Pushing the Responsibility for Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party to Be Fulfilled in Place

Fulfilling the responsibility for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is an important political responsibility of Party organizations at all levels, providing a solid guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: “High-quality development requires high-quality Party building to lead it.” The tighter and more solidly comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is grasped, the more stable the “ballast stone” of a correct outlook on political performance becomes, the more staying power the “long-distance run” of development has, and the more it can create achievements that truly benefit the people and gain public recognition.

落实管党治党责任是各级党组织的重要政治责任，为树立和践行正确政绩观提供坚强保障。习近平总书记指出：“高质量发展需要高质量党建来引领。”管党治党抓得越紧越实，正确政绩观“压舱石”就越稳，发展“长跑”就越有后劲，就越能创造真正造福人民、得到群众公认的业绩。

Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party provides political guidance and political guarantees for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance.

管党治党为树立和践行正确政绩观提供政治引领和政治保证

Fulfilling the responsibility for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance are mutually causal and mutually reinforcing. In the process of establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance, the responsibility for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is both political guidance and a political guarantee; establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance can, in turn, push comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to develop in depth, forming a virtuous cycle.

落实管党治党责任与树立和践行正确政绩观，二者互为因果、相互成就。在树立和践行正确政绩观的过程中，管党治党责任既是政治引领也是政治保证；树立和践行正确政绩观，又能推动管党治党向纵深发展，形成良性循环。

Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party provides political guarantees for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance. To govern the country, the Party must first be governed; only when the Party thrives can the country be strong. The Party’s leadership is the “stabilizing sea-god needle” [1]1 “Living source” (源头活水) is a classical allusion from Zhu Xi’s poem “Reflections While Reading,” metaphorically referring to the continuous source of new knowledge and inspiration. for the development of the Party’s and the country’s undertakings. The more complex the situation and the more arduous the tasks, the more necessary it is to strengthen the Party’s overall leadership through comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Just as trees cannot grow on shifting sand, a correct outlook on political performance will not be established and practiced in a lax and lenient management environment; rather, it requires Party organizations to guide and regulate through a strict responsibility system. The purpose of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is, by clarifying direction, establishing rules, rectifying conduct, and strengthening immunity, to create a positive and healthy political ecosystem, allowing Party cadres and members to roll up their sleeves and do their work. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is like a giant ship sailing far away. Only through strict comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, building the Party organizations’ battle fortresses more solidly, and tempering the work style of the Party’s ranks more rigorously, can the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country unite under the Party’s banner into “a piece of hard steel,” [2]2 This is a direct quotation from Article 10, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China. thinking with one mind and exerting strength in one direction, pushing the Chinese giant ship to cleave through waves and sail steadily and far. Through comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, resolutely eliminating negative factors that affect economic and social development can provide political guarantees for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance, ensuring that development does not deviate or go astray, ensuring that the Party forever retains vigorous vitality and strong combat effectiveness, and always remains the strong leading core of Chinese-path modernization.

管党治党为树立和践行正确政绩观提供政治保证。治国必先治党，党兴才能国强。党的领导是党和国家事业发展的“定海神针”，越是形势复杂、任务艰巨，越要通过管党治党加强党的全面领导。就像树木难以长在浮沙之上，正确政绩观不会在管理宽松软的环境中得到树立和践行，而是需要党组织通过严格的责任制去引导、规范。管党治党的目的，就是通过明方向、立规矩、正风气、强免疫，营造积极健康的政治生态，让党员干部放开手脚干事创业。中华民族伟大复兴犹如一艘巨轮远航，只有通过严格的管党治党，把党组织的战斗堡垒筑得更牢，把党员队伍的作风锤炼得更硬，才能让全党全国各族人民在党的旗帜下团结成“一块坚硬的钢铁”，心往一处想、劲往一处使，推动中国号巨轮劈波斩浪、行稳致远。通过管党治党，坚决清除影响经济社会发展的消极因素，就能为树立和践行正确政绩观提供政治保证，确保发展不偏向、不走样，确保党永葆旺盛生命力和强大战斗力，始终成为中国式现代化的坚强领导核心。

Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party builds a solid ideological embankment for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance. What plays a decisive role in establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance is Party spirit. The outlook on political performance reflects cadres’ and Party members’ fundamental understanding and attitude toward fulfilling responsibilities and creating achievements; it is the concentrated embodiment of their worldview, outlook on life, and values in their conduct of governance. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, it is necessary to fully fulfill the responsibility for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, starting from the ideological source of rectifying the outlook on political performance, pushing cadres and Party members to strengthen their ideals and convictions, enhance their concept of Party spirit, forge loyalty to the Party, deepen their feelings for the people, purify their moral character, and maintain clean governance. In reality, some leading Party cadres, in order to accumulate capital and seek promotion, do not hesitate to mobilize manpower, material resources, and financial resources to engage in “image projects” and “vanity projects”; some appoint people by favoritism or profit, even engaging in “those who obey me prosper, those who defy me perish”; some abuse power for personal gain, take bribes and bend the law, seeking private gain for themselves and small cliques; and so on. The root cause of these phenomena is that Party spirit has gone wrong. To strengthen ideals and convictions, one must first know them, then believe them, and then practice them. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: “The firmness of ideals and convictions comes from the firmness of ideological theory. Knowing truth, mastering truth, believing in truth, and defending truth are the spiritual prerequisites for firm ideals and convictions.” Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the Marxism of contemporary China and the Marxism of the twenty-first century; it is the essence of the times of Chinese culture and the Chinese spirit, achieving a new leap in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, it is necessary to take building the Party through ideology and strengthening the Party through theory as a major political responsibility of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, unremittingly

管党治党为树立和践行正确政绩观筑牢思想堤坝。树立和践行正确政绩观，起决定性作用的是党性。政绩观反映党员干部对履行职责、创造业绩的根本认识和态度，是世界观、人生观、价值观在从政行为中的集中体现。树立和践行正确政绩观，必须全面落实管党治党责任，从端正政绩观的思想源头抓起，推动党员干部坚定理想信念，增强党性观念，铸牢对党忠诚，厚植为民情怀，纯正道德品质，保持清正廉洁。现实中，有的党员领导干部为了捞资本、谋升迁，不惜动用人力物力财力，大搞“形象工程”“政绩工程”；有的任人唯亲、任人唯利，甚至搞“顺我者昌、逆我者亡”；有的以权谋私、贪赃枉法，为自己和小团体牟取私利；等等。这些现象的出现，究其根本是党性出了问题。坚定理想信念，必先知之而后信之，信之而后行之。习近平总书记指出：“理想信念的坚定，来自思想理论的坚定。认识真理，掌握真理，信仰真理，捍卫真理，是坚定理想信念的精神前提。”习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想是当代中国马克思主义、二十一世纪马克思主义，是中华文化和中国精神的时代精华，实现了马克思主义中国化时代化新的飞跃。树立和践行正确政绩观，必须把思想建党、理论强党作为管党治党的重大政治责任，坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂，深学细悟习近平总书记关于树立和践行正确政绩观的重要论述，特别是要把这一重要思想的世界观、方法论和贯穿其中的立场观点方法转化为思想武器，做到内化于心、外化于行，以“功成不必在我、功成必定有我”的精神境界，心无旁骛做好本职工作，为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业贡献力量。

