Strictly manage the party’s ideology and system.
Xu Junzuo (Xinhua News Agency)
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee has attracted great attention at home and abroad. This plenary session, like many previous Sixth Plenary Sessions, focused on the issue of party building and studied major issues of comprehensively administering the party strictly.
This plenary session deliberated and passed two important inner-party laws and regulations, namely, Several Guidelines on Inner-party Political Life under the New Situation and the revised Regulations on Inner-party Supervision in the Communist Party of China (CPC); It also deliberated and adopted the Resolution on Convening the 19th National Congress of the Party, and decided to convene the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing in the second half of 2017. In addition, it is also extremely important that this plenary session formally put forward the "Party Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core" and clearly defined the core position of the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader.
The Sixth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee is of great and far-reaching milestone significance, whether in the four years since the 18th National Congress, or for a period of time in the future or even longer.
The general plan of governing the country has been gradually developed and deepened.
To understand the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, we should not just look at this plenary session, but grasp it in the four plenary sessions since the 18th CPC Central Committee.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has held the Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 18th Central Committee, which made arrangements for comprehensively deepening reform, comprehensively governing the country according to law and building a well-off society in an all-round way. The Sixth Plenary Session devoted special research to comprehensively and strictly administering the party. This is the overall design made by the CPC Central Committee with a view to the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, and it is the gradual development and in-depth promotion of the CPC Central Committee’s strategy of governing the country.
The key to China’s success lies in the Party, and the key lies in the Party’s management of the Party and strict administration of the Party. Judging from the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, it is of great significance to do a good job in comprehensively and strictly administering the party’s work. Without the strict administration of the Party in an all-round way, the Party will not be able to "strike while the iron is hot", and it will be difficult to play a leading role, and our strategic layout will probably fail. It is necessary to understand the comprehensive and strict management of the party in the "four comprehensive" strategic layout and deeply understand the relationship between the comprehensive and strict management of the party and the other three "comprehensive".
The "four comprehensives" complement each other, promote each other and complement each other. In particular, strictly administering the party in an all-round way profoundly affects the other three "comprehensiveness" and provides a strong guarantee for the other three "comprehensiveness". In other words, the landing of the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session is related to the landing of the spirit of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions. To do a good job in China, we must first do a good job in the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Deepening reform in an all-round way requires a large number of promoters and doers of reform. The overall goal of deepening reform in an all-round way is to improve and develop the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. The key to achieving the goal of reform lies in the unity of the whole party, strengthening the "four consciousnesses", daring to bite hard bones, venturing into dangerous beaches and breaking the "cheese".
At present, the comprehensive deepening of reform has entered the "critical period" and "deep water area", and all the easy changes have been basically completed, and the rest are hard bones. It can be said that the current reforms are major and sensitive issues that have a bearing on the overall situation. Every step forward will touch the adjustment of interest relations and interest patterns, and face a series of ideological obstacles and barriers to solidification of interests. More importantly, the obstacles of these ideas and the barriers of solidification of interests often come from within the system, not from outside. This requires that when the CPC Central Committee comprehensively deepens the reform layout, every party member cadre, especially the leading cadres, should firmly establish political awareness, overall awareness, core awareness and conformity awareness, show Communist party member’s party spirit cultivation and political responsibility, consider the issue from the overall situation and in the long run, safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee, and consciously align with the CPC Central Committee. In order to make the reform free from the constraints of departmental interests, local interests and personal interests, we must adhere to the strict administration of the party in an all-round way and promote the implementation of the various decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee on comprehensively deepening reforms.
Governing the country according to law in an all-round way requires comprehensive and strict management of the "key minority". One of the biggest problems in China today is the lack of authority of the rule of law. Group incidents and "letters and visits don’t believe in the law" are all caused by the lack of authority of the rule of law. In this regard, leading cadres have important responsibilities. Judging from the cases investigated since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, some leading cadres and even some senior cadres have the idea of "ruling by man" and "sense of being a chief executive", and they have made great efforts to replace the law with words and suppress the law with power. Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Ling Jihua and others are typical examples. It can be said that it will be difficult to implement the rule of law if this phenomenon does not change.
