Under the banner of the party cast a firm soul
——One of the summaries of achievements in national defense and military construction in the new era
■People's Liberation Army Daily reporter Zhang Leifeng Chen Dianhong
The world is vast, and the party flag is like fire.
On July 1, 2021, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China will be celebrated.
Over Tiananmen Square, a flag of the Communist Party of China, escorted by a helicopter flag echelon, is heading towards the wind.
Following the bright red party flag, the new fighter aircraft of the People's Army soared.
The military flag will always follow the party flag and unswervingly adhere to the party's absolute leadership over the army. This is the foundation of the people's army and the soul of a strong army.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the People's Army, under the leadership of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army, has resolutely implemented the strategy of building a political army in the new era, unswervingly adhered to the Party's absolute leadership over the army, and consolidated its foundations and opened new ones. Reforming the bad, keeping the righteousness and innovating, revitalizing the political discipline, making the ideals and beliefs firmer, the political ecology more pure, and the orientation of preparation for war more clear...
The original intention is like a rock, and the journey is like a rainbow.
Riding the mighty east wind of the new era, under the banner of the party, the heroic people's army has strengthened the foundation of building an army, forged the soul of a strong army, and marched forward unstoppably under the absolute leadership of the party.
Consolidate the foundation and open up new ones, and the beliefs and beliefs are more certain
In midsummer, the mountains and rivers of the Galwan Valley remain the same.
Two years ago, my frontier defense officers and soldiers resolutely fought back against the violent acts of foreign troops here, and four officers and soldiers, Chen Hongjun, Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan, and Wang Zhuoran, died heroically.
"Clear love, only for China!" These 8 words in the diary of martyr Chen Xiangrong have now become the voice and consensus of officers and soldiers in the new era, and also witness the loyalty of young officers and soldiers to the party without any impurities or moisture. beliefs are firm and pure.
Faith determines the foundation, and flags condense strength.
On his first day as chairman of the Central Military Commission, President Xi emphasized that on the issue of upholding the fundamental principle of the Party's absolute leadership over the military, one must be particularly sober, have a particularly clear attitude, and act particularly resolutely.
In less than a month, President Xi once again emphasized: Adhere to the fundamental principles and systems of the Party's absolute leadership over the military, and ensure the absolute loyalty, purity, and reliability of the army.
In an army, the military is only too hard to be defeated, and the political is only too hard to be defeated.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Xi has foresighted how to build and control the army politically, and has always taken the Party's absolute leadership over the army as the lifeblood of our army.
In the golden autumn of 2014, President Xi emphasized at the Gutian All-Army Political Work Conference: Adhering to the party's absolute leadership over the army is the soul of a strong army, and building a strong army spirit is the core task of our military's political work, which cannot be shaken at any time.
In the process of strengthening the army, establishing the general strategy of building the army politically is a new starting point for the party to build and master the army ideologically and politically, and open a new journey for the people's army to build the party ideologically and politically.
In the past 10 years, President Xi has inspected troops, held meetings, and received officers and soldiers. He has always emphasized that listening to the party's command must be the political lifeline of our army to adhere to——
He met with responsible comrades from various departments of the Central Military Commission, and demanded that the unwavering adherence to the party's absolute leadership over the military should be rooted in thought and implemented in action.
At the reform work conference of the Central Military Commission, it is required that the reform must adhere to a firm and correct political direction, and through a series of system design and institutional arrangements, the fundamental principles and systems of the party's absolute leadership over the military will be further consolidated and improved.
At the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the people's army was required to firmly adhere to the party's absolute leadership over the army, and regard this as the soul of the people's army that can never be changed, and the lifeblood that can never be lost. In all cases, the banner of the party is the banner, the direction of the party is the direction, and the will of the party is the will.
At the grassroots construction meeting of the Central Military Commission, it was emphasized that it is necessary to forge a strong grassroots who listen to the party and follow the party, and ensure that the party's absolute leadership over the army goes directly to the grassroots and directly to officers and soldiers.
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The People's Army was created by the Party, and the People's Army is loyal to the Party.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China identified "upholding the Party's absolute leadership over the people's army" as a basic strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and established the leadership system of the Central Military Commission's implementation of the chairman responsibility system in the party constitution. Form distinct institutional design and institutional arrangements.
Thousands of mountains are majestic, and there must be a main peak.
The CMC chairman responsibility system is the fundamental system for upholding the Party's absolute leadership over the military.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the entire military has insisted on fully and thoroughly implementing the chairman responsibility system of the Central Military Commission, which is to be followed as the highest political requirement and strictly observed as the highest political discipline.