Governing the Party and exercising strict discipline provide a work-style guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance. Work style and outlook on political performance are mutually reinforcing, like the exterior and interior of the same entity. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, one must begin by refraining from empty and flashy practices and by cultivating a pragmatic work style. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must firmly establish an outlook on political performance that serves the people, take the lead in following the Party’s mass line in the New Era, rectify the deep-rooted maladies of formalism and bureaucracy, effectively reduce burdens at the grassroots level, and promote the implementation of work through the transformation of work style.” In reality, some Party cadres fail to take responsibility or act on the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, becoming paralyzed and lax; some, in order to achieve short-term brilliance and rapid promotion, engage in “potted-plant projects” and “flipping the pancake”[n]; some present “easy access to the door, pleasant faces, but difficult handling of affairs”; some stick to routine methods in their work without generating new ideas, avoid contradictions and dare not take responsibility, and when faced with problems, either pass them upward layer by layer for instructions or pass them downward layer by layer by signing responsibility pledges, but never actually implement solutions. These issues are both problems of work style and problems of outlook on political performance. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, strengthening work-style construction must be made an important link in governing the Party and exercising strict discipline. Party cadres should be educated and guided to continuously intensify the tempering of their work style, carry forward the spirit of seeking truth from facts and engaging in solid work, resolutely eliminate the “deep-rooted maladies” in work style, speak the truth, investigate the real situation, report accurate figures, devise practical measures, do practical things, and seek tangible results. We must persevere in implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee, vigorously rectify formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots level, resolutely correct problems such as blind decision-making, grandiosity, extravagance and waste, flashiness without substance, and data fraud caused by a misaligned outlook on political performance, and educate and guide Party cadres to handle one matter after another, work year after year, and steadfastly turn the established action program, strategic goals, and work blueprint into reality.

管党治党为树立和践行正确政绩观提供作风保障。作风和政绩观互为表里。树立和践行正确政绩观，必须从戒虚浮之风做起，从树务实作风抓起。习近平总书记指出：“要树牢造福人民的政绩观，带头走好新时代党的群众路线，纠治形式主义、官僚主义顽瘴痼疾，切实为基层减负，以作风转变促工作落实。”现实中，有的党员干部落实党中央决策部署不担当不作为、麻痹松懈；有的为了短期出彩、快速升迁，搞“盆栽工程”“翻烧饼”；有的“门好进、脸好看、事难办”；有的抓工作固守套路不出思路，回避矛盾不敢担当，遇事要么层层向上请示，要么层层向下签责任状，就是不去抓落实。这些问题既是作风问题，也是政绩观问题。树立和践行正确政绩观，必须把加强作风建设作为管党治党的重要环节，教育引导党员干部不断强化作风锤炼，发扬求真务实、真抓实干的精神，坚决清除作风上的“顽瘴痼疾”，讲真话、察真情、报真数，谋实招、办实事、求实效。锲而不舍贯彻落实中央八项规定精神，大力整治形式主义为基层减负，坚决纠治政绩观错位导致的盲目决策、好大喜功、铺张浪费、华而不实、数据造假等问题，教育引导党员干部一件事情接着一件事情办，一年接着一年干，脚踏实地把既定的行动纲领、战略目标、工作蓝图变为现实。

Governing the Party and exercising strict discipline provide a yardstick for testing the establishment and practice of a correct outlook on political performance. Achievements are all made through hard work; only genuine effort can produce genuine achievements and real results. The implementation of the responsibility for governing the Party and exercising strict discipline must ultimately be reflected in the actual results of benefiting the people and promoting high-quality development. Since the New Era, our Party has adhered to a people-centered development philosophy, educating and guiding Party cadres to fully implement the responsibility for governing the Party and exercising strict discipline, firmly establish an outlook on political performance that benefits the people, “do practical work” rather than “put on a show,” “bring benefits” rather than “create a spectacle,” unswervingly enhance the well-being of the people, and carry out good deeds and practical matters that touch the hearts of the masses. High-quality development is the primary task in building a modern socialist country in all respects. Adhering to high-quality development is an important part of establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance for Party cadres, and it is also an important standard for testing the implementation of the responsibility for governing the Party and exercising strict discipline. This requires Party cadres to make efforts to fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development philosophy and develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, we must adhere to high-quality development and refrain from pursuing grandiose and foreign things, blind and reckless actions, or sensationalism; we must insist on taking practical measures and seeking tangible results, and refrain from flashiness without substance, opportunism, and data fraud; we must insist on laying a solid foundation for long-term benefits, and refrain from seeking quick success and instant benefits, draining the pond to catch all the fish, and exhausting the people and wasting resources. Only by continuously strengthening their sense of responsibility and consciously submitting to the “measuring stick” of the responsibility for governing the Party and exercising strict discipline, and pursuing development that is solid, free of water, and unifies speed, quality, and efficiency, can Party cadres create real achievements that stand the test of practice, the people, and history.

管党治党为树立和践行正确政绩观提供检验标尺。业绩都是干出来的，真干才能真出业绩、出真业绩。管党治党责任的落实，最终要体现在为民造福、推动高质量发展的实际成效上。新时代以来，我们党坚持以人民为中心的发展思想，教育引导党员干部全面落实管党治党责任，树牢为民造福的政绩观，“做事”不“作秀”、“造福”不“造势”，坚定不移增进民生福祉，把好事实事办到群众心坎上。高质量发展是全面建设社会主义现代化国家的首要任务。坚持高质量发展，是党员干部树立和践行正确政绩观的重要内容，也是检验管党治党责任落实情况的重要标准。这要求党员干部在完整、准确、全面贯彻新发展理念上下功夫，因地制宜发展新质生产力。树立和践行正确政绩观，必须坚持高质量发展，不搞贪大求洋、盲目蛮干、哗众取宠；坚持出实招求实效，不搞华而不实、投机取巧、数据造假；坚持打基础利长远，不搞急功近利、竭泽而渔、劳民伤财。党员干部只有不断强化责任担当，自觉接受管党治党责任的“度量衡”检验，追求实实在在、没有水分、速度质量效益相统一的发展，才能创造出经得起实践、人民、历史检验的实绩。

