The Issue of the Outlook on Political Performance Is a Fundamental Issue

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has delivered a series of important discourses on establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Leading cadres at all levels must proceed from realizing

党的十八大以来，习近平总书记围绕树立和践行正确政绩观发表了一系列重要论述。习近平总书记指出：“各级领导干部要从实现党的使命任务出发，树立和践行正确政绩观，看自己的思想和行动有没有偏离共产主义远大理想和中国特色社会主义共同理想，有没有背离全心全意为人民服务根本宗旨，有没有游离党的路线方针政策和党中央重大决策部署，有没有脱离国情和本地区本部门实际，以功成不必在我、功成必定有我的精神境界，心无旁骛推进中国式现代化”，强调：“政绩观问题是一个根本性问题，关乎立党为公、执政为民。正确政绩观要求我们坚持从实际出发、按规律办事，通过科学决策和实干苦干，创造经得起实践和历史检验、真正造福人民、得到群众公认的业绩。错误政绩观则是从个人或小团体利益出发，心浮气躁、急功近利、弄虚作假、盲目蛮干，搞‘形象工程’、‘政绩工程’，留下包袱和隐患，引起人民群众强烈不满。”习近平总书记的重要论述，深刻揭示正确政绩观同党的政治性质和理想信念、政治立场和根本宗旨、思想路线和工作作风、执政目标和执政成效、政治使命和中心任务之间的内在联系，深刻阐明正确政绩观的时代价值、核心内涵和判断标准，以及树立和践行正确政绩观的重要意义，为开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育提供了根本遵循。

The issue of outlook on political performance directly concerns the Party’s political nature and its ideals and convictions.

政绩观问题直接关系党的政治性质和理想信念

The issue of outlook on political performance directly reflects the state of leading cadres’ understanding and adherence to the Party’s political nature, ideals and convictions, goals of struggle, and original aspiration and founding mission. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, one must first profoundly answer, from the ideological source, the key question of who I am and what I am to do, clarify the position and role of leading cadres in undertaking endeavors and starting undertakings, and promote the transformation of the Party’s political nature from theory into practice and the Party’s ideals and convictions from concepts into reality.

政绩观问题，直接反映领导干部对党的政治性质、理想信念、奋斗目标、初心使命的认识和坚守状况。树立和践行正确政绩观，首先要从思想源头上深刻回答我是谁、要干什么这一关键问题，明确领导干部在干事创业中的地位和作用，推动党的政治性质从理论转化为实践、党的理想信念从理念转化为现实。

The Communist Party is an advanced political party with a special political nature. When leading the creation of the Communist Party organization, Marx and Engels already clarified the advanced and pure essence of the proletarian party armed with Marxism. The Communist Party is composed of advanced elements who have mastered scientific theory in thought and march at the forefront of practice in action; it must always adhere to Marxist guidance and always fight at the forefront of the movement for human liberation. As a Marxist political party, the Communist Party of China clearly stipulated from its very founding that it is the “vanguard” of the Chinese working class. The Party Constitution states unequivocally at the outset: “The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, and at the same time the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation.” Our Party has always led the people of all ethnic groups across the country in unremitting struggle for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and has always strengthened Party building through the spirit of self-revolution, ensuring its own advanced nature and purity.

共产党是具有特殊政治属性的先进政党。在领导创建共产党组织时，马克思和恩格斯就明确了以马克思主义武装起来的无产阶级政党的先进性纯洁性本质。共产党是由思想上掌握科学理论、行动上走在实践前列的先进分子组成的，必须始终坚持马克思主义指导，始终战斗在人类解放运动前列。中国共产党作为马克思主义政党，在成立伊始就明确规定自己是中国工人阶级的“先锋军”。党章开宗明义规定“中国共产党是中国工人阶级的先锋队，同时是中国人民和中华民族的先锋队”。我们党始终领导全国各族人民为实现中华民族伟大复兴而不懈奋斗，始终以自我革命精神加强党的建设，确保自身的先进性和纯洁性。

Firm belief in Marxist theory and the ideal of communism is a fundamental requirement for maintaining the Party’s political nature, and also a fundamental indicator of whether the Party retains its essential character. From the day of its founding, the Communist Party has been an advanced political organization with firm ideals and convictions, dedicated to striving for the liberation of all humanity and the realization of communism. From the day of its founding, the Communist Party of China has taken belief in Marxism and belief in communism as the foundation of its existence, adhered to and continuously developed Marxism, and striven unremittingly for the realization of communism. From the very beginning, our Party did not hold firm ideals and convictions abstractly, but rather concretized them into the process of struggle, seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation based on China’s specific national conditions. For more than 100 years, generations of Chinese Communists have never forgotten their original aspiration and founding mission, adhered to the Party’s ideals, convictions, and spiritual pursuits, acted as firm believers and loyal practitioners of the lofty ideal and the common ideal, and achieved one brilliant victory after another.

坚定马克思主义理论信仰和共产主义理想信念，是保持党的政治属性的根本要求，也是考验党是否保持本质本色的根本标志。共产党从创立之日起，就是一个具有坚定理想信念的先进政治组织，致力于为解放全人类、实现共产主义而奋斗。从成立之日起，中国共产党就把信仰马克思主义、信仰共产主义作为安身立命的根本，坚持并不断发展马克思主义，为实现共产主义不懈奋斗。我们党从一开始就不是抽象地坚定理想信念，而是把理想信念具体化为奋斗的过程，立足中国具体国情为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴。100多年来，一代代中国共产党人始终不忘初心、牢记使命，坚守党的理想信念和精神追求，做远大理想和共同理想的坚定信仰者和忠实践行者，取得了一个又一个辉煌胜利。

The correct outlook on political performance vividly embodies the advanced nature of the Party, fully manifests firm Marxist belief and the communist ideal and conviction, and prominently emphasizes the role orientation and responsibility of leading cadres. The correct outlook on political performance sets clear requirements for leading cadres’ theoretical belief and ideals and convictions. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized: “Party cadres must firmly establish the lofty ideal of communism, sincerely believe in Marxism, unswervingly strive for socialism with Chinese characteristics, and adhere unwaveringly to the Party’s basic theory, basic line, basic program, basic experience, and basic requirements.” The correct outlook on political performance requires leading cadres to have an accurate orientation on the question of “who I am,” to remember that they are outstanding representatives within the vanguard, to understand the Party’s innovative theory more deeply in thought, and to march more proactively at the forefront of practice in action.

