The "Great Project" from the Perspective of Party History"

On the occasion of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, the 19th issue of "Seeking Truth" magazine published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping "Promoting the new great project of party building must be consistent", clearly pointing out: "The advancement of a great project is a major pioneering work of our party and an important magic weapon for our party to lead the people in a great social revolution." Studying and understanding the profound connotation of this important thesis is of great guiding significance for further understanding the new great project of party building and promoting the great social revolution led by the party with the party's self-revolution.

Why is it called "Great Project"

In October 1939, Mao Zedong pointed out in the publication of the Communists: "Eighteen years of experience have taught us that the United front, armed struggle, and party building are the three magic weapons and three main magic weapons for the Communist Party of China to defeat the enemy in the Chinese revolution." He particularly emphasized that party building is the core of the "three magic weapons", which further highlights the extreme importance of party building. Here, Mao Zedong boldly and ingeniously called party building a "great project".

The word "engineering" first came from Mao Zedong's Theory of Practice published in July, 1937. He said: when the expected plan becomes a fact in practice, "the cognitive movement of this specific process is considered to be completed. For example, in the process of changing nature, the realization of a certain engineering plan..." is "the realization of the expected purpose". He said in the publication of the Communist Party: "for the victory of the Chinese revolution, it is urgent to build such a party ...... This great project is also under way." It can be seen that the "great project" is a spiral process from recognition to practice, from practice to recognition. It "requires a long process of effort", which is arduous, complex, long-term and systematic.

To sum up, Mao Zedong used the "magic weapon" of national language and the "project" of modern concept to describe the self-construction of our party, and expounded the great significance, overall objectives and basic requirements of the construction of Marxist political parties, which is both vivid and vivid. Easy to be accepted and understood by people. The positioning of party building as the "magic weapon" and "great project" of the revolution is unprecedented in the writings of classic Marxist writers, which has raised the party's understanding of self-construction to a new height. Today, more than 80 years later, "party building is the magic weapon for the continuous victory of the great cause led by the party" and "continuing to promote the new great project of party building is still the consensus of the whole party and has become an inexhaustible driving force for promoting the building of the ruling party". General Secretary Xi Jinping further pointed out in the important article "Promoting the New Great Project of Party Building must be consistent": "I emphasized in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Party: The courage to self-revolution and strict management of the party are our party. The most distinctive character; comprehensive and strict governance of the party is always on the way. Why I want to emphasize this point is because strengthening the party's leadership is the fundamental guarantee for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Without the Communist Party of China, how can there be a socialist China? Where is socialism with Chinese characteristics? Where is the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation?"

New Great Works Where is "New"

In the publication of the Communist Party, Mao Zedong not only called party building a great project for the first time, but also profoundly summed up the experience since the founding of the Communist Party of China. It is proposed to "build a Bolshevik Communist Party of China that is nationwide, broad-based and ideologically, politically and organizationally consolidated". This highly summarizes the general goals and tasks of party building during the new democratic revolution, and points out the guidelines and requirements for strengthening party building. It is the Chinese Communist Party that leads the people to complete the transformation of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal old China into socialism. The great practice of party building in the great revolution of New China. It emphasizes the need to improve the combat effectiveness of the revolution.

In September 1994, the fourth Plenary session of the 14th CPC Central Committee raised party building to the height of a new great project for the first time and clearly put forward the general objectives and tasks of party building in the new period. In September 1997, the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to continue to promote the new great project of party building. In November 2002, the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that we must strengthen and improve the party's leadership and comprehensively promote the new great project of party building. In October 2007, the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to comprehensively promote the new great project of party building with the spirit of reform and innovation. The common point of the "new" here is that we all emphasize that our party should lead the people to complete the great new revolution of building China from an underdeveloped socialist country into a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist modern country. The great practice of party building also emphasizes the need to strengthen the party's ability to govern, advanced nature and purity.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, especially the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2017, it has been put forward: "to build the party into a Marxist ruling party that is always in the forefront of the times, wholeheartedly supported by the people, has the courage to self revolution, can withstand the test of various storms and waves, and is full of vitality." During this period, it was also proposed that "the new great project of promoting party building should be consistent" and "continue to deepen the new great project of party building". The "new" of this period all emphasized the great practice of the party's self-revolution in leading the people to achieve the "two centenary" goals and realize the great social revolution of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Highlight the Party's political construction as the command, the courage to self-revolution. In fact, this is the new great project of Party building in the new era, that is, the new great project of comprehensively and strictly administering the party.