Governing the Party and running it strictly provides an institutional guarantee for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance. The view of power directly influences the outlook on political performance. Through institutional constraints, governing the Party and running it strictly regulates the exercise of power, maximally compressing the space for erroneous outlooks on political performance. Our Party, by strictly implementing democratic centralism and the “Three Major and One Major” decision-making system [1]1 “Living source” (源头活水) is a classical allusion from Zhu Xi’s poem “Reflections While Reading,” metaphorically referring to the continuous source of new knowledge and inspiration., prevents arbitrary use of power, and by improving Party discipline and intra-Party regulations, guides Party cadres to establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance. The 2023 revision of the *Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Action* added Article 57, incorporating provisions for disciplinary action against leading Party cadres whose outlook on political performance is misguided, who violate the new development philosophy, or who deviate from the requirements of high-quality development, and adjusted the act of engaging in “image projects” or “vanity projects” that waste people’s resources and money from a violation of mass discipline to a violation of political discipline. By clarifying disciplinary requirements, it promotes leading Party cadres to establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance and to implement the requirements of high-quality development. The *Regulations on the Selection and Appointment of Leading Party and Government Cadres* clearly stipulates: “Prevent evaluating work performance solely by the speed of economic growth.” An erroneous outlook on political performance is often accompanied by unhealthy work styles. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC [2]2 This is a direct quotation from Article 10, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China., our Party, by strictly implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations and its implementation rules, has seriously investigated and punished those engaging in “image projects” or “vanity projects” that waste people’s resources and money, and has continuously rectified formalism and bureaucracy, causing the fake tricks of “only deferring to superiors, not seeking truth from facts” and “only seeking excitement, not emphasizing actual results” to lose ground, and making cadres who are keen on “mountains of documents and seas of meetings” and “excessive record-keeping” have nowhere to hide. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, we must adhere to governing power by institutions and exercising power according to regulations, improve institutions and establish clear rules, make it crystal clear what can be done, what cannot be done, and how things should be done, and perfect an institutional mechanism that unifies authorization, use of power, and control of power, is clear, transparent, and traceable, and strive to compress the space for arbitrary exercise of power.

管党治党为树立和践行正确政绩观提供制度保障。权力观直接影响政绩观。管党治党通过制度约束，规范权力运行，最大限度压缩错误政绩观的生存空间。我们党通过严格执行民主集中制、“三重一大”决策制度，防止任性用权，通过完善党纪党规，引导党员干部树立和践行正确政绩观。2023年修订的《中国共产党纪律处分条例》新增第五十七条，增加党员领导干部政绩观错位，违背新发展理念、背离高质量发展要求的处分规定，将搞劳民伤财的“形象工程”“政绩工程”行为由违反群众纪律调整到违反政治纪律。通过明确纪律要求，推动党员领导干部树立和践行正确政绩观，把高质量发展的要求落到实处。《党政领导干部选拔任用工作条例》明确规定：“防止单纯以经济增长速度评定工作实绩。”错误的政绩观往往与不良作风相伴相生。党的十八大以来，我们党通过严格落实中央八项规定及其实施细则精神，严肃查处搞劳民伤财的“形象工程”“政绩工程”，持续整治形式主义、官僚主义，让“只唯上不唯实”“只图热闹不重实效”的假把式失去市场，使热衷于搞“文山会海”“过度留痕”的干部无处遁形。树立和践行正确政绩观，必须坚持制度治权、依规用权，完善制度、立好规矩，把什么能干、什么不能干、应当怎样干搞得清清楚楚，健全授权用权制权相统一、清晰透明可追溯的制度机制，着力压缩权力任性空间。

Practice has fully proven that places where Party building work is solid and the governance and strict management of the Party are rigorous are often also places where the relationship between cadres and the masses is harmonious and development momentum is sufficient. The actual results of promoting development through Party building are precisely a powerful proof of establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance. It can be said that Party building is the guide, and development is the goal; Party building is the guarantee, and development is the outcome. If governing the Party and running it strictly is lax and lenient, the organization is lax, and discipline is slack, then development achievements will not only fail to benefit the masses but may even deviate from the correct track due to the abuse of power.

实践充分证明，党的建设工作做得扎实、管党治党严实的地方，往往也是干群关系和谐、发展后劲充足的地方。以党建促发展的实际成效，正是树立和践行正确政绩观的有力证明。可以说，党建是统领，发展是目的；党建是保证，发展是结果。如果管党治党宽松软、组织涣散、纪律松弛，发展成果不仅无法惠及群众，甚至可能因权力滥用而偏离正确轨道。

Strengthening the “rigid constraint” of governing the Party and running it strictly on establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance

强化管党治党对树立和践行正确政绩观的“刚性约束”

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Economic and social development must establish a correct outlook on political performance, and Party building must also establish a correct outlook on political performance, which must be pragmatic and fundamental.” Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, our Party has adhered to a strict tone, strict measures, and a strict atmosphere, grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, integrating rectifying work styles, enforcing strict discipline, and combating corruption, promoting the fulfillment of responsibilities for governing the Party and running it strictly, leaving a mark with every step, solving problems one by one, making continuous efforts and advancing steadily, and effectively promoting the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to develop in depth. This is precisely a vivid manifestation of establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance in governing the Party and running it strictly. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, we must regard the fulfillment of responsibilities for governing the Party and running it strictly as an “iron law” engraved into the bones and blood of Party cadres, persevere with lasting effort, and never allow the slightest slackening.

习近平总书记指出：“经济社会发展要树立正确政绩观，党的建设也要树立正确政绩观，要务实为本。”党的十八大以来，我们党坚持严的基调、严的措施、严的氛围，党性党风党纪一起抓、正风肃纪反腐相贯通，推动落实管党治党责任，抓铁有痕、踏石留印，一个问题一个问题解决，持续发力、步步为营，有力推动了全面从严治党向纵深发展。这正是在管党治党中树立和践行正确政绩观的生动体现。树立和践行正确政绩观，必须把落实好管党治党责任作为刻进党员干部骨血的“铁律”，持之以恒、久久为功，决不能有丝毫懈怠。

The responsibility for governing the Party and running it strictly is significant; no Party organization or Party cadre can stand aloof. A single thread cannot make a cord, a single tree cannot make a forest. Governing the Party and running it strictly is a systematic project, which cannot be accomplished by the central authorities or a few leading cadres alone; it requires every Party organization to shoulder the burden, take steps forward, and produce results. In reality, some Party cadres express support for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party verbally but take little initiative in practice, turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to some problems. Some members of leading bodies and functional departments believe that the “Two Responsibilities” [3]3 “One-man rule” (一言堂) literally means “one-word hall,” referring to a situation where one person dominates decision-making and others have no say. are solely the concern of the Party committee secretary and the discipline inspection commission secretary, adopting an attitude of “none of my business, hold one’s head high.” These tendencies are all wrong. Party organizations at all levels must firmly establish the concept that “doing a good job in Party building is one’s duty, not doing Party building is dereliction of duty, and doing Party building poorly is incompetence,” promote the layer-by-layer implementation of Party building responsibilities, and grasp Party building work in a solid, detailed, and thorough manner. More than 5 million primary-level Party organizations are like more than 5 million “pile foundations”; only when every pile is driven into the ground and every root is solid can the edifice of the Party’s governance withstand any storm and sit securely in the fishing boat [4]4 “Too many dragons, no rain” (龙多不下雨) is a Chinese idiom meaning that when too many people are responsible for a task, no one actually takes action..

