The Theoretical Implications of Grasping the “Key Minority”

Leading cadres, as the “key minority” on whom the cause of the Party and the state depends, play a guiding and driving role for the entire Party and society as a whole. The report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC stated: “We must work ceaselessly to implement the central Party leadership’s Eight-Point Regulation on improving conduct, take the ‘key minority’ as the key to leading the rest, keep working hard to rectify pointless formalities, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, with particular focus on the first two, and resolutely root out privilege-seeking mindsets and practices.” This is both a summation of the practical experience gained in implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations and a practical requirement that the entire Party must uphold over the long term. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has taken the improvement of work style as a breakthrough, made grasping the “key minority” a priority in governing the Party and the state, and promoted comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in depth through the principle of the superior setting an example for the subordinate, thereby providing a strong political guarantee for the development of the cause of the Party and the state.

领导干部作为关系党和国家事业发展的“关键少数”，对全党全社会都具有引领和推动作用。党的二十大报告提出：“锲而不舍落实中央八项规定精神，抓住‘关键少数’以上率下，持续深化纠治‘四风’，重点纠治形式主义、官僚主义，坚决破除特权思想和特权行为。”这既是对落实中央八项规定精神实践经验的总结凝练，也是全党必须长期坚持的实践要求。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央以作风建设为突破口，将抓住“关键少数”作为管党治党和治国理政的重点，通过以上率下推动全面从严治党向纵深发展，为党和国家事业发展提供了坚强政治保证。

The “key minority” refers to the group of leading cadres who play a key role in the Party and state governance system. At the second plenary session of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee [1]1 Xi, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that advancing law-based governance “must grasp the leading cadres, this ‘key minority’.” General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourse on grasping the “key minority

“关键少数”是指在党和国家治理体系中发挥关键作用的领导干部群体。习近平总书记在党的十八届四中全会第二次全体会议上，强调推进依法治国“必须抓住领导干部这个‘关键少数’”。习近平总书记关于抓住“关键少数”的重要论述，精准明确领导干部群体在党和国家事业发展全局中的关键地位与特殊作用，深刻阐述抓住“关键少数”的必要性、重要性，为坚持和加强党的全面领导、确保我们党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心提供思想指引和行动指南。

Focusing on the “key minority” is an innovative achievement in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times.

抓住“关键少数”是马克思主义中国化时代化的创新成果

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourse on focusing on the “key minority” profoundly grasps and creatively develops Marxist historical materialism and dialectical materialism. It concentrates on emphasizing the key role and demonstrative effect of leading cadres, especially senior cadres, in Party governance and state governance. While adhering to the principal position of the people and the mass line, it must, through institutionalized pathways such as strict discipline and rules, consolidating primary responsibilities, and strengthening supervision and accountability, place the focus of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity on the “key minority.” This makes them the leaders of the political ecosystem, the drivers of policy implementation, and the weathervanes of work style construction. This important discourse both draws on the governance wisdom of “the superior sets an example for the subordinate” and “to govern the state, first govern officials” from fine traditional Chinese culture, and endows it with distinct contemporary characteristics. It effectively resolves the difficulties of responsibility transmission and efficiency enhancement in the governance of a large country, demonstrating the Party’s conscious application of the methodology of the Two Integrations in advancing theoretical innovation and practical exploration.

习近平总书记关于抓住“关键少数”的重要论述，深刻把握并创造性发展马克思主义唯物史观和唯物辩证法，聚焦强调领导干部特别是高级干部这一群体在管党治党和治国理政中的关键作用与示范效应，强调在坚持人民主体地位和群众路线的同时，必须通过严明纪律规矩、压实主体责任、强化监督问责等制度化路径，将全面从严治党、推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化的着力点置于“关键少数”，使其成为政治生态的引领者、政策执行的推动者和作风建设的风向标。这一重要论述既汲取中华优秀传统文化中“以上率下”“治国先治吏”的治理智慧，又赋予其鲜明的时代特征，有效破解大国治理中责任传导与效能提升的难题，彰显了中国共产党在推进理论创新与实践探索中对“两个结合”方法论的自觉运用。

