Xi Jinping: Speech at the "Do not forget your initiative mind, Remember Mission" Theme Education Summary Conference
Comrades
The theme education of "staying true to our original aspiration and keeping our mission firmly in mind" was a major decision made at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The Party Central Committee attaches great importance to this and has made careful preparations and thorough organization. Since the end of May last year, theme education has been carried out in two batches from top to bottom, and it has basically ended now. The strong promotion of party organizations at all levels, the active participation of party members and cadres, and the enthusiastic support of the people have made the entire theme education distinctive, solid and compact, achieving the expected goals and achieving significant results.
Firstly, party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party members and cadres have deeply studied and practiced the Thought of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, enhancing their ability to integrate knowledge, belief, and action. The vast number of party members and cadres read and study the original text with responsibility and problems, and through forms such as central group learning, organizing reading classes, and centralized exchanges and seminars, deepen their understanding and comprehension, research and analyze the mechanism, promote learning to go deep and practical, strengthen their ideals, beliefs, and mission responsibilities, and effectively solve the problems of insufficient learning and implementation. Everyone recognizes that scientific theories are the "golden key" that drives our work and solves problems. The more we learn, the more confident we feel, and the more powerful we feel.
Secondly, the ideological and political education of party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party members and cadres has been baptized and tempered, enhancing their ideological and action consciousness of adhering to their original aspirations and fulfilling their missions. This theme education not only focuses on ideological guidance but also on behavioral norms. Party members and cadres have compared themselves with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, the Party Constitution and rules, the new expectations of the people, advanced models and role models around them, identified gaps and posed problems, and strengthened their faith in Marxism and socialism with Chinese characteristics. By earnestly studying the history of the Party and the new China, conducting in-depth education on revolutionary traditions, revisiting the oath of joining the Party, recalling the experience of joining the Party, and questioning the original intention of joining the Party, holding special democratic and organizational life meetings, conducting criticism and self-criticism, and receiving a serious internal political life exercise. Through this theme education, the faith foundation of the vast number of party members and cadres has become more solid, and the spiritual calcium has become more abundant.
Thirdly, the spirit of party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party members and cadres in their work, entrepreneurship, and responsibility has been boosted, which has promoted various aspects of reform, development, and stability. The vast number of Party members and cadres carry out criticism and self-criticism with the spirit of turning the blade inward, questioning whether their original aspirations have changed and whether they have shouldered their missions. This enhances their sense of responsibility for sharing the Party's worries, dedicating themselves to the country, and benefiting the people, strengthens their sense of urgency that cannot sit still, and inspires the drive to seize the day and strive for progress, as well as the spirit of struggle to move forward in the face of difficulties. Adhering to the combination of theme education with the implementation of the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, the resolution of prominent issues in reform, development, stability, and Party building, and the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we have promoted supply side structural reform, poverty alleviation, and effectively promoted high-quality economic and social development.
Fourthly, party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party members and cadres actively solve the most urgent, worrying, and desirable problems of the masses, strengthening their sense of purpose and dedication to the people. Party members and cadres should go deep into the grassroots and frontline, actively respond to the concerns of the masses, and effectively solve the most concerned, direct, and practical issues of the interests of the masses, especially the difficulties in seeking medical treatment, education, employment, housing, and other worries and concerns. They should respond to the expectations of the masses with visible changes, and significantly improve their sense of gain, happiness, and security. Many people have mentioned that now we have a place to speak, we often see officials in front of us, and some people have gone to handle difficult things in the past.
Fifth, party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party members and cadres have conducted in-depth education on integrity and honesty, cultivating a clean and upright political ecology. By educating and guiding party members and cadres to reflect on the path they have walked and look ahead to the future, we have further clarified who we are, for whom we are, and who we rely on, enhancing our initiative and consciousness of loyalty, cleanliness, and responsibility. Give full play to the exemplary and motivating role of advanced models, carry out in-depth warning education on negative models, use cases to warn and discipline, promote Party members and cadres to respect and abide by the bottom line, further enhance their awareness of discipline and rules, significantly enhance their consciousness of fair, lawful, and clean use of power, strengthen the relationship between the Party and the masses, and continuously improve the political ecology within the Party.
