Deeply Grasping That “the New Journey Is a New Long March”

In his important speech at the special seminar for principal leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial level on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The new journey is a new Long March.” [1]1 The Long March (1934–1935) was the strategic retreat and relocation of the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party, covering some 12,500 kilometers, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang forces. It is a foundational myth of the CPC, symbolizing endurance and revolutionary spirit. This is a major judgment based on the historical logic of our Party’s more than one hundred years of struggle, the practical logic of national rejuvenation, and the realistic logic of the development of the times. We must, grounded in the new missions and new requirements of the Party’s long-term governance, deeply grasp the contemporary connotations and practical requirements of “the new journey is a new Long March,” and take the new Long March road with firm conviction and courageous responsibility.

习近平总书记在省部级主要领导干部学习贯彻党的二十届四中全会精神专题研讨班上的重要讲话中指出：“新征程是新的长征”。这是基于我们党百余年奋斗的历史逻辑、民族复兴的实践逻辑和时代发展的现实逻辑作出的重大论断。我们要立足于党长期执政的新使命新要求，深刻把握“新征程是新的长征”的时代内涵和实践要求，以坚定的信念、勇毅的担当走好新的长征路。

“The new journey is a new Long March.” What is new lies in the new changes in the historical juncture in which we find ourselves, yet the ideological core of firm ideals and steadfast convictions remains consistent throughout.

“新征程是新的长征”，新就新在所处的历史方位有了新变化，但坚定理想、坚守信念的思想内核一以贯之

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Sincere belief in Marxism and firm ideals and convictions are the foundation of a Communist’s standing. Leading cadres must connect the Party’s historical mission with the responsibilities they bear, deepen theoretical study, strengthen self-examination, and become steadfast Marxists.” During the historical period of the Red Army’s Long March, China was in the dark depths of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, social crisis was everywhere, the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army were at a critical juncture, the Chinese revolution was at a critical juncture, and the Chinese nation was at a critical juncture. At that time, the Long March first had to solve the problem of whether the spark of revolution could be preserved and whether it could be spread. Its direct goal was to break through the enemy’s blockade, preserve revolutionary strength, and thereby find a path for China toward national independence and the liberation of the people, achieving national salvation from subjugation.

习近平总书记指出：“笃信马克思主义，坚定理想信念，是共产党人的立身之本。领导干部要联系党的历史使命和自己担负的责任，深化理论学习，加强自我省察，做坚定的马克思主义者。”红军长征的历史时期，中国处在半殖民地半封建社会的黑暗境地，社会危机四伏，中国共产党和红军到了危急关头，中国革命到了危急关头，中华民族到了危急关头。那时，长征首先要解决的是能不能保住革命的火种、能不能播撒革命的火种的问题，直接目标是突破敌人封锁、保存革命力量，进而为中国寻找一条民族独立、人民解放的道路，实现救亡图存。

By comparison, the historical juncture of the new Long March has already changed. Whether it is safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests within the complex international landscape, promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, or resolving the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development, promoting high-quality economic and social development, and advancing the realization of common prosperity, the historical tasks of the new Long March have acquired new and richer connotations. They bear the historical mission of achieving the Second Centenary Goal, [2]2 The Second Centenary Goal refers to the goal of building China into a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful by the middle of the 21st century (the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 2049). and the weight of the tasks and the degree of difficulty are also unprecedented.

相比之下，新长征的历史方位已经发生了变化。无论是在复杂的国际格局中维护国家主权、安全、发展利益，推动构建人类命运共同体，还是解决发展不平衡不充分问题，推动经济社会高质量发展，推动实现共同富裕，新长征的历史任务都有了新的更丰富的内涵，承载着实现第二个百年奋斗目标的历史使命，任务之重、难度之大也前所未有。

Although times have changed and the historical juncture in which our Party finds itself has undergone major changes, what remains unchanged is the Chinese Communists’ spirit of “placing the fundamental interests of the entire people and the Chinese nation above everything else, firmly believing in revolutionary ideals and convictions, and firmly believing in the inevitable victory of a just cause”; what remains unchanged is our Party’s original aspiration and founding mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. From fighting for national independence and the liberation of the people during the Long March era to creating an unstoppable bright prospect for national rejuvenation on the new journey, what changes are the specific practical scenarios of ideals and convictions; what remains unchanged is the spiritual foundation of “when there is faith in the heart, there is strength underfoot.” This is precisely the contemporary inheritance of the Long March spirit.

