The Historical Process and Mission of the Great Project of Party Building

The banner guides the direction, and struggle forges brilliance. 105 years of unremitting struggle have forged a strong Communist Party of China. In his important speech at the celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping systematically summarized the excellent qualities of the CPC, one of which is “focusing on strengthening itself, always full of vitality,” and pointed out that “our Party is soberly aware that to forge iron, one must be strong itself. It is adept at examining itself in light of the requirements of the times, alerting itself with a strong sense of urgency, perfecting itself with the spirit of self-revolution, and attaches great importance to its own building.” In order to better shoulder the historical mission, our Party adheres to the Two Integrations, constantly explores and deepens its understanding of the laws governing the building of a Marxist political party, forms theoretical innovations in Party building at different historical stages, and advances the great project of Party building. Since the New Era, under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building, our Party has deeply advanced the great new project of Party building in the New Era. The Party has become stronger and more powerful through revolutionary tempering, providing a fundamental guarantee for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

旗帜指引方向，奋斗铸就辉煌。105年不懈奋斗，锻造了强大的中国共产党。习近平总书记在庆祝中国共产党成立105周年大会上的重要讲话中系统总结中国共产党的优秀特质，其中一条是“注重强健自身，始终充满生机活力”，并指出“我们党清醒认识到打铁必须自身硬，善于以时代发展要求审视自己、以强烈忧患意识警醒自己、以自我革命精神完善自己，高度重视自身建设”。为了更好肩负历史使命，我们党坚持“两个结合”，不断探索和深化对马克思主义政党建设规律的认识，在不同历史阶段形成党的建设的理论创新成果，推进党的建设伟大工程。新时代以来，在习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想特别是习近平党建思想的科学引领下，我们党深入推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程，党在革命性锻造中更加坚强有力，为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供了根本保障。

To be the mainstay of the Chinese people, achieving national independence and people’s liberation

做中国人民的中流砥柱，实现民族独立、人民解放

Marxism scientifically reveals the laws of human social development, illuminating the path for humanity’s quest for its own liberation. With the rising and vigorous development of the world socialist movement, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, who were in the abyss of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in modern times, gradually awakened. In particular, the victory of the October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China, which was exploring a way to save the country and the people. The Communist Party of China was born precisely in the propaganda, education, and dissemination of Marxism-Leninism and its close integration with the Chinese workers’ movement. Our Party wrote Marxism on its glorious banner, took the realization of communism as its highest ideal and ultimate goal, and established the original aspiration and founding mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation.

马克思主义科学揭示人类社会发展规律，照亮了人类探求自身解放的道路。随着世界社会主义运动的日益兴起和蓬勃发展，近代以来身处半殖民地半封建社会深渊的中国人民和中华民族逐渐觉醒，特别是十月革命的胜利，给探索救国救民出路的中国送来了马克思列宁主义。中国共产党正是在马克思列宁主义宣传教育传播，并与中国工人运动的紧密结合中诞生的。我们党把马克思主义写在自己的光辉旗帜上，以实现共产主义为最高理想和最终目标，确立了为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴的初心使命。

Facing the principal contradiction in modern Chinese society, the Party held high the revolutionary banner of anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, historically shouldering the great mission of striving for national independence and people’s liberation. The Party united and led the people in arduous New Democratic Revolution struggles, explored and opened up the correct revolutionary path of encircling the cities from the countryside and seizing state power by armed force, formed Mao Zedong Thought, and under the guidance of this scientific thought, united and led the people to win the great victory of the New Democratic Revolution. The Party creatively implemented and advanced the great project of Party building, insisted on building the Party ideologically, adhered to democratic centralism, upheld the three fine styles of integrating theory with practice, maintaining close ties with the masses, and conducting criticism and self-criticism, and formed the three magic weapons of the united front, armed struggle, and Party building, striving to build a Marxist political party with advanced nature, purity, strict organization, and high degree of unity and uniformity in thought, politics, and action. Comrade Mao Zedong, in his political report “On Coalition Government” at the Seventh National Congress of the CPC, clearly pointed out: “Without the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party, without the Chinese Communist Party as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China’s independence and liberation are impossible.” Our Party deeply integrated its ideals and beliefs, nature and purpose, mission and responsibility into the arduous struggle for the cause of the Party and the country, united and led the people to achieve victory in the New Democratic Revolution, and on this basis, founded New China, thereby completely ending the history of the old China where the country was humiliated, the people were subjected to suffering, and civilization was covered in dust, realizing the people being the masters of the country. The Chinese people have since stood up, and the development and progress of the Chinese nation have opened a new epoch. History has eloquently proved that without the Communist Party, there would be no New China; without the leadership of the Party, national independence and people’s liberation would be impossible.