Sixth, party organizations at all levels and the vast number of party members and cadres have focused on special rectification of prominent issues, eliminating some factors that may shake the foundation of the party and hinder its cause. This theme education takes carrying out special rectification as an important means to enhance effectiveness, conducts a thorough investigation and cleaning of prominent problems, resolutely rectifies and implements the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, violates the spirit of the Central Eight point Regulation, increases the burden on grassroots levels, and addresses the problems of spouses and children of leading cadres and their spouses engaging in illegal business and enterprise operations. It resolutely rectifies issues such as infringing on the interests of the masses, weak and lax grassroots party organizations, allowing pornography, gambling, drugs, and black and evil forces to be ignored or even used as protective umbrellas. It resolutely rectifies the problem of using precious specialties and special resources for personal gain, solves some prominent problems within the Party with real weapons, and overcomes some common and stubborn diseases. It is widely reported that the special rectification has a small incision and good effect, fully demonstrating the distinctive character of our party's courage to self revolution, and effectively enhancing the progressiveness and purity of the party.
This theme education is a vivid practice of deepening the self revolution of the Party in the new era and promoting the deepening of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. It has promoted the unity of thought, politics, and action of the whole Party, and provided a powerful mobilization for our Party to unify the "Four Greats" and achieve the "Two Centenary Goals" in terms of ideology, politics, organization, and work style. It has significant practical significance and far-reaching historical influence.
Comrades!
This theme education summarizes the experience of previous centralized education within the Party, and explores and accumulates new experience in carrying out centralized education within the Party in the new era.
One is to focus on the theme and closely follow the main line. In response to the construction tasks of the Party in the new era and the prominent problems existing within the Party, the theme of "staying true to our original aspiration and keeping our mission firmly in mind" has been established. The study and implementation of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has been taken as the main line, and the overall requirements of "adhering to our original aspiration, shouldering our mission, identifying gaps, and implementing them" have been put forward. Learning and education have been deeply studied and understood around the theme, main line, and overall requirements, investigations and research have been conducted around the theme, main line, and overall requirements to seek solutions, examine problems around the theme, main line, and overall requirements to find gaps, and rectify and implement them around the theme, main line, and overall requirements to seek truth, reform and implement them, overcome the.
The second is to lead by example and demonstrate. The Central Political Bureau conducted collective learning under the theme of "Remembering the Original Aspiration and Mission, Promoting Self Revolution" and held special democratic life meetings, providing demonstration and guidance for the entire party. Party committees (party groups) at all levels fulfill their main responsibilities, and members of leadership teams at all levels, especially the main responsible comrades, take the lead in studying, researching, and improving, using the "key few" as a demonstration to drive the "vast majority", carefully organizing and planning, and promoting the implementation of responsibilities, achieving consistency and implementation.
The third is organic integration and integrated promotion. The distinctive feature of this theme education is that it is not divided into stages or stages, and the four key measures of learning and education, investigation and research, problem inspection, and rectification and implementation are integrated throughout the entire process, promoting organic integration and integration. Integrate learning with practice, and connect inquiry with improvement. Learn while researching, investigate while improving, using learning to promote research, research to promote investigation, and investigation to promote improvement. Not strictly setting time nodes and not simply emphasizing the order before and after, emphasizing synchronous promotion and coordinated implementation, but also having different focuses and interweaving, has improved the quality of theme education and enhanced the overall effectiveness of centralized education within the party.
The fourth is to closely monitor problems and make precise improvements. Highlighting problem orientation, starting from the beginning to make improvements, focusing on problems, benchmarking rectification, source rectification, system rectification, linkage rectification, and open door rectification, focusing on the implementation of rectification, especially the special rectification of 8 outstanding problems. We will implement ledger based management and project-based promotion for problem rectification, clarify the responsible parties, progress deadlines, and work measures, list and cancel the list, and promote implementation item by item. We will not slack off until the problem is solved, not let go until it is completely solved, and not give up until it is recognized by the masses. We will strike one hammer after another to ensure that the results achieved can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.