正确政绩观生动体现党的先进性本质，充分彰显坚定的马克思主义信仰和共产主义理想信念，突出强调领导干部的角色定位和责任担当。正确政绩观对领导干部的理论信仰和理想信念提出明确要求。习近平总书记强调：“党的干部必须坚定共产主义远大理想，真诚信仰马克思主义，矢志不渝为中国特色社会主义而奋斗，坚持党的基本理论、基本路线、基本纲领、基本经验、基本要求不动摇。”正确政绩观要求领导干部必须对“我是谁”的问题有准确定位，牢记自己是先锋队中的优秀代表，思想上更加深刻地理解党的创新理论，行动上更加主动地走在实践前列。

What plays a decisive role in establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance is Party spirit. Under new historical conditions, establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance means arming the mind with the latest achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, and transforming the Party’s innovative theory into the development practice of comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. In real life, some leading cadres harbor serious selfish motives and distracting thoughts: they only want to be officials but not to do work, only want to hold power but not to bear responsibility, only want to shine but not to exert effort, only value visible achievements but not latent achievements, only value surface appearances but not actual results, and only look to the faces of higher-level leaders but not to the needs of grassroots masses; or they adopt a passive mentality of “the more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make; doing nothing means making no mistakes,” shifting tasks upward and shirking them downward when facing difficulties, passing the buck and making excuses, pushing the main responsibility onto the grassroots under the name of “transmitting pressure layer by layer,” while enjoying the benefits themselves without taking on any responsibility; or they lose the required advanced nature and historical initiative. These practices are utterly incompatible with the requirements of a correct outlook on political performance and are manifestations of impure Party spirit.

树立和践行正确政绩观，起决定性作用的是党性。在新的历史条件下，树立和践行正确政绩观，就是要用马克思主义中国化时代化最新成果武装头脑，把党的创新理论转化为以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴的发展实践。现实生活中，一些领导干部私心杂念严重，只想当官不想干事，只想揽权不想担责，只想出彩不想出力，只重显绩不重潜绩，只重表面不重实效，只看上级领导脸色不看基层群众需求；或者抱着“多做多错、少做少错、不做不错”的消极心态，面对任务上推下卸，遇到困难推诿扯皮，以“层层传导压力”的名义把主体责任推卸给基层，自己只享受待遇而不担当作为；或者丧失应有的先进性要求和历史主动精神。这些做法与正确政绩观的要求格格不入，是党性不纯的表现。

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习近平总书记指出：“只要坚定理想信念、坚定奋斗意志、坚定恒心韧劲，平常时候看得出来、关键时刻站得出来、危难关头豁得出来，每名党员都能够在民族复兴的伟业中为党和人民建功立业！”领导干部要按照习近平总书记的重要要求，坚定理论信仰和理想信念，在思想上正本清源、固本培元，坚决破除各种错误认识，彻底清除各种私心杂念，永葆党的先进性纯洁性，守好本质本色，牢固树立和忠实践行正确政绩观，把党的政治性质和理想信念转化为推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业的伟大实践。

The question of the outlook on political performance is directly related to the Party’s political stance and fundamental purpose.

政绩观问题直接关系党的政治立场和根本宗旨

A correct outlook on political performance, in the final analysis, reflects the Party’s political stance and fundamental purpose; it determines the nature and direction of political performance and tests its actual effectiveness. To establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance, one must adopt the spiritual realm of “I will have no self, and live up to the people,” [1]1 “I will have no self, and live up to the people” (我将无我，不负人民): A statement made by Xi Jinping in 2019 during a meeting with Italian reporters, expressing a spirit of complete dedication to serving the people. take serving the people and bringing them benefit as the most important political performance, and regard how many good and practical things have been done for the common people as an important criterion for testing political performance.

正确政绩观，说到底反映的是党的政治立场和根本宗旨，决定政绩的性质和方向，检验政绩的实际成效。树立和践行正确政绩观，就要以“我将无我，不负人民”的精神境界，把为民办事、为民造福作为最重要的政绩，把为老百姓办了多少好事实事作为检验政绩的重要标准。

The stance and purpose of Chinese Communists are clear and thoroughgoing. When Marx and Engels founded the Communist Party, they clearly stipulated that Communists must firmly stand on the side of the interests of the proletariat and the broadest masses of the people, taking the liberation of all humanity as their goal of struggle; Communists have no special interests of their own apart from the overall interests of the proletariat and all humanity. Chinese Marxists very early on clearly put forward the distinct slogan of “transforming China and the world,” [2]2 “Transforming China and the world” (改造中国与世界): A slogan adopted by early Chinese Marxists, notably associated with Mao Zedong and the New People’s Study Society (新民学会) he founded in 1918. dedicating themselves to seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. Our Party has clearly stated that its fundamental purpose is to serve the people wholeheartedly. In order to fully implement the people’s stance and fundamental purpose, leading cadres must firmly establish the Marxist mass viewpoint, practice the Party’s mass line in the New Era, uphold the governing principle of putting the people first, and implement the people-centered development thought.

