Deeply Understanding the Great Significance of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Important Thought on Party Building

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping, taking as his historical orientation the entry of socialism with Chinese characteristics into the New Era, coordinating the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with the changes unseen in a century in the world, and centering on the major epochal课题 of what kind of long-term Marxist governing party to build and how to build it, has highlighted comprehensive and strict governance of the Party as the main theme and main line, put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies for managing, governing, strengthening, and revitalizing the Party, and formed General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building. This important thought is the latest theoretical achievement in the field of Party building that adheres to the Two Integrations and applies the “six imperatives” [1]1 The “six imperatives” (六个必须坚持) refers to the six principles that must be upheld in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era: putting the people first, self-confidence and self-reliance, upholding integrity and innovation, prioritizing problems, applying a systems approach, and embracing a global vision.; it has elevated our Party’s understanding of the laws governing the building of a Marxist governing party to a new height, and has great and far-reaching epochal, theoretical, and practical significance for advancing the great new project of Party building in the New Era, for advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-path modernization.

党的十八大以来，习近平总书记立足中国特色社会主义进入新时代的历史方位，统筹中华民族伟大复兴战略全局和世界百年未有之大变局，围绕建设什么样的长期执政的马克思主义政党、怎样建设长期执政的马克思主义政党的重大时代课题，突出全面从严治党这个主题主线，提出一系列管党治党、兴党强党的新理念新思想新战略，形成了习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想。这一重要思想，是党建领域坚持“两个结合”、运用“六个必须坚持”的最新理论成果，把我们党对马克思主义执政党建设规律的认识提升到了一个新高度，对推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程、以中国式现代化推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业，具有重大而深远的时代意义、理论意义、实践意义。

I. Epochal Significance: Conforming to the Trend of History, Responding to the Demands of the Times, Ensuring That the Party Always Stays at the Forefront of the Times and in an Invincible Position

一、时代意义：顺应历史潮流、回应时代要求，确保党始终走在时代前列、立于不败之地

Great epochs give birth to great ideas, and great ideas guide great epochs. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building, with a broad global vision and a profound historical perspective, accurately grasps the development and changes in the world situation, the national conditions, and the Party’s circumstances, scientifically answers the epochal examination paper on managing, governing, strengthening, and revitalizing the Party, and impels our Party to always stay at the forefront of the times in the historical process of profound changes in the world situation, and to always become the mainstay of the people of the whole country in the historical process of responding to various domestic and international risks and challenges.

伟大时代孕育伟大思想，伟大思想引领伟大时代。习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想，以宽广的全球视野和深邃的历史眼光，准确把握世情国情党情发展变化，科学回答管党治党、兴党强党时代答卷，推动我们党在世界形势深刻变化的历史进程中始终走在时代前列，在应对国内外各种风险挑战的历史进程中始终成为全国人民的主心骨。

Guiding the direction forward amid great changes in the world. The vast majority of countries in the contemporary world practice party politics, and political parties are a key factor affecting the rise and fall of many countries and thereby exerting a major influence on the world pattern. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the world has experienced changes unseen in a century and entered a period of major development, major transformation, and major adjustment. Emerging market countries and developing countries represented by China have risen collectively, their comprehensive national strength and international influence have continuously increased, and the trend of “the East rising and the West declining” in the world pattern has been developing continuously. The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the greatest strength of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. Under the scientific guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building, our Party has always maintained the true character of a Marxist political party, unswervingly adhered to the Party’s basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy, firmly upheld confidence in the path, confidence in the theory, confidence in the system, and confidence in the culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics, consistently upheld and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics, impelled scientific socialism to radiate new vigorous vitality in 21st-century China, impelled the world socialist movement to emerge from its low tide and move toward revival, and guided the great changes in the world to develop continuously in a direction favorable to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the progress of human society.