Deepening the understanding of the relationship between leading cadres and the people. Marxist historical materialism emphasizes that the people are the creators of history, while also acknowledging the role of outstanding individuals in promoting historical development. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourse on focusing on the “key minority,” on the basis of inheriting this theoretical essence, conducts an in-depth analysis and innovative interpretation of the relationship between the group of leading cadres and the people. As the “key minority,” leading cadres bear the key responsibilities of policy formulation, direction guidance, and organizational coordination in the cause of socialist modernization. Every move of leading cadres serves as a guide, carrying great weight and influence in the hearts of the broad masses. Only by firmly grasping the “key minority” of leading cadres can the effect of “those above set an example for those below” and “a single call brings a thousand responses” be achieved, uniting and leading the broad masses to gather the mighty force for comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. How can leading cadres win the support and endorsement of the people? General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes that “leading bodies and leading cadres at all levels must establish a correct outlook on political performance” and “must always remember that the purpose of creating achievements is to seek benefits for the people, truly focusing their minds and efforts on doing business for the Party and the people.” Only when leading cadres always keep the people in their hearts and think from the people’s perspective can they carry out work meticulously and solidly, thereby mobilizing the masses and gathering positive energy for doing business. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourse on focusing on the “key minority” prominently emphasizes the close connection between leading cadres and the people in the historical process, further deepening the understanding of the relationship between leading cadres and the people, and advancing the Sinicization and modernization of the Marxist view of the masses.

深化对领导干部和人民群众关系的认识。马克思主义唯物史观强调人民群众是历史的创造者，同时也承认杰出人物对历史发展的推动作用。习近平总书记关于抓住“关键少数”的重要论述，在继承这一理论精髓的基础上，对领导干部群体与人民群众的关系进行深度剖析与创新阐释。领导干部作为“关键少数”，在社会主义现代化建设事业中承担着政策制定、方向引领和组织协调的关键职责。领导干部一举一动皆是导向，在广大人民群众心中的分量很重、影响很大。紧紧抓住领导干部这个“关键少数”，才能起到上行下效、一呼百应的效果，团结和带领广大人民群众，凝聚起以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴的磅礴力量。领导干部如何赢得人民群众的拥护和支持呢？习近平总书记强调“各级领导班子和领导干部要树牢正确政绩观”，“一定要牢记创造业绩的目的是为人民谋利益，真正把心思和精力放在为党和人民干事创业上”。领导干部只有时刻把群众放在心里，多从群众角度思考，才能把工作做细做实，从而带动群众，凝聚起干事创业的正能量。习近平总书记关于抓住“关键少数”的重要论述，突出强调领导干部与人民群众在历史进程中的密切联系，进一步深化了领导干部与人民群众关系的认识，推进了马克思主义群众史观的中国化时代化。

Clarifying the scope of the “key minority” subjects. The “key minority” is a specific group formed based on China’s political system, governance structure, and practical needs, with clear directionality and practical pertinence. From the concept itself, the “key minority” refers to leading cadres. In the important discourse on focusing on the “key minority,” General Secretary Xi Jinping pays particular attention to the following important groups of cadres

明确“关键少数”的主体范围。“关键少数”是基于我国政治体制、治理结构和实践需求形成的具体群体，具有明确的指向性和现实针对性。从概念本身而言，“关键少数”指的是领导干部。在抓住“关键少数”的重要论述中，习近平总书记特别关注的“关键少数”包括以下几个重要的干部群体。一是党和国家的高级干部。习近平总书记强调：“突出抓好领导干部特别是高级干部”“在高级干部中，中央委员会、中央政治局、中央政治局常委会组成人员首当其责”。二是领导干部中的“一把手”。习近平总书记指出：“一把手是关键，要把责任扛在肩上，勇于挑最重的担子，敢于啃最硬的骨头，善于接最烫的山芋”。领导干部中的“一把手”是一个地区、一个部门、一个单位的主要负责人，是负主要责任的关键人物。三是在“一把手”中，强调了县委书记。习近平总书记指出：“一个县就是一个基本完整的社会”“县委书记在干部序列中说起来级别不高，但地位特殊”“县委是我们党执政兴国的‘一线指挥部’，县委书记就是‘一线总指挥’，是我们党在县域治国理政的重要骨干力量”。要求县委书记带头清清白白做人、干干净净做事、堂堂正正做官，真正做到率先垂范、以上率下。

