Leading Economic and Social Development through the Party’s Self-Revolution

To govern the country, the Party must first be governed; only when the Party thrives can the country be strong. At the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The Party’s self-revolution and economic and social development are closely linked, mutually reinforcing, and bring out the best in each other. Through the Party’s self-revolution, by promoting new trends and healthy practices, correcting stubborn and chronic maladies, fostering a sound political ecosystem, motivating cadres to take on responsibilities and act, and rallying the people’s hearts and strength, we can continuously inject positive energy into economic and social development.” This important exposition profoundly clarifies the intrinsic relationship between the Party’s self-revolution and economic and social development, reveals the rationale for why the Party must carry out self-revolution, and provides powerful guidance for further strengthening confidence and resolve in self-revolution and for ensuring a good start and solid progress in the 15th Five-Year Plan period [n].

治国必先治党，党兴才能国强。在党的二十届四中全会上，习近平总书记指出：“党的自我革命和经济社会发展是紧密相联、相互促进、相得益彰的。通过党的自我革命，弘扬新风正气、纠治顽瘴痼疾，营造良好政治生态，激励干部担当作为，凝聚民心民力，就能为经济社会发展源源不断注入正能量。”这一重要论述深刻阐明了党的自我革命与经济社会发展之间的内在关系，揭示了党为什么要自我革命的道理，为进一步坚定自我革命的信心和决心、推动“十五五”开好局起好步提供了有力指导。

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The fundamental purpose of the Party’s self-revolution is to lead the great social revolution. Marxism holds that social revolution is based on the contradictory movement between productive forces and relations of production; it is not merely a social movement that breaks down the old political superstructure, but also a movement for new social construction. In different periods of revolution, construction, and reform, our Party has led the people in consistently advancing the social revolution, resolving contradictions and problems by liberating and developing productive forces, thereby promoting social progress and historical advancement. With the rapid development of social productive forces, problems of maladaptation in the relations of production and superstructure constantly emerge. This requires our Party, in the spirit of self-revolution, to purify the political ecosystem, temper the cadre contingent, improve institutional mechanisms, break through contradictions and problems affecting economic and social development and the entrenched barriers of vested interests, ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee take root on the ground, ensure that further deepening reform comprehensively achieves substantive progress, and clear obstacles for economic and social development.

党的自我革命以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的。马克思主义认为，社会革命以生产力和生产关系的矛盾运动为基础，不仅仅是一种破除旧的政治上层建筑的社会运动，更是一种新的社会建设运动。在革命、建设、改革不同时期，我们党领导人民一以贯之推进社会革命，通过解放和发展生产力破解矛盾问题，从而推动社会进步和历史前进。随着社会生产力的快速发展，生产关系、上层建筑中的不适应问题也不断产生，这就要求我们党必须以自我革命的精神，净化政治生态、淬炼干部队伍、完善制度机制，破除影响经济社会发展的矛盾问题、利益固化藩篱，确保党中央重大决策部署落地生根，确保进一步全面深化改革取得实质性进展，为经济社会发展扫清障碍。

The more effective the governance of the Party, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Whether we can manage the world’s second-largest economy well, whether we can maintain sustained and healthy economic and social development, fundamentally depends on how well the Party plays its core leadership role in economic and social development.” Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, as a great practice of the Party’s self-revolution in the New Era, has, by clarifying direction, establishing rules, rectifying conduct, and strengthening immunity, created a positive, healthy, and entrepreneurial political ecosystem and favorable environment. The Party began by formulating and implementing the Eight-Point Regulations to break new ground, persistently rectifying the “Four Forms of Decadence” [n] and eliminating chronic ills. The renewed Party conduct and government conduct led and drove social conduct and civic ethics upward and toward goodness, gathering strong positive energy for the development of the Party’s and the country’s cause. Anti-corruption is the most thorough self-revolution. The Party has fought corruption and punished evil with the force of a thunderbolt, achieving an overwhelming victory in the anti-corruption struggle and consolidating it comprehensively. This has created favorable conditions for promoting a fair and just market environment and a clean and upright business environment, releasing more vitality for high-quality economic and social development. Practice has proven that without the revolutionary forging of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era, the Party could not have led China’s economic and social development to achieve such great accomplishments.

