Deeply Understand and Practice Xi Jinping’s Important Thought on the Party’s Self-Revolution

At the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The Party Central Committee has insisted on using the Party’s self-revolution to lead social revolution, advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party consistently, achieving new progress and results. The entire Party has become more sober-minded and more resolute in action on the major issue of self-revolution.” Since the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has coordinated the strategic overall plan for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the changes unseen in a century in the world, promoted comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with unprecedented resolve and intensity, creatively put forward a series of original and landmark new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, formed Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution, enriched and developed Marxist Party-building theory, and guided the century-old Party to open up a new realm of self-revolution. Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution is a new chapter in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, marking that our Party’s understanding of the laws of Marxist party building and the laws of communist party governance has reached a new height, providing the fundamental guidance for deeply advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, clean governance, and the anti-corruption struggle on the new journey of the New Era.

习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委四次全会上指出：“党中央坚持以党的自我革命引领社会革命，一以贯之推进全面从严治党，取得新的进展和成效。全党在自我革命这一重大问题上认识更加清醒、行动更加坚定”。新时代以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央统筹中华民族伟大复兴战略全局和世界百年未有之大变局，以前所未有的决心和力度推进全面从严治党，创造性提出一系列具有原创性、标志性的新理念新思想新战略，形成习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，丰富和发展了马克思主义建党学说，指引百年大党开辟了自我革命的新境界。习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的新篇章，标志着我们党对马克思主义政党建设规律、共产党执政规律的认识达到新高度，为新时代新征程深入推进全面从严治党、党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争提供了根本遵循。

An Important Theoretical Achievement Comprehensively Summarizing Historical and Practical Experience

全面总结历史和实践经验所取得的重要理论成果

The emergence of any major innovative thought is not accidental; it has its historical conditions and practical basis for formation. In the long river of human history, whether it was the rule of slave-owning aristocrats and feudal dynasties characterized by military conquest, or bourgeois parties characterized by the rotation of power in turn, none could escape the historical fate of rising and then declining, none could break out of the historical cycle of “rising swiftly and perishing just as swiftly.” [1]1 “Rising swiftly and perishing just as swiftly” (其兴也勃焉，其亡也忽焉) is a classical Chinese phrase from the Zuo Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, often used to describe the rapid rise and fall of dynasties. Can the Communist Party of China, which takes Marxism as its guiding ideology, the realization of communism as its highest ideal, and the original aspiration and founding mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, break out of this historical cycle? As early as 1945, Comrade Mao Zedong, in his “cave conversation” [2]2 The “cave conversation” (窑洞对) refers to a 1945 dialogue in Yan’an between Mao Zedong and Huang Yanpei, a democratic figure, where Mao proposed democracy as the way for the CPC to avoid the historical cycle of dynastic rise and fall. with the democratic figure Huang Yanpei in Yan’an, gave the first answer: “This new path is democracy. Only when the people are allowed to supervise the government will the government not dare to slack off. Only when everyone takes responsibility will the state not perish with the ruler.” It was precisely by relying on the support and supervision of the broad masses of the people that our Party overcame various difficulties and dangers, continuously grew stronger, and led the people to achieve great victories in the New Democratic Revolution, the socialist revolution and construction, reform and opening up, and socialist modernization.

任何一个重大创新思想的产生都不是偶然的，都有其赖以形成的历史条件和实践基础。在人类历史的长河中，无论以武力征服为特征的奴隶主贵族统治和封建王朝，还是以轮流坐庄为特征的资产阶级政党，都摆脱不了由盛及衰的历史命运，都不能跳出“其兴也勃焉，其亡也忽焉”的历史周期率。以马克思主义为指导思想，以实现共产主义为最高理想，以为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴为初心使命的中国共产党能否跳出这一历史周期率呢？早在1945年，毛泽东同志在延安与民主人士黄炎培的“窑洞对”中就给出了第一个答案：“这条新路，就是民主。只有让人民来监督政府，政府才不敢松懈。只有人人起来负责，才不会人亡政息。”正是依靠广大人民群众的拥护和监督，我们党才克服各种艰难险阻不断发展壮大，并且领导人民取得了新民主主义革命、社会主义革命和建设、改革开放和社会主义现代化建设的伟大胜利。