Expanding the theoretical implications of power operation and supervision. Strictly regulating the exercise of power requires, most crucially, strengthening the supervision of leading cadres, especially principal leading cadres, in the exercise of power. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized: "Leading cadres at all levels, as those who concretely exercise the Party's governing power and the state's legislative, executive, and judicial powers, to a large extent determine the direction, path, and pace of law-based governance." [1]1 Xi General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourse on grasping the "key minority," building on the inheritance and development of the Marxist view of power, theoretically expands the mechanisms for the operation and supervision of leading cadres' power. This important discourse indicates that leading cadres, as the "key minority" holding public power, are both the key subjects for the correct exercise of power and the key targets of power supervision. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, [2]2 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Seventh Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection” (January 18, 2022), *Qiushi*, 2022, no. 4. whether it has been regulating the duties and authority of principal leading cadres in Party and government organs, scientifically allocating the powers and functions of Party and government departments and their internal bodies, or implementing the power list system and making power processes public in accordance with the law, all efforts have revolved around the links of authorizing, using, and controlling power. This has involved rationally determining power attribution, delineating power boundaries, clarifying power lists, specifying which powers can be used and which cannot, strengthening control over power processes, compressing the space for discretionary decision-making, eliminating all forms of backroom dealings, and placing the operation of power under the supervision of Party organizations and the masses, thereby minimizing the space for power rent-seeking to the greatest extent. By establishing and improving the power list system, accountability mechanisms, and supervision and evaluation system targeting the "key minority," a theoretical and behavioral framework with clear duties and powers, unified authority and responsibility, and robust supervision has been constructed. This further enriches Marxist thought on the operation and supervision of power, making it more aligned with the actual needs of power operation under the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and providing solid support for regulating power operation and preventing and combating corruption.

拓展权力运行与监督的思想内涵。严格规范权力行使，最为关键的是要加强对领导干部特别是主要领导干部行使权力的监督。习近平总书记强调：“各级领导干部作为具体行使党的执政权和国家立法权、行政权、司法权的人，在很大程度上决定着全面依法治国的方向、道路、进度。”习近平总书记关于抓住“关键少数”的重要论述，在继承发展马克思主义权力观的基础上，对领导干部权力运行与监督机制进行理论拓展。这一重要论述表明，领导干部作为掌握公共权力的“关键少数”，既是权力正确行使的关键主体，也是权力监督的重点对象。党的十八大以来，无论是规范各级党政主要领导干部职责权限、科学配置党政部门及内设机构权力和职能，还是推行权力清单制度、依法公开权力流程，都围绕授权、用权、制权等环节，合理确定权力归属、划清权力边界、厘清权力清单，明确什么权能用、什么权不能用，强化权力流程控制，压缩自由裁量空间，杜绝各种暗箱操作，把权力运行置于党组织和人民群众监督之下，最大限度减少权力寻租的空间。通过建立健全针对“关键少数”的权力清单制度、责任追究机制和监督考核体系，构建职权明晰、权责统一、监督有力的理论和行为框架，进一步丰富马克思主义关于权力运行与监督的思想，使其更贴合中国特色社会主义制度下权力运行的实际需求，为规范权力运行、防治腐败提供坚实支撑。

Enriching the methods for advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourse on grasping the “key minority” integrates Marxist dialectical materialism with the CPC’s practice of governing the Party and the state, treating the leading cadre group as the key force for implementing policies, advancing reforms, and driving development. It proposes strengthening the “key minority’s” sense of responsibility, capacity building, and behavioral norms to drive the “overwhelming majority” to form a powerful joint force for social development. Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is based on comprehensiveness, meaning that all organizations and all members of the CPC are included, with no exceptions or special cases. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “Strengthening and regulating political life within the Party and strengthening intra-Party supervision are requirements for the entire Party and a common task for the whole Party.” This refers to comprehensiveness. At the same time, work cannot be carried out with equal force across the board; there must be priorities. In his “Explanation on the ‘Norms of Political Life Within the Party Under the New Situation’ and the ‘Regulations of the CPC on Intra-Party Supervision’,” General Secretary Xi Jinping states: “Both the draft norms and the draft regulations emphasize focusing on senior cadres. The main consideration is that strengthening Party building must focus on leading cadres, especially senior cadres, and grasping the composition of the Central Committee, the Political Bureau, and the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau is key. If this group is well managed and sets an example for the entire Party, many things will become easier. Therefore, strengthening and regulating political life within the Party and strengthening intra-Party supervision must start with this group first.” This refers to priorities. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s relevant important discourse applies the Marxist method of contradiction analysis to the field of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, further enriching the methods for advancing it.

