Li Shulei
Paying attention to building the Party ideologically and strengthening the Party through theory is the glorious tradition of our Party, and it is also a distinctive feature of managing and governing the Party, developing and strengthening the Party in the new era. The "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistently Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party" (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision") adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision") made important strategic arrangements for "persisting in using the Party's innovative theory to condense the heart and forge the soul", which fully reflects the theoretical consciousness of Chinese Communists in the new era and fully reflects the basic status of the Party's ideological construction. We must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping’s thoughts on party building, persist in using the party’s innovative theories to focus our hearts and souls, constantly improve the Marxist level of the whole party, and constantly consolidate the common ideological basis for the united struggle of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups, so as to provide strong ideological guarantee, strong spiritual power, and favorable cultural conditions for comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
1. Deeply understand the significance of using the party’s innovative theory to condense the heart and cast the soul
The prosperity of civilization and the rejuvenation of the nation require strong material power as well as strong ideological power. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st century Marxism. It is the ideological banner of the Communist Party of China in the new era and the guide to action for the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country to strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Adhering to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is of great and far-reaching significance.
(1) Using the party’s innovative theory to condense the heart and forge the soul is an inevitable requirement for strengthening the party spirit of communists. Only by strong theory can the party spirit be strong, and being clear and firm in ideology and theory is the prerequisite for the party spirit to be mature and strong. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "To cultivate an "indestructible body," we must arm our minds with scientific theories and continuously cultivate our spiritual home." In reality, the reason why some party members and cadres have weak party spirit and are obsessed with things, and have such problems as seeking power for personal gain, corruption and bribery, and extravagant enjoyment, etc., is that the root cause is a problem with their thinking. To build a solid ideological foundation for party spirit, we must have real ideological and cultural resources. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era adheres to the "two combinations" and is rooted in the fertile soil of China. It is the essence of the times of Chinese culture and Chinese spirit, and is the best theoretical resource for communists in the new era to enhance their party spirit. We must take the study, understanding, and application of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the fundamental way to strengthen party spirit. We must absorb the spiritual nutrition contained in it to strengthen our ideals and beliefs, forge loyalty to the party, cultivate feelings for the people, persist in seeking truth from facts, pure moral character, and maintain integrity.
(2) Using the party’s innovative theory to focus the mind and forge the soul is an inevitable requirement for strengthening the party’s ideological construction. Persistently strengthening ideological construction is the magic weapon for our party to always maintain its advanced nature and purity. The most iconic, leading, and pioneering achievement of the party's ideological construction in the new era is the creation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the realization of a new leap forward in adapting Marxism to the times. Every time theoretical innovation takes a step forward, theoretical arming must follow suit. Our party holds high the ideological banner, comprehensively strengthens the party's innovative theoretical arm, continues to carry out study, education, publicity and research and interpretation, and promotes the party's innovative theory to become more and more popular among the people. At the same time, it should be noted that the structure of party members and cadres has undergone profound changes, ideological and cultural competition is complex and fierce, and technologies such as the Internet and artificial intelligence are accelerating the reconstruction of learning and education methods. The ideological construction of the party is facing major challenges. Only by adhering to the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, improving the long-term mechanism of using learning to build the soul, using learning to increase wisdom, using learning to rectify the style, and using learning to promote work, and promoting party members and cadres to truly learn, understand, believe and apply, can the whole party always maintain unified thinking, firm will, and strong combat effectiveness, and can the party always maintain its political nature as a vanguard.
(3) Using the party’s innovative theory to focus the mind and forge the soul is an inevitable requirement for safeguarding the party’s unity and unity. Unity and unity are the life and strength of the party. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that on the basis of the principle of party spirit, we must continue to strengthen true unity that can show our hearts and work side by side. Such unity can only be achieved by relying on common guiding ideology and common beliefs. Our party has more than 100 million members and more than 5.4 million grassroots party organizations. For such a large political party, the origins and ideological status of party members are diverse. To unite the whole party into "a hard piece of steel" and avoid going their own way, it is impossible not to have unified thinking. Adhering to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era can provide the deepest, most lasting and reliable guarantee for the party's unity and unity through ideological unity, and promote party members and cadres to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve "two safeguards", unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, and move forward in unison.
(4) Using the party’s innovative theory to focus the mind and forge the soul is an inevitable requirement for completing the party’s mission and tasks in the new era and new journey. Theoretical advantages are the unique advantages of Marxist parties. The reason why the Communist Party of China can accomplish arduous tasks that other political forces cannot accomplish is ultimately the result of Marxism and the Marxism of the times. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has successfully completed the historical task of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and is comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization. This is an unprecedented pioneering undertaking, which will inevitably encounter unpredictable fields and new topics, and will inevitably encounter unpredictable contradictions, risks and challenges. The more we create a new situation in career development, the more we overcome difficulties and overcome obstacles, the more we need to use theory to guide the direction and unite people's hearts. Only by adhering to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, can we understand historical trends and grasp the laws of development in the face of profound and complex environmental changes, and fundamentally ensure that all party members and cadres are forge ahead, work hard, and continuously create new situations in China's modernization drive.
