Embed the Party’s Leadership in Every Aspect and the Entire Process of Economic and Social Development

The Proposal of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party places “upholding the Party’s overall leadership” at the top of the principles that must be followed for economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, a move that is clear-cut in its stance and of great significance. We must fully recognize that the Party’s leadership is the paramount issue directly determining the fundamental direction, future and destiny, and ultimate success or failure of Chinese-path modernization, embed the Party’s leadership in every aspect and the entire process of economic and social development, and thereby provide a fundamental guarantee for China’s socialist modernization.

党的二十届四中全会《建议》把“坚持党的全面领导”置于“十五五”时期经济社会发展必须遵循的原则首位，旗帜鲜明、意义重大。我们要充分认识党的领导是直接关系中国式现代化根本方向、前途命运、最终成败的头等重要问题，把党的领导贯穿经济社会发展各方面全过程，为我国社会主义现代化建设提供根本保证。

Upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership is the fundamental guarantee for advancing Chinese-path modernization

坚持和加强党的全面领导是推进中国式现代化的根本保证

The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential attribute of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the greatest strength of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and one of the essential requirements of Chinese-path modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: “Without the Communist Party of China, how

中国共产党的领导是中国特色社会主义最本质的特征，是中国特色社会主义制度的最大优势，是中国式现代化的本质要求之一。习近平总书记指出：“没有中国共产党，哪有社会主义中国？哪有中国特色社会主义？哪有中华民族伟大复兴？”这一重要论断科学总结了中国共产党百余年来的伟大实践和宝贵经验，深刻揭示了只有坚持党的领导才能开创、推进直至实现中国式现代化的历史真理。

The Communist Party of China is the trailblazer of the Chinese-path modernization. Achieving modernization is a common pursuit of peoples of all countries and has also been the long-cherished goal of the Chinese nation since modern times. After the Opium War, China’s men of insight once envisaged achieving national independence and prosperity by learning from Western modernization and following the Western development path, and they made various attempts, all of which ended in failure. After the founding of the Communist Party of China, it united and led the Chinese people to discard the old and establish the new, to transform heaven and earth, and forged a path of Chinese-path modernization. The reason why Chinese-path modernization can create a new form of human civilization is that it is a socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China, which historically overcomes the congenital defects of Western modernization linked to the capitalist mode of production, enabling Chinese-path modernization to possess both the common features of modernizations in all countries and, more importantly, distinctive characteristics based on its own national conditions, thereby opening up a completely new path for mankind to achieve modernization.

中国共产党是中国式现代化道路的开拓者。实现现代化是各国人民的一致追求，也是近代以来中华民族梦寐以求的奋斗目标。鸦片战争以后，中国的仁人志士曾设想过通过学习西方现代化、走西方发展道路来实现民族独立和国家富强，并进行了各种尝试，但都以失败告终。中国共产党成立后，团结带领中国人民革故鼎新、改天换地，走出了一条中国式现代化道路。中国式现代化之所以能够创造人类文明新形态，就在于它是中国共产党领导的社会主义现代化，历史性地克服了西方现代化与资本主义生产方式相联系的先天性弊端，使中国式现代化既有各国现代化的共同特征，更有基于自己国情的鲜明特色，开辟了人类迈向现代化的全新路径。

The Communist Party of China is the founder of the theory of Chinese-path modernization. Over the past century and more, our Party has adhered to integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the best of traditional Chinese culture, continuously deepening its understanding of the laws governing the Communist Party’s governance, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of the development of human society, and constantly opening up new horizons in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, thereby providing scientific guidance for Chinese-path modernization. In the great practice of advancing Chinese-path modernization in the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has distinctly put forward the iconic concept of “Chinese-path modernization,” deeply expounded the theory of Chinese-path modernization, continuously deepened and summarized its Chinese characteristics, essential requirements, and major principles, initially constructed the theoretical system of Chinese-path modernization, elevated our Party’s understanding of what Chinese-path modernization is and how to build it to an unprecedented height, innovatively developed the Marxist theory of modernization, and provided the fundamental guidance and action guide for advancing Chinese-path modernization in the New Era.

