Taking Leading the Great Social Revolution as the Fundamental Purpose

At the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection [1]1 The Great Production Movement was a large-scale self-sufficiency campaign launched by the CPC in the Yan’an base area during the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945) to overcome economic difficulties., General Secretary Xi Jinping, proceeding from the strategic height of the Party’s long

在二十届中央纪委三次全会上，习近平总书记从党长期执政的战略高度出发，明确提出必须“以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的”推进党的自我革命，这一重要实践要求不仅表明党对自我革命规律性认识达到新高度，更深刻揭示出党的伟大自我革命的目标指向。我们要深入学习贯彻习近平总书记关于党的自我革命的重要思想，站在进行伟大社会革命的高度推动党的自我革命、推进全面从严治党向纵深发展，在正确认识“两个伟大革命”内在逻辑基础上，紧紧围绕以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业的现实需要，把党的伟大自我革命进行到底。

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Practice has proven that the Communist Party of China can lead the people in carrying out a great social revolution, and it can also carry out a great self-revolution. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "History always advances according to its own logic." Viewed from the history of the development of human society, taking the leading of the great social revolution as the fundamental purpose and advancing the Party's self-revolution is a correct understanding of the internal logic of the "two great revolutions," and it is also a basic adherence to the laws of the development of human society, containing profound theoretical logic and practical logic.

实践证明，中国共产党能够带领人民进行伟大的社会革命，也能够进行伟大的自我革命。习近平总书记指出：“历史总是按自己的逻辑向前演进。”从人类社会发展历史来看，以伟大社会革命为根本目的，推进党的自我革命是对“两个伟大革命”内在逻辑的正确认识，也是对人类社会发展规律的基本遵循，蕴含着深刻的理论逻辑与实践逻辑。

Marx believed that the development of human society is realized in the continuous breaking of the old political superstructure and is also completed in the construction of a new society. Only a class that always represents the development requirements of advanced productive forces can continuously promote social development. This is because, in the contradictory movement between productive forces and relations of production, productive forces always occupy the dominant position; productive forces determine relations of production, and relations of production adapt to the development of productive forces. In history, the landlord class and the bourgeoisie, which were once very revolutionary, inevitably became objects of revolution in the end precisely because they only represented the interests of their own class; when the revolution touched their own interests, they became opponents of the revolution. In fact, the political superstructure reflecting the interests of the landlord class and the bourgeoisie was undoubtedly adapted to the development of productive forces in its early stages of establishment, and it could only be established and further promote the development of productive forces by adapting to the development of productive forces. However, with the dynamic development of productive forces, when all the productive forces they can contain are brought into play, the transformation of relations of production and even the superstructure becomes inevitable. But these transformations inevitably encounter strong opposition because they harm the interests of the landlord class and the bourgeoisie themselves, leading to violent actions of one class against another, the result of which is "either the revolutionary transformation of the whole society or the common ruin of the contending classes." [1]1 The Great Production Movement was a large-scale self-sufficiency campaign launched by the CPC in the Yan’an base area during the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945) to overcome economic difficulties. This is also an important reason why feudal society and capitalist society experienced rapid development of productive forces and thriving economic and social development in their early stages, but were riddled with ills and ultimately disintegrated in their later stages.

马克思认为，人类社会发展是在不断破除旧的政治上层建筑中实现的，也是在新的社会建设中完成的。只有始终代表先进生产力发展要求的阶级，才能持续推动社会发展。因为在生产力与生产关系这对矛盾运动中，处支配地位的始终是生产力，生产力决定生产关系，生产关系适应生产力发展。在历史上，曾经非常革命的地主阶级、资产阶级之所以最终都不可避免地沦为被革命的对象，就在于其只代表本阶级利益，当革命触及自身利益时就成了革命的反对者。事实上，反映地主阶级、资产阶级利益的政治上层建筑在建立初期无疑是适应生产力发展的，也只有适应生产力发展才能建立起来并进一步促进生产力发展。然而，随着生产力的动态发展，当其所能容纳的全部生产力发挥出来时，生产关系乃至上层建筑的变革也就成为必然。但这些变革必然因损害地主阶级、资产阶级自身利益而遭到强烈反对，从而导致一个阶级对另一个阶级的暴烈行动，由此带来的结果就是“整个社会受到革命改造或者斗争的各阶级同归于尽”。这也是封建社会、资本主义社会前期生产力发展迅速、经济社会发展蒸蒸日上，而后期弊病丛生、最终走向分崩离析的重要原因。