尽管时代变迁，我们党所处的历史方位发生了重大变化，但不变的是中国共产党人“把全国人民和中华民族的根本利益看得高于一切，坚定革命的理想和信念，坚信正义事业必然胜利的精神”，不变的是我们党为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴的初心使命。从长征时期为民族独立和人民解放而战，到新征程造就民族复兴势不可挡的光明前景，变化的是理想信念的具体实践场景，不变的是“心中有信仰，脚下有力量”的精神底色，这正是长征精神的当代传承。

To take the new Long March road well, the primary task lies in building a solid foundation of ideals and convictions, deeply studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era—the Marxism of contemporary China and of the twenty-first century—recognizing truth, mastering truth, believing in truth, and defending truth, deeply comprehending the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, [3]3 The Two Establishments refers to the establishment of strengthening the Four Consciousnesses, [4]4 The Chinese term 落脚点 (luòjiǎo diǎn) literally means “foothold” or “point of arrival”; in this context it is a standard Party formulation meaning the ultimate goal or final purpose of all work. consolidating the Four Confidences, [5] and achieving the Two Upholds. [6] Persist in the unity of knowledge and action, consistency between words and deeds, always maintain firmness and persistence in ideals and convictions, firmly establish a correct outlook on power, on political performance, and on career, maintain composure in the face of major political tests, bravely shoulder heavy burdens in urgent, difficult, dangerous, and arduous tasks, withstand the temptations of power, money, and sensual pleasure, endure hardship first and enjoy comfort later, use concrete actions to tirelessly strive for national prosperity, national rejuvenation, and the people’s happiness, and let the Long March spirit radiate new brilliance in the New Era and on the new journey.

走好新的长征路，首要任务在于筑牢理想信念根基，深入学习贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想这一当代中国马克思主义、二十一世纪马克思主义，认识真理，掌握真理，信仰真理，捍卫真理，深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，增强“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”、做到“两个维护”。坚持知行合一、言行一致，始终保持对理想信念的坚定和执着，牢固树立正确的权力观、政绩观、事业观，在重大政治考验面前保持定力，在急难险重任务面前勇挑重担，经得起权力、金钱、美色的诱惑，吃苦在前、享受在后，用实际行动为实现国家富强、民族振兴、人民幸福而不懈奋斗，让长征精神在新时代、新征程绽放新的光芒。

“The new journey is a new Long March.” What is new lies in the new expansion of the risks and challenges faced, shifting from the test of mainly facing “military encirclement and suppression” and “natural obstacles” to “multi-dimensional comprehensive gaming,” yet the distinctive trait of fearing no sacrifice and engaging in heroic struggle remains consistent throughout.

“新征程是新的长征”，新就新在面临的风险挑战有了新拓展，从主要面临“军事围堵”和“自然险阻”的考验变为“多维综合博弈”，但不怕牺牲、英勇斗争的鲜明特质一以贯之

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Faced with external suppression and containment, faced with deep-seated contradictions and problems in economic and social development, faced with various unhealthy tendencies and evil practices, all Party comrades, especially leading cadres, must step forward and meet difficulties head-on, dare to struggle and be good at struggle, solidly prepare strategies and measures, promptly and decisively eliminate risks and hidden dangers, and strive to transform unfavorable factors into favorable conditions for defeating the enemy.” The main challenges faced by the Red Army during the Long March were “military encirclement and suppression” and “natural obstacles.” The bloody battle at the Xiang River, the four crossings of the Chishui River, the clever crossing of the Jinsha River, the forced crossing of the Dadu River, and the capture of the Luding Bridge were all direct contests of life and death. At the same time, the Long March also had to contend with natural environmental tests such as snowy mountains, grasslands, and disease epidemics. The challenges faced by the Red Army at that time were concentrated at the military and natural environment levels, possessing obvious characteristics of confrontation and regionality; they were a direct contest between revolutionary forces and reactionary forces.