中国共产党是中国式现代化理论的创立者。百余年来，我们党坚持把马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际相结合、同中华优秀传统文化相结合，不断深化对共产党执政规律、社会主义建设规律、人类社会发展规律的认识，不断开辟马克思主义中国化时代化新境界，为中国式现代化提供了科学指引。在新时代推进中国式现代化的伟大实践中，习近平总书记鲜明提出“中国式现代化”这一标识性概念，深入阐述中国式现代化理论，持续深化概括中国式现代化的中国特色、本质要求和重大原则，初步构建中国式现代化的理论体系，把我们党对什么是中国式现代化、怎样建设中国式现代化的认识提高到前所未有的高度，创新发展了马克思主义现代化理论，为新时代推进中国式现代化提供了根本遵循和行动指南。

The Communist Party of China is the consolidator of forces for Chinese-path modernization. As modernization is a process of overall social transformation, it requires maximizing the organization of various forces to form a powerful momentum for advancing modernization. Our Party’s fundamental purpose is to serve the people wholeheartedly, its original aspiration and founding mission is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and its lifeline and fundamental working method is the mass line. These advanced attributes of the Party act like a powerful spiritual bond, not only closely linking all Party members but also attracting countless sons and daughters of the Chinese nation to gather under the Party’s banner, endowing the Party with strong organizational and mobilizational capacity, thereby rallying the mighty force of hundreds of millions of people to jointly advance Chinese-path modernization. The organizational system established by the Communist Party of China, covering all localities, fields, and aspects, makes the entire Party a unified whole that is connected from top to bottom and effective in execution, capable of rapidly and effectively conveying and implementing the decisions, deployments, and policies of the Party Central Committee. On the new journey, only the Communist Party of China can fully mobilize the initiative, enthusiasm, and creativity of all sectors of society, achieve the optimal allocation and efficient use of resources, and gather forces from all sides to open up an even broader prospect for Chinese-path modernization.

中国共产党是中国式现代化力量的凝聚者。现代化作为社会发展的整体变迁过程，需要最大限度地将各种力量组织起来，形成推进现代化建设的强大动能。我们党的根本宗旨是全心全意为人民服务，初心和使命是为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴，党的生命线和根本工作路线是群众路线。党的这些先进性犹如强大的精神纽带，不仅将全体共产党员紧密相连，而且吸引着无数中华儿女汇聚于党的旗帜之下，使党具有强大的组织动员力，进而凝聚起亿万人民共同推进中国式现代化的磅礴力量。中国共产党建立的覆盖各个地方、各个领域、各个方面的组织体系，使全党形成一个上下贯通、执行有力的统一整体，能够迅速而且有效地传达贯彻党中央决策部署和方针政策。新征程上，只有中国共产党能够充分调动全社会各方面的积极性、主动性、创造性，实现资源的优化配置与高效利用，汇聚各方力量开辟中国式现代化更加广阔的前景。

The Communist Party of China is the leader of the cause of Chinese-path modernization. Through over a century of unremitting struggle, our Party has initiated and led Chinese-path modernization, guiding the Chinese nation to achieve a great leap from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong, creating achievements unprecedented in the history of human modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, our Party has spent eight years lifting nearly 100 million rural poor out of poverty, historically solving the problem of absolute poverty, and is committed to enabling the entire population of over 1.4 billion to enter modernization, accomplishing a feat unprecedented in the history of human social development. These two “unprecedented” achievements fully prove that Chinese-path modernization is “both the most difficult and the greatest.” The fundamental reason why a country once impoverished, weak, and subjected to bullying could achieve such great accomplishments lies in the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China. Without the Communist Party of China, it would have been impossible to open up and expand the path of Chinese-path modernization, let alone realize Chinese-path modernization.

中国共产党是中国式现代化事业的领导者。经过百余年的不懈奋斗，我们党开创和领导中国式现代化，引领中华民族迎来了从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃，创造了人类现代化历史上前所未有的成就。党的十八大以来，我们党用8年时间让近1亿农村贫困人口实现脱贫，历史性地解决了绝对贫困问题，致力于让14亿多人口整体迈入现代化，成就了人类社会发展史上前所未有的壮举。这两个“前所未有”充分证明，中国式现代化“既是最难的，也是最伟大的”。中国这样一个曾经积贫积弱、饱受欺凌的国家，之所以能够取得如此伟大的成就，根本原因在于中国共产党的坚强领导。没有中国共产党，不可能开辟和拓展中国式现代化道路，更不可能实现中国式现代化。

Uphold and strengthen the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and ensure that a strong political guarantee runs through every aspect and every stage of economic and social development.