面对近代中国社会主要矛盾，党高举反帝反封建斗争的革命旗帜，历史性地肩负起争取民族独立和人民解放的伟大使命。党团结带领人民进行了艰苦卓绝的新民主主义革命斗争，探索并开辟了农村包围城市、武装夺取政权的正确革命道路，形成了毛泽东思想，并在这一科学思想的指引下，团结带领人民夺取了新民主主义革命伟大胜利。党创造性地实施和推进党的建设伟大工程，坚持从思想上建党，坚持民主集中制，坚持理论联系实际、密切联系群众、批评和自我批评三大优良作风，形成统一战线、武装斗争、党的建设三大法宝，努力建设先进性、纯洁性和组织严密性、思想上政治上行动上高度一致和统一的马克思主义政党。毛泽东同志在党的七大上作《论联合政府》政治报告，明确指出：“没有中国共产党的努力，没有中国共产党人做中国人民的中流砥柱，中国的独立和解放是不可能的”。我们党将理想与信念、性质与宗旨、使命与担当深深融入为党和国家事业的艰辛奋斗之中，团结带领人民实现新民主主义革命胜利，在此基础上成立了新中国，从而彻底结束了旧中国国家蒙辱、人民蒙难、文明蒙尘的历史，实现了人民当家作主，中国人民从此站起来，中华民族发展进步开创了新纪元。历史雄辩地证明，没有共产党，就没有新中国；没有党的领导，民族独立、人民解放就不可能实现。

Strengthening Party building under the conditions of governance, completing the socialist revolution and advancing socialist construction

加强执政条件下党的建设，完成社会主义革命和推进社会主义建设

After the founding of New China, the Communist Party of China led the people in overcoming a series of severe challenges in the political, economic, and military fields, achieving the complete unification of the mainland of the motherland, rapidly restoring and developing the national economy, carrying out democratic reforms in various aspects of society, consolidating the newborn people’s political power, and safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests. In 1953, the Party formally proposed the general line for the transition period, opened up the path of socialist transformation, and realized the transition of Chinese society from New Democracy to socialism. The establishment of the basic socialist system laid a fundamental and decisive important foundation for all development and progress in contemporary China.

新中国成立后，中国共产党领导人民战胜政治、经济、军事等方面一系列严峻挑战，实现祖国大陆完全统一，迅速恢复和发展国民经济，开展社会各方面民主改革，巩固新生人民政权，捍卫了国家主权、安全、发展利益。1953年，党正式提出过渡时期总路线，开辟了社会主义改造的道路，实现中国社会从新民主主义到社会主义的转变。社会主义基本制度的建立，为当代中国一切发展进步奠定了具有根本性、决定性的重要基础。

According to the change in the principal contradiction in Chinese society after the completion of socialist transformation, the Party explored and carried out large-scale socialist construction suited to national conditions, striving to gradually build China into a socialist country with “four modernizations.” [1]1 The Eight-Point Regulations: A set of rules adopted by the CPC Central Committee in December 2012 to reduce bureaucracy, extravagance, and formalism among Party officials, often cited as a key measure in the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping. The Party carried out the “Second Integration” of the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete reality of China, adhered to and developed Mao Zedong Thought, and put forward a series of important thoughts on socialist construction. The Party raised the major issue of Party building under the conditions of governance, requiring “to create a political situation in which there is both centralism and democracy, both discipline and freedom, both unity of will and personal ease of mind and lively vitality,” emphasizing adherence to democratic centralism and the system of collective leadership, developing intra-Party democracy and people’s democracy, and strengthening the ties between the Party and the masses. These explorations in theory and practice further enhanced the Party’s purity and the unity of the whole Party, deepened the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the people, and provided a strong guarantee for the Party to lead socialist revolution and construction. Through continuous struggle, the Party led the people in establishing an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system, achieving a great leap from the ruins of the old China, which was poor and blank, into a socialist society, providing rich experience, theoretical preparation, and material foundation for creating and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new historical period.

