Persist in Forging a Strong Party Spirit

Persisting in forging a strong Party spirit is an important component of Xi Jinping's thought on Party building and a fundamental measure for the great new project of Party building in the New Era. General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly pointed out: "The strong Party spirit of Chinese Communists is an important guarantee for our Party to maintain its advanced nature and purity and to improve its leadership and governance capabilities." A strong Party spirit is the unique spiritual gene of a Marxist political party and the cornerstone for Party members and cadres to establish themselves, pursue their careers, speak with integrity, and cultivate virtue. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has placed the forging of a strong Party spirit in a more prominent position in Party building, persisted in running Party spirit education through the entire process of education, management, and supervision of Party members and cadres, and guided the broad masses of Party members and cadres to sharpen their original aspiration and founding mission and temper their political character in the process of remolding their subjective world, thereby providing a strong ideological and political guarantee for upholding and strengthening the Party's overall leadership and advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. A profound grasp of the scientific connotation, internal logic, and practical requirements of persisting in forging a strong Party spirit is of great and far-reaching significance for building the Party into a stronger and more powerful force and for uniting and leading the people to comprehensively advance the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

坚持锤炼坚强党性，是习近平党建思想的重要内容，是新时代党的建设新的伟大工程的固本之举。习近平总书记深刻指出：“中国共产党人的坚强党性，是我们党保持先进性和纯洁性、提高领导水平和执政能力的重要保证。”坚强党性是马克思主义政党的独有精神基因，是党员干部立身立业立言立德的基石。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央把锤炼坚强党性摆在党的建设更加突出的位置，坚持把党性教育贯穿党员干部教育管理监督全过程，引导广大党员干部在改造主观世界中砥砺初心使命、锤炼政治品格，为坚持和加强党的全面领导、推进全面从严治党提供了坚强思想保证和政治保证。深刻把握坚持锤炼坚强党性的科学内涵、内在逻辑和实践要求，对于把党建设得更加坚强有力，团结带领人民以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业，具有重大而深远的意义。

Forging a strong Party spirit is the foundational project of Party building in the New Era

锤炼坚强党性是新时代党的建设的固本工程

Party spirit is the essential attribute and intrinsic character of a political party. For a Marxist political party, Party spirit centrally embodies the Party's class foundation, political stance, fundamental purpose, and value pursuit, and is the fundamental marker distinguishing it from other political parties; for Party members and cadres, Party spirit is manifested in their conscious identification with and steadfast practice of the Party's nature, purpose, ideals and convictions, original aspiration and founding mission, and discipline and rules. Fundamentally speaking, where Party spirit resides, there resides strength; Party spirit is the important spiritual support for our Party to maintain unity and solidarity and to accomplish its historical mission. Since the New Era, the Party's historical position, the missions and tasks it bears, and the risks and tests it faces have all undergone profound changes. The more complex the situation and the more arduous the tasks, the more necessary it is to forge a strong Party spirit.

党性是政党的本质属性和内在品格。对于马克思主义政党而言，党性集中体现党的阶级基础、政治立场、根本宗旨和价值追求，是区别于其他政党的根本标识；对党员干部而言，党性体现为对党的性质宗旨、理想信念、初心使命、纪律规矩的自觉认同和坚定践行。从根本上说，党性所在即力量所在，党性是我们党维护团结统一、完成历史使命的重要精神支撑。新时代以来，我们党所处历史方位、肩负使命任务、面临风险考验都发生深刻变化，越是形势复杂、任务艰巨，越需要锤炼坚强党性。