坚持和加强党中央集中统一领导，把坚强的政治保证贯穿经济社会发展各方面全过程

To uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, we must first uphold and strengthen the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. The Party Central Committee is the brain and command center of the entire Party. General

坚持和加强党的全面领导，首先要坚持和加强党中央集中统一领导。党中央是全党的大脑和中枢。习近平总书记指出：“我们这么大一个党、这么大一个国家，如果党中央不能实行坚强有力的集中统一领导，就会出现各自为政、自行其是的局面，那就什么事情也干不成。”坚持党中央集中统一领导，是我们不断取得胜利的根本所在，必须作为最高政治原则来坚守。

The Communist Party of China is a large party, and China is a large country. For a large party to lead a large country, and for a large country to move toward becoming a strong country, there must be a strong and capable leading collective formed in practice at the level of the Party Central Committee, and within this leading collective there must be a core. Without such a leading collective and core, the cause of the Party and the people cannot achieve victory. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, our Party has established Xi Jinping’s position as the core of the Party Central Committee and the core of the entire Party, and established the guiding position of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It has upheld and improved the Party’s leadership institutional system, integrated the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee into all aspects and the entire process of governing the country, and propelled historic achievements and historic transformations in the cause of the Party and the state, making the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation unstoppable. To smoothly realize the economic and social development goals for the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan determined in the Proposal, the most essential thing is to deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments [1]1 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Central Conference on Party Building Work,” 2018., strengthen the Four Consciousnesses [2]2 The “15th Five-Year Plan” refers to the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, covering 2026–2030., fortify the Four Confidences [3]3 The 18th National Congress of the CPC was held in 2012., and achieve the Two Upholds [4]4 These include campaigns such as the “Mass Line Education and Practice” (2013), “Three Stricts and Three Honests” (2015), “Study and Implement the Spirit of the 19th National Congress” (2017), and “Study and Implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” (2019), among others., always maintaining a high degree of alignment with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path.

中国共产党是一个大党，中国是一个大国。大党领导大国，大国走向强国，必须在党中央层面有一个在实践中形成的坚强有力的领导集体，在这个领导集体中必须有一个核心。没有这样的领导集体和核心，党和人民的事业就不能取得胜利。党的十八大以来，我们党确立习近平同志党中央的核心、全党的核心地位，确立习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的指导地位，坚持和完善党的领导制度体系，把党中央集中统一领导贯穿治国理政各方面全过程，推动党和国家事业取得历史性成就、发生历史性变革，中华民族伟大复兴势不可挡。顺利实现《建议》确定的“十五五”时期经济社会发展目标，最紧要的就是要深刻领悟“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”，始终在政治立场、政治方向、政治原则、政治道路上同以习近平同志为核心的党中央保持高度一致。

To uphold and strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, rigid institutional requirements and effective implementation mechanisms are of utmost importance. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, our Party has formulated a series of major measures in upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership, especially the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, further improving the institutional system and mechanisms for the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. These must be upheld over the long term and continuously improved in light of new practices and requirements. One part is planning, nine parts are implementation. [5]5 “Catching up with the examination” is a metaphor used by Xi Jinping in 2021, referring to the Party’s ongoing test of governance in the New Era. We must take the implementation of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee as the primary responsibility, further improve the implementation mechanism for the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and perfect the institutional systems for task division, supervision and inspection, situation notification, and disciplinary oversight and accountability. This will drive central and state organs, local Party committees, and primary-level Party organizations to concretely embody alignment with the requirements of the Party Central Committee and implementation of the Party Central Committee’s deployments in all their work, ensuring that orders are unimpeded and prohibitions are enforced, and ensuring vertical coherence and effective execution.

坚持和加强党中央集中统一领导，刚性的制度要求和有力的落实机制至关重要。党的十八大以来，我们党在坚持和加强党的全面领导特别是党中央集中统一领导方面制定了一系列重大举措，进一步健全了党中央集中统一领导的制度体系和体制机制，必须长期坚持并结合新的实践和要求不断完善。一分部署，九分落实。要把贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署作为首要职责，进一步完善党中央重大决策部署落实机制，健全任务分工、督促检查、情况通报、监督问责等制度体系，推动中央和国家机关、地方党委、基层党组织把对标党中央要求、落实党中央部署具体体现到各项工作中，确保政令畅通、令行禁止，确保上下贯通、执行有力。

To uphold and strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, it is necessary to strengthen the Party’s political construction, promote the entire Party’s improvement of political judgment, political comprehension, and political execution, and ensure that the entire Party obeys the Party Central Committee. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Among all the capabilities of leading cadres, political capability is the primary one.” [1]1 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Central Conference on Party Building Work,” 2018. Efforts must be made in areas such as firming up political faith, strengthening political leadership, tightening political discipline, standardizing political life, and purifying the political ecosystem, continuously improving the political capability of the entire Party, especially leading cadres at all levels. Guide and assist leading cadres in strengthening theoretical study, focusing on political training, and accumulating political experience, continuously enhancing the political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness of upholding the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.