根据社会主义改造完成后我国社会主要矛盾的变化，党探索开展了适合国情的大规模的社会主义建设，努力把我国逐步建设成为“四个现代化”的社会主义国家。党把马克思列宁主义基本原理同中国具体实际进行“第二次结合”，坚持和发展毛泽东思想，提出关于社会主义建设的一系列重要思想。党提出执政条件下党的建设的重大课题，要求“造成一个又有集中又有民主，又有纪律又有自由，又有统一意志、又有个人心情舒畅、生动活泼，那样一种政治局面”，强调坚持民主集中制和集体领导制度，发展党内民主和人民民主，加强党和群众的联系。这些理论和实践上的探索进一步增强了党的纯洁性和全党的团结，加深了党同人民群众的血肉联系，为党领导社会主义革命和建设提供了坚强保障。经过持续奋斗，党领导人民建立起独立的比较完整的工业体系和国民经济体系，实现了从旧中国一穷二白的废墟上大步迈进社会主义社会的伟大飞跃，为在新的历史时期开创和发展中国特色社会主义提供了丰富经验、理论准备和物质基础。

Creating and advancing the great new project of Party building, leading the vigorous development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics

开创和推进党的建设新的伟大工程，领导中国特色社会主义事业蓬勃发展

In December 1978, our Party convened the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, making the historic decision to shift the focus of the Party’s and the country’s work to economic construction and implement reform and opening up. The Party successfully completed the rectification of the guiding ideology, continued to explore the correct path for building socialism in China, profoundly revealed the essence of socialism, established the basic line for the primary stage of socialism, and continuously deepened the understanding of the laws concerning “what is socialism and how to build it,” “what kind of Party to build and how to build it,” and “what kind of development to achieve under the new situation and how to develop,” forming Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of the “Three Represents,” and the Scientific Outlook on Development, successfully opening up and adhering to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, China has caught up with the times in big strides.

1978年12月，我们党召开十一届三中全会，作出把党和国家工作中心转移到经济建设上来、实行改革开放的历史性决策。党胜利完成在指导思想上的拨乱反正，继续探索中国建设社会主义的正确道路，深刻揭示社会主义本质，确立社会主义初级阶段基本路线，不断深化对“什么是社会主义、怎样建设社会主义”“建设什么样的党、怎样建设党”“新形势下实现什么样的发展、怎样发展”的规律性认识，形成邓小平理论、“三个代表”重要思想、科学发展观，成功开辟和坚持了中国特色社会主义道路。沿着中国特色社会主义道路，中国大踏步赶上了时代。

To better lead the development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, it is necessary to strengthen Party building. Proceeding from the two historic tasks of improving the Party’s leadership and governance capabilities and enhancing its ability to resist corruption, prevent degeneration, and withstand risks, the Party advanced the great new project of Party building in light of the major changes in the domestic and international environment and the historical mission it shoulders; adhered to the principle that to govern the country well, the Party must first be governed well, and to govern the Party, strictness must be the rule, concentrated efforts on Party building, and carried out a series of tasks to unify thought, rectify work style, strengthen discipline, and purify the organization, which played an important role in ensuring that the Party always walks at the forefront of reform and opening up and socialist modernization. Proceeding from strengthening the Party’s governance capability and advanced nature, closely combining with the Party’s governance practice, it improved and explored institutional mechanisms and methods conducive to scientific, democratic, and law-based governance. These explorations in theory and practice ensured that the Party is rooted in the people, always walks at the forefront of the times in the historical process of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, and becomes the strong leading core of the people of the whole country.