管党治党责任重大，没有哪个党组织和党员干部可以置身事外。单丝不成线，独木不成林。管党治党是一项系统工程，绝非仅靠中央或少数领导干部就能完成，需要每一个党组织都扛起担子、迈开步子、干出样子。现实中，有的党员干部对全面从严治党表态拥护多、主动抓得少，对一些问题心知肚明却装聋作哑。有的班子成员、职能部门认为“两个责任”就是党委书记、纪委书记的事，事不关己、高高挂起。这些倾向都是错误的。各级党组织必须牢固树立“抓好党建是本职、不抓党建是失职、抓不好党建是不称职”的观念，推动党建责任层层落实落地，把党建工作抓实、抓细、抓到位。500多万个基层党组织如同500多万根“桩基”，桩桩入地、根根扎实，党的执政大厦才能任凭风浪起、稳坐钓鱼台。

Currently, some Party cadres still have some deviations in fulfilling their responsibilities for governing the Party and running it strictly. Some do not pay attention ideologically and take no action, believing that grasping Party building is somewhat more abstract than grasping development, that it is not easy to produce visible achievements, and that it is enough to hold a few meetings a year to arrange things, without needing to put in much effort. Some make a clear distinction, whether it is Party or government, whether it is managing professional work or Party affairs, “positioning” themselves and abandoning the responsibilities they should fulfill. Some emphasize form over content, process over results, and quantity over quality, appearing lively and bustling but with poor actual results, even becoming “two separate skins” from the central work with no effect. Some lack a systematic concept, treating the head when the head aches and the foot when the foot hurts, causing contradictions and problems to accumulate more and more. Individual localities have been circling around a few points for a long time, even cultivating models by pulling up seedlings to help them grow [5]5 “Major matters, important cadre appointments, major projects, and large sums of funds” (三重一大) is a standard internal Party term referring to the four categories of decisions subject to collective deliberation and supervision., and fostering models by “opening a small stove” or “giving preferential treatment,” resulting not only in failing to use points to drive the whole area but also in encouraging a flashy and superficial style. The reasons for these problems are multifaceted, but in the final analysis, the outlook on political performance is problematic. A Party cadre who truly has a correct outlook on political performance will inevitably be responsible for the cause of the Party and the state, will inevitably take a tough and uncompromising stance in governing the Party and running it strictly, rather than being overly concerned about their own reputation. Conversely, if a Party cadre cuts corners, makes compromises, turns a blind eye to unhealthy tendencies, and dares not struggle against or is unwilling to struggle against violations of discipline and law in governing the Party and running it strictly, then no matter how loudly he shouts about a correct outlook on political performance, his outlook on political performance is fundamentally wrong.

当前，一些党员干部在落实管党治党责任方面还存在一些偏差。有的思想上不重视、行动上不作为，认为抓党建同抓发展相比要虚一些，不容易出显绩，一年开几次会布置一下就可以了，不必那么上心用劲。有的分得很清楚，是党还是政，是管业务的还是管党务的，自己给自己“定位”了，放弃应当履行的责任。有的重形式轻内容、重过程轻结果、重数量轻质量，看起来热热闹闹，实际效果却不佳，甚至与中心工作“两张皮”、没有什么效果。有的缺乏系统观念，头痛医头、脚痛医脚，导致矛盾和问题越积越多。个别地方长期在几个点上打转转，甚至用拔苗助长的方式栽培典型，用“开小灶”“吃偏饭”的方式催生典型，结果不仅不能以点带面，而且助长虚浮之风。出现这些问题，原因是多方面的，归根结底是政绩观出了问题。一名真正具有正确政绩观的党员干部，必然是对党和国家事业负责的，必然在管党治党上较真碰硬，而不是爱惜羽毛。反之，如果一名党员干部在管党治党上打折扣、搞变通，对歪风邪气睁一只眼闭一只眼，对违纪违法问题不敢斗争、不愿斗争，那么无论他嘴上把正确政绩观喊得有多响，其政绩观本质上都是错误的。

The process of fulfilling responsibilities for governing the Party and running it strictly is also the process of transforming a correct outlook on political performance from a “soft constraint” into a “hard benchmark.” The outlook on political performance itself is a “soft constraint”; the responsibility for governing the Party and running it strictly equips the “soft constraint” with “teeth,” turning “inner drama” into a “real picture.” Party organizations at all levels, through quantitative assessment indicators, transform the emphasis on Party building and actual performance from conceptual requirements into concrete actions that can be inspected and quantified; through accountability and disciplinary inquiries, they pursue responsibility for acts of engaging in “image projects” or “vanity projects”; through assessment and evaluation and a clear orientation in personnel selection, they directly link it to the promotion, demotion, retention, or removal of cadres. Once this set of “combined punches” is delivered, a correct outlook on political performance is no longer a flexible advocacy of “important in words, secondary in deeds,” but a rigid constraint that cadres must follow and practice.

管党治党责任落实的过程，也是正确政绩观从“软约束”变为“硬杠杠”的过程。政绩观本身是一个“软约束”，管党治党责任为“软约束”装上“牙齿”、把“内心戏”变成“实景图”。各级党组织通过量化考核指标，让重党建、重实绩从理念要求变成可检查、可量化的具体动作；通过追责问责，对搞“形象工程”“政绩工程”的行为追究责任；通过考核评价和鲜明的用人导向，直接与干部的升降去留挂钩。这一套“组合拳”打下来，正确政绩观不再是“说起来重要、做起来次要”的柔性倡导，而是干部必须遵循、必须践行的刚性约束。

To fulfill responsibilities well, we must grasp the “ox nose” of the responsibility system. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “To govern the Party strictly, we must enhance the awareness of governing the Party and running it strictly and fulfill the responsibilities for governing the Party and running it strictly,” and “Without clarifying responsibilities, without fulfilling responsibilities, without investigating responsibilities, strict governance of the Party cannot be achieved.” Without a clear responsibility system, a correct outlook on political performance is a castle in the air; without a complete chain of responsibilities, even the best system will become a mere formality, and the outlook on political performance will easily deviate. The report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC proposed the major strategic measure of improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. In January 2023, at the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “We must adhere to full coverage in content, full coverage in targets, a complete chain of responsibilities, and full integration of institutions, to further improve the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party,” among which “a complete chain of responsibilities” is an important element. In June 2024, when presiding over the 15th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “We must improve a responsibility system with clear subjects and clear requirements. We must establish and improve a responsibility system by layers and categories, promoting Party organizations at all levels and the vast majority of Party members and cadres to know their responsibilities, assume their responsibilities, and fulfill their responsibilities.”