管党治党越有效，经济社会发展的保障就越有力。习近平总书记指出：“能不能驾驭好世界第二大经济体，能不能保持经济社会持续健康发展，从根本上讲取决于党在经济社会发展中的领导核心作用发挥得好不好。”党的十八大以来，全面从严治党作为新时代党的自我革命的伟大实践，通过明方向、立规矩、正风气、强免疫，营造出积极健康、干事创业的政治生态和良好环境。党以制定实施中央八项规定开局破题，持之以恒纠“四风”、祛顽疾，焕然一新的党风政风引领带动社风民风向上向善，为党和国家事业发展凝聚起强大正能量。反腐败是最彻底的自我革命，党以雷霆之势反腐惩恶，反腐败斗争取得压倒性胜利并全面巩固，为推动营造公平公正的市场环境、风清气正的营商环境创造了良好条件，为经济社会高质量发展释放了更多活力。实践证明，没有新时代全面从严治党的革命性锻造，党不可能领导我国经济社会发展取得如此大的成就。

The economic and social development tasks during the 15th Five-Year Plan period are arduous, and the situation is severe and complex, placing new and higher demands on the Party’s self-revolution. Internationally, the world today is marked by turbulence and intensifying chaos; unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise; threats from hegemonism and power politics are increasing; and major-power games are more complex and intense. Domestically, the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development remains prominent, and reform, development, and stability face many deep-seated contradictions and problems that cannot be avoided or bypassed. To seize opportunities and respond to challenges amidst profoundly complex and changing domestic and international circumstances, our Party must alert itself with a strong sense of urgency, forge itself with the spirit of self-revolution, continuously improve the Party’s leadership level and long-term governance capacity, ensure it always stays at the forefront of the times in the historical process of profound global changes, always remains the backbone of the people nationwide in the historical process of responding to various domestic and international risks and challenges, and always becomes the strong leading core in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, better leading the great social revolution to advance continuously.

“十五五”时期经济社会发展任务艰巨、形势严峻复杂，对党的自我革命提出了新的更高要求。从国际看，当今世界变乱交织、动荡加剧，单边主义、保护主义抬头，霸权主义和强权政治威胁上升，大国博弈更加复杂激烈。从国内看，发展不平衡不充分问题仍然突出，改革发展稳定面临不少躲不开、绕不过的深层次矛盾和问题。要在深刻复杂变化的国内外形势中抓住机遇、应对挑战，我们党就必须以强烈的忧患意识警醒自己，以自我革命精神锻造自己，不断提高党的领导水平和长期执政能力，确保在世界形势深刻变化的历史进程中始终走在时代前列，在应对国内外各种风险挑战的历史进程中始终成为全国人民的主心骨，在坚持和发展中国特色社会主义的历史进程中始终成为坚强领导核心，更好引领伟大社会革命不断向前推进。

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Realizing the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan period and ensuring decisive progress in basically achieving socialist modernization hinge on forging a large contingent of Party members and cadres who dare to venture, are good at doing, and work with genuine effort. Currently, in advancing the Party’s self-revolution, especially in forging strong organizations and building a capable contingent, some prominent problems still exist. If allowed to develop unchecked, these could become risk hazards and obstructive bottlenecks affecting the overall situation of economic and social development, requiring Party organizations at all levels and the broad masses of Party members and cadres to attach great importance to them and make substantial efforts to resolve them.