To promote the continuous development of society, it is necessary to rely on the proletariat, especially its leading party, the Communist Party. This is not only because the Communist Party has always been the representative of advanced productive forces, but also because it has no special interests of its own, can face problems head-on and correct mistakes, and maintain its advanced nature and purity through self-revolution. Marx and Engels profoundly elucidated the important thought of advancing the Party's self-revolution with the fundamental purpose of leading the great social revolution in the *Communist Manifesto*. They believed that to abolish bourgeois relations of production and ownership, it is necessary first for the Communists, "the most decisive and always pushing forward section of the workers' parties," [2]2 The Central Supervisory Committee was the Party’s first internal disciplinary inspection body, established at the Fifth National Congress of the CPC in 1927. to seize political power and win democracy. Then, using political power, they must transform all modes of production and "increase the total of productive forces as rapidly as possible," [3]3 Huang Kegong was a senior Red Army officer executed in 1937 for murdering a female student, a case used by the Party to demonstrate discipline. thereby creating conditions for the free and comprehensive development of each individual. In other words, precisely because of its inherent advanced nature and purity, the Communist Party can carry the revolution through to the end and become the leading force guiding and promoting social change. It must be made clear that the advanced nature and purity of a Marxist political party are not innate, nor are they achieved once and for all; they are formed through revolutionary tempering. Especially after seizing power, with the establishment of the basic system of socialism and the transformation of the principal contradiction in society, the self-construction of the Marxist political party becomes the key factor determining social development. To ultimately realize the lofty ideal of communism, the Marxist political party must, in the process of leading the great social revolution, also dare to turn its blade inward and carry out self-revolution, ensuring that the Party always "represents the interests of the movement as a whole." [4]4 The August 7th Meeting (1927) corrected the Party’s right-leaning capitulationist errors; the Zunyi Meeting (1935) established Mao Zedong’s leadership; the Yan’an Rectification Movement (1942-1945) was a Party-wide ideological education campaign. This is of paramount importance for the Communist Party of China, the world's largest long-term ruling party.

要推动社会持续发展，就必须依靠无产阶级尤其是其领导者共产党。这不仅是因为共产党始终是先进生产力的代表，更是因为其没有任何自己的特殊利益，能够直面问题、修正错误，通过自我革命保持自身先进性、纯洁性。马克思、恩格斯在《共产党宣言》中深刻阐释了以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的推进党的自我革命的重要思想，认为要消灭资产阶级的生产关系和所有制关系，必须首先由“工人政党中最坚决的、始终起推动作用的”的共产党人夺取政权，争得民主。然后，利用政治权力变革全部生产方式，并“尽可能快地增加生产力的总量”，进而为实现每个人自由而全面发展创造条件。换句话说，共产党正因其本身所具有的先进性和纯洁性，才能够将革命进行到底，成为引领、推动社会变革的领导力量。需要明确的是，马克思主义政党的先进性和纯洁性不是与生俱来的，更不是一劳永逸的，而是在革命性锻造中形成的。尤其是取得政权后，随着社会主义基本制度的确立和社会主要矛盾的转化，马克思主义政党的自身建设便成为决定社会发展的关键。要想最终实现共产主义远大理想，马克思主义政党在引领伟大社会革命的过程中还必须敢于刀刃向内、自我革命，确保党始终“代表整个运动的利益”。这对于作为世界上最大的长期执政的中国共产党来说至关重要。

