【持之以恒推进全面从严治党】用党的创新理论凝心铸魂

CCTV.com News (Xinwen Lianbo): General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that emphasizing Party building through ideology and strengthening the Party through theory is a distinctive feature and a proud tradition of our Party. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has consistently regarded ideological development as fundamental to Party building and has upheld the use of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to unite hearts and forge the soul. The entire Party has become more unified in thought, more united politically and more consistent in action, laying a firm ideological foundation for the great cause of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March. In recent days, from the themed exhibition "The Great Expedition" to revolutionary heritage venues across the country, people have visited Long March departure sites and memorial parks, looked back on the history of the Long March, reflected on the original aspiration and mission, and carried forward the Long March spirit.

In Yudu, Jiangxi, an immersive drama recreated the scene of local residents bidding farewell to the Red Army as it set out in 1934, deeply moving many audience members. During his inspection visit to Jiangxi in May 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping revisited the glorious history of the Red Army's Long March and delivered forceful and inspiring remarks.

Firm ideals and convictions come from firmness in ideological theory.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, facing both the overall strategy for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and changes in the world unseen in a century, Chinese Communists, with Comrade Xi Jinping as their chief representative, have upheld the integration of the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific realities and with China's fine traditional culture. With an entirely new perspective, they have deepened understanding of the laws governing Communist Party rule, socialist development and the development of human society, and established Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, achieving a new leap in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times.

The report to the 20th CPC National Congress made clear that "arming the entire Party with the Party's innovative theories is the fundamental task of the Party's ideological development." It called for "persistently using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to unite hearts and forge the soul," "comprehensively strengthening the Party's ideological development," and "strengthening education in ideals and convictions, guiding the entire Party to remember the Party's purpose, and properly addressing the fundamental issue of worldview, outlook on life and values—the master switch."

With every step forward in theoretical innovation, efforts to equip Party members with theory must advance accordingly.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party Central Committee has successively arranged nine intensive education campaigns within the Party to address urgent problems confronting Party building at different times. These have ranged from the campaign to study and practice the Party's mass line, the "Three Stricts and Three Earnests" special education campaign, and the "Two Studies, One Action" education campaign, to the themed education campaign on "staying true to our original aspiration and keeping our mission firmly in mind" and Party history study and education. Since the 20th CPC National Congress, they have also included the themed education campaign to study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Party discipline study and education, study and education on thoroughly implementing the spirit of the central eight-point decision, and study and education on establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievement. Each has begun with ideological education, extending from the "critical few" to more than 100 million Party members and from intensive education to regular education. The entire Party has become unified in thought, united politically and consistent in action, profoundly grasping the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments" and resolutely upholding the "Two Upholds"; it has clarified ideological fundamentals and strengthened its foundations, building a firm foundation of faith, replenishing its spiritual "calcium" and keeping a steady ideological helm.

The value of theory lies in guiding practice, and the purpose of study lies in application.

The people are the foundation of the state; when the foundation is firm, the state is at peace. Intensive education within the Party follows an open-door approach: listening to the public's opinions when identifying problems, accepting public oversight of rectification efforts, and allowing the public to judge the results.

The study and education campaign on establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievement, carried out this year, closely follows the overall requirements of "building the Party for the public good, bringing benefits to the people, making decisions scientifically, and working in earnest." It seeks to "educate and guide leading officials at all levels to achieve results for the people and through solid work, consciously act in accordance with objective laws, refrain from seeking quick gains, falsifying results or acting blindly and recklessly in pursuit of political achievement, and put an end to new officials ignoring their predecessors' outstanding obligations and to 'image projects' and 'political achievement projects.'" Party members and officials across the country are working with care, dedication and effort to resolve the urgent difficulties and pressing concerns people face in employment, education, medical care, elderly care and housing. They are continuously strengthening people's sense of gain, happiness and security, and doing more practical things that improve people's lives, warm their hearts and respond to their wishes.

In Miluo, Hunan, a targeted rectification initiative concerning elderly care reflects new changes in the outlook on political achievement. By putting existing idle assets to use, drawing on grassroots associations for older people and integrating social resources, the locality has explored and developed a mutual-aid elderly care model featuring "small investment, low cost, no need to leave home, an emphasis on public benefit, and sustainability." It has also worked with health authorities to gradually provide village doctors. Older people can now have hot meals and someone to look after them close to home, giving peace of mind to their children working away from home.

Great times give rise to great theories, and great theories guide great journeys.

Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the entire Party will persistently strengthen its grounding in the Party's innovative theories, consolidate and expand the results of study and education, and establish long-term mechanisms. Through unity in thought, will and action, it will surely lay a solid foundation for the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan period and provide a strong ideological guarantee for comprehensively advancing the great cause of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation through Chinese modernization.