A Three-Dimensional Interpretation of the Image-Shaping of a Marxist Political Party from the Perspective of Self-Revolution in the New Era

The historical conclusion drawn in the Resolution of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China that “an advanced Marxist political party is not born as such, but is forged through continuous self-revolution” not only highly condenses the historical experience of the CPC’s century-long struggle, but also reveals the inherent logical relationship between the Party’s self-revolution and the image-shaping of a Marxist political party. Self-revolution is an important pathway for shaping the image of a Marxist political party; the process by which the CPC advances self-revolution is precisely the process of continuously shaping its own image. Entering the New Era, the CPC has promoted self-revolution with unprecedented courage and resolve, achieving historic and pioneering accomplishments. This has not only greatly enhanced the Party’s capacity for self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-enhancement, but has also laid a solid practical foundation and injected a powerful endogenous impetus for further shaping the image of a Marxist political party. Exploring, from the three dimensions of why, what, and how, the value implications, concrete manifestations, and deepening pathways of Marxist political party image-shaping from the perspective of self-revolution in the New Era, and revealing the inherent operational mechanism between the Party’s self-revolution and its image-shaping in the New Era, is both an inherent requirement for the CPC to maintain the advanced nature and purity of a Marxist political party in the New Era, and an objective need for comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

中国共产党第十九届六中全会《决议》作出的“先进的马克思主义政党不是天生的，而是在不断自我革命中淬炼而成的”历史性结论，不仅高度凝练中国共产党百年奋斗的历史经验，而且揭示了党的自我革命与马克思主义政党形象塑造之间的内在逻辑关系。自我革命是塑造马克思主义政党形象的重要途径，中国共产党推进自我革命的过程就是不断塑造自身形象的过程。进入新时代，中国共产党以前所未有的勇气和定力推进自我革命，取得历史性和开创性成就，不仅极大增强了党的自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高能力，而且为进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象奠定坚实实践基础、注入强大内生动力。从为何、是何、如何三个维度，探讨新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象塑造的价值意蕴、具体呈现和深化路径，揭示新时代党的自我革命与党的形象塑造的内在运行机制，既是新时代中国共产党保持马克思主义政党先进性纯洁性的内在要求，又是以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴的客观需要。

I. Why: The Value Implications of Marxist Political Party Image-Shaping from the Perspective of Self-Revolution in the New Era

一、为何:新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象塑造的价值意蕴

A political party’s image has a specific connotation; it is the external manifestation of the party’s essential attributes, value concepts, spiritual character, and practical achievements. The shaping of the CPC’s image refers to the process by which the CPC gradually wins broad recognition through demonstrating and disseminating its practices and achievements in governing the Party. In the New Era, the CPC’s theory of self-revolution provides scientific guidance for shaping the Party’s image, and the CPC’s spirit of self-revolution in the New Era provides spiritual support for shaping the Party’s image. Based on the perspective of self-revolution in the New Era, guided by the CPC’s theory of self-revolution in the New Era and supported by the CPC’s spirit of self-revolution in the New Era, advancing the shaping of a Marxist political party’s image helps provide an important guarantee for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-path modernization.

政党形象具有特定内涵，是政党本质属性、价值理念、精神品格与实践成效的外在呈现。中国共产党政党形象的塑造，是指中国共产党通过展示和传播管党治党的实践和成就，逐渐赢得广泛认同的过程。新时代中国共产党自我革命理论为塑造党的形象提供科学指引，新时代中国共产党自我革命精神为塑造党的形象提供精神支撑。立足于新时代自我革命视域，以新时代中国共产党自我革命理论为引领，以新时代中国共产党自我革命精神为支撑，推进马克思主义政党形象的塑造，有助于为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供重要保障。

(A) The Objective Requirement for Manifesting the Guiding Role of the CPC’s Theory of Self-Revolution in the New Era

(一)彰显新时代中国共产党自我革命理论引领作用的客观要求

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution systematically answers major questions such as “why our Party must engage in self-revolution, why it can engage in self-revolution, and how to advance self-revolution.” It not only provides the ideological weapon and action guide for deeply advancing self-revolution, but also offers scientific guidance for shaping the image of a Marxist political party from the perspective of self-revolution in the New Era. Among these, at the level of “why engage in self-revolution,” it clarifies that self-revolution is the second answer [1]1 "New journey" (新征程): A standard CPC term referring to the new stage of national development beginning with the全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程 (new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country), formally launched after the 20th National Congress of the CPC in 2022. for the Party to break out of the historical cycle of rise and fall, and is an inevitable requirement for the Party to forever maintain its advanced nature and purity, win the support of the people, and grasp historical initiative. This provides the logical premise for shaping the image of a Marxist political party from the perspective of self-revolution in the New Era. At the level of “why it can engage in self-revolution,” it clarifies that the reason the CPC can carry out self-revolution is because it adheres to the guidance of Marxist scientific theory and always represents the fundamental interests of the broadest majority of the Chinese people. This not only reveals the CPC’s positioning as a Marxist political party, but also embodies the people-centered principle of shaping the image of a Marxist political party. At the level of “how to advance self-revolution,” it clarifies “taking the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee as the fundamental guarantee,” “taking leading the great social revolution as the fundamental purpose,” “taking Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the fundamental guideline,” “taking breaking out of the historical cycle as the strategic goal,” “taking solving the unique problems of a large party as the main direction of attack,” “taking perfecting the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party as an effective pathway,” “taking forging a strong organization and building a capable contingent as an important focal point,” “taking rectifying work style, enforcing discipline, and combating corruption as an important starting point,” and “taking the combination of self-supervision and public supervision as a powerful driving force,” thereby launching a combined set of measures for the Party’s self-revolution. This provides practical guidance for shaping the image of a Marxist political party from the perspective of self-revolution in the New Era. Xi Jinping’s profound and systematic exposition of the Party’s self-revolution theory not only transforms the Party’s self-revolution in the New Era from an abstract concept into a systematic and theoretical system with specific goals, clear values, and clear pathways, but also enables the Party to continuously enhance its image-shaping power with the latest achievements of innovative theory, fully manifesting the guiding role of the CPC’s theory of self-revolution in the New Era in shaping the image of a Marxist political party.

习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，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，既为深入推进自我革命提供了思想武器和行动指南，又为新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象塑造提供了科学指引。其中，在“为什么要自我革命”层面，明确自我革命是党跳出治乱兴衰历史周期率的第二个答案，是党永葆先进性和纯洁性、赢得人民支持和把握历史主动的必然要求，为新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象塑造提供逻辑前提;在“为什么能自我革命”层面，明确中国共产党之所以能够进行自我革命，是因为坚持马克思主义科学理论指导和始终代表中国最广大人民的根本利益，不仅揭示了中国共产党的马克思主义政党定位，而且体现了塑造马克思主义政党形象的人民至上原则;在“怎样推进自我革命”层面，明确“以坚持党中央集中统一领导为根本保证”“以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的”“以新时代中国特色社会主义思想为根本遵循”“以跳出历史周期率为战略目标”“以解决大党独有难题为主攻方向”“以健全全面从严治党体系为有效途径”“以锻造坚强组织、建设过硬队伍为重要着力点”“以正风肃纪反腐为重要抓手”“以自我监督和人民监督相结合为强大动力”，打出了一套党的自我革命的组合拳，为新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象塑造提供实践遵循。习近平对党的自我革命理论的深刻系统阐释，不仅使新时代党的自我革命从抽象理念转化为目标具体、价值明确、路径清晰的体系化学理化的理论体系，而且使党能够不断以创新理论最新成果提升形象塑造力，充分彰显新时代中国共产党自我革命理论对马克思主义政党形象塑造的引领作用。

(B) The Inevitable Requirement for Manifesting the Supporting Role of the CPC’s Spirit of Self-Revolution in the New Era

(二)彰显新时代中国共产党自我革命精神支撑作用的必然要求

The shaping of a political party’s image is not a short-term linear behavior that can be accomplished overnight, but a long-term systematic project that requires sustained and persistent effort. The shaping of a political party’s image relies not only on theoretical guidance but also on solid spiritual support. Only by forming a lasting endogenous impetus at the spiritual level that the Party’s self-revolution is always on the way can we prevent the emergence of feelings of slackness, rest, fatigue, and war-weariness, effectively prevent the rebound, resurgence, and hidden mutation of the “four forms of decadence” [2]2 "Always being on the road" (永远在路上): A common CPC slogan emphasizing the continuous and unending nature of the Party's self-revolution and anti-corruption efforts., and provide strong spiritual support for shaping the image of a Marxist political party. The supporting role of the CPC’s spirit of self-revolution in the New Era for shaping the image of a Marxist political party is mainly manifested in the following three aspects: First, the political consciousness of daring to face problems and bravely correct mistakes, manifested in the CPC’s spirit of self-revolution in the New Era, enables the Party to maintain the political character of self-alertness, self-examination, and self-correction in the face of risks and challenges, to display a fighting spirit of daring to confront tough issues and take real action in the practice of advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, to dare to take the initiative in correcting stubborn and chronic diseases such as formalism and bureaucracy, and to dare to face difficulties head-on when dealing with deep-seated problems in reform, development, and stability. This provides spiritual support for shaping the Party into a Marxist responsible political party that takes the initiative to assume responsibility and is adept at breaking new ground. Second, the ideological consciousness of keeping in mind the original aspiration and founding mission, contained in the CPC’s spirit of self-revolution in the New Era, becomes the internal driving force for CPC members to firmly believe in Marxism, socialism, and communism, and the spiritual strength for the Party to firmly stand with the people and strive to fulfill the original aspiration and founding mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. This provides spiritual support for shaping the Party into a Marxist mission-oriented political party that practices its purpose and seeks well-being for the people. Third, the action consciousness of daring to struggle and being good at struggle, contained in the CPC’s spirit of self-revolution in the New Era, becomes the spiritual foundation for promoting the Party to continuously remove the “lesions” eroding its body in the fight against corruption and the rectification of the “four forms of decadence,” continuously achieve self-purification and self-transcendence, and win the broad trust and support of the people. This provides spiritual support for shaping the Party into a Marxist clean political party with strict discipline and a strong work style. Practice shows that the CPC’s spirit of self-revolution in the New Era is a precious spiritual asset for Communists. It not only lays a solid spiritual foundation for the Party to examine itself and constantly reflect on its faults with a thorough spirit of self-revolution, but also provides spiritual support for continuously shaping a good image of the CPC in the New Era, helping to better manifest the supporting role of the CPC’s spirit of self-revolution in the New Era in shaping the image of a Marxist political party.