Social revolution is the process of fundamentally transforming the whole of society. Over the past one hundred years and more, the Party has united and led the people in unremitting struggle, continuously achieving victories in the great social revolution, creating great achievements in the New Democratic Revolution, the Socialist Revolution and Construction, and Reform and Opening Up and Socialist Modernization. [5]5 The “Three-Anti Campaign” (1951-1952) was a movement against corruption, waste, and bureaucracy within the Party and government. While leading the Chinese nation in a great leap from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong, the Communist Party of China itself has grown from a small party with only over 50 members at its inception into a major party with over 98 million members and more than 5 million primary-level Party organizations. A major party must have the bearing of a major party, but a major party also has its difficulties. How to always remain true to its original aspiration and founding mission, maintain a mental state of striving for achievement, be able to promptly discover and solve its own problems, and continuously enhance its self-repair capability, has always been a fundamental issue our Party has to face. It is precisely for this reason that since the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has always adhered to the principle that to govern the country, the Party must first be governed, and to govern the Party, strictness must be the rule. Starting with the issue of work style that the people have strongly complained about, taking the Party's political construction as the lead, it has coordinated the advancement of the Party's political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction, and discipline construction, integrating institutional construction throughout, deeply advancing the anti-corruption struggle, and promoting the integrated approach of ensuring that officials dare not, cannot, and do not want to be corrupt. [6]6 Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan were senior officials executed in 1952 for corruption during the “Three-Anti Campaign.” This has not only successfully explored the second answer to escaping the "historical cycle of rise and fall" [7]7 The “Four Tests” refer to tests of governance, reform and opening up, the market economy, and the external environment; the “Four Dangers” refer to dangers of lack of spirit, incompetence, disconnection from the people, and corruption. by relying on the Party's self-revolution, but has also fundamentally transformed the Party's work style, government conduct, social conduct, and public sentiment. The face of the Party, the face of the country, the face of the people, the face of the military, and the face of the Chinese nation have undergone unprecedented changes.

社会革命，是对整个社会进行根本改造的过程。一百多年来，党团结带领人民不懈奋斗，不断取得伟大社会革命的胜利，创造了新民主主义革命的伟大成就、社会主义革命和建设的伟大成就、改革开放和社会主义现代化建设的伟大成就。中国共产党在领导中华民族迎来从站起来、富起来到强起来伟大飞跃的同时，自身也从最初只有50多名党员的小党发展成为拥有9800多万名党员、500多万个基层党组织的大党。大就要有大的样子，同时大也有大的难处。如何始终不忘初心、牢记使命，既保持干事创业的精神状态，又能够及时发现和解决自身存在的问题，不断增强自身修复能力，始终是我们党不得不面对的基本问题。也正因如此，新时代以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央始终坚持治国必先治党、治党务必从严，从人民群众反映强烈的作风问题抓起，以党的政治建设为统领，协调推进党的政治建设、思想建设、组织建设、作风建设、纪律建设,把制度建设贯穿其中，深入推进反腐败斗争，一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐，既成功探索出依靠党的自我革命跳出“历史周期率”的第二个答案，也彻底改变了党风政风社风民风，党的面貌、国家的面貌、人民的面貌、军队的面貌、中华民族的面貌发生了前所未有的变化。

It can be said that the Marxist political party was founded for the liberation of all humanity. The loftiness of the lofty ideal of communism and the protracted nature of its realization process determine that while promoting social change, the Marxist political party should also promptly discover and solve its own problems, resolutely eliminate all factors that harm the Party's advanced nature and purity, and remove all viruses that erode the Party's healthy body, so as to always stay at the forefront of the times and advance in the correct direction.

可以说，马克思主义政党就是为解放全人类而创立的。共产主义远大理想的崇高性与实现过程的长期性，决定了马克思主义政党在推动社会变革的同时，还应及时发现和解决自身存在的问题，坚决清除一切损害党的先进性和纯洁性的因素，清除一切侵蚀党的健康肌体的病毒，从而始终走在时代前列，朝着正确方向前进。

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Using the Party's self-revolution to lead the social revolution is an important experience of our Party's century-long struggle. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that history is the best textbook and also the best sober

以党的自我革命引领社会革命，是我们党百年奋斗的重要经验。习近平总书记指出，历史是最好的教科书，也是最好的清醒剂。我们党一经成立就鲜明提出“党的根本政治目的是实行社会革命”。为破解大党独有难题，全面确保中国共产党领导全国各族人民开辟的中国式现代化行稳致远，需要从历史维度认识不同历史时期党的伟大自我革命与伟大社会革命，把握历史规律、增强历史主动，坚定以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的推进党的伟大自我革命的信心和决心。