在世界大变局中引领前进方向。当代世界绝大多数国家实行政党政治，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。党的十八大以来，世界经历百年未有之大变局，进入大发展大变革大调整时期。以中国为代表的新兴市场国家和发展中国家群体性崛起，综合国力和国际影响力不断增强，世界格局“东升西降”趋势不断发展。中国共产党领导是中国特色社会主义最本质的特征，是中国特色社会主义制度的最大优势。在习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想科学指引下，我们党始终保持马克思主义政党本色，坚持党的基本理论、基本路线、基本方略不动摇，坚定中国特色社会主义道路自信、理论自信、制度自信、文化自信，一以贯之坚持和发展中国特色社会主义，推动科学社会主义在21世纪的中国焕发出新的蓬勃生机，推动世界社会主义运动走出低潮走向复兴，引领世界大变局朝着有利于中华民族复兴、人类社会进步的方向不断发展。

Bravely undertaking the mission and task on the road to national rejuvenation. Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation in modern times. Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has taken seeking happiness for the people and rejuvenation for the nation as its historical mission; the theme of the Party’s struggle for more than a century has been to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The Communist Party of China is the core force leading our cause. The fundamental reason why the Chinese people and the Chinese nation have been able to reverse the historical fate of modern times and achieve today’s great accomplishments is the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China. History and reality prove that without the Communist Party of China, there would be no New China, and there would be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Entering the New Era, we are closer to, more confident in, and more capable of realizing the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history, but the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will never be achieved easily, by beating gongs and drums; it must be achieved through more arduous and more strenuous efforts. Under the scientific guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building, our Party deeply understands the decisive role of the great new project of Party building in the “Four Greats” [2]2 The “Four Greats” (四个伟大) refers to the four interrelated strategic tasks: the great struggle, the great project (Party building), the great cause (socialism with Chinese characteristics), and the great dream (the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation)., unswervingly upholds and improves Party leadership, unswervingly builds the Party to be stronger and more powerful, unites and leads the people to effectively respond to major challenges, withstand major risks, overcome major obstacles, and resolve major contradictions, and impels the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation to enter an irreversible historical process.

在民族复兴路上勇担使命任务。实现中华民族伟大复兴是近代以来中华民族最伟大的梦想。中国共产党一经成立就把为人民谋幸福、为民族谋复兴作为自己的历史使命，党百余年来奋斗的主题就是实现中华民族伟大复兴。中国共产党是领导我们事业的核心力量。中国人民和中华民族之所以能够扭转近代以来的历史命运、取得今天的伟大成就，最根本的是有中国共产党的坚强领导。历史和现实证明，没有中国共产党，就没有新中国，就没有中华民族伟大复兴。进入新时代，我们比历史上任何时期都更接近、更有信心和能力实现中华民族伟大复兴的目标，但中华民族伟大复兴绝不是轻轻松松、敲锣打鼓就能实现的，必须付出更为艰巨、更为艰苦的努力。在习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想科学指引下，我们党深刻认识党的建设新的伟大工程在“四个伟大”中的决定性作用，毫不动摇坚持和完善党的领导，毫不动摇把党建设得更加坚强有力，团结带领人民有效应对重大挑战、抵御重大风险、克服重大阻力、解决重大矛盾，推动中华民族伟大复兴进入不可逆转的历史进程。

Solving prominent problems in managing and governing the Party through self-revolution. As the world’s largest Marxist governing party, the Communist Party of China, in order to always win the support of the people and consolidate its long-term governing position, must always maintain the sobriety and determination to solve the unique problems of a large party. After reform and opening up, our Party adhered to the principle that the Party must supervise itself and govern itself strictly, and achieved notable results in advancing Party building. At the same time, due to the problems of inadequate supervision and lax governance that once emerged, there were many problems within the Party, such as vague understanding and weak action regarding upholding Party leadership, and many problems of weakening, hollowing out, and diluting the implementation of Party leadership; some Party members and cadres wavered in their political beliefs; formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance in some localities and departments were repeatedly prohibited; the phenomenon of privilege and privilege thinking was relatively serious; some corruption problems were shocking, and so on. At that time, many people within the Party and in society were deeply worried about the future of the Party and the country. Faced with these prominent contradictions and problems affecting the Party’s long-term governance, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building scientifically applies the basic principles of Marxist Party-building theory, effectively solves the practical problems faced by Party building in the New Era, endows the great new project of Party building with new epochal connotations from a new perspective and with new understanding, and impels the Party to fully demonstrate new features and new achievements in the New Era.