中国共产党人的立场和宗旨是鲜明的、彻底的。马克思和恩格斯创立共产党之时就明确规定，共产党人就是要坚定地站在无产阶级和最广大人民群众利益的立场上，以解放全人类为奋斗目标，共产党人除了无产阶级和全人类的整体利益，没有自己的任何特殊利益。中国的马克思主义者很早就明确提出“改造中国与世界”的鲜明口号，致力于为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴。我们党明确提出自己的根本宗旨就是全心全意为人民服务。为了全面贯彻人民立场和根本宗旨，领导干部必须牢固树立马克思主义的群众观点，践行新时代党的群众路线，坚持人民至上的执政理念，贯彻以人民为中心的发展思想。

A correct outlook on political performance is the inevitable requirement and concrete manifestation of the Party’s political stance and fundamental purpose. To firmly uphold the people’s stance and practice the fundamental purpose, one must follow the essential requirement of building the Party for the public and exercising power for the people, and take benefiting the people as the greatest political performance. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out in *Zhejiang Xinyu*: “The fundamental purpose of building political performance is to seek benefits for the people. If a cadre builds political performance to leave a name for himself, erect a monument for himself, or seek an official post for himself, such a cadre will be utterly unable to seek truth from facts, utterly unable to be responsible to the masses, and utterly unable to concentrate on implementation.” Leading cadres must remember that our Party has no special interests of its own apart from the interests of the country, the nation, and the people, and has never represented the interests of any special interest groups, power blocs, or privileged strata; creating political performance is never for the sake of seeking personal gain but for benefiting the people, and this is also the fundamental purpose and fundamental guarantee of our Party’s long-term governance.

正确政绩观是党的政治立场与根本宗旨的必然要求和具体体现。坚定人民立场，践行根本宗旨，就必须遵循立党为公、执政为民的本质要求，把为民造福作为最大政绩。习近平同志在《之江新语》中指出：“树政绩的根本目的是为人民谋利益。一个干部树政绩如果是为了给自己留名，替自己立碑，为自己邀官，这样的干部就根本做不到求真务实，根本不可能对群众负责，根本不可能专心致志抓落实。”领导干部必须牢记，我们党除了国家、民族和人民的利益，没有自己的任何特殊利益，从来不代表任何特殊利益集团、权势团体和特权阶层的利益；创造政绩绝不是为了谋求个人私利而是为了造福人民，这也是我们党长期执政的根本目的和根本保证。

The Party’s political stance and fundamental purpose internally define the relationship between the Party and the people, namely, a relationship of service and being served. Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out during the revolutionary war period: “All our working cadres, regardless of their rank, are servants of the people, and everything we do is to serve the people.” Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out at the Eighth National Congress of the CPC: “The party of the working class does not regard the masses of the people as its tools, but consciously recognizes itself as a tool of the masses of the people for completing specific historical tasks in a specific historical period.” Entering the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Party cadres are all public servants of the people, and it is natural that they should attend to their duties in their positions, be both incorruptible and diligent, both clean and capable,” and emphasized: “Party cadres must be public servants of the people, loyal to the people, sharing the people’s joys and sorrows, sharing the people’s hardships and sweetness, and serving the people wholeheartedly.” The essential positioning of public servants fundamentally clarifies the value stance, functional role, and work style requirements of leading cadres. Leading cadres must always remember that they are public servants serving the people and must never allow “role alienation”; at all times, they must firmly uphold a thorough people’s stance, adhere to the value orientation of producing political performance for the people, remember that their power is entrusted by the Party and the people and is to be used for the Party and the people’s work, and create political performance that satisfies the people in the practice of serving the people.

党的政治立场和根本宗旨内在规定党和人民的关系，即服务与被服务的关系。毛泽东同志在革命战争时期就指出：“我们一切工作干部，不论职位高低，都是人民的勤务员，我们所做的一切，都是为人民服务”。邓小平同志在党的八大上指出：“工人阶级的政党不是把人民群众当作自己的工具，而是自觉地认定自己是人民群众在特定的历史时期为完成特定的历史任务的一种工具。”进入新时代，习近平总书记指出：“党的干部都是人民公仆，自当在其位谋其政，既廉又勤，既干净又干事”，强调：“党的干部必须做人民公仆，忠诚于人民，以人民忧乐为忧乐，以人民甘苦为甘苦，全心全意为人民服务。”人民公仆的本色定位，从根本上明确了领导干部的价值立场、职能作用和作风要求。领导干部必须始终牢记自己是为人民服务的公仆，决不能出现“角色异化”；在任何时候都要站稳彻底的人民立场，坚持为人民出政绩的价值取向，牢记自己的权力是党和人民赋予的，是为党和人民做事用的，要在为人民服务的实践中创造人民满意的政绩。

Establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance requires that Party cadres must never deviate from the Party’s political stance and fundamental purpose. In real life, some leading cadres, in order to obtain so-called “political resources,” open up so-called “relationship channels,” and gain so-called “personal political performance,” do not hesitate to make friends with political brokers, willingly become captives of political swindlers, are co-opted by certain special interest groups, “give the green light” to specific groups at the expense of the people’s interests, and alienate the power entrusted by the people to benefit the people into a tool for “benefiting oneself” and benefiting a minority. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “It is only natural for public servants to be responsible to the people. This relationship cannot be reversed. Any Party member or cadre has only the responsibility and obligation to serve the people, and no right to act as an official and lord it over the people.” This profoundly enlightens us that we must take whether the people support, approve, are happy, or agree as the fundamental criterion for measuring the gains and losses of all work, and truly achieve the goal of serving the people well in one’s official tenure and bringing benefits to one locality.