丰富全面从严治党的推进方法。习近平总书记关于抓住“关键少数”的重要论述，将马克思主义唯物辩证法与中国共产党管党治党、治国理政的实践相结合，将领导干部群体视为落实政策、推进改革和推动发展的关键力量，提出通过强化“关键少数”的责任担当、能力建设和行为规范，带动“绝大多数”形成推动社会发展的强大合力。全面从严治党，基础在全面，即中国共产党所有的组织、所有的党员，没有任何特殊和例外。习近平总书记指出：“加强和规范党内政治生活、加强党内监督，是对全党提出的要求，也是全党的共同任务。”这是讲全面。但同时，抓工作不能平均用力，要有重点。习近平总书记在《关于〈关于新形势下党内政治生活的若干准则〉和〈中国共产党党内监督条例〉的说明》中指出：“准则稿、条例稿都强调以高级干部为重点，主要考虑是加强党的建设必须抓好领导干部特别是高级干部，而抓好中央委员会、中央政治局、中央政治局常委会的组成人员是关键。把这部分人抓好了，能够在全党作出表率，很多事情就好办了。因此，加强和规范党内政治生活、加强党内监督，必须首先从这部分人抓起。”这是讲重点。习近平总书记的相关重要论述，将马克思主义矛盾分析方法运用到全面从严治党领域，进一步丰富了全面从严治党的推进方法。

Grasping the “key minority” fully manifests the theoretical characteristics of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

抓住“关键少数”充分彰显习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的理论特质

In the great practice of governance in the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly grasped the laws of Party building and state governance, creatively formulating the important discourse on grasping the “key minority.” It runs through multiple fields such as Party building, state governance, and law-based governance, fully manifesting the theoretical characteristics of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era across multiple dimensions.

在新时代治国理政的伟大实践中，习近平总书记深刻把握党的建设规律和国家治理规律，创造性地作出抓住“关键少数”这一重要论述。它贯穿于党的建设、国家治理、法治建设等多个领域，充分彰显了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想多个维度的理论特质。

Contemporaneity. Leading cadres are the “key minority” for the development of the Party and the state’s cause, serving as a bellwether for the entire Party and society. As socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a New Era, new and higher requirements are placed on the “key minority,” demanding that leading cadres keep pace with the times to improve their ability to govern scientifically, democratically, and according to law, ensuring they meet the requirements of the New Era and possess the capacity to lead modernization, continuously opening up new prospects in work by facing problems and solving difficulties. The report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC states: “To comprehensively build a modern socialist country, we must have a contingent of cadres who are politically competent, meet the requirements of the New Era, and possess the ability to lead modernization.” At the second plenary session of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed that further deepening reform comprehensively “places new and higher demands on the mental state, ideological concepts, quality and capability, work style, and image of the vast number of Party members and cadres,” requiring “vigorously selecting cadres who are politically competent, dare to take responsibility, are bold in reform, have outstanding achievements, and are clean and honest.” These important discourses fully embody the contemporaneity of grasping the “key minority.” As the “key minority,” leading cadres must actively adapt to the requirements of the New Era, vigorously emancipate their thinking, boldly reform and innovate, strive to eliminate the influence of various backward ideas and narrow concepts, base themselves on reality without being confined to the present, eliminate timid and hesitant thinking, display the spirit of “the tide rider stands at the crest,” ensure they always keep pace with the times and stand at the forefront of the era, absorb new concepts and methods, study new situations, explore new ideas, unite people’s hearts and start undertakings with a fine work style, and effectively demonstrate new outlooks and new achievements in Chinese-path modernization.