The fifth is strict supervision and guidance, and internal and external efforts. The Central Theme Education Leading Group and its Office strengthen policy research guidance, promote graded and classified progress, and tighten responsibilities. Guidance groups at all levels, patrol supervision groups, and patrol guidance groups should sink down, dare to adhere to principles, take real actions and face tough challenges, transmit the spirit of the Party Central Committee in place, and transmit pressure and power in place. Each region, department, and unit insists on keeping their doors open, inviting the public to participate, supervise, and evaluate, and promptly "rework" and "make up for classes" for those who are dissatisfied with the public. Persist in positive publicity and public opinion supervision, and create a good atmosphere.
The sixth is to guard against deficiency and strive for practical results. Make opposition to formalism and bureaucracy a prominent requirement, do not replace self-study and discussion with expert lectures and theoretical guidance, carry out red education nearby, do not impose hard requirements on writing reading notes, experiences, etc., do not conduct "show style" or "bonsai style" research, strictly control the number of briefings, and do not use the presence of leadership instructions, meetings and documents to issue briefings, ledger records, work notes, etc. as the standard for implementing various tasks of theme education. Combine theme education with the implementation of various requirements for the "Year of Grassroots Burden Reduction", summarize and promote a number of good experiences and practices in rectifying formalism and bureaucracy, and reduce the burden on grassroots. Report and expose a number of typical cases of formalism and bureaucracy, freeing grassroots cadres from the constraints of formalism in their work and entrepreneurship, preventing the emphasis on "form" over "effectiveness", and making the work solid and thorough.
While fully acknowledging the achievements, we should also be aware of the existing problems, mainly: some leading cadres have insufficient depth, understanding, and systematic theoretical learning, a disconnect between learning and application, and insufficient ability to use the Party's innovative theories to promote work; Some problems have not been rectified properly, and some deep-seated contradictions and issues have not been fundamentally resolved; Some grassroots party organizations are still relatively weak in construction, and the mechanism for connecting and serving party members and the masses is not sound and smooth enough; In some places, formalism and bureaucracy still exist, and there is a rush for quick success and instant benefits, which increases the burden on grassroots level, and so on. What the masses are most concerned about is education, and what they hope for most is to maintain normalcy and form a long-term mechanism. We must start and end well, do well and achieve good results, and truly implement the requirements of comprehensively governing the Party strictly.
Comrades!
Our party is a party with over 90 million members and more than 4.6 million grassroots party organizations. It has long been in power in a country with a population of 1.4 billion and is a strong leadership core for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The party's own construction has always been of great significance and determines the overall situation.
The world is currently undergoing a great transformation unseen in a century, and China is in a critical period of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Our party is leading the people in a great struggle with many new historical characteristics. The rapid changes in the situation and environment, the heavy tasks of reform, development, and stability, the multitude of contradictions, risks, and challenges, and the unprecedented test of our party's governance and administration. As a century old party, our party must always get the support and support of the people and write the great cause of the Chinese nation. We must always keep in mind the original intention and mission, resolutely remove all factors that weaken the progressiveness of the party and damage the purity of the party, resolutely remove all the cancer that grows in the body of the party, and resolutely prevent all risks that go against the original intention and mission and shake the foundation of the party.
All the past is a prologue. The whole party should take this theme education as a new starting point, continuously deepen the party's self revolution, and continue to promote the whole party to never forget its original aspiration and keep in mind its mission. Here, I would like to emphasize a few points.
Firstly, we must never forget our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind, which must be regarded as an eternal topic for strengthening Party building and a lifelong task for all Party members and cadres. Whether it's a person or a political party, the most rare thing is to have gone through hardships without changing one's original intention, and to have weathered the storms without losing one's true colors. The original aspiration and mission of the Party are the concentrated embodiment of the Party's nature, purpose, ideals, beliefs, and goals, which inspire our Party to always adhere to and forge ahead with determination. From Shikumen to Tiananmen, from Xingye Road to Fuxing Road, all the efforts, struggles, and sacrifices our party has made in the past century are for the happiness of the people and the rejuvenation of the nation. It is precisely because we have always adhered to this original aspiration and mission that our party can develop and grow in extreme difficulties, stand out from the encirclement in the face of adversity, and rise up resolutely in difficult situations. If we forget our original intention and mission, our party will change its nature and color, and we will lose the people and the future.
