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Implement the Major Decisions and Deployments of the Party Central Committee More Resolutely and Forcefully

汤俊峰:更加坚决有力地贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署

· · CPC History & Party Building · Tang Junfeng, Researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, National Defense University · "Guangming Daily" (28 January 2026) · 13 min read

Implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is a fundamental requirement for upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership, and it is also an important historical experience in the continuous progress and development of the cause of the Party and the people. At the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection [1]1 The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection refers to the fifth plenary meeting of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) elected at the 20th National Congress of the CPC in 2022, typically held annually to discuss anti-corruption and Party discipline work., General Secretary Xi Jinping, with an eye on the overall situation of the development of the Party and the state's undertakings, emphasized "implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee more resolutely and forcefully." This is not only a political order to Party organizations at all levels and the vast majority of Party members and cadres, but also an important guarantee for our Party to unite and lead the people in making a good start, overcoming difficulties, and securing victory on the new journey of the 15th Five-Year Plan [2]2 The 15th Five-Year Plan refers to China's national economic and social development plan for the period 2026-2030, succeeding the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025)..

贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,是维护党中央权威和集中统一领导的根本要求,也是党和人民事业不断发展进步的重要历史经验。习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委五次全会上,着眼党和国家事业发展全局,强调“更加坚决有力地贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署”。这不仅是对各级党组织和广大党员干部的政治号令,也是我们党团结带领人民在“十五五”新征程上开局起步、攻坚克难、制胜未来的重要保证。

1. The Fundamental Requirement for Putting the Two Upholds into Practice

1.把“两个维护”落到实处的根本要求

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Being political is concrete; the Two Upholds must be embodied in actions to resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, in the tangible results of fulfilling duties and doing one's own work well, and in the daily words and deeds of Party members and cadres." Deeply studying and comprehending the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and knowing one's responsibilities in the heart, fulfilling them through action, and implementing them, is the concretization and embodiment of being political, and is the basic requirement and actual manifestation of loyalty to the Party and consistency between words and deeds.

习近平总书记指出:“讲政治是具体的,‘两个维护’要体现在坚决贯彻党中央决策部署的行动上,体现在履职尽责、做好本职工作的实效上,体现在党员、干部的日常言行上。”深入学习领会党中央决策部署,并知责于心、履责于行、贯彻落实,是讲政治的具体化、具象化,是对党忠诚、言行一致的基本要求和实际体现。

Upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership is a major founding principle of Marxist political parties. Engels emphasized, "Without authority, there can be no unified action of any kind." [3]3 This is a paraphrase of Engels's argument in "On Authority" (1872), where he defends the necessity of authority in social organization against anarchist critiques. Over more than a century of struggle, our Party has formed the fine tradition and political advantage of resolutely upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee, with strict organization, strict discipline, united struggle, and unified action. Resolutely upholding General Secretary Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and resolutely upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership, are major political achievements and valuable experiences of our Party since the 18th National Congress of the CPC [4]4 The 18th National Congress of the CPC, held in 2012, marked the beginning of Xi Jinping's leadership and the launch of the anti-corruption campaign and comprehensive reforms.. Adhering to the Two Upholds requires not only theoretical and ideological consciousness, but also conscious action and practice. The major strategic decisions made by the Party Central Committee, and the clear work ideas, tasks, and policies, are all proposed after full argumentation and repeated study, fully reflecting the Party Central Committee's accurate grasp of the situation and scientific deployment of tasks, concentrating the wisdom of the entire Party, and reflecting the wishes of the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "If the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are not effectively implemented, how can the centralized, unified leadership of the Party be spoken of?" Only by implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee more resolutely and forcefully can Party leadership be truly implemented, truly uphold the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership, ensure the smooth flow of central government decrees, maintain the unity and solidarity of the entire Party, and carry through and implement the requirement of being political to the end.