政党形象的塑造不是一蹴而就的短期线性行为，而是需要久久为功的长期系统工程。政党形象的塑造，不仅依托理论的指引，而且离不开坚实的精神支撑。只有在精神层面形成党的自我革命永远在路上的持久内生动力，才能防止出现松劲歇脚、疲劳厌战的情绪，才能有效防范“四风”问题的反弹回潮和隐形变异，才能为塑造马克思主义政党形象提供强大精神支撑。新时代中国共产党自我革命精神对马克思主义政党形象塑造的支撑作用，主要体现在以下三个方面:一是新时代中国共产党自我革命精神中所彰显的敢于直面问题、勇于自我纠错的政治自觉，使党能够在风险挑战面前保持自我警醒、自我检视、自我修正的政治品格，在推进全面从严治党的实践中展现出敢于动真碰硬的斗争精神，在纠治形式主义和官僚主义等顽瘴痼疾中敢于主动亮剑，在应对改革发展稳定存在的深层次问题时敢于迎难而上，为将党塑造成为主动担责、善于破局的马克思主义责任型政党提供精神支撑;二是新时代中国共产党自我革命精神中所蕴含的牢记初心使命的思想自觉，成为中国共产党人坚定马克思主义信仰、社会主义和共产主义信念的内在动力，成为党站稳人民立场、矢志践行为中国人民谋幸福和为中华民族谋复兴的初心使命的精神力量，为将党塑造成为践行宗旨、为民造福的马克思主义使命型政党提供精神支撑;三是新时代中国共产党自我革命精神中所蕴含的敢于斗争、善于斗争的行动自觉，成为推动党在反腐败斗争和“四风”整治中持续清除侵蚀肌体的“病灶”、不断实现自我净化和自我超越、赢得人民群众的广泛信任与支持的精神根基，为将党塑造成为纪律严明、作风过硬的马克思主义廉洁型政党提供精神支撑。实践表明，新时代中国共产党自我革命精神是共产党人宝贵的精神财富，既为党以彻底的自我革命精神检视自身、常思己过筑牢精神根基，又为新时代持续塑造良好的中国共产党形象提供精神支撑，有助于更好彰显新时代中国共产党自我革命精神对马克思主义政党形象塑造的支撑作用。

II. What: The Concrete Manifestations of Marxist Political Party Image-Shaping from the Perspective of Self-Revolution in the New Era

二、是何:新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象塑造的具体呈现

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has advanced the great new project of Party building in the New Era with a thorough spirit of self-revolution. Centering on the “5+2” [3]3 "New Era" (新时代): Refers to the period of socialism with Chinese characteristics beginning with the 19th National Congress of the CPC in 2017, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. overall layout for Party building in the New Era, it has integrated self-revolution into all aspects and the entire process of Party building, achieving remarkable results in shaping the image of a Marxist political party in the New Era.

党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央以彻底的自我革命精神推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程，围绕新时代“5+2”党的建设总体布局，将自我革命贯穿于党的建设各方面全过程，在新时代马克思主义政党形象塑造上取得显著成效。

(A) Shaping the Image of a Marxist Political Party that Exercises Overall Leadership with Political Building as the Guiding Principle

(一)以党的政治建设为统领塑造总揽全局的马克思主义政党形象

In his speech at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Xi Jinping put forward the requirement of “adhering to the leadership of the Party’s political construction and holding fast to the fundamental political direction of self-revolution,” which both clarified the positioning of the Party’s political construction and revealed the relationship between the Party’s political construction and the Party’s self-revolution. Since the New Era, the Party has always insisted on taking the Party’s political construction as the leadership of self-revolution, and in the process of self-revolution has always adhered to the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. On the one hand, upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized and unified leadership is taken as “the primary task of the Party’s political construction” and as the fundamental guarantee for advancing the Party’s self-revolution. At the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee, the requirement was put forward to “improve the Party’s leadership system that exercises overall leadership and coordinates the efforts of all, and implement the Party’s leadership in all areas and all aspects of national governance.” [1]1 "New journey" (新征程): A standard CPC term referring to the new stage of national development beginning with the全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程 (new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country), formally launched after the 20th National Congress of the CPC in 2022. The report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC further proposed the requirement to “improve the mechanism for implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee,” which greatly promoted, at the level of institutional arrangements, the Party’s high degree of unity in thought, absolute loyalty in politics, and consistency in action across the entire Party, helping to ensure that the Party always plays its core leadership role of exercising overall leadership and coordinating the efforts of all. On the other hand, the Party insists on leading all aspects of Party building with the Party’s political construction, and runs political standards and political requirements through the entire process of Party building. For example, in ideological construction, by emphasizing that “taking a clear political stand is the fundamental requirement for our Party as a Marxist political party,” it ensures that ideological construction always revolves around consolidating political conviction; in organizational construction, by emphasizing that “the Party’s organizational line serves the Party’s political line,” it ensures that personnel selection and appointment follow political standards and that grassroots units are strengthened through political functions; in work style construction, by emphasizing that “popular support is the biggest politics,” it ensures that the Party uses a fine work style to close the relationship between the Party and the masses and between cadres and the masses; in discipline construction, by emphasizing “strict political discipline and political rules,” it ensures the consolidation of the political defense line for managing and governing the Party; in institutional construction, by emphasizing “the need to enhance the consciousness and firmness of governing the Party according to regulations, grasp the political direction, raise the political stance, and shoulder political responsibilities,” it ensures the effective strengthening of political guidance; in the anti-corruption struggle, by emphasizing that “political corruption is the biggest corruption,” it demonstrates the determination to resolutely eliminate political hidden dangers that erode the Party’s governing foundation. It is precisely because our Party has always insisted on advancing all aspects of Party building with the Party’s political construction as the leadership, ensuring that the entire Party maintains a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path, that the Party’s political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal have been continuously strengthened, which helps to provide political guarantees for better shaping the image of a Marxist political party that exercises overall leadership in the New Era.

在十九届中央纪委六次全会上的讲话中，习近平提出“坚持以党的政治建设为统领，坚守自我革命根本政治方向”的要求，既明确了党的政治建设的定位，又揭示了党的政治建设与党的自我革命的关系。新时代以来，党始终坚持将党的政治建设作为自我革命之统领，并在自我革命进程中始终坚持党中央集中统一领导。一方面，将坚持党中央权威和集中统一领导作为“党的政治建设的首要任务”，作为推进党的自我革命的根本保证，并在党的十九届四中全会上提出“健全总揽全局、协调各方的党的领导制度体系，把党的领导落实到国家治理各领域各方面各环节”的要求。党的二十大报告进一步提出要“完善党中央重大决策部署落实机制”的要求，在制度安排层面大大推动了全党在思想上的高度统一、政治上的绝对忠诚、行动上的步调一致，有助于确保党始终发挥总揽全局、协调各方的领导核心作用。另一方面，坚持以党的政治建设统领党的建设各项工作，将政治标准和政治要求贯穿党的建设的全过程。比如，在思想建设中，通过强调“旗帜鲜明讲政治是我们党作为马克思主义政党的根本要求”，确保思想建设始终围绕坚定政治信仰展开;在组织建设中，通过强调“党的组织路线是为党的政治路线服务的”，确保以政治标准选人用人、以政治功能强基固本;在作风建设中，通过强调“民心是最大的政治”，确保党以优良作风密切党群干群关系;在纪律建设中，通过强调“严明政治纪律和政治规矩”，确保筑牢管党治党的政治防线;在制度建设中，通过强调“要增强依规治党的自觉性和坚定性，把牢政治方向，提高政治站位，扛起政治责任”，确保切实强化政治引领;在反腐败斗争中，通过强调“政治腐败是最大的腐败”，表明坚决清除侵蚀党执政基础的政治隐患的决心。正是因为我们党始终坚持以党的政治建设为统领推进党的各项建设，确保全党在政治立场、政治方向、政治原则、政治道路上同党中央保持高度一致，才使得党的政治领导力、思想引领力、群众组织力、社会号召力不断增强，有助于为新时代更好塑造总揽全局的马克思主义政党形象提供政治保障。

(II) Shaping the image of a Marxist political party with firm convictions based on the Party’s ideological construction

(二)以党的思想建设为根本塑造信仰坚定的马克思主义政党形象

Xi Jinping put forward the proposition of “insisting on taking ideological construction as the fundamental construction of the Party, and tempering the sharp ideological weapon of self-revolution,” which both clarified the positioning of ideological construction in Party building and reflected the function of the Chinese Communist Party in advancing ideological construction in the process of self-revolution. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party has insisted on taking ideological construction as the foundation of self-revolution, strengthening the Party’s ideological construction from dimensions such as persisting in theoretical arming, firming up ideals and convictions, and enhancing Party spirit cultivation, and continuously deepening and advancing the Party’s self-revolution. In the dimension of theoretical arming, the Party insists on using Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to “arm the entire Party, educate the people, and guide work,” taking the thorough understanding and practical application of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the core task, guiding the vast number of Party members and cadres to deeply comprehend the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thereby laying a solid theoretical foundation for promoting the unity of the entire Party in thought, will, and action. In the dimension of ideological foundation, the Party takes education in ideals and convictions as the main pathway to consolidate the foundation of faith. Xi Jinping not only summarizes ideals and convictions as “Marxist faith, the lofty ideal of communism, and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics,” and regards ideals and convictions as “the spiritual pillar and political soul of Chinese Communists,” but also puts forward the requirement that “firming up ideals and convictions” is a “lifelong task” for Communist Party members, “requiring constant cultivation and refinement, to be believed for a lifetime and upheld for a lifetime,” providing fundamental guidance for the construction of faith and conviction, helping Party members and cadres to always maintain a firm political stance and a clear political mind when facing various risks and challenges. In the dimension of Party spirit cultivation, the Party takes centralized learning and education as an important means to temper Party spirit. Since the New Era, the Party Central Committee has successively carried out eight intra-Party centralized learning and education campaigns, including the study and education on Party discipline and the in-depth study and education on implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations, [2]2 "Always being on the road" (永远在路上): A common CPC slogan emphasizing the continuous and unending nature of the Party's self-revolution and anti-corruption efforts. helping Party members and cadres to continuously, through theoretical immersion and ideological baptism, consolidate the foundation of faith, supplement the calcium of the spirit, and steady the rudder of thought. Advancing the Party’s ideological construction in the New Era not only consolidates the faith foundation for the Chinese Communist Party’s long-term governance but also helps to provide ideological guarantees for better shaping the image of a Marxist political party with firm convictions in the New Era.