It is an inevitable requirement for strengthening the Party's political development and maintaining the Party's unity and solidarity. Political development is the fundamental development of the Party and determines the direction and effectiveness of Party building. In the first volume of *Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Party Building*, in the article "Comrades of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee Must Have a Strong Sense of Alignment," General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee is by no means a general issue or a personal matter, but a directional and principled issue; it is a matter of Party spirit and of the overall situation, bearing on the future and destiny of the Party, the nation, and the country." This important exposition internally connects Party spirit with political loyalty, political discipline, and political rules, profoundly revealing the political essence of Party spirit. Our Party is a major party with a huge organizational system and a vast contingent of Party members, bearing the historical responsibility of leading a major country with a population of over 1.4 billion in advancing Chinese-path modernization. For a major party and a major country, the most essential thing is that the Party Central Committee has authority and that the Party has unified will and unified action. If Party spirit is weak, individualism, decentralism, liberalism, departmentalism, and the doctrine of the good old boy will grow and spread, the Party's unity and solidarity will be damaged, and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee will be difficult to implement thoroughly. It is precisely in this sense that General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The most fundamental aspect of speaking politics is to speak Party spirit." Only with a strong Party spirit can one maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path, and can one embody the firm support for the Two Establishments and the resolute implementation of the Two Upholds in the actual actions of implementing the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee.

加强党的政治建设、维护党的团结统一的必然要求。政治建设是党的根本性建设，决定党的建设方向和效果。在《习近平党建文选》第一卷《中央政治局的同志必须有很强的看齐意识》中，习近平总书记指出：“维护党中央权威，决不是一般问题和个人的事，而是方向性、原则性问题，是党性，是大局，关系党、民族、国家前途命运。”这一重要论述把党性同政治忠诚、政治纪律、政治规矩内在贯通起来，深刻揭示了党性的政治本质。我们党是拥有庞大组织体系和党员队伍的大党，肩负领导14亿多人口大国推进中国式现代化的历史重任。大党大国，最要紧的是党中央有权威，党有统一意志和统一行动。党性不强，个人主义、分散主义、自由主义、本位主义、好人主义就会滋长蔓延，党的团结统一就会受到损害，党中央决策部署就难以贯彻到位。正是在这个意义上，习近平总书记强调：“讲政治最根本就是要讲党性”。党性坚强，才能在政治立场、政治方向、政治原则、政治道路上同党中央保持高度一致，才能把坚定拥护“两个确立”、坚决做到“两个维护”体现到贯彻落实党中央决策部署的实际行动上。

It is an inevitable requirement for building a solid ideological dam for long-term governance and deeply advancing the Party's self-revolution. Advanced nature and purity are the essential attributes of a Marxist political party. A party's past advanced nature does not mean its present advanced nature, and its present advanced nature does not mean its eternal advanced nature. Our Party has traversed a glorious course of 105 years and has continuously grown and strengthened through vicissitudes. An important reason for this lies in its constant courage for self-revolution and its ability for self-purification. In the second volume of *Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Party Building*, in the article "The Key to Advancing the Party's Self-Revolution Lies in Implementation and Truly Achieving Results," General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "To advance self-revolution, it is necessary to consolidate the foundation and cultivate the source, and to strengthen Party spirit." This important exposition reveals the deep relationship between Party spirit development and self-revolution: self-revolution must rely not only on external institutional norms and constraints but also on internal Party spirit consciousness and support; it must solve not only problems at the behavioral level but also problems at the root of thought. Party spirit cultivation is, in essence, the self-transformation, self-restraint, and self-improvement of Party members and cadres, and is a process of continuously examining and rectifying one's own problems through regular ideological and political check-ups. If Party spirit is not strong, criticism and self-criticism will lose their edge, and intra-Party political life will become a mere formality; if Party spirit is weakened, the capacity for self-restraint will be lost, and the temptations of power, money, and beauty cannot be resisted. Under conditions of long-term governance, the greatest risk in managing and governing the Party comes from within, from the hearts of the people. Only by making the forging of a strong Party spirit a foundational project for consolidating the foundation and cultivating the source, and by continuously strengthening Party consciousness, Party member consciousness, and discipline consciousness, can we build a solid ideological dam against corruption and degeneration and ensure that the Party forever maintains vigorous vitality and strong combat effectiveness.