维护党中央权威和集中统一领导是马克思主义政党的重大建党原则。恩格斯强调,“没有权威,就不可能有任何的一致行动”。我们党在百余年奋斗中形成了坚决维护党中央权威,组织严密、纪律严明、团结奋斗、行动一致的优良传统和政治优势。坚决维护习近平总书记党中央的核心、全党的核心地位,坚决维护党中央权威和集中统一领导,是党的十八大以来我们党的重大政治成果和宝贵经验。坚持“两个维护”,既要做到理论自觉、思想自觉,更要做到行动自觉、实践自觉。党中央作出的重大战略决策,明确的工作思路、任务、政策,都是经过充分论证、反复研究提出的,充分体现了党中央对形势的准确把握、对任务的科学部署,集中了全党智慧,反映了人民愿望。习近平总书记指出:“如果党中央的决策部署得不到有效贯彻,党的集中统一领导从何谈起?”只有更加坚决有力地贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,才能把党的领导落到实处,真正做到维护党中央权威和集中统一领导,确保中央政令畅通,维护全党的团结统一,把讲政治的要求贯彻到底、落实到位。

Being political requires improving political execution. The Norms on Political Life Within the Party Under the New Situation [5]5 The Norms on Political Life Within the Party Under the New Situation is a set of internal Party regulations adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in 2016, aimed at strengthening political discipline and rules within the Party. states, "Regarding the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, no Party organization or Party member is allowed to implement only what they find agreeable and not implement what they do not, nor are they allowed to act first and report later, and even less are they allowed to say one thing and do another, or comply in public while opposing in private." Implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee requires starting from preventing and opposing individualism, decentralism, liberalism, and departmentalism. It is necessary to deeply understand the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, enhance the Four Consciousnesses, strengthen the Four Confidences, and achieve the Two Upholds, strengthen the study and comprehension of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, deeply appreciate their main content, spiritual essence, and overall arrangements and long-term considerations, always pay attention to what the Party Central Committee is concerned about and emphasizing, deeply understand what the most important interests of the Party and the state are, and what positions most need to be firmly upheld, and constantly and consciously align with the spirit of the Party Central Committee, achieving resolute response to what the Party Central Committee advocates, resolute compliance with what the Party Central Committee decides, and resolute refusal to do what the Party Central Committee prohibits. Enhance political responsibility and historical mission, highlight the problem orientation, strengthen political supervision, promptly discover and solve prominent problems such as orders being given but not carried out, prohibitions being ignored, making choices, making adaptations, and discounting, ignoring the overall situation, engaging in departmental and local protectionism, mechanically copying without adaptation, and treating the central and local levels as identical, unblock the blockages, obstacles, and difficulties in implementation, and use strong political supervision to ensure the implementation of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.

讲政治必须提高政治执行力。《关于新形势下党内政治生活的若干准则》指出,“对党中央决策部署,任何党组织和任何党员都不准合意的执行、不合意的不执行,不准先斩后奏,更不准口是心非、阳奉阴违”。贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,就要从防止和反对个人主义、分散主义、自由主义、本位主义做起。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”,加强对党中央重大决策部署的学习领悟,深刻体会其主要内容、精神实质及全局安排和长远考量,时刻关注党中央在关心什么、强调什么,深刻领会什么是党和国家最重要的利益、什么是最需要坚定维护的立场,时时处处自觉同党中央精神对标对表,做到党中央提倡的坚决响应,党中央决定的坚决照办,党中央禁止的坚决不做。增强政治责任感、历史使命感,突出问题导向,加强政治监督,及时发现和解决有令不行、有禁不止,做选择、搞变通、打折扣,不顾大局、搞部门和地方保护主义,照搬照抄、上下一般粗等突出问题,打通贯彻执行中的堵点淤点难点,以强有力的政治监督保障党中央重大决策部署落到实处。

2. The Political Guarantee for Creating a New Situation in Chinese-Path Modernization

2.开创中国式现代化新局面的政治保证

Party leadership directly concerns the fundamental direction, future, and ultimate success or failure of Chinese-path modernization. Only by resolutely implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee can the steady and long-term progress of Chinese-path modernization be ensured.