习近平提出“坚持把思想建设作为党的基础性建设，淬炼自我革命锐利思想武器”的命题，既明确了思想建设在党的建设中的定位，又体现了中国共产党在自我革命进程中推进思想建设的功能。党的十八大以来，党坚持将思想建设作为自我革命之根本，从坚持理论武装、坚定理想信念、加强党性修养等维度加强党的思想建设，不断深入推进党的自我革命。在理论武装维度，党坚持用新时代中国特色社会主义思想“武装全党、教育人民、指导工作”，把学懂弄通做实习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想作为核心任务，引导广大党员干部深刻领悟习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观和方法论，为推动全党在思想、意志和行动上的统一奠定坚实理论基础。在思想根基维度，党以理想信念教育为主要途径筑牢信仰根基。习近平不仅将理想信念概括为“马克思主义信仰、共产主义远大理想、中国特色社会主义共同理想”，将理想信念作为“中国共产党人的精神支柱和政治灵魂”，而且提出“坚定理想信念”是共产党员的“终身课题”“需要常修常炼，要信一辈子、守一辈子”的要求，为信仰信念的构筑提供根本遵循，有助于党员干部在面对各种风险挑战时能够始终保持坚定的政治立场和清醒的政治头脑。在党性修养维度，党将集中性学习教育作为锤炼党性的重要手段。新时代以来，党中央先后开展包括党纪学习教育、深入贯彻中央八项规定精神学习教育等在内的八次党内集中性学习教育，有助于使党员干部不断在理论浸润和思想洗礼中筑牢信仰之基、补足精神之钙、把稳思想之舵。新时代推进党的思想建设，既为中国共产党长期执政夯实信仰根基，又有助于为新时代更好塑造信仰坚定的马克思主义政党形象提供思想保障。

(III) Shaping the image of a Marxist political party with a tight organization based on the Party’s organizational construction

(三)以党的组织建设为基础塑造组织严密的马克思主义政党形象

Xi Jinping pointed out: “A tight organizational system is the advantage and strength of a Marxist political party.” Since the New Era, the Party has taken organizational construction as the foundation of self-revolution, not only “insisting on enhancing the political function and organizational cohesion of Party organizations, and forging a cadre team that is good at and daring to struggle and is brave in self-revolution,” but also, through the construction of the organizational system, the forging of the cadre team, and the building of the Party member team, continuously enhancing the Party’s creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness. In terms of the construction of the organizational system, the Party insists on continuously improving the organizational system that is connected from top to bottom and effective in execution. The 2018 National Conference on Organizational Work put forward the Party’s organizational line for the New Era, clearly stating “taking the construction of the organizational system as the focus.” The 2023 National Conference on Organizational Work listed “adhering to a tight Party organizational system” as one of the important contents of the “Thirteen Persistences,” [3]3 "New Era" (新时代): Refers to the period of socialism with Chinese characteristics beginning with the 19th National Congress of the CPC in 2017, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. providing important guidance and organizational guarantees for deeply advancing the Party’s self-revolution in the New Era. In terms of forging the cadre team, the Party has always regarded leading cadres as the backbone and core force of the Party’s organizational system, with the goal of “striving to cultivate high-quality cadres who are loyal, clean, and responsible, and striving to gather outstanding talents from all aspects who are patriotic and dedicated,” adhering to the principle of selecting and appointing personnel based on “both integrity and ability, with integrity first, and meritocracy.” By revising the “Regulations on the Selection and Appointment of Leading Cadres of the Party and Government,” issuing relevant documents such as the “Opinions on Further Encouraging the Broad Cadre Masses to Take on New Responsibilities and Make New Achievements in the New Era” and the “Outline for the Construction Plan of Leading Bodies of the Party and Government at All Levels (2024-2028),” the Party standardizes the criteria for cadre selection at the institutional level and clarifies the principles for the construction of leading bodies of the Party and government, providing rigid support for continuously improving and enhancing the quality, capability, and sense of responsibility of the cadre team. In terms of building the Party member team, the Party regards Party members as the basic cells of the Party organization, and through measures such as insisting on strict standards for developing Party members, solidifying Party member education and management, and handling unqualified Party members, continuously optimizes the composition of Party members and maintains the advanced nature and purity of the Party member team. As of the end of 2024, there were 57.786 million Party members with college degrees or above, accounting for 57.6%; 30.995 million female Party members, accounting for 30.9%; 7.734 million Party members from ethnic minorities, accounting for 7.7%; workers and peasants remain the main body of the Party member team, accounting for 32.7% of the total, injecting vitality into the Party’s organizational system. Continuously strengthening the Party’s organizational construction in the process of self-revolution not only helps to enhance the political function and organizational function of Party organizations but also provides solid organizational support for better shaping the image of a Marxist political party with a tight organization in the New Era.

习近平指出:“严密的组织体系，是马克思主义政党的优势所在、力量所在。”新时代以来，党将组织建设作为自我革命之基础，不仅“坚持增强党组织政治功能和组织力凝聚力，锻造敢于善于斗争、勇于自我革命的干部队伍”，而且通过组织体系建设、干部队伍锻造、党员队伍建设，不断增强党的创造力、凝聚力和战斗力。在组织体系建设方面，党坚持不断完善上下贯通、执行有力的组织体系。2018年的全国组织工作会议，提出新时代党的组织路线，明确“以组织体系建设为重点”。2023年的全国组织工作会议，将“坚持严密党的组织体系”列为“十三个坚持”的重要内容之一，为深入推进新时代党的自我革命提供重要遵循和组织保障。在干部队伍锻造方面，党始终把领导干部作为党组织体系的骨干和中坚力量，以“着力培养忠诚干净担当的高素质干部，着力集聚爱国奉献的各方面优秀人才”为目标，坚持“德才兼备、以德为先、任人唯贤”的选人用人原则。通过修订《党政领导干部选拔任用工作条例》、印发《关于进一步激励广大干部新时代新担当新作为的意见》《全国党政领导班子建设规划纲要(2024-2028年)》等相关文件，从制度层面规范干部选拔标准、明确党政领导班子建设原则，为不断提升和增强干部队伍的能力素质和担当精神提供刚性支撑。在党员队伍建设方面，党把党员视为党组织的基础细胞，通过坚持严格标准发展党员、抓实党员教育管理、处置不合格党员等举措，不断优化党员结构、保持党员队伍的先进性和纯洁性。截至2024年底，大专及以上学历党员5778.6万名，占57.6%;女党员3099.5万名，占30.9%;少数民族党员773.4万名，占7.7%;工人和农民仍是党员队伍主体，占总数的32.7%，为党的组织体系注入活力。在自我革命进程中持续加强党的组织建设，不仅有助于增强党组织的政治功能和组织功能，而且也为新时代更好塑造组织严密的马克思主义政党形象提供了坚实的组织支撑。

(IV) Shaping the image of a Marxist political party with a clean and upright atmosphere based on the Party’s work style construction

(四)以党的作风建设为抓手塑造风清气正的马克思主义政党形象

In his speech at the First Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, Xi Jinping made the judgment that “the Party’s work style bears on the Party’s image, on the support of the people, and on the Party’s survival or extinction,”[1]1 "New journey" (新征程): A standard CPC term referring to the new stage of national development beginning with the全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程 (new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country), formally launched after the 20th National Congress of the CPC in 2022. revealing the important function of the Party’s work style construction in the process of the CPC’s self-revolution. Entering the New Era, in the face of stubborn work-style problems such as formalism and bureaucratism, the Party has placed work style construction in a more prominent position, with greater efforts to rectify the “Four Forms of Decadence,”[2]2 "Always being on the road" (永远在路上): A common CPC slogan emphasizing the continuous and unending nature of the Party's self-revolution and anti-corruption efforts. focusing on grasping the “key minority,”[3]3 "New Era" (新时代): Refers to the period of socialism with Chinese characteristics beginning with the 19th National Congress of the CPC in 2017, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. and continuously improving the normalization and long-term mechanism of work style construction, providing an important guarantee for the sustained improvement of the Party’s work style and government conduct. Specifically, first, it has made unremitting efforts to rectify the “Four Forms of Decadence” and continuously cultivated new healthy trends and righteous atmosphere. In response to the stubborn and recurrent characteristics of the “Four Forms of Decadence” problem, the Party Central Committee has adhered to a problem-oriented approach, addressing both symptoms and root causes, and continued to rectify the “Four Forms of Decadence” with the spirit of driving a nail. For example, by establishing a monthly reporting system on the implementation of the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee and improving the working mechanism for simultaneous investigation and governance of work style and corruption, it has demonstrated the Party’s determination to resolutely curb the spread of unhealthy practices. Second, it has focused on grasping the leading cadres, the “key minority,” fully reflecting the political posture and demonstration effect of those above setting an example for

在党的十八届一中全会上的讲话中，习近平作出“党的作风关系党的形象，关系人心向背，关系党的生死存亡”的判断，揭示了中国共产党在自我革命进程中推进党的作风建设的重要功能。进入新时代，面对形式主义、官僚主义等作风顽疾，党把作风建设摆在更加突出的位置，以更大力度纠治“四风”、着力抓住“关键少数”，不断完善作风建设常态化长效化机制，为推动党风政风持续向好提供重要保障。具体而言，一是驰而不息纠正“四风”，不断涵养新风正气。针对“四风”问题具有顽固性、反复性的特点，党中央坚持问题导向、标本兼治，以钉钉子精神持续纠治“四风”，如通过建立落实中央八项规定精神情况的月报制度、健全风腐同查同治工作机制等举措，彰显党坚决遏制不正之风蔓延势头的决心。二是注重抓住领导干部这一“关键少数”，充分体现以上率下的政治姿态和示范效应。习近平指出:“党风廉政建设，关键在领导干部，特别是中央要带头。”通过推动党内监督和其他各类监督的贯通协调，加强对“关键少数”的监督约束，推动领导干部以身作则、率先垂范，有助于带动全体党员干部转变作风，有助于形成整体上的联动效应。三是以建立健全法规制度推动作风建设常态化长效化。习近平指出:抓作风建设“根本上还是要靠制度”。针对党的作风建设的新形势和新问题，党中央先后出台《十八届中央政治局关于改进工作作风、密切联系群众的八项规定》《中共中央政治局贯彻落实中央八项规定的实施细则》《关于解决形式主义突出问题为基层减负的通知》《整治形式主义为基层减负若干规定》等规范性制度文件，逐步完善作风建设常态化长效化机制，有助于推进作风建设实现由集中整治向制度化、规范化转变。新时代党的作风建设的持续深化与制度化推进，不仅为全党形成为民、务实、清廉的良好作风奠定坚实基础，而且有助于为新时代更好塑造风清气正的马克思主义政党形象提供作风保障。