落实好责任，必须牵住责任制这个“牛鼻子”。习近平总书记强调，“从严治党，必须增强管党治党意识、落实管党治党责任”，“不明确责任，不落实责任，不追究责任，从严治党是做不到的”。没有清晰的责任体系，正确政绩观就是空中楼阁；没有责任上的全链条，再好的体系也会流于形式，政绩观就容易出偏差。党的二十大报告提出健全全面从严治党体系重大战略举措。2023年1月，习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委二次全会上强调“要坚持内容上全涵盖、对象上全覆盖、责任上全链条、制度上全贯通，进一步健全全面从严治党体系”，其中“责任上全链条”是一项重要内容。2024年6月，习近平总书记在主持二十届中共中央政治局第十五次集体学习时强调：“要健全主体明确、要求清晰的责任体系。必须分层分类建立健全责任体系，推动各级党组织和广大党员、干部知责、担责、履责。”

Insisting on “a full chain of responsibility” is consistent with the goal of “a responsibility system with clear subjects and explicit requirements.” At the same time, the two have different emphases in implementing the responsibility system for governing the Party. “A full chain of responsibility” focuses on the “vertical penetration” of responsibility, addressing the problem of responsibility being “broken, disconnected, or not transmitted properly,” and emphasizing the continuity of responsibility operation. “A responsibility system with clear subjects and explicit requirements” focuses on the “horizontal boundaries” of responsibility, addressing the problem of responsibility being “vague, overlapping, or unclaimed,” and emphasizing the precision of responsibility content. The two coordinate and mutually reinforce each other, forming an organic whole that points the direction for further improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party.

坚持“责任上全链条”与“健全主体明确、要求清晰的责任体系”目标一致。同时，二者在落实管党治党责任制上又各有侧重。“责任上全链条”侧重于责任的“纵向贯通”，解决的是责任“断档、脱节、传递不到位”的问题，强调的是责任运行的连续性；“主体明确、要求清晰的责任体系”侧重于责任的“横向边界”，解决的是责任“模糊、交叉、无人认领”的问题，强调的是责任内容的精确性。二者协同协调、相互促进，形成一个有机整体，为进一步健全全面从严治党体系指明了方向。

To consolidate the responsibility for governing the Party, it is necessary to establish a responsibility system that reaches vertically to the bottom and horizontally to all sides. Vertically, Party organizations at all levels must tighten and consolidate their responsibilities, each performing its own duties and cooperating fully, forming a sound situation where one level grasps the work and each level ensures implementation. Horizontally, Party committees (leading Party members’ groups) at all levels must fulfill their main responsibility; the Party committee secretary, i.e., the “first-in-command,” must fulfill the responsibility of the first responsible person; other members of the leadership team must earnestly shoulder “dual responsibility for one’s post and for Party building”[n]; discipline inspection commissions at all levels must fulfill their supervisory responsibility; and every Party member and cadre must fulfill their own due responsibilities. This promotes the formation of a responsibility system in which all Party organizations and all types of subjects at all levels strictly bear their own responsibilities, jointly manage and work in coordination, and link up with each other link by link.

压实管党治党责任，必须建立纵向到底、横向到边的责任体系。从纵向上看，各级党组织都要压紧压实责任，各司其职、通力合作，形成一级抓一级、层层抓落实的良好局面。从横向上看，各级党委（党组）要履行好主体责任，党委书记也就是“一把手”要履行好第一责任人责任，领导班子其他成员切实担负“一岗双责”，各级纪委履行好监督责任，每一名党员干部都要履行好自己应尽的责任，推动形成党的各级组织、各类主体严负其责、齐抓共管、环环相扣的责任体系。

The main responsibility occupies a key position in the responsibility for governing the Party. Whether the responsibility for governing the Party can be shouldered depends critically on how the main responsibility is implemented. Entering the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping, proceeding from the overall strategic situation of governing the Party and the country, emphasized “main responsibility.” This is a major ideological, theoretical, institutional, and practical innovation in governing the Party. It clarifies the status of Party committees as leaders, executors, and promoters in comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, fundamentally solving the problem of “who is responsible and how to be responsible,” effectively reversing the trend of responsibility becoming hollow and diminishing layer by layer, and forming a tight chain of responsibility where “one level grasps the work and each level ensures implementation.”

主体责任在管党治党责任中处于关键地位。管党治党责任能不能担当起来，关键看主体责任落实如何。进入新时代，习近平总书记从管党治党、治国理政战略全局出发强调“主体责任”，这是管党治党的重大思想、理论、制度和实践创新，明确了党委在全面从严治党中的领导者、执行者和推动者地位，从根本上解决了“谁来负责、如何负责”的问题，有效扭转了责任虚化、层层递减的问题，形成了“一级抓一级、层层抓落实”的严密责任链条。

The state of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in a locality or department depends critically on whether the Party organization and leading cadres, especially the “first-in-command,” have fulfilled their responsibilities. In reality, some leading cadres verbally endorse comprehensive and strict governance of the Party more than they actively pursue it, adopting an attitude of “knowing it’s wrong but saying little is best” toward some prominent problems, acting as “silent gentlemen.” Such tendencies must be resolutely corrected. Party committees (leading Party members’ groups) must earnestly regard comprehensive and strict governance of the Party as their own business and their due responsibility. Centering on strengthening leadership over governing the Party, selecting and using cadres well, strengthening supervision and restraint over the exercise of power, deepening the fight against corruption and building a clean government, and safeguarding the interests of the masses, they must truly shoulder the burden and cultivate their own “responsibility field.”[n] Party committees must take the initiative to manage and supervise; they cannot use the supervisory responsibility of the discipline inspection commission to replace their own main responsibility, still less abandon responsibility and shirk it entirely. The secretary of the Party committee (leading Party members’ group), as the first responsible person, must firmly establish the concept that “doing Party building well is one’s duty, not doing Party building is dereliction of duty, and doing Party building poorly is incompetence.” Centering on leading the team well, training the contingent well, and promoting implementation, they must both take command and personally lead the charge, earnestly achieving personal deployment of important work, personal inquiry into major issues, personal coordination of key links, and personal supervision of important cases.

