Persist in Using the Party’s Self-Revolution to Lead the Social Revolution

On January 12, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with higher standards and more concrete measures, implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee more resolutely and effectively, confine the exercise of power within an institutional cage more scientifically and efficiently, and advance the fight against corruption more soberly and resolutely, so as to provide a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

1月12日，在中国共产党第二十届中央纪律检查委员会第五次全体会议上，习近平总书记强调，要坚持和加强党的全面领导，以更高标准、更实举措推进全面从严治党，更加坚决有力地贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署，更加科学有效地把权力关进制度笼子，更加清醒坚定地推进反腐败斗争，为实现“十五五”时期目标任务提供坚强保障。

The key to comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation lies in the Party. History and practice have repeatedly proven that upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership is the fundamental guarantee for the victory of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is also the most solid reliance and the strongest source of confidence for advancing Chinese-path modernization. The “Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” profoundly points out: “Persist in using the Party’s self-revolution to lead the social revolution, unremittingly advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, enhance the Party’s political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal, and improve the Party’s ability to lead economic and social development.” [1]1 The “Four Forms of Decadence” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major Party rectification campaign launched in 2013. Scholars interviewed stated that this important thesis points the direction for advancing Party building and the great cause led by the Party on the new journey, profoundly reveals the success code for the century-old Communist Party of China to maintain its vitality and always lead the times, and provides a strong political guarantee and organizational guarantee for the ship of Chinese-path modernization to forge ahead through the waves.

全面建设社会主义现代化国家、全面推进中华民族伟大复兴，关键在党。历史和实践反复证明，坚持和加强党的全面领导，是中国特色社会主义事业取得胜利的根本保证，更是推进中国式现代化最坚实的依靠、最强大的底气。《中共中央关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十五个五年规划的建议》深刻指出，“坚持以党的自我革命引领社会革命，持之以恒推进全面从严治党，增强党的政治领导力、思想引领力、群众组织力、社会号召力，提高党领导经济社会发展能力和水平”。受访学者表示，这一重要论断，为新征程上推进党的建设和党领导的伟大事业指明了方向，深刻揭示了中国共产党这个百年大党永葆生机活力、始终引领时代的成功密码，为中国式现代化航船破浪前行提供了坚强的政治保证和组织保障。

Build the Party into an Even Stronger and More Powerful Force Through Thorough Self-Revolution

以彻底的自我革命把党建设得更加坚强有力

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, facing the accelerated evolution of changes unseen in a century in the world and the arduous and heavy tasks of domestic reform, development, and stability, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core took a holistic view of the overall

“十四五”时期，面对世界百年未有之大变局加速演进、国内改革发展稳定任务艰巨繁重，以习近平同志为核心的党中央统揽全局、运筹帷幄，深刻把握全面从严治党与实现高质量发展的内在统一关系，将坚持和加强党的全面领导作为一切工作的“定盘星”，以前所未有的决心和力度深入推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程。中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院纪委书记、副院长陈志刚深有感触：“‘十四五’时期我国发展之所以能够攻坚克难、取得历史性成就，最根本的原因在于党中央始终将党的自我革命摆在突出位置，以雷霆万钧之势推进全面从严治党，清除了党、国家、军队内部存在的严重隐患，党风政风为之一新，党心民心为之一振，从而成功引领和推动社会革命，确保了党和国家事业发展的正确航向。”

Institutions address fundamental issues and ensure long-term stability. From the “Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening Supervision over ‘Key Minorities’” [1]1 The “Four Forms of Decadence” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major Party rectification campaign launched in 2013., which focuses on the “key few,” to the “Provisions on the Clean and Honest Performance of Duties by Rural Grassroots Cadres,” which regulates power at the grassroots level; from the “Regulations on the Work of the Communist Party of China on Organizational Work,” which consolidates the organizational foundation, to the “Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Punishments,” which delineates behavioral red lines; from the “Regulations on the Ideological and Political Work of the Communist Party of China,” which fortifies the ideological foundation, to a series of supporting

制度管根本、管长远。从聚焦“关键少数”的《中共中央关于加强对“一把手”和领导班子监督的意见》，到规范基层权力的《农村基层干部廉洁履行职责规定》；从夯实组织基础的《中国共产党组织工作条例》，到划定行为红线的《中国共产党纪律处分条例》；从筑牢思想根基的《中国共产党思想政治工作条例》，到一系列配套法规制度……“十四五”时期，党内法规制度建设进入“快车道”，形成了一张经纬交织、严密有效的制度网络。这套制度体系清晰界定了各级党组织和党员干部在治国理政中的权责边界，将权力运行的每一步都纳入规范化、程序化轨道，确保了国家治理始终在法治轨道上稳健运行。