筑牢长期执政思想堤坝、深入推进党的自我革命的必然要求。先进性和纯洁性是马克思主义政党的本质属性。一个政党过去先进不等于现在先进，现在先进不等于永远先进。我们党走过105年光辉历程，历经风雨沧桑而不断发展壮大，一个重要原因就在于始终勇于自我革命、善于自我净化。在《习近平党建文选》第二卷《推进党的自我革命关键在于抓落实要真正到位》中，习近平总书记指出：“推进自我革命，必须固本培元、增强党性。”这一重要论述揭示了党性建设与自我革命的深层关系：自我革命既要靠外在制度规范约束，更要靠内在党性觉悟支撑；既要解决行为层面的问题，更要解决思想根源上的问题。党性修养，本质上是党员干部的自我改造、自我约束、自我提升，是通过经常性的思想政治体检不断检视整改自身问题的过程。如果党性不强，批评和自我批评就会失去锋芒，党内政治生活就会流于形式；如果党性弱化，自我约束的能力就会丧失，权力、金钱、美色的诱惑就抵御不住。长期执政条件下，管党治党的最大风险来自内部、来自人心。只有把锤炼坚强党性作为固本培元的基础工程，不断增强党的意识、党员意识、纪律意识，才能筑牢拒腐防变的思想堤坝，确保党永葆旺盛生命力和强大战斗力。

It is an inevitable requirement for tempering the political character of loyalty, integrity, and responsibility and for bearing the mission of building a strong country and realizing national rejuvenation. The Party's cause hinges on people, and on cadres. Advancing Chinese-path modernization is an unprecedented pioneering undertaking, which places new and higher demands on the political character, capabilities, and mental state of Party members and cadres. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Whether one dares to take responsibility and has the courage to shoulder burdens best reveals a cadre's Party spirit and work style." Whether Party members and cadres are loyal and reliable, whether they are honest and upright, and whether they dare to take responsibility all fundamentally depend on whether their Party spirit is strong. With a strong Party spirit, one can be loyal to the Party's beliefs, the Party's organization, and the Party's cause, implement the Party's line, principles, and policies completely and unwaveringly, always place the people at the highest position in one's heart, and be able to charge forward, hold the line, and win in major struggles and urgent, difficult, and dangerous tasks. At present, some Party members and cadres avoid conflicts by taking detours and retreat in the face of difficult problems; some have deviations in their outlook on political performance and are keen on making superficial gestures; some lack resolve in the face of temptation and lose their disciplinary defense line. These problems manifest in work style and ability, but their roots lie in Party spirit; the crux is the weakening of Party spirit and the imbalance between public and private interests. Forging a strong Party spirit means integrating loyalty, integrity, and responsibility into one's blood and translating them into action, and transforming the Party's political advantages, organizational advantages, and advantages in close ties with the masses into governance effectiveness and development achievements.

淬炼忠诚干净担当政治品格、担起强国建设民族复兴使命的必然要求。党的事业关键在人，关键在干部。推进中国式现代化是前无古人的开创性事业，对党员干部的政治品格、能力本领、精神状态提出了新的更高要求。习近平总书记强调：“能否敢于负责、勇于担当，最能看出一个干部的党性和作风。”党员干部是否忠诚可靠、是否清正廉洁、是否敢于担当，根子上都取决于党性强不强。党性坚强，才能忠诚于党的信仰、党的组织、党的事业，不折不扣把党的路线方针政策贯彻到位，才能始终把人民放在心中最高位置，才能在重大斗争和急难险重任务面前冲得上、顶得住、打得赢。当前，有的党员干部遇到矛盾绕着走、碰到难题往后退，有的政绩观出现偏差、热衷于做表面文章，有的面对诱惑定力不足、纪律防线失守。这些问题表现在作风上、能力上，根子在党性上，症结是党性弱化、公私失衡。锤炼坚强党性，就是要把忠诚、干净、担当融入血脉、见诸行动，把党的政治优势、组织优势、密切联系群众优势转化为治理效能和发展实绩。