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a New Era. In the historical process of promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously engaged in practical exploration and theoretical reflection, finding the second answer to breaking out of the historical cycle of order and chaos, rise and fall—that is, continuously advancing the Party’s self-revolution. Starting with the formulation and implementation of the Eight-Point Regulations as the breakthrough, and with the mission and responsibility of “offending thousands of people rather than failing 1.4 billion,” [3]3 “Offending thousands of people rather than failing 1.4 billion” (得罪千百人、不负十四亿) is a slogan expressing the Party’s determination to punish corrupt officials for the sake of the Chinese people. we have advanced an unprecedented anti-corruption struggle. The Party has launched a series of “combined punches” for self-revolution, forming a complete set of institutional norms for the Party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-enhancement. Through persistently rectifying work styles, enforcing discipline, and combating corruption, and with the nail-spirit of correcting the “Four Forms of Decadence,” [4]4 The “Four Forms of Decadence” (四风) refer to formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, which are targets of Party rectification campaigns. unswervingly “caging the tigers,” “swatting the flies,” and “hunting the foxes,” [5]5 “Caging the tigers,” “swatting the flies,” and “hunting the foxes” (打虎、拍蝇、猎狐) are metaphors for anti-corruption actions targeting high-ranking officials, low-level officials, and fugitives abroad, respectively. we have stopped some long-standing unhealthy practices, corrected some stubborn diseases that had persisted for years, and eliminated serious hidden dangers within the Party, the state, and the military. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee summarized the historical experience of the Party’s century-long struggle, one of which is adhering to self-revolution. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the Second Full Meeting of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee was even more thought-provoking and alarming: “At the centenary of the Party’s founding, we must be vigilant in times of peace, always alert to whether this century-old Party will become decrepit and diseased. We must not forget or lose memory of the detours and twists in the Party’s history, nor of the profound lessons from Chinese and foreign political history about those who were complacent and died in comfort; we must not be slow to react to our own problems, handling them sluggishly and softly, ultimately leading to the fall of the state with the ruler!” In 2024, national discipline inspection and supervision agencies filed 877,000 cases and punished 889,000 people, including 73 officials at the provincial and ministerial level or above. The intensity of our Party’s heavy-handed anti-corruption and rectification of work styles is shocking. Practice has proven that the Party’s self-revolution has enabled us to win the historical initiative to ensure that the Party does not change its nature, color, or flavor, and to win the historical initiative for the Party to unite and lead all the people in the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

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在推动全面从严治党的历史进程中，不断进行实践探索和理论思考，找到了跳出治乱兴衰历史周期率的第二个答案，这就是不断推进党的自我革命。从制定和落实中央八项规定开局破题，以“得罪千百人、不负十四亿”的使命担当推进史无前例的反腐败斗争，我们党打出了一系列自我革命的“组合拳”，形成了一整套党自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高的制度规范。通过持之以恒正风肃纪反腐，以钉钉子精神纠治“四风”，坚定不移“打虎”“拍蝇”“猎狐”，刹住了一些长期没有刹住的歪风，纠治了一些多年未除的顽瘴痼疾，消除了党、国家、军队内部存在的严重隐患。党的十九届六中全会总结党的百年奋斗历史经验，其中一条就是坚持自我革命。习近平总书记在党的十九届六中全会第二次全体会议上的重要讲话更是振聋发聩、令人警醒：“在建党百年之际，我们要居安思危，时刻警惕我们这个百年大党会不会变得老态龙钟、疾病缠身。对党的历史上走过的弯路、经历的曲折不能健忘失忆，对中外政治史上那些安于现状、死于安乐的深刻教训不能健忘失忆；对自身存在的问题不能反应迟钝，处理动作慢腾腾、软绵绵，最终人亡政息！”2024年，全国纪检监察机关共立案87.7万件，处分88.9万人，其中包括省部级及以上干部73人。我们党重拳反腐、正风肃纪的力度令人震撼。实践证明，党的自我革命使我们赢得了确保党不变质、不变色、不变味的历史主动，赢得了党团结带领全体人民为强国建设、民族复兴伟业共同奋斗的历史主动。