实现“十五五”目标任务，确保基本实现社会主义现代化取得决定性进展，关键在于锻造一大批敢闯敢干、善闯会干、真抓实干的党员、干部。当前，推进党的自我革命尤其是在锻造坚强组织、建设过硬队伍方面，仍然存在一些突出问题，如果任其发展下去，有可能成为影响经济社会发展全局的风险隐患和梗阻症结，需要引起各级党组织和广大党员、干部高度重视并下大气力予以解决。

Deviations in the outlook on political performance. The outlook on political performance is the fundamental view and overall perspective on questions such as for whom to create political performance, what kind of political performance to create, and how to create political performance. It is directly reflected in the specific actions of cadres in fulfilling their duties. The deviations in the outlook on political performance among Party members, especially leading cadres, are mainly manifested in the following aspects: First, valuing visible achievements over latent ones. Some, to display so-called political performance, are fond of grandiose projects, seek quick success and instant benefits, ignore local resource endowments and conditions, one-sidedly understand the development of new quality productive forces, only pursue the “new three items” [n] while neglecting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries; some, without adequate demonstration and planning, engage in “image projects” and “vanity projects,” turning “big layouts” into “messy leftovers,” exhausting the people and wasting money; some hold a passive mentality of “new officials ignoring old debts” and “leaving debts to successors,” being inactive, unenthusiastic, and unconcerned about resolving local debts, even ignoring the reality of high debt levels and blindly borrowing to launch projects. Second, valuing one’s own domain over the overall situation. Some, starting from personal interests or the interests of their own locality or unit, play petty calculations and count small accounts, even sacrificing overall interests to seek personal or small-group interests; some engage in departmentalism and local protectionism, blindly attract investment, intensify “involution-style” competition, fail to fully understand and implement the construction of a unified national market and the smooth flow of the domestic economic cycle, and guard their “one-third of an acre of land” by artificially setting up barriers and obstacles. Third, valuing the present over the long term. Some are keen on “creating a stir for a time” rather than “benefiting one region for a long time,” mistakenly believing that livelihood projects have long cycles and slow results, and even if done, are hard for superiors to notice, so they are unwilling to do solid work that lays foundations and benefits the long term; some, upon a change of term or taking office, are eager to switch to a new track and start something entirely different, failing to carry a good blueprint through to the end, lacking policy stability and development continuity. Fourth, valuing deployment over implementation. Some treat deployment as implementation and saying as doing, lacking the tenacity to track and follow up on results and the responsibility to see things through to the end; some engage in “selective implementation” and “symbolic implementation” of policies, shirking and evading difficult tasks, causing many policy measures to “hang in the air,” unable to be transformed into tangible results benefiting the masses.

政绩观出现偏差。政绩观是对为谁创造政绩、创造什么样的政绩、怎样创造政绩等问题的根本观点和总的看法，直接体现为干部履职尽责的具体行为。党员特别是领导干部存在的政绩观偏差，主要表现在以下方面：一是重显绩轻潜绩。有的为了显示所谓政绩，好大喜功、急功近利，不顾地方资源禀赋和条件，片面理解发展新质生产力，只求“新三样”而忽视传统产业改造升级；有的未经充分论证规划搞“形象工程”、“面子工程”，致使“大摊子”成为“烂摊子”，劳民又伤财；有的抱着“新官不理旧账”、“债务留给后任”的消极心态，对化解地方债务不积极、不主动、不上心，甚至罔顾债务高企实际，盲目举债上项目。二是重一域轻全局。有的从个人利益或本地本单位利益出发，打小算盘、算小账，甚至以牺牲整体利益来谋取个人或小团体利益；有的搞本位主义和地方保护主义，盲目招商引资，加剧“内卷式”竞争，对建设全国统一大市场、畅通国内大循环理解执行不到位，守着“一亩三分地”人为设置关卡壁垒。三是重当前轻长远。有的热衷于“造势一时”而不是“造福一方”，错误认为民生项目周期长、见效慢，即便做了也难为上级知晓，不愿意扎扎实实做一些打基础、利长远的工作；有的一换届或一上任就急于换新赛道、另搞一套，一张好的蓝图绘不到底，缺少政策稳定性和发展连续性。四是重部署轻落实。有的把部署当落实、把说了当做了，缺乏跟踪问效的韧劲和一抓到底的担当；有的在政策执行中搞“选择性执行”、“象征性落实”，对难度大的任务推诿规避，导致许多政策举措“悬在空中”，无法转化为惠及群众的实际成果。

