The Seventh Forum on “Theory and Practice of Ruling Party Building” Convened in Yangzhou

On 21 November 2020, the Seventh Forum on “Theory and Practice of Ruling Party Building” was convened in Yangzhou. The theme of this forum was: Upholding and Improving the Party Leadership System. The forum was jointly sponsored by the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Yangzhou University. It was co-organized by the Research Department of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era of the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the School of Marxism of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Training and Research Center for Ideological and Political Work Teams in Higher Education Institutions (Yangzhou University), and the School of Marxism of Yangzhou University.

2020年11月21日，第七届“执政党建设理论与实践”论坛在扬州召开。本届论坛的主题为：坚持和完善党的领导制度体系。论坛由中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院、中国科学院大学与扬州大学联合主办。中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究部、中国科学院大学马克思主义学院、全国高校思想政治工作队伍培训研修中心（扬州大学）、扬州大学马克思主义学院共同承办。

Roster

主席台

Over 100 experts and scholars engaged in research on Party building from multiple universities, Party schools (schools of administration), and research institutions, including the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Central Party School of the CPC (National Academy of Governance), the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Wuhan University, Beihang University, Lanzhou University, Northeast Normal University, Southeast University, Northwest University, Guangxi Normal University, and Yangzhou University, attended the conference. The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Professor Hu Lifa, Dean of the School of Marxism of Yangzhou University. The keynote speech sessions were successively presided over and commented on by Professor Yuan Jiuhong, Dean of the School of Marxism of Southeast University, Professor Wang Chunxi of the School of Marxism of Beihang University, and Professor Tang Huiling of the School of Marxism of Yangzhou University. The sub-forum reports and closing ceremony were presided over by Professor Liu Jiping, Party Secretary of the School of Marxism of Yangzhou University.

来自中国社会科学院、中共中央党校（国家行政学院）、中国科学院大学、上海交通大学、武汉大学、北京航空航天大学、兰州大学、东北师范大学、东南大学、西北大学、广西师范大学、扬州大学等多所高校、党校（行政学院）和科研机构的100余位从事党的建设研究的专家学者参加了会议。会议开幕式由扬州大学马克思主义学院院长胡立法教授主持，主题发言阶段先后由东南大学马克思主义学院院长袁久红教授、北京航空航天大学马克思主义学院王春玺教授、扬州大学马克思主义学院唐慧玲教授主持并担任点评专家，分论坛汇报和闭幕式阶段由扬州大学马克思主义学院党委书记刘继平教授主持。

Speech by Professor Ye Baisen, Deputy Party Secretary of Yangzhou University

扬州大学党委副书记叶柏森教授致辞

In his speech at the opening ceremony, Professor Ye Baisen, Deputy Party Secretary of Yangzhou University, extended a warm welcome and sincere greetings to the attending experts and scholars on behalf of Yangzhou University, and introduced the development overview and construction achievements of Yangzhou University and its discipline of Marxist theory. Professor Ye Baisen stated that this forum consistently focuses on the theory and practice of ruling party building, which is a major proposition and also an eternal subject. Aspiring to the millennia-long cause of the Chinese nation, the century-old Party is in its prime. [1]1 “The century-old Party is in its prime” (百年恰是风华正茂) is a phrase The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC. Over the past century, the century-old great Party has led the Chinese people across one ditch after another, won one victory after another, and created rare and remarkable achievements in the world. These achievements have benefited from our Party’s constant possession of the courage to turn its blade inward, to constantly engage in self-revolution, and to focus on strengthening its own construction.

在开幕式致辞中，扬州大学党委副书记叶柏森教授代表扬州大学向与会专家学者表示热烈的欢迎和诚挚的问候，介绍了扬州大学及其马克思主义理论学科的发展概况和建设成果。叶柏森教授表示，本次论坛一以贯之地聚焦于执政党建设理论和实践，这是一个重大的命题，也是一项永恒的课题。立志于中华民族千秋伟业，百年恰是风华正茂。2021年是中国共产党成立100周年，百年大党带领中国人民跨过了一道又一道的沟坎，取得了一个又一个的胜利，创造了世所罕见的丰功伟绩。这些成就的取得得益于我们党始终怀有刀刃向内的勇气，不断自我革命，注重加强自身建设。

Speech and Keynote Address by Researcher Xin Xiangyang, Party Secretary of the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院党委书记辛向阳研究员致辞并做主题发言

In his speech, Researcher Xin Xiangyang, Party Secretary of the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, first introduced the situation regarding departmental adjustments and the integration of science and education at the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and reviewed and summarized the development process of the previous six forums on “Theory and Practice of Ruling Party Building.” Subsequently, he delivered a keynote address centered on “strengthening the Party through theory,” and emphasized: The reason why the CPC has been able to achieve such great accomplishments today is inseparable from its particular emphasis on building the Party through ideology and strengthening the Party through theory. The CPC is a political party with the fastest theoretical innovation and the strongest theoretical arming. To adhere to strengthening the Party through theory, it is necessary to both maintain continuity and keep pace with the times, to enable the vast number of Party cadres and members to truly grasp the Marxist standpoints, viewpoints, and methods, to strengthen research on the movement of fundamental social contradictions, and to dare to promptly criticize and struggle against erroneous theoretical viewpoints.