党的领导直接关系中国式现代化的根本方向、前途命运、最终成败。只有坚决贯彻党中央重大决策部署,才能保证中国式现代化行稳致远。

Over more than a century, our Party has led the people through revolution, construction, and reform, continuously advancing the cause of the Party and the people and achieving one victory after another. This has essentially been achieved by formulating correct lines, principles, and policies, making scientific decisions and deployments, and leading the entire people to unite as one and work hard. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, focusing on the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the changes unseen in a century in the world, has formulated and introduced a series of major principles and policies, major strategies, major plans, and major measures concerning the long term, the overall situation, and the fundamentals for comprehensively building a modern socialist country and advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization, leading socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era to continuously create new situations. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country have pooled their efforts and worked hard, turning the Party's major decisions and deployments one by one into concrete actions that promote reform and development and benefit the people, driving the cause of the Party and the state to achieve historic accomplishments and undergo historic changes. Practice has proven that implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee well is an important guarantee for the continuous victory of the cause of the Party and the people.

百余年来,我们党带领人民历经革命、建设、改革,推动党和人民事业不断向前发展,取得一个又一个胜利,这本质上是通过制定正确路线方针政策,作出科学决策部署,带领全体人民团结一心、艰苦奋斗实现的。党的十八大以来,以习近平同志为核心的党中央着眼中华民族伟大复兴战略全局和世界百年未有之大变局,对以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业制定出台一系列事关长远、事关全局、事关根本的重大方针政策、重大战略、重大规划、重大举措,引领新时代中国特色社会主义不断开创新局面。在党中央坚强领导下,全党全国各族人民凝心聚力、真抓实干,把党的重大决策部署一项一项变成促进改革发展、造福人民的实际行动,推动党和国家事业发展取得历史性成就、发生历史性变革。实践证明,贯彻落实好党中央重大决策部署,是党和人民事业不断取得胜利的重要保证。

Great truths are simple, and action is essential. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Party Central Committee [6]6 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Party Central Committee, held in 2025, focused on economic and social development planning for the next five years, including the formulation of the 15th Five-Year Plan. made systematic plans and strategic deployments for economic and social development over the next five years, clarifying the guiding principles, main objectives, strategic tasks, and major measures. This is a major decision and deployment made by the Party Central Committee based on current and long-term development goals. On the new journey, it is necessary to bear in mind the "greatest concerns of the state" [7]7 "Greatest concerns of the state" (国之大者) is a phrase used by Xi Jinping to refer to the most fundamental and overarching issues concerning the Party and the country's long-term development, such as national security, the overall situation of reform and opening up, and the well-being of the people., firmly establish the thinking of the whole country as a single chessboard, accurately identify one's own development positioning, place the work of one's own region and department within the overall situation for consideration, resolutely ensure that localities obey the central government and parts obey the whole, and ensure that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented without discount, distortion, or deviation, and are implemented and take effect one by one. Closely focusing on the requirements of implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality development, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, focusing on tasks such as building a modern industrial system and developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions, strengthen specific, precise, and normalized supervision and inspection, make good use of inspection results, strengthen rectification supervision, ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented in place, and work together from top to bottom to continuously turn the beautiful blueprint into a beautiful reality. China has a vast territory and a large population, with great differences in conditions across regions and ever-changing developments in the situation. At the opening ceremony of the special seminar for major leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Party Central Committee [8]8 This refers to a special seminar for provincial and ministerial-level officials held in early 2025 to study and implement the decisions of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Party Central Committee., General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, "Local plans and special plans should be aligned with the national overall plan, reflecting the spirit and requirements of the national overall plan. At the same time, they should be tailored to local conditions and specific matters, unifying needs and possibilities, ensuring that what is decided can be done and can be implemented effectively." This requires us to be good at closely combining our own actual conditions, seriously explore effective methods and ways to implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, implement precise policies and efficient execution, consciously act according to the law, and achieve both adding luster to one's own region and contributing to the overall situation.