(5) Shaping the Image of a Marxist Political Party with Strict Discipline, Supported by the Party’s Discipline Building

(五)以党的纪律建设为支撑塑造纪律严明的马克思主义政党形象

Xi Jinping not only regards strengthening discipline building as the “fundamental strategy for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party,” but also incorporates the Party’s discipline building into the overall layout of Party building, highlighting the important position of the Party’s discipline building in the Party’s self-revolution in the New Era. The Party takes the systematization of the content of Party discipline and the normalization and long-term effectiveness of Party discipline education as important supports, continuously using iron discipline to temper Party spirit and purify the Party’s conduct. On the one hand, through revising the *Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Sanctions*, the Party systematically integrates Party discipline into political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, mass discipline, work discipline, and life discipline, continuously promoting the systematization of the content of Party discipline. The latest revision of the *Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Sanctions* in 2023 further tightens the Party’s political discipline and political rules, refines the types of disciplinary violations and standards for sanctions, and delineates clearer “behavioral bottom lines” and “political red lines” for Party cadres, helping to raise the level of institutionalization, standardization, and proceduralization of inner-Party political life. On the other hand, in promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of discipline education, the Central Committee of the CPC issued the revised *Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Sanctions* in 2023, putting forward the requirement to “include the *Regulations* as a compulsory course in the training of Party members and cadres, enhancing the consciousness of abiding by rules and discipline.” In April 2024, the General Office of the Central Committee issued the *Notice on Carrying Out Party Discipline Learning and Education Across the Party*, requiring that “carrying out Party discipline learning and education be treated as an important political task,” guiding all Party cadres to learn, understand, clarify, and abide by discipline, helping to cultivate the disciplinary consciousness of Party cadres. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC further made important arrangements for strengthening discipline education, emphasizing “establishing a discipline education mechanism that combines regular and centralized approaches, deepening the application of the ‘four forms’ of supervision and discipline enforcement, and comprehensively leveraging the roles of Party discipline in education, restraint, guarantee, and motivation,” helping to promote the transformation of discipline education from a centralized and phased approach to a regular and institutionalized one, helping to promote Party cadres’ reverence, caution, and adherence to bottom lines, and providing disciplinary guarantees for better shaping the image of a Marxist political party with strict discipline in the New Era.

习近平不仅将加强纪律建设作为“全面从严治党的治本之策”，而且将党的纪律建设纳入党的建设总体布局，突显党的纪律建设在新时代党的自我革命中的重要地位。党以推进党纪内容体系化和党纪教育常态化长效化为重要支撑，不断以铁的纪律锤炼党性、纯洁党风。一方面，通过修订《中国共产党纪律处分条例》，将党的纪律系统整合为政治纪律、组织纪律、廉洁纪律、群众纪律、工作纪律和生活纪律，不断推动党纪内容体系化。2023年最新修订的《中国共产党纪律处分条例》，进一步严明党的政治纪律和政治规矩，细化违纪行为类型与处分标准，为党员干部划定了更为清晰的“行为底线”和“政治红线”，有助于推进党内政治生活的制度化、规范化、程序化水平。另一方面，在纪律教育常态化长效化推进上，中共中央于2023年印发修订后的《中国共产党纪律处分条例》，提出“把《条例》纳入党员、干部培训必修课，增强遵规守纪的自觉”的要求。2024年4月中办印发《关于在全党开展党纪学习教育的通知》，要求“把开展党纪学习教育作为重要政治任务”，引导全体党员干部做到学纪、知纪、明纪、守纪，有助于培养党员干部的纪律自觉。党的二十届三中全会进一步对加强纪律教育作出重要部署，强调“建立经常性和集中性相结合的纪律教育机制，深化运用监督执纪‘四种形态’，综合发挥党的纪律教育约束、保障激励作用”，有助于推动纪律教育由集中性和阶段性向经常性和制度化转变，有助于推动党员干部知敬畏、存戒惧、守底线，为新时代更好塑造纪律严明的马克思主义政党形象提供纪律保障。

(6) Shaping the Image of a Marxist Political Party Governing by Rules, Guaranteed by the Party’s Institutional Building

(六)以党的制度建设为保障塑造依规施治的马克思主义政党形象

Xi Jinping points out: “We must persist in building a system of norms for self-purification, self-improvement, self-renovation, and self-enhancement, providing institutional guarantees for advancing the great self-revolution.” Since the New Era, the Party has insisted on taking institutional building as the guarantee for self-revolution, emphasizing “integrating institutional building throughout all aspects of Party building,” so that the process of the Party’s self-revolution and the process of the Party’s institutional building advance in tandem. In the process of advancing both in tandem, the Party insists on the organic unity of institutional formulation and institutional implementation. At the level of institutional formulation, the Party focuses on consolidating the institutional foundation for governing the Party and running it strictly by improving the system of intra-Party regulations. In the ten years of the New Era, the Central Committee formulated and revised 156 intra-Party regulations, accounting for 70.5% of the currently effective intra-Party regulations. Among them, 45 are norms and regulations with the function of “four beams and eight pillars” [4]4 "The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" (中华民族伟大复兴): Also known as the "Chinese Dream," it is the overarching national goal articulated by Xi Jinping, aiming for national prosperity, revitalization, and the happiness of the people., accounting for 90% of the currently effective norms and regulations. This data not only reflects the speed, quantity, and quality of the construction of intra-Party regulations, but also embodies the systematic nature, scientific nature, and authority of the institutional system, marking that the Party has basically solved the problem of “having rules to follow” in governing and running the Party, achieving a transformation of inner-Party governance from an experience-based type to an institution-based type. At the level of institutional implementation, by building a full-coverage mechanism for supervising institutional implementation, the effectiveness of institutional implementation is enhanced. Xi Jinping not only points out that “the vitality of institutions lies in implementation,” but also emphasizes that good institutions, if not implemented, will become “scarecrows” or “paper tigers.” In 2019, the Central Committee of the CPC issued the *Regulations on the Responsibility System for the Implementation of Intra-Party Regulations of the Communist Party of China (Trial)*, by improving the responsibility system for regulation implementation, ensuring “equality before institutions, no exceptions in implementing institutions,” which not only strengthened the implementation capacity of institutions, but also effectively curbed the phenomenon of orders not being carried out and prohibitions not being heeded, demonstrating the Party’s firm determination to govern the Party by institutions and by rules, and laying an institutional foundation for better shaping the image of a Marxist political party governing by rules in the New Era.

习近平指出:“必须坚持构建自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高的制度规范体系，为推进伟大自我革命提供制度保障。”新时代以来，党坚持将制度建设作为自我革命之保障，强调“把制度建设贯穿到党的各项建设之中”，使党的自我革命进程与党的制度建设进程同步推进。在两者同步推进过程中，党坚持制度制定与制度执行的有机统一。在制度制定层面，党着力以完善党内法规体系为途径夯实管党治党的制度根基。新时代十年间，中央共制定和修订党内法规156部，占现行有效党内法规的70.5%。其中，45部为具有“四梁八柱”功能的准则和条例，占现行有效准则、条例的90%。这一数据，不仅反映了党内法规建设的速度之快、数量之多、质量之高，而且体现了制度体系的系统性、科学性和权威性，标志着党管党治党已基本解决了“有规可依”的问题，实现了党内治理由经验型向制度型的转变。在制度执行层面，通过建设全覆盖制度执行监督机制，增强制度执行的效能。习近平不仅指出:“制度的生命力在于执行”，而且强调好的制度，如果不抓落实，就会成为“稻草人”“纸老虎”。2019年，中共中央印发《中国共产党党内法规执行责任制规定(试行)》，通过完善执规责任制，确保“制度面前人人平等、执行制度没有例外”，既强化了制度执行力，又有效遏制了有令不行、有禁不止的现象，彰显了党坚持制度治党、依规治党的坚定决心，为新时代更好塑造依规施治的马克思主义政党形象奠定制度基础。

(7) Shaping the Image of a Clean and Honest Marxist Political Party, Using the Anti-Corruption Struggle as a Sharp Weapon