A nation that forgets its origin is bound to have no way out, and a political party that forgets its original intention is bound to have no future. It should be noted that under the long-term ruling conditions of the Party, there are all kinds of factors that weaken the progressiveness of the Party and damage the purity of the Party. There are all kinds of dangers that go against the original intention and mission and shake the foundation of the Party. The outstanding problems existing in the Party, such as ideological impurity, political impurity, organizational impurity, and work style impurity, have not yet been fundamentally solved.
The progressiveness and purity of Marxist political parties do not naturally remain with the passage of time, and the party spirit of Communists does not naturally improve with the growth of party age and the promotion of positions. The original intention will not naturally preserve its quality and freshness. If not taken care of, it may become dusty and fade. If not nourished for a long time, it will dry up and wither. It is easy to forget why to set off and where to go while walking, and it is easy to get scattered or lost. The reason why the corrupt individuals we investigated and dealt with fell into the trap of violating discipline and law is fundamentally because they have cast their original aspirations and mission aside. Not forgetting the original intention and keeping the mission in mind is not a short-term thing, but a lifelong thing. Every party member must constantly examine, analyze, and reflect on ideological and political aspects, constantly remove impurities, viruses, and prevent pollution.
I often say that party members and cadres should frequently review the Party Constitution, review their oath of joining the Party, and review the letters from revolutionary martyrs. The Party Constitution should be placed at the bedside and checked regularly to see if you have achieved it? Have you engaged in any behavior that goes against your original intention? The room should be cleaned regularly, and the mirror should be wiped regularly. We should educate and guide party organizations at all levels, as well as the vast number of party members and cadres, to regularly undergo ideological and political examinations, to "benchmark" against the requirements of the Party Central Committee, to "scan" the Party Constitution and rules, to "see through" the new expectations of the people, to "compare" with our predecessors, martyrs, and advanced models, to constantly question and safeguard our original aspirations, to constantly adhere to our mission, and to always achieve our original aspirations like a rock and our mission on our shoulders. To nourish the original aspiration and lead the mission with the innovative theory of the Party, to search for the original aspiration and inspire the mission from the extraordinary history of the Party, to temper the original aspiration and realize the mission in the serious political life within the Party, and to turn the original aspiration and mission into the spirit of forging ahead, exploring and innovating, and the driving force of burying oneself in hard work and truly grasping practical work.
Secondly, we must never forget our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind. We must use the latest achievements of Marxism with Chinese characteristics to unify our thinking, will, and actions. The progressiveness of Marxist political parties is first reflected in the progressiveness of ideology and theory. Emphasizing ideological building and theoretical strengthening of the Party is a distinctive feature and glorious tradition of our Party. Comrade Mao Zedong once said, "Mastering ideological education is the central link in uniting the entire party for the great political struggle." The original aspiration of Communist Party members not only comes from their simple emotions towards the people and their persistent pursuit of truth, but is also based on the scientific theory of Marxism. Only by adhering to the ideology of building the Party and strengthening the Party through theory, and not forgetting our original aspirations, can we be more conscious and take on our mission more firmly.
The biggest enemy of learning is self satisfaction. To achieve success in learning, one must never be complacent. Nowadays, some party members and cadres do not attach importance to theoretical learning and turn self-study into a lack of learning; Some people remember to learn and spend three days fishing and two days sunbathing; Some use learning as a facade, trying it out superficially without seeking deep understanding; Some learning is fragmented and arbitrary, with those who are interested learning and those who are not interested not learning; Many young cadres lack solid theoretical foundations and firm ideals and beliefs. To achieve true learning, understanding, trust, and application, we need to put in even greater effort.
I have stressed many times that the people of the CPC who rely on learning to get to today must also rely on learning to get to the future. All Party members must keep up with the pace of the times, not enter a new era with their bodies, but stay in the past with their thoughts. Looking at problems, making decisions, and promoting work are still based on old concepts, old routines, and old methods. In this way, not only will it fail to keep up with the times and do a good job, but it will also delay opportunities and hinder work. This issue must be highly valued by all Party members, especially leaders at all levels. Keeping up with the times should not be just a slogan, but should be truly implemented in thought and action. We cannot be like a person in the Peach Blossom Spring who doesn't know about the Han Dynasty and doesn't care about the Wei and Jin Dynasties!