Learning from history to understand rise and fall, and through study, thinking, and practice to discern prosperity and decline—drawing inspiration from historical experience to forge ahead and innovating theory on the basis of practical exploration, General Secretary Xi Jinping has continuously deepened his understanding of the laws of the Party’s self-building and long-term governance, continuously gained increasingly rich practical experience, and gradually formed Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution. As early as the meeting of the Standing Committee of the 18th Political Bureau with Chinese and foreign journalists, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Adhere to the Party governing the Party and strictly governing the Party, and effectively solve the prominent problems within the Party itself.” At the conference celebrating the 95th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The entire Party must use the political courage of self-revolution to focus on solving the prominent problems within the Party itself.” The report to the 19th National Congress of the CPC further made the important judgment that “being brave in self-revolution and strictly governing the Party is the most distinctive character of our Party.” At the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping systematically elucidated the rationale, confidence, and practical requirements of the Party’s self-revolution, centrally embodying the grasp of regularity, creativity, and enhanced effectiveness of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era, pointing the direction and path for striving to open up a new realm of self-revolution for the century-old Party.

以史为鉴知兴替，学思践悟明盛衰。在历史经验的启迪中开拓前进、在实践探索的基础上创新理论，习近平总书记不断深化对党的自身建设和长期执政的规律性认识，不断取得日益丰富的实践经验，逐步形成了习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想。早在十八届中共中央政治局常委同中外记者见面会上，习近平总书记就指出：“坚持党要管党、从严治党，切实解决自身存在的突出问题”。在庆祝中国共产党成立95周年大会上，习近平总书记指出：“全党要以自我革命的政治勇气，着力解决党自身存在的突出问题”。党的十九大报告进一步作出“勇于自我革命，从严管党治党，是我们党最鲜明的品格”的重要论断。习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委三次全会上系统阐明了党的自我革命的道理所在、底气所在和实践要求等，集中体现了新时代全面从严治党把握规律性、富于创造性、提高实效性，为奋力开辟百年大党自我革命新境界指明了方向和路径。

A Powerful Ideological Weapon for Fundamentally Solving the Unique Problems of a Large Marxist Party

根本解决马克思主义大党独有难题的强大思想武器

After more than a century of wind and rain, our Party remains forever young and vigorous, having developed into the world’s largest political party with over 99 million Party members, governing a large country of more than 1.4 billion people for a long time. Being large has its advantages, but also its difficulties. The report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC stated: “As the world’s largest Marxist ruling party, our Party must always maintain sobriety and determination in solving the unique problems of a large party to win the people’s support and consolidate its long-term ruling position.” At the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “How to always remain true to the original aspiration and founding mission, how to always unify thought, will, and action, how to always possess strong governing capacity and leadership level, how to always maintain the spirit of entrepreneurship and dedication, how to always promptly discover and solve problems within the Party itself, and how to always maintain a clean and upright political ecosystem—these are all unique problems that our large party must solve.” Solving these problems is a hurdle that must be crossed to fulfill the Party’s mission and tasks on the new journey of the New Era, and a hard bone that must be gnawed to adapt comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to new situations and requirements. Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution is a major achievement in theoretical innovation centered on solving these unique problems of a large party, adhering to the Two Integrations, and constitutes a systematic and complete theoretical system with a high degree of unity in politics, science, and practice.