2025 is a key juncture for concluding the 14th Five-Year Plan and planning the 15th Five-Year Plan’s development. Carrying out education and study on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations across the entire Party is precisely a vivid footnote to the self-revolution advanced by Communists in the New Era. Wu Hui, a professor in the Party Building Department of the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance), stated: “The Party Central Committee treats thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations as a long-term effective iron rule and hard benchmark, continuously deepening and expanding it. A series of measures, such as revising the ‘Regulations on Practicing Thrift and Opposing Waste in Party and Government Organs’ and issuing the ‘Several Provisions on Rectifying Formalism to Reduce Burdens at the Grassroots Level,’ keep a close watch on the old problems and new trends of the ‘Four Forms of Decadence’[1]1 The “Four Forms of Decadence” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major Party rectification campaign launched in 2013., continuously reinforce the dike of work style construction, and steadily transform institutional advantages into tangible governance effectiveness, providing a solid work style guarantee for making a good start and taking solid steps on the new journey.”

2025年是“十四五”规划收官、谋划“十五五”发展的关键节点。在全党开展深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育，正是新时代共产党人推进自我革命的生动注脚。中央党校（国家行政学院）党建部教授吴辉提出：“党中央将深入贯彻中央八项规定精神作为长期有效的铁规矩、硬杠杠，持续深化拓展。修订《党政机关厉行节约反对浪费条例》、出台《整治形式主义为基层减负若干规定》等一系列举措，紧盯‘四风’老问题和新动向，持续加固作风建设堤坝，将制度优势不断转化为实实在在的治理效能，为新征程开好局、起好步提供了过硬的作风保障。”

The determination of “ten years to sharpen a single sword”[2]2 “Ten years to sharpen a single sword” is a Chinese idiom meaning persistent effort over a long period to achieve a goal, often used to describe sustained anti-corruption efforts. and the sense of responsibility of “offending thousands of people rather than failing the 1.4 billion”[3]3 “Offending thousands of people rather than failing the 1.4 billion” is a phrase converge into a magnificent picture of the anti-corruption struggle in the New Era. Zhang Xiaomeng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Discipline Inspection and Supervision at Renmin University of China, stated: “Since the New Era, the Party Central Committee, with the resolve of ‘scraping the poison off the bone and cutting the wrist to save the body’[4]4 The Two Establishments: the establishment of Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and the establishment of the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era., has launched a ‘combined punch’ of self-revolution. It has always adhered to strict principles, strict measures, and a strict atmosphere, covering comprehensive and strict governance of the Party across all areas and aspects of Party building, promoting the formation of a strong political ecology of strict discipline and clean governance, making Party conduct and government conduct take on a completely new look, and driving continuous improvement in social conduct.”

“十年磨一剑”的定力，“得罪千百人、不负十四亿”的担当，汇聚成新时代波澜壮阔的反腐败斗争画卷。中国人民大学纪检监察学院党委书记张晓萌表示：“新时代以来，党中央以‘刮骨疗毒、壮士断腕’的决心，打出自我革命的‘组合拳’。始终坚持严的基调、严的措施、严的氛围，将全面从严治党覆盖党的建设各领域各方面，推动形成了纪律严明、清正廉洁的浓厚政治生态，使得党风政风焕然一新，带动社会风气持续向好。”

Zhang Jian, a professor at the School of Marxism at Nankai University, explained: “Chinese-path modernization is socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China. This essential attribute determines that advancing this unprecedented pioneering undertaking must uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership. Our Party has found, through long-term exploration, the second answer to the historical cycle of rise and fall, order and chaos[5]5 The Two Upholds: upholding Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.—self-revolution—and has consistently advanced comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. It is precisely through this continuous self-purification, self-improvement, self-renovation, and self-enhancement that the Party is ensured to remain the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, injecting the most fundamental, most enduring, and most powerful driving force into Chinese-path modernization.”

南开大学马克思主义学院教授张健阐释道：“中国式现代化，是中国共产党领导的社会主义现代化。这一本质属性决定了推进这项前无古人的开创性事业，必须坚持和加强党的全面领导。我们党在长期探索中找到了自我革命这一跳出治乱兴衰历史周期率的第二个答案，并一以贯之推进全面从严治党，正是通过这种持续的自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高，确保了党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心，为中国式现代化注入了最根本、最持久、最强大的动力。”

Demonstrating the Practical Power of Self-Revolution in the Great Social Revolution

在伟大社会革命中彰显自我革命的实践伟力

Self-revolution is not revolution for its own sake; its fundamental purpose is to better lead the social revolution. During the period of the 14th Five-Year Plan, whether it is drawing the blueprint for high-quality development, striving to break through “bottleneck” technologies to enhance high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology, or comprehensively advancing rural revitalization and accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, our Party has always placed political construction in the first position, being adept at seeing problems and setting directions from a political perspective, ensuring that various undertakings do not deviate from the course or fall behind.

