Let the Jinggangshan Spirit Radiate New Light for the Times

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The War of Resistance was the first national-liberation war in which China achieved complete victory since modern times, washing away a century of national humiliation and becoming the key turning point in the Chinese nation’s transition from decline to rejuvenation. The reason the Communist Party of China was able to become the mainstay of the War of Resistance stems from the fact that, from the day of its founding, our Party voluntarily shouldered the two great historical tasks of winning national independence and the liberation of the people and achieving national prosperity and the people’s well-being, upholding its original aspiration and founding mission and striving with determination; it also stems from the fact that, since the founding of the Party, our Party has weathered many hardships and remained indomitable, forming a “spiritual pedigree” with the great founding spirit of the Party as its source. The Jinggangshan spirit is an important representative among these, a precious asset that transcends time and space. It must be combined with the conditions of the new era to let the Jinggangshan spirit radiate new light for the times.

今年是中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年。抗日战争是中国近代以来首次取得完全胜利的民族解放战争，洗雪了百年民族耻辱，成为中华民族由衰转兴的关键转折点。中国共产党之所以能成为抗战中的中流砥柱，源于我们党自成立之日起，便主动肩负起争取民族独立和人民解放、实现国家富强和人民幸福这两大历史任务，秉持初心、矢志奋斗；源于建党以来，我们党历经磨难而百折不挠，形成了以伟大建党精神为源头的“精神谱系”。井冈山精神就是其中的重要代表，是跨越时空的宝贵财富，要结合新的时代条件，让井冈山精神绽放新的时代光芒。

Great struggle gives birth to the great Jinggangshan spirit

伟大斗争孕育伟大井冈山精神

In 2021, among the first batch of great spirits incorporated into the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists by the Central Propaganda Department, the Jinggangshan spirit, together with the Soviet Area spirit, the Long March spirit, the Zunyi Conference spirit, the Yan’an spirit, the War of Resistance spirit, and other great spirits, jointly constituted the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists. The great Jinggangshan struggle gave birth to the great Jinggangshan spirit. General Secretary Xi Jinping assessed the great practice of the Jinggangshan struggle as “of key significance for the exploration and choice of the Chinese revolutionary path and for the growth of the Communist Party of China and the people’s army.”

2021年，在中央宣传部梳理的第一批纳入中国共产党人精神谱系的伟大精神里，井冈山精神与苏区精神、长征精神、遵义会议精神、延安精神、抗战精神等伟大精神共同构成中国共产党人精神谱系。伟大的井冈山斗争孕育了伟大的井冈山精神。习近平总书记评价井冈山斗争的伟大实践，“对中国革命道路的探索和抉择、对中国共产党和人民军队成长具有关键意义”。

Firm ideals and convictions gave birth to the great Jinggangshan spirit. After the failure of the Great Revolution, amid a reign of white terror and bloodshed, the number of Party members plummeted from nearly 60,000 to just over 10,000. After the Nanchang Uprising, the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and the Guangzhou Uprising all suffered defeat, and the remaining forces of the Autumn Harvest Uprising numbered fewer than a thousand, the Jinggangshan struggle was resolutely launched. At that time, the Kuomintang forces had an absolute numerical advantage, while the Red Army was very weak. Under the Party’s leadership, a large number of educated youth abandoned comfortable and affluent lives, joined together with local peasants and workers, and, harboring faith in Marxism and conviction in socialism and communism, fought desperately against the enemy in Jinggangshan, firmly believing that a single spark could start a prairie fire. During the two years and four months of the Jinggangshan struggle, these revolutionary forerunners went forward without hesitation, one after another, and nearly 50,000 revolutionary martyrs sacrificed their precious lives.