Gaps in capability and level. Chinese-path modernization is an unprecedented undertaking. Without possessing or fully possessing the capability to lead modernization, it is difficult to shoulder the responsibilities and missions entrusted. Currently, the gaps in cadre capability and level are mainly manifested in the following aspects: First, a narrow knowledge structure. Some cadres lack a strong awareness of learning and self-improvement, are content to “rest on their laurels,” do not actively study and delve into new situations and new problems, and lack the necessary professional thinking, professional competence, and professional methods. Second, a disconnect between theory and practice. Some do not go deep into the grassroots or understand reality enough, are not accustomed to seeking ideas, asking for methods, and finding answers at the grassroots frontline. Some have not shaken off past inertial thinking and path dependence, and their mindsets and behavioral patterns struggle to adapt to the constantly changing new situations and new tasks. Third, a deficiency in the ability to resolve contradictions. Some only know how to be “peaceful officials,” losing their bearings and fighting chaotic battles at the first sign of contradiction, lacking methods to solve problems, and exhibiting undesirable phenomena such as one-sided approaches, oversimplification, and arbitrary action.

能力水平有差距。中国式现代化是前无古人的事业，如果不具备或不完全具备领导现代化建设的能力，就难以扛起肩负的职责使命。当前，干部能力水平的差距主要表现在以下方面：一是知识结构单一。有的干部学习充电意识不强，满足于“吃老本”，不主动学习钻研新情况新问题，缺乏应有的专业思维、专业素养和专业方法。二是理论和实践脱节。有的深入基层、了解实际不够，不习惯到基层一线寻思路、问办法、找答案。有的没有摆脱过去的惯性思维和路径依赖，思想观念和行为方式难以适应不断变化的新形势新任务。三是破解矛盾能力欠缺。有的只会当“太平官”，一遇矛盾便“六神无主”打乱仗、解决问题无章法，出现单打一、简单化、乱作为等不良现象。

Work style and conduct are not sufficiently rigorous. The Party’s work style is the Party’s image; the more rigorous and solid the work style of Party members and officials, the more stable the Party’s governing foundation. At present, the problems in the work style of Party members and officials are mainly manifested in the following: First, the “four forms of decadence”[1]1 The “four forms of decadence” (四风) refer to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, the four main targets of the Party’s rectification campaign launched in 2013. have had their trees felled but their roots remain, and the soil still exists. Some deep-seated work-style problems have not yet been fundamentally resolved; in particular, the inertia of eating, drinking, and seeking pleasure is very strong, and the potential for a rebound easily accumulates. Significant results have been achieved in rectifying formalities for the sake of formalities to reduce burdens at the grassroots level, but the problem of “mountains of documents and seas of meetings” has not yet been eradicated, and the irregular secondment of officials and the conduct of evaluation and commendation activities, model creation initiatives, and the like are still growing covertly. Second, the mental outlook needs to be boosted. Some are unmotivated and enterprising, adhering to the attitude of “going through the motions as a monk who strikes the bell day by day,” adopting a “Buddhist-style”[2]2 “Buddhist-style” (佛系) is a Chinese internet neologism describing a detached, indifferent attitude toward work, competition, and personal ambition, often implying passivity. mentality in their work, willingly “lying flat,”[3]3 “Lying flat” (躺平) is a Chinese internet term for a lifestyle of minimal effort and withdrawal from societal pressures, particularly in work and consumption. and simply “giving up and making a mess” when encountering difficulties; some, when faced with urgent, difficult, dangerous, or heavy tasks or major risk tests, push, flee, dodge, and evade, lacking a sense of responsibility and a fighting spirit. Third, there are constraints and inhibitions in undertaking endeavors and starting businesses. Some uphold the vulgar philosophy of “if you don’t wash dishes, you won’t break them,” fearing that the more they do, the more mistakes they will make, and worrying about being held accountable or pursued for responsibility; some play it safe to protect themselves, unwilling to touch deep-seated contradictions or contradictions accumulated over many years, fearing they will bring trouble upon themselves and that their efforts will be thankless; some are happy to be “Mr. Nice Guy,” afraid of offending people and being given a hard time or being falsely accused and framed, thus inviting trouble.