Profoundly grasp the internal logic of forging a strong Party spirit in the New Era

深刻把握新时代锤炼坚强党性的内在逻辑

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments on why Communists must forge a strong Party spirit, what kind of strong Party spirit to forge, and how to forge a strong Party spirit, profoundly answering the major proposition of how a Marxist political party in long-term governance can "possess a strong Party spirit." These important expositions both uphold the basic principles of Marxist party-building theory concerning ideological Party building, political Party building, and organizational Party building, and make creative developments in light of the practice of Party building in the New Era.

党的十八大以来，习近平总书记围绕共产党人为什么要锤炼坚强党性、锤炼什么样的坚强党性、怎样锤炼坚强党性，提出一系列新思想新观点新论断，深刻回答了长期执政的马克思主义政党“何以坚强党性”的重大命题。这些重要论述，既坚持马克思主义建党学说关于思想建党、政治建党、组织建党的基本原则，又结合新时代党的建设实践作出创造性发展。

From the perspective of essential definition, this answers the fundamental question of what stance Communists take and what principles they uphold. Party spirit is not an unchanging abstract concept, but rather something that is continuously enriched and developed through the Party's theoretical, practical, and institutional innovation. Since the advent of the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a series of profound expositions on Party spirit building from the strategic height of upholding and strengthening the Party's overall leadership and advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized that "Party spirit is, in the final analysis, a question of stance," that "the fundamental yardstick for measuring the strength of Party spirit is the two words 'public' and 'private,'" that "Party spirit and affinity with the people have always been consistent and unified," and that "Party spirit is the cornerstone of Party members and cadres' standing firm, building careers, making statements, and cultivating virtue." These important statements are interconnected and profoundly elucidate the essential connotation of Communists' Party spirit in the New Era. More importantly, General Secretary Xi Jinping has revealed the foundational role of Party spirit in the overall layout of Party building in the New Era. Political building cannot be separated from the support of Party spirit, ideological building cannot be separated from the nourishment of Party spirit, organizational building cannot be separated from the guarantee of Party spirit, and conduct building and discipline building cannot be separated from the restraint of Party spirit. Conduct problems are essentially Party spirit problems, deviations in the outlook on political performance are at root Party spirit problems, and lax discipline is also behind Party spirit problems. Making the persistent forging of a strong Party spirit an important component of Party building in the New Era indicates that our Party's understanding of Party spirit building has expanded from the level of individual Party members' self-cultivation to the strategic level of building a long-term governing party, and has been elevated from general ideological remolding to the fundamental level of advancing self-revolution and escaping the historical cycle of rise and fall.

从本质规定看，回答了共产党人站稳什么立场、坚守什么原则的根本问题。党性不是一成不变的抽象概念，而是在党的理论创新、实践创新、制度创新中不断丰富发展的。新时代以来，习近平总书记从坚持和加强党的全面领导、推进全面从严治党的战略高度，对党性建设作出一系列深刻阐释。习近平总书记强调，“党性说到底就是立场问题”“衡量党性强弱的根本尺子是公、私二字”“党性和人民性从来都是一致的、统一的”“党性是党员、干部立身、立业、立言、立德的基石”。这些重要论述相互贯通，深刻阐明了新时代共产党人党性的本质内涵。更为重要的是，习近平总书记揭示了党性在新时代党的建设总体布局中的基础性作用。政治建设离不开党性支撑，思想建设离不开党性滋养，组织建设离不开党性保证，作风建设和纪律建设离不开党性约束。作风问题本质上是党性问题，政绩观偏差根子上是党性问题，纪律松弛背后也是党性问题。把坚持锤炼坚强党性作为新时代党的建设的重要内容，表明我们党对党性建设的认识从党员个人修养层面进一步拓展到长期执政党建设的战略层面，从一般性思想改造进一步提升到推进自我革命、跳出治乱兴衰历史周期率的治本层面。