自我革命非为革命而革命，其根本目的在于更好地引领社会革命。“十四五”时期，无论是擘画高质量发展蓝图、奋力突破“卡脖子”技术以提升高水平科技自立自强，还是全面推进乡村振兴、加快经济社会发展全面绿色转型，我们党始终将政治建设置于首位，善于从政治上看问题、把方向，确保各项事业不偏航、不掉队。

The more effective the governance of the Party, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development. Currently, we are in a critical period of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. Dai Shengli, Dean of the School of Public Administration/Emergency Management at Jinan University, believes: “Through continuous and in-depth self-revolution, the Party forges a stronger and more powerful leading core, thereby enabling it to more effectively coordinate the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and advance the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, gathering a mighty combined force to respond to various domestic and international risks and challenges, ensuring that the great ship of Chinese-path modernization can still sail steadily and far when facing stormy seas.”

管党治党越有效，经济社会发展的保障就越有力。当前，我们正处在全面建设社会主义现代化国家的关键时期。暨南大学公共管理学院/应急管理学院院长戴胜利认为：“党通过持续深入的自我革命，锻造出更加坚强有力的领导核心，从而能够更有效地统筹‘五位一体’总体布局、协调推进‘四个全面’战略布局，凝聚起应对国内外各种风险挑战的磅礴合力，确保中国式现代化这艘巨轮在面对惊涛骇浪时依然能够行稳致远。”

Zhu Jie, Deputy Director of the Research Center for Intra-Party Regulations at Wuhan University, interpreted the innovative path of self-revolution from three dimensions: theory, system, and practice: “Our Party, by continuously advancing theoretical innovation, such as proposing major propositions like ‘solving the unique problems of a major party,’ has clarified the orientation and direction for self-revolution; by strengthening institutional innovation, improving the responsibility system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, it has built the ‘four beams and eight pillars’[6]6 The 15th Five-Year Plan: China’s national economic and social development plan for 2026–2030, succeeding the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025). of self-revolution; by vigorously promoting practical innovation, implementing various deployments with the spirit of driving a nail, it has resolutely eradicated deep-rooted maladies hindering the development of the cause. These three aspects are organically unified, collectively embodying our Party’s firm will and superb ability to lead the social revolution through self-revolution.”

武汉大学党内法规研究中心副主任祝捷从理论、制度、实践三个维度解读了自我革命的创新路径：“我们党通过不断推进理论创新，如提出‘解决大党独有难题’等重大命题，为自我革命明确了方位与方向；通过强化制度创新，完善全面从严治党责任体系，构建起自我革命的‘四梁八柱’；通过狠抓实践创新，以钉钉子精神落实各项部署，坚决铲除阻碍事业发展的顽瘴痼疾。这三者有机统一，共同体现了我们党以自我革命引领社会革命的坚定意志与高超能力。”

Political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal—these are the core manifestations of the Party’s governing capacity and leadership level. Chen Zhigang stated that to strengthen political leadership, the most fundamental thing is to deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments [4]4 The Two Establishments: the establishment of Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and the establishment of the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. and resolutely achieve the Two Upholds [5]5 The Two Upholds: upholding Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee., ensuring the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, so that the Party’s core role of overall leadership and coordinating all parties is fully exerted; to strengthen ideological guidance, it is necessary to unswervingly use the Party’s innovative theory to consolidate souls and build the common ideological foundation for the united struggle of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country; to strengthen mass organization, one must always stand firmly on the people’s side, implement the Party’s mass line, and firmly rally hundreds of millions of people under the Party’s banner; to strengthen social appeal, it is necessary, through the Party’s advanced concepts, fine work style, and brilliant achievements, to widely win popular support, gather people’s strength, and continuously consolidate the Party’s governing foundation.