中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院党委书记辛向阳研究员在致辞时首先介绍了中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院部室调整、科教融合等方面的情况，回顾总结了前六届“执政党建设理论与实践论坛”的发展历程。之后他围绕“理论强党”进行主题发言，并强调：中国共产党之所以能取得今天这么大的成就，是与其特别强调思想建党、理论强党分不开的。中国共产党是理论创新最快，理论武装最强的一个政党。坚持理论强党，既要一脉相承又要与时俱进，要让广大党员干部真正掌握马克思主义的立场观点方法，加强对社会基本矛盾运动的研究，敢于对错误的理论观点及时进行批判、斗争。

Keynote Report by Wang Tingda, Former Head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s Discipline Inspection Group at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dean of the School of Marxism of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

中央纪委驻中国科学院纪检组原组长、中国科学院大学马克思主义学院院长王庭大做主题报告

Wang Tingda, Former Head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s Discipline Inspection Group at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dean of the School of Marxism of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a keynote report titled “The Distinctive Features of Xi Jinping’s Important Discourses on Party Building in the New Era.” He pointed out that Xi Jinping’s important discourses on Party building fully apply Marxist standpoints, viewpoints, and methods, profoundly summarize the experiences and lessons of the world socialist movement, are the product of the combination of Marxist party-building theory and the practice of the CPC’s own construction, and are also the latest achievement of Marxist party-building theory, bringing the Sinicized Marxist theory of Party building into a new stage and a new realm. Xi Jinping’s important discourses on Party building are innovations on the basis of inheritance, an important component of the Party’s theoretical innovation, and possess distinct scientific, epochal, people-centered, practical, and guiding characteristics.

中央纪委驻中国科学院纪检组原组长、中国科学院大学马克思主义学院院长王庭大作了题为《习近平新时代党的建设重要论述的鲜明特征》的主题报告。他指出，习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要论述充分运用了马克思主义立场观点方法，深刻总结了世界社会主义运动经验教训，是马克思主义建党学说与中国共产党自身建设实践相结合的产物，也是马克思主义建党学说的最新成果，使中国化的马克思主义党建理论进入到了新阶段、新境界。习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要论述是在继承基础上的创新，是党的理论创新的重要组成部分，具有鲜明的科学性、时代性、人民性、实践性和指导性。

Conference Scene

会议现场

Professor Hu Lifa, Dean of the School of Marxism of Yangzhou University, Presiding over the Opening Ceremony