2. Firmly grasp the basic requirements of using the party’s innovative theory to focus the mind and forge the soul.
Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is systematic, comprehensive, profound and profound. It not only puts forward a series of original new ideas, new thoughts and new strategies, but also teaches us correct and effective positions, viewpoints and methods, giving us strong spiritual strength and party spirit nourishment. We must consciously use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to arm our minds, guide practice, and promote work. We must use this thought to purify our souls, raise awareness, and sublimate our realm. We must work hard, work hard, and strive to create achievements that can stand the test of practice, the people, and history.
(1) Comprehensively grasp the main contents of the party’s innovation theory. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era covers all aspects of reform, development, stability, domestic affairs, foreign affairs, and national defense, as well as party, country, and military governance, and is very rich in connotation. "Ten clarifications", "fourteen persistences" and "thirteen achievements" summarize the main content of this thought and constitute the "four beams and eight pillars" of this thought. To learn and understand the Party's innovative theory, we must not only start from each part, accurately understand the iconic major concepts, original ideas and viewpoints, and principle theoretical results, thoroughly understand the basic spirit, grasp the practical requirements, and achieve enlightenment and gain from what we learn; we must also be based on the entire thought, grasp the scientific system of thought as a whole, clarify the internal logic between different contents, and achieve integration and analogy.
(2) Deeply grasp the standpoints, viewpoints and methods of the party’s innovative theory. Marxist standpoints, viewpoints and methods are the special skills for doing a good job. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era adheres to and develops dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and provides a new era expression of Marxist positions, views, and methods. The "Six Musts" are an important reflection of this ideological stance, viewpoint, and method, and provide us with sharp weapons for understanding and transforming the world. Only by accurately grasping the standpoints, viewpoints and methods of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era can we better understand the essence of this thought, and truly achieve the unity of learning, thinking and application, and the unity of knowledge, belief and action. We must consciously use the standpoints, viewpoints and methods of the party's innovative theory to observe and analyze the world, grasp the essence of things, recognize the general trend of development, improve thinking methods, and make all work move in the right direction and in accordance with objective laws.
(3) Deeply understand the state of mind contained in the party’s innovative theory. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era not only contains the important ideas of the party's governance, but also runs through the political character, value pursuit, spiritual realm, style and ethics of the Chinese Communists, shining with the spiritual style and personality strength of its main founder, General Secretary Xi Jinping. For example, this thought insists that the country is the people and the people are the country, demonstrating the dedication and sentiment of "I will have no self and live up to the people." This thought integrates the essence of Marxist thought with the essence of China's excellent traditional culture and the common values that the people use in daily life. It carries forward the tradition of "righteousness as the foundation and self-cultivation as the foundation" that the Chinese nation has always emphasized. It emphasizes that communists must have a clear mind and a clear conscience, be moral and self-respecting, temper their political character of loyalty to the party, establish a sense of family and country that lives up to the people, pursue a noble and pure ideological realm, and make selfless contributions to the cause of the party and the people. Using the party's innovative theory to focus on the heart and soul, we must not only grasp the positions, viewpoints and methods that run through it, but also understand the realm and feelings contained in it, consciously transform the subjective world while transforming the objective world, build a solid foundation for ideals, temper political character, and solve the master switch issue of world outlook, outlook on life, and values.
3. Comprehensively implement the task of using the party’s innovative theory to focus the mind and forge the soul
The "Decision" puts forward various key tasks for using the party's innovative theory to unite the heart and forge the soul from the aspects of study, education, research and interpretation, and practical application. We must comprehensively understand and grasp it, conscientiously implement it, and promote the whole party to use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to unify thinking, unify will, and unify action.