时代性。领导干部是党和国家事业发展的“关键少数”，对全党全社会都具有风向标作用。中国特色社会主义进入新时代，对“关键少数”提出了新的更高要求，要求领导干部与时俱进提高科学执政、民主执政、依法执政水平，确保适应新时代要求、具备领导现代化建设能力，在直面问题、破解难题中不断打开工作新局面。党的二十大报告提出“全面建设社会主义现代化国家，必须有一支政治过硬、适应新时代要求、具备领导现代化建设能力的干部队伍”。在党的二十届三中全会第二次全体会议上，习近平总书记提出进一步全面深化改革“对广大党员、干部精神状态、思想观念、素质能力、作风形象提出了新的更高要求”，要求“大力选拔政治过硬、敢于担当、锐意改革、实绩突出、清正廉洁的干部”。这些重要论述充分体现了抓住“关键少数”的时代性。作为“关键少数”，领导干部要主动适应新时代要求，大力解放思想，锐意改革创新，着力排除各种落后思想和狭隘观念影响，立足实际但不拘泥当前，消除畏首畏尾思想，展现“弄潮儿向涛头立”的精气神，确保始终紧跟时代步伐、勇立时代潮头，吸纳新理念、新方法，研究新情况、探寻新思路，以优良作风凝心聚力、干事创业，切实在中国式现代化建设中展现新气象新作为。

People-centeredness. Leading cadres, as the “key minority,” come from the people and bear the sacred mission of serving the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “Reflect concern for the masses and affection for the people throughout the entire process and all aspects of performing duties and responsibilities, focus on ensuring and improving people’s livelihoods, promptly respond to the reasonable demands of the people, and earnestly do good things, practical things, and difficult things well.” Grasping the key link of leading cadres and promoting them to establish a correct view of power, outlook on political performance, and view of career can ensure that all Party policies always take the fundamental interests of the broadest majority of the people as the starting point and goal. At the same time, grasping the “key minority” requires leading cadres to always engrave “people first” in their hearts, achieving everything for the people, closely relying on the people, and constantly benefiting the people, thereby gaining the recognition and support of the people. Grasping the “key minority” promotes all Party members to always remember the Party’s fundamental purpose, serving the people wholeheartedly, fully manifesting the people-centeredness of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

人民性。领导干部作为“关键少数”，既来自人民，又承担着为人民服务的神圣使命。习近平总书记强调：“把心系群众、情系百姓体现到履职尽责全过程各方面，着力保障和改善民生，及时回应人民群众合理诉求，切实把好事办好、实事办实、难事办妥。”抓住领导干部这一关键环节，推动领导干部树牢正确权力观、政绩观、事业观，能够确保党的各项政策始终以最广大人民的根本利益为出发点和落脚点。同时，抓住“关键少数”，要求领导干部始终将“人民至上”镌刻于心，做到一切为了人民、紧紧依靠人民、不断造福人民，从而得到人民群众的认可和支持。抓住“关键少数”，推动全体党员始终牢记党的根本宗旨，全心全意为人民服务，充分彰显了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的人民性。

Systematicity. Grasping the “key minority” can drive all Party members and the broad masses, forming an overall synergy for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and advancing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. This systematic thinking runs through multiple fields such as Party building, state governance, and law-based governance, forming an organic and unified whole. For example, to manage the “key minority” well, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has implemented strict

系统性。抓住“关键少数”，能够带动全体党员和广大群众，形成全面从严治党、推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化的整体合力。这种系统性思维贯穿于党的建设、国家治理、法治建设等多个领域，形成一个有机统一的整体。比如，为了管好“关键少数”，以习近平同志为核心的党中央把严管干部贯彻落实到干部队伍建设的整个过程，真正形成管理全面、标准严格、环节衔接、措施配套和责任分明的良好管理生态。习近平总书记关于抓住“关键少数”的重要论述，坚持系统观念，既讲是什么又讲为什么，既讲抓什么又讲怎么抓，蕴含着丰富的政治智慧、规律启示和策略方法，体现了全局和局部、当前和长远、宏观和微观、治本和治标的高度统一，体现了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想在理论和实践上的系统性。

Dialectical character. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourses on grasping the “key minority” contain rich dialectical thinking, fully embodying the organic integration of the theory of emphasis and the theory of two points in Marxist dialectical materialism. Regarding comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes the need to adhere to the unity of grasping the “key minority” and managing the “vast majority,” setting universal requirements for all Party members while imposing higher and stricter standards, as well as stricter management and supervision, on the “key minority,” especially senior cadres. For another example, in the area of law-based governance, General Secretary Xi Jinping on the one hand stresses the need to grasp the leading