一个地方和部门全面从严治党局面如何，关键在于党组织和领导干部特别是“一把手”是否尽到了责任。现实中，有的领导干部对全面从严治党表态拥护多、主动抓得少，对一些突出问题抱着“明知不对少说为佳”的态度，当“沉默绅士”。此类倾向必须坚决纠正。党委（党组）要切实把全面从严治党当作分内之事、应尽之责，围绕加强对管党治党的领导、选好用好干部、强化对权力运行监督制约、深入开展党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争、维护群众利益等，真正把担子担起来，种好自己的“责任田”。党委要主动抓、主动管，不能用纪委的监督责任代替自身的主体责任，更不能放弃责任、一推了之。党委（党组）书记作为第一责任人，必须牢固树立“抓好党建是本职、不抓党建是失职、抓不好党建是不称职”的观念，围绕抓好班子、带好队伍、推动落实，既要挂帅又要出征，切实做到对重要工作亲自部署、重大问题亲自过问、重要环节亲自协调、重要案件亲自督办。

Implementing the responsibility for governing the Party is a “chorus” undertaken collectively by Party organizations. The Party committee must act as the “lead singer,” setting the direction and managing the overall situation. The secretary must act as the “backbone,” taking the lead in cultivating his own “Party building responsibility field.” The discipline inspection commission must fulfill its specialized supervisory responsibility well, centering on efficient supervision, strict discipline enforcement, and precise accountability, focusing on its main responsibility and doing its main job well. It must neither exercise the powers of Party committees and governments nor replace functional departments in carrying out supervision. Other members of the leadership team must, in accordance with the division of duties and responsibilities and the requirement of “dual responsibility for one’s post and for Party building,” fulfill their responsibility for governing the Party, and must never adopt the attitude of “it’s none of my business, so I’ll stay aloof.” Party members and cadres must, centering on strict self-discipline and mutual supervision and mutual reminder and assistance, combine their post characteristics and actual work to fulfill their specific responsibilities. All responsible subjects must know their responsibilities, shoulder their responsibilities, and fulfill their responsibilities; they cannot act as “Mr. Nice Guys,”[n] allowing the Party’s image and the people’s interests to be harmed for the sake of so-called personal image. It is necessary to improve the precise and scientific accountability mechanism, transmit pressure layer by layer, and ensure that the responsibility subjects are in place, the responsibility requirements are in place, and the assessment and accountability are in place, so as to push the responsibility for governing the Party to be implemented to the letter.

落实管党治党责任，是党组织集体担当的“大合唱”。党委要当“领唱”，把方向、管大局。书记要当“主心骨”，带头耕好自己的“党建责任田”。纪委要把专责监督履行好，围绕高效监督、从严执纪、精准问责等，聚焦主责、干好主业，既不能去行使党委和政府的职权，也不能代替职能部门去抓监管。领导班子其他成员要结合职责任务分工，按照“一岗双责”要求，履行好管党治党责任，决不能搞事不关己、高高挂起那一套。党员干部要围绕严于自律和互相监督、互相提醒帮助，结合岗位特点和工作实际，履行好具体责任。各责任主体都要知责、担责、履责，不能当“好好先生”，为了所谓个人形象，任由党的形象和人民利益受损害。要健全精准科学的问责机制，层层传导压力，以责任主体到位、责任要求到位、考核问责到位，推动管党治党责任落实到位。

The combination of strict management and care is a profound summary of the law of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. The purpose of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is not to manage people to death, making them overcautious and timid, turning things into a stagnant pool of lifelessness and inaction, but rather to create a positive, healthy, and entrepreneurial political ecosystem and good environment. Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is like meticulous garden maintenance; its purpose is to clarify the correct direction of growth, erect supporting rules and frameworks, straighten trees bent by wind and rain, and strengthen the immune system against pests and diseases, thereby creating a political ecosystem with sufficient sunlight, smooth ventilation, and fertile soil, allowing every “tree” to grow freely upward within the framework of rules, with deep roots and lush leaves, full of vitality, ultimately forming a thriving and entrepreneurial good environment where myriad trees compete for glory. Party organizations at all levels must deeply grasp the relationship between strict management and supervision and encouraging responsible action, better stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the vast number of Party members and cadres, and form a strong atmosphere and vivid situation of striving in the new journey and making contributions in the New Era. This is also an inherent requirement for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance.

严管和厚爱相结合是对全面从严治党规律的深刻总结。全面从严治党的目的不是要把人管死，让人瞻前顾后、畏首畏尾，搞成暮气沉沉、无所作为的一潭死水，而是要营造积极健康、干事创业的政治生态和良好环境。全面从严治党如同一场精心的园林养护，目的是要通过明确生长的正确方向、立起支撑的规矩支架、扶正被风雨吹斜的树木、强健抵御病虫害的免疫系统，从而营造阳光充足、通风顺畅、土壤肥沃的政治生态，让每一棵“树木”都能在规矩的框架内自由向上生长，根深叶茂、生机勃发，最终形成万木争荣的干事创业良好环境。各级党组织要深刻把握从严管理监督和鼓励担当作为的关系，更好激发广大党员干部的积极性、主动性、创造性，形成奋进新征程、建功新时代的浓厚氛围和生动局面，这也是树立和践行正确政绩观的题中应有之义。

Ensuring scientific decision-making and solid, down-to-earth work through the implementation of democratic centralism

通过贯彻执行民主集中制保障科学决策、真抓实干

Democratic centralism is our Party’s fundamental organizational principle and leadership system, providing important institutional guarantees for governing the Party. Democratic centralism includes two aspects, democracy and centralism, which are mutually conditional and complementary. Adhering to democratic centralism is an important component of Marxist Party-building theory and a key hallmark of a Marxist political party. This system can ensure that our Party transforms scattered opinions and suggestions into systematic and scientific lines, principles, and policies. It is our Party’s magic weapon for always maintaining unity and solidarity, making scientific decisions, and gathering forward-moving strength. It is like constructing a grand building, which requires both the exquisite skills and unique insights of every craftsman and the chief designer’s overall planning and decisive moves based on pooling collective wisdom.

民主集中制是我们党的根本组织原则和领导制度，为管党治党提供重要制度保障。民主集中制包括民主和集中两个方面，两者互为条件、相辅相成。坚持民主集中制，是马克思主义建党学说的重要内容，是马克思主义政党的一个重要标志。这一制度能够保证我们党将分散的意见建议转化为系统科学的路线方针政策，是我们党始终维护团结统一、作出科学决策、凝聚前进力量的制胜法宝。就像营造一座宏伟建筑，既需要每位工匠贡献精湛的技艺和独特的见解，又需要总设计师在集思广益的基础上统筹全局、定盘落子。

Scientific decision-making is an important element of establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance. To achieve scientific decision-making, it is necessary to fully develop intra-Party democracy and pool the wisdom of the entire Party. Among these, “developing intra-Party democracy” is the foundation of scientific decision-making. Only by fully developing intra-Party democracy, smoothing the channels for expressing opinions within the Party, and respecting and safeguarding the democratic rights of Party members can the creative vitality of the entire Party be maximally stimulated. “Pooling the wisdom of the entire Party” is the fertile soil for scientific decision-making. As the world’s largest political party, our Party’s members and primary-level organizations are widely distributed, possessing extensive information-gathering advantages. They can keenly perceive subtle changes in economic and social development and the real demands of the people, conduct systematic analysis and comprehensive research and judgment on complex issues from different perspectives, and aggregate them to form scientific decision-making proposals.