坚定的理想信念孕育了伟大的井冈山精神。大革命失败后，在一片白色恐怖、血雨腥风下，党员数量从近六万名锐减至一万余名。在南昌起义、秋收起义和广州起义均遭到失败、秋收起义军余部不足千人的情况下，井冈山斗争毅然展开。彼时，国民党兵力具有绝对优势，而红军力量很弱小。在党的领导下，一大批知识青年放弃舒适优渥的生活，与当地农民、工人一起，心怀对马克思主义的信仰，对社会主义和共产主义的信念，在井冈山与敌殊死搏斗，坚信星星之火终可燎原。在持续两年零四个月的井冈山斗争中，这些革命先辈义无反顾，前赴后继、近五万名革命烈士为此献出宝贵生命。

The courage and determination to seek truth from facts and blaze a new trail gave birth to the great Jinggangshan spirit. During the Jinggangshan struggle period, the Comintern, Stalin, and the “Left” line and dogmatists within the Party all did not recognize China’s taking the “countryside as the center” revolutionary path. The Comintern and Stalin even criticized this path on the grounds that the classical Marxist writers had no relevant exposition and that there was no successful precedent in the history of the international communist movement. The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong as their main representative, based themselves on the actual conditions of the Chinese revolution, combined the universal truth of Marxism with the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution, boldly broke through the shackles of the Comintern, and ultimately blazed a correct revolutionary path with Chinese characteristics.

实事求是、敢闯新路的勇气与决心孕育了伟大的井冈山精神。井冈山斗争时期，共产国际、斯大林以及党内“左”倾路线和教条主义者，均不认可中国走“以乡村为中心”的革命道路。共产国际和斯大林更是批评此路线，理由是马克思主义经典作家没有相关论述，国际共产主义运动史上也无成功先例。以毛泽东同志为主要代表的中国共产党人，立足中国革命实际，把马克思主义普遍真理与中国革命具体实践相结合，大胆突破共产国际的束缚，最终闯出一条具有中国特色的正确革命道路。

The fine style of arduous struggle gave birth to the great Jinggangshan spirit. During the Jinggangshan struggle period, the Kuomintang army launched military attacks and a tight economic blockade against the Jinggangshan base area. Supplies such as salt, medicine, clothing, and bedding within the base area were once extremely scarce. In the most difficult times, the Red Army ate wild vegetables to stave off hunger. To overcome all kinds of difficulties, the Party led the Jinggangshan army and people in arduous struggle, creating conditions where none existed. The Red Army set up a weapons factory, producing homemade rifles and cannons to alleviate the shortage of arms; established a bedding factory, using homespun cloth and local methods to produce military bedding and uniforms; opened red market towns, opening up underground channels for commodity circulation between the base area and the White areas to obtain scarce goods; organized grain-carrying teams, trekking dozens of li daily to ensure food supply; and organized the army and people to boil down nitrate to make salt, alleviating the severe shortage of salt.

艰苦奋斗的优良作风孕育了伟大的井冈山精神。井冈山斗争时期，国民党军队对井冈山根据地进行军事进攻和严密经济封锁，根据地内食盐、药品、衣被等物资一度极度匮乏，在最困难的时候，红军以野菜充饥。为了克服各种困难，党领导井冈山军民艰苦奋斗，没有条件也要创造条件。红军创办军械所，自制土枪土炮以缓解武器不足；设立被褥厂，用土布土法生产军需被服；开办红色圩场，打通根据地与白区的地下商品流通渠道，以获取紧俏物资；组织挑粮队，每日跋涉数十里以保障粮食供应；组织军民熬制硝盐，缓解食盐严重短缺。

Closely uniting with and relying on the masses gave birth to the great Jinggangshan spirit. During the Jinggangshan struggle period, the Party and the Red Army listed “doing mass work” as one of the three major tasks of the Red Army. Through extensive propaganda, organization, and arming of the masses, they built an iron wall against the enemy in Jinggangshan and established a military-civilian and Party-mass relationship as close as fish and water, as connected as flesh and blood. Relying on this iron wall, the Party and the Red Army repeatedly created miracles of defeating a larger force with a smaller one, such as the Battle of Huangyangjie and the trapping of the enemy at Yongxin, which are vivid examples of defeating the many with the few. The Party and the Red Army’s launching of the high tide of the agrarian revolution in Jinggangshan was also the result of closely uniting with and relying on the masses.