扬州大学马克思主义学院院长胡立法教授主持开幕式

Research Department of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究部主任

Speech by Researcher Chen Zhigang

陈志刚研究员发言

During the expert presentation segment of the conference, Chen Zhigang, researcher and director of the Research Office on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, elaborated on the internal logic of the Party’s leadership system from six aspects: establishing a system for remaining true to the original aspiration and founding mission [2]2 “Original aspiration and founding mission” (初心使命) refers to the Party’s stated goal of serving the people and realizing communism, as formalized in Xi Jinping’s political discourse.; perfecting various systems for firmly upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership; improving the system for the Party’s overall leadership; refining the systems for governing for the people and relying on the people; strengthening the systems for enhancing the Party’s governing capacity and leadership level; and improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Ding Junping, professor at the School of Marxism of Wuhan University, pointed out that the century-long course of the Party’s organizational building has accumulated rich experience: first, it is necessary to adhere to guidance by scientific theory; second, it is necessary to take political building as the overarching guide; third, it is necessary to make the tightening of the Party’s organizational system the focus of Party organizational building; fourth, it is necessary to make the building of the contingent of Party cadres and members the key to Party organizational building; fifth, it is necessary to uphold and improve democratic centralism; sixth, it is necessary to place greater emphasis on improving the quality of the Party membership. Gu Zhaoming, deputy secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial People’s Congress, presented his views on three issues: the status and role of the responsibility system for Party building in state organs, the improvement of the working mechanisms of this responsibility system, and the strengthening of assessment, evaluation, and application of this responsibility system. Wang Shiyi, distinguished professor at Yangzhou University and professor at the Jiangsu Provincial Party School, explored the issue of constructing a theoretical discourse system for ruling Party building in the New Era from three perspectives: new concepts, new categories, and new expressions. Lei Houli, former vice president of the Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences, argued that the “eight competencies” [3]3 “Eight competencies (political competence, ideological competence, organizational competence, work-style competence, disciplinary competence, anti-corruption competence, institutional competence, and capability competence) constitute the hallmark goals of the Chinese Communist Party’s self-building. Song Fufan, professor at the Central Party School (National Academy of Governance), shared his views with the participants on the methodological issues of the Party’s leadership system. He argued that the six aspects of the Party’s leadership system in the “Decision” of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee [4] form a rigorous institutional system, answering the question of “what kind of Party leadership system to uphold and how to uphold it” in the New Era. Zhou Jianchao, professor and vice president of Taizhou University, explored the logical rationale for the generation of the advantages of the Party’s leadership system from four aspects: theoretical logic (scientific guiding ideology and high theoretical consciousness), organizational logic (rigorous organizational system and firm centralized unity), value logic (firm people’s standpoint and broad social appeal), and cognitive logic (unremitting self-revolution and selfless political character). Wang Jinfen, professor at the School of Marxism of Guangxi Normal University, explored Lenin’s practical exploration of how to conduct inner-Party political life from four aspects: adhering to the organizational principle of democratic centralism, establishing a conference system centered on the Party congress, implementing a combination of collective leadership and individual division of responsibility, and enhancing the independence and authority of inner-Party supervision. Han Qiang, professor at Beijing Union University, explored the issue of the regularization of democratic centralism, arguing that greater attention should be paid to the role of inner-Party rules, strengthening rule consciousness from the source; correctly understanding the positioning of inner-Party rules; perfecting and improving the inner-Party rule system for democratic centralism; and strengthening research on the regularization of democratic centralism, so that the Party’s advanced nature can be more fully brought into play under the guarantee of the system of intra-Party regulations. Li Jianxiu, researcher at the Hebei Academy of Social Sciences, explored the epochal characteristics and practical pathways of the Party’s self-revolution, and emphasized the need to deeply understand the great significance, scientific connotation, and fundamental requirements of the Party’s self-revolution, adhere to a problem-oriented approach, continuously explore the realistic pathways and developmental laws for advancing the Party’s self-revolution, realize the Party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-enhancement, and forever preserve the political character of Communists.

在大会专家发言阶段，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究部主任陈志刚研究员从建立不忘初心牢记使命制度，完善坚定维护党中央权威和集中统一领导的各项制度，健全党的全面领导制度，健全为人民执政、靠人民执政各项制度，健全提高党的执政能力和领导水平制度，完善全面从严治党制度等六个方面阐述了党的领导制度体系的内在逻辑。武汉大学马克思主义学院丁俊萍教授指出，在党的组织建设百年历程中积累了丰富的经验：一是必须坚持以科学理论为指导；二是必须以政治建设为统领；三是必须把严密党的组织体系作为党的组织建设的重点；四是必须把党员干部队伍建设作为党的组织建设的关键；五是必须把坚持和完善民主集中制；六是必须更加注重提升党员队伍的质量。山西省人大常委会副秘书长顾昭明发表了对机关党建工作责任制的地位和作用、完善机关党建工作责任制的工作机制、强化机关党建工作责任制的考核评价与应用等三个问题的看法。扬州大学特聘教授、中共江苏省委党校王世谊教授从新概念、新范畴、新表述三个视角探讨了构建新时代执政党建设理论话语体系问题。贵州省社会科学院原副院长雷厚礼研究员认为，“八个过硬”（政治过硬、思想过硬、组织过硬、作风过硬、纪律过硬、反腐过硬、制度过硬、能力过硬）是中国共产党自身建设的标志性目标。中共中央党校（国家行政学院）宋福范教授向与会人员分享了他对党的领导制度方法论问题的观点。他认为，十九届四中全会《决定》中六个方面的党的领导制度是一个严密的制度体系，回答了新时代“坚持什么样的党的领导制度，怎样坚持党的领导制度”的问题。泰州学院副院长周建超教授从理论逻辑（科学的指导思想和高度的理论自觉）、组织逻辑（严肃的组织体系和坚定的集中统一）、价值逻辑（坚定的人民立场和广泛的社会感召力）、认知逻辑（不懈的自我革命和无私的政治品格）等四个方面探讨了党的领导制度优势生成的逻辑理路问题。广西师范大学马克思主义学院王进芬教授从坚持民主集中制的组织原则、确立以党的代表大会为核心的会议制度、实行集体领导和个人分工相结合、提高党内监督的独立性和权威性四个方面探讨了列宁对如何开展党内政治生活的实践探索。北京联合大学韩强教授探讨了民主集中制的规则化问题，认为要更加重视党内规则的作用，从源头上增强规则意识；正确认识党内规则的定位；健全完善民主集中制的党内规则体系；加强对民主集中制规则化的研究，使党的先进性在党内法规制度体系的保障下得到更充分的发挥。河北省社会科学院李鉴修研究员探讨了党的自我革命的时代特征和实践路径问题，并强调要深刻认识党的自我革命的重大意义、科学内涵和根本要求，坚持问题导向，不断探索推进党的自我革命的现实路径和发展规律，实现党的自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高，永葆共产党人的政治本色。