树立和践行正确政绩观，要求党的干部决不能背离党的政治立场和根本宗旨。现实生活中，个别领导干部为捞取所谓的“政治资源”，打通所谓的“关系渠道”，获得所谓的“个人政绩”，不惜结交政治掮客，甘当政治骗子的俘虏，被某些特殊利益群体所裹挟，以损害群众利益的方式为特定人群“开绿灯”，把人民赋予的、用来为民造福的权力异化为“为己造福”、为少数人牟利的工具。习近平总书记强调：“公仆对人民负责，天经地义。这种关系不能颠倒。任何党员、干部，只有为人民服务的责任和义务，没有当官做老爷的权力。”这深刻启示我们，必须把人民拥护不拥护、赞成不赞成、高兴不高兴、答应不答应作为衡量一切工作得失的根本标准，切实做到为官一任、造福一方。

The issue of the outlook on political performance is directly related to the Party’s ideological line and work style.

政绩观问题直接关系党的思想路线和工作作风

The outlook on political performance is a matter of ideological concepts, but it is by no means an abstract concept; it must be manifested in concrete practice, clearly defining what ideological method, practical path, and work style to adhere to. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out in *Zhejiang Xinyu*: “The fundamental way to build political performance is to combine the immediate interests of the people with their long-term interests, respect objective laws, act according to objective laws, and work down-to-earth.” Establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance requires fully implementing the ideological line of seeking truth from facts and the work style of being pragmatic and realistic, following the objective laws of the development of things, adhering to proceeding from reality in everything, and insisting on producing political performance for the people and through solid work.

政绩观是思想观念层面的东西，但绝不只是抽象的概念，一定要在具体实践中体现出来，明确坚持什么样的思想方法、实践路径和工作作风。习近平同志在《之江新语》中指出：“树政绩的根本途径是将人民群众的眼前利益和长远利益结合起来，尊重客观规律，按客观规律办事，脚踏实地地工作”。树立和践行正确政绩观，必须全面贯彻实事求是的思想路线和求真务实的工作作风，遵循事物发展的客观规律，坚持一切从实际出发，坚持为人民出政绩、以实干出政绩。

Seeking truth from facts is the essence of Marxism, and proceeding from reality in everything is the fundamental principle of the Marxist worldview. An important aspect in which materialism fundamentally differs from idealism is its assertion that one must proceed from objective reality, not from subjective wishes. During the Yan’an Rectification Movement period, Comrade Mao Zedong, in the process of liquidating subjectivist errors, creatively combined the fundamental principle of the Marxist worldview of proceeding from reality in everything with the idea of seeking truth from facts from fine traditional Chinese culture, emphatically stressing the need to adhere to integrating theory with practice, discover the laws of the development of things from objective reality, and formulate correct lines, principles, and policies, thereby establishing the ideological line of proceeding from reality in everything, integrating theory with practice, seeking truth from facts, and testing and developing truth in practice. In the long historical process of revolution, construction, and reform, our Party has continuously enriched and developed this ideological line and implemented it in the practice of serving the people, forming the fine tradition and work style of being pragmatic and realistic and doing solid work.

实事求是是马克思主义的精髓，一切从实际出发是马克思主义世界观的根本原则。唯物主义根本区别于唯心主义的一个重要方面，就是主张必须从客观存在的实际出发而不能从主观愿望出发。延安整风时期，毛泽东同志在清算主观主义错误的过程中，把一切从实际出发这一马克思主义世界观的根本原则，同中华优秀传统文化中的实事求是思想创造性地结合起来，突出强调必须坚持理论联系实际，从客观存在的实际中发现事物发展的规律，制定正确的路线方针政策，确立了一切从实际出发，理论联系实际，实事求是，在实践中检验真理和发展真理的思想路线。在长期革命建设改革的历史进程中，我们党不断丰富发展这一思想路线，并将其贯彻落实到服务人民的实践中，形成了求真务实、真抓实干的优良传统和工作作风。

A correct outlook on political performance prominently embodies and fully implements the Party’s ideological line. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “A correct outlook on political performance requires us to adhere to proceeding from reality and acting according to laws, through scientific decision-making and hard work, to create achievements that stand the test of practice and history, truly benefit the people, and are recognized by the masses.” This important exposition profoundly clarifies the ideological prerequisite and fundamental path for transforming a correct outlook on political performance from “concept” into “actual effect.” Adhering to proceeding from reality requires that leading cadres, when thinking about problems, handling affairs, and making decisions, must base themselves on objective facts, not on subjective conjectures or bookish dogmas divorced from reality; they must act according to their own conditions and actual possibilities, not recklessly or forcibly without regard to reality, and certainly not think about and do everything regardless of reality just to produce political performance. Acting according to laws requires that people, on the basis of correctly understanding objective reality and deeply grasping the laws of the development of things, act in accordance with the internal, essential, necessary, and stable connections of things, and not act subjectively, willfully, or arbitrarily.

正确政绩观突出体现并全面贯彻了党的思想路线。习近平总书记强调：“正确政绩观要求我们坚持从实际出发、按规律办事，通过科学决策和实干苦干，创造经得起实践和历史检验、真正造福人民、得到群众公认的业绩。”这一重要论述深刻阐明正确政绩观由“观念”转变为“实效”的思想前提和根本路径。坚持从实际出发，就是要求领导干部想问题、办事情、做决策，一定要立足客观存在的事实，而不能靠离开实际的主观臆想、书本教条；一定要根据自身条件和实际可能，不能脱离实际蛮干、硬干，更不能为了出政绩而不顾实际什么都想、什么都干。按规律办事，就是要求人们在正确认识客观实际、深刻把握事物发展规律的基础上，遵循事物内部固有的、本质的、必然的、稳定的联系去行动，而不能主观任性、肆意妄为、胡乱作为。

Establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance requires that leading cadres must closely align with the overall situation of the Party’s and the country’s cause to grasp the “general direction,” and closely align with the specific reality of their own region, department, or field to identify the “starting point”; they must adhere to a scientific ideological method and a strong problem consciousness, conduct in-depth research at the front line, make and implement scientific decisions that benefit the people, solve the real contradictions faced by the development of the times and the practical problems most concerned by the people, and create actual achievements that both meet national strategic requirements and fit local needs. In real life, some leading cadres are eager for quick success, abuse power arbitrarily, make decisions that are divorced from the masses and reality, unrealistically propose big slogans and set high targets, engage in blind development and redundant construction that waste people’s resources and money, and produce false political performance and “digital political performance” by deceiving superiors and subordinates, causing major losses to the Party’s and the country’s cause. These must be resolutely corrected and rectified.