From the perspective of the mechanism of formation, this answers the practical question of what Communists rely on to forge and how to continuously forge a strong Party spirit. Party spirit cultivation will not naturally improve with the growth of Party membership seniority, nor will it naturally strengthen with promotion in office. General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly pointed out that "leading cadres must take forging Party spirit and improving ideological awareness as a lifelong task" and that "ideological decline is the most serious lesion." This profoundly reveals the long-term, arduous, and recurrent nature of Party spirit building: there is no "graduation" in Party spirit forging; it must be persistently pursued with unremitting effort, learning until old age, studying until old age, and cultivating until old age. In terms of goal orientation, Xi Jinping Thought on Party building emphasizes that strengthening Party spirit focuses on firmly establishing ideals and convictions, forging loyalty to the Party, deepening feelings for the people, purifying moral character, and maintaining integrity and honesty. From the five dimensions of conviction, loyalty, feelings, moral character, and integrity, a coordinate system for Party spirit cultivation is constructed. In terms of methods and paths, Xi Jinping Thought on Party building emphasizes the interconnection of ideological tempering, political training, practical exercise, and professional development, the seriousness of intra-Party political life, the good use of criticism and self-criticism as a sharp weapon, and the combination of self-discipline and heteronomy, education and supervision. This constructs a Party spirit forging system in which theoretical armed soul-casting, intra-Party political life tempering, practical struggle honing, and disciplinary supervision and restraint are interconnected, realizing an important transformation from relying mainly on individual self-awareness to combining self-awareness with institutional mechanisms, and combining introspection with external restraint.

从生成机制看，回答了共产党人依靠什么锤炼、怎样持续锤炼坚强党性的实践问题。党性修养不会随着党龄增长而自然提高，也不会随着职务升迁而自然增强。习近平总书记深刻指出，“领导干部要把锤炼党性、提高思想觉悟作为终身课题”“思想上的滑坡是最严重的病变”。这深刻揭示了党性建设的长期性、艰巨性、反复性：党性锤炼没有“毕业”的时候，必须常抓不懈、久久为功，活到老、学到老、修养到老。在目标指向上，习近平党建思想强调，增强党性，重在坚定理想信念，铸牢对党忠诚，厚植为民情怀，纯正道德品质，保持清正廉洁。从信念、忠诚、情怀、品德、廉洁五个维度构建起党性修养的坐标系。在方法路径上，习近平党建思想强调思想淬炼、政治历练、实践锻炼、专业训练相贯通，严肃党内政治生活，用好批评和自我批评这个锐利武器，坚持自律和他律、教育和监督相结合。由此构建起理论武装铸魂、党内政治生活淬炼、实践斗争砥砺、纪律监督约束相互贯通的党性锤炼体系，实现从主要依靠个人自觉，向自觉与制度并重、内省与外在约束结合的重要转变。

From the perspective of cultural roots, this answers the contemporary question of how Communists cultivate themselves, correct themselves, and nourish their realm. Chinese culture has always attached importance to rectifying the mind and cultivating the self, advocating prudence when alone, caution in small matters, self-reflection and self-discipline, emulating the worthy, and the unity of knowledge and action, forming a profound tradition of self-cultivation culture. In the first volume of Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Party Building, in the article "Party Spirit Is the Cornerstone of Party Members and Cadres' Standing Firm, Building Careers, Making Statements, and Cultivating Virtue," General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Party spirit education is a required course for Communists to cultivate themselves and nourish their character, and it is also the 'study of the mind' of Communists." This important statement connects Party spirit cultivation with the long-standing tradition of self-cultivation in China's excellent traditional culture. The Communists' "study of the mind" adheres to the guidance of Marxism, inherits the core of valuing self-cultivation, self-correction, and introspection and self-discipline in China's excellent traditional culture, and at the same time transcends the historical limitations of traditional self-cultivation culture, elevating personal moral cultivation into the forging of Communists' political character, and transforming inner introspection into practical actions of sharing the Party's concerns, fulfilling responsibilities for the country, and dedicating oneself to the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized "fear in the heart, restraint in words, and limits in action" and "illuminating great virtue, upholding public virtue, and strictly practicing private virtue." These important requirements have both the profound nourishment of the Chinese cultural lineage and the distinctive character of Marxist Party spirit principles, opening up a new realm for Communists in the New Era to cultivate virtue, establish integrity, and forge Party spirit.