During the period of the New Democratic Revolution, in order to transform the poor and backward old China into a prosperous and strong new China, the Communist Party of China actively led the great social revolution. Through land revolution, armed struggle, and the Great Production Movement, while defeating enemies several times its own size, it always insisted on turning its blade inward and scraping the poison from the bone, resolutely struggling against various erroneous ideas and corrupt practices within the Party. The Central Supervisory Committee, established in 1927 at the critical moment of the Great Revolution, and the public trial and execution of Huang Kegong, a revolutionary hero, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, are typical examples. From the August 7th Meeting to the Zunyi Meeting, and then to the Yan’an Rectification Movement, the Party always adhered to promoting its self-revolution with the fundamental purpose of leading the great social revolution, thereby eliminating subjectivism, sectarianism, and Party stereotypes that contradicted the Party’s ideological line of seeking truth from facts, and providing ideological guidance and political guarantees for the victory of the New Democratic Revolution. [1]1 The Great Production Movement was a large-scale self-sufficiency campaign launched by the CPC in the Yan’an base area during the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945) to overcome economic difficulties.[2]2 The Central Supervisory Committee was the Party’s first internal disciplinary inspection body, established at the Fifth National Congress of the CPC in 1927.[3]3 Huang Kegong was a senior Red Army officer executed in 1937 for murdering a female student, a case used by the Party to demonstrate discipline.[4]4 The August 7th Meeting (1927) corrected the Party’s right-leaning capitulationist errors; the Zunyi Meeting (1935) established Mao Zedong’s leadership; the Yan’an Rectification Movement (1942-1945) was a Party-wide ideological education campaign.

新民主主义革命时期，为将贫穷落后的旧中国改造为繁荣富强的新中国，中国共产党积极引领伟大社会革命，通过土地革命、武装斗争和大生产运动等，在战胜数倍于己的敌人的同时，始终坚持刀刃向内、刮骨疗毒，积极同党内存在的各种错误思想和贪污腐化行为作坚决斗争。1927年成立于大革命危急关头的中央监察委员会，以及抗日战争时期对革命功臣黄克功的公审枪毙，便是典型例证。从“八七会议”到遵义会议，再到延安整风，党始终坚持以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的推进党的自我革命，既消除了与党的实事求是思想路线相违背的主观主义、宗派主义与党八股，又为新民主主义革命的胜利提供了思想指引和政治保障。

During the period of socialist revolution and construction, Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong as their main representative, continued to adhere to promoting the Party’s self-revolution with the fundamental purpose of leading the great social revolution. To ensure the smooth completion of socialist transformation, Comrade Mao Zedong, in response to the tendency of a few leading cadres to become arrogant and corrupt after taking power nationwide, not only reminded the vast number of Party members to be wary of “bullets wrapped in sugar coating,” but also actively cooperated with the “Three-Anti Campaign” to launch a Party-wide rectification movement. In particular, the execution of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan vividly illustrated that the revolution led by our Party was not only about revolutionizing others but also about revolutionizing ourselves. In fact, it was precisely through the Party’s great self-revolution, on the basis of ensuring the Party’s purity and advanced nature, that the socialist revolution was comprehensively advanced, thereby orderly leading the Chinese nation to achieve the most extensive and profound social change in history. [5]5 The “Three-Anti Campaign” (1951-1952) was a movement against corruption, waste, and bureaucracy within the Party and government.[6]6 Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan were senior officials executed in 1952 for corruption during the “Three-Anti Campaign.”

社会主义革命和建设时期，以毛泽东同志为主要代表的中国共产党人继续坚持以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的推进党的自我革命。为确保社会主义改造顺利完成，毛泽东同志针对执掌全国政权后少数领导干部居功自傲、贪污腐化的倾向，不仅提醒广大党员要警惕“用糖衣裹着的炮弹”，而且还积极配合“三反”运动在全党展开了整党整风运动，特别是对刘青山、张子善的处决，生动诠释了我们党所领导的革命不只是革他人的命，也是革自己的命。事实上，也正是通过党的伟大自我革命，在确保党的纯洁性、先进性的基础上全面推进社会主义革命，从而有序引领中华民族实现了有史以来最广泛而深刻的社会变革。

In the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, Chinese Communists, with Comrade Deng Xiaoping as their main representative, adhered to truth and corrected errors. In the process of leading the people to continue the great social revolution on the track of the socialist system, they first started from deeply reflecting on and summarizing the laws of the ruling party’s own construction, closely centered on the basic question of “what is socialism and how to build socialism,” sought truth from facts, and brought order out of chaos. They clearly stated that “reform is China’s second revolution,” and through the Party’s self-revolution, they set off profound changes in various economic and social fields in our country. Facing the new century, new situation, and new challenges, Chinese Communists clearly put forward the policy that the Party must govern itself and enforce strict discipline. By comprehensively improving the scientific level of Party building to lead social change, closely centering on improving the Party’s governance capacity and leadership level, and enhancing its ability to resist corruption, prevent degeneration, and withstand risks, they strengthened top-level design and successfully pushed socialism with Chinese characteristics into the 21st century.