历经百余年风雨沧桑，我们党永葆青春、风华正茂，已发展为一个党员规模达9900多万、在14亿多人口的大国长期执政的世界最大的政党。大有大的优势，也有大的难处。党的二十大报告提出：“我们党作为世界上最大的马克思主义执政党，要始终赢得人民拥护、巩固长期执政地位，必须时刻保持解决大党独有难题的清醒和坚定。”习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委二次全会上指出：“如何始终不忘初心、牢记使命，如何始终统一思想、统一意志、统一行动，如何始终具备强大的执政能力和领导水平，如何始终保持干事创业精神状态，如何始终能够及时发现和解决自身存在的问题，如何始终保持风清气正的政治生态，都是我们这个大党必须解决的独有难题。”解决这些难题，是实现新时代新征程党的使命任务必须迈过的一道坎，是全面从严治党适应新形势新要求必须啃下的硬骨头。习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想就是围绕解决这些大党独有难题，坚持“两个结合”，推进理论创新所取得的重大成果，构成一个政治性、科学性、实践性高度统一的系统完备的理论体系。

This important thought profoundly answers the major question of “why our Party must engage in self-revolution,” and specifies the fundamental task of ensuring that the Party forever retains its original aspiration and fulfills its founding mission. Marx and Engels believed: “Revolution is necessary, not only because there is no other way to overthrow the ruling class, but also because the class that overthrows the ruling class can only, in a revolution, rid itself of all the old filth and become capable of rebuilding society.” [6]6 The "Eight-Point Regulations" (八项规定) are a set of internal Party rules introduced in 2012 to curb extravagance and bureaucracy among officials. Our Party is both an active leader and practitioner of China’s advanced culture and a faithful inheritor and promoter of fine traditional Chinese culture. Only by examining itself with a dialectical materialist worldview, methodology, and a spirit of discarding the old and establishing the new, by warning itself with a strong sense of urgency, and by continuously improving its leadership and governance capabilities, can the Party ensure that it never deteriorates, changes its color, or loses its flavor, and can it lead the surging social revolution through a self-revolution that purifies the turbid and promotes the clear. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “As the situation, tasks, external environment, and the Party membership itself change, various contradictions and problems will inevitably arise within the Party. It is necessary to have the courage to turn the blade inward, promptly eliminate all kinds of negative influences, and ensure that the Party is always full of vigor and vitality.” [7]7 "The Two Upholds" (两个维护) refers to upholding General Secretary Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and upholding the Party Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership. Since the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has united and led the people to successfully advance and expand Chinese-path modernization, pushing the great social revolution forward. In this process, the leading role of the Party’s self-revolution in the great social revolution must be brought into play, driving the great social revolution from victory to new victories.

这一重要思想深刻回答我们党“为什么要自我革命”的重大问题，指明确保全党永葆初心、担当使命的根本任务。马克思恩格斯认为：“革命之所以必需，不仅是因为没有任何其他的办法能够推翻统治阶级，而且还因为推翻统治阶级的那个阶级，只有在革命中才能抛掉自己身上的一切陈旧的肮脏东西，才能胜任重建社会的工作。”我们党既是中国先进文化的积极引领者和践行者，又是中华优秀传统文化的忠实传承者和弘扬者，只有以唯物辩证的世界观、方法论和革故鼎新的精神审视自己，以强烈忧患意识警示自己，不断提高领导能力和执政水平，才能确保党始终不变质、不变色、不变味，并且以激浊扬清的自我革命引领波澜壮阔的社会革命。习近平总书记强调：“随着形势任务、外部环境变化和党员队伍自身变化，党内不可避免会出现各种矛盾和问题，必须以刀刃向内的勇气，及时消除各种消极影响，确保党始终充满蓬勃生机和旺盛活力。”新时代以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央团结带领人民成功推进和拓展中国式现代化，把伟大社会革命继续推向前进。在这一过程中必须发挥党的自我革命对伟大社会革命的引领作用，推动伟大社会革命不断从胜利走向新的胜利。

