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The Great Significance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building

中国社会科学院党组:习近平党建思想的重大意义

· · Research Highlights · Party Building Research, 2026, no. 7 · 14 min read

Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building is an important component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Through a series of major original achievements, it makes a major original contribution to the development of Marxist Party-building theory, provides the fundamental guidance for deeply advancing the great new project of Party building in the New Era, provides the action guide for forging the world’s strongest Marxist ruling party, and contributes Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the advancement of inter-party exchanges and global governance. It marks a new height in our Party’s understanding of the laws governing the exercise of power by a communist party and the laws of the Party’s own construction, and has great theoretical, practical, historical, and global significance.

习近平党建思想是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的重要组成部分,以一系列重大原创性成果为发展马克思主义建党学说作出重大原创性贡献,为深入推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程提供了根本遵循,为锻造世界上最强大的马克思主义执政党提供了行动指南,为推进世界政党交往和全球治理贡献了中国智慧、中国方案,标志着我们党对共产党执政规律和党自身建设规律的认识达到新高度,具有重大的理论意义、实践意义、历史意义、世界意义。

I. Theoretical Significance: Making a Major Original Contribution to the Development of Marxist Party-Building Theory

一、理论意义:为发展马克思主义建党学说作出重大原创性贡献

Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building is a systematic, complete, logically rigorous, rich in content, and profoundly broad organic whole. It is a concentrated summary of Xi Jinping’s landmark and guiding new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies concerning Party building in the New Era. It scientifically answers major questions concerning the direction, fundamentals, overall situation, and strategy of Party building in the New Era, and makes a major original contribution to the development of Marxist Party-building theory.

习近平党建思想是一个系统完整、逻辑严密、内容丰富、博大精深的有机整体,是对习近平总书记关于新时代党的建设具有标志性引领性的新理念新思想新战略的集中概括,科学回答了事关新时代党的建设方向性、根本性、全局性、战略性的重大问题,为发展马克思主义建党学说作出重大原创性贡献。

It pioneeringly elucidates the fundamental principles and basic laws of Party building in the New Era. Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building deeply grasps the most essential characteristic of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the greatest strength of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. It creatively puts forward a series of major judgments, such as that the Communist Party of China is the highest political leadership force and that upholding the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is the highest principle of Party leadership. It profoundly reveals the leadership status and important positioning of the Communist Party of China, elucidates the foundation and advantages of China’s political system, and the inherent unity between Party leadership and socialism with Chinese characteristics. This enriches and develops Marxist theory on Party leadership, consolidates the theoretical foundation for upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership, and greatly enhances confidence in the system.

开创性阐明新时代党的建设的根本原则和基本规律。习近平党建思想深刻把握中国特色社会主义最本质的特征和中国特色社会主义制度的最大优势,创造性提出中国共产党是最高政治领导力量,坚持党中央集中统一领导是党的领导的最高原则等一系列重大判断,深刻揭示了中国共产党的领导地位和重要定位,阐明了我国政治制度的根基和优势、党的领导和中国特色社会主义的内在统一性,丰富和发展了马克思主义政党领导理论,夯实了坚持和加强党的全面领导的理论基础,极大地增强了制度自信。