在改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期，以邓小平同志为主要代表的中国共产党人坚持真理、修正错误，在带领人民继续在社会主义制度轨道上进行伟大社会革命过程中，首先从深刻反思、总结执政党自身建设规律出发，紧紧围绕“什么是社会主义、怎样建设社会主义”这个基本问题，实事求是、拨乱反正，明确提出“改革是中国的第二次革命”，通过党的自我革命掀起了我国经济社会各领域的深刻变革。面对新世纪新形势新挑战，中国共产党人明确提出党要管党、从严治党的方针，通过全面提高党的建设科学化水平引领社会变革，紧紧围绕提高党的执政能力和领导水平、提高拒腐防变和抵御风险能力，加强顶层设计，成功把中国特色社会主义推向了21世纪。

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has closely centered on major contemporary issues such as “what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the New Era, and how to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.” It not only reaffirmed the Party’s absolute leadership over our country’s economic and social development, incorporated comprehensive and strict governance of the Party into the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, and clarified the status and role of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the overall framework of national governance in the New Era. More importantly, it insisted on using Party conduct to promote government conduct, drive public conduct, and correct family conduct. Especially in response to the “Four Tests” and “Four Dangers” faced during the Party’s long-term governance, it took political construction as the guide, style construction as the breakthrough, the normal and long-term implementation of the Eight-Point Regulations as an opportunity, and the “key minority” as the starting point to drive the vast majority, continuously pushing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party from lax and soft to strict and hard, further deepening the understanding of the laws of human social development, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of Communist Party governance. Corresponding to the continuous opening up of new realms in the Party’s self-revolution, the great social revolution led by the Party has also entered a new stage of comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. [7]7 The “Four Tests” refer to tests of governance, reform and opening up, the market economy, and the external environment; the “Four Dangers” refer to dangers of lack of spirit, incompetence, disconnection from the people, and corruption.[8]8 The “key minority” refers to leading cadres at or above the county and regiment level, who are seen as crucial for setting an example.

党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央紧紧围绕“新时代坚持和发展什么样的中国特色社会主义、怎样坚持和发展中国特色社会主义”等重大时代课题，不仅重申了党对我国经济社会发展的绝对领导，将全面从严治党纳入“四个全面”战略布局，明确了全面从严治党在新时代治国理政总体框架中的地位和作用。更为重要的是，坚持以党风促政风带民风正家风，尤其是针对党长期执政过程中面临的“四大考验”“四种危险”，以政治建设为统领，以作风建设为突破口，以常态长效落实八项规定为契机，以“关键少数”为抓手带动绝大多数，不断推动全面从严治党从宽松软走向严紧硬，进一步深化对人类社会发展规律、社会主义建设规律、共产党执政规律的认识。与党的自我革命新境界不断开辟相适应，党所领导的伟大社会革命，也进入了以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业这个新的阶段。

Reviewing history, it can be found that the Communist Party of China is not only the ruling party holding national power but also a party that continuously advances its great self-revolution with the fundamental purpose of leading the great social revolution. Although the practical methods and forms of revolution differ at different stages of development, the “two great revolutions” that run through the entire process of the Party’s and the country’s development have always been accompanied and mutually reinforcing. Promoting the Party’s great self-revolution with the great social revolution as the fundamental purpose is not only an inevitable conclusion drawn from a comprehensive summary of the Party’s century-old historical experience but also the only way to continue to push the great social revolution in the New Era toward victory.