在自我革命中解决管党治党突出问题。中国共产党作为世界上最大的马克思主义执政党，要始终赢得人民拥护、巩固长期执政地位，必须时刻保持解决大党独有难题的清醒和坚定。改革开放以后，我们党坚持党要管党、从严治党，推进党的建设取得明显成效。同时，由于一度出现管党不力、治党不严问题，党内存在不少对坚持党的领导认识模糊、行动乏力问题，存在不少落实党的领导弱化、虚化、淡化问题，有些党员、干部政治信仰发生动摇，一些地方和部门形式主义、官僚主义、享乐主义和奢靡之风屡禁不止，特权思想和特权现象较为严重，一些贪腐问题触目惊心，等等。当时，党内和社会上不少人对党和国家前途忧心忡忡。面对这些影响党长期执政的突出矛盾和问题，习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想科学运用马克思主义建党学说的基本原理，有效破解新时代党的建设面临的实际问题，以新的视野、新的认识赋予党的建设新的伟大工程新的时代内涵，推动党在新时代充分展现新气象新作为。

II. Theoretical Significance: Greatly Enriching and Developing Marxist Party-Building Theory, Opening Up a New Realm of Marxist Governing Party Building

二、理论意义：极大丰富和发展了马克思主义建党学说，开创了马克思主义执政党建设新境界

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building profoundly elucidates the fundamental principles, scientific layout, value pursuit, and key tasks of Party building, greatly enriches and develops Marxist Party-building theory with a series of original achievements, opens up a new realm of Marxist governing party building, and marks that our Party’s understanding of the laws governing the building of a Marxist governing party has reached a new height.

习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想，深刻阐明了党的建设的根本原则、科学布局、价值追求、重点任务，以一系列原创性成果极大丰富和发展了马克思主义建党学说，开创了马克思主义执政党建设新境界，标志着我们党对马克思主义执政党建设规律的认识达到了新高度。

It answers the epochal课题 of building a long-term Marxist governing party. Since the victory of the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 established the first socialist country, how to build a long-term Marxist governing party has become a major epochal课题 in the history of the international communist movement. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union explored this issue for 74 years, accumulating some experience but also many painful lessons, ultimately going astray and leading to the collapse of the party and the state. The Communist Party of China attaches great importance to the building of a Marxist governing party. After the founding of New China, Comrade Mao Zedong actively explored the laws of governing party building, emphasizing the need to always maintain the style of modesty, prudence, and freedom from arrogance and rashness, and of hard struggle, to be highly vigilant and focus on preventing the degeneration of Party members, to resolutely punish corruption, etc., accumulating preliminary experience in Party building under the conditions of national governance. Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out, “It is not easy to be a governing party. Once in power, the Party’s responsibilities increase, the responsibilities of Communist Party members increase, and the responsibilities of our leading cadres increase.” Comrades Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao accumulated new experience in exploring the building of a long-term Marxist governing party. As socialism with Chinese characteristics entered the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly summarized the experience of building Marxist governing parties and the century-long historical experience of our Party, especially the great practical experience of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era, creatively answered the major epochal课题 of building a long-term Marxist governing party, formed General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building, greatly advanced the building of a Marxist governing party, and wrote a new chapter in Marxist Party-building theory.

回答了建设长期执政的马克思主义政党时代课题。从1917年俄国十月革命胜利建立第一个社会主义国家以来，怎样建设长期执政的马克思主义政党，就成为国际共产主义运动史上的一个重大时代课题。苏联共产党在这一问题上进行了74年的探索，积累了一些经验，但也有很多惨痛的教训，最终走入歧途、亡党亡国。中国共产党高度重视马克思主义执政党建设。新中国成立以后，毛泽东同志积极探索执政党建设规律，强调要始终保持谦虚谨慎、戒骄戒躁、艰苦奋斗的作风，高度警惕并着力防范党员腐化变质，坚决惩治腐败等，积累了全国执政条件下党的建设初步经验。邓小平同志提出，“执政党也不是很容易当的。执了政，党的责任就加重了，共产党员的责任就加重了，我们领导干部的责任就加重了”。江泽民同志、胡锦涛同志在探索长期执政的马克思主义政党建设方面积累了新的经验。中国特色社会主义进入新时代，习近平总书记深刻总结马克思主义执政党建设经验和我们党的百年历史经验，特别是新时代全面从严治党伟大实践经验，创造性回答了建设长期执政的马克思主义政党的重大时代课题，形成了习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想，极大推进了马克思主义执政党建设，谱写了马克思主义建党学说新篇章。

It has deepened the understanding of the laws governing the construction of a Marxist ruling party. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building, guided by Marxist