树立和践行正确政绩观，要求领导干部一定要紧扣党和国家事业发展大局把握好“大方向”，紧扣本地区本部门本领域的具体实际找准“出发点”；一定要坚持科学的思想方法和强烈的问题意识，深入一线实际做好调查研究，作出并实施为民造福的科学决策，解决时代发展所面临的现实矛盾和人民群众最关心的实际问题，创造既符合国家战略要求又契合地方需要的实绩。现实生活中，一些领导干部急功近利、任性用权，做脱离群众、脱离实际的决策，不切实际地提大口号、定高指标，劳民伤财地盲目开发、重复建设，欺上瞒下地出虚假政绩、“数字政绩”，给党和国家事业造成重大损失，必须坚决纠治整改。

The correct outlook on political performance requires that benefiting the people must uphold the concept of achieving political performance through solid work, and promote the work style of seeking truth from facts and doing solid work. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Cadres daring to take responsibility and act, this is both a political character and the duty of holding office” and “We must practice the standards for good cadres in the new era, not be confused officials who are politically numb and muddled in handling affairs, not be lazy officials who eat their fill all day and have no intention to work, not be mediocre officials who shirk responsibility, wrangle, and lack enterprise, and not be corrupt officials who abuse power for personal gain and degenerate.” This requires leading cadres to earnestly speak truthfully and do practical work, dare to act and bravely take responsibility, be true to their word and resolute in deed, resolve contradictions and difficulties through real and tangible efforts, create political performance through solid work, and in the process of solving urgent, difficult, and anxious problems, enable the people to have a fuller, more secure, and more sustainable sense of gain, happiness, and security. Subjectivist “patting the head” to make decisions, formalist “putting up a facade” in implementation, bureaucratist only “looking upward” without “seeking truth,” and utilitarian pursuit of “quick success and instant benefit” short-term effects are all serious deviations from the requirements of the correct outlook on political performance. Leading cadres must be vigilant against and correct these erroneous thoughts and behaviors, carry forward the spirit of driving in nails [4]4 The Second Centenary Goal refers to the goal of building China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful by the middle of the 21st century, the centenary of the founding of the People's Republic of China., actively act, do solid work, seek practical results, truly create tangible political performance for the broad masses of the people, and effectively promote the transformation of the correct outlook on political performance from a scientific concept into practical effects that benefit the people.

正确政绩观要求，为民造福必须秉持以实干出政绩的理念，弘扬求真务实、真抓实干的工作作风。习近平总书记指出：“干部敢于担当作为，这既是政治品格，也是从政本分”“要践行新时期好干部标准，不做政治麻木、办事糊涂的昏官，不做饱食终日、无所用心的懒官，不做推诿扯皮、不思进取的庸官，不做以权谋私、蜕化变质的贪官”。这要求领导干部必须切实做到讲实话、干实事，敢作为、勇担当，言必信、行必果，通过真刀真枪地干事解决矛盾困难，通过扎扎实实的工作创造政绩，在解决急难愁盼的过程中让人民拥有更加充实、更有保障、更可持续的获得感、幸福感、安全感。主观主义地“拍脑袋”做决策，形式主义地搞“花架子”落实，官僚主义地只“唯上”而不“唯实”，功利主义地追求“急功近利”的短期效应，都是严重背离正确政绩观要求的。领导干部必须警惕和纠正这些错误思想和行为，发扬钉钉子精神，积极作为、真抓实干、务求实效，真正为广大人民群众创造实实在在的政绩，切实推动正确政绩观从科学观念转化为为民造福的实际效果。

The issue of the outlook on political performance is directly related to the Party’s governance goals and governance effectiveness.

政绩观问题直接关系党的执政目标和执政成效

The fundamental starting point and ultimate goal of the correct outlook on political performance are undoubtedly the interests of the people. In real life, the interests of the people are concrete and realistic, with hierarchical distinctions, including short-term, partial, and superficial interests, as well as long-term, overall, and fundamental interests. Our Party applies the basic principles of dialectical materialism to the outlook on political performance and the outlook on interests, adhering to the organic combination of long-term strategy and current needs, goal orientation and problem orientation, seeking not only immediate interests for the people but also long-term interests; not only partial interests but also overall interests; not only superficial interests but also fundamental interests.

正确政绩观的根本出发点和落脚点毫无疑问是人民群众的利益。在实际生活中，人民群众的利益是具体现实的，是有层次区分的，既有短期的、局部的、表面的利益，也有长期的、全局的、根本的利益。我们党把唯物辩证法基本原理贯彻到政绩观和利益观当中，坚持长远战略和当前需求、目标导向和问题导向的有机结合，为人民群众谋取的不只是眼前利益，更是长远利益；不只是局部利益，更是全局利益；不只是表面利益，更是根本利益。

Behind the issue of political performance lies the governance logic of different types of political parties, reflecting whether governance serves specific classes, strata, or certain social groups, or serves the vast majority of the masses; whether it is to create short-term, superficial political performance or to achieve long-term, fundamental interests. In the governance logic of Western political parties, the party only represents the special interests of a part of society, especially certain capital groups, not the fundamental interests and universal interests of the broadest masses of the people. Their governance practice revolves around the electoral cycle, aiming to win the support of some members of society and maintain the party interests under the dominance of capital. The pursuit of political performance within this governance logic often centers on short-term, visible political performance recognized within the governance cycle. During election campaigns, they focus on certain current prominent issues to announce their governance plans, attempting to gain the support of capital groups and some voters by creating policy results with immediate effects. They cannot establish long-term goals serving the public interest, formulate strategic plans and policy decisions with long-term effects, and often sacrifice the overall and long-term interests of the people to seek short-term political performance. In summary, short-termism, superficiality, partiality, and falsity are the obvious characteristics of the outlook on political performance of ruling parties under the framework of Western party politics.