(七)以反腐败斗争为利器塑造清正廉洁的马克思主义政党形象

Xi Jinping made the judgment that “the fight against corruption is the most thorough self-revolution,” revealing the critical position of the anti-corruption struggle in the Party’s self-revolution. Since the New Era, the Communist Party of China has taken the anti-corruption struggle as a sharp weapon for self-revolution, insisting on the integrated advancement of ensuring that officials dare not, cannot, and do not want to be corrupt, and deepening international cooperation against corruption. In terms of ensuring that officials dare not be corrupt, the Party has not only clearly put forward the requirement that “no matter who they are, no matter how high their positions, as long as they violate Party discipline or state law, they will be seriously investigated and severely punished,” but has also always maintained a high-pressure posture in punishing corruption. With the determination to use strong medicine to cure the disease and severe punishment to bring order, it has seriously investigated and dealt with violations of discipline and law, forming a powerful deterrent and warning effect. According to statistics, in the first quarter of 2025, national discipline inspection and supervision agencies filed 220,000 cases and punished 185,000 people, including 14 provincial-level cadres. This sustained high-pressure punishment of corruption not only demonstrates the Party’s determination to scrape the poison from the bone and self-purify, but also sends a signal that the CPC governs the Party with an iron fist, thereby shaping the image of a clean and honest Marxist political party. In terms of ensuring that officials cannot be corrupt, the Party has continuously improved the power supervision and restriction mechanism by deepening the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, strengthening the upper-lower linkage of inspections and patrols, and implementing the power list system. This has enhanced the rigid constraints that prevent corruption, compressed the space for corruption to breed, helped make power supervision more effective, and helped ensure that power operates in the sunlight. In terms of ensuring that officials do not want to be corrupt, through measures such as arming the entire Party with the Party’s innovative theories, strengthening the construction of a clean culture, and deepening warning education, efforts are coordinated in ideological education and cultural cultivation. This corrects the source and consolidates the foundation ideologically, builds a solid ideological defense line against corruption and degeneration from the source, helps enhance the clean awareness of Party members and cadres, and strengthens the consciousness and determination not to want to be corrupt. At the level of international cooperation against corruption, guided by Xi Jinping’s requirements to “deepen international cooperation against corruption” and “increase efforts to govern cross-border corruption,” the Party actively participates in the construction of the global governance system against corruption. Institutionally, documents such as the “Notice on Urging Economic Crime Fugitives Abroad to Surrender Themselves,” the “Announcement on Urging Fugitives Abroad in Duty Crime Cases to Surrender Themselves,” and the “Provisions on Handling Foreign-Related Cases Such as Anti-Corruption Fugitive Repatriation and Asset Recovery by Discipline Inspection and Supervision Agencies (Trial)” have been successively issued, continuously improving the foreign-related laws and regulations system against corruption. In practice, it has continuously deepened the “Sky Net Operation,” actively implemented the G20 “Anti-Corruption Action Plan,” vigorously promoted clean governance in the Belt and Road Initiative, and continuously expanded the “circle of friends” for international cooperation against corruption, contributing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to improving the global anti-corruption governance system. The above measures demonstrate the CPC’s determination to fight the protracted, comprehensive, and total battle against corruption, helping to lay a solid foundation for better shaping the image of a clean and honest Marxist political party in the New Era.

习近平作出“反腐败是最彻底的自我革命”的论断，揭示了反腐败斗争之于党的自我革命的关键地位。新时代以来，中国共产党将反腐败斗争作为自我革命之利器，坚持不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐一体推进，深化反腐败国际合作。在不敢腐方面，党不仅明确提出“不论什么人，不论其职务多高，只要触犯了党纪国法，都要受到严肃追究和严厉惩处”的要求，而且始终保持惩治腐败的高压态势，以猛药去疴、重典治乱的决心，严肃查处违纪违法行为，形成强大震慑和警示效应。据统计，2025年第一季度，全国纪检监察机关立案22万件、处分18.5万人，其中包括省级干部14人。对腐败的持续高压惩治，不仅彰显了党刮骨疗毒、自我净化的决心，而且也传递了中国共产党铁腕治党，并由此塑造清正廉洁的马克思主义政党形象的信号。在不能腐方面，党通过深化纪检监察体制改革、加强巡视巡察上下联动、推行权力清单制度等举措，不断完善权力监督制约机制，增强了不能腐的刚性约束，压缩了腐败滋生的空间，有助于使权力监督更加有力，有助于确保权力在阳光下运行。在不想腐方面，通过以党的创新理论武装全党、加强廉洁文化建设、深化警示教育等举措，在思想教育与文化涵养上协同发力，从思想上正本清源、固本培元，从源头上筑牢拒腐防变的思想防线，有助于提升党员干部的廉洁觉悟，增强不想腐的自觉和定力。在反腐败国际合作层面，党以习近平提出的“要深化反腐败国际合作”“加大跨境腐败治理力度”的要求为指引，积极参与反腐败全球治理体系建设。在制度上，相继出台《关于敦促在逃境外经济犯罪人员投案自首的通告》《关于敦促职务犯罪案件境外在逃人员投案自首的公告》《纪检监察机关办理反腐败追逃追赃等涉外案件规定(试行)》等文件，不断完善反腐败涉外法律法规体系。在实践中，持续深化“天网行动”，积极落实二十国集团“反腐败行动计划”，大力推进“一带一路”廉洁建设，不断拓展反腐败国际合作的“朋友圈”，为推动全球反腐败治理体系完善贡献了中国智慧与中国方案。上述举措，彰显了中国共产党打好反腐败斗争攻坚战持久战总体战的决心，有助于为新时代更好塑造清正廉洁的马克思主义政党形象奠定坚实基础。

III. How: Deepening Paths for Shaping the Image of the Marxist Political Party from the Perspective of Self-Revolution in the New Era

三、如何:新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象塑造的深化路径

On the new journey, changes unseen in a century are accelerating, with strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexisting, placing higher demands on the CPC’s self-construction and image shaping. It is urgently necessary to take solving the unique problems of a large Party as the main starting point, telling the story of the CPC’s self-revolution in the New Era as the focal point, and using diverse communication platforms as important means, to further shape the image of the Marxist political party, providing a strong guarantee for comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

新征程上，百年未有之大变局加速演进，战略机遇和风险挑战并存，对中国共产党的自身建设与形象塑造提出更高要求，迫切需要以解决大党独有难题为主要抓手、以讲好新时代中国共产党自我革命的故事为着力点、以借助多元传播平台为重要手段，进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象，为以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴提供坚强保障。

(I) Taking Solving the Unique Problems of a Large Party as the Main Starting Point to Further Shape the Image of the Marxist Political Party

(一)以解决大党独有难题为主要抓手进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象

Xi Jinping pointed out: “Our Party is the largest political party in the world. Being large means it must have the bearing of a large party, but being large also has its difficulties.” Among them, “the bearing of a large party” corresponds to the shaping of the Party’s image, while “its difficulties” focuses on the unique problems of a large party. Solving the unique problems of a large party is an important starting point for further shaping the image of the Marxist political party. Xi Jinping not only made the judgment that “solving the unique problems of a large party is bound to be a long and arduous process,” but also put forward the requirement that “comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is always on the way, and the Party’s self-revolution is always on the way.” This reflects the thought that the Party’s self-revolution is the only way to solve the unique problems of a large party, and also provides practical guidance for solving the unique problems of a large party through self-revolution. The shaping of the Marxist political party image from the perspective of self-revolution in the New Era ultimately comes down to establishing the image through practice and winning recognition through results. The effectiveness of the Party’s self-revolution is related to the Party’s image and its position in the hearts of the people. On the new journey of the New Era, the process of the CPC’s continuous self-revolution is both a process of solving the unique problems of a large party and a process of further shaping the image of the Marxist political party. Therefore, it is necessary to follow Xi Jinping’s requirement to “always maintain sobriety and firmness in solving the unique problems of a large party,” and take the resolution of the “six how to always” [5]5 "Chinese-path modernization" (中国式现代化): The official term for China's development model, characterized by features such as a huge population, common prosperity, material and cultural-ethical advancement, harmony between humanity and nature, and peaceful development. — including “how to always remain true to the original aspiration and founding mission,” “how to always unify thought, will, and action,” “how to always possess strong governing capacity and leadership level,” “how to always maintain the entrepreneurial spirit,” “how to always be able to promptly discover and solve one’s own problems,” and “how to always maintain a healthy political ecosystem” — as specific actions to enhance the effectiveness of the Party’s self-revolution, and thereby further shape the image of the Marxist political party.

习近平指出:“我们党是世界上最大的政党，大就要有大的样子，同时大也有大的难处。”其中，“大的样子”对应党的形象塑造，“大的难处”则聚焦大党独有难题。解决大党独有难题，是进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象的重要抓手。习近平不仅作出“解决大党独有难题必然是一个长期而艰巨的过程”的判断，而且提出“全面从严治党永远在路上，党的自我革命永远在路上”的要求，既体现了党的自我革命是解决大党独有难题必由之路的思想，又为以自我革命解决大党独有难题提供实践遵循。新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象的塑造，归根结底是要以实践立形象、以成效赢认同。党的自我革命的成效，关系到党的形象和党在人民群众心中的地位。新时代新征程，中国共产党不断进行自我革命的过程，既是解决大党独有难题的过程，又是进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象的过程。因此，需要以习近平提出的“时刻保持解决大党独有难题的清醒和坚定”的要求为遵循，把破解包括“如何始终不忘初心、牢记使命”“如何始终统一思想、统一意志、统一行动”“如何始终具备强大的执政能力和领导水平”“如何始终保持干事创业精神状态”“如何始终能够及时发现和解决自身存在的问题”“如何始终保持风清气正的政治生态”在内的“六个如何始终”，作为提升党的自我革命成效的具体行动，并以此进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象。

1. Using the Party’s Self-Revolution to Solve the Large Party Problem of “How to Always Remain True to the Original Aspiration and Founding Mission”

1．以党的自我革命破解“如何始终不忘初心、牢记使命”的大党难题

Always adhering to the original aspiration and founding mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation is an eternal subject for strengthening Party building. Since the New Era, in the face of problems within the Party that violate the original aspiration and mission, such as wavering ideals and beliefs and weakened purpose consciousness, the CPC has taken the initiative. From carrying out the “education on the original aspiration and founding mission” theme in 2019, to the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee proposing the establishment of a system for remaining true to the original aspiration and founding mission to solidify the achievements of the theme education, to the report of the 20th National Congress placing “must remain true to the original aspiration and founding mission” at the top of the “three musts” [6]6 Inspection “look-backs” (巡视“回头看”) are follow-up inspections conducted by the Party’s Central Inspection Teams to ensure that problems identified in previous inspections have been rectified., this fully demonstrates the political consciousness and historical initiative of the century-old Party in adhering to its original aspiration and bravely undertaking its mission. On the new journey, it is necessary to continue to follow Xi Jinping’s requirement that “we must adhere to the original aspiration when we founded the Party and started our undertaking, and adhere to the Party’s ideals, beliefs, and purpose,” further take centralized learning and education as an important way for the Party to promote self-revolution, insist on the integration of learning, thinking, and application, and the unity of knowledge, belief, and action, and continuously transform theoretical learning into the conscious action of fulfilling the mission; further improve the institutional normative system for the Party’s self-revolution, providing institutional guarantees for fulfilling the original aspiration and founding mission; further strengthen the supervision and rectification of prominent problems such as violating the original aspiration and founding mission, and transform the effectiveness of problem rectification into lasting motivation for adhering to the original aspiration and founding mission. Only in this way can the people-centered sentiment be demonstrated in the practice of fulfilling the original aspiration and founding mission, gradually win the trust of the people, and continuously build the Party into a Marxist political party that the people sincerely support.