习近平总书记强调：“面对外部打压遏制，面对经济社会发展中的深层次矛盾和问题，面对各种歪风邪气，全党同志特别是领导干部要挺身而出、迎难而上，敢于斗争、善于斗争，扎实储备谋略举措，及时果断消除风险隐患，努力把不利因素转化为克敌制胜的有利条件。”红军长征面临的主要挑战是“军事围堵”和“自然险阻”。血战湘江、四渡赤水、巧渡金沙江、强渡大渡河、飞夺泸定桥等，都是生与死的直接较量。同时，长征途中还要面对雪山草地、疾病流行等自然环境的考验。红军当时面临的挑战集中在军事和自然环境层面，具有明显的对抗性和地域性特征，是革命力量与反动力量之间的直接较量。

The risks and challenges faced by the new Long March are no longer a “single military encirclement and suppression,” but have expanded into “multi-dimensional comprehensive gaming,” covering multiple fields such as economy, politics, science and technology, culture, military affairs, and ecology. From an international perspective, the world’s changes unseen in a century are accelerating, unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise, and anti-China forces are carrying out all-round encirclement, containment, and suppression of our country, attempting to delay or even block the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. From a domestic perspective, reform has entered the deep-water zone, deep-seated contradictions and problems are gradually emerging, the tasks of reform, development, and maintaining stability are arduous and heavy, Chinese-path modernization has no ready-made experience to follow, and problems in various fields such as development models, institutional mechanisms, and scientific and technological innovation are intertwined and mutually influential—“pulling one hair moves the whole body”—and the comprehensiveness, complexity, and severity of risks and challenges are unprecedented. These risks and challenges are more concealed, long-term, and complex than those faced during the Long March, and they constitute a major test of our Party’s ability to govern the country.

新长征面临的风险挑战，不再是“单一军事围堵”，而是拓展为“多维综合博弈”，涵盖经济、政治、科技、文化、军事、生态等多领域。从国际看，世界百年变局加速演进，单边主义、保护主义抬头，反华势力对我国进行全方位围堵、遏制、打压，企图迟滞甚至阻断中华民族伟大复兴历史进程。从国内看，改革进入深水区，深层次矛盾和问题逐渐显现，改革发展稳定的任务艰巨繁重，中国式现代化没有现成经验可循，发展方式、体制机制、科技创新等各领域问题相互交织、相互影响，“牵一发而动全身”，风险挑战的综合性、复杂性、严峻性前所未有。这些风险挑战比长征时面临的风险挑战更具隐蔽性、长期性、复杂性，是对我们党治国理政能力的重大考验。

Although the challenges and circumstances faced on the new journey are becoming increasingly complex, what remains unchanged is the will to struggle in the Long March spirit of “fearing no difficulties or hardships, and sparing no sacrifice,” which is an important magic weapon for our Party to overcome all difficulties and obstacles. From the military struggle during the Long March to the multi-dimensional comprehensive gaming on the new journey, what changes are the forms, fields, and targets of struggle; what remains unchanged is the will to struggle of “the more dangerous the situation, the more forward one advances.” This is precisely the most powerful contemporary manifestation of the Long March spirit.

尽管在新征程上面临的挑战和形势变得愈发复杂，但不变的是长征精神中“不怕任何艰难险阻，不惜付出一切牺牲”的斗争意志，这是我们党战胜一切艰难险阻的重要法宝。从长征时的军事斗争到新征程的多维综合博弈，变的是斗争的形式、领域和对象，不变的是“越是艰险越向前”的斗争意志，这正是长征精神最具力量的当代彰显。