紧紧团结群众、依靠群众孕育了伟大的井冈山精神。井冈山斗争时期，党和红军把“做群众工作”列为红军三大任务之一，通过广泛宣传、组织和武装群众，在井冈山筑起一道对敌斗争的铜墙铁壁，并与群众建立起鱼水相依、血肉相连的军民关系、党群关系。靠着这道铜墙铁壁，党和红军多次创造以少胜多、以弱胜强的奇迹，例如黄洋界保卫战、永新困敌等战役都是以少胜多的生动事例。党和红军在井冈山掀起土地革命的高潮，也是紧紧团结群众、依靠群众的结果。

The Jinggangshan spirit is an important component of the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists

井冈山精神是中国共产党人精神谱系的重要内容

The Jinggangshan spirit is a great revolutionary spirit that our Party nurtured in struggle by combining the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of the Chinese revolution. It both inherited and developed the great founding spirit of the Party and profoundly influenced the formation of a series of great spirits, including the Soviet Area spirit, the Long March spirit, the Yan’an spirit, and the War of Resistance spirit. It is an important component of the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists.

井冈山精神是我们党把马克思主义基本原理与中国革命具体实际相结合，在斗争中孕育而成的伟大革命精神。既继承和发扬了伟大建党精神，又深刻影响了苏区精神、长征精神、延安精神、抗战精神等一系列伟大精神的形成，是中国共产党人精神谱系的重要内容。

The Jinggangshan spirit inherited and developed the great founding spirit of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The most important aspects of the Jinggangshan spirit are firm conviction and arduous struggle, seeking truth from facts and blazing a new trail, relying on the masses and daring to win.” The Jinggangshan spirit also inherited many spiritual qualities of the great founding spirit of the Party, such as upholding truth and坚守理想, practicing the original aspiration and undertaking the mission, fearing no sacrifice and fighting valiantly, and being loyal to the Party and living up to the people. It is the inheritance and development of the great founding spirit of the Party under new historical conditions.

井冈山精神继承和发扬了伟大建党精神。习近平总书记指出：“井冈山精神，最重要的方面就是坚定信念、艰苦奋斗，实事求是、敢闯新路，依靠群众、勇于胜利。”井冈山精神还继承了伟大建党精神中坚持真理、坚守理想，践行初心、担当使命，不怕牺牲、英勇斗争，对党忠诚、不负人民等诸多精神品格，是伟大建党精神在新的历史条件下的继承与发展。

The Jinggangshan spirit profoundly influenced the formation of the spiritual pedigree of Chinese Communists. The traits of the Soviet Area spirit, such as firm conviction and wholehearted devotion to the people, clearly reflect the core of the Jinggangshan spirit; the Long March spirit’s placing the fundamental interests of the entire Chinese nation and the Chinese people above all else, upholding independence and self-reliance, arduous struggle, and sharing life and death with the people, advancing courageously on the Long March, is both a continuation and inheritance of the Jinggangshan spirit and injects new connotations into practices such as strategic shifts; the Yan’an spirit, in terms of political direction, ideological line, purpose consciousness, and entrepreneurial spirit, shares common value pursuits and mission responsibilities with the Jinggangshan spirit and is its inheritance and development; the essence of the War of Resistance spirit, such as “everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country” and “fearing no brutality, fighting to the bitter end,” further sublimated the Jinggangshan spirit, providing a powerful spiritual driving force for defeating the Japanese aggressors, defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and promoting national awakening and unity.

井冈山精神深刻影响了中国共产党人精神谱系的形成。苏区精神中坚定信念、一心为民等特质，清晰映照出井冈山精神的内核；长征精神中将全国人民和中华民族根本利益置于首位，秉持独立自主、艰苦奋斗、与人民生死相依，在长征路上勇往直前，既是井冈山精神的赓续与传承，又在战略转移等实践中注入新内涵；延安精神在政治方向、思想路线、宗旨意识和创业精神上，与井冈山精神有着共同价值追求和使命担当，是井冈山精神的继承与发展；抗战精神中“天下兴亡、匹夫有责”“不畏强暴、血战到底”等精华，又进一步升华了井冈山精神，为打败日本侵略者，捍卫国家主权和领土完整，促进民族觉醒和团结提供了强大精神动力。