政治领导力、思想引领力、群众组织力、社会号召力——这是党的执政能力和领导水平的核心体现。陈志刚表示，增强政治领导力，最根本的是要深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，坚决做到“两个维护”，确保党中央权威和集中统一领导，使党总揽全局、协调各方的核心作用充分发挥；增强思想引领力，就是要坚持不懈用党的创新理论凝心铸魂，巩固全党全国各族人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础；增强群众组织力，必须始终站稳人民立场，贯彻党的群众路线，把亿万人民紧紧凝聚在党的旗帜下；增强社会号召力，则要通过党的先进理念、优良作风和辉煌成就，广泛赢得民心、汇聚民力，不断巩固党的执政根基。

History is the best textbook. Zhang Xiaomeng recalled: “The history of the development of the Communist Party of China is a history of carrying out self-revolution while promoting social revolution. Precisely because the Party has always focused on the goal of the great social revolution to plan self-revolution, and used the results of social revolution to test the effectiveness of self-revolution, it has ensured that the Party can always stand at the forefront of the times and become the core force leading the Chinese nation toward the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. On the new journey, it is necessary to closely focus on the Party’s central tasks to plan and advance the Party’s self-revolution, so that the two resonate at the same frequency and promote each other.”

历史是最好的教科书。张晓萌回顾道：“一部中国共产党的发展史，就是一部在推动社会革命的同时进行自我革命的历史。正是因为党始终着眼伟大社会革命的目标来谋划自我革命，并用社会革命的成果来检验自我革命的成效，才确保了党能够始终勇立时代潮头，成为引领中华民族迈向伟大复兴的核心力量。新征程上，必须紧紧围绕党的中心任务来谋划和推进党的自我革命，使两者同频共振、相互促进。”

Scholars believe that the Party’s self-revolution and its leadership of social revolution constitute a dialectical and unified organic whole. On the one hand, the Party’s self-revolution, by removing toxins from the body and enhancing governing capacity, clears obstacles and provides a strong political guarantee for the in-depth advancement of social revolution; on the other hand, the new tasks and challenges posed by social revolution continuously provide new topics and sources of impetus for the Party’s self-revolution. The two complement each other and spiral upward, jointly driving the Party’s and the people’s cause from victory to new victories.

学者们认为，党的自我革命与引领社会革命构成辩证统一的有机整体。一方面，党的自我革命通过清除肌体毒素、提升执政能力，为社会革命的深入推进扫清障碍、提供坚强政治保证；另一方面，社会革命提出的新任务、新挑战，又为党的自我革命不断提供新的课题和动力源泉。二者相辅相成、螺旋上升，共同推动党和人民事业不断从胜利走向新的胜利。

Injecting Enduring Impetus into Chinese-Path Modernization

为中国式现代化注入不竭动能

The period of the 15th Five-Year Plan [6]6 The 15th Five-Year Plan: China’s national economic and social development plan for 2026–2030, succeeding the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025). is a critical period for consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. Changes in the world, the times, and history are unfolding in ways unprecedented in a century [7]7 Changes unseen in a century: a standard CPC formulation referring to the current era of global upheaval, including shifts in the international order, technological revolution, and geopolitical tensions., with strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexisting, placing unprecedented higher demands on the Party’s governing capacity and leadership level.

“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。世界之变、时代之变、历史之变正以前所未有的方式展开，战略机遇与风险挑战并存，对党的执政能力和领导水平提出了前所未有的更高要求。

Persistently advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, forging an even stronger Party organization, and tempering a high-quality cadre contingent that is loyal, clean, and responsible can continuously transform the Party’s strong organizational and talent advantages into outstanding national governance effectiveness. Wu Hui stated: “By continuously improving the Party’s governing capacity and leadership level through self-revolution, it can ensure that major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, such as the 15th Five-Year Plan, are implemented smoothly and effectively from top to bottom. At the same time, continuously deepening work style improvement and implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations [8]8 The Eight-Point Regulations: a set of 2012 rules issued by the Party Central Committee to curb extravagance, bureaucracy, and formalism among Party officials. can further strengthen the Party’s flesh-and-blood ties with the people, gather a powerful joint force of unity and common development, and create a clean, upright, and entrepreneurial environment for Chinese-path modernization.”

持之以恒推进全面从严治党，锻造更加坚强的党组织，锤炼忠诚干净担当的高素质干部队伍，能够将党的强大组织优势、人才优势源源不断地转化为卓越的国家治理效能。吴辉表示：“通过自我革命不断提升党的执政能力和领导水平，能够确保‘十五五’等党中央重大决策部署从上到下贯通有力、落实到位。同时，持续深化作风建设，落实中央八项规定精神，能够进一步密切党同人民群众的血肉联系，凝聚起万众一心、共谋发展的强大合力，为中国式现代化营造风清气正、干事创业的良好环境。”

Adhering to using the Party’s self-revolution to lead social revolution is inseparable from scientific theoretical guidance and intellectual support. As the think tank and brain trust of the Party and the people, the philosophy and social sciences community shoulders a unique and glorious mission in this process. Zhu Jie proposed that the social sciences community must base itself on the new historical orientation, focus on fundamental and forward-looking issues of Party building, and make deep efforts in areas such as deepening research on the Party’s innovative theoretical arming, perfecting the intra-Party regulations system, exploring long-term mechanisms for work style improvement and practical paths for self-revolution, providing solid academic support and intellectual contributions for advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and deepening the Party’s self-revolution on the new journey.