It originally puts forward a series of innovative, strategic, and landmark new propositions, new categories, and new concepts. As the chapter on Party building within Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building marks the formation of a more distinctive ideological identity and systematic form for the theory of Party building in the New Era. It creatively puts forward the major proposition of remaining true to the original aspiration and founding mission, pointing out that the original aspiration and mission of Chinese Communists is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, providing inexhaustible motivation and ideological guidance for the whole Party to forge ahead courageously. It creatively puts forward new theses such as that the Party’s political construction is the fundamental construction of the Party, expands the overall layout of Party building, profoundly elucidates the commanding status of the Party’s political construction, points the way for upholding and strengthening the essential attributes of a Marxist party, and provides a powerful weapon for maintaining the Party’s unity and solidarity. It creatively puts forward that the “Two Integrations” [1]1 This refers to the “Four Greats” (四个伟大): the great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream, which are a set of strategic tasks for the Party in the New Era. are the fundamental path for adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, deepens the understanding of the laws governing the innovative development of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, and guides the whole Party in consolidating the soul and forging unity with the Party’s innovative theory. It creatively puts forward the Party’s organizational line for the New Era, making the first comprehensive and systematic summary of the Party’s organizational line in the history of Marxist Party building, and expands and forms a new pattern for the work of Party organizational construction. It creatively puts forward the general requirements for Party building in the New Era, elucidating the guidelines, main lines, overall layout, goals, and their interrelationships for Party building in the New Era, making a top-level design and pointing out the direction and tasks for advancing the great new project of Party building in the New Era.

原创性提出一系列具有创新性、战略性、标志性的新命题、新范畴、新理念。作为习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的党建篇,习近平党建思想标志着新时代党的建设理论形成更加鲜明的思想标识和体系形态。创造性提出不忘初心、牢记使命重大命题,指出中国共产党人的初心和使命就是为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴,为全党奋勇前行提供了不竭动力和思想指引。创造性提出党的政治建设是党的根本性建设等新论断,拓展了党的建设总体布局,深刻阐明了党的政治建设的统领地位,为坚持和强化马克思主义政党的本质属性指明了路径,为维护党的团结统一提供了有力武器。创造性提出“两个结合”是马克思主义中国化时代化的根本途径,深化了对马克思主义中国化时代化创新发展规律的认识,引领全党用党的创新理论凝心铸魂。创造性提出新时代党的组织路线,在马克思主义政党建设史上第一次对党的组织路线作出全面系统概括,拓展形成党的组织建设工作的新格局。创造性提出新时代党的建设总要求,阐明了新时代党的建设的方针、主线、总体布局、目标及相互关系,为推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程作出顶层设计、指明方向任务。

It forms a scientific methodological system for Party building in the New Era. Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building adheres to and applies the Marxist stance, viewpoint, and method, systematically summarizes the practical experience of Party building, and forms a series of scientific methodologies. For example, it adheres to combining ideological Party building with institutional governance of the Party, combining grasping the “key minority” [2]2 The “Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy” (四个全面) is a strategic layout proposed by Xi Jinping, comprising comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society, comprehensively deepening reform, comprehensively governing the country according to law, and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. with managing the “vast majority,” combining strict management with care and love, and balancing incentives with constraints, combining intra-Party supervision with mass supervision, combining law-based governance with rule-based governance of the Party, jointly addressing Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline, and promoting the integrated advancement of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt. These provide powerful ideological weapons for managing the Party effectively, governing the Party forcefully, and building the Party efficiently.

形成新时代党的建设的科学方法论体系。习近平党建思想坚持和运用马克思主义的立场观点方法,系统总结党的建设实践经验,形成了一系列科学方法论。例如,坚持思想建党和制度治党相结合,坚持抓“关键少数”和管“绝大多数”相结合,坚持严管厚爱结合、激励约束并重,坚持党内监督和群众监督相统一,坚持依法治国与依规治党相统一,坚持党性党风党纪一起抓,坚持不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐一体推进,等等,为管党有方、治党有力、建党有效提供了有力思想武器。

II. Practical Significance: Forging the World’s Strongest Marxist Ruling Party

二、实践意义:锻造世界上最强大的马克思主义执政党

Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building is the fundamental guidance for strengthening Party building in the New Era. With more scientific, more rigorous, and more effective ideas and measures, it continuously promotes comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in depth, significantly enhances the Party’s political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal, makes the Party stronger, more powerful, and more vibrant through revolutionary tempering, and forges the world’s strongest Marxist ruling party.