要更好领导中国特色社会主义事业发展，必须加强党的建设。党根据国内外环境的重大变化和肩负的历史使命，从提高党的领导水平和执政水平、提高拒腐防变和抵御风险能力这两大历史性课题出发，推进党的建设新的伟大工程；坚持治国必先治党、治党务必从严，聚精会神抓好党的建设，开展了一系列统一思想、整顿作风、加强纪律、纯洁组织的工作，对保证党始终走在改革开放和社会主义现代化建设前列起到了重要作用。从加强党的执政能力建设和先进性建设出发，紧密结合党的执政实践，完善和探索有利于科学执政、民主执政、依法执政的体制机制和方式方法。这些理论和实践上的探索，确保党植根于人民，在建设中国特色社会主义的历史进程中，始终走在时代前列，成为全国人民的坚强领导核心。

Deepening comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in all respects, leading the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country to continuously achieve new accomplishments

纵深推进全面从严治党，领导全面建设社会主义现代化国家不断取得新成就

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a New Era. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has adhered to the Two Integrations, scientifically understood and fully utilized the historical experience since the founding of the Party, proceeded from the reality of advancing the cause of the Party and the state in the New Era, and continuously deepened the scientific understanding of the laws governing the Communist Party’s governance, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of the development of human society from a new perspective, thereby establishing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Guided by this scientific thought, our Party has coordinated the advancement of the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, led the people in a great struggle with many new historical features, achieved the first centenary goal on schedule, and embarked on a new journey to achieve the second centenary goal, fully demonstrating the historical inevitability, practical scientificity, and institutional superiority of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

党的十八大以来，中国特色社会主义进入新时代。以习近平同志为核心的党中央，坚持“两个结合”，科学认识和充分运用党成立以来的历史经验，从推进新时代党和国家事业发展的实际出发，以全新的视野不断深化对共产党执政规律、社会主义建设规律和人类社会发展规律的科学认识，创立了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想。在这一科学思想的指引下，我们党统筹推进“五位一体”总体布局、协调推进“四个全面”战略布局，领导人民进行具有许多新的历史特点的伟大斗争，如期实现第一个百年奋斗目标，并开启实现第二个百年奋斗目标的新征程，充分彰显了中国特色社会主义的历史必然性、实践科学性和制度优越性。

Our Party has explicitly stated that “upholding the Party’s leadership is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics,” and has made “upholding the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee” the highest principle of Party leadership; it has improved the system of Party leadership, improved the Party’s leadership system over work in the fields of economy, politics, culture, society, and ecological civilization construction, ensuring that the entire Party maintains a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path, and the Party’s unity and solidarity have been consolidated and strengthened as never before.

我们党明确提出“坚持党的领导是中国特色社会主义最本质的特征”，把“坚持党中央集中统一领导”作为党的领导的最高原则；健全党的领导制度体系，健全党对经济、政治、文化、社会、生态文明建设各领域工作的领导体制，确保全党在政治立场、政治方向、政治原则、政治道路上同以习近平同志为核心的党中央保持高度一致，党的团结统一得到前所未有的巩固与加强。

General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized: “To run China’s affairs well, the key lies in the Party, and the key lies in upholding the Party’s self-governance and comprehensive and strict governance of the Party.” Our Party has adhered to the strategic policy of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, established the general requirements for Party building in the New Era, comprehensively advanced the Party’s political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction, and discipline construction, integrated institutional construction throughout, and deeply advanced the anti-corruption struggle. The Party creatively proposed starting from improving work style to advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, leading the entire Party to unswervingly rectify the “four undesirable work styles” [1]1 The Eight-Point Regulations: A set of rules adopted by the CPC Central Committee in December 2012 to reduce bureaucracy, extravagance, and formalism among Party officials, often cited as a key measure in the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping. and foster new practices. The Eight-Point Regulations reshaped the entire Party and changed China. It has adhered to the principle that discipline is stricter than law, integrated the enforcement of discipline and law, improved the system of intra-Party regulations, strictly enforced the system, and significantly raised the scientific, institutionalized, and standardized level of Party building.