大道至简,实干为要。党的二十届四中全会对未来5年经济社会发展作出系统谋划和战略部署,明确了指导方针、主要目标、战略任务和重大举措,这是党中央立足当前和长远发展目标作出的重大决策部署。新征程上,必须胸怀“国之大者”,牢固树立全国一盘棋思想,找准自身发展定位,把本地区本部门工作放到全局中去思考,坚决做到地方服从中央、局部服从整体,确保党中央决策部署贯彻落实不打折、不变形、不走样,一项一项落实落细、落地见效。紧紧围绕贯彻新发展理念、推动高质量发展、加快构建新发展格局,聚焦建设现代化产业体系、因地制宜发展新质生产力等任务要求,加强具体化、精准化、常态化的监督检查,用好巡视成果、强化整改监督,确保党中央重大决策部署落实到位,上下同心不断把美好蓝图变为美好现实。我国幅员辽阔、人口众多,各地情况千差万别,形势发展也千变万化。习近平总书记在省部级主要领导干部学习贯彻党的二十届四中全会精神专题研讨班开班式上指出,“地方规划和专项规划要与国家整体规划衔接好,体现国家整体规划的精神和要求,同时要因地因事制宜,把需要和可能统一起来,确保定了就做得到、能落地见效”。这要求我们要善于紧密结合各自实际,认真探索贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署的有效方法和途径,精准施策、高效执行,自觉按规律办事,做到既为一域增光、又为全局添彩。

3. The Primary Content of the Party's Political Discipline and Political Rules

3.党的政治纪律和政治规矩的首要内容

Party discipline is the code of conduct that must be observed by Party organizations at all levels and all Party members, and is an important guarantee for maintaining the unity and solidarity of the Party and accomplishing the Party's tasks. Implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is not only a functional requirement at the level of work responsibilities, but also a disciplinary requirement clearly stipulated by Party rules and regulations.

党的纪律是各级党组织和全体党员必须遵守的行为规则,是维护党的团结统一、完成党的任务的重要保证。贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,不仅是工作职责层面的职能要求,而且是党规党纪明确的纪律要求。

Our Party is a Marxist political party with strict discipline, and its disciplinary requirements for all organizations and members are comprehensive and multi-dimensional. Implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is a norm that runs through the provisions of the Party Constitution, intra-Party regulations, and Party discipline. For example, Chapter Seven of the Party Constitution makes fundamental provisions on Party discipline, explicitly stipulating that lower-level organizations must resolutely implement the decisions of higher-level organizations. Article 56 of the Regulations on Disciplinary Action of the Communist Party of China sets forth corresponding disciplinary provisions for Party member leading cadres who refuse to implement the major policies established by the Party Central Committee, or who even engage in activities behind the back of the Party Central Committee; who only pay lip service to implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee without taking concrete action; or who implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee without resolve, cutting corners, or making expedient alterations. From this, it can be seen that implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is clearly stipulated and forcefully guaranteed by the Party’s discipline and rules. Failure to resolutely implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee constitutes a violation of Party discipline and intra-Party regulations, and is a violation of political discipline and political rules. Implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is not a soft constraint but an iron rule; failure to resolutely implement them violates Party discipline and crosses a bottom line.

我们党是有着严明纪律的马克思主义政党,党对各级组织和党员的纪律要求是全方位的、立体的。贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,是贯穿党章党规党纪的条文规范。比如,党章第七章对党的纪律作出根本规定,特别是明确下级组织必须坚决执行上级组织的决定。《中国共产党纪律处分条例》第五十六条对党员领导干部拒不执行党中央确定的大政方针,甚至背着党中央另搞一套的,对贯彻党中央决策部署只表态不落实,或者落实党中央决策部署不坚决,打折扣、搞变通等行为,都制定了相应处分规定。由此可见,贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,是由党的纪律规矩所明确规定和强力保障的。不坚决贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,是一种违反党纪党规的行为,是违反政治纪律和政治规矩的行为。贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,不是软约束,而是铁规矩;不坚决贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,就违反了党纪、触犯了底线。

Political discipline is the most important, fundamental, and crucial discipline. To strictly enforce Party discipline, the first priority is to strictly enforce political discipline, and the primary content of upholding political discipline is to resolutely implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. On the new journey, we should strengthen education for Party members and cadres on observing political discipline and political rules, firmly establish a consciousness of the Party Constitution and a concept of discipline, and regard upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee and implementing its decisions and deployments as the most important political discipline to observe. We must never allow “policies from above to be met with countermeasures from below,” never allow orders to be disobeyed and prohibitions to be ignored, and never allow cutting corners, making choices, or engaging in expedient alterations in the implementation of central decisions and deployments. Strictly implement the system of reporting major matters, increase the intensity of supervision and urging, take the implementation of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee as the primary political criterion for evaluating work, and use various methods such as open inspections, unannounced visits, and follow-up visits to understand the situation of implementation, forming a reverse pressure mechanism for ensuring implementation. Give full play to the sharp sword role of inspections and disciplinary inspections, highlight political supervision, and seriously pursue responsibility in accordance with regulations and discipline for those who are not attentive, not pragmatic, and not diligent in implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, using concrete actions to supervise and urge the implementation of these decisions and deployments.