习近平党建思想,是加强新时代党的建设的根本遵循,以更加科学、更加严密、更加有效的思路举措,不断推动全面从严治党向纵深发展,推动党的政治领导力、思想引领力、群众组织力、社会号召力显著增强,党在革命性锻造中更加坚强有力、更加充满活力,锻造了世界上最强大的马克思主义执政党。

It upholds and strengthens the Party’s overall leadership, promoting the Party’s leadership system to become more mature and complete. Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building clearly states that the Party’s leadership is comprehensive, systematic, and holistic, and must be implemented comprehensively, systematically, and holistically across all fields, aspects, and links of managing the Party, governing the country, and administering state affairs. It actively promotes the reform of Party and state institutions, and continuously improves the Party’s leadership system. Guided by Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building, the problems of weakened, hollowed-out, and diluted Party leadership have been fundamentally reversed, the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee have been comprehensively strengthened, the Party’s core leadership role in overseeing the overall situation and coordinating all parties has been fully exerted, and the whole Party has formed a political situation of being loyal to the core, embracing the core, safeguarding the core, and defending the core.

坚持和加强党的全面领导,推动党的领导制度体系更加成熟完善。习近平党建思想鲜明提出党的领导是全面的、系统的、整体的,必须全面、系统、整体加以落实,把党的领导落实到管党治党、治国理政各领域各方面各环节,并积极推进党和国家机构改革,不断完善党的领导制度体系。在习近平党建思想指引下,党的领导弱化、虚化、淡化问题得到根本扭转,党中央权威和集中统一领导得到全面强化,党总揽全局、协调各方的领导核心作用充分发挥,全党形成了忠诚核心、拥戴核心、维护核心、捍卫核心的政治局面。

It adheres to taking the Party’s political construction as the guide, promoting the continuous improvement of the intra-Party political ecosystem. Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building adheres to taking the Party’s political construction as the guide, promoting the whole Party to strictly observe political discipline and political rules, strengthening political supervision, deepening political inspections, resolutely preventing and governing the “seven issues,” [3]3 See note [1]. resolutely eliminating double-dealers and two-faced factions in politics, and continuously purifying the intra-Party political ecosystem. Guided by Xi Jinping’s thought on Party building, the whole Party continuously strengthens the “Four Consciousnesses,” [4]4 The “Four Tests” (四大考验) refer to the tests of governance, reform and opening up, the market economy, and the external environment. consolidates the “Four Confidences,” [5]5 The “Four Dangers” (四种危险) refer to the dangers of mental slackness, incompetence, disengagement from the people, and corruption. and achieves the “Two Upholds,” [6]6 The “examination-taking” mentality (赶考) is a metaphor used by the CPC, originating from Mao Zedong’s reference to the Party’s entry into Beijing in 1949 as “going to the capital to take an examination,” implying a constant sense of responsibility and vigilance. reaching a new height in the Party’s unity and solidarity.

坚持以党的政治建设为统领,推动党内政治生态持续向好。习近平党建思想坚持以党的政治建设为统领,推动全党严明政治纪律和政治规矩,强化政治监督、深化政治巡视,坚决防止和治理“七个有之”,坚决清除政治上的两面人、两面派,不断净化党内政治生态。在习近平党建思想指引下,全党不断增强“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”、做到“两个维护”,党的团结统一达到新高度。

It adheres to using the Party’s innovative theory to consolidate the soul and forge unity, promoting the whole Party’s thinking to become more unified and its convictions more steadfast

坚持用党的创新理论凝心铸魂,推动全党思想更加统一、信念更加坚定。习近平党建思想坚持以党的创新理论武装全党,把坚持不忘初心、牢记使命作为加强党的建设的永恒课题和全体党员干部的终身课题,持续加强党性教育和理想信念教育,不断推动党内集中教育实现制度化、常态化、长效化。在习近平党建思想指引下,广大党员干部不断增强宗旨意识和使命意识,筑牢信仰之基、补足精神之钙、把稳思想之舵,凝聚起锐意进取、开拓创新的强大精神力量。