This forum also established four sub-forums, with themes respectively: the practices, achievements, and experience of Party building over the past 100 years; research on comprehensive and strict governance of the Party; research on the new layout of Party building in the New Era; and research on the Party’s self-revolution. In the sub-forum sessions, participating experts and scholars conducted in-depth discussions around the sub-forum themes. The on-site discussion atmosphere was lively, with participating experts and scholars speaking enthusiastically. Afterwards, they expressed that they had gained much from the collision and exchange of viewpoints.

本次论坛还设立了四个分论坛，主题分别为：100年来党的建设的做法、成就与经验，全面从严治党研究，新时代党的建设新布局研究，党的自我革命研究。在分论坛环节，与会专家学者围绕分论坛主题进行了深入研讨。现场讨论气氛热烈，与会专家学者踊跃发言，会后纷纷表示在观点交融碰撞中很有收获。

Wang Li, editor-in-chief of “The Chinese Communist Party,” a reprinted journal of Renmin University of China, gave a speech.

《中国人民大学复印资料·中国共产党》王丽主编发言

This forum also received support from nearly 20 periodicals and media outlets, including “Marxist Studies,” “The Chinese Communist Party” (reprinted journal of Renmin University of China), “Party Documents,” “Studies on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics,” “Jianghai Academic Journal,” “Frontline,” “Theoretical Exploration,” “Theoretical Discussion,” “Huxiang Forum,” “Zhejiang Social Sciences,” “Guangxi Social Sciences,” “Chinese Social Sciences Today,” and “cssn.cn” (Chinese Social Sciences Net). Wang Li, editor-in-chief of “The Chinese Communist Party” (reprinted journal of Renmin University of China), delivered a speech on behalf of the academic journals, titled “The Process and Standards for Selecting Manuscripts for Renmin University Reprints: Taking the Special Topic on the Chinese Communist Party as an Example.”

本次论坛还得到了《马克思主义研究》《中国人民大学复印资料·中国共产党》《党的文献》《中国特色社会主义研究》《江海学刊》《前线》《理论探索》《理论探讨》《湖湘论坛》《浙江社会科学》《广西社会科学》《中国社会科学报》等近20家报刊及“中国社会科学网”等媒体的支持。《中国人民大学复印资料·中国共产党》王丽主编代表学术期刊在大会作了《人大复印资料选稿的流程与标准：以中国共产党专题为例》的发言。

Dai Lixing, researcher and deputy director of the Research Office on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered the closing summary.

中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究部副主任戴立兴研究员作闭幕总结

The forum closely adhered to its theme, and through the exchanges and discussions of the participants, achieved consensus on multiple fronts. Finally, Dai Lixing, researcher and deputy director of the Research Office on Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered the closing summary. He introduced the preparations for this conference, summarized its characteristics, and highly praised it as a high-end conference with ideological depth and height, theoretical acumen, problem awareness, and a very upright conference style, which demonstrated the mission consciousness, responsibility consciousness, and sense of duty of Marxist theoretical research and education workers, as well as their unremitting pursuit of scholarship. He also expressed sincere thanks to the experts and scholars who came to participate in and support this conference, as well as to the personnel who contributed to the conference affairs.

论坛紧扣主题，通过与会者的交流讨论，取得多方面共识。最后，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究部副主任戴立兴研究员作闭幕总结。他介绍了本次会议的筹办情况，概括了本次会议的特点，高度评价本次会议是一场有思想深度和高度、有理论敏锐性、有问题意识同时会风十分端正的高端会议，彰显了马克思主义理论研究和教学工作者的使命意识、责任意识、担当意识和对学术的不懈追求精神，并对前来参加和支持本次会议的专家学者以及为会务做出贡献的人员表达了诚挚感谢。

(Contributed by Liu Haifei, associate researcher at the Institute of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

（中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院副研究员刘海飞供稿）