作风表现不够硬。党的作风就是党的形象，党员、干部作风越严实，党的执政根基就越稳固。当前，党员、干部作风问题主要表现在：一是“四风”问题树倒根存、土壤尚在。一些深层次作风问题尚未得到根本解决，特别是吃喝玩乐惯性很大，反弹势能容易积蓄。整治形式主义为基层减负工作取得明显成效，但“文山会海”问题尚未根除，违规借调干部和开展评比表彰、创建示范活动等仍潜滋暗长。二是精神面貌有待提振。有的不思进取，秉持“当一天和尚撞一天钟”，干工作心态“佛系”、甘于“躺平”，遇到难题索性“摆烂”；有的一遇到急难险重任务、重大风险考验便推逃绕躲，缺少担当品格、斗争精神。三是干事创业束手束脚。有的奉行“不洗碗就不会摔碗”的庸俗哲学，怕干得越多出错越多，担心被追责问责；有的明哲保身，不愿触碰深层次矛盾或多年积累的矛盾，担心引火烧身、费力不讨好；有的乐于当“好好先生”，怕得罪人被“穿小鞋”或被诬告陷害，惹上麻烦。

Integrity and self-discipline are not up to standard. According to data published on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, in the first three quarters of 2025, discipline inspection and supervision organs nationwide filed a total of 789,000 cases, an increase of approximately 68% and 23% year-on-year compared with 2023 and 2024, respectively. This fully demonstrates that the current situation in the fight against corruption remains severe and complex; the stock of corruption has not yet been eliminated, and the increment continues to occur. The task of eradicating the soil and conditions that breed corruption remains arduous and heavy, and the fight against corruption must forever sound the charge. Since entering the New Era, although our Party has maintained a high-pressure stance against corruption, some Party members and officials still lack reverence, disregard Party discipline and state law, leading to the breach of the clean-governance defense line, and even willingly being “hunted”[4]4 “Hunted” (围猎) is a metaphor in Chinese political discourse for corrupt practices in which private interests systematically target and entrap public officials for personal gain.; in some key areas, key links, and among key targets, corruption problems are prone to frequent occurrence, involving large sums of money, a wide scope of involvement, and high social attention, and there are loopholes in the allocation and operation of power; unhealthy tendencies and corrupt practices are intertwined, with phenomena such as corruption evolving from decadence or decadence being used to cover up corruption becoming prominent; corruption problems are becoming increasingly covert, and new types of corruption and hidden corruption methods are constantly being renovated and upgraded, further increasing the difficulty of identification, detection, prevention, and correction.

廉洁自律不过关。根据中央纪委国家监委网站公布的数据，2025年前三季度，全国纪检监察机关共立案78.9万件，分别较2023年、2024年同比增长约68%、23%。这充分表明，当前反腐败斗争形势仍然严峻复杂，腐败存量尚未清除，增量还在持续发生，铲除腐败滋生土壤和条件任务仍然艰巨繁重，反腐败必须永远吹冲锋号。进入新时代，尽管我们党始终保持反腐败高压态势，但有的党员、干部仍不知敬畏、罔顾党纪国法，导致廉洁防线失守，甚至甘于被“围猎”；一些重点领域、关键环节、重点对象腐败问题易发多发，涉案金额大、牵扯范围广、社会关注度高，权力的配置运行存在漏洞；不正之风和腐败行为相互交织，由风及腐、以风盖腐等现象突出；腐败问题隐蔽性越来越强，新型腐败和隐性腐败手段不断翻新升级，进一步增加了甄别发现和防范纠治的难度。