Persist in promoting the thorough implementation of the Party’s organizational line for the New Era and the practice of the standards for good officials of the New Era throughout the Party. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building clearly takes enhancing organizational effectiveness as the focal point, strengthening the political and organizational functions of Party organizations, improving an organizational system that is vertically connected and horizontally coordinated with strong execution, establishing a clear orientation toward prioritizing grassroots work, and promoting the comprehensive progress and comprehensive strengthening of Party organizations at all levels; it explicitly proposes upholding the principle of the Party managing officials, implementing the standards for good officials of the New Era, building a high-quality cadre contingent capable of shouldering the heavy tasks of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and strengthening political leadership and political absorption of talent. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building, the political and organizational functions of Party organizations have been significantly enhanced, the role of grassroots Party organizations as battle fortresses and the exemplary vanguard role of Party members have been fully demonstrated, cadres have boldly taken on responsibilities and actively engaged in their work, the innovative and creative vitality of outstanding talent has been fully unleashed, and the Party’s political and organizational advantages have been continuously transformed into advantages in securing victory and advantages in development.

坚持推动全党深入贯彻新时代党的组织路线和践行新时代好干部标准。习近平党建思想明确以提升组织力为重点,增强党组织政治功能和组织功能,健全上下贯通、执行有力的组织体系,树立大抓基层的鲜明导向,推动各级党组织全面进步、全面过硬;鲜明提出,坚持党管干部原则,落实新时代好干部标准,建设堪当民族复兴重任的高素质干部队伍,加强对人才的政治引领和政治吸纳。在习近平党建思想指引下,党组织政治功能和组织功能明显增强,广大基层党组织战斗堡垒作用和共产党员先锋模范作用充分彰显,广大干部勇于担当作为、积极干事创业,广大优秀人才创新创造活力充分激发,党的政治优势和组织优势不断转化为制胜优势、发展优势。

Adhere to strengthening conduct and discipline with a strict tone, promoting a complete renewal of Party conduct and government conduct. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building clearly states that the Party’s work style concerns the will of the people and the life and death of the Party. The Party Central Committee began by implementing the Eight-Point Regulations[1]1 This refers to the “Four Greats” (四个伟大): the great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream, which are a set of strategic tasks for the Party in the New Era. to break new ground, insisting on placing discipline and rules first, persistently correcting the “Four Forms of Decadence”[2]2 The “Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy” (四个全面) is a strategic layout proposed by Xi Jinping, comprising comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society, comprehensively deepening reform, comprehensively governing the country according to law, and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. and fostering new practices, resolutely eliminating privilege thinking and privilege behavior, and resolutely rectifying misconduct and corruption around the people. Guided

坚持以严的基调强化正风肃纪,推动党风政风焕然一新。习近平党建思想鲜明提出党的作风关系人心向背、关系党的生死存亡,党中央以落实中央八项规定精神开局破题,坚持把纪律和规矩挺在前面,锲而不舍纠“四风”、树新风,坚决破除特权思想、特权行为,坚决整治群众身边的不正之风和腐败问题。在习近平党建思想指引下,中央八项规定重塑全党、改变中国,刹住了一些多年未刹住的歪风邪气,解决了许多长期没有解决的顽瘴痼疾,党风政风根本扭转,党和群众的血肉联系得到全面加强,党长期执政的基础得到全面巩固。

Adhere to the integrated advancement of ensuring that officials dare not, cannot, and do not want to engage in corruption, and resolutely win the protracted, all-out, and general battle against corruption. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building emphasizes that corruption is the greatest risk facing our Party, insists on no forbidden zones, full coverage, and zero tolerance, insists on improving the Party and state supervision systems, insists on investigating both bribery and bribe-taking together, insists on simultaneously investigating and addressing corruption and misconduct, strengthens the construction of a clean culture in the New Era, and resolutely eliminates this greatest danger with unprecedented intensity, resolutely winning the battle against corruption—a battle that cannot be lost and must not be lost. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building, serious hidden dangers within the Party, the state, and the military have been eliminated, the fight against corruption has achieved an overwhelming victory and been comprehensively consolidated, and a path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics has been successfully forged.