政绩问题的背后是不同性质政党的执政逻辑，反映执政是为特定阶级阶层、某些社会群体服务还是为绝大多数群众服务，是为了创造短期政绩、表面政绩还是为了实现长远利益、根本利益。在西方政党的执政逻辑中，政党仅代表一部分社会成员，特别是某些资本群体的特殊利益，而不是最广大人民群众的根本利益和普遍利益，其执政实践围绕选举周期展开，目的在于赢得部分社会成员支持，维系资本主导下的党派利益。这种执政逻辑中的政绩追求，往往以短期可见的、执政周期内得到认可的政绩展示为中心，竞选过程中盯住某些当下突出问题来宣示自己的执政计划，企图通过制造具有即时效果的政策成果争取资本财团和部分选民的支持，不可能确立服务公共利益的长期目标，制定具有长期效应的战略规划和政策决策，并且常常以牺牲人民的整体利益和长远利益为代价谋取短期政绩。概言之，短期性、表面性、局部性、虚假性，是西方政党政治框架下执政党政绩观的明显特征。

The governance logic of the Communist Party of China is fundamentally different. The most fundamental foundation of our Party’s governance lies in the genuine support and firm backing of the broadest masses of the people. Our Party’s ruling position was achieved by uniting and leading the broadest masses of the people through long-term, unremitting revolutionary struggle and overthrowing the rule of the reactionary classes. The reason our Party can govern for a long time relies on the people’s trust and support, and on persistently carrying forward the spirit of self-revolution and strictly governing the Party. The goal of our Party’s governance is to gradually realize and consolidate the people’s fundamental interests in the process of continuously solving the people’s partial and short-term interests, thereby realizing the people’s aspiration for a better life. The Party’s governance goals determine that the effectiveness of the Party’s governance is not assessed by leading cadres themselves or some beneficiary groups, nor can it be simply measured by development data, and certainly not by whether it is spectacular in form or scale. Rather, it depends on whether it truly responds to the people’s real concerns, whether it truly promotes social development and progress, and whether it realizes the people’s fundamental interests. Precisely based on this governance logic, our Party both works hard in a down-to-earth manner and takes a long-term view; while committed to solving current problems, it does not lose its direction of progress. It can not only solve the most urgent problems through formulating and implementing relevant policies and measures, but also gradually realize the people’s fundamental interests through formulating and implementing long-term development plans.

中国共产党的执政逻辑与此根本不同。我们党执政的最根本基础，在于最广大人民群众的真心拥护和坚定支持。我们党的执政地位，是团结带领最广大人民经过长期不懈革命斗争、推翻反动阶级统治而取得的。我们党之所以能够长期执政，靠的是人民的信赖和支持，靠的是持之以恒地发扬自我革命精神、从严管党治党。我们党执政的目标，是在不断解决人民群众局部利益、短期利益的过程中，逐步实现并巩固人民的根本利益，从而实现人民对美好生活的向往。党的执政目标决定了党的执政成效不是由领导干部自己或部分受益群体来评定的，也不能简单地由发展数据来衡量，更不在于形式上、规模上是否轰轰烈烈，而要看是否真正回应了人民的现实关切，是否真正推动了社会的发展进步，是否实现了人民的根本利益。正是基于这样的执政逻辑，我们党既埋头苦干又着眼长远，既致力于解决当前问题又不迷失前进方向，不仅能够通过制定和实施相关政策举措解决最迫切需要解决的问题，又能够通过制定和实施长远发展规划逐步实现人民的根本利益。

Establishing and practicing the correct outlook on political performance requires leading cadres to both settle down and do the current work solidly, do practical things that warm people’s hearts, stabilize people’s hearts, and win people’s hearts, and effectively solve the most immediate and urgent practical problems of the people; and more importantly, adhere to profound historical thinking and grand strategic thinking, strengthen the political resolve of “not being blinded by fleeting clouds” [5]5 The 15th Five-Year Plan refers to China's national economic and social development plan for the period 2026–2030., grasp the fundamentals and the key points, plan systematically based on the overall situation, seek long-term, overall, and fundamental interests for the people, and create real achievements that stand the test of practice, the people, and history, without being limited to short-term, image-based, and superficial political performance of a specific time and place. In reality, some leading cadres “value the beginning over the end,” “value the short term over the long term,” “value the visible over the invisible,” “value the easy over the difficult,” and “value the partial over the whole,” only caring about “matters before their eyes” and not “matters after their departure,” putting the pursuit of short-term results first, draining the pond to catch all the fish and overdrawing the future for immediate interests, even creating the dilemma of “the political performance of the predecessor, the burden of the successor.” This practice of replacing long-term interests with short-term interests and overall interests with partial interests, while seemingly creating “brilliant political performance,” actually damages the fundamental interests of the people, is completely incompatible with the requirements of the correct outlook on political performance, seriously affects the Party’s governance effectiveness, and endangers the Party’s governance foundation. It must be resolutely corrected.