This important thought profoundly answers the major question of “why our Party is capable of self-revolution,” strengthening the entire Party’s confidence and determination to use the “second answer” [8]8 "The Four Consciousnesses" (四个意识) refers to the consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the central Party leadership. and solve the unique challenges facing a large party. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Looking at the world, no other political party takes its own construction as seriously as the Communist Party of China, or promotes self-revolution with such a high degree of consciousness, a scientific attitude, and a systematic approach. This is our Party’s significant advantage and the winning way to lead the times.” “The sea admits hundreds of rivers, its capacity is great; the cliff stands a thousand ren, its lack of desire makes it strong.” [9]9 "The Four Confidences" (四个自信) refers to confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Party’s nature, purpose, original aspiration, and founding mission determine that our Party has far-sighted vision and a broad mind, always represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, can uphold truth and correct errors, and can resist the “encirclement and hunting” [10]10 The Eight-Point Regulations: A set of rules issued by the CPC Central Committee in 2012 to curb extravagance and bureaucracy among Party officials. and corrosion of all interest groups, power blocs, and privileged strata. This is the distinctive character of our Party’s spirit of self-revolution, the internal cause and secret of its ability to always maintain its advanced nature and purity.

这一重要思想深刻回答我们党“为什么能自我革命”的重大问题，坚定全党用好“第二个答案”、解决大党独有难题的信心决心。习近平总书记指出：“放眼全世界，没有任何一个政党能像中国共产党如此严肃认真地对待自身建设，如此高度自觉地以科学的态度、体系化的方式推进自我革命，这是我们党的显著优势，也是引领时代的制胜之道。”“海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚。”党的性质宗旨、初心使命决定了我们党目光远大、胸怀宽广，始终代表最广大人民根本利益，能坚持真理、修正错误，能抵御一切利益集团、权势团体、特权阶层的“围猎”腐蚀。这是我们党具备自我革命精神的鲜明品格，始终保持先进性和纯洁性的内因和奥秘。

This important thought profoundly answers the major question of “how to advance self-revolution,” revealing the bright prospect for the Party to maintain its vitality and take the new road of the examination. [11]11 The “four forms of decadence” (四风): Formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, targets of the Party’s anti-corruption campaign. Only by understanding its principles can one grasp its methods; only by grasping its methods can one achieve good governance. The practical requirements put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping for deepening the Party’s self-revolution include

这一重要思想深刻回答我们党“怎样推进自我革命”的重大问题，展现党永葆生机活力、走好新的赶考之路的光明前景。知其理方能得其法，得其法方能善其治。习近平总书记对深入推进党的自我革命提出的实践要求，既有整体的顶层设计，又有具体的方法路径，构成一个科学规范、运行高效、功能齐全的动态系统，包括以坚持党中央集中统一领导为根本保证，以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的，以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为根本遵循，以跳出历史周期率为战略目标，以解决大党独有难题为主攻方向，以健全全面从严治党体系为有效途径，以锻造坚强组织、建设过硬队伍为重要着力点，以正风肃纪反腐为重要抓手，以自我监督和人民监督相结合为强大动力。习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委四次全会上强调：“要推进政治监督具体化、精准化、常态化”“要引导党员、干部把他律转化为自律，内化为日用而不觉的言行准则”“要深入推进风腐同查同治”“要强化全面从严治党主体责任和监督责任”“要持续推动全面从严治党向基层延伸”“要深化纪检监察体制改革”。只有准确把握这一系列实践要求，坚持用改革精神和严的标准管党治党，努力取得更大成效，才能确保党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心，推动中国式现代化行稳致远。

A Scientific Action Guide for Advancing Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party in Depth on the New Journey

新征程全面从严治党向纵深推进的科学行动指南

The Party’s self-revolution is not a temporary or partial expedient, but a strategic choice made from a long-term and overall perspective; the task is arduous and the prospects are bright. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized: “Our Party is a Marxist ruling party, but at the same time it is a Marxist revolutionary party” and “the longer it has been in power, the more it must not discard the true colors of a Marxist party, the more it must not forget the Party’s original aspiration and founding mission, and the more it must not lose the spirit of self-revolution.” [6]6 The "Eight-Point Regulations" (八项规定) are a set of internal Party rules introduced in 2012 to curb extravagance and bureaucracy among officials. On the new journey of the New Era, to deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution,