坚持一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐,坚决打赢反腐败斗争攻坚战持久战总体战。习近平党建思想强调腐败是我们党面临的最大风险,坚持无禁区、全覆盖、零容忍,坚持完善党和国家监督体系,坚持受贿行贿一起查,坚持风腐同查同治,加强新时代廉洁文化建设,以前所未有的力度坚决消除腐败这个最大危险,坚决打赢反腐败这场输不起也决不能输的斗争。在习近平党建思想指引下,消除了党、国家、军队内部存在的严重隐患,反腐败斗争取得压倒性胜利并全面巩固,成功走出一条中国特色反腐败之路。

Adhere to governing the Party with institutions and regulations, and promote the further improvement and perfection of the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party system. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building emphasizes consciously studying, abiding by, implementing, and upholding the Party Constitution, and strictly implementing democratic centralism; it regards strengthening the construction of the intra-Party regulations system as a long-term and fundamental strategy for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, more scientifically and effectively confining power within the cage of institutions, strictly enforcing institutional implementation, and making institutions “grow teeth” and “become electrified.” Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building, a relatively complete system of intra-Party regulations has been formed, a good atmosphere of respecting and abiding by institutions has been created, various systems have been made more mature and定型, and the unique advantages of the governance of the Chinese Communist Party and the governance of China have been demonstrated.

坚持制度治党、依规治党,推动全面从严治党体系更加健全完善。习近平党建思想强调自觉学习党章、遵守党章、贯彻党章、维护党章,严格执行民主集中制;把加强党内法规制度建设作为全面从严治党的长远之策、根本之策,更加科学有效地把权力关进制度笼子,狠抓制度执行,让制度“长牙”、“带电”。在习近平党建思想指引下,形成了比较完善的党内法规体系,营造了尊崇制度、遵守制度的良好氛围,推动各方面制度更加成熟定型,彰显了中国共产党之治、中国之治的独特优势。

III. Historical Significance: Opening Up Bright Prospects for Strengthening the Party and the Nation

三、历史意义:开辟强党强国光明前景

Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building profoundly summarizes the historical experience of our Party’s unremitting struggle over more than a century, promotes the continuous deepening of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and provides scientific guidance and opens up bright prospects for advancing the construction of a strong Party and a strong nation.

习近平党建思想深刻总结我们党百余年来不懈奋斗的历史经验,推动全面从严治党不断向纵深发展,为推进强党强国建设提供了科学指引、开辟了光明前景。

It profoundly reveals the inherent laws of a Marxist political party’s perpetual maintenance of advanced nature and purity. Xi

深刻揭示了马克思主义政党永葆先进性和纯洁性的内在规律。习近平党建思想站在历史和政治的高度,深刻总结党一百多年来不断取得成功的宝贵经验,明确指出:“中国共产党的伟大不在于不犯错误,而在于从不讳疾忌医,敢于直面问题,勇于自我革命,具有极强的自我修复能力。”这一重大论断,深刻揭示了百年大党历经风雨而初心不改、饱经风霜而本色依旧的成功密码,深化了对马克思主义执政党建设规律的认识,强化了广大党员干部群众对党的政治认同、思想认同、理论认同、情感认同。

It has achieved the historical integration of Party building with the building of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building, focusing on the long-term governance of the Party and the enduring stability of the state, profoundly grasps the internal connection between managing and governing the Party, revitalizing and strengthening the Party, and building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation. It emphasizes: “The great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream are closely linked, interpenetrating, and mutually reinforcing, and among them, the decisive factor is the great new project of Party building.” [1]1 This refers to the “Four Greats” (四个伟大): the great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream, which are a set of strategic tasks for the Party in the New Era. It has seized the key to the “Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy” [2]2 The “Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy” (四个全面) is a strategic layout proposed by Xi Jinping, comprising comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society, comprehensively deepening reform, comprehensively governing the country according to law, and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. and the “Four Greats,” [3]3 See note [1]. driving historic achievements and historic transformations in the cause of the Party and the state, and continuing the two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability on the new journey of the New Era.