Some of the above problems have accumulated over a long period, while others are new problems arising from development, with complex and diverse causes. From the perspective of the environment, the world’s changes unseen in a century are accelerating, China’s principal social contradiction has undergone new changes, and high-quality economic and social development has placed higher demands on Party organizations at all levels and the vast majority of Party members and officials. The comprehensive quality of some Party members and officials finds it difficult to keep pace with the times; from the perspective of subjective factors, some Party members and officials have weak Party spirit awareness and insufficient self-cultivation, lack genuine feelings for the people, have not firmly rooted the ideological foundation of seeking well-being for the people, and are easily influenced by erroneous ideological concepts; from the perspective of objective conditions, there are still some shortcomings in the standardized operation of power by leading officials, and problems such as “using a cattle pen to keep cats” and “using a paper cage to cage a tiger”[5]5 “Using a cattle pen to keep cats” and “using a paper cage to cage a tiger” are Chinese idioms describing oversight mechanisms that are too weak or porous to be effective. still exist in the various links of authorization, power use, and power control. Among the various systems for the education, supervision, and management of officials, effective measures to stimulate the endogenous motivation and overall vitality of the official contingent are still not perfect. In some areas, grassroots Party building and professional work still suffer from “two separate skins”[6]6 “Two separate skins” (两张皮) is a Chinese expression for a situation in which two related activities or systems operate in isolation from each other, failing to integrate.; Party building in emerging fields, especially among new employment groups, still has many blockages and choke points; and the layered and categorized responsibility system still needs further improvement.

上述问题有的是长期积累而成，有的是发展中产生的新问题，原因复杂多样。从所处环境看，世界百年变局加速演进，我国社会主要矛盾发生新变化，经济社会高质量发展对各级党组织和广大党员、干部提出了更高要求，部分党员、干部的综合素质难以跟上时代步伐；从主观因素看，一些党员、干部党性意识不强、修养不够，缺少对人民的真挚感情，为民造福的思想根子扎得不牢，容易受错误思想观念影响；从客观条件看，对领导干部权力的规范运行仍有一些短板，授权用权制权各个环节还存在“牛栏关猫”、“纸笼禁虎”等问题，在干部教育监督管理的各项制度中，激发干部队伍内生动力和整体活力的管用举措还不够完善，一些领域基层党建和业务工作依然存在“两张皮”，新兴领域党建特别是新就业群体党建还有不少堵点卡点，分层分类的责任体系仍需进一步完善。

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The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party[7]7 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC was held in September 2025, focusing on economic and social development planning for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026–2030). incorporated “taking comprehensive and strict governance of the Party as the fundamental guarantee” into the guiding ideology for economic and social development during the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan[8]8 The 15th Five-Year Plan (十四五) refers to China’s national economic and social development plan for 2026–2030, formally drafted during the 2025 plenary session. and made a series of deployments on persistently advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. It is necessary to deeply grasp the practical requirements of leading social revolution through the Party’s self-revolution, promote high-quality development with high-quality Party building, and lay a more solid foundation for basically realizing socialist modernization.

党的二十届四中全会把“以全面从严治党为根本保障”写入“十五五”时期经济社会发展的指导思想，并就持之以恒推进全面从严治党作出一系列部署。必须深刻把握以党的自我革命引领社会革命的实践要求，以高质量党建推动高质量发展，为基本实现社会主义现代化奠定更加坚实的基础。

Uphold and strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. This is the highest political principle of our Party and the fundamental guarantee for promoting the steady and long-term progress of the Party and state affairs. It is necessary to promote the entire Party’s deep understanding of the decisive significance of the Two Establishments[9]9 The Two Establishments (两个确立) refer to establishing Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and establishing the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era., enhance the Four Consciousnesses[10]10 The Four Consciousnesses (四个意识) are the consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the central Party leadership., strengthen the Four Confidences[11]11 The Four Confidences (四个自信) are confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics., and achieve the Two Upholds[12]12 The Two Upholds (两个维护) are upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and upholding the core position of General Secretary Xi Jinping., effectively unify thoughts and actions with the Party Central Committee’s judgment of the situation and decision-making deployments for economic and social development during the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and strive together for the basic realization of socialist modernization. Improve the mechanism for the Party Central Committee’s major decision-making deployments; major decisions, major matters, and important situations involving economic and social development work should be promptly reported to the Party Central Committee for instructions; continuously improve the political judgment, political understanding, and political execution capabilities of Party members and officials, ensuring smooth top-down communication and effective implementation. Develop intra-Party democracy, improve and implement democratic centralism, adhere to scientific, democratic, and law-based decision-making, and continuously enhance the Party’s ability and level to lead economic and social development.