党的自我革命不是暂时局部的权宜之计，而是从长远全局上作出的战略抉择，任务艰巨、前景光明。习近平总书记强调：“我们党是马克思主义执政党，但同时是马克思主义革命党”“越是长期执政，越不能丢掉马克思主义政党的本色，越不能忘记党的初心使命，越不能丧失自我革命精神”。新时代新征程，深入学习贯彻习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，要做到知其言更知其义、知其然更知其所以然，深刻把握这一重要思想蕴含的道理学理哲理，掌握其精神实质和实践要求，把党的自我革命的思路举措搞得更加严密，把每条战线、每个环节的自我革命抓具体、抓深入，以永不懈怠、攻坚克难的精神把党的伟大自我革命进行到底。

Strengthen the main responsibility and supervisory responsibility for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Uphold the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee; maintaining a high degree of alignment with the Party Central Committee must be matched by action. Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is a complex and arduous systemic project. Party committees must take the initiative to grasp and manage it; discipline inspection commissions must fulfill their specialized supervisory duties, focus on their main responsibilities, and do their core work well. Each responsible subject must know its responsibilities, assume them, and fulfill them. Optimize the assessment mechanism for responsibility implementation, and conduct precise and scientific accountability for dereliction of duty. It is necessary to make political supervision concrete, precise, and routine, insist on taking the implementation of various decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee as the focus of political supervision, and jointly promote reform and tackling hard issues, and promote high-quality development. It is necessary to continuously push comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to the grassroots level. Party committees at all levels, especially municipal and county Party committees, must make rectifying unhealthy practices and corruption issues around the people a regular task, so that the common people can feel and see the results. Deepen the reform of the grassroots supervision system and mechanism, combine discipline inspection and supervision with grassroots inspections, and coordinate it with supervision from all sides. Implement the long-term mechanism for rectifying formalism and reducing burdens at the grassroots level, so that the vast number of grassroots cadres have more energy to focus on implementation.

强化全面从严治党主体责任和监督责任。坚持党中央集中统一领导，同党中央保持高度一致必须说到做到。全面从严治党是一项艰巨复杂的系统工程，党委要主动抓、主动管，纪委要把专责监督履行好，聚焦主责、干好主业，各责任主体都要知责、担责、履责；优化责任落实考评机制，对失职失责精准科学问责。要推进政治监督具体化、精准化、常态化，坚持把党中央各项决策部署落实情况作为政治监督重点，合力推动改革攻坚、促进高质量发展。要持续推动全面从严治党向基层延伸，各级党委特别是市县党委要把整治群众身边不正之风和腐败问题作为重要任务常态化地抓，让老百姓可感可及；深化基层监督体制机制改革，把纪检监察同对基层巡察结合起来、同各方面监督统筹起来；落实整治形式主义为基层减负长效机制，让广大基层干部有更多精力抓落实。

Strive to promote the improvement of the institutional normative system for the Party’s self-revolution. Closely adhere to the general requirements for Party building in the New Era, insist on full coverage in content, full coverage in targets, a complete chain of responsibilities, and full integration of systems. Adhere to governing the Party with institutions and regulations, improve the system of intra-Party regulations, and further form a virtuous cycle that relies on the Party’s own strength to discover problems, correct deviations, promote innovation, and achieve an overall improvement in governance capacity. Improve the supervision system that is under the unified leadership of the Party, covers all aspects, and is authoritative and efficient, and improve various systems for intra-Party supervision. Deepen the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, adhere to the combination of granting power and controlling power, and confine power to the cage of institutions. Consciously accept supervision by the people, and effectively integrate intra-Party supervision with state organ supervision, democratic supervision, judicial supervision, mass supervision, and public opinion supervision, achieving a benign interaction and mutual reinforcement between self-discipline and external discipline.