实现了党的建设与强国建设、民族复兴的历史贯通。习近平党建思想着眼党长期执政和国家长治久安,深刻把握管党治党、兴党强党和强国建设、民族复兴的内在联系,强调:“伟大斗争,伟大工程,伟大事业,伟大梦想,紧密联系、相互贯通、相互作用,其中起决定性作用的是党的建设新的伟大工程。”抓住了“四个全面”战略布局和“四个伟大”的关键,推动党和国家事业取得历史性成就、发生历史性变革,在新时代新征程续写了经济快速发展和社会长期稳定的两大奇迹。

It has consolidated the Party’s long-term governing position. Facing the protracted, complex, and severe nature of the “Four Tests” [4]4 The “Four Tests” (四大考验) refer to the tests of governance, reform and opening up, the market economy, and the external environment. and the “Four Dangers,” [5]5 The “Four Dangers” (四种危险) refer to the dangers of mental slackness, incompetence, disengagement from the people, and corruption. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building emphasizes advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with the tenacity and perseverance of being forever on the road, answering the historical examination paper of the New Era with the sobriety and firmness of forever maintaining the “examination-taking” mentality. [6]6 The “examination-taking” mentality (赶考) is a metaphor used by the CPC, originating from Mao Zedong’s reference to the Party’s entry into Beijing in 1949 as “going to the capital to take an examination,” implying a constant sense of responsibility and vigilance. Through continuously promoting the Party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-renovation, and self-enhancement, it enables the century-old Party to constantly radiate vigorous vitality, always remaining the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the most reliable backbone of the Chinese people. This has won for our Party, on the new journey of the New Era, the historical initiative to ensure that the Party does not change its nature, its color, or its flavor, and the historical initiative for building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, ensuring that the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is irreversible and unstoppable.

巩固了党的长期执政地位。面对“四大考验”、“四种危险”的长期性、复杂性、严峻性,习近平党建思想强调以永远在路上的坚韧和执着推进全面从严治党,以永葆“赶考”的清醒和坚定回答好新时代的历史考卷,通过持续推进党的自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高,使百年大党不断焕发蓬勃生机,始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心和中国人民最可靠的主心骨,为我们党在新时代新征程上赢得了确保党不变质、不变色、不变味的历史主动,赢得了强国建设、民族复兴的历史主动,确保中华民族伟大复兴历史进程不可逆转、势不可挡。

IV. World Significance: Contributing Chinese Wisdom and Chinese Solutions to Advancing World Political Party Exchanges and Global Governance

四、世界意义:为推进世界政党交往和全球治理贡献中国智慧、中国方案

Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building not only profoundly grasps the historical mission and contemporary responsibility of the Communist Party of China, shaping the image of a major world party, but also, focusing on the world’s changes unseen in a century and the progress of human development, actively promotes the building of a new type of political party relations. It contributes Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to solving the world’s problems in party governance and advancing world political party exchanges and global governance.

习近平党建思想,既深刻把握中国共产党的历史使命和时代责任,塑造了世界大党形象,又着眼世界百年变局和人类发展进步,积极推动构建新型政党关系,为破解政党治理的世界难题,推进世界政党交往和全球治理贡献了中国智慧、中国方案。

Creating successful experience in party politics. Today, the vast majority of countries or regions in the world practice party politics, and political parties are a key factor influencing the rise and fall of many countries, thereby having a major impact on the world landscape. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building insists on solving the problems of party politics through comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, creating a successful experience in managing and governing the Party, revitalizing and strengthening the Party in the history of world political parties, and enhancing the international influence of the Communist Party of China. This thought adheres to the major party’s responsibility of seeking happiness for the Chinese people, rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, progress for humanity, and harmony for the world, powerfully demonstrating the image of the Communist Party of China as a major party. The international community generally believes that the Communist Party of China is a world-class major party that is worthy of its name—great in thought, far-reaching in ambition, immense in scale, strong in organization, and broad in mind—and a civilized major party that opposes hegemonism and power politics, promotes the common values of all humanity, and advances world peace and development.