政治纪律是最重要、最根本、最关键的纪律,严明党的纪律首要的就是严明政治纪律,维护政治纪律的首要内容就是坚决贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署。新征程上,应加强对党员干部遵守政治纪律和政治规矩的教育,牢固树立党章意识、纪律观念,把维护党中央权威和集中统一领导、贯彻落实党中央决策部署作为最重要的政治纪律来遵守,决不允许“上有政策、下有对策”,决不允许有令不行、有禁不止,决不允许在贯彻执行中央决策部署上打折扣、做选择、搞变通。严格执行重大事项请示报告制度,加大督查督办力度,把贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署情况作为考核评价工作的首要政治标准,通过明察、暗访、回访等多种方式了解贯彻落实情况,形成抓落实的倒逼机制。充分发挥巡视巡察利剑作用,突出政治监督,对贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署不用心不务实不尽力的要依规依纪严肃追究责任,以实际行动督导贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署。

4. An Inevitable Requirement for Continuously Deepening the Rectification of the “Four Forms of Bureaucracy” [9]9 The “Four Forms of Bureaucracy” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major rectification campaign launched by the CPC leadership after the 18th National Congress in 2012.

4.持续深化纠治“四风”问题的必然要求

Obedience to orders and swift, resolute action are fine traditions and work styles of the Party, and are also key to enhancing the Party’s cohesion and combat effectiveness. Implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is a practical necessity for carrying forward the Party’s fine traditions and rectifying the stubborn malady of the “Four Forms of Bureaucracy.”

令行禁止、雷厉风行,是党的优良传统和作风,也是增强党的凝聚力战斗力的关键所在。贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署,是弘扬党的优良传统、纠治“四风”顽疾的现实所需。

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, with a strong historical sense of responsibility and a tenacious will, has faced the major risks and tests confronting the Party and the prominent problems existing within the Party head-on. It began by formulating and implementing the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee, used the spirit of the nail to rectify the “Four Forms of Bureaucracy,” curbed unhealthy practices that had long gone unchecked, corrected stubborn and deep-seated maladies that had persisted for years, and brought about a completely new atmosphere in Party conduct, government conduct, and social conduct, achieving a high degree of unity in the hearts of the Party, the military, and the people. However, work style issues are long-term, recurrent, and stubborn; they cannot be resolved overnight or in one fell swoop. To continuously deepen the rectification of the “Four Forms of Bureaucracy,” we must not only keep a close watch on issues of extravagance and hedonism that have changed form or become hidden and mutated, but also make greater efforts to solve the stubborn problems of formalism and bureaucracy that hinder the implementation of the Party’s line, principles, policies, and the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. Currently, in implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, a small number of localities, units, and leading cadres still have problems of “deviation,” “temperature difference,” and “gap,” causing these decisions and deployments to become distorted, altered, and fail to take root during implementation. To continuously deepen the rectification of the “Four Forms of Bureaucracy,” we must highlight the undesirable work styles that affect the implementation of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, so that work style construction better serves the overall situation of Party building and the development of the Party’s cause.

党的十八大以来,以习近平同志为核心的党中央以强烈的历史担当和顽强的意志品质,直面党面临的重大风险考验和党内存在的突出问题,从制定和落实中央八项规定开局破题,以钉钉子精神纠治“四风”,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,党风政风社风焕然一新,党心军心民心高度凝聚。但作风问题具有长期性、反复性、顽固性,不可能一蹴而就、毕其功于一役。持续深化纠治“四风”问题,既要紧盯奢靡享乐方面出现的改头换面、隐形变异等问题,更要下大力气解决阻碍党的路线方针政策和党中央重大决策部署贯彻落实的形式主义、官僚主义痼疾。当前,在贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署方面,少数地方、单位和领导干部仍然存在“偏差”“温差”“落差”问题,使党中央重大决策部署在贯彻执行中变形走样、落不了地。持续深化纠治“四风”问题,必须把影响党中央重大决策部署贯彻落实的不良作风突出出来,使作风建设更好服务于党的建设和党的事业发展大局。