着力推动完善党的自我革命制度规范体系。紧扣新时代党的建设总要求，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，坚持制度治党、依规治党，完善党内法规制度体系，进一步形成依靠党的自身力量发现问题、纠正偏差、推动创新、实现执政能力整体性提升的良性循环。健全党统一领导、全面覆盖、权威高效的监督体系，完善党内监督各项制度。深化纪检监察体制改革，坚持授权和控权相结合，把权力关进制度的笼子。自觉接受人民监督，切实把党内监督同国家机关监督、民主监督、司法监督、群众监督、舆论监督贯通起来，实现自律和他律良性互动、相得益彰。

Persist in strengthening conduct and enforcing discipline with a strict tone. The issue of Party conduct concerns the Party’s survival or extinction. We must carry forward the Party’s glorious traditions and fine conduct, and encourage Party members and cadres to take the lead in going deep into investigation and research, doing solid work and seeking practical results. Always adhere to zero tolerance, treat the Eight-Point Regulations[10]10 The Eight-Point Regulations: A set of rules issued by the CPC Central Committee in 2012 to curb extravagance and bureaucracy among Party officials. as an iron rule and a hard constraint, seriously investigate and punish violations of discipline and the “four forms of decadence”[11]11 The “four forms of decadence” (四风): Formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, targets of the Party’s anti-corruption campaign. that are concealed or mutated, and urge Party members and cadres to resolutely oppose privilege-thinking and privilege-phenomena, and firmly establish a correct outlook on power, political performance, and career. Strengthening Party discipline building is a routine task; we must guide Party members and cadres to transform external discipline into self-discipline, internalizing it as a code of words and deeds that is used daily without conscious awareness. Establish a normalized and long-term disciplinary education mechanism, so that disciplinary education runs through the entire cycle of cadre growth and integrates into the entire process of organizational management. Strictly enforce Party discipline, accurately apply the “four forms”[12]12 The “four forms” (四种形态): A disciplinary framework ranging from criticism and education to severe punishment, used to handle violations of Party discipline., seek truth from facts, neither wrong the innocent nor let the guilty off, catch problems early and small, prevent trouble before it happens, unify strict management and supervision with encouraging responsibility and action, so that cadres can reform, innovate, and start undertakings while abiding by rules and discipline. Adhere to grasping Party spirit, conduct, and discipline together, consolidate the foundation from the ideological level, enhance Party spirit awareness, strengthen the ability to resist corruption and prevent degeneration, and cultivate a noble and upright spirit.

坚持以严的基调强化正风肃纪。党风问题关系党的生死存亡，要弘扬党的光荣传统和优良作风，推动党员、干部带头深入调查研究，真抓实干、务求实效。始终坚持零容忍，把中央八项规定作为铁规矩、硬杠杠，严肃查处顶风违纪、隐形变异的“四风”问题，督促党员、干部坚决反对特权思想和特权现象，树牢正确权力观、政绩观、事业观。加强党的纪律建设是一项经常性工作，要引导党员、干部把他律转化为自律，内化为日用而不觉的言行准则。建立常态化长效化的纪律教育机制，使纪律教育贯穿干部成长全周期、融入组织管理全过程。严格执行党的纪律，准确运用“四种形态”，实事求是、毋枉毋纵，抓早抓小、防微杜渐，把从严管理监督和鼓励担当作为统一起来，使干部在遵规守纪中改革创新、干事创业。坚持党性党风党纪一起抓，从思想上固本培元，提高党性觉悟，增强拒腐防变能力，涵养浩然正气。