树立和践行正确政绩观，要求领导干部既要沉下心来，脚踏实地做好当下工作，做好做实暖人心、稳人心、得人心的事情，切实解决人民群众眼前最关心、最需要解决的实际问题；更要坚持深远的历史思维和宏大的战略思维，坚定“不畏浮云遮望眼”的政治定力，抓住根本、抓住关键，立足大局系统谋划，为人民谋取长期性、整体性、根本性的利益，创造经得起实践、人民和历史检验的实绩，而不局限于一时一地的短期政绩、形象政绩和表面政绩。现实中，一些领导干部“重始轻终”“重短轻长”“重显轻隐”“重易轻难”“重局部轻全局”，只管“眼前事”而不管“身后事”，把追求近期效果放在第一位，为了眼前利益竭泽而渔、透支未来，甚至造成“前任的政绩、后任的包袱”困境。这种以短期利益替代长远利益、以局部利益替代整体利益的做法，看似创造了“鲜亮的政绩”，实则损害了人民群众的根本利益，与正确政绩观的要求格格不入，严重影响党的执政效果、危及党的执政根基，必须坚决纠正。

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must both do practical things that the common people can see, touch, and benefit from, and do good things that pave the way, lay the foundation, and benefit the long term for future generations. We must both make visible achievements and make invisible achievements, not caring about personal fame, pursuing the good reputation of the people and the true evaluation after historical precipitation.” Leading cadres should, in accordance with General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important requirements, take realizing, safeguarding, and developing the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people as the ultimate goal, fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, strive to promote high-quality development, truly enable the people to obtain the greatest benefits, allow the people’s lives to be substantially improved, ensure the people’s rights and interests are effectively protected, and guarantee the people’s long-term interests fundamentally.

习近平总书记指出：“既要做让老百姓看得见、摸得着、得实惠的实事，也要做为后人作铺垫、打基础、利长远的好事，既要做显功，也要做潜功，不计较个人功名，追求人民群众的好口碑、历史沉淀之后真正的评价。”领导干部要按照习近平总书记的重要要求，把实现好、维护好、发展好最广大人民的根本利益作为最终落脚点，完整准确全面贯彻新发展理念，加快构建新发展格局，着力推动高质量发展，真正让人民群众得到最大实惠，让人民生活得到实质改善，让人民权益得到切实保障，让人民的长远利益得到根本保证。

The issue of the outlook on political performance is directly related to the Party’s political mission and central task.

政绩观问题直接关系党的政治使命和中心任务

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Leading cadres at all levels must

习近平总书记指出：“各级领导干部要从实现党的使命任务出发，树立和践行正确政绩观”。这一重要论述深刻阐明了正确政绩观同党的政治使命、中心任务之间的内在联系。领导干部要牢记贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署是必须履行好的政治责任和重大政治任务，真正做到以身许党、夙夜在公，以实实在在的政绩把党中央绘就的宏伟蓝图变成美好现实。

From the day of its founding, the Communist Party of China, with a high degree of historical consciousness and a powerful historical initiative, has shouldered the major political missions entrusted by history and the people, uniting and leading the people in unremitting struggle to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Over more than 100 years, our Party has determined central tasks, made scientific decisions, formulated and implemented major strategic deployments in accordance with the principal contradictions and actual conditions of Chinese society in different periods, continuously achieving major victories and laying a solid foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Entering the New Era, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has encountered unprecedented bright prospects; at the same time, the principal contradiction in Chinese society has also changed. The new changes in the principal contradiction of society have given rise to new missions and tasks. The 20th National Congress of the CPC made clear that, from now on, the central task of the Communist Party of China is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to comprehensively build a great modern socialist country, realize the Second Centenary Goal, and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. To accomplish this major political task, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has concentrated the wisdom of the entire Party and society, formulated major strategic plans, and made major policy decisions and deployments. The proposal for the 15th Five-Year Plan reviewed and approved by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC has made top-level design and strategic planning for economic and social development over the next five years. The Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress approved the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan. Leading cadres must implement the major policy decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee comprehensively and thoroughly with a more resolute attitude and more forceful measures.

从成立之日起，中国共产党就以高度的历史自觉和强大的历史主动，肩负起历史和人民赋予的重大政治使命，团结带领人民为实现中华民族伟大复兴而不懈奋斗。100多年来，我们党根据不同时期我国社会的主要矛盾和现实情况，确定中心任务，进行科学决策，制定和实施重大战略部署，不断取得重大胜利，为实现中华民族伟大复兴奠定了坚实基础。进入新时代，中华民族伟大复兴迎来前所未有的光明前景，与此同时，我国社会主要矛盾也发生变化。社会主要矛盾的新变化催生了新的使命任务。党的二十大明确，从现在起，中国共产党的中心任务就是团结带领全国各族人民全面建成社会主义现代化强国、实现第二个百年奋斗目标，以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴。为了完成这一重大政治任务，以习近平同志为核心的党中央集中全党全社会的智慧，制定重大战略规划，作出重大决策部署。党的二十届四中全会审议通过的“十五五”规划建议对未来五年经济社会发展作出顶层设计和战略擘画。第十四届全国人民代表大会第四次会议批准“十五五”规划纲要。领导干部要以更加坚决的态度、更加有力的措施，全面贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署。

A correct outlook on political performance is one that can firmly uphold Party spirit principles, embody the Party's will, and implement the Party's decisions; it is an outlook on political performance that can achieve political alignment with the Party's line, principles, and policies and resonate at the same frequency with the major policy decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. This requires leading cadres to forge political loyalty, strengthen Party spirit awareness, always remember that their first identity is that of a Communist Party member and their first duty is to work for the Party, be loyal at all times to the Party's organization and the Party's cause, and at all times maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core in thought, politics, and action; they must have a strong sense of political responsibility, continuously improve their political judgment, political understanding, and political execution ability, always pay attention to what the Party Central Committee is concerned about and emphasizing, and deeply understand what the most important interests of the Party and the state are and what positions most need to be firmly upheld.