坚持和加强党中央集中统一领导，必须加强党的政治建设，推动全党提高政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力，保证全党服从中央。习近平总书记指出：“在领导干部的所有能力中，政治能力是第一位的。”要在坚定政治信仰、强化政治领导、严明政治纪律、规范政治生活、净化政治生态等方面着力，不断提高全党特别是各级领导干部的政治能力。引导和帮助领导干部加强理论学习、注重政治历练、积累政治经验，不断增强维护党中央集中统一领导的政治自觉、思想自觉、行动自觉。

Advance the Party’s theoretical arming and theoretical innovation, integrating a strong ideological guarantee into all aspects and the entire process of economic and social development

推进党的理论武装和理论创新，把坚强的思想保证贯穿经济社会发展各方面全过程

Emphasizing ideological Party building and theoretical Party strengthening is a glorious tradition and distinctive feature of our Party. It is precisely because it has always attached importance to ideological Party building and theoretical Party strengthening that our Party has been able to be as united and unified as steel, to continuously develop and grow through hardships and difficulties, and to lead revolution, construction, reform, and the great practice of the New Era to continuous victories. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era epitomizes the major achievements of our Party’s deepened understanding of the laws of socialist construction with Chinese characteristics and theoretical innovation in the New Era, providing a powerful ideological weapon for our understanding and transformation of the world. Facing the complex development environment and arduous development tasks of our country during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, [2]2 The “15th Five-Year Plan” refers to the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, covering 2026–2030. it is necessary to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhere to the integration of learning, thinking, and application, and the unity of knowledge, belief, and action, ensuring that the Party’s innovative theories guide our country’s economic and social development to achieve new and greater accomplishments.

注重思想建党、理论强党是我们党的光荣传统和鲜明特色。正是因为始终重视思想建党、理论强党，我们党才能够像钢铁般团结统一，才能够历经艰难困苦而不断发展壮大，才能够领导革命、建设、改革和新时代伟大实践不断取得胜利。习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想集中体现了新时代我们党对中国特色社会主义建设规律认识深化和理论创新的重大成果，为我们认识世界和改造世界提供了强大思想武器。面对“十五五”时期我国复杂的发展环境和艰巨的发展任务，必须深入学习贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想，坚持学思用贯通、知信行统一，确保以党的创新理论指引我国经济社会发展取得新的更大成就。

Unswervingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to consolidate souls and forge spirits. The number of Party members in our Party exceeds 100 million, making unified thinking very important. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, [3]3 The 18th National Congress of the CPC was held in 2012. our Party has successively carried out eight rounds of centralized intra-Party education, [4]4 These include campaigns such as the “Mass Line Education and Practice” (2013), “Three Stricts and Three Honests” (2015), “Study and Implement the Spirit of the 19th National Congress” (2017), and “Study and Implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” (2019), among others. all of which began with studying the Party’s innovative theories, focusing on solving practical problems, and playing an important role in guiding Party cadres and members to continuously consolidate their ideological foundation and successfully embark on the new journey of catching up with the examination. [5]5 “Catching up with the examination” is a metaphor used by Xi Jinping in 2021, referring to the Party’s ongoing test of governance in the New Era. Embarking on the new journey of the “15th Five-Year Plan,” it is necessary to continuously deepen the study, publicity, and education of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhere to the fine style of study that integrates theory with practice, promote theoretical arming to go deeper and more practical, guide Party cadres and members to comprehensively and systematically grasp the core essence, spiritual substance, rich connotations, and practical requirements of this important thought, and continuously improve the ability and level of using the Party’s innovative theories to solve practical problems.

坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂。我们党的党员人数超过1亿，统一思想非常重要。党的十八大以来，我们党接续开展8次党内集中教育，都以学习党的创新理论打头，注重解决实际问题，对引导党员干部不断夯实思想根基，走好新的赶考之路发挥了重要作用。踏上“十五五”新征程，要持续深化习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想学习宣传教育，坚持理论联系实际的优良学风，推动理论武装走深走实，引导党员干部全面系统掌握这一重要思想的核心要义、精神实质、丰富内涵和实践要求，不断提高运用党的创新理论解决实际问题的能力和水平。

Persist in using the Party’s innovative theories to guide ideological work. Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for our Party to establish the Party and the country, and to rejuvenate the Party and the country; it is the banner and soul of socialist ideology. The fundamental task of ideological work is to consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, and to consolidate the common ideological foundation for the united struggle of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country. While concentrating efforts on economic construction, we must attach great importance to ideological work, adhere to establishing as the foundation and simultaneously establishing and breaking, adhere to the fundamental system of Marxism’s guiding position in the ideological field, fully implement the responsibility system for ideological work, strengthen the construction and management of positions, clearly oppose and resist various erroneous viewpoints, continuously enhance the dominant power and discourse power in the ideological field, strive to build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leading power, build a socialist cultural-ethical progress with strong vitality and creativity, build Chinese cultural soft power with strong appeal and influence, and provide a strong ideological guarantee for the stable and long-term advancement of Chinese-path modernization.