辩证性。习近平总书记关于抓住“关键少数”的重要论述，蕴含着丰富的辩证思维，充分体现马克思主义唯物辩证法重点论与两点论的有机结合。关于全面从严治党，习近平总书记强调要坚持抓“关键少数”和管“绝大多数”相统一，既对广大党员提出普遍性要求，又对“关键少数”特别是高级干部提出更高更严的标准，进行更严的管理和监督。再如，在法治建设方面，习近平总书记一方面强调要抓住领导干部这个“关键少数”，另一方面指出要“引导全体人民做社会主义法治的忠实崇尚者、自觉遵守者、坚定捍卫者”。这种思维方式和实践要求，既抓住主要矛盾和矛盾的主要方面，又兼顾次要矛盾和矛盾的次要方面，体现全面从严治党、法治建设等各方面工作的科学性和辩证性。

Practicality. Grasping the “key minority” is an important experience and working method summed up in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era. It originates from practice and guides practice, possessing a distinct practical character. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “We must implement the responsibility of leading cadres for governing the Party and managing the Party, insist on grasping leadership and leadership grasping, start from the Party Central Committee and be strict with senior cadres, with one level setting an example for the next and one level leading the next in action, selfless and fearless, clear-cut, daring to struggle and skilled at struggle, pushing the main responsibility and supervisory responsibility through to the end, consolidating and developing the good situation where the whole Party acts together to grasp the work.” [2]2 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Seventh Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection” (January 18, 2022), *Qiushi*, 2022, no. 4. As the backbone force of the cause of the Party and the state, how the “key minority” plays its role directly affects the effectiveness of the cause of the Party and the state. Firmly grasping the “key minority” and consolidating the main responsibility means grasping the key to advancing work, which will have the effect of lifting the net by grasping the main rope and achieving twice the result with half the effort, effectively promoting the concrete implementation of various tasks, thereby transforming institutional advantages into governance effectiveness.

实践性。抓住“关键少数”，是在新时代中国特色社会主义的伟大实践中总结出来的重要经验和工作方法，既来源于实践，又指导实践，具有鲜明的实践性。习近平总书记强调：“必须落实领导干部管党治党责任，坚持抓领导、领导抓，从党中央做起、从高级干部严起，一级示范给一级看、一级带领着一级干，无私无畏、旗帜鲜明，敢于斗争、善于斗争，推动主体责任和监督责任一贯到底，巩固发展全党动手一起抓的良好局面。”“关键少数”作为党和国家事业的中坚力量，其作用发挥如何直接关系党和国家事业的成效。牢牢抓住“关键少数”，压实主体责任，就抓住了工作推进的关键，会起到纲举目张、事半功倍的效果，能够有效推进各项工作的具体落实，从而将制度优势转化为治理效能。

The Party must govern the Party, and the first step is to manage cadres well; comprehensive and strict governance of the Party hinges on strict governance of officials. Leading cadres, as the “key minority” occupying key posts, key fields, and key links, are the leaders and mainstays of the cadres and the masses. Firmly grasping the “key minority” means grasping the key point of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and the key point of governing the country and managing affairs. Based on the new journey, it is necessary to make precise efforts in strengthening political construction, strictly selecting and appointing, optimizing assessment mechanisms, and perfecting the supervision system, so as to promote the “key minority” to fully play a demonstrative and leading role, providing a strong political guarantee and organizational guarantee for advancing Chinese-path modernization.

党要管党，首先是管好干部；全面从严治党，关键是从严治吏。领导干部作为身处关键岗位、关键领域、关键环节的“关键少数”，是干部群众的带头人和主心骨。牢牢抓住“关键少数”，就抓住了全面从严治党的关键点，抓住了治国理政的关键点。立足新征程，需从强化政治建设、严格选拔任用、优化考核机制、完善监督体系等方面精准发力，推动“关键少数”充分发挥示范引领作用，为推进中国式现代化提供坚强的政治保证与组织保障。

(The author is a researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Guangdong Province)

（作者为广东省习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心研究员）

(This article was commissioned by the People’s Forum magazine and edited by the Theory Department of the People’s Daily)

（本文由人民论坛杂志社组稿，人民日报社理论部编辑）

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