In short, the proposal and deepening of the party's construction from "great project" to "new great project" shows that our party attaches great importance to self-construction, has the courage to self-revolution, and adheres to the political quality and political courage of self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement, which contains the success of the Communist Party of China and the distinctive characteristics that distinguish it from other political parties.

How to Promote the New Great Project of Party Building in the New Era

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphatically pointed out: "The task of party building in the new era is very arduous." To promote the new great project of Party building in the new era, "we should not only cultivate the yuan and consolidate the foundation, but also explore and innovate. We should not only grasp the key points, but also form an overall situation, especially give full play to the spirit of self revolution".

Our party is both a ruling party and a revolutionary party, and must promote the "two great social revolutions". General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "To carry out the great social revolution of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, our party must have the courage to carry out self-revolution and build the party stronger and stronger." "In the new era, our party must use the party's self-revolution to promote the great social revolution led by the party and the people." These two important conclusions clarify the dialectical relationship between the party's self-revolution and social revolution, and show that the courage to self-revolution is a powerful driving force and fundamental guarantee for the victory of the great social revolution in the new era. In dealing with the relationship between self revolution and social revolution, we should deeply realize that 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. At the same time, the courage to self-revolution is the most distinctive character of our party and the greatest advantage of our party. Only by having the courage to carry out self-revolution can we build the party stronger and stronger, and adhere to and develop the great society of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The revolution was carried out well.

The test of governance is the biggest test of all tests, and we must pass the "four not easy. General Secretary Xi Jinping warned the whole party: "It is not easy to be prepared for danger in times of success and to maintain the mental state of striving for governance in the early days of entrepreneurship. It is not easy to be thrifty and introverted after taking power. It is not easy to strictly govern officials during the period of peace. It is not easy to prevent corruption and abstain from extravagance. It is not easy to follow the trend and conform to the people's will at the moment of major changes." These "four difficulties" profoundly reveal the universal law of political parties in power, and also profoundly clarify the ruling test faced by political parties in power. No matter which aspect of these "four difficulties" cannot be achieved or done well, it is impossible to be in power for a long time. Whether it is a historical ruler or a modern ruling party, most of the loss of power is not easy on these "four difficulties. Our party is facing the "four major tests". Among them, the test of governance is the biggest test of all tests. We must adhere to the party's leadership, master the state power, and manage and use power for the people. Once we make mistakes on this major issue of principle, It must be a subversive mistake.

We must dare to carry out self-revolution and truly achieve the "five strong". General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Our party must always become the vanguard of the times, the backbone of the nation, and always become the ruling party of Marxism. It must always be strong." "How to be excellent is to dare to carry out self-revolution, dare to blade inward, dare to scrape bones and heal wounds, dare to break a strong man's wrist, and prevent disaster from rising." Specifically, we must have strong beliefs, strong politics, strong responsibilities, strong abilities, and strong styles. From "you still need to be hard to make iron" to "you must be hard to make iron" and "you must always be strong", and then to concretize "you must always be strong" into "five strong", all of which fully reflect one point. These "five excellent" are not only the ardent expectations placed on party members and leading cadres, but also a timely reminder of "ability panic." it is also a clear requirement to touch the soul and improve the realm, and it is also the basic standard to measure whether a leading cadre is qualified. The "five excellent" is an organic whole, and each "excellent" has a specific direction. The most important thing is that the belief is strong, the most fundamental thing is that the politics is strong, and the most urgent thing is that the responsibility and ability are strong, especially the style of work.

Source: Learning Times