坚持用党的创新理论指导意识形态工作。马克思主义是我们立党立国、兴党兴国的根本指导思想，是社会主义意识形态的旗帜和灵魂。意识形态工作的根本任务，就是巩固马克思主义在意识形态领域的指导地位，巩固全党全国各族人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础。在集中精力进行经济建设的同时，一定要高度重视意识形态工作，坚持以立为本、立破并举，坚持马克思主义在意识形态领域指导地位的根本制度，全面落实意识形态工作责任制，加强阵地建设和管理，旗帜鲜明反对和抵制各种错误观点，不断增强意识形态领域主导权和话语权，着力建设具有强大凝聚力和引领力的社会主义意识形态，建设具有强大生命力和创造力的社会主义精神文明，建设具有强大感召力和影响力的中华文化软实力，为中国式现代化行稳致远提供坚强思想保证。

Uphold fundamental principles and break new ground to advance adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times. Marxism is a scientific theory that continuously develops with the development of practice. An important reason why our Party has always possessed surging vitality is that it treats science with a scientific attitude, pursues truth with the spirit of truth, continuously promotes theoretical innovation based on practice, and uses it to guide new practice. Looking at the annual Central Economic Work Conferences since the New Era, [6]6 The Central Economic Work Conference is an annual high-level meeting of the CPC Central Committee that sets economic policy for the following year. the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously deepened its understanding of the laws of economic and social development, each year conducting in-depth summaries of the regular understandings formed in practice, and incisively making a series of new theoretical generalizations, providing scientific theoretical guidance for further comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese-path modernization. Contemporary China is undergoing the most grand and unique practical innovation in human history; the complexity of the problems we face and the difficulty of solving them have significantly increased. It is necessary to keep pace with the times, conform to the development of the times, adhere to a problem-oriented approach, continue to advance the Two Integrations, [7]7 The Two Integrations refer to integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the best of traditional Chinese culture. dare to say new things that predecessors have not said, dare to do things that predecessors have not done, and write a new chapter in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times.

守正创新推进马克思主义中国化时代化。马克思主义是随着实践发展而不断发展的科学理论。我们党之所以始终拥有澎湃的生机活力，一个重要原因就是以科学的态度对待科学、以真理的精神追求真理，不断推进实践基础上的理论创新，并用以指导新的实践。纵观新时代以来的历年中央经济工作会议，以习近平同志为核心的党中央不断深化对经济社会发展规律的认识，每年都对实践中形成的规律性认识进行深入总结，精辟作出一系列新的理论概括，为进一步全面深化改革、推进中国式现代化提供科学理论指引。当代中国正在经历人类历史上最为宏大而独特的实践创新，我们所面临问题的复杂程度、解决问题的艰巨程度明显加大，必须紧跟时代步伐，顺应时代发展，坚持问题导向，继续推进“两个结合”，敢于说前人没有说过的新话，敢于干前人没有干过的事情，续写马克思主义中国化时代化新篇章。

Strengthen the Party’s organizational construction, integrating a strong organizational guarantee into all aspects and the entire process of economic and social development

加强党的组织建设，把坚强的组织保证贯穿经济社会发展各方面全过程

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The Party’s strength comes from organization. The Party’s overall leadership and all of the Party’s work must be realized through the Party’s strong organizational system.” [8]8 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the National Conference on Organizational Work,” 2018. Organizational construction is an important foundation of Party building. The fundamental purpose of strengthening the Party’s organizational construction is to uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, providing a strong guarantee for advancing Chinese-path modernization. Throughout our Party’s journey, it has always strengthened organizational construction around the Party’s central tasks in different historical periods, played the organizational role, implemented organizational responsibilities, and forged the Party’s ranks, keeping the Party full of vitality. The “15th Five-Year Plan” period is a critical period for laying a solid foundation and making comprehensive efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization; it is necessary to rely on the Party’s strong organizational system to play a guarantee and driving role, continuously thickening the organizational foundation for the Party’s governance.