深化了对马克思主义执政党建设规律的认识。习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想，以马克思主义建党学说为指导，基于对实现马克思主义政党长期执政历史使命的深远考量，揭示了马克思主义执政党建设的本质要求，构成了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的“党建篇”。“坚持和加强党的全面领导”，指明了新时代党的建设的目的和根本原则，揭示了党的建设与党的领导的深层关系；“坚持以党的自我革命引领社会革命”，指明了新时代党的建设的重大使命，揭示了党的建设与党的事业的内在关联；“坚持江山就是人民、人民就是江山”，指明了新时代党的建设的价值追求，揭示了党的建设的价值取向；“坚持以党的政治建设统领党的建设各项工作”、“坚持思想建党、理论强党”、“坚持严密党的组织体系”、“坚持造就忠诚干净担当的高素质干部队伍”、“坚持聚天下英才而用之”、“坚持持之以恒正风肃纪”、“坚持一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐”、“坚持完善党和国家监督体系”、“坚持制度治党、依规治党”，指明了新时代党的建设的科学布局和具体路径；“坚持落实全面从严治党政治责任”，指明了新时代党的建设的基本保证，揭示了党的建设的责任主体。习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想，以“十三个坚持”构成一个系统完备、逻辑严密、有机统一的科学体系，大大深化了对马克思主义执政党建设规律的认识，在马克思主义政党建设史上具有里程碑意义。

It has contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the development of political parties and political civilization worldwide. Under the current complex situation of markedly increased domestic and international risks and challenges, political parties across the world commonly face the difficulty of overcoming the predicament of governance and the predicament of Party building. Our Party, as the world’s largest Marxist governing party, as a century-old major party with over 98 million members and 5.065 million primary-level Party organizations, with a vigorous and energetic mental state and the experience of managing and governing the Party that “a major party must have the bearing of a major party,” has provided useful reference for the governance of political parties worldwide. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building originates from the valuable experience of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era, is rooted in the deep soil of fine traditional Chinese culture, puts forward theoretical viewpoints with subjectivity and originality, centrally embodies the secret of “the governance of the Communist Party of China,” presents distinct Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner, and is a brilliant example of the Two Integrations [3]3 The Two Integrations (两个结合) refers to the integration of the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the best of traditional Chinese culture.. This important thought focuses on the general trend of social development and the general pattern of world change, possesses distinct theoretical originality, powerful practical guiding force, and systematic scientific methodology; it is a scientific, complete, and mature theory of Party building. It not only provides sharp ideological weapons for managing the Party with proper methods, governing the Party with strength, and building the Party effectively, but also draws on the experiences and lessons of the rise and fall of political parties worldwide, offering Chinese solutions for the development of world political civilization in the era of globalization and contributing Chinese wisdom to the progress of human political civilization.

贡献了世界政党发展和政治文明的中国智慧和中国方案。在当前国内外风险挑战明显增多的复杂局面下，世界各国政党共同面临着克服执政困境和党的建设困境的难题。我们党作为世界上最大的马克思主义执政党，作为一个拥有9800多万名党员、506.5万个党的基层组织的百年大党，以朝气蓬勃的精神状态、“大就要有大的样子”的管党治党经验，为世界范围内的政党治理提供了有益借鉴。习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想源自新时代全面从严治党的宝贵经验，根植中华优秀传统文化的深厚土壤，提出了具有主体性、原创性的理论观点，集中体现了“中国共产党之治”的奥秘所在，呈现出鲜明的中国特色、中国风格、中国气派，是“两个结合”的光辉典范。这一重要思想着眼社会发展大趋势、世界变化大格局，具有鲜明的理论原创性、强大的实践引领力、系统的科学方法论，是科学、完整、成熟的党建理论，既为管党有方、治党有力、建党有效提供锐利思想武器，又汲取世界政党兴衰成败经验教训，为全球化时代世界政治文明发展提供了中国方案，为人类政治文明进步贡献了中国智慧。

III. Practical Significance: Using the Party’s Self-Reform to Lead Social Revolution, Continuously Opening Up New Prospects for the Great New Project of Party Building in the New Era

三、实践意义：以党的自我革命引领社会革命，推动新时代党的建设新的伟大工程不断开创新局面

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building provides the fundamental guidance for deeply advancing the great new project of Party building in the New Era and doing a good job of organizational work in the New Era, thereby providing a strong guarantee for the development of the Party’s and the state’s undertakings, demonstrating powerful practical force, and must be upheld over the long term and fully implemented.