坚持以党的自我革命引领社会革命，离不开科学的理论指导和智力支持。哲学社会科学界作为党和人民的思想库、智囊团，在此进程中肩负着独特而光荣的使命。祝捷提出，社科界必须立足新的历史方位，聚焦党的建设根本性、前瞻性问题，在深化党的创新理论武装研究、完善党内法规制度体系、探索作风建设长效机制与自我革命实践路径等方面深耕发力，为新征程上纵深推进全面从严治党、深化党的自我革命提供坚实学理支撑和智力贡献。

Dai Shengli, from the perspective of theoretical construction and countermeasure research, stated: “In the future, efforts should be made to strengthen theoretical interpretation and discourse system construction, systematically summarize the historical experience of the Party’s self-revolution, deeply explain its internal logic and contemporary value, and construct a theory of party governance with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner. At the same time, it is necessary to carry out interdisciplinary comprehensive research around the new situations and new problems faced by the Party’s leadership in the process of Chinese-path modernization, focus on the pain points and difficulties of economic and social development, and propose practical and effective policy recommendations. It is also necessary to be adept at using multiple discourse systems to tell the story of the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution well, enhancing the understanding and recognition of our Party’s leadership both domestically and internationally.”

戴胜利则从理论建构与对策研究角度提出：“未来应着力强化理论阐释与话语体系构建，系统总结党的自我革命历史经验，深刻阐释其内在逻辑与时代价值，构建具有中国特色、中国风格、中国气派的政党治理理论。同时，要围绕中国式现代化进程中党的领导面临的新情况新问题，开展跨学科综合性研究，聚焦经济社会发展的痛点难点，提出务实管用的政策建议。还要善于运用多种话语体系，讲好中国共产党自我革命的故事，增进国际国内社会对我们党的领导的理解与认同。”

Facing the wave of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, Zhang Jian particularly emphasized the importance of cultural confidence and knowledge innovation: “We must further strengthen the Four Confidences [9]9 The Four Confidences: confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics., especially confidence in the culture, vigorously stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation, and accelerate the construction of an independent knowledge system for Chinese philosophy and social sciences. On this basis, the social sciences community should deeply interpret and publicize the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC [10]10 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC: a meeting of the Party’s top leadership, typically focused on governance and Party building; the specific session referenced here is the Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee, held in 2024., gather broad consensus across society, and provide strong spiritual motivation and intellectual support for the implementation of major decisions and deployments during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.”

面对新一轮科技革命和产业变革的浪潮，张健特别强调了文化自信与知识创新的重要性：“我们必须进一步增强‘四个自信’，特别是文化自信，大力激发全民族文化创新创造活力，加快构建中国哲学社会科学自主知识体系。以此为基础，社科界应深入解读、宣讲党的二十届四中全会精神，在全社会凝聚广泛共识，为‘十五五’时期重大决策部署的贯彻落实，提供强大的精神动力和智力支持。”

With heavy responsibilities, we set out again. Persisting in the Party’s self-revolution is always on the way; that is, to continuously transform the achievements of self-revolution into a powerful advantage for improving social governance effectiveness and promoting high-quality development. On the new journey of comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization, we must unswervingly uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, continuously improve the quality and scientific level of Party building, ensure that the Party always remains the most reliable and strongest backbone of the people across the country, gather the mighty strength of hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters, and jointly write a glorious chapter in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

重任千钧再出发。坚持党的自我革命永远在路上，就是要把自我革命的成果持续转化为提升社会治理效能、推动经济社会高质量发展的强大优势。在以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴的新征程上，必须毫不动摇坚持和加强党的全面领导，不断提高党的建设质量和科学化水平，确保党始终成为全国人民最可靠、最坚强的主心骨，凝聚起亿万中华儿女的磅礴力量，共同书写中华民族伟大复兴的辉煌篇章。

(Duan Danjie and Li Yongjie are reporters for the Chinese Social Sciences Today)

（段丹洁 李永杰为中国社会科学报记者）