习近平总书记指出：“党的力量来自组织。党的全面领导、党的全部工作要靠党的坚强组织体系去实现。”组织建设是党的建设的重要基础。加强党的组织建设，根本目的是坚持和加强党的全面领导，为推进中国式现代化提供坚强保证。我们党一路走来，总是围绕不同历史时期党的中心任务加强组织建设，发挥组织作用、落实组织责任、锻造党的队伍，使党始终充满活力。“十五五”时期是基本实现社会主义现代化夯实基础、全面发力的关键时期，必须靠党的坚强组织体系发挥保障和推动作用，不断厚植党执政的组织基础。

Build a high-quality cadre team capable of shouldering the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, through the revolutionary forging of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, the Party’s cadre team has become more firm in ideals and convictions, continuously improved in quality and ability, more rigorous in discipline and style, and increasingly high-spirited in morale, bravely charging forward in the great tests of the New Era, demonstrating strong organizational power, action power, and combat effectiveness. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC [9]9 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC was held in 2024. anchored ensuring decisive progress in basically achieving socialist modernization, proposing the main goals for economic and social development during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period from seven aspects. The more ambitious the goals and the heavier the tasks, the more necessary it is to build a cadre team that is politically competent, adapts to the requirements of the New Era, and possesses the ability to lead modernization construction. It is necessary to deepen the reform of the cadre and personnel system, clearly establish the correct orientation for selecting and appointing cadres, firmly place political standards first, conduct in-depth and solid political quality assessments of cadres, effectively strengthen the identification of Party spirit, and focus on examining cadres’ realm and pattern, loyalty, and integrity. Improve the cadre assessment and evaluation mechanism, adhere to emphasizing responsibility, practical work, and actual performance, focus on examining and selecting cadres on the front line of modernization construction, and encourage cadres to take on responsibilities and forge ahead with pioneering spirit. Strengthen cadres’ ability to cope with complex situations and handle complex problems, striving to become experts in various fields of economic and social development. Guide cadres to establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, improve the working mechanism to effectively prevent and correct deviations in the outlook on political performance, and unify strict management with encouraging responsibility.

建设堪当民族复兴重任的高素质干部队伍。党的十八大以来，经过全面从严治党的革命性锻造，党的干部队伍理想信念更加坚定，素质能力不断提高，纪律作风更加过硬，精神斗志愈发昂扬，在新时代大战大考中勇于冲锋在前，彰显出强大的组织力、行动力和战斗力。党的二十届四中全会锚定确保基本实现社会主义现代化取得决定性进展，从七个方面提出“十五五”时期经济社会发展的主要目标。越是目标远大、任务繁重，越需要建设一支政治过硬、适应新时代要求、具备领导现代化建设能力的干部队伍。要深化干部人事制度改革，鲜明树立选人用人正确导向，牢牢把政治标准放在首位，做深做实干部政治素质考察，切实加强党性鉴别，注重考察干部的境界格局和忠诚度、廉洁度。完善干部考核评价机制，坚持重担当、重实干、重实绩，注重在现代化建设一线考察选拔干部，激励广大干部挺膺担当、开拓进取。强化干部应对复杂形势、处理复杂问题的能力，努力成为经济社会发展各个领域的行家里手。引导干部树立和践行正确政绩观，健全有效防范和纠治政绩观偏差的工作机制，把从严管理和激励担当统一起来。

Strengthen the political and organizational functions of Party organizations. The Communist Party of China is a political organization; political attributes are the fundamental attributes of Party organizations, and political function is the basic function of Party organizations. Organizational function is the foundation and guarantee for realizing the political function of Party organizations; it both serves the political function and continuously strengthens and consolidates the Party organization. Political function and organizational function complement each other and are intrinsically unified, together constituting the “strong core” of Party organizations. The Communist Party of China has a vast organizational structure and a large number of Party members, making grassroots foundation-building particularly important. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “The most solid source of strength for the Party’s work lies at the grassroots level, and the most prominent contradictions and problems in economic and social development and people’s livelihoods are also at the grassroots level. We must make grasping the grassroots and laying a solid foundation a long-term strategy and a fundamental measure, and we must never relax.” For the magnificent edifice and towering tree that is the Communist Party of China, grassroots Party organizations and Party cadres and members are the foundation stones and the root system. Only when the foundation stones are stable and the root system is flourishing can the Party become stronger and more powerful. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of grassroots Party organizations, implement the main responsibility, and give full play to the political and service functions of grassroots Party organizations, so that the vast number of grassroots Party organizations truly become solid positions for serving the people. The relationship between the quantity and quality of Party members must be properly handled, placing the quality of Party members in a prominent position, and promoting Party members to give full play to their vanguard and exemplary role.