Ensuring implementation is a fundamental requirement of the Party’s political line, ideological line, and mass line, and is also an important indicator for measuring the Party spirit and outlook on political performance of leading cadres. On the new journey, we should consolidate and expand the achievements of the study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee, promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work style construction, strengthen the consciousness of purpose, Party spirit, and discipline, and deeply understand that no matter how numerous and complex the work tasks of various regions and departments may be, the primary responsibility is to implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee well; no matter how diverse the positions and responsibilities of Party member leading cadres may be, their common duty is to ensure the implementation of various decisions and deployments with strong Party spirit and a correct outlook on political performance. We should improve and perfect the mechanisms for discovering and identifying hidden, mutated, and altered forms of formalism and bureaucracy, deepen the rectification of formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots level, build a sound political ecosystem, and guide and encourage the vast number of Party members and cadres to implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee without compromise, with swift and resolute action, and with a pragmatic and truth-seeking attitude. Adhere to strict supervision and discipline enforcement, strengthen continuous follow-up and effectiveness evaluation, and whole-cycle, whole-chain management, give play to the exemplary and guiding role of advanced models, and guide leading cadres at all levels to earnestly fulfill their mission and responsibility of promoting the implementation of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.

抓落实,是党的政治路线、思想路线、群众路线的根本要求,也是衡量领导干部党性和政绩观的重要标志。新征程上,要巩固拓展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育成果,推进作风建设常态化长效化,强化宗旨意识、党性观念和纪律意识,深刻认识到各地区各部门的工作任务无论多么千头万绪,首要责任都是贯彻落实好党中央重大决策部署;党员领导干部的岗位职责无论多么千差万别,共同职责都是以坚强的党性、正确的政绩观抓好各项决策部署落实。应健全完善形式主义、官僚主义隐形变异、变种变调的发现识别机制,深化整治形式主义为基层减负,构建良好政治生态,引导推动广大党员干部不折不扣、雷厉风行、求真务实抓好党中央重大决策部署落实。坚持从严监督执纪,强化持续跟踪问效和全周期全链条管理,发挥先进典型示范引导作用,引导各级领导干部切实履行好推动党中央重大决策部署贯彻落实的使命责任。

(Author: Tang Junfeng, Researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, National Defense University of the People’s Liberation Army)

(作者:汤俊峰,系国防大学习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心研究员)

Notes

  1. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection refers to the fifth plenary meeting of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) elected at the 20th National Congress of the CPC in 2022, typically held annually to discuss anti-corruption and Party discipline work. ↩
  2. The 15th Five-Year Plan refers to China's national economic and social development plan for the period 2026-2030, succeeding the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025). ↩
  3. This is a paraphrase of Engels's argument in "On Authority" (1872), where he defends the necessity of authority in social organization against anarchist critiques. ↩
  4. The 18th National Congress of the CPC, held in 2012, marked the beginning of Xi Jinping's leadership and the launch of the anti-corruption campaign and comprehensive reforms. ↩
  5. The Norms on Political Life Within the Party Under the New Situation is a set of internal Party regulations adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in 2016, aimed at strengthening political discipline and rules within the Party. ↩
  6. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Party Central Committee, held in 2025, focused on economic and social development planning for the next five years, including the formulation of the 15th Five-Year Plan. ↩
  7. "Greatest concerns of the state" (国之大者) is a phrase used by Xi Jinping to refer to the most fundamental and overarching issues concerning the Party and the country's long-term development, such as national security, the overall situation of reform and opening up, and the well-being of the people. ↩
  8. This refers to a special seminar for provincial and ministerial-level officials held in early 2025 to study and implement the decisions of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Party Central Committee. ↩
  9. The “Four Forms of Bureaucracy” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major rectification campaign launched by the CPC leadership after the 18th National Congress in 2012. ↩