始终坚守为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴的初心使命，是加强党的建设的永恒课题。新时代以来，面对党内出现的理想信念动摇、宗旨意识淡化等违背初心和使命的问题，中国共产党主动作为，从2019年开展“不忘初心、牢记使命”主题教育，到党的十九届四中全会提出建立不忘初心、牢记使命制度将主题教育取得的成果固定下来，再到党的二十大报告将“务必不忘初心、牢记使命”置于“三个务必”之首，充分彰显了百年大党坚守初心、勇担使命的政治自觉与历史主动。新征程上，需要继续以习近平提出的“我们必须坚守奠基创业时的初心，坚守党的理想信念宗旨”的要求为遵循，进一步把集中性学习教育作为党推进自我革命的重要途径，坚持学思用贯通、知信行统一，不断将理论学习转化为践行使命的行动自觉;进一步完善党的自我革命制度规范体系，为践行初心使命提供制度保障;进一步强化对违背初心使命等突出问题的监督和整改，将问题整改成效转化为坚守初心使命的持久动力。只有如此，才能在践行初心使命实践中彰显民本情怀，逐渐赢得人民信赖，不断把党建设成为人民衷心拥护的马克思主义政党。

2. Using the Party’s Self-Revolution to Solve the Large Party Problem of “How to Always Unify Thought, Will, and Action”

2．以党的自我革命破解“如何始终统一思想、统一意志、统一行动”的大党难题

As the world’s largest Marxist ruling party, whether the Communist Party of China can ensure a high degree of centralized unity on the basis of a common ideological and theoretical foundation is not only related to the Party’s cohesion and combat effectiveness, but also concerns the success or failure of the great cause of building a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Facing new situations such as the continuous expansion of the Party’s scale and the increasing diversification of its membership, Xi Jinping issued a warning: “When the Party’s

中国共产党作为世界上最大的马克思主义执政党，能否确保全党在共同思想理论基础上的高度集中统一，不仅关系党的凝聚力战斗力，而且关乎强国建设、民族复兴伟业的兴衰成败。面对党的规模不断扩大、党员队伍日益多元化等新形势，习近平发出“党的规模大了，一些人容易出现搞小山头、小圈子、小团伙现象，容易出现尾大不掉、自行其是问题，破坏党的团结统一，影响党的凝聚力战斗力”的警示，不仅点出了影响“三个统一”的关键症结，而且为以自我革命破题提供实践指引。新征程上，一方面，需要将思想统一作为政治统一和行动统一的基础，坚持不懈用党的创新理论凝心铸魂。另一方面，需要不断深刻领悟“两个确立”的重大历史意义，进一步强化增强“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”、做到“两个维护”的政治定力，以便确保全党在思想上同心、在政治上同向、在行动上同步，不断把党建设成为始终把握时代和引领时代的马克思主义政党。

3. Resolving the Major-Party Challenge of "How to Always Possess Strong Governing Capacity and Leadership Level" through the Party's Self-Revolution

3．以党的自我革命破解“如何始终具备强大的执政能力和领导水平”的大党难题

In his speech at the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Xi Jinping clearly pointed out the prominent problems and severe challenges facing our Party in long-term governance, such as "the objective existence of thinking inertia and behavioral inertia," "the tendency for some old concepts, old routines, and old methods to become entrenched habits," and "the coexistence of good and bad cadres, uneven and irregular." This both identifies the crux of the problem of resolving the governing capacity challenge and provides the direction for policy measures to enhance governing capacity. To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, on the one hand, it is necessary to deeply advance the Party's self-revolution. By further innovating and improving leadership methods and governing methods, we must continuously raise the level of scientific governance, democratic governance, and law-based governance, so as to ensure that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the great cause. On the other hand, it is necessary to strictly align with the requirements of the "Eight Competences" and "Seven Capabilities" proposed by the Party Central Committee. [7]7 “发力” (fālì) is a Chinese term meaning to exert force or make a concentrated effort. We must strengthen the ideological foundation by intensifying the study and education of the Party's innovative theories, reinforce organizational guarantees by improving the system and mechanism for selecting and appointing personnel, and focus on enhancing the key competences of Party members and cadres, such as learning competence, political leadership competence, and reform and innovation competence. We must continuously improve the important capabilities of Party members and cadres, such as political capability, investigation and research capability, and scientific decision-making capability, gradually forming a governing level and leadership level compatible with Chinese-path modernization, and continuously building the Party into a Marxist political party capable of long-term governance.

在二十届中央纪委二次全会上的讲话中，习近平明确指出我们党长期执政面临的“思维惯性、行为惰性客观存在”“一些老观念、老套路、老办法容易相沿成习”“干部良莠并存、参差不齐”等突出问题和严峻挑战，既找准了破解执政能力难题的问题症结，又提供了提升执政能力的施策方向。贯彻落实习近平总书记重要讲话精神，一方面，需要深入推进党的自我革命，通过进一步创新和改进领导方式、执政方式，不断提高科学执政、民主执政、依法执政水平，以便确保党始终成为伟大事业的坚强领导核心。另一方面，需要严格对标党中央提出的“八项本领”“七种能力”等要求，以强化党的创新理论学习教育筑牢思想根基，以健全选人用人制度机制强化组织保障，着力增强党员干部的学习本领、政治领导本领、改革创新本领等关键本领，不断提升党员干部的政治能力、调查研究能力、科学决策能力等重要能力，逐步形成与中国式现代化相适应的执政水平和领导水平，不断把党建设成为长期执政的马克思主义政党。

4. Resolving the Major-Party Challenge of "How to Always Maintain the Entrepreneurial Spirit of Doing Business" through the Party's Self-Revolution

4．以党的自我革命破解“如何始终保持干事创业精神状态”的大党难题

The reason why the Communist Party of China has been able to lead the people to achieve great accomplishments recorded in history "cannot be separated from the important role of a powerful spiritual force." In the course of more than a hundred years of unremitting struggle, the Communist Party of China has not only formed the great founding spirit of the Party, but also, taking the great founding spirit of the Party as its source, gradually formed a spiritual pedigree including the Long March spirit, the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" spirit, the reform and opening up spirit, and the poverty alleviation spirit. This both reflects the essential characteristics of our Party in maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit of doing business and provides a powerful spiritual driving force and rich nourishment for the CPC to continue writing glorious chapters. On the new journey of the New Era, facing problems where Party members and cadres are prone to develop thoughts of comfort and pleasure-seeking in an environment without war and turmoil, and are prone to problems such as demoralization and lack of enterprise, only by further implementing Xi Jinping's requirement to "must always maintain the spirit of hard struggle and vigorous action, dare to struggle and be good at struggle, and have the courage to take responsibility and act," and advancing self-revolution simultaneously from the theoretical and practical levels, can we eradicate chronic diseases such as spiritual slackness. At the theoretical level, only by deeply studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thought on the Party's self-revolution, especially the new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments on self-revolution in the fifth volume of *Xi Jinping: The Governance of China*, and continuously strengthening the function of theoretical armament in consolidating the foundation and cultivating the essence, can we transform the Party's theoretical armament achievements into a powerful driving force for Party members and cadres to do business. At the practical level, only by adhering to the principle of "unity of knowledge and action, genuine and solid work, being a doer," and allowing Party members and cadres to experience storms, see the world, strengthen their bones, and grow their talents at the grassroots frontline and in major tasks, can we maintain an uplifting and enterprising mental state through practical tempering, and continuously build the Party into a vibrant Marxist political party.

中国共产党之所以能够带领人民取得彪炳史册的伟大成就，“离不开强大精神力量的重要作用”。在百余年不懈奋斗的历程中，中国共产党不仅形成伟大建党精神，而且以伟大建党精神为源头，逐渐形成包括长征精神、“两弹一星”精神、改革开放精神、脱贫攻坚精神等在内的精神谱系，既体现我们党保持干事创业精神状态的本质特征，又为中国共产党续写辉煌提供强大精神动力和丰厚滋养。新时代新征程上，面对党员干部在没有战乱和动荡的环境中容易滋生安逸享乐思想，容易出现意志消沉、不思进取等问题，只有进一步贯彻习近平提出的“必须始终保持艰苦奋斗、奋发有为的精气神，敢于斗争、善于斗争，勇于担当作为”的要求，从理论与实践层面同步推进自我革命，才能革除精神懈怠等顽疾。在理论层面，只有深入学习贯彻习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，尤其是以《习近平谈治国理政》第五卷中关于自我革命的新思想、新观点、新论断，持续强化理论武装所具有的固本培元功能，才能将党的理论武装成果转化为党员干部干事创业的强大动力。在实践层面，只有坚持“知行合一、真抓实干，做实干家”的原则，让党员干部在基层一线和重大任务中经风雨、见世面、壮筋骨、长才干，才能在实践磨砺中保持昂扬奋进的精神状态，才能不断把党建设成为朝气蓬勃的马克思主义政党。

5. Resolving the Major-Party Challenge of "How to Always Be Able to Timely Discover and Solve One's Own Problems" through the Party's Self-Revolution

5．以党的自我革命破解“如何始终能够及时发现和解决自身存在的问题”的大党难题

Reviewing the Party's more than a hundred years of struggle, the Communist Party of China has always used the spirit of self-revolution to continuously eliminate adverse factors within its body, ensuring that the Party always maintains a healthy body and advances in the correct direction. Entering the New Era, our Party, taking institutional governance of the Party and governance of the Party according to regulations as the starting point, has successively issued a series of institutional documents such as the *Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Accountability*, the *Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Intra-Party Supervision*, and the *Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening the Supervision of "Top Leaders" and Leading Groups*. [8]8 This is a direct quote from Xi Jinping, emphasizing the need to create a discourse that is accessible to the international community. This has not only effectively made up for the shortcomings of the intra-Party supervision system but also provided institutional guarantees for timely problem discovery. Facing the new journey, it is necessary to take Xi Jinping's requirement to "adhere to the combination of the Party's self-supervision and people's supervision, promote the connection and coordination of various types of supervision, and improve the supervision system that is unified under the Party's leadership, comprehensive in coverage, authoritative, and efficient" as the action guide. By further improving the mechanism with intra-Party supervision as the mainstay and various types of supervision connected and coordinated, we can form a supervision network with full coverage; by continuously improving the system that organically combines the Party's self-supervision and the supervision of the masses, we can achieve a benign interaction between self-discipline and heteronomy; by further improving the mechanism for regular problem discovery and problem solving, we can promote the normalization of supervision, the precision of rectification, and the long-term effectiveness of results, ensuring that problems are discovered early and dealt with early, and continuously building the Party into a Marxist political party that is brave in correcting mistakes.