习近平总书记强调：“办好中国的事情，关键在党，关键在坚持党要管党、全面从严治党。”我们党坚持全面从严治党战略方针，确立新时代党的建设总要求，全面推进党的政治建设、思想建设、组织建设、作风建设、纪律建设，把制度建设贯穿其中，深入推进反腐败斗争。党创造性提出从抓作风入手推进全面从严治党，引领全党锲而不舍纠“四风”树新风，中央八项规定重塑全党、改变中国。坚持纪严于法、执纪执法贯通，健全党内法规体系，严格制度执行，推动党的建设科学化、制度化、规范化水平明显提高。

In the practice of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously pondered the major era-specific question of what kind of long-term governing Marxist political party to build and how to build a long-term governing Marxist political party, proposed a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, and formed Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building manifests firm ideals and convictions, a high degree of historical initiative, a clear problem orientation, a strong sense of mission and responsibility, profound feelings for the people, and scientific thinking methods. It has made major original contributions to the development of Marxist Party-building theory and has significant practical significance and long-term guiding significance for strengthening the Party and the state. Through revolutionary tempering, the Party has become more unified in thought, more united politically, and more consistent in action. A clean and upright political ecosystem within the Party is continuously being formed and developed, making the Party stronger and more capable in leading the people in advancing Chinese-path modernization.

在全面从严治党的实践中，以习近平同志为核心的党中央不断思考建设什么样的长期执政的马克思主义政党、怎样建设长期执政的马克思主义政党这一重大时代课题，提出一系列新理念新思想新战略，形成习近平党建思想。习近平党建思想彰显了坚定的理想信念、高度的历史主动、鲜明的问题导向、强烈的使命担当、深厚的为民情怀、科学的思想方法，为发展马克思主义建党学说作出重大原创性贡献，对强党强国具有重大现实意义和长远指导意义。党在革命性锻造中思想上更加统一、政治上更加团结、行动上更加一致，风清气正的党内政治生态不断形成和发展，在领导人民推进中国式现代化中更加坚强有力。

Continuously opening up new realms of Party governance, Party revitalization, and Party strengthening, providing a fundamental guarantee for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

不断开辟管党治党、兴党强党新境界，为强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供根本保障

Currently, the development environment facing the cause of the Party and the state is unprecedentedly complex, the tasks of reform, development, and maintaining stability are unprecedentedly arduous, and Party building also faces new situations and new challenges. The more complex the situation and the more arduous the tasks, the more necessary it is to strengthen Party building. We must deeply study and implement Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building, implement the general requirements for Party building in the New Era, persistently advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, continuously enhance the Party’s political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal, ensure that the Party always remains a strong leading core in the historical process of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, and provide a fundamental guarantee for the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

当前，党和国家事业面临的发展环境之复杂前所未有，改革发展稳定任务之艰巨前所未有，党的建设也面临新形势新挑战。越是形势复杂、越是任务艰巨，越需要加强党的建设。我们要深入学习贯彻习近平党建思想，落实新时代党的建设总要求，持之以恒推进全面从严治党，不断增强党的政治领导力、思想引领力、群众组织力、社会号召力，确保党在新时代坚持和发展中国特色社会主义的历史进程中始终成为坚强领导核心，为强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供根本保障。

Uphold the Party’s overall leadership, and resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. Party leadership is the foundation, lifeline, interest, and destiny of the Party, the state, and the people, and is a strong guarantee for advancing Chinese-path modernization. We must resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, integrate Party leadership throughout the entire process and all aspects of economic and social development, and give full play to the Party’s core leadership role in commanding the overall situation and coordinating all parties. Upholding the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee must be concretely reflected in implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. We must improve the organizational system that is connected from top to bottom and has strong execution, ensuring that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented without compromise, so that the Party’s leadership is “like the body commanding the arm, and the arm commanding the fingers.” [2]2 The "dare not, cannot, and do not want to engage in corruption" framework: A strategic approach in the CPC's anti-corruption drive, where "dare not" relies on deterrence through punishment, "cannot" on institutional controls, and "do not want to" on ideological education and self-cultivation.