To take the new Long March road well, we must strengthen the will to struggle, always place the people’s interests in the highest position, dare to face difficulties and step forward in the face of all kinds of obstacles on the road ahead, so as not to flinch in the face of contradictions, not to fear in the face of challenges, not to retreat in the face of difficulties, and at critical moments and times of crisis to be able to come forward, rise to the occasion, and withstand the test. Continuously enhance the ability to struggle, pay attention to strategic methods, stress the art of struggle, take the initiative to go to the grassroots frontline and arduous posts to temper the will and increase skills, continuously improve the ability to respond to risks and challenges and solve complex problems in practice, and with fearless spirit of sacrifice and firm mission responsibility, cross one “Loushan Pass” and “Lazikou” after another on the new Long March road. [7]

走好新的长征路，必须坚定斗争意志，始终把人民利益放在最高位置，面对前进路上的各种艰难险阻敢于迎难而上、挺身而出，做到矛盾面前不躲闪，挑战面前不畏惧，困难面前不退缩，在关键时刻和危急关头豁得出来、顶得上去、经得住考验。不断提升斗争本领，注重策略方法，讲求斗争艺术，主动到基层一线、艰苦岗位锤炼意志、增长才干，在实践中不断提高应对风险挑战、解决复杂问题的能力，以无畏的牺牲精神和坚定的使命担当，在新的长征路上跨越一个又一个“娄山关”“腊子口”。

“The new journey is a new Long March.” What is new lies in the new transformation of the main method of advancement, shifting from “armed struggle” to “comprehensively deepening reform,” yet the spirit of adhering to independence and self-reliance, seeking truth from facts, and proceeding from reality in everything remains consistent throughout.

“新征程是新的长征”，新就新在推进的主要方式有了新转变，从“武装斗争”变为“全面深化改革”，而坚持独立自主、实事求是，一切从实际出发的精神一以贯之

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Adhering to proceeding from reality in everything is the starting point and foothold for us to consider problems, make decisions, and handle affairs.” As an important component of the Chinese revolution, the main method by which the Red Army advanced the Long March was “armed struggle.” The Red Army broke through enemy blockades and preserved revolutionary strength through flexible and mobile strategic tactics. The practical path at that time was primarily based on military operations, revolving around organizing campaigns, implementing breakthroughs and transfers, etc., and the method of advancement had a military and combative character.

习近平总书记指出：“坚持一切从实际出发，是我们想问题、作决策、办事情的出发点和落脚点。”作为中国革命的重要组成部分，红军长征推进的主要方式是“武装斗争”。红军通过灵活机动的战略战术突破敌人封锁线，保存革命力量。当时的实践路径以军事行动为主，围绕组织战役、实施突围和转移等展开，推进方式具有军事性和斗争性。

With the transformation of the principal contradiction in our society, the main method of advancing the new Long March has shifted from “armed struggle” to “comprehensively deepening reform,” using comprehensively deepening reform as a powerful driving force for advancing the cause’s development. Entering the New Era, the principal contradiction in our society has transformed into the contradiction between the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. To resolve this contradiction, we must adopt the method of comprehensively deepening reform, promoting development through reform, seeking breakthroughs through innovation, breaking down institutional and mechanistic obstacles, and stimulating the vitality of development across the entire society.

随着我国社会主要矛盾的转化，新长征推进的主要方式从“武装斗争”转变为“全面深化改革”，以全面深化改革作为推进事业发展的强大动力。进入新时代，我国社会主要矛盾已经转化为人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾，解决这一矛盾，必须通过全面深化改革这一方式，以改革促发展、以创新求突破，破除体制机制障碍，激发全社会发展活力。

Although the practical path is constantly being innovated, what remains unchanged is the spirit of the Long March that insists on independence and self-reliance, seeking truth from facts, and proceeding from reality in everything. This is an important methodology for advancing the cause of the Party and the state in the New Era and on the new journey. From the strategic adjustment of armed struggle during the Red Army’s Long March to the top-level design of comprehensive and deepening reform in the New Era, what changes is the mode of practice that adapts to the needs of the times; what remains unchanged is the mode of thought that proceeds from reality in everything, links theory with practice, and seeks truth from facts. This is precisely the practical guidance of the Long March spirit in the New Era.