As theoretical innovation advances, theoretical armament must follow suit. All the centralized education activities of the Party have started with ideological education, focusing on solving the problems of insufficient learning, inconsistent thinking, and inadequate action. We have been exerting both continuous and concentrated efforts to promote ideological unity, political solidarity, and action consistency throughout the Party. We must regard the study and implementation of the Party's innovative theory as the top priority of ideological armament, integrate it with the study of the basic principles of Marxism, combine it with the study of Party history, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development, and link it with the rich practice of our great struggle, construction of great projects, promotion of great undertakings, and realization of great dreams in the new era. We must work hard to understand and implement it, unify our thoughts while liberating our minds, improve our understanding through deepening our understanding, and effectively enhance our ideological and action consciousness in implementing it.
Thirdly, we must never forget our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind. We must continuously advance the Party's self revolution with the courage to face problems squarely and the conscious determination to turn the blade inward. The faults of a gentleman are like the food of the sun and moon: faults are seen by everyone, and faults are admired by everyone. "Daring to face problems and correcting mistakes is a prominent characteristic and advantage of our party. Lenin once said, "Publicly admitting mistakes, exposing the reasons for making mistakes, analyzing the environment in which mistakes occur, and carefully discussing methods to correct them - these are the solemn signs of the Party. A powerful political party is forged through self revolution. Looking back at the history of our party, while promoting social revolution, we have always been brave enough to promote self revolution, adhere to truth, correct mistakes, face problems squarely, overcome shortcomings, and have the courage to scrape bones, heal toxins, and remove decay. It is precisely because our party has always adhered to this approach that we are able to survive in times of crisis, rectify mistakes, and become a Marxist political party that can never be defeated or suppressed.
At present, a small number of party members and cadres have weakened their spirit of self revolution, are content with the status quo, and live a simple life; Some people's ability to examine problems deteriorates, they are anxious about gains and losses, and they avoid seeking medical treatment; Some people have weakened their ability to criticize, are self protective, and pretend to be deaf and mute; Some people are arrogant, extravagant, and corrupt, with no discipline in their eyes or even violating discipline against the wind, violating the Party's discipline and the spirit of the Central Eight point Regulation. Their problems persist despite repeated prohibitions. The ancients said, "The most difficult thing in the world is the heart, and the most susceptible thing is the desire." Once there is a "thief in the heart," the will for self revolution will decline, go against the original intention, forget the mission, break through the bottom line of discipline, and even commit crimes.
The original intention is easy to obtain, but it is always difficult to keep. All comrades in the Party must always maintain lofty revolutionary ideals and vigorous revolutionary fighting spirit, make good use of criticism and self-criticism as sharp weapons, tirelessly carry out rectification, discipline and anti-corruption, constantly enhance the Party's ability to self purify, self improve, self innovate and self improve, resolutely fight against all phenomena that may shake the foundation of the Party and hinder the Party's cause, cleanse all dirty things attached to the Party's body, and build our Party stronger and more powerful.
Fourthly, we must never forget our original aspiration and keep our mission firmly in mind. We must carry forward the spirit of struggle and be brave enough to take on responsibilities. Our party was born at a time of national internal and external troubles and national crisis, bearing the imprint of struggle from birth. Throughout our journey, we have sought survival, development, and victory through struggle. The closer we get to national rejuvenation, the less smooth sailing it will be, and the more full of risks, challenges, and even stormy waves it will be. We must never forget our original aspiration and mission, never forget danger, never forget death, never forget joy, always remain vigilant, constantly invigorate our spirit, and courageously engage in great struggles with many new historical characteristics.
