The Axial Role of Party Building in the Reform of State Institutions

The Third Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out that deepening the reform of the party and state institutions is an inevitable requirement for upholding and strengthening the party's overall leadership. It is directly related to the improvement of the national governance system and the improvement of governance capabilities. The overall layout and coordinated promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout play a role in institutional support and guarantee. The new round of institutional reform of the party and the state is a comprehensive and profound reform of the political system and a major test of the party's ruling ability and leadership level in the new period. We must adhere to the party's political construction as the command, earnestly regard upholding and strengthening the party's overall leadership as a main line running through the institutional reform, and strive to achieve the cooperation of affairs, people, forces and hearts with reform, build a strong political, good style, strict discipline, strong security of the party and state institutions functional system.

We should adhere to political principles and strengthen the Party's overall leadership over the new round of institutional reform. The reform of the party and state institutions should follow the principles of the party's overall leadership, people-centered, optimized coordination and efficiency, and administration according to law. Upholding and strengthening the party's overall leadership is the fundamental political principle that must be followed. It is necessary to adhere to the party's overall leadership over the new round of institutional reform, combine the political construction of grass-roots party organizations with institutional innovation, the establishment of grass-roots party organizations with the reform of administrative institutions, the innovation of grass-roots party building with the tackling of difficulties in the reform of the administrative system, and the combination of solving ideological problems with solving practical problems, so as to compact the main responsibility of the party's organizations at all levels, promote the full coverage of the responsibility of managing the party and governing the party, and give full play to the enthusiasm and initiative of the party's leading groups, party branches, and party members and leading cadres in the new round of reform. We should adhere to the mutual restriction and coordination of decision-making power, executive power and supervision power, strengthen the responsibility of reform mission, and eliminate the "short board" of system and mechanism restricting reform and development, so as to make the new round of institutional reform advance in an efficient, coordinated, standardized, stable and orderly manner.

It is necessary to firmly follow the basic principles and promote the reform of the party and state institutions with the party building as the axis. Deepening the reform of the party and state institutions is a major event that benefits the country and the people. It is related to the success or failure of the reform and the fundamental interests of the people. Persisting in the leadership of the Party throughout the comprehensive deepening of reform is an inherent requirement for the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. Only by taking party building as the axis to promote a new round of institutional reform can we effectively deal with challenges and risks, eliminate resistance, and resolve major contradictions in a timely manner. Any reform must be conducive to upholding and strengthening the Party's overall leadership. The more complex the situation faced by the reform, the more prominent the importance of party building, and the more we must uphold and strengthen the party's overall leadership to prevent and overcome local and departmental protectionism and departmentalism in the reform. We must never allow orders or prohibitions, and we must never allow discounts, choices, and changes in the implementation of the central decision-making and deployment. In the face of arduous tasks, complex situations, and severe challenges, only by consciously maintaining the party's centralized and unified leadership and strengthening the party's leadership can we ensure the rapid and steady progress of various reform tasks.

It is necessary to focus on the core of the main axis and give full play to the leading role of party building in the new round of institutional reform. Breakthroughs and deepening in every field in the process of reform and opening up are the result of strengthening party building on the basis of respecting reform practices. To vigorously promote a new round of institutional reform, we must thoroughly investigate and deal with the weak foundation of party building work, the imperfect grass-roots organizations of the party, and the unserious political life within the party, so as to prevent the adjustment of departments, fragmentation and blindness, and pay attention to the overall linkage and integration of systematic reform. First of all, the new round of institutional reform is a "touchstone" for testing the political leadership of party organizations at all levels ". If the reform is contrary to the party's leadership, it must be unreasonable, and it is necessary to consider strengthening the party's leadership. Secondly, the new round of institutional reform is a "whetstone" to test the combat effectiveness of grass-roots party organizations at all levels ". Only by giving full play to the political leadership role of the grassroots party organizations, strengthening the party's leadership over all work throughout the entire process of institutional reform, continuously optimizing the party and state institutions, and ensuring full coverage of the party's leadership, can the party's leadership be stronger and stronger. Finally, doing a good job in ideological and political work is the "ballast stone" for promoting a new round of institutional reform in a stable, solid and orderly manner ". In the process of reform, when it comes to the readjustment of power and the game of interests, it is inevitable that some people support, some oppose, and some wait and see. The reform has become a game of interests, thus increasing the difficulty, complexity and risk of reform.

In the face of the adjustment of human, financial, material and other interests brought about by the new round of institutional reform, the importance of party building work in the critical period of reform has become more and more prominent. It is necessary to consolidate the lifeline status of party building in reform and give full play to its guiding and guaranteeing role. Only by focusing on the objective problems in the quasi-reform, focusing on deep planning, dedication, innovation, and meticulous work, earnestly mastering the correct methods, and resolving contradictions in a timely manner, can we handle the relationship between the new round of institutional reform and the stable and orderly development of the economy and society. relationship.

Source: People's Daily Online