(1) Read the original work, learn the original text, and understand the principles. The most effective way to learn theory is to read the original work, study the original text, and understand the principles. Only by returning to the original text of General Secretary Xi Jinping and reading it, chapter by chapter, sentence by sentence, can we accurately grasp the true connotation and essence of the thought from the context of the text, and can we understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's state of mind and spiritual power from between the lines, and thus be inspired and inspired. Read the original work, learn the original text, and understand the principles. The starting point is reading, and the key point is understanding. We must always have a strong theoretical interest, establish lofty theoretical pursuits, read through "Selected Readings of Xi Jinping's Works", "Xi Jinping on the Governance of China", Selected Papers of General Secretary Xi Jinping and other works, calm down to read intensively, deeply and repeatedly, persevere and persevere, and truly be eager to learn and enjoy learning. We must insist on independent thinking, think while reading, go deep and into the heart, so as to understand the true meaning and internalize it in the heart. Learning the party's theory is a party member's obligation stipulated in the party constitution. Every Communist Party member must fulfill this obligation and regard reading the original works, learning the original texts, and understanding the principles as a conscious spiritual pursuit and self-disciplined way of self-cultivation, and use the original works to guide thinking, temper party spirit, guide actions, and cultivate abilities. Senior cadres of the party must demand themselves in accordance with the standards of Marxist politicians, take the lead in learning and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and believe in, master, and be good at applying it throughout their lives.
(2) Enrich theoretical learning and education methods. Strengthen the construction of a Marxist learning-oriented political party, thoroughly implement the party's innovative theoretical study and education plan, and create a strong atmosphere throughout the party that is good at learning and courageous in practice. Enrich theoretical learning and education resources, optimize the order of learning and education, optimize learning and education paths and methods in hierarchical classification, enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of learning, and promote the party’s innovative theories to penetrate deeply into the minds and hearts of party members and cadres more quietly. We must adhere to the combination of centralized education and regular education, make good use of the role of the long-term institutional mechanisms for normalizing centralized education within the party since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and promote learning and education to be deeper and more practical. Highlight the role of the Party’s innovative theory as the main subject in the education and training of Party members and cadres, and improve the education and training mechanism for Party members and cadres. Adhere to and improve the "first issue" system, and promptly follow up and study the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and instructions. Innovate and improve the learning system, improve learning methods, conduct in-depth study discussions and interactive exchanges in connection with reality, and improve the quality of theoretical learning of the party committee (party group) theoretical learning center group and grassroots party organizations. It is necessary to promptly understand and grasp the learning needs and learning habits of party members and cadres under the Internet conditions, make full use of Internet means and artificial intelligence technology, coordinate online and offline learning, and enhance the attraction and cohesion of theoretical learning. We must also pay attention to combining the study of the Party's innovative theory with the study of the basic principles of Marxism, the study of Chinese excellent traditional cultural classics, and the study of Party history and national history, so as to continuously enhance our understanding of the Party's innovative theory.
(3) Carry forward the Marxist style of study. Practicality is a distinctive feature of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. This idea comes from practice and guides practice. It was created in answering questions about China, the world, the people, and the times. It is continuously enriched and developed in the great practice of the new era. It is necessary to carry forward the Marxist style of study that integrates theory with practice, closely connect with major theoretical and practical issues in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, and connect with the reality of the region, department, unit, and personal ideological work, consciously deepen theoretical study, and avoid sitting on the ground and talking about nothing. It is necessary to study with problems, take research and solving problems as the focus of learning, focus on the key issues and deep-seated issues of high-quality development, the urgent problems and worries of the people, and the urgent issues facing party building, find directions, ideas, and methods from the party's innovative theory, and enhance the ability to use the party's innovative theory to analyze and solve practical problems. It is necessary to combine study and research, establish and improve the integrated promotion mechanism of theoretical study and investigation and research, guide party members and cadres to go to the grassroots level to summarize and implement typical experiences of the party's innovative theory, constantly study new situations and solve new problems, and make the research process a process of deepening the understanding of the party's innovative theory.
(4) Deepen the physical and chemical research and interpretation of system chemistry. If we want to arm ourselves with theory in depth and become more practical, we must deepen theoretical research. It is necessary to follow academic rules, make full use of the resources of various disciplines in philosophy and social sciences, focus on academic foundation, practical orientation, international perspective, historical dimensions, etc., systematically expound the moral philosophy of the party's innovation theory, and transform it into intellectual discourse, academic theories, and research paradigms, leading the construction of an independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences. We must focus on the vivid practice evoked by the Party's innovative theory on the land of China, on the historic achievements and changes that have occurred in the new era, on the major changes in the world that have not been seen in a century and on the international ideological and cultural pattern, on the broad vision of the history of the Party's theoretical development, the history of the development of Marxism, the history of Chinese thought, and the history of human thought, fully elucidate the epoch-making significance of the Party's innovative theory, and clarify its practical foundation, truth connotation, theoretical contribution, and historical status. It is necessary to innovate and implement Marxist theoretical research and construction projects, give full play to the role of platforms such as Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, national key Marxist colleges, national high-end think tanks, and the National Social Science Fund, carry out multi-disciplinary and cross-field collaborative research, guide first-class scholars and outstanding young scholars in various disciplines to engage in systematic chemistry, physical and chemical research and interpretation, and support high-quality theoretical arms with high-level research results.