尽管实践路径不断创新，但不变的是长征精神中坚持独立自主、实事求是，一切从实际出发的精神，这是我们在新时代、新征程推进党和国家事业发展的重要方法论。从红军长征中武装斗争的战略调整到新时代全面深化改革的顶层设计，变的是适应时代需求的实践方式，不变的是一切从实际出发、理论联系实际、实事求是的思想方法，这正是长征精神在新时代的实践指引。

To walk the new Long March well, we must always adhere to the Party’s ideological line, insist on proceeding from reality in everything, resolutely oppose formalism and bureaucracy, go deep into the grassroots and the masses, conduct in-depth investigation and research, ascertain the true situation, identify the crux of problems, and solve difficulties. We must uphold independence and self-reliance, place the development of the country and the nation on the basis of our own strength, insist that China’s affairs must be decided and handled by the Chinese people themselves, learn from and draw on the outstanding achievements of human civilization without copying or imitating the development models of other countries, firmly take the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and firmly grasp the initiative in development. We must emphasize reality, speak the truth, do practical things, seek practical results, and implement work with the spirit of driving the nail [n], ensuring that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee take root, blossom, and bear fruit, so that the spirit of seeking truth from facts radiates new vitality and vigor in the New Era and on the new journey.

走好新的长征路，必须始终坚持党的思想路线，坚持一切从实际出发，坚决反对形式主义、官僚主义，深入基层、深入群众，深入开展调查研究，摸清实情、找准症结、破解难题。坚持独立自主，把国家和民族发展放在自己力量的基点上，坚持中国的事情必须由中国人民自己作主张、自己来处理，既学习借鉴人类文明优秀成果，又不照搬照抄他国发展模式，坚定走中国特色社会主义道路，牢牢掌握发展的主动权。坚持重实际、说实话、办实事、求实效，以钉钉子精神抓好工作落实，确保党中央各项决策部署落地生根、开花结果，让实事求是精神在新时代、新征程焕发出新的生机与活力。

“The new journey is a new Long March.” What is new lies in the new requirements for strengthening the Party’s self-construction, but the sobriety and resolve to sit for the examination [n] remain consistent.

“新征程是新的长征”，新就新在加强党的自身建设有了新要求，但赶考的清醒和坚定一以贯之

General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized: “The entire Party must forever maintain the sobri

习近平总书记强调：“全党必须永葆赶考的清醒和坚定，以健全全面从严治党体系为有效途径，不断把新时代党的建设新的伟大工程推向前进。”红军长征是党领导革命武装的一次战略转移，更是党在革命战争年代的一个重大课题，解答的是如何在生死考验中保持党的先进性和纯洁性、如何领导红军取得革命胜利、如何赢得人民群众的拥护和支持。红军长征的胜利，标志着党顺利通过了这场考验，证明我们党是能够在极端艰难条件下保持先进性和纯洁性、领导人民取得胜利的马克思主义政党。其中的经验，成为党加强自身建设的宝贵财富，为党后续的“进京赶考”、长期执政奠定了坚实的政治基础、思想基础、理论基础。

The new Long March is the Party’s “governing examination” under conditions of long-term governance. The examination tests how to maintain the Party’s advanced nature and purity, how to improve the Party’s governing capacity and leadership level, and how to always win the people’s support and consolidate its long-term governing position. This governing examination concerns the future and destiny of the Party and the state, and concerns the overall strategy for national rejuvenation. Since the New Era, whether it is preventing the degeneration and corruption of Party members and cadres under conditions of a continuously expanding Party membership, responding to the arduous and heavy tasks of reform, development and maintaining stability, or, amid profoundly changed social structures and profoundly adjusted patterns of interests, maintaining the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the masses, or forcefully and effectively responding to the suppression and containment by anti-China forces and safeguarding the Party’s governing security — all these have posed unprecedented and severe tests for the Party’s long-term governance. Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is always on the way; this “governing examination” is always in progress. From the tests of the revolutionary war era to the “governing examination,” the examination questions change constantly as historical conditions change, but our Party’s sobriety in taking the examination, its resolve in taking the examination, and its original aspiration in taking the examination have never changed. This is the key to our Party’s ability to always maintain its advanced nature and purity and to continuously march from victory to victory.