坚持党的全面领导，坚决维护党中央权威和集中统一领导。党的领导是党、国家和人民的根本所在、命脉所在和利益所系、命运所系，是推进中国式现代化的坚强保障。要坚决维护党中央权威和集中统一领导，把党的领导贯穿经济社会发展各方面全过程，发挥党总揽全局、协调各方的领导核心作用。坚持党中央集中统一领导，要落脚到贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署上。健全上下贯通、执行有力的组织体系，确保党中央重大决策部署能够不折不扣落实到位，使党的领导“如身使臂，如臂使指”。

Advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and continuously improve the actual effectiveness of Party governance. To govern the country, one must first govern the Party; only when the Party thrives can the country be strong. The more effective Party governance is, the stronger the guarantee for economic and social development. Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party lies in genuine and strict governance, and in precise and targeted measures, persistently maintaining the strict tone, strict measures, and strict atmosphere over the long term. We must thoroughly implement the general requirements for Party building in the New Era, use systematic thinking and scientific methods to coordinate and advance Party governance work, achieving full coverage of content, full coverage of targets, a complete chain of responsibilities, and full integration of systems. We must further improve a comprehensive and strict governance system for the Party that has complete elements, complete functions, scientific standards, and efficient operation, adhere to addressing both symptoms and root causes and comprehensive governance, respond to new situations and new problems arising in Party governance, and continuously improve the precision and actual effectiveness of Party governance.

推进全面从严治党，不断提升管党治党的实际成效。治国必先治党，党兴才能国强。管党治党越有效，经济社会发展的保障就越有力。全面从严治党，重在真管真严，要在精准施治，把严的基调、严的措施、严的氛围长期坚持下去。深入落实新时代党的建设总要求，运用系统思维与科学方法统筹推进管党治党工作，做到内容全涵盖、对象全覆盖、责任全链条、制度全贯通，进一步健全要素齐全、功能完备、科学规范、运行高效的全面从严治党体系，坚持标本兼治、综合治理，回应管党治党出现的新情况新问题，不断提升管党治党的精准性与实际成效。

Take the Party’s political construction as the guide, and continuously improve political judgment, political understanding, and political execution. A Marxist political party possesses political advancement, which is an essential distinction from other political parties. The Party’s political construction determines the direction and effect of Party building, and it must be placed first. We must always uphold the Party’s political leadership, keep the political direction correct, consolidate the political foundation, continuously cultivate the political ecosystem, resolutely prevent and resist various political risks, and continuously enhance and improve political capabilities. We must earnestly respond to whatever the Party Central Committee advocates, resolutely implement whatever the Party Central Committee decides, and resolutely refrain from doing whatever the Party Central Committee prohibits, embodying loyalty to the Party in the concrete actions of implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and forever maintaining our political nature.

以党的政治建设为统领，不断提高政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力。马克思主义政党具有政治上的先进性，与其他政党有着本质区别。党的政治建设决定着党的建设方向和效果，必须坚持把政治建设放在首位。始终坚持党的政治领导，把准政治方向，夯实政治根基，不断涵养政治生态，坚决防范和抵制各种政治风险，不断增强和提高政治能力。切实做到党中央提倡的坚决响应、党中央决定的坚决执行、党中央禁止的坚决不做，把对党忠诚体现到贯彻落实好党中央重大决策部署的实际行动上，永葆政治本色。

Promote the simultaneous and coordinated efforts of ideological Party building and institutional Party governance, achieving the integration and fusion of ideological soul-casting and institutional rule-setting. Ideological Party building consolidates the foundation of faith and supplements the calcium of the spirit [3]3 A metaphorical phrase from the Party’s ideological discourse, where “calcium of the spirit” refers to the ideological conviction that prevents moral or political “weakness” or “collapse.”, focusing on self-discipline, and is the fundamental policy for governing the Party. Institutional Party governance is a rigid guarantee for regulating power and constraining behavior, focusing on external constraints, and is a long-term policy for governing the Party. The two complement each other and are dialectically unified. We must continue to deepen ideological Party building, unremittingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to solidify the soul and unite the heart, guide the vast number of Party members and cadres to strengthen their ideals and convictions, temper their Party spirit, eradicate the thinking of privilege from the ideological root, eliminate slackness and complacency, and consciously adhere to the original aspiration and founding mission. We must solidly advance institutional Party governance, improve the system of intra-Party regulations and rules, fill institutional shortcomings, plug regulatory loopholes, and strengthen supervision over the implementation of the system. We must adhere to the integrated planning and coordinated advancement of ideological guidance and institutional constraints, enabling the two to work in the same direction and form a synergy, continuously consolidating the long-term foundation for the integration and fusion of ideological soul-casting and institutional rule-setting.