我们讲的斗争，不是为了斗争而斗争，也不是为了一己私利而斗争，而是为了实现人民对美好生活的向往、实现中华民族伟大复兴知重负重、苦干实干、攻坚克难。衡量党员、干部有没有斗争精神、是不是敢于担当，就要看面对大是大非敢不敢亮剑、面对矛盾敢不敢迎难而上、面对危机敢不敢挺身而出、面对失误敢不敢承担责任、面对歪风邪气敢不敢坚决斗争。
现在，在一些党员、干部中，不愿担当、不敢担当、不会担当的问题不同程度存在。有的做“老好人”、“太平官”、“墙头草”，顾虑“洗碗越多，摔碗越多”，信奉“多栽花少种刺，遇到困难不伸手”，“为了不出事，宁可不干事”，“只想争功不想揽过，只想出彩不想出力”；有的是“庙里的泥菩萨，经不起风雨”，遇到矛盾惊慌失措，遇见斗争直打摆子。这哪还有共产党人的样子？！不担当不作为，不仅成不了事，而且注定坏事、贻误大事。
温室里长不出参天大树，懈怠者干不成宏图伟业。广大党员、干部要在经风雨、见世面中长才干、壮筋骨，练就担当作为的硬脊梁、铁肩膀、真本事，敢字为先、干字当头，勇于担当、善于作为，在有效应对重大挑战、抵御重大风险、克服重大阻力、解决重大矛盾中冲锋在前、建功立业。
第五，不忘初心、牢记使命，必须完善和发展党内制度，形成长效机制。制度优势是一个政党、一个国家的最大优势。邓小平同志说过：“制度好可以使坏人无法任意横行，制度不好可以使好人无法充分做好事，甚至会走向反面。”我们党是吃过制度不健全的亏的。党的十八大以来，党中央坚持制度治党、依规治党，努力构建系统完备、科学规范、运行有效的制度体系，把全面从严治党提升到一个新的水平。
党的十九届四中全会提出建立不忘初心、牢记使命的制度。建章立制，要坚持系统思维、辩证思维、底线思维，体现指导性、针对性、操作性。既坚持解决问题又坚持简便易行，采取务实管用的措施切中问题要害；既坚持目标导向又坚持立足实际，力求把落实党中央要求、满足实践需要、符合基层期盼统一起来；既坚持创新发展又坚持有机衔接，同党内法规制度融会贯通，该坚持的坚持、该完善的完善、该建立的建立、该落实的落实。建立制度，不能大而全也不能小而碎，不能“牛栏关猫”也不能过于繁琐。
制度是用来遵守和执行的。全党必须强化制度意识，自觉尊崇制度，严格执行制度，坚决维护制度，健全权威高效的制度执行机制，加强对制度执行的监督，推动不忘初心、牢记使命的制度落实落地，坚决杜绝做选择、搞变通、打折扣的现象，防止硬约束变成“橡皮筋”、“长效”变成“无效”。
第六，不忘初心、牢记使命，必须坚持领导机关和领导干部带头。领导机关是国家治理体系中的重要机关，领导干部是党和国家事业发展的“关键少数”，对全党全社会都具有风向标作用。“君子之德风，小人之德草，草上之风必偃。”在上面要求人、在后面推动人，都不如在前面带动人管用。不忘初心、牢记使命，领导机关和领导干部必须做表率、打头阵。
“人不率则不从，身不先则不信。”领导机关和领导干部带头冲在前、干在先，是我们党走向成功的关键。革命战争年代，喊一声“跟我上”和吼一声“给我上”，一字之差、天壤之别。新中国成立以后，也是因为我们党有一大批像焦裕禄、谷文昌、杨善洲、张富清这样的英雄模范率先垂范，才团结带领人民群众不断开创各项事业发展新局面。领导机关和领导干部要深刻认识自身的责任，时刻保持警醒，经常对照检查、检视剖析、反躬自省。
今年是决胜全面建成小康社会、打赢精准脱贫攻坚战、实现“十三五”规划收官之年，外部环境不利因素增多，国内经济下行压力加大，改革发展稳定任务繁重。越是形势严峻复杂越需要领导机关和领导干部保持定力、一往无前，越是任务艰巨繁重越需要领导机关和领导干部奋勇当先、实干担当。各级领导机关和领导干部要带头增强“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”、做到“两个维护”，团结带领各族人民勇于战胜前进道路上的各种艰难险阻，以“赶考”的心态向党和人民交出一份满意的答卷。
Information source: Xinhua News Agency