Resolutely fight the tough, protracted, and overall battle against corruption. Corruption is the greatest threat our Party faces, and anti-corruption is the most thorough self-revolution. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “The current anti-corruption struggle situation remains severe and complex. The stock of corruption has not yet been cleared, and the increment continues to occur; the task of eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption remains arduous and heavy. To understand the anti-corruption struggle, one must have historical vision and strategic height, focusing on realizing the Party’s mission and tasks.” Always maintain a high-pressure stance against corruption, focus on key issues, key areas, and key targets, deepen the simultaneous investigation of bribery and bribe-taking, and resolutely eliminate systemic corruption risks and hidden dangers. Enhance the effectiveness of using cases to promote reform and governance, promote the improvement of mechanisms for restricting and supervising the allocation and operation of power, and enrich effective methods for preventing and combating new types of corruption and hidden corruption. Deepen international cooperation against corruption, and jointly build mechanisms for pursuing fugitives, preventing flight, and recovering stolen assets. Adhere to the integration of strengthening conduct, enforcing discipline, and fighting corruption, deeply promote the simultaneous investigation and joint governance of misconduct and corruption, use “simultaneous investigation” to severely punish intertwined misconduct and corruption issues, and use “joint governance” to eradicate the common roots of misconduct and corruption. Deepen the combination of treating symptoms and root causes, advance national anti-corruption legislation, strengthen the construction of a clean culture in the New Era, educate and guide the vast number of Party members and cadres to enhance the consciousness of not wanting to be corrupt, so that severe punishment, regulation of power, and education and guidance are closely combined and coordinated, continuously achieving more results and greater effectiveness in the fight against corruption.

坚决打好反腐败斗争攻坚战、持久战、总体战。腐败是我们党面临的最大威胁，反腐败是最彻底的自我革命。习近平总书记强调：“当前反腐败斗争形势仍然严峻复杂。腐败存量尚未清除，增量还在持续发生，铲除腐败滋生土壤和条件任务仍然艰巨繁重。认识反腐败斗争，一定要有历史眼光、战略高度，着眼于实现党的使命任务。”始终保持反腐败高压态势，对重点问题、重点领域、重点对象着重抓、着力查，深化受贿行贿一起查，坚决清除系统性腐败风险隐患。增强以案促改促治实效，推动完善权力配置运行的制约和监督机制，丰富防治新型腐败和隐性腐败有效办法。深化反腐败国际合作，一体构建追逃防逃追赃机制。坚持正风肃纪反腐相贯通，深入推进风腐同查同治，以“同查”严惩风腐交织问题，以“同治”铲除风腐共性根源。深化标本兼治，推进反腐败国家立法，加强新时代廉洁文化建设，教育引导广大党员、干部增强不想腐的自觉，使严厉惩治、规范权力、教育引导紧密结合、协调联动，不断取得反腐败更多成果和更大效能。

The strong pass is truly like iron, yet now we step over it from the start.[13]13 A line from Mao Zedong’s 1935 poem “Loushan Pass,” symbolizing overcoming great difficulties and starting anew. The current and future period is a critical period for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization, and the Party’s building and self-revolution face new situations and new tasks. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Only by daring to engage in self-revolution can we win historical initiative.” In the New Era and on the new journey, we must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee[14]14 The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee: A key meeting of the CPC Central Committee held in 2024, focusing on deepening reform and advancing Chinese-path modernization., deeply study and implement Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution, resolutely implement the strategic policy of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments[15]15 The Two Establishments: The establishment of Xi Jinping’s core position in the Party Central Committee and the establishment of the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era., consciously enhance the Four Consciousnesses[16]16 The Four Consciousnesses: Consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the central Party leadership., strengthen the Four Confidences[17]17 The Four Confidences: Confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics., and achieve the Two Upholds[18]18 The Two Upholds: Upholding Xi Jinping’s core position in the Party Central Committee and the whole Party, and upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee., with the tenacity and persistence of being forever on the road, deepen the Party’s self-revolution, and provide a strong guarantee for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization.

雄关漫道真如铁，而今迈步从头越。当前和今后一个时期是以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业的关键时期，党的建设和党的自我革命面临新形势新任务。习近平总书记强调：“我们只有勇于自我革命才能赢得历史主动。”新时代新征程，我们要坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，全面贯彻落实党的二十大和二十届二中、三中全会精神，深入学习贯彻习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，坚决落实全面从严治党战略方针，深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，自觉增强“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”、做到“两个维护”，以永远在路上的坚韧和执着把党的自我革命引向深入，为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供坚强保障。

(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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