从文化根脉看，回答了共产党人怎样修身正己、涵养境界的时代课题。中华文化历来重视正心修身，倡导慎独慎微、自省自律、见贤思齐、知行合一，形成了深厚的修身文化传统。在《习近平党建文选》第一卷《党性是党员干部立身立业立言立德的基石》中，习近平总书记强调：“党性教育是共产党人修身养性的必修课，也是共产党人的‘心学’。”这一重要论断，把党性修养同中华优秀传统文化中源远流长的修身之道贯通起来。共产党人的“心学”，坚持以马克思主义为指导，继承中华优秀传统文化中重视修身正己、内省自律的内核，又超越传统修身文化的历史局限，把个人道德修养提升为共产党人的政治品格锻造，把内在省察转化为为党分忧、为国尽责、为民奉献的实际行动。习近平总书记强调“心有所畏、言有所戒、行有所止”“明大德、守公德、严私德”，这些重要要求既有中华文脉的深厚滋养，又有马克思主义党性原则的鲜明品格，开辟了新时代共产党人修身立德、锤炼党性的新境界。

With continuous Party spirit forging, forever maintain the political character of Communists

以持续的党性锤炼永葆共产党人的政治本色

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, our Party has insisted on making Party spirit education a required course for Party members and cadres to cultivate themselves, carrying out a series of centralized learning and education activities, and promoting Party members and cadres to continuously strengthen their Party spirit through receiving political education, ideological tempering, and spiritual baptism. Practice has proven that casting the soul and strengthening the foundation with scientific theory, concentrating efforts on tackling key problems through centralized education, and consolidating results with institutional mechanisms are the successful paths for forging a strong Party spirit in the New Era. The ideals and convictions of the vast majority of Party members and cadres have become firmer, their loyalty to the Party more conscious, their sense of purpose more solid, their awareness of discipline significantly enhanced, and their spirit of undertaking work and starting businesses continuously uplifted. On the new journey, the "four tests" and "four dangers" will exist for a long time. [n] We must persist in forging a strong Party spirit without slackening, adhere to the simultaneous exertion of internal and external factors, the close combination of self-discipline and heteronomy, and make efforts in constancy and longevity, strictness and substance, depth and detail, so that the entire Party always maintains the political character of Communists.

党的十八大以来，我们党坚持把党性教育作为党员干部修身养性的必修课，开展一系列集中学习教育，推动党员干部在接受政治教育、思想淬炼、精神洗礼中不断增强党性。实践证明，以科学理论铸魂强基、以集中教育集中攻坚、以制度机制固化成果，是新时代锤炼坚强党性的成功之道。广大党员干部理想信念更加坚定，对党忠诚更加自觉，宗旨意识更加牢固，纪律观念明显增强，干事创业精气神持续提振。新征程上，“四大考验”“四种危险”将长期存在。要坚持不懈锤炼坚强党性，坚持内因与外因同向发力、自律与他律紧密结合，在常和长、严和实、深和细上下功夫，使全党始终保持共产党人的政治本色。