科学决策是树立和践行正确政绩观的一项重要内容。做到科学决策，必须充分发扬党内民主、集中全党智慧。其中，“发扬党内民主”是科学决策的基础，只有充分发扬党内民主，畅通党内意见表达渠道，尊重和保障党员民主权利，才能最大限度地激发全党的创造活力。“集中全党智慧”是科学决策的丰厚沃土。作为世界第一大政党，我们党的党员、基层组织分布广泛，具有广泛的信息触角优势，能够敏锐感知经济社会发展的细微变化和人民群众的现实诉求，能够从不同视角对复杂问题进行系统分析和综合研判，汇总形成科学的决策建议。

“Promoting intra-Party democracy and pooling the wisdom of the entire Party” and establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance are mutually reinforcing. Among these, promoting intra-Party democracy and pooling the wisdom of the entire Party is the “living source” [1]1 “Living source” (源头活水) is a classical allusion from Zhu Xi’s poem “Reflections While Reading,” metaphorically referring to the continuous source of new knowledge and inspiration. for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance; without extensive democracy, the outlook on political performance will fall into the quagmire of subjectivism. Conversely, establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance is the “vivid embodiment” of promoting intra-Party democracy and pooling the wisdom of the entire Party; only by establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance can democracy avoid becoming “empty talk.” In reality, some Party cadres have a distorted outlook on political performance, violating the principle of democratic centralism and causing serious consequences. For example, some, when making plans or pursuing development, do not respect scientific laws, disregard actual conditions and historical stages, fail to analyze resource endowments and environmental carrying capacity, ignore input costs and output benefits, blindly pursue “grand gestures” and “extraordinary leaps,” and even engage in so-called “leapfrog development” detached from local realities, resulting in serious errors and waste. Some treat collective research as a mere formality, regard expert consultation as a decoration, decide on projects based on personal preferences, approve projects through subjective assumptions, and distort “daring to make decisions” into “reckless arbitrary decisions.” Some, in order to build “personal authority” or display “boldness and courage,” act willfully on major matters and push ahead by force, leading to serious consequences such as stalled projects, mounting debt, and ecological destruction. Some act recklessly and without scruple in decision-making, causing severe losses, often involving corruption, as they seek power rent-seeking and personal gain. The root of these problems lies in a distorted view of power and a lack of awareness of rules, where individual will is placed above organizational principles and professional rationality, and public resources are treated as a “testing ground” for realizing personal visions. This not only causes developmental stagnation and fiscal waste but also exhausts public trust and undermines the foundation of the cause.

“发扬党内民主、集中全党智慧”与树立和践行正确政绩观相互贯通。其中，发扬党内民主、集中全党智慧是树立和践行正确政绩观的“源头活水”，没有广泛的民主，政绩观就会陷入主观主义的泥潭；而树立和践行正确政绩观又是发扬党内民主、集中全党智慧的“生动体现”，只有树立和践行正确政绩观，民主才不会变成“空谈”。现实中，有的党员干部政绩观错位，违反民主集中制原则，造成严重的后果。比如，有的做规划、抓发展不尊重科学规律，不顾现实条件与历史阶段，不分析资源禀赋和环境承载能力，不计投入成本、不算产出收益，盲目追求“大手笔”“超常规”，甚至脱离地方实际搞所谓“跨越式”，造成严重失误和浪费。有的视集体研究为形式，将专家论证当摆设，凭个人好恶定项目，靠主观臆断上工程，把“敢于拍板”异化为“随意乱拍”。有的为了树“个人权威”、显“魄力胆识”，在重大事项上一意孤行、强行推进，导致项目烂尾、债务堆积、生态破坏等严重后果。有的在决策时胆大妄为、无所顾忌，造成严重损失，背后往往牵涉腐败问题，是为了权力寻租、牟取私利。这些问题的根源，在于权力观扭曲、规矩意识缺失，将个人意志凌驾于组织原则和专业理性之上，把公共资源当作实践个人构想的“试验田”，不仅造成发展停滞、财政虚耗，更透支了群众信任、损害了事业根基。

The Party Constitution stipulates: “Party committees at all levels implement a system combining collective leadership with individual responsibility based on division of labor.” [2]2 This is a direct quotation from Article 10, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China. The Regulations on the Work of Party Organs of the Communist Party of China also explicitly require that “Party work organs must adhere to democratic centralism, and their leading bodies must implement a system combining collective leadership with individual responsibility based on division of labor.” The system combining collective leadership with individual responsibility based on division of labor is the concrete manifestation of democratic centralism in the Party’s leadership work. In this system, collective leadership and individual responsibility based on division of labor are closely linked, internally unified, and cannot be separated or neglected. The Party’s strength comes both from collective wisdom and from individual responsibility. The implementation of the system combining collective leadership with individual responsibility based on division of labor in leading bodies is like a ship sailing steadily and far: it needs both the “rudder” of the captain’s unified command and the “oars” of each sailor’s vigorous rowing; the two are interdependent and indispensable. In this system, collective leadership is the “guiding star,” ensuring the direction is not off course. Decisions on major matters, appointments and removals of important cadres, arrangements for major projects, and use of large sums of funds must never be decided by an individual “on a whim.” The principle of “collective leadership, democratic centralism, individual deliberation, and decision at meetings” must be followed, allowing everyone to bring their opinions to the table, discuss them face-to-face, and “break them apart and chew them thoroughly” in research and discussion. The process of collective decision-making is a gathering of wisdom where “many hands make light work,” and it is also a rigid rule and strict constraint, resolutely preventing “one-man rule.” [3]3 “One-man rule” (一言堂) literally means “one-word hall,” referring to a situation where one person dominates decision-making and others have no say.

党章规定：“党的各级委员会实行集体领导和个人分工负责相结合的制度。”《中国共产党工作机关条例》也明确要求“党的工作机关必须坚持民主集中制，领导班子实行集体领导和个人分工负责相结合的制度”。集体领导和个人分工负责相结合的制度，是民主集中制在党的领导工作中的具体体现。其中，集体领导和个人分工负责，二者紧密联系、内在统一，不可分割、不可偏废。党的力量，既来自集体的智慧，也来自个体的担当。领导班子实行集体领导和个人分工负责相结合的制度，就像一艘行稳致远的航船，既要有船长统一指挥的“舵”，也要有每位水手奋力划动的“桨”，二者相互依存、缺一不可。在这一制度中，集体领导是“定盘星”，确保方向不偏。重大事项决策、重要干部任免、重大项目安排和大额度资金的使用，决不能由个人“拍脑袋”说了算。必须遵循“集体领导、民主集中、个别酝酿、会议决定”的原则，让大家把意见拿到桌面上当面锣对面鼓、“掰开揉碎”研究讨论。集体决策的过程，是众人拾柴火焰高的智慧汇聚，更是铁规矩硬约束，坚决防止“一言堂”。

Individual responsibility based on division of labor is the “responsibility field,” ensuring strong execution. Once the leading body has made a collective decision and set the tone, the rest is to implement it separately. Every member of the leading body must have a clear responsibility field, ensuring that every matter is managed and every person has a specific role. Members of the leading body must, like “driving a nail,” hammer their assigned tasks firmly into place one blow at a time, and like “tightening a screw,” turn their responsible work tighter one turn at a time. They must neither “wait, rely, or demand” and act as hands-off managers, nor act independently and sing a different tune.