回顾党的百余年奋斗历程，中国共产党始终以自我革命精神不断清除肌体中的不良因素，确保党始终保持健康肌体和沿着正确方向前进。进入新时代，我们党以制度治党、依规治党为抓手，相继出台《中国共产党问责条例》《中国共产党党内监督条例》《中共中央关于加强对“一把手”和领导班子监督的意见》等一系列制度文件，不仅有效补齐了党内监督制度的短板，而且为及时发现问题提供了制度保障。面向新征程，需要以习近平提出的“要坚持党的自我监督和人民监督相结合，促进各类监督贯通协调，健全党统一领导、全面覆盖、权威高效的监督体系”的要求为行动指引，通过进一步完善以党内监督为主导、各类监督贯通协调的机制，形成全覆盖的监督网络;通过不断完善党的自我监督和人民群众监督有机结合的制度，实现自律与他律良性互动;通过进一步健全经常性发现问题、解决问题机制，推动监督常态化、整改精准化、成果长效化，确保问题早发现、早处置，不断把党建设成为勇于修正错误的马克思主义政党。

6. Resolving the Major-Party Challenge of "How to Always Maintain a Clean and Upright Political Ecosystem" through the Party's Self-Revolution

6．以党的自我革命破解“如何始终保持风清气正的政治生态”的大党难题

Purifying the intra-Party political ecosystem is not only an inherent requirement for advancing the great struggle and implementing the great project, but also an important magic weapon for the Communist Party of China to adhere to the Party's nature and purpose, providing an important guarantee for the Party to remain unchanged in its nature, unchanged in its color, and unchanged in its flavor. Since the New Era, Xi Jinping has not only made creating a good political ecosystem a basic and routine task of the Party's political construction, but has also led the Party to achieve remarkable results in creating a political ecosystem within the Party full of righteousness. However, Xi Jinping is also soberly aware that problems such as appointing people by favoritism, forming cliques, anonymous false accusations, and overt compliance but covert opposition, which seriously affect the Party's image and prestige, still exist to varying degrees within the Party. In view of this, he put forward the requirement to "always maintain the firm consciousness of turning the blade inward." To implement Xi Jinping's requirements, it is necessary, in the process of deeply advancing the Party's self-revolution, to further strengthen education on ideals and convictions, continuously consolidate the ideological foundation of loyalty to the Party, and ensure that Party members and cadres resist various risk tests and interest temptations with firm ideals and convictions; to further strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, continuously make intra-Party political life serious, and cultivate a positive and healthy intra-Party political culture, thereby continuously building the Party into a Marxist political party that can withstand various storms and tests.

净化党内政治生态既是推进伟大斗争、实施伟大工程的题中应有之义，又是中国共产党坚持党的性质和宗旨的重要法宝，为党保持不变质、不变色、不变味提供重要保障。新时代以来，习近平不仅将营造良好的政治生态作为党的政治建设的基础性和经常性工作，而且领导党在打造正气充盈的党内政治生态方面取得显著成效。但习近平也清醒意识到，党内仍不同程度存在任人唯亲、拉帮结派、匿名诬告、阳奉阴违等严重影响党的形象和威信的问题。有鉴于此，他提出“始终保持刀刃向内的坚定自觉”的要求。贯彻习近平的要求，就是要在深入推进党的自我革命过程中，进一步加强理想信念教育，不断夯实对党忠诚的思想根基，确保党员干部以坚定的理想信念抵御各种风险考验和利益诱惑;进一步严明政治纪律和政治规矩，不断严肃党内政治生活，涵养积极健康的党内政治文化，从而不断把党建设成为经得起各种风浪考验的马克思主义政党。

(II) Further Shaping the Image of a Marxist Political Party by Focusing on Telling the Story of the CPC's Self-Revolution in the New Era

(二)以讲好新时代中国共产党自我革命的故事为着力点进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象

Xi Jinping emphasized: "Being able to tell stories and telling stories well is very important." Telling the story of the CPC's self-revolution in the New Era not only helps to reveal the important reasons why the Communist Party of China remains vigorous despite experiencing storms, but also helps to present the spiritual temperament of a Marxist political party, providing a powerful impetus for further shaping the image of a Marxist political party.

习近平强调:“会讲故事、讲好故事十分重要。”讲好新时代中国共产党自我革命的故事，不仅有助于揭示中国共产党历经风雨而依然风华正茂的重要原因，而且有助于呈现马克思主义政党的精神气质，为进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象提供有力支撑。

On the one hand, telling the story of the CPC’s self-revolution in the New Era well requires focusing on the Party’s theoretical innovation achievements and practical results regarding self-revolution in the New Era, and excavating the valuable narrative resources contained therein. On the theoretical dimension, make full use of a series of signature discourses proposed by Xi Jinping to enrich the narrative expression of the self-revolution story. For example, based on the discourse of the “four selves” [1]1 "New journey" (新征程): A standard CPC term referring to the new stage of national development beginning with the全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程 (new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country), formally launched after the 20th National Congress of the CPC in 2022., deeply analyze the scientific connotation of the Party’s self-revolution in the New Era, and clearly explain how self-revolution has become the internal driving force for the Party to maintain its advanced nature and purity; centering on discourses such as “self-revolution is the second answer for our Party to break out of the historical cycle of rise and fall” [2]2 "Always being on the road" (永远在路上): A common CPC slogan emphasizing the continuous and unending nature of the Party's self-revolution and anti-corruption efforts., combined with the CPC’s self-revolution practice over more than one hundred years, clearly explain the secret of how the CPC, despite experiencing storms, remains vigorous; based on discourses such as “our Party has no special interests of its own other than the interests of the country, the nation, and the people” [3]3 "New Era" (新时代): Refers to the period of socialism with Chinese characteristics beginning with the 19th National Congress of the CPC in 2017, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era., clearly explain that adhering to the people-centered development thought and upholding the value stance of putting the people first are the keys to the success of the CPC, and so on. On the practical dimension, it is necessary to base oneself on the remarkable achievements of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era, excavate the vivid narrative material concerning self-revolution contained therein, and enhance the pertinence and appeal of telling the self-revolution story well. For example, based on Xi Jinping’s judgment that “the fight against corruption has achieved an overwhelming victory and is being comprehensively consolidated” [4]4 "The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" (中华民族伟大复兴): Also known as the "Chinese Dream," it is the overarching national goal articulated by Xi Jinping, aiming for national prosperity, revitalization, and the happiness of the people., tell the story of the CPC’s resolute fight against corruption; based on the practical progress of improving the system of intra-Party regulations and perfecting the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era, tell the story of the CPC’s institutional governance of the Party; based on the work effectiveness of the CPC’s use of the “four forms” [5]5 "Chinese-path modernization" (中国式现代化): The official term for China's development model, characterized by features such as a huge population, common prosperity, material and cultural-ethical advancement, harmony between humanity and nature, and peaceful development. of supervision and discipline enforcement and the conduct of inspection “look-backs” [6]6 Inspection “look-backs” (巡视“回头看”) are follow-up inspections conducted by the Party’s Central Inspection Teams to ensure that problems identified in previous inspections have been rectified. in the New Era, tell the story of the CPC strengthening supervision and discipline enforcement. Through the dual发力 [7]7 “发力” (fālì) is a Chinese term meaning to exert force or make a concentrated effort. of theory and practice, continuously enhance the explanatory power and persuasiveness of telling the story of the CPC’s self-revolution in the New Era.

一方面，讲好新时代中国共产党自我革命的故事，需要着眼于新时代党的自我革命理论创新成果和实践成效，挖掘其中的宝贵叙事资源。在理论维度上，充分运用习近平提出的一系列标识性话语，丰富自我革命故事的叙事表达。比如，立足于“四个自我”话语，深刻分析新时代党的自我革命的科学内涵，讲清自我革命如何成为党保持先进性和纯洁性的内在动力;围绕“自我革命是我们党跳出历史周期率的第二个答案”等话语，结合中国共产党百余年自我革命实践，讲清中国共产党虽历经风雨但却朝气蓬勃的秘笈;基于“我们党除了国家、民族、人民的利益，没有任何自己的特殊利益”等话语，讲清楚坚持以人民为中心的发展思想、坚持人民至上的价值立场是中国共产党的成功之道，等等。在实践维度上，需要立足于新时代全面从严治党的显著成效，挖掘其中蕴含的关于自我革命的生动叙事素材，增强讲好自我革命故事的针对性和感染力。比如，基于习近平作出的“反腐败斗争取得压倒性胜利并全面巩固”的判断，讲好中国共产党坚决反腐的故事;基于新时代完善党内法规制度体系、健全全面从严治党体系的实践进展，讲好中国共产党制度治党的故事;基于新时代中国共产党运用监督执纪“四种形态”、开展巡视“回头看”的工作成效，讲好中国共产党强化监督执纪的故事。通过理论与实践双维发力，不断提升讲好新时代中国共产党自我革命故事的解释力和说服力。

On the other hand, telling the story of the CPC’s self-revolution in the New Era well requires continuously innovating the expression of external discourse. Whether the story of the CPC’s self-revolution in the New Era can be told well depends critically on whether the audience can listen to it and understand it. Following Xi Jinping’s requirement to “be adept at refining signature concepts and creating new concepts, new categories, and new expressions that are easy for the international community to understand and accept” [8]8 This is a direct quote from Xi Jinping, emphasizing the need to create a discourse that is accessible to the international community., closely focusing on the common concerns of the international community, seeking the greatest common divisor between nationality and globality, and transforming the CPC’s theoretical innovation and practical experience of self-revolution into discourse expressions with global resonance can be considered a beneficial attempt to tell the story of the CPC’s self-revolution well. For example, centering on global issues such as anti-corruption, based on the remarkable achievements of the CPC in the fight against corruption in the New Era, especially based on the practical results of promoting international anti-corruption cooperation and building transnational governance mechanisms, using expressions that are easy for the international community to understand and accept, narrate how the CPC has done a good job in international anti-corruption fugitive repatriation and asset recovery, allowing the international community to intuitively feel the CPC’s determination to promote self-revolution, and presenting to the world the image of a Marxist political party brave in self-revolution.