Persist in casting the soul with theoretical armed forces, and build a solid foundation of Party spirit through ideological tempering. Theoretical sobriety is the premise of political firmness and strong Party spirit. To forge a strong Party spirit, the primary task is to persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to cast the soul and consolidate the mind. We must educate and guide Party members and cadres to read the original works, study the original texts, and comprehend the principles, comprehensively and systematically grasp the scientific system, core essence, and practical requirements of this important thought, deeply grasp the standpoints, viewpoints, and methods running through it, and sublimate theoretical understanding into firm belief. Combine theoretical study with Party spirit examination, and regularly compare against the Party's innovative theory to examine whether ideals and convictions are firm, whether political loyalty is reliable, and whether the sense of purpose is solid. Only by transforming scientific theory into firm belief, political loyalty, and excellent character can Party spirit forging have a strong support.

坚持以理论武装铸魂，在思想淬炼中筑牢党性根基。理论上的清醒是政治上坚定、党性上坚强的前提。锤炼坚强党性，首要任务是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。要教育引导党员干部读原著、学原文、悟原理，全面系统掌握这一重要思想的科学体系、核心要义、实践要求，深刻把握贯穿其中的立场观点方法，把学理认同升华为坚定信仰。把理论学习同党性检视结合起来，经常对照党的创新理论检视理想信念是否坚定、政治忠诚是否可靠、宗旨意识是否牢固。只有把科学理论转化为坚定信仰、政治忠诚、过硬品格，党性锤炼才有有力依托。

Persist in consolidating the foundation through political training, and forge a strong Party spirit in serious intra-Party political life. Loyalty to the Party is the primary political quality of Communists. To forge a strong Party spirit, we must firmly support the "Two Establishments" and resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds." [n] Educate and guide Party members and cadres to continuously improve political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, be good at observing and handling problems from a political perspective, and consciously think and act in the overall situation. Strictly implement the Several Guidelines on Intra-Party Political Life under the New Situation, implement the systems of "three meetings and one lesson," democratic life meetings, organizational life meetings, heart-to-heart talks, and democratic evaluation of Party members, [n] and make good use of criticism and self-criticism as a sharp weapon, so that Party members and cadres regularly receive political physical examinations. Highlight leading cadres as the "key minority," promote leading cadres to participate in the organizational life of their branch or Party group as ordinary Party members, take the lead in accepting organizational education, management, and supervision, and take the lead in creating a clean and upright political ecology.

坚持以政治历练固本，在严肃党内政治生活中锤炼坚强党性。对党忠诚，是共产党人首要的政治品质。锤炼坚强党性，必须坚定拥护“两个确立”、坚决做到“两个维护”。教育引导党员干部不断提高政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力，善于从政治上观察和处理问题，自觉在大局下思考、在大局下行动。严格执行新形势下党内政治生活若干准则，落实“三会一课”、民主生活会、组织生活会、谈心谈话、民主评议党员等制度，用好批评和自我批评这一锐利武器，让党员干部经常接受政治体检。突出领导干部这个“关键少数”，推动领导干部以普通党员身份参加所在党支部或者党小组组织生活，带头接受组织教育管理监督，带头营造风清气正的政治生态。

Persist in sharpening abilities through practical exercise, and test Party spirit in the responsible action of seeking well-being for the people. Party spirit and affinity with the people are highly unified. Whether Party members and cadres have a strong Party spirit ultimately depends on whether they truly stand firmly on the people's side, deepen their feelings for the people, and handle the urgent, difficult, and anxious matters of the people. We must take the front line of reform, development, and stability, the main battlefield of comprehensive rural revitalization and grassroots governance, and the tests of major struggles and urgent, difficult, and dangerous tasks as important classrooms for forging a strong Party spirit. Vigorously promote the practice of investigation and research, go deep into the grassroots and the masses, take the voices of the masses as the first signal, and realize, safeguard, and develop the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people. Establish a correct outlook on political performance, resolutely rectify the problems of misplaced political performance outlook and lack of responsibility, insist on examining and identifying cadres in practice, and embody the results of Party spirit tempering in the actual effectiveness of undertaking work and starting businesses.