个人分工负责是“责任田”，确保执行有力。领导班子集体决策定了调，剩下的就是分头去抓落实。每个班子成员都要有明确的责任田，做到事事有人管、人人有专长。班子成员要像“钉钉子”一样，一锤一锤把分担的任务敲实，像“拧螺丝”一样，一圈一圈把自己负责的工作拧紧，既不能“等靠要”当甩手掌柜，更不能各自为政唱对台戏。

In practice, two tendencies must be resolutely prevented. One is individual arbitrariness, treating collective leadership as a “rubber stamp” and engaging in “my turf, my rules.” The other is weakness and laxity, treating individual responsibility based on division of labor as “dividing up the household and living separately,” shirking responsibility and passing the buck when problems arise, resulting in “too many dragons, no rain.” [4]4 “Too many dragons, no rain” (龙多不下雨) is a Chinese idiom meaning that when too many people are responsible for a task, no one actually takes action. It must be clearly recognized that collective leadership is not a “hullabaloo” style of grabbing everything indiscriminately, and individual responsibility based on division of labor is not “railway police, each in charge of their own section.” Members of the leading body must be like ten fingers playing the piano, each responsible for their own part while cooperating with each other, achieving division of labor without division of the collective, accomplishing tasks without causing failures, and supporting each other without undermining one another. Only by integrating the collective “brain” with the individual “hands and feet,” relying on collective wisdom to “steer the rudder well” and on individual responsibility to “row the oars well,” can the cause of the Party and the state ride the wind and waves and go steadily and far.

实践中，要坚决防止两种倾向。一种是个人专断，把集体领导当成“橡皮图章”，搞“我的地盘我做主”；另一种是软弱涣散，把分工负责当成“分家过日子”，遇事推诿扯皮，搞“龙多不下雨”。必须清醒认识到，集体领导不是“大呼隆”式的眉毛胡子一把抓，分工负责也不是“铁路警察各管一段”。班子成员要像十根手指弹钢琴，各负其责、相互配合，做到分工不分家、成事不败事、补台不拆台。只有把集体的“大脑”和个人的“手脚”融为一体，既靠集体智慧“把好舵”，又靠个人担当“划好桨”，党和国家的事业才能乘风破浪、行稳致远。

Establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance requires Party cadres to set higher standards, stricter demands, and better performance in implementing democratic centralism. Scientific decision-making is never generated by an individual “on a whim” out of thin air; it is formed in the process of combining centralism on the basis of democracy with democracy under the guidance of centralism. When participating in research on major decisions, Party cadres must think carefully and express their opinions fully out of public interest. They must promptly, objectively, and comprehensively report the true situations they learn about in their work, and must not only report good news but not bad news. In their areas of responsibility and the localities they govern, they must strictly implement the rules and procedures for leading body deliberation and decision-making, improve and implement the supervision mechanism for decisions on “major matters, important cadre appointments, major projects, and large sums of funds,” [5]5 “Major matters, important cadre appointments, major projects, and large sums of funds” (三重一大) is a standard internal Party term referring to the four categories of decisions subject to collective deliberation and supervision. encourage everyone to speak freely, resolutely refrain from individual arbitrariness and “one-man rule,” refrain from individual instructions and private transactions, and effectively identify and resolutely reject those flashy and impractical “image projects” and “vanity projects” that seek quick success and instant benefits. They must be adept at correctly centralizing, refining the correct opinions that conform to the laws of development of things and the fundamental interests of the broad masses of the people, preventing endless discussion without decision, and ensuring the formation of scientific decisions that lay a foundation, benefit the long term, and improve people’s livelihoods. After the Party organization makes a major decision, Party cadres must obey the organizational decision and division of labor, perform their duties within the scope of their responsibilities in accordance with the spirit of the Party Central Committee and the collective decision, and must not arbitrarily change the collective decision when implementing it, must not impose their personal opinions on the collective, organization, or others, must not improperly intervene in matters not within their area of responsibility or that should be avoided, ensuring that organizational decisions are carried through to the end and achieve practical results. They must effectively strengthen their sense of responsibility, dare to take responsibility, dare to act, and for matters that have been decided, especially those decided by the Party Central Committee, they must grasp them firmly, advance them step by step, and implement them bit by bit until results are achieved, striving to both win glory for their own domain and add luster to the overall situation.

树立和践行正确政绩观，要求党员干部在贯彻执行民主集中制上标准更高、要求更严、做得更好。科学决策从来不是靠个人“拍脑袋”凭空产生的，而是在民主基础上的集中和集中指导下的民主相结合的过程中形成的。党员干部参与研究重大决策时要认真思考，出于公心充分发表意见；对工作中了解到的真实情况，要及时客观全面反映上来，不能只报喜、不报忧。在分管领域和主政地方，严格执行领导班子议事决策规则，完善并落实“三重一大”决策监督机制，鼓励大家畅所欲言，坚决不搞个人专断、“一言堂”，不搞个别授意、私下交易，有效识别并坚决摒弃那些急功近利、华而不实的“形象工程”“政绩工程”。要善于正确集中，把符合事物发展规律、符合广大人民群众根本利益的正确意见提炼出来，防止议而不决，确保能够形成打基础、利长远、惠民生的科学决策。党组织作出重大决定后，党员干部必须服从组织决定和组织分工，按照党中央精神和集体决策在职责范围内履行职责，不能在落实集体决定时擅自改变集体决定，不能把个人意见强加给集体、组织或他人，不能违规插手干预不属于自己分管领域或者应该回避的工作事项，确保组织决定一抓到底、务求实效。要切实强化责任意识，敢于负责、敢作敢为，定下来的事情，特别是党中央定下来的事，一定要抓好，一步一步推进，一点一点落实，直到抓出成效，做到既为一域争光、又为全局添彩。

In summary, only by running democratic centralism through the entire process of creating political performance—relying on collective wisdom to “distinguish truth from falsehood” in decision-making, relying on individual responsibility based on division of labor to “grasp implementation” in execution, and relying on institutional constraints to “correct deviations” in supervision—can the soil for a distorted outlook on political performance be fundamentally eradicated. Only then can we do more work that lays a foundation and benefits the long term, seek truth from facts, work in a down-to-earth manner, dare to take responsibility, and truly be responsible to history and the people.

总之，只有把民主集中制贯穿于政绩创造的全过程，决策时靠集体智慧“辨真伪”，执行时靠分工负责“抓落实”，监督时靠制度约束“纠偏差”，才能从根本上铲除政绩观扭曲的土壤，多做打基础、利长远的事，求真务实，真抓实干，勇于担当，真正做到对历史和人民负责。

(The author is a researcher at the China Institute of Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

（作者为中国纪检监察学院研究员）