After the founding of New China, hundreds of millions of people, filled with the pride of being masters of the country, threw themselves into the fiery waves of socialist revolution, construction, and reform, forming a series of great spirits such as the Dazhai spirit, the Daqing spirit, the reform and opening up spirit, and the poverty alleviation spirit. The Dazhai people, through arduous struggle and self-reliance, under harsh natural conditions, relying on tenacious will and industrious hands, fought against heaven and earth, transformed the mountains and rivers, and created remarkable agricultural production miracles; the Daqing workers, with “patriotism, entrepreneurship, realism, and dedication,” generations of them relayed their efforts on the oilfield, removing the label of “oil-poor country” for China. The spiritual traits of the reform and opening up spirit, such as pioneering and innovation, courage to take responsibility, openness and inclusiveness, and eclecticism, and the spiritual traits of the poverty alleviation spirit, such as unity of purpose from top to bottom, deploying the best forces, precision and pragmatism, pioneering and innovation, overcoming difficulties, and living up to the people, are all inheritances and developments of the Jinggangshan spirit under new historical conditions.

新中国成立后，亿万人民满怀当家作主的豪情，投身于火热的社会主义革命建设改革浪潮中，形成了大寨精神、大庆精神、改革开放精神、脱贫攻坚精神等一系列伟大精神。大寨人艰苦奋斗、自力更生，在恶劣的自然条件下，凭借着顽强的意志和勤劳的双手，战天斗地，改造山河，创造了令人瞩目的农业生产奇迹；大庆工人们“爱国、创业、求实、奉献”，几代人在油田上接力奋斗，为中国摘掉了 “贫油国” 的帽子。改革开放精神中的开拓创新、勇于担当、开放包容、兼容并蓄等精神特质，脱贫攻坚精神中的上下同心、尽锐出战、精准务实、开拓创新、攻坚克难、不负人民等精神特质，都是井冈山精神在新的历史条件下的继承与发扬。

On the new journey of the New Era, we must further promote the Jinggangshan spirit

新时代新征程更要弘扬井冈山精神

At present, changes unseen in a century are accelerating, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical period. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: Persist in firmly and unswervingly pursuing ideals, seeking truth from facts and blazing new trails, overcoming difficulties through arduous struggle, and relying on the masses to win victory. This provides the fundamental guidance for promoting the Jinggangshan spirit in the New Era.

当前，世界百年未有之大变局加速演进，中华民族伟大复兴进入关键时期。习近平总书记指出，坚持坚定执着追理想，实事求是闯新路，艰苦奋斗攻难关，依靠群众求胜利，为新时代弘扬井冈山精神提供了根本遵循。

We must hold fast to the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics. During the Jinggangshan struggle period, the Party and the Red Army persisted in their struggle despite enormous difficulties because they harbored a firm faith in Marxism and a firm conviction in socialism and communism. Ideals and convictions are the “calcium” for the spirit of Communists and the very foundation of their existence and purpose. Only by firmly establishing ideals and convictions can one maintain the correct direction amid the impact of diverse ideological trends and the complex domestic and international environment. Holding fast to ideals is no easy task; it requires continuously strengthening theoretical study, drawing the power of truth from the classic works of Marxism, sensing the mighty force of faith from the Party’s century-long struggle, consciously tempering Party spirit in practice, and devoting oneself with invincible conviction to the various undertakings of reform and development.

要坚守共产主义远大理想和中国特色社会主义共同理想。井冈山斗争时期，党和红军面临巨大困难仍坚持斗争，因为他们心怀对马克思主义的坚定信仰，对社会主义和共产主义的坚定信念。理想信念是共产党人精神上的“钙”，是共产党人安身立命的根本。只有坚定理想信念，才能在多元思潮的冲击和复杂国际国内环境下保持正确方向。坚守理想并非易事，要不断加强理论学习，从马克思主义经典著作中汲取真理力量，从党的百年奋斗历程中感悟信仰伟力，自觉在实践中锤炼党性，以必胜信念投身改革发展各项事业中。

We must uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and unswervingly follow our own path. The reason our Party was able to open up a revolutionary path hailed as a “classic work of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context” is that our Party has always adhered to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts. Seeking truth from facts is the core and essence of our Party’s ideological line. To uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, we must always persist in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, and being pragmatic and realistic, and always maintain the theoretical courage and practical character of upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground. As world changes unseen in a century accelerate, we must maintain strategic sobriety, unswervingly follow our own path, not be disturbed by external noise, and not shrink back from difficulties and challenges. We must coordinate the advancement of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, and use reform thinking and innovative measures to crack development problems.