"Its body is right, and it is not ordered; Its body is not right, although it is not obedient. " We must firmly grasp the "key minority" of leading cadres, adhere to the strict administration of the party in an all-round way, maintain legal authority at the above rate, and create a political culture that respects the law in the whole society. It should be said that leading cadres can not only play a key role in promoting the rule of law, but also play a fatal role. Whether we can adhere to the comprehensive and strict administration of the party largely determines the direction, road and progress of comprehensively administering the country according to law.
Building a well-off society in an all-round way requires a governance group that has done something and is brave. A political party with strict management, strong system execution and courage to take responsibility is an important guarantee for building a well-off society in an all-round way. One of the great advantages of our party lies in its execution efficiency. Leading cadres in various governance groups are important "traders" in building a well-off society in an all-round way. The central government has made a careful layout for building a well-off society in an all-round way, and the key depends on how all localities and departments implement it. Only when leading cadres at all levels of the Party earnestly strengthen their execution and complete the deployment of the CPC Central Committee to the letter can we achieve the strategic goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. On the contrary, if the system and rules become soft constraints, do not act for the officials, are unwilling to take responsibility, or even engage in soft resistance to the central authorities, building a well-off society in an all-round way will undoubtedly become a castle in the air.
Therefore, the key to building a well-off society in an all-round way as scheduled lies in the party, the key lies in strictly administering the party, and the key lies in building a courageous and responsible governance group.
Strictly administering the Party in an all-round way and further institutionalizing and organizing it.
Huntington, a famous political scientist, believes that for a country in modernization, one-party system and multi-party system are better or worse, and different people have different opinions. But as far as political development is concerned, what matters is not the number of political parties, but the strength and adaptability of the political party system.
In other words, in a country in the process of modernization, the degree of institutionalization and organization of political parties is very important. Our party is a big party with more than 88 million party member, and it will be in power for a long time in a country with a population of more than 1.3 billion. The institutionalization and organization of the party are of great significance and affect the overall situation. Strengthening and standardizing inner-party political life and strengthening inner-party supervision is an important task to strengthen the institutionalization and organization of the party under the new situation and an important starting point to promote the comprehensive and strict management of the party.
After the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and other central leaders, on the basis of summing up historical experience and lessons, put forward the idea of building the party by system and governing the party by rules, and put strict management of the party into practice. In 1980, the "Several Guidelines on Political Life within the Party" was specially formulated, which was the first time to regulate the political life within the Party in the form of internal laws and regulations, which was of pioneering significance and played a key role in promoting the institutionalization and organization of the Party. The guidelines, main principles and provisions of 1980 are still applicable today, but 36 years have passed now, and great changes have taken place in both the background of the times and the main contradictions.
Over the past 30 years, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has persisted in strictly administering the Party in an all-round way, and has made remarkable achievements and valuable experience in managing the Party and serious political life within the Party. It is necessary to formulate a new criterion.
Similarly, the Regulations on Inner-Party Supervision in the Communist Party of China (CPC) (Trial) promulgated and implemented in December 2003 is the first special document on inner-party supervision, which has played an important role in strengthening inner-party supervision and safeguarding the unity and unity of the party. However, with the development and changes of the new situation and new tasks, the problem that the regulations are not suitable for the new practice and new requirements has become increasingly prominent. At the same time, over the past decade, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the new practice and experience of inner-party supervision urgently need to be fixed and standardized in the form of inner-party regulations.
In short, the CPC Central Committee’s formulation of new guidelines and revision of regulations this time is precisely aimed at promoting the major arrangements of comprehensively administering the party strictly, adhering to the system of party building, and governing the party according to regulations. This plenary session, facing up to the outstanding problems in the current political life and inner-party supervision, institutionalized and standardized the successful experience and practice of comprehensively administering the party strictly since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and formed a new institutional arrangement, which provided a clear and powerful starting point for comprehensively administering the party strictly.