创造政党政治成功经验。当今世界绝大多数国家或地区实行政党政治,政党是影响许多国家兴衰成败、进而对世界格局产生重大影响的关键因素。习近平党建思想坚持以全面从严治党破解政党政治难题,创造了世界政党史上管党治党、兴党强党的成功经验,提升了中国共产党的国际影响力。这一思想坚持为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴、为人类谋进步、为世界谋大同的大党担当,有力彰显了中国共产党的大党形象。国际社会普遍认为,中国共产党是当之无愧的思想伟大、志向远大、规模巨大、组织强大、胸怀博大的世界大党,是反对霸权主义和强权政治、弘扬全人类共同价值、推动世界和平发展的文明大党。

Building a new type of world political party relations. Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building promotes the people-centered sentiment of “the people are the foundation of the state,” [7]7 “The people are the foundation of the state” (民为邦本) is a classical Chinese political maxim from the *Book of Documents* (《尚书》). the inclusive spirit of “harmony in diversity,” [8]8 “Harmony in diversity” (和而不同) is a Confucian concept from the *Analects* (《论语》). and the practical character of “unity of knowledge and action” [9]9 “Unity of knowledge and action” (知行合一) is a key concept in the philosophy of the Ming-dynasty Neo-Confucian Wang Yangming. from fine traditional Chinese culture. It emphasizes that political parties in different countries should enhance mutual trust, strengthen communication, and closely cooperate, exploring the establishment of a new type of political party relations based on a new type of international relations, characterized by seeking common ground while reserving differences, mutual respect, and mutual learning. This contributes Chinese wisdom and provides Chinese solutions for deeply building a global network of political party partnerships, promoting the construction of a new type of political party relations, advancing the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and promoting the progress of human civilization.

构建世界新型政党关系。习近平党建思想弘扬中华优秀传统文化中“民为邦本”的人民情怀、“和而不同”的包容精神、“知行合一”的实践品格,强调不同国家的政党应该增进互信、加强沟通、密切协作,探索在新型国际关系的基础上建立求同存异、相互尊重、互学互鉴的新型政党关系。这为深入打造全球政党伙伴关系网络,推动构建新型政党关系,推动构建人类命运共同体,促进人类文明进步,贡献了中国智慧、提供了中国方案。

Contributing successful experience in managing and governing the Party. In recent years, the experience of the Communist Party of China in governing the country has provided important assistance for political parties in various countries to solve their own governance problems and pursue common development. “The core leadership role of the Party” and “the unity and solidarity of the Party” have become high-frequency terms. Political parties in many countries, especially those in the Global South, pay close attention to the experiences and practices of the Communist Party of China in upholding the Party’s overall leadership, strengthening Party building, advancing the fight against corruption, and maintaining close ties with the masses, and apply them for reference in light of their own national conditions. Some have drawn on our Party’s policy of “simultaneously promoting the deterrence of not daring to be corrupt, the cage of not being able to be corrupt, and the conscience of not wanting to be corrupt” [10]10 This is a formulation of the anti-corruption strategy, emphasizing three dimensions: deterrence, institutional constraints, and ideological cultivation. to vigorously advance the fight against corruption and improve mechanisms for intra-Party supervision and clean governance. Some have emulated our Party’s practice of carrying out the Party’s mass line education and practice campaign to conduct in-depth style rectification, incorporating the requirements of style building into party congress reports and intra-Party documents. Some have explored the establishment of more complete supervision systems, strengthening the supervision and management of public officials and Party cadres, and setting up people’s supervision offices. These facts fully demonstrate that the successful experience of the Communist Party of China in managing and governing the Party has transcended regional and institutional differences, providing beneficial inspiration for world political party building and the modernization of national governance.