习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想，为深入推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程、做好新时代组织工作提供了根本遵循，进而为党和国家事业发展提供有力保证，彰显出强大实践伟力，必须长期坚持、全面落实。

It has fundamentally reversed the situation of weakened Party leadership. Party leadership is the foundation and lifeline of the Party and the state, and the interests and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups across the country depend on it. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC [4]4 The Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC was held in October 2016, focusing on comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. adopted the Norms on Political Life Within the Party Under the New Situation; the Party Central Committee issued several regulations on the Political Bureau of the Central Committee strengthening and upholding the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, continuously tightening the Party’s political discipline and political rules; it improved the system of Party leadership, perfected the systems for the Party to lead the people’s congresses, governments, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, supervisory organs, adjudicative organs, procuratorial organs, armed forces, people’s organizations, enterprises and public institutions, primary-level mass self-governing organizations, and social organizations, ensuring that the Party plays a leading role in various organizations; it improved the leadership system of the Party Central Committee over major work, strengthened the functional role of the Party Central Committee’s decision-making and deliberation coordination bodies, and perfected the mechanism for implementing the Party Central Committee’s major decisions; it strictly implemented the system of reporting to the Party Central Committee, strengthened political supervision, deepened political inspections, investigated and dealt with problems of violating the Party’s theory, line, principles, and policies and undermining the Party’s centralized and unified leadership, eliminated “double-faced persons” [5]5 “Double-faced persons” (两面人) refers to Party members who publicly profess loyalty to the Party while secretly engaging in corrupt or disloyal activities., and ensured that the whole Party maintains a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path. Overall, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building has guided and promoted the strong guarantee of the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee; the system of Party leadership has been continuously improved; the Party’s leadership methods have become more scientific; the whole Party has become more unified in thought, more united politically, and more consistent in action; the Party’s political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal have been significantly enhanced, making the Party always a strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

根本扭转党的领导弱化的状况。党的领导是党和国家的根本所在、命脉所在，是全国各族人民的利益所系、命运所系。党的十八届六中全会通过新形势下党内政治生活若干准则，党中央出台中央政治局加强和维护党中央集中统一领导的若干规定，不断严明党的政治纪律和政治规矩；健全党的领导制度体系，完善党领导人大、政府、政协、监察机关、审判机关、检察机关、武装力量、人民团体、企事业单位、基层群众自治组织、社会组织等制度，确保党在各种组织中发挥领导作用；健全党中央对重大工作的领导体制，强化党中央决策议事协调机构职能作用，完善推动党中央重大决策落实机制；严格执行向党中央请示报告制度，强化政治监督，深化政治巡视，查处违背党的理论和路线方针政策、破坏党的集中统一领导问题，清除“两面人”，保证全党在政治立场、政治方向、政治原则、政治道路上同党中央保持高度一致。总的来看，习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想指引推动党中央权威和集中统一领导得到有力保证，党的领导制度体系不断完善，党的领导方式更加科学，全党思想上更加统一、政治上更加团结、行动上更加一致，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，使党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心。

It has promoted the Party to become stronger through revolutionary tempering. To forge iron, one must be strong oneself. To handle China’s affairs well, the key lies in the Party, and the key lies in the Party managing the Party and governing it comprehensively and strictly. Entering the New Era, our Party has taken strengthening the Party’s long-term governance capacity, advanced nature, and purity as the main line, taken the Party’s political construction as the guide, taken firming ideals, convictions, and purposes as the foundation, taken mobilizing the whole Party’s enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity as the focal point, and with the sobriety and determination of “always on the road,” continuously strengthened supervision, discipline enforcement, and accountability, integrated comprehensive and strict governance of the Party into all aspects and the entire process of Party building, and continuously improved the quality of Party building. Through resolute struggle, the political guidance and political guarantee role of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party has been fully brought into play; the Party’s ability to self-purify, self-improve, self-reform, and self-enhance has been significantly strengthened; the lax and soft situation in managing and governing the Party has been fundamentally reversed; the fight against corruption has achieved an overwhelming victory and been comprehensively consolidated; serious hidden dangers within the Party, the state, and the military have been eliminated; the Party has become stronger through revolutionary tempering, becoming a vigorous Marxist governing party that always stays at the forefront of the times, enjoys the heartfelt support of the people, dares to engage in self-reform, and can withstand various tests of wind and waves.