坚持和加强党中央集中统一领导。这是我们党的最高政治原则，是推动党和国家事业行稳致远的根本保证。要推动全党深刻领悟“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”，切实把思想和行动统一到党中央对“十五五”时期经济社会发展的形势判断和决策部署上来，为基本实现社会主义现代化而共同奋斗。完善党中央重大决策部署机制，涉及经济社会发展工作中的重大决策、重大事项、重要情况及时向党中央请示报告，不断提高党员、干部的政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力，确保上下贯通、执行有力。发展党内民主，健全和落实民主集中制，坚持科学决策、民主决策、依法决策，不断提高党领导经济社会发展的能力和水平。

Persist in unifying thought, will, and action with the Party’s innovative theory. Only with theoretical clarity can action be firm and powerful. It is necessary to educate and guide Party members and officials to continuously study and comprehend Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply grasp the worldview, methodology, and the positions, viewpoints, and methods running through this thought, absorb the rich political wisdom and Party spirit nourishment contained within, and consciously become firm believers and loyal practitioners of the Party’s innovative theory. Vigorously promote the style of study that integrates theory with practice, be adept at finding direction, ideas, and methods from the Party’s innovative theory, and effectively transform the results of learning into a powerful force for strengthening ideals, tempering Party spirit, guiding practice, and promoting work.

坚持用党的创新理论统一思想、意志和行动。理论上清醒，行动上才能坚定有力。要教育引导党员、干部持续学习领会习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想，深刻把握这一思想的世界观、方法论和贯穿其中的立场观点方法，汲取蕴含其中的丰富政治智慧和党性滋养，自觉做党的创新理论的坚定信仰者和忠实实践者。大力弘扬理论联系实际的学风，善于从党的创新理论中找方向、找思路、找方法，切实把学习成效转化为坚定理想、锤炼党性和指导实践、推动工作的强大力量。

Fully leverage the advantages of the Party’s organizational work. The Party’s strength comes from organization, and organization can multiply the Party’s strength. It is necessary to adhere to the clear orientation of focusing on the grassroots, strive to enhance the political and organizational functions of Party organizations, and effectively improve the ability and level of grassroots Party organizations to lead grassroots governance, serve the people, and implement reform, development, and stability tasks. Prominently strengthen Party building in new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups, ensuring that high-quality Party building always adapts to the sustained and healthy development of industries and employment forms. Guide Party members and officials to establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, adhere to achieving political performance for the people and through practical work, improve the differentiated assessment and evaluation system, perfect the working mechanism for effectively preventing and correcting deviations in the outlook on political performance, improve and implement the tenure system for leading officials, and establish a sound handover system for changes in the principal responsible persons of leading bodies, strictly preventing short-term behavior and speculative thinking induced by frequent position adjustments.

充分发挥党的组织工作优势。党的力量来自组织，组织能使党的力量倍增。要坚持大抓基层的鲜明导向，着力增强党组织政治功能和组织功能，切实提高基层党组织领导基层治理、服务人民群众、抓好改革发展任务落实的能力和水平。突出抓好新经济组织、新社会组织、新就业群体党的建设，确保高质量党建始终与产业、就业形态持续健康发展相适应。引导党员、干部树立和践行正确政绩观，坚持为人民出政绩、以实干出政绩，完善差异化考核评价体系，健全有效防范和纠治政绩观偏差工作机制，完善和落实领导干部任期制，健全领导班子主要负责人变动交接制度，严防因岗位频繁调整诱发短期行为、投机思想。