回顾历史可以发现，中国共产党不仅是执掌全国政权的执政党，更是以引领伟大社会革命为根本目的不断推进党的伟大自我革命的政党。虽然不同发展阶段革命的实践方式和实现形式有所不同，但贯穿于党和国家事业发展全过程的“两个伟大革命”始终是相伴相随、相互促进的。以伟大社会革命为根本目的推进党的伟大自我革命，既是全面总结党的百年历史经验得出的必然结论，也是继续推动新时代伟大社会革命走向胜利的必由之路。

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The social revolution led by the Party in the New Era has embarked on a new journey, and the Party’s self-revolution must show a new atmosphere. Chinese-path modernization is a socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China. Only by always maintaining the sobriety and firmness to solve the unique problems of a large party and building the Party stronger and more powerful can we ensure that Chinese-path modernization braves the wind and waves and proceeds steadily and far. We must, with the tenacity and persistence of being forever on the road, unswervingly advance the Party’s great self-revolution, providing strong impetus and a solid guarantee for advancing Chinese-path modernization.

新时代党领导的社会革命迈上新征程，党的自我革命必须展现新气象。中国式现代化是中国共产党领导的社会主义现代化，只有时刻保持解决大党独有难题的清醒和坚定，把党建设得更加坚强有力，才能确保中国式现代化劈波斩浪、行稳致远。我们要以永远在路上的坚韧和执着，坚定不移推进党的伟大自我革命，为推进中国式现代化提供强大动力和坚强保证。

Clarify the complex environment facing the Party, continue to govern the Party comprehensively and strictly, and make the Party always the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China. In the New Era, after more than ten years of unremitting comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, the problem of lax and soft management and governance of the Party has been effectively solved. However, it must also be clearly recognized that as the construction of Chinese-path modernization deepens, the “Four Tests” and “Four Dangers” faced by the Party remain long-term, complex, and severe. Compared with the great social revolution of advancing toward a powerful socialist modern country, there are still some mismatches and inadequacies in the Party’s own construction. Forging ahead on the new journey, to ensure that the Party always enjoys the heartfelt support and endorsement of the people, becomes the leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and thus effectively exerts the Party’s leadership as the greatest advantage, it is necessary to firmly grasp the fundamental principle of upholding and strengthening the Party’s leadership, enhance vigilance, strengthen bottom-line thinking, adhere to the unity of problem orientation and goal orientation, strengthen the bones and nourish the body, detoxify and sterilize, cure diseases and heal wounds, remove decay and regenerate flesh. By ensuring the Party’s leadership role in organizations at all levels, we can lead the great social revolution of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, continuously moving from victory to new victories.

明确党面临的复杂环境，继续全面从严治党，使党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业坚强领导核心。中国特色社会主义最本质的特征是中国共产党领导，中国特色社会主义制度的最大优势是中国共产党领导。新时代经过十多年坚持不懈全面从严治党，管党治党失之于宽松软的问题已得到有效解决，但也要清醒地看到，随着中国式现代化建设深入推进，党所面临的“四大考验”和“四种危险”仍然是长期的、复杂的和严峻的。同向社会主义现代化强国进军的伟大社会革命相比，党的自身建设上还存在一些不匹配、不适应的地方。奋进新征程，要想确保党始终得到人民衷心拥护和支持，成为中国特色社会主义事业的领导核心，进而有效发挥党的领导这一最大优势，就必须牢牢把握坚持和加强党的领导这个根本原则，增强忧患意识，强化底线思维，坚持问题导向与目标导向相统一，补钙壮骨、排毒杀菌、祛病疗伤、去腐生肌，通过确保党在各级组织中领导作用的发挥，引领新时代坚持和发展中国特色社会主义事业这场伟大社会革命，不断从胜利走向新的胜利。

Clarify the historical position of the Party, center on the Party’s central tasks, and better provide a solid guarantee for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. As a Marxist ruling party, the self-revolution of the Communist Party of China has never been revolution for the sake of revolution but has always served the development of the Party’s and the country’s cause. In the New Era, 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 powerful modern socialist country, achieve the Second Centenary Goal, and comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. The greater the cause, the more it is filled with challenges, the more it requires shouldering heavy burdens and knowing the weight, and the more it requires our Party to carry forward the spirit of self-revolution, strictly and practically grasp Party member education, strictly and meticulously implement the Party’s decisions and deployments, and strictly and tightly advance the construction of clean governance and integrity. It is necessary to insist on grasping the “key minority” of leading cadres, enabling them to better play a leading role from above. Taking cadre education and training as the starting point, comprehensively improving leading cadres’ ability to promote high-quality development, serve the masses, and prevent and resolve risks as an opportunity, and comprehensively enhancing the Party’s governance capacity and leadership level as the goal, we must continuously adapt to the requirements of the New Era through revolutionary tempering and possess the ability to lead modernization.