要坚持和发展中国特色社会主义，坚定不移走自己的路。我们党之所以能开辟一条被誉为“马克思主义中国化经典之作”的革命道路，是因为我们党始终坚持实事求是的思想路线。实事求是是我们党的思想路线的核心和精髓。坚持和发展中国特色社会主义，要始终坚持解放思想、实事求是、与时俱进、求真务实，始终保持守正创新的理论勇气和实践品格。世界百年变局加速演进，要保持战略清醒，坚定不移走自己的路，不被外界杂音干扰，不因困难挑战而退缩。要统筹推进“五位一体”总体布局、协调推进“四个全面”战略布局，全面深化改革开放，以改革思维和创新举措破解发展难题。

We must thoroughly implement the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee and continuously advance the building of the Party’s work style. Hard work and plain living are a distinctive feature of the Jinggangshan spirit and the political essence of our Party. We must maintain the Party’s fine work style and persistently strengthen the building of the Party’s work style. The Party’s work style is the Party’s image; it concerns the support of the people and is a matter of life and death for the Party and the success or failure of its cause. After more than ten years of effort, work style building has achieved notable results: hedonism and extravagance have been effectively curbed, formalism and bureaucracy have been effectively checked, the Party’s and government’s work style has been reshaped, and the people have wholeheartedly endorsed this. The building of the Party’s work style is always on the way; we must constantly grasp it without slackening, continuously consolidate and expand the achievements of work style building, and maintain the Party’s advanced nature, purity, and combat effectiveness.

要深入贯彻中央八项规定精神，持续推进党的作风建设。艰苦奋斗是井冈山精神的鲜明特征，是我们党的政治本色。要保持党的优良作风，持之以恒加强党的作风建设。党的作风就是党的形象，关系人心向背，关乎党的生死存亡与事业兴衰成败。经过十年多努力，作风建设取得显著成效，享乐主义、奢靡之风被有效刹住，形式主义、官僚主义得到有效遏制，党风政风得到重塑，人民群众对此衷心拥护。党的作风建设永远在路上，要常抓不懈，不断巩固拓展作风建设成果，保持党的先进性、纯洁性和战斗力。

We must not waver in the people-centered development thought. During the Jinggangshan struggle period, the key reason our Party led the army and people to overcome various difficulties was that it closely united with and relied on the masses. We must always adhere to the mass line, the Party’s fundamental working line, deeply implant the mass viewpoint and mass line in our thinking and put them into action. Facing the complex and volatile international situation and the arduous and heavy tasks of domestic reform, development, and stability, we must listen to the people’s voices, grasp the masses’ demands, and make all decisions and deployments conform to the masses’ needs; we must fully respect the principal position and pioneering spirit of the people and draw wisdom and strength from the masses’ practical creativity; we must mobilize the people’s initiative, enthusiasm, and creativity, so that the people become participants, promoters, and beneficiaries of development. Only by always breathing the same air, sharing the same fate, and keeping hearts close with the people can we truly achieve national prosperity and people’s happiness.

要坚持以人民为中心的发展思想不动摇。井冈山斗争时期，我们党领导军民之所以能战胜各种困难，关键在于紧紧团结群众、依靠群众。要始终坚持群众路线这条党的根本工作路线，把群众观点、群众路线深植思想中、落到行动上。面对复杂多变的国际形势和艰巨繁重的国内改革发展稳定任务，要倾听人民呼声，掌握群众诉求，使各项决策部署贴合群众需求；要充分尊重人民群众的主体地位和首创精神，从群众的实践创造中汲取智慧和力量；要调动人民群众的积极性、主动性、创造性，让人民群众成为发展的参与者、推动者和受益者。只有始终与人民群众同呼吸、共命运、心连心，才能真正实现国家富强和人民幸福。

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