学马克思主义学院讲师）

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