推动党在革命性锻造中更加坚强。打铁必须自身硬。办好中国的事情，关键在党，关键在党要管党、全面从严治党。进入新时代，我们党以加强党的长期执政能力建设、先进性和纯洁性建设为主线，以党的政治建设为统领，以坚定理想信念宗旨为根基，以调动全党积极性、主动性、创造性为着力点，以永远在路上的清醒和坚定，持续强化监督执纪问责，把全面从严治党贯穿党的建设各方面全过程，不断提高党的建设质量。经过坚决斗争，全面从严治党的政治引领和政治保障作用充分发挥，党的自我净化、自我完善、自我革新、自我提高能力显著增强，管党治党宽松软状况得到根本扭转，反腐败斗争取得压倒性胜利并全面巩固，消除了党、国家、军队内部存在的严重隐患，党在革命性锻造中更加坚强，成为始终走在时代前列、人民衷心拥护、勇于自我革命、经得起各种风浪考验、朝气蓬勃的马克思主义执政党。

It powerfully ensures the steady and sustained progress of Chinese-path modernization. Chinese-path modernization is a socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China; Party leadership directly concerns the fundamental direction, future and destiny, and ultimate success or failure of Chinese-path modernization. Party building plays a decisive role in comprehensively advancing the process of Chinese-path modernization. For example: upholding and strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, strengthening the top-level design, systematic planning, and overall advancement of Chinese-path modernization, ensuring that Chinese-path modernization advances smoothly on the correct track; unremittingly using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to consolidate souls and forge spirits [6]6 “Consolidate souls and forge spirits” (凝心铸魂) is a Party idiom referring to unifying the Party’s ideological foundation and strengthening its spiritual backbone through theoretical study., promoting the entire Party to firmly grasp the Chinese characteristics, essential requirements, and major principles of Chinese-path modernization; building a high-quality cadre contingent capable of shouldering the heavy task of national rejuvenation, enhancing cadres’ ability to promote high-quality development, to serve the masses, and to prevent and defuse risks, providing backbone forces for Chinese-path modernization; tightening the Party’s organizational system, strengthening the political and organizational functions of Party organizations, giving full play to the vanguard and exemplary role of Party members, implementing the Party’s line, principles, policies, and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee well, organizing and rallying the broad masses in various fields well, providing immense and mighty force for Chinese-path modernization; continuously advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, rectifying the “Four Forms of Decadence” [7]7 The “Four Forms of Decadence” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major Party rectification campaign launched in 2013. and fostering new healthy practices, constantly cementing the Party’s flesh-and-blood ties with the masses, resolutely winning the protracted battle of the fight against corruption, providing a clean and upright environment for Chinese-path modernization; and so on. Stepping onto the journey of the New Era and the new journey, we must continue to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping’s important thought on Party building, unswervingly enforce comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, promote the new great project of Party building in the New Era to develop in depth, and provide a strong political guarantee for advancing the cause of building a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

有力保证中国式现代化事业行稳致远。中国式现代化，是中国共产党领导的社会主义现代化；党的领导直接关系中国式现代化的根本方向、前途命运、最终成败。党的建设在全面推进中国式现代化进程中发挥决定性作用。比如，坚持和加强党中央集中统一领导，加强对中国式现代化的顶层设计、系统谋划、整体推进，确保中国式现代化在正确的轨道上顺利推进；坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂，推动全党牢牢把握中国式现代化的中国特色、本质要求和重大原则；建设堪当民族复兴重任的高素质干部队伍，增强干部推动高质量发展本领、服务群众本领、防范化解风险本领，为中国式现代化提供骨干力量；严密党的组织体系，增强党组织政治功能和组织功能，充分发挥党员先锋模范作用，把党的路线方针政策和党中央决策部署贯彻落实好，把各领域广大群众组织凝聚好，为中国式现代化提供磅礴伟力；持续推进全面从严治党，纠“四风”树新风，不断密切党同人民群众的血肉联系，坚决打赢反腐败斗争攻坚战持久战，为中国式现代化提供风清气正的良好环境；等等。踏上新时代新征程，必须继续坚持以习近平总书记关于党的建设的重要思想为指导，坚定不移全面从严治党，推动新时代党的建设新的伟大工程向纵深发展，为推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供坚强政治保证。

Author: Gong Yun, currently Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

作者：龚云，现为中国社会科学院经济研究所党委书记

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