增强党组织政治功能和组织功能。中国共产党是政治组织，政治属性是党组织的根本属性，政治功能是党组织的基本功能。组织功能是发挥党组织政治功能的基础和保证，既服务于政治功能，又源源不断为党组织增肌聚力。政治功能和组织功能相辅相成、内在统一，共同构成党组织的“坚强内核”。中国共产党组织庞大、党员众多，基层基础建设尤为重要。习近平总书记指出：“党的工作最坚实的力量支撑在基层，经济社会发展和民生最突出的矛盾和问题也在基层，必须把抓基层打基础作为长远之计和固本之策，丝毫不能放松。”对中国共产党这座宏伟大厦、这棵参天大树来说，基层党组织和党员干部就是基石、就是根须。只有基石稳固、根须繁茂，党才能更加坚强有力。必须加强党的基层组织建设，落实主体责任，发挥好基层党组织的政治功能和服务功能，使广大基层党组织真正成为服务人民的坚强阵地。要处理好党员规模和质量的关系，把党员质量放在突出位置，推动党员充分发挥先锋模范作用。

Persistently advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and integrate the Party’s self-revolution throughout all aspects and the entire process of economic and social development.

持之以恒推进全面从严治党，把党的自我革命贯穿经济社会发展各方面全过程

Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core to scientifically respond to changes in the world situation, national conditions, and Party conditions. It is the only way for the Party to forever maintain its vigor and vitality and to successfully navigate the new journey of the “examination” [10]10 The “examination” (赶考) is a metaphor used by Mao Zedong in 1949, comparing the CPC’s assumption of national governance to sitting for a historical examination. Xi Jinping has. Since the New Era, comprehensive and strict governance of the Party has achieved historic and groundbreaking accomplishments, producing comprehensive and profound impacts, and has become a distinctive feature of our Party’s governance and administration. Adhering to the Party’s overall leadership over economic and social development during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period [11] requires implementing the principle of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party throughout all aspects and the entire process of Chinese-path modernization, fully leveraging its role in political guidance and political guarantee.

全面从严治党是以习近平同志为核心的党中央科学应对世情国情党情变化作出的重大战略决策，是党永葆生机活力、走好新的赶考之路的必由之路。新时代以来，全面从严治党取得了历史性、开创性成就，产生了全方位、深层次影响，成为我们党治国理政的一个鲜明特征。“十五五”时期坚持党对经济社会发展的全面领导，要求将全面从严治党方针贯彻体现到中国式现代化建设各方面全过程，充分发挥政治引领和政治保障作用。

Continuously advance the Party’s self-revolution. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has led the entire Party to advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with unprecedented determination and intensity, continuously deepening the understanding of the laws of the Party’s self-revolution. It has clearly put forward the practical requirements of “nine withs” [12] for advancing self-revolution, systematically answering the major questions of why our Party must engage in self-revolution, why it can engage in self-revolution, and how to advance self-revolution. This has allowed our Party to find the second answer to the historical cycle of rise and fall [13]. Starting from grasping work style to advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is an important experience of the Party’s self-revolution in the New Era. In the New Era, comprehensive and strict governance of the Party began with the formulation and implementation of the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee, establishing credibility through concrete actions and persevering over the long term, leaving a mark with every action and making every step count [14]. It has curbed unhealthy practices that had long gone unchecked, corrected stubborn and chronic maladies that had persisted for years, won the hearts and minds of the Party and the people, and driven social conduct and public sentiment towards improvement and goodness. We must persistently implement the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations, promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction, maintain a high degree of consciousness in using the Party’s self-revolution to lead social revolution, earnestly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important requirements for advancing the Party’s self-revolution of “five further completions” [15], and continuously enhance the Party’s political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal, ensuring that the Party forever maintains vigorous vitality and strong combat effectiveness.