坚持以实践锻炼砺能，在为民造福的担当作为中检验党性。党性和人民性是高度统一的。党员干部党性强不强，最终要看是否真正站稳人民立场、厚植为民情怀、办好人民群众急难愁盼的事情。要把改革发展稳定第一线、乡村全面振兴和基层治理主战场、重大斗争和急难险重任务考验作为锤炼坚强党性的重要课堂。大兴调查研究之风，深入基层、深入群众，把群众呼声作为第一信号，实现好、维护好、发展好最广大人民的根本利益。树牢正确政绩观，坚决纠治政绩观错位、责任心缺失问题，坚持在实践中考察识别干部，把党性淬炼的成果体现到干事创业的实效上。

Adhere to self-correction through disciplinary oversight, and cultivate Party spirit in the integration of self-discipline and external supervision. Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline form an organic whole: when Party spirit is pure, Party conduct is upright; when Party discipline is strict, Party spirit is strong. The study, observance, and implementation of the Party Constitution, Party rules, and Party discipline should be treated as an important part of Party spirit cultivation, guiding Party members and cadres to internalize disciplinary rules and regulations as norms of speech and action that are followed unconsciously in daily life. Integrity and honesty are not passive demands imposed by external constraints, but an important manifestation of the purity of a Communist's Party spirit. Only by basing clean and self-disciplined conduct on a strong Party spirit can one truly remain unmoved by the lure of petty gains and unblurred by the dazzle of worldly temptations. Persist in grasping Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline together, linking the rectification of conduct, the enforcement of discipline, and the fight against corruption, using discipline to govern behavior on the one hand and Party spirit to consolidate the foundation and nourish the roots on the other.

坚持以纪律监督正身，在自律他律结合中涵养党性。党性、党风、党纪是有机整体，党性纯则党风正，党纪严则党性强。要把学习遵守贯彻党章党规党纪作为党性修养的重要内容，引导党员干部把纪律规矩内化为日用而不觉的言行准则。清正廉洁不是外在约束下的被动要求，而是共产党人党性纯洁的重要体现。只有把廉洁自律建立在坚强党性基础之上，才能真正做到心不动于微利之诱、目不眩于五色之惑。坚持党性党风党纪一起抓，正风肃纪反腐相贯通，既用纪律管住行为，又用党性固本培元。

The deeper one studies, the firmer one's belief; the stricter one's discipline, the more upright one's conduct; the longer one's tempering, the stronger one's character. When Party spirit is strong, conviction is firm and action is forceful; when Party spirit is pure, conduct is exemplary and the cause prospers. Persisting in forging a strong Party spirit is a required course for Chinese Communists in the New Era to forever preserve their political character, and a fundamental requirement for a Marxist party in long-term governance to forever maintain its advanced nature and purity. The broad ranks of Party members and cadres should treat Party spirit cultivation as a lifelong subject, forging the soul through theoretical study, tempering through political trials, sharpening the mind through service to the people, correcting the self through disciplinary constraints, and demonstrating commitment through responsible action, continuously transforming a strong Party spirit into a powerful force for advancing Chinese-path modernization.

学之愈深，则信之愈笃；律之愈严，则行之愈正；炼之愈久，则性之愈坚。党性坚强，则信念坚定、行动有力；党性纯洁，则作风过硬、事业兴旺。坚持锤炼坚强党性，是新时代中国共产党人永葆政治本色的必修课，是长期执政的马克思主义政党永葆先进性和纯洁性的根本要求。广大党员干部要把党性修养作为终身课题，在理论武装中铸魂、在政治历练中淬炼、在为民服务中砺心、在纪律约束中正身、在担当作为中见行，不断把坚强党性转化为推进中国式现代化的强大力量。

(The author is a specially invited researcher of the National Party Building Research Association)

（作者为全国党建研究会特邀研究员）