Realistically, no other political party can undertake the modernization and national rejuvenation of China except the Communist Party of China (CPC). A the Communist Party of China (CPC) with strict management, institutionalization and high degree of organization is an important guarantee to realize the revival of China. If the party is impure, lacks righteousness, is flooded with gangs and interest groups, and the system and rules become soft constraints, it is impossible to lead the country to rejuvenation.
Serious inner-party political life is an important foundation for comprehensively administering the party strictly, and strengthening inner-party supervision is an important guarantee for comprehensively administering the party strictly. The formulation of new guidelines and the revision of regulations at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee are of great and far-reaching significance for further institutionalizing and organizing the party strictly in an all-round way and enhancing the adaptability of the ruling party system.
Enhance the central ruling authority and governance efficiency.
This plenary session formally put forward the "Party Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core". This is of great and far-reaching significance for safeguarding the ruling authority of the CPC Central Committee and promoting the effectiveness of the CPC Central Committee in governing the country.
The core of leadership is very important for a country and a political party. It is related to the success or failure of state governance and the rise and fall of political parties. The whole Party, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) need a leader and a core.
When talking about the party’s democratic centralism in 1956, Deng Xiaoping said: "In any organization, it is necessary not only to divide the responsibilities, but also to have someone take overall responsibility. Isn’t it common sense that a group can’t act without a group leader? " In 1989, he further clearly pointed out: "Any leading collective must have a core, and leadership without a core is unreliable."
Deng Xiaoping’s consideration is deep and he has a very strategic vision. In a big country like China, it is inconceivable to assume the leadership responsibility and lead more than one billion people to modernize without a real politician as the core of leadership.
At present, the complexity and arduousness of China’s governance and CPC’s governance are rare in the world. The world pattern is undergoing profound adjustment, and the domestic pattern is undergoing profound changes. In particular, the decisive victory in building a well-off society in an all-round way is at a critical stage, and crossing the "middle income trap" is in a critical period. More than ever, a wise and responsible leadership core is needed.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader General Secretary as the core has made outstanding achievements in governing China, and China society has constantly presented new development styles and progressive postures. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has become the core of the CPC Central Committee and the whole party in the new great struggle practice.
More than 20 years ago, Deng Xiaoping emphasized: "The central authorities should have authority. If the reform is to succeed, it must be led in an orderly manner. " Now, the reform has reached a new important juncture, and it is no less difficult to promote the reform than it was more than 30 years ago. Compared with the reform more than 30 years ago, the obstacles to the current reform mainly come from people and the fetters of interests. Economist Olson believes that after a country has developed steadily for a long time, interest groups will begin to form at home. At present, there are some vested interests in China that hinder the implementation of the central reform and deployment. Without central authority and centralization, there will be no governance efficiency, and no matter how beautiful the reform vision and development blueprint can be.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a number of decision-making and deliberation coordination bodies and leading groups have been established. The Supreme Leader’s General Secretary has personally served as the leader of several leading groups or committees, including the leader of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, the leader of the Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization, the leader of the Central Military Commission for Deepening National Defense and Army Reform, the leader of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group, and the chairman of the Central National Security Council. Defining the core position of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary can give full play to the role of the CPC Central Committee in coordinating power and resource allocation, enhance the authority and governance efficiency of the central government’s decision-making and deployment, and enhance people’s sense of gain in the process of comprehensively deepening reform, so as to prevent China from becoming a solidified China and a China that violates the essence of socialism.
Not just reform. Defining the core position of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary is of positive and significant significance for promoting the overall layout of "five in one", coordinating and promoting the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, implementing the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, sharing and openness, and promoting the strategic implementation of the "Belt and Road" construction, the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.