正确政绩观，是能够坚定党性原则、体现党的意志、落实党的决策的政绩观，是能够与党的路线方针政策形成政治默契、与党中央重大决策部署实现同频共振的政绩观。这要求领导干部铸牢政治忠诚，强化党性意识，牢记自己的第一身份是共产党员，第一职责是为党工作，时刻忠于党的组织、忠于党的事业，任何时候都要在思想上政治上行动上同以习近平同志为核心的党中央保持高度一致；要有强烈的政治责任感，不断提高政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力，时刻关注党中央在关心什么、强调什么，深刻领会什么是党和国家最重要的利益、什么是最需要坚定维护的立场。

Establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance requires leading cadres, with a sense of responsibility that is "always on their minds" and a spirit of active assumption of responsibility and action, to transform the political consciousness of implementing the major policy decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee into concrete actions. This necessitates resolving the prominent contradictions and problems existing within the Party and removing the major obstacles to implementing the major policy decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: "Formalism and bureaucracy are the great enemies of realizing the Party's missions and tasks in the New Era and the journey ahead; they are deep-seated and stubborn maladies within the Party." Formalism and bureaucracy disregard or ignore political responsibility, specifically manifested in some leading cadres failing to assume responsibility or take action in the face of Party work, becoming lax and slack or delaying decisions in the face of practical problems, and turning a blind eye to or circumventing contradictions and difficulties, leading to the inability to implement the Party's line, principles, and policies and the disappointment of the people's ardent expectations. Regarding these deep-seated and stubborn maladies, leading cadres must examine them from a political height, eradicate them from the depths of their thinking, and subject them to profound criticism and thorough correction through a correct outlook on political performance.

树立和践行正确政绩观，要求领导干部以“时时放心不下”的责任感、积极担当作为的精气神，把贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署的政治自觉转化为实实在在的行动。这就必须解决党内存在的突出矛盾和问题，清除贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署的重大障碍。习近平总书记指出：“形式主义、官僚主义是实现新时代新征程党的使命任务的大敌，是党内的一个顽瘴痼疾。”形式主义、官僚主义漠视或无视政治责任，具体体现为一些领导干部面对党的工作不担当、不作为，面对现实问题麻痹松懈、久拖不决，面对矛盾困难视若无睹或绕着走等，导致党的路线方针政策难以贯彻，人民群众的热切期待落空。对于这些顽瘴痼疾，领导干部必须从讲政治的高度加以审视，从思想深处加以铲除，以正确政绩观加以深刻批判和彻底纠正。

Currently, the key for leading cadres to establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance lies in comprehensively, profoundly, and accurately understanding and grasping the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC, resolutely and forcefully implementing the series of major strategic deployments formulated by the Party Central Committee, and undertaking and completing the series of key tasks deployed in the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan with a proactive and effective attitude and a work style of genuine effort and solid work. It is essential to deeply understand that the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan is a critical period for consolidating the foundation and making comprehensive efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization; strategic composure must be maintained at the strategic level, and careful planning must be carried out at the tactical level. Major principles such as upholding the Party's comprehensive leadership, adhering to a people-centered approach, adhering to high-quality development, adhering to comprehensively deepening reform and opening up, adhering to the combination of an effective market and a competent government, and adhering to coordinating development and security must be implemented in all aspects, all fields, and all links, ensuring that economic and social development always maintains the correct direction. Closely focusing on implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality development, and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, comprehensively implement a series of major strategic deployments such as building a modern industrial system and developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions, and ensure that the national overall plan is well connected with local plans and special plans. In practical work, not only must the requirements of the unity and integrity of the Party's and the state's work be reflected, but also adjustments must be made according to local conditions, time, and circumstances based on the actual conditions of the region and field, ensuring that the various major tasks proposed in the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan are truly implemented and produce results, laying a more solid foundation for basically achieving socialist modernization. This is a major issue of principle involving great political significance and direct reality, and it is also a direct criterion for testing whether leading cadres' Party spirit principles are pure, whether their political awareness is strong, and whether their outlook on political performance is correct.

当前，领导干部树立和践行正确政绩观的关键，在于全面深刻准确领会和把握党的二十届四中全会精神，坚决有力地贯彻落实党中央制定的一系列重大战略部署，以积极有为的态度、真抓实干的作风承担好、完成好“十五五”规划纲要部署的一系列重点工作。深刻领会“十五五”时期是基本实现社会主义现代化夯实基础、全面发力的关键时期，必须在战略上保持定力，在战术上精心运筹，把坚持党的全面领导、坚持人民至上、坚持高质量发展、坚持全面深化改革、坚持有效市场和有为政府相结合、坚持统筹发展和安全等重大原则贯彻到各个方面、各个领域、各个环节，确保经济社会发展始终保持正确方向。紧紧围绕贯彻新发展理念、推动高质量发展、加快构建新发展格局，全面贯彻建设现代化产业体系、因地制宜发展新质生产力等一系列重大战略部署，把国家的整体规划同地方规划和专项规划衔接好，在实际工作中既体现党和国家工作的统一性、整体性要求，又根据本地区、本领域实际因地因时因事制宜，确保“十五五”规划纲要提出的各项重大任务实实在在落地见效，为基本实现社会主义现代化奠定更加坚实的基础。这是具有重大政治性和直接现实性的大是大非问题，也是考验领导干部党性原则纯不纯、政治意识强不强、政绩观正不正的直接标准。

The outlook on political performance is a fundamental issue concerning building the Party for the public good and exercising power for the people. Leading cadres must deeply study and understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance, comprehensively implement the general requirements of "building the Party for the public good, benefiting the people, making scientific decisions, and working with genuine effort," always adhere to achieving political performance for the people and through solid work, effectively put the correct outlook on political performance into practice, and create new historical achievements through new great struggles.

政绩观是一个关乎立党为公、执政为民的根本性问题。领导干部必须深入学习领会习近平总书记关于树立和践行正确政绩观的重要论述，全面贯彻“立党为公、为民造福、科学决策、真抓实干”总要求，始终坚持为人民出政绩、以实干出政绩，切实把正确政绩观落到实处，用新的伟大奋斗创造新的历史伟业。

(The author is Deputy Director of 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副主任）