明确党所处的历史方位，围绕党的中心任务，更好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。作为马克思主义执政党，中国共产党的自我革命从来都不是为了革命而革命的，而是始终为党和国家事业发展服务的。新时代，中国共产党的中心任务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。越是伟大的事业，越是充满挑战，越需要知重负重，越需要我们党发扬自我革命精神，从严从实抓好党员教育、从严从细落实好党的决策部署、从严从紧推进党风廉政建设。要坚持抓住领导干部这个“关键少数”，使其更好发挥以上率下作用。以干部教育培训为抓手，以全面提高领导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契机，以全面增强党的执政能力和领导水平为目标，不断在革命性锻造中适应新时代要求，具备领导现代化建设能力。

It is necessary to clarify the missions and tasks shouldered by the Party, continue to carry forward the spirit of struggle, and use the Party’s self-revolution to lead the comprehensive unfolding of the great social revolution in the New Era. Realizing the great dream requires waging a great struggle. At present, as the construction of a great modern socialist country advances steadily, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, while ushering in a bright dawn, has also entered a critical period where opportunities and challenges coexist. Facing increasingly complex risks and tests on the road ahead, the Party must always maintain the sharpness and fighting spirit to overcome difficulties, dare to face problems directly, be brave in correcting errors, and persist in comprehensive and strict governance of the Party forever on the march, with self-revolution forever on the march. In particular, targeting the practical problems of some Party members and cadres being unwilling to struggle, afraid to struggle, and unable to struggle, it is necessary, on the one hand, through Party history study and education [9]9 Party history study and education: A campaign launched by the CPC in 2021 to educate Party members on the history of the Party, emphasizing its revolutionary traditions and achievements. and Party discipline study and education [10]10 Party discipline study and education: A campaign initiated in 2024 to reinforce compliance with intra-Party regulations and discipline among Party members., to educate and guide the broad masses of Party members and cadres to strive to carry forward the revolutionary spirit of the older generation of revolutionaries, as expressed in the line “We should pursue the tottering foe with the courage of a defeated foe, and not seek the empty fame of a conqueror” [11]11 “We should pursue the tottering foe with the courage of a defeated foe, and not seek the empty fame of a conqueror”: A line from a poem by Mao Zedong (1949), urging continued revolutionary struggle rather than complacency after victory., and to carry forward the fighting spirit of Communists, as expressed in the line “Daring to sacrifice, daring to change heaven and earth” [12]12 “Daring to sacrifice, daring to change heaven and earth”: A line from a poem by Mao Zedong (1959), celebrating the revolutionary spirit of Communists in transforming society.; on the other hand, it is necessary to dare to wage resolute struggle against all problems that affect the Party’s advanced nature and weaken the Party’s purity, ensuring that the century-old Party always maintains the fearless fighting spirit of revolutionaries and always maintains the political essence of Communists.

明确党肩负的使命任务，继续发扬斗争精神，以党的自我革命引领新时代伟大社会革命全面展开。实现伟大梦想必须进行伟大斗争。当前，随着社会主义现代化强国建设稳步推进，中华民族伟大复兴在迎来光明曙光的同时也进入了机遇与挑战并存的关键期。面对前进道路上越来越复杂的风险考验，党必须时刻保持攻坚克难的锐气和斗志，敢于直面问题、勇于修正错误，坚持全面从严治党永远在路上，自我革命永远在路上。尤其是针对部分党员、干部不愿斗争、不敢斗争和不会斗争的现实问题，既要通过党史学习教育、党纪学习教育，教育引导广大党员、干部努力发扬老一辈革命家“宜将剩勇追穷寇，不可沽名学霸王”的革命精神，发扬共产党人“为有牺牲多壮志，敢教日月换新天”的奋斗精神，又要敢于同一切影响党的先进性、弱化党的纯洁性的问题作坚决斗争，确保百年大党始终保持革命者的大无畏奋斗精神，始终保持共产党人的政治本色。

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