Xi Jinping: inherit and carry forward the party's fine revolutionary tradition and work style to carry forward the Yan'an spirit

The Seventh National Congress of the Party is an important milestone in the history of the Party, marking the maturity of our Party in politics, ideology and organization. Politically, through the Yan'an rectification movement, the party united the whole party under the banner of Mao Zedong and realized the unprecedented unity and unity of the party. Ideologically, the Party has established the guiding position of Mao Zedong Thought in the whole Party and written Mao Zedong Thought into the Party Constitution. Organizationally, the party formed a long-tested group of politicians who held high the banner of Mao Zedong. The Seventh National Congress of the Party has an extremely important position in the history of the Party, which pointed out the right direction and opened up the right path for the Party to continue to move from victory to victory.

The former site of the Yan'an Revolution witnessed the glorious course of our party leading the Chinese revolution and exploring the modernization of Marxism in China during the Yan'an period. It is a book that can never be read. Every time I come, I review the past and learn the new, and receive profound education and enlightenment. It is necessary to manage and study well, and tell the story of Yang Jialing and the story of the Seventh National Congress of the Party in the light of reality.

Yan'an is the holy land of Chinese revolution and the cradle of new China. From 1935 to 1948, the Party Central Committee, Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation lived and fought in Yan'an for 13 years, leading the Chinese revolutionary cause from a low ebb to a climax, achieving a historic turning point, and reversing China's future and destiny. The towering pagoda mountain, rolling Yan river water. Yan'an nourished the development and growth of the Communist Party of China with grains and grains, and supported the victory of the Chinese revolution. Yan'an and the people of Yan'an have made great contributions to the cause of the Chinese revolution, which we should always remember.

On October 27, 2022, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, led Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, to pay homage to the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Site. This is Xi Jinping's visit to the site of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Yangjialing.

I have lived and worked in Yan'an for 7 years, and my parents also went out from here. I am very familiar with this place. When I cut in line in northern Shaanxi, every time I passed Yan'an, I would come to the site of the Seventh National Congress, Yangjialing, Zaoyuan, Phoenix Mountain and other revolutionary sites to have a look. After working in the central government, he came to Yan'an three times for investigation and research. This time, together with the comrades of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, it is to declare that the new central leadership will inherit and carry forward the fine revolutionary tradition and style of work formed by the party during the Yan'an period and carry forward the Yan'an spirit.

The glorious tradition and fine style of work formed and carried forward during the Yan'an period, cultivated and formed with a firm and correct political direction, the ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts, the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, and the entrepreneurial spirit of self-reliance and hard work. It is the party's precious spiritual wealth and must be passed on from generation to generation.

On October 27, 2022, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, led Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, to pay homage to the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Site. This is Xi Jinping and others at the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall, visiting the "Great Course-The Thirteen-Year History Exhibition of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Yan'an."

A firm and correct political direction is the essence of the Yan'an spirit. In 1938, when Comrade Mao Zedong answered "what should be learned in the Anti Japanese military and Political University in Yan'an, he pointed out that" the first thing is to learn a political direction ". All comrades in the party must adhere to the correct political direction, resolutely implement the party's basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy, resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and continue to advance the great cause initiated by the older generation of revolutionaries.

During the Yan'an period, the party put forward the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly and wrote it into the party constitution, emphasizing that the Communist Party "this team is entirely for the liberation of the people and is thoroughly working for the interests of the people". Party cadres are required to "sit on the side of the common people", forming a vivid situation of "seeing only public servants but not officials. All comrades in the party must stand firm on the people's position, practice the party's purpose, implement the party's mass line, maintain the flesh-and-blood ties between the party and the people, consciously integrate the people-centered development thinking into all work, and steadily promote common prosperity., Let the achievements of modernization benefit all people more and more equitably.

After the Party Central Committee and the Red Army settled in Yan'an, conditions were very difficult due to the enemy's military encirclement and economic blockade. The army and people in Yan'an actively responded to Comrade Mao Zedong's call to "do it yourself and have enough food and clothing" and launched a vigorous mass production movement, which strongly supported the anti-Japanese front. All comrades in the party must vigorously promote the spirit of self-reliance and hard work. No matter how rich our material life is in the future, the spirit of self-reliance and hard work must not be lost. Keep your feet on the ground, work hard, concentrate on doing your own affairs, and develop the country and the nation. Put it on the basis of your own strength.

At that time, Comrade Mao Zedong and other revolutionaries of the older generation lived in Yan'an, eating coarse grain and wearing cloth clothes, and defeated the "Xi'an style" with the "Yan'an style". Comrades of the whole party must inherit and carry forward the glorious traditions and fine styles left by the older generation of revolutionaries and Communists, have the courage to promote the party's self-revolution, unswervingly promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the party, and always maintain the party's advanced nature and Purity ensures that the party will always be the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

During the Yan'an period, with a tenacious fighting spirit and superb fighting skills, the party vigorously carried out the struggle against Japanese militarist aggression, and effectively responded to a series of major challenges such as the Xi'an Incident, the July 7th Incident, and the Chongqing Negotiations. The national revolutionary struggle effectively responded to the key attacks of the Kuomintang army on the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, and opened up a new situation of the Chinese revolution with millet and rifles. All comrades in the party must carry forward the spirit of struggle, improve their ability to struggle, resolutely overcome various difficulties and challenges on the road ahead, and rely on tenacious struggle to open up new horizons for career development.

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China formulated the major policies of the party and the country at present and in the future, and described a grand blueprint for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. Let us embark on a new journey, towards a new goal, set out!

※ this is the main point of General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech when he led Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, to visit the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Site on October 27, 2022.

Source: Qiushi, No. 24, 2022