持续推进党的自我革命。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央带领全党以前所未有的决心力度推进全面从严治党，不断深化对党的自我革命的规律性认识，明确提出推进自我革命“九个以”的实践要求，系统回答了我们党为什么要自我革命、为什么能自我革命、怎样推进自我革命等重大问题，让我们党找到了跳出治乱兴衰历史周期率的第二个答案。从抓作风入手推进全面从严治党，是新时代党的自我革命一条重要经验。新时代全面从严治党从制定和落实中央八项规定开局破题，徙木立信、久久为功，抓铁有痕、踏石留印，刹住了一些长期没有刹住的歪风，纠治了一些多年未除的顽瘴痼疾，赢得了党心民心，带动了社风民风向上向善。要锲而不舍落实中央八项规定精神，推进作风建设常态化长效化，保持以党的自我革命引领社会革命的高度自觉，认真落实习近平总书记关于推进党的自我革命“五个进一步到位”的重要要求，不断增强党的政治领导力、思想引领力、群众组织力、社会号召力，确保党永葆旺盛生命力和强大战斗力。

Adhere to governing the Party and managing it with the spirit of reform and strict standards. At the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection [16], General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly stated: “On the new journey of the New Era, we must adhere to governing and managing the Party with the spirit of reform and strict standards, strive to achieve greater results, ensure the implementation of the deployments of the 20th National Congress of the CPC and the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, ensure that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and promote the steady and long-term progress of Chinese-path modernization.” This important exposition provides scientific thinking and directional guidance for effectively improving the level of Party governance and management. Governing and managing the Party with the spirit of reform and strict standards is an important manifestation of advancing the Party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-enhancement. What governing and managing the Party with the spirit of reform aims to reform are those aspects of the Party’s own construction and work that are unsuitable for and do not meet the requirements of the New Era, new tasks, and new demands; what it aims to eliminate are those ideological concepts and institutional obstacles within the Party that harm the Party’s advanced nature and integrity; what it aims to innovate are specific institutional mechanisms, governance methods, organizational methods, and thinking concepts; and so on. The purpose is to solve problems within the Party with innovative ideas, thinking, methods, and means, and to continuously improve the level and effectiveness of Party governance and management. To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; to govern the Party, one must be strict; to be strict, one must have laws and regulations. Since the New Era, our Party has focused on using intra-Party regulations to govern and manage the Party, insisting on implementing strict requirements, strict measures, and a strict tone throughout the top-level design and specific rule-making of the intra-Party regulations system, achieving the goal of having rules and regulations to follow for strict Party governance and management. Strictly implementing the intra-Party regulations system means firmly implementing the strict standards of Party governance and management; continuously improving the intra-Party regulations system means continuously strengthening the dike of strict standards for Party governance and management.

坚持用改革精神和严的标准管党治党。习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委四次全会上明确指出：“新时代新征程，必须坚持用改革精神和严的标准管党治党，努力取得更大成效，确保党的二十大和二十届三中全会部署落地落实，确保党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心，推动中国式现代化行稳致远。”这一重要论述为切实提高管党治党水平提供了科学思路和方向指引。以改革精神和严的标准管党治党，是推进党的自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高的重要体现。管党治党所要改革的是党的自身建设和党的工作中那些不适应、不符合新时代新任务新要求的东西；所要破除的是党内那些损害党的先进性和纯洁性的思想观念和体制机制障碍；所要创新的是那些具体的体制机制、执政方式、组织方式和思维观念；等等，目的在于以创新的理念、思路、办法、手段解决好党内存在的问题，不断提高管党治党水平和实效。治国必先治党，治党务必从严，从严必依法度。新时代以来，我们党注重运用党内法规管党治党，坚持把严的要求、严的措施、严的基调贯彻和体现到党内法规制度建设的顶层设计和具体建章立制之中，实现了从严管党治党有规可依、有章可循。严格执行党内法规制度体系，就是在坚定落实管党治党严的标准；持续完善党内法规制度体系，就是在不断筑牢管党治党严的标准堤坝。

The spirit of reform and strict standards in governing and managing the Party complement each other and are organically unified. The spirit of reform advocates innovation and enterprise, providing impetus for strict standards and promoting the exploration of new methods and new paths for strict Party governance and management; strict standards require the intra-Party regulations system to be rigorous, complete, and effective, providing a guarantee for the implementation of the spirit of reform. The two must be combined and advanced in coordination, using the spirit of reform to solve problems in Party building, using strict standards to ensure the implementation of reform measures, so that Party building is continuously improved and strengthened through reform and innovation, and continuously enhanced in quality and efficiency through strict governance and strict management, promoting the continuous deepening of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party.

管党治党的改革精神和严的标准是相辅相成、有机统一的。改革精神倡导创新和进取，为严的标准提供动力，推动探索从严管党治党新方法、新路径；严的标准要求党内法规制度体系严谨、完备、有效，为改革精神的落实提供保障。要把二者结合起来协同推进，以改革精神破解党的建设中的难题，以严的标准确保改革措施的落实，使党的建设在改革创新中不断改进加强，在严管严治中不断提质增效，推动全面从严治党不断向纵深发展。

(The author is a researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance))

（作者为中央党校（国家行政学院）习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心研究员）

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