推动思想建党和制度治党同向发力，实现思想铸魂与制度立规贯通融合。思想建党筑牢信仰之基、补足精神之钙，重在自我约束，是管党治党的治本之策。制度治党是规范权力、约束行为的刚性保障，重在外在约束，是管党治党的长远之策。二者相辅相成、辩证统一。要持续深化思想建党，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，引导广大党员干部坚定理想信念、锤炼坚强党性，从思想根源上摒弃特权思想、杜绝松懈麻痹，自觉坚守初心使命。扎实推进制度治党，完善党内法规制度体系，补齐制度短板、堵塞监管漏洞，加强对制度执行的监督。坚持思想引领与制度约束一体谋划、一体推进，使二者同向发力、形成合力，不断夯实思想铸魂与制度立规贯通融合的长效根基。

Persistently rectify work styles, enforce discipline, and combat corruption, and continuously purify the political ecosystem within the Party. The improvement of work styles, discipline building, and the fight against corruption are key levers for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Since work-style problems and corruption share the same origin, they must be rectified in an integrated manner, requiring unremitting and sustained efforts. We must steadfastly implement the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations[1]1 The Eight-Point Regulations: A set of rules adopted by the CPC Central Committee in December 2012 to reduce bureaucracy, extravagance, and formalism among Party officials, often cited as a key measure in the anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping. and its detailed implementation rules, closely monitor prominent issues of formalism and bureaucracy, deeply address micro-corruption and improper practices around the masses, and promote the normalization and long-term effectiveness of work-style improvement. Strictly enforce Party discipline and rules, guide Party cadres to revere rules, maintain caution, and uphold bottom lines, consciously respect the Party Constitution, and strictly abide by Party discipline and regulations, making discipline and rules the code of conduct and conscious action for Party cadres. Advance the integrated approach of ensuring that officials dare not, cannot, and do not want to engage in corruption[2]2 The "dare not, cannot, and do not want to engage in corruption" framework: A strategic approach in the CPC's anti-corruption drive, where "dare not" relies on deterrence through punishment, "cannot" on institutional controls, and "do not want to" on ideological education and self-cultivation., maintain a high-pressure stance in the fight against corruption, deeply uncover institutional loopholes and regulatory shortcomings behind corruption issues, improve the mechanisms for restricting and supervising the exercise of power, regularly conduct clean governance culture building and warning education, guide Party cadres to cultivate themselves, abide by rules, and maintain integrity in their families, and fortify their ideological defenses. Continuously foster a political ecosystem that is upright and clean, allowing the fresh and righteous atmosphere of integrity to permeate the entire Party and society, stimulate the enthusiasm of Party cadres to start businesses and take on responsibilities, and gather strength for advancing Chinese-path modernization.

持之以恒正风肃纪反腐，持续净化党内政治生态。作风建设、纪律建设和反腐败斗争是全面从严治党的关键抓手，风腐同源、纠治一体，必须常抓不懈、久久为功。要锲而不舍落实中央八项规定及其实施细则精神，紧盯形式主义、官僚主义突出问题，深入整治群众身边的微腐败和不正之风，推动作风建设常态化长效化。严明党的纪律规矩，引导党员干部知敬畏、存戒惧、守底线，自觉尊崇党章、严守党纪党规，让纪律规矩成为党员干部的行为准则和行动自觉。一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐，始终保持反腐败斗争高压态势，深挖腐败问题背后的制度漏洞、监管短板，健全权力运行制约和监督机制，常态化开展廉洁文化建设和警示教育，引导党员干部修身律己、廉洁齐家，筑牢思想防线。持续营造风清气正的政治生态，让清正廉洁的新风正气充盈全党全社会，激发党员干部干事创业积极性，为推进中国式现代化汇聚力量。

(The author is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

（作者为中国社会科学院习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心特约研究员）

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