新长征是党在长期执政条件下的“执政赶考”，考的是如何保持党的先进性和纯洁性，如何提高党的执政能力和领导水平，如何始终赢得人民拥护、巩固长期执政地位。这场赶考关乎党和国家前途命运，关乎民族复兴战略全局。新时代以来，无论是在队伍规模不断扩大条件下防止党员干部腐化变质，应对艰巨繁重的改革发展稳定任务，还是在深刻变化的社会结构与深刻调整的利益格局中密切党同人民群众的血肉联系，有力有效应对反华势力打压遏制，维护党的执政安全，都对党的长期执政提出前所未有的严峻考验。全面从严治党永远在路上，这场“执政赶考”只有进行时。从革命战争年代考验到“执政赶考”，考的题目随历史条件变化而不断变化，但我们党赶考的清醒、赶考的坚定、赶考的初心始终未变，这是我们党能够始终保持先进性和纯洁性、不断从胜利走向胜利的关键所在。

To walk the new Long March well, we must always maintain the sobriety and resolve of taking the governing examination, with the persistence that comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is always on the way, and with higher standards and more concrete measures to advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, ensuring that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must strengthen the consciousness of the overall situation, resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, ensure that orders are carried out and actions are coordinated, consciously prevent and oppose individualism, decentralism, liberalism, and departmentalism, and strive to win glory for the whole while contributing to one’s own domain. We must strengthen discipline education, intensify discipline enforcement, so that Party members and cadres know what to revere, maintain vigilance, and guard the bottom line, get used to working and living in an environment of supervision and restraint, and guide Party members and cadres to truly transform disciplinary rules into ideological consciousness, political consciousness, and action consciousness.

走好新的长征路，必须始终保持赶考的清醒和坚定，以全面从严治党永远在路上的执着，以更高标准、更实举措推进全面从严治党，确保党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心。增强大局意识，坚决贯彻落实党中央决策部署，做到令行禁止、步调一致，自觉防止和反对个人主义、分散主义、自由主义、本位主义，做到既为一域争光，又为全局添彩。加强纪律教育，强化纪律执行，让党员、干部知敬畏、存戒惧、守底线，习惯在受监督和约束的环境中工作生活，引导党员、干部真正把纪律规矩转化为思想自觉、政治自觉、行动自觉。

“The new journey is a new Long March.” What is new is that adhering to the fundamental purpose of serving the people has gained new connotations, while the value foundation of everything for the people and relying on the people in everything remains consistent.

“新征程是新的长征”，新就新在坚持为民宗旨有了新内涵，而一切为了人民、一切依靠人民的价值底色一以贯之

General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: “We must always share the same hardships and joys with the people, be heart-to-heart with the people, think what the people think, do what the people ask, and constantly turn the people’s longing for a better life into reality.” The Long March was a people’s war. The fundamental reason why the Red Army could achieve victory under extremely difficult conditions was that it firmly relied on the people. At that time, serving the people was focused on the most urgent survival needs, emphasizing the resolution of existential crises and the guarantee of basic livelihood, reflecting the urgent mission of saving the people from distress in the revolutionary era. The masses always regarded the Red Army as their own army and gave the Red Army their greatest support and help. It was precisely this flesh-and-blood bond of sharing life and death, weal and woe, with the people that enabled the Red Army to gain the support and endorsement of the people under extremely difficult conditions, to obtain a steady stream of strength, and ultimately to achieve the great victory of the Long March, which also laid a solid mass foundation for the victory of the Chinese revolution.