贡献管党治党成功经验。近年来,中国共产党治国理政经验为各国政党解决自身治理难题、追求共同发展提供了重要助力。“党的领导核心作用”、“党的团结统一”成为高频词,许多国家特别是全球南方国家的政党高度关注中国共产党坚持党的全面领导、加强党的建设、推进反腐败斗争、密切联系群众等方面的经验做法,并结合本国实际加以借鉴应用。有的借鉴我们党“一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐”的方针,大力推进反腐败斗争,完善党内监督和廉政建设机制;有的效仿我们党开展党的群众路线教育实践活动的做法深入进行作风整治,将作风建设的要求写入党代会报告与党内文件;有的探索建立更加完善的监督体系,强化对公职人员和党员干部的监督管理,设立人民监督办公室;等等。这些事实充分表明,中国共产党管党治党的成功经验,已跨越地域和制度差异,为世界政党建设和国家治理现代化提供了有益启示。

This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the first year of the 14th Five-Year Plan. [11]11 The 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) is China’s national economic and social development plan; its first year is 2021, but the text refers to the plan’s concluding phase in 2025 as the “first year” in a rhetorical sense, emphasizing the start of a new stage. Looking at the world, changes unseen in a century are accelerating, the world is interwoven with chaos and turbulence, and great-power competition has become more complex and intense. The situation and tasks, history and mission, all call for a stronger, more vigorous Party. On the new journey, we must adhere to Xi Jinping’s Thought on Party Building as our guide, unswervingly advance the great new project of Party building in the New Era, continuously enhance the Party’s creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness, 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.

今年是中国共产党成立105周年,也是“十五五”开局之年。放眼世界,百年未有之大变局加速演进,世界变乱交织、动荡加剧,大国博弈更加复杂激烈。形势与任务、历史与使命,都呼唤着一个更加坚强有力、更加充满活力的党。新征程上,我们必须坚持以习近平党建思想为指引,坚定不移推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程,不断增强党的创造力、凝聚力、战斗力,为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供坚强保证。

Notes

  1. This refers to the “Four Greats” (四个伟大): the great struggle, the great project, the great cause, and the great dream, which are a set of strategic tasks for the Party in the New Era. ↩
  2. The “Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy” (四个全面) is a strategic layout proposed by Xi Jinping, comprising comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society, comprehensively deepening reform, comprehensively governing the country according to law, and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. ↩
  3. See note [1]. ↩
  4. The “Four Tests” (四大考验) refer to the tests of governance, reform and opening up, the market economy, and the external environment. ↩
  5. The “Four Dangers” (四种危险) refer to the dangers of mental slackness, incompetence, disengagement from the people, and corruption. ↩
  6. The “examination-taking” mentality (赶考) is a metaphor used by the CPC, originating from Mao Zedong’s reference to the Party’s entry into Beijing in 1949 as “going to the capital to take an examination,” implying a constant sense of responsibility and vigilance. ↩
  7. “The people are the foundation of the state” (民为邦本) is a classical Chinese political maxim from the *Book of Documents* (《尚书》). ↩
  8. “Harmony in diversity” (和而不同) is a Confucian concept from the *Analects* (《论语》). ↩
  9. “Unity of knowledge and action” (知行合一) is a key concept in the philosophy of the Ming-dynasty Neo-Confucian Wang Yangming. ↩
  10. This is a formulation of the anti-corruption strategy, emphasizing three dimensions: deterrence, institutional constraints, and ideological cultivation. ↩
  11. The 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) is China’s national economic and social development plan; its first year is 2021, but the text refers to the plan’s concluding phase in 2025 as the “first year” in a rhetorical sense, emphasizing the start of a new stage. ↩