另一方面，讲好新时代中国共产党自我革命的故事，需要不断创新对外话语表达。能否讲好新时代中国共产党自我革命的故事，关键在于受众是否能够听得进和听得懂。以习近平提出的“要善于提炼标识性概念，打造易于为国际社会所理解和接受的新概念、新范畴、新表述”的要求为遵循，紧扣国际社会共同关切，寻求民族性与世界性的最大公约数，将中国共产党的自我革命理论创新与实践经验转化为具有全球共鸣的话语表达，不失为讲好中国共产党自我革命故事的有益尝试。比如，围绕反腐败等全球性议题，基于新时代中国共产党在反腐败斗争中取得的显著成效，特别是基于推进国际反腐败合作、构建跨国治理机制的实践成果，以国际社会易于理解和接受的表达，讲述中国共产党如何做好反腐败国际追逃追赃工作，让国际社会直观感受到中国共产党推进自我革命的决心，向世界呈现一个勇于自我革命的马克思主义政党形象。

(III) Taking the Use of Diverse Communication Platforms as an Important Means to Further Shape the Image of the Marxist Political Party

(三)以借助多元传播平台为重要手段进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象

Using diverse communication platforms to display the theoretical and practical achievements of self-revolution is an inherent requirement for shaping the image of the Marxist political party from the perspective of self-revolution in the New Era. Diverse communication platforms can not only effectively break through the temporal and spatial limitations of traditional communication, enhancing the breadth, depth, and effectiveness of the dissemination of the CPC’s self-revolution in the New Era, but also, by systematically displaying the Party’s theoretical and practical achievements of self-revolution, effectively enhance the understanding, recognition, and support of domestic and foreign audiences for the Party’s self-revolution. Utilize the three major communication channels of home-ground diplomacy platforms, new media platforms, and academic exchange platforms to fully demonstrate the theoretical innovation and practical achievements of the Party’s self-revolution in the New Era, promoting the formation of a synergistic, efficient, and internally and externally linked communication pattern.

借助多元传播平台展示自我革命理论与实践成果，是新时代自我革命视域下马克思主义政党形象塑造的题中应有之义。多元传播平台不仅能有效突破传统传播的时空局限，提升新时代中国共产党自我革命传播的广度、深度与效度，而且能通过系统展示党的自我革命理论和实践成果，切实增进国内外受众对党的自我革命的理解、认同与支持。借助主场外交平台、新媒体平台与学术交流平台三大传播渠道，充分展现新时代党的自我革命理论创新与实践成就，推动形成协同高效、内外联动的传播格局。

1. Skillfully using home-ground diplomacy platforms is one of the important means to further shape the image of the Marxist political party

1．善用主场外交平台，是进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象的重要手段之一

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC [9]9 The 18th National Congress of the CPC, held in 2012, marked the beginning of the Xi Jinping era and the launch of the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party campaign., under the leadership of the CPC, China has successfully held a series of home-ground diplomatic activities, using major international conferences, summit forums, etc., as vehicles. Home-ground diplomacy in the New Era is not only an important stage for China to dialogue with the world and discuss global governance but also an important window for displaying the CPC’s governance experience and practice, providing strong support for shaping the Party’s image as a major party. For example, at the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in 2023, the concept of “building a clean and honest Silk Road” proposed by Xi Jinping vividly demonstrated the image of a Marxist political party brave in self-revolution, effectively enhancing the international influence of the CPC’s self-revolution. To further leverage the home-ground advantage, themes closely related to the CPC’s self-revolution, such as party governance and anti-corruption and promoting integrity, can be set as key issues in agenda-setting, better showcasing the theoretical and practical achievements of the CPC’s self-revolution in the New Era to the international community.

党的十八大以来，在中国共产党的领导下，中国以重大国际会议、高峰论坛等为载体，成功举办了一系列主场外交活动。新时代的主场外交，不仅是中国与世界对话、共商全球治理的重要舞台，而且是展示中国共产党治国理政经验与实践的重要窗口，为塑造自身大党形象提供了强大助力。比如，在2023年第三届“一带一路”国际合作高峰论坛上，习近平提出的“建设廉洁之路”的理念，生动展现了勇于自我革命的马克思主义政党形象，有效提升了中国共产党自我革命的国际影响力。进一步发挥主场优势，可以在议程设置上将政党治理、反腐倡廉等与中国共产党自我革命紧密相关的主题设为关键议题，向国际社会更好展示新时代中国共产党自我革命的理论与实践成果。

2. Skillfully using new media platforms is the second important means to further shape the image of the Marxist political party

2．善用新媒体平台，是进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象的重要手段之二

Xi Jinping not only attaches great importance to new media platforms but also regards “building new types of communication platforms, establishing new mainstream media, and expanding the territory of mainstream value influence” as an important means to “let the Party’s voice spread farther, wider, and deeper” [10]10 This is a paraphrase of Xi Jinping’s instructions on media development, emphasizing the need to expand the reach and influence of the Party’s official media.. In the era of rapidly changing information technology, if the construction of mainstream media and the use of new media can be coordinated and promoted, it can better promote the improvement of quality and efficiency in the dissemination of the Party’s image. On the one hand, further promote the digital and intelligent transformation of mainstream media, use digital-intelligent technology to empower and optimize the production of communication content, innovate the forms of communication presentation, and precisely meet the needs of the audience, while enhancing the guiding power, communication power, and influence of mainstream public opinion, effectively expanding the radius and coverage of the Party’s voice; on the other hand, based on the interactive, instantaneous, and global characteristics of new media platforms, innovate the presentation methods of the Party’s self-revolution. For example, by effectively using short video formats to interpret the Party’s self-revolution policies, using animation formats to present typical anti-corruption cases, and using visual data reports and charts to intuitively display the effectiveness of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era, transform the abstract theory of the Party’s self-revolution into concrete scenes, transform the specific practical achievements of the Party’s self-revolution into narrative material, and transform the political discourse of the Party’s self-revolution into popular expressions, making the image of the CPC as a Marxist political party brave in self-revolution more visible, perceptible, and credible, allowing domestic and foreign audiences to more intuitively perceive the CPC’s determination and effectiveness in promoting self-revolution.

习近平不仅非常重视新媒体平台，而且将“打造新型传播平台，建成新型主流媒体，扩大主流价值影响力版图”作为“让党的声音传得更开、传得更广、传得更深入”的重要手段。在信息技术日新月异的时代背景下，如果能够统筹推进主流媒体建设与新媒体运用，则能更好地推动党的形象传播提质增效。一方面，进一步推进主流媒体数字化、智能化转型，以数智技术赋能优化传播内容生产、创新传播呈现形态、精准对接受众需求，在增强主流舆论的引领力、传播力和影响力的同时，有效扩大党的声音传播半径与覆盖范围;另一方面，要基于新媒体平台的互动性、即时性和全球性特点，创新党的自我革命的呈现方式。比如，可通过有效运用短视频形式解读党的自我革命政策、通过运用动漫形式呈现典型反腐案例、通过借助可视化的数据报表和图表等形式直观展示新时代全面从严治党成效等，将党的自我革命的抽象理论转化为具象化场景，将党的自我革命的具体实践成果转化为叙事性素材，将党的自我革命的政治话语转化为大众化表达，使中国共产党勇于自我革命的马克思主义政党形象更加可视、可感、可信，让国内外受众更直观地感知中国共产党推进自我革命的决心与成效。

3. Skillfully using academic exchange platforms is the third important means to further shape the image of the Marxist political party

3．善用学术交流平台，是进一步塑造马克思主义政党形象的重要手段之三

By strengthening academic exchange and interaction between Chinese and foreign scholars, guide the international academic community to correctly understand the rich connotation and global significance of the CPC’s self-revolution. In this process, it is necessary to both strengthen the integration of domestic academic resources and expand the space for international academic exchange, forming a communication pattern of internal and external linkage and two-way interaction. On the one hand, encourage domestic academic institutions, Party school systems, and university research forces to form a synergy, continuously innovate and enrich the research results on the Party’s self-revolution, promote the construction of a more persuasive discourse system for self-revolution, and continuously deepen the understanding of the CPC’s self-revolution among domestic and foreign publics. On the other hand, make full use of international academic conferences, high-end think tank forums, and other platforms to actively voice opinions. For example, by jointly conducting comparative research on world political party governance with well-known foreign think tanks, systematically explain the rich connotation and global significance of the CPC’s self-revolution, promoting the transformation of the CPC’s self-revolution theory and practice from “Chinese experience” to “world consensus”.

通过加强中外学者之间的学术交流互动，引导国际学界正确认识中国共产党自我革命的丰富内涵和世界意义。在这一过程中，既要强化国内学术资源整合，又要拓展国际学术交流空间，形成内外联动、双向互动的传播格局。一方面，要鼓励国内学术机构、党校系统和高校研究力量形成合力，不断创新和丰富党的自我革命的研究成果，推动构建更具说服力的自我革命话语体系，不断深化国内外公众对中国共产党自我革命的认识。另一方面，要充分利用国际学术会议、高端智库论坛等平台主动发声。比如，可通过与国外知名智库联合开展世界政党治理比较研究等方式，系统阐释中国共产党自我革命的丰富内涵和世界意义，推动中国共产党的自我革命理论与实践由“中国经验”向“世界共识”转化。

In summary, between the Party's self-revolution in the New Era and the image-building of a Marxist political party, there exists an organic whole of theoretical isomorphism, practical interembedding, and value symbiosis. On the new journey, only by advancing the Party's self-revolution with the tenacity and perseverance of "always being on the road," continuously shaping a true, perceptible, comprehensive, and multi-dimensional image of a Marxist political party, and striving to build the Party into a Marxist ruling party that "always stays at the forefront of the times, enjoys the heartfelt support of the people, is brave in self-revolution, can withstand all kinds of tests and storms, and is full of vitality," can we provide strong support for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

综上所述，新时代党的自我革命与马克思主义政党形象塑造之间，是理论同构、实践互嵌、价值共生的有机整体。新征程上，只有以永远在路上的坚韧和执着，不断深入推进党的自我革命，持续塑造真实可感、立体全面的马克思主义政党形象，努力将党建设成为“始终走在时代前列、人民衷心拥护、勇于自我革命、经得起各种风浪考验、朝气蓬勃”的马克思主义执政党，才能为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供有力支撑。