习近平总书记指出：“我们要始终与人民风雨同舟、与人民心心相印，想人民之所想，行人民之所嘱，不断把人民对美好生活的向往变为现实。”长征是一场人民战争，红军之所以能够在极端艰难的条件下取得胜利，根本原因在于紧紧依靠人民。当时，为民服务聚焦于最迫切的生存需求，重在解除生存危机、保障基本生活，体现的是革命年代救民于危难的紧迫使命。人民群众始终把红军当作自己的队伍，给予红军最大的支持和帮助。正是这种与人民群众生死相依、患难与共的鱼水深情，让红军在极端艰难的条件下得到人民群众的支持和拥护，获得源源不断的力量，最终取得长征伟大胜利，也为中国革命的胜利奠定了坚实群众基础。

On the new Long March, our Party’s fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly has gained new connotations, expanding from guaranteeing basic survival to responding to the people’s hope for a better life. The people expect better housing, more convenient transportation, safer food, fairer education, higher-quality medical care, more comfortable elderly care, richer cultural products, more effective social governance, and a more livable ecological environment. Realizing a high-quality life has become the common aspiration of the people on the new journey.

新的长征路上，我们党全心全意为人民服务的根本宗旨有了新内涵，从保障基本生存，进一步丰富为回应美好生活之盼。人民期待有更优质的住房、更便捷的交通、更安全的食品、更公平的教育、更优质的医疗、更舒心的养老、更丰富的文化产品、更有效的社会治理、更宜居的生态环境。实现高品质生活成为新征程上人民的共同诉求。

Although the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly has added new connotations, our Party’s value foundation of everything for the people and relying on the people in everything has never changed, and its fine tradition of sharing hardships with the masses has never changed. The Party always takes realizing, safeguarding, and developing the fundamental interests of the broadest majority of the people as the starting point and落脚点 [4]4 The Chinese term 落脚点 (luòjiǎo diǎn) literally means “foothold” or “point of arrival”; in this context it is a standard Party formulation meaning the ultimate goal or final purpose of all work. of all its work, takes benefiting the people as its greatest political performance, and always stands with the people, thinks with the people, and works with the people. This is the fundamental guarantee for the Party and the Red Army to achieve victory in the Long March, and it is the reason why the Party can win the people’s endorsement and why socialism with Chinese characteristics can win the people’s support.

尽管全心全意为人民服务的根本宗旨增添了新内涵，但我们党一切为了人民、一切依靠人民的价值底色从未改变，同人民群众同甘共苦的优良作风从未改变，党始终把实现好、维护好、发展好最广大人民根本利益作为一切工作的出发点和落脚点，把为民造福作为最大的政绩，始终和人民站在一起、想在一起、干在一起。这是党和红军取得长征胜利的根本保证，是党能够得到人民拥护、中国特色社会主义能够得到人民支持的原因所在。

To walk the new Long March well, we must establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, always place the people’s interests in the highest position, insist on development for the people, development relying on the people, and development achievements shared by the people, respect the people’s principal position and their pioneering spirit, fully mobilize the people’s enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity, and enable the people to become participants, builders, and beneficiaries of the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. We must go deep into the grassroots and among the masses, listen to the voices of the masses, understand their needs, solve their urgent, difficult, and anxious problems, and continuously enhance the people’s sense of gain, happiness, and security. We must always maintain the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the masses, always maintain the style of modesty, prudence, and hard struggle, always share hardships and strive side by side with the masses, and always accept the criticism and supervision of the masses, so that our Party will forever win the trust and endorsement of the people, and our cause will forever have an inexhaustible source of strength.

走好新的长征路，必须树立和践行正确政绩观，坚持以人民为中心的发展思想，始终把人民利益放在最高位置，坚持发展为了人民、发展依靠人民、发展成果由人民共享，尊重人民群众的主体地位和首创精神，充分调动人民群众的积极性、主动性、创造性，让人民群众成为强国建设、民族复兴伟业的参与者、建设者、受益者。深入基层、深入群众，倾听群众呼声，了解群众需求，解决群众急难愁盼问题，不断增强人民群众的获得感、幸福感、安全感。始终保持党同人民群众的血肉联系，始终保持谦虚谨慎、艰苦奋斗的作风，始终与人民群众同甘共苦、并肩奋斗，始终接受人民群众的批评和监督，使我们党永远赢得人民群众的信任和拥护，使我们的事业始终拥有不竭力量源泉。

(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the CPC.)

（作者为中央党史和文献研究院研究员）