Persistently implement the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee[13]13 The Eight-Point Regulations (八项规定) are a set of rules adopted by the CPC Central Committee in 2012 to curb extravagance, bureaucratism, and other undesirable work styles among Party officials. and promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of Party work style construction. Practice shows that 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. It is necessary to consolidate and expand the achievements of work style construction since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, especially the educational achievements of thoroughly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations, unremittingly correct the stubborn and chronic diseases of the “four forms of decadence,” closely monitor new trends of mutation and concealment, and work together to create a strict atmosphere and establish a righteous ethos. Normalize work style education, improve the mechanism for regularly discovering and solving work style problems, guide Party members and officials to examine personal problems with the consciousness of facing up to problems and the courage to turn the blade inward, be adept at using the “Marxist flashlight to shine on oneself first,” start changing from small matters and minor details, start from daily bits and pieces, and integrate the Party’s fine work style into daily life and turn it into a habit.

持之以恒贯彻落实中央八项规定精神，推进党的作风建设常态化长效化。实践表明，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。要巩固拓展党的十八大以来作风建设特别是深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育成果，锲而不舍纠治“四风”顽瘴痼疾，紧盯隐形变异新动向，合力营造严的氛围、树起正的风气。常态化开展作风教育，健全经常性发现、解决作风问题机制，引导党员、干部以正视问题的自觉和刀刃向内的勇气查摆个人问题，善于用“马克思主义手电筒先照自己”，从小事小节改起，由日常点滴做起，把党的优良作风融入日常、化为习惯。

Resolutely fight the tough, protracted, and all-out battle against corruption, and steadily enhance the comprehensive effectiveness of corruption governance. Corruption is the greatest threat our Party faces. We must always maintain a high-pressure stance against corruption, strictly investigate and punish corruption where political and economic issues are intertwined, deepen the rectification of corruption in fields where power is concentrated, funds are abundant, and resources are amassed, resolutely punish new types of corruption and hidden corruption, as well as “flies and ants that gnaw at the people’s interests”[14]14 “Flies and ants that gnaw at the people’s interests” (群众身边的“蝇贪蚁腐”) is a metaphorical term used by the CPC to refer to low-level corrupt officials and petty corruption that directly harm ordinary people’s daily lives, as opposed to high-level “tigers” (big tigers, i.e., senior corrupt officials). around the masses, deepen the simultaneous investigation of bribe-taking and bribe-giving, and resolutely eliminate risks and hidden dangers of systemic corruption. Strengthen the regulation and oversight of the allocation and operation of power, identify blind spots and gaps, and improve institutional mechanisms that unify authorization, exercise, and control of power, making them clear, transparent, and traceable. Combine intra-Party supervision with popular supervision, so that privileged phenomena and corrupt acts have nowhere to hide. Make every effort to strengthen the building of a culture of clean governance in the New Era, guide Party members and officials to pay attention to family values, family education, and family conduct, cultivate a social consciousness of fairness, integrity, and rule-abiding throughout society, and build a solid, clean line of defense with full participation and the joint efforts of all.

坚决打好反腐败斗争攻坚战、持久战、总体战，不断增强治理腐败综合效能。腐败是我们党面临的最大威胁。要始终保持反腐败高压态势，从严查处政治问题和经济问题交织的腐败，深化整治权力集中、资金密集、资源富集领域的腐败，坚决惩治新型腐败、隐性腐败、群众身边的“蝇贪蚁腐”，深化受贿行贿一起查，坚决清除系统性腐败风险隐患。加强权力配置运行的规范和监督，找准盲区和空白点，健全授权用权制权相统一、清晰透明可追溯的制度机制。把党内监督和人民监督结合起来，让特权现象和腐败行为无所遁形。着力加强新时代廉洁文化建设，引导党员、干部注重家庭家教家风建设，培养全社会公平正直、遵守规则的意识，筑起全员参与、大家动手的坚实清廉防线。

Author: Professor and Deputy Director of the Department of Party Building Teaching and Research, Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance)

作者：中共中央党校（国家行政学院）党的建设教研部副主任、教授