Revise the "Working Rules of the Central Military Commission", formulate the "Opinions on the Comprehensive and In-depth Implementation of the CMC Chairman's Responsibility System"; learn and make good use of the "Adhering to the Party's Absolute Leadership over the Armed Forces Study Book" and "CMC Chairman Responsibility System Study Book"; establish and implement a request for instructions report "Three Mechanisms" of Supervision, Inspection, and Information Service; Use Disciplinary Inspection, Inspection, Audit and other means to strengthen inspection and supervision... One major deployment, one system specification, forming "horizontal to edge, vertical to the end, top to bottom, left to right, left to right" The responsibility chain of "connection" implements the Party's absolute leadership over the people's army throughout the entire process of military construction, ensuring that the maintenance of the core and listening to the Party's command are integrated into the souls of officers and soldiers.
——Raise the flag to cast the soul, and trust and support are more pure.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the entire army has focused on in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army, and has solidly carried out educational activities on the theme of reforming and strengthening the army, "maintaining the core, obeying commands", "inheriting the red gene, and being strong." The theme education of "The Heavy Duty of the Army", "Don't Forget the Original Intention, Remember the Mission", and the education of the whole army's party history, etc., enable the officers and soldiers to deeply understand the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments", enhance the "Four Consciousness", strengthen the "Four Self-confidence", To achieve "two maintenance", and implement the responsibility system of the chairman of the Military Commission.
——Ideological guidance, the political foundation has become more solid.
In the 1970s, officers and soldiers of the "Three Companies of Great Achievement" lit kerosene lamps in national defense construction tunnels to learn the Party's theory; , tempered loyalty and belief, and was awarded the honorary title of "Learning and Practicing the Party's Innovative Theory Model Company" by the Central Military Commission.
The loyalty and belief of a company reflects the identity and following of the entire army.
Over the past 10 years, the whole army has continued to deepen its theoretical arming, organized and printed theoretical works such as "Xi Jinping's On Strengthening the Army and Revitalizing the Army" and "Xi Jinping's Thought on Strengthening the Army" and other theoretical works, organized political theory rotation training courses for leading cadres at the military level and above, and paid close attention to officers at the lieutenant colonel level and above. The style of study ... guides officers and soldiers to deeply comprehend the "military chapter" of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and casts a rock-solid loyalty and belief.
Today, the Party's innovative theories and the earnest teachings of President Xi are written on the company's posters, in the instructor's lesson plans, and in the soldiers' diaries. "Keep in mind the leader's entrustment and shoulder the heavy responsibility of strengthening the army" has become a conscious habit of the majority of officers and soldiers.
——The fire is passed down from generation to generation, and the red blood is endless.
"This is the power of faith, and it is a vivid portrayal of 'Tie Xin follows the Party'." In a military history museum of an army group, President Xi was deeply touched when he heard the story of "half belt".
From inspecting a Red Army division of the Xinjiang Military Region to meeting leading cadres of the troops stationed in Jiangxi, from attending the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China to attending the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March, President Xi repeatedly urged to explore and make good use of red resources to enrich the "red" The connotation of the project of "Generation from Generation to Generation", strengthen the education of party history and military history and glorious traditions, and ensure that officers and soldiers will always listen to the party and follow the party.
In the past 10 years, a Red Army division of the Xinjiang Military Region, the unit where Dong Cunrui was in his lifetime, a ground-guided brigade of the Air Force in the Central Theater Command... a heroic force has continuously enriched the connotation of the era of red genes; the site of the First Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Nanhu Red Boat, the Yudu River, the Pagoda Under the mountain... the majority of young officers and soldiers traced their roots, relived their original aspirations, and continued to inherit the red blood of the people's army.
——A clear-cut stand, daring to fight in the ideological field.
"Red Nine Company", "Yang Gensi Company", "Liu Lao Zhuang Company"... The entire army has extensively carried out activities of "learning history, remembering traditions, and encouraging fighting spirit", using red resources to occupy the heights of public opinion, and taking a clear stand to refute erroneous political views and distort history, Smear the martyrs and other crooked and evil spirits, fight the active battle in the ideological field, and further lay the ideological foundation for officers and soldiers to hold high the banner and obey the party's command.
Today, among the military camps in the north and south of the river, the story of the strong army is told the most, and the song of the army soul is sung the loudest.
Looking back at the footsteps of a strong army, all the officers and soldiers worked closely around the decision-making intentions of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and Chairman Xi, stood firm in the face of political tests, maintained their determination in the face of interests and gains and losses, and dared to take responsibility and forge in the face of emergencies and dangers. Excellent troops with iron belief, iron belief, iron discipline, and iron responsibility have successfully completed various tasks assigned by President Xi and the Central Military Commission.
In the deployment of defense, the officers and soldiers of the army "go wherever the party tells them to go, and pack up their backpacks and set off"; when defending the country, the frontier soldiers guard the great rivers and mountains, and do not give up an inch of land; in preparation for war, the soldiers of the three armies dine and drink dew, and fight the battlefield; at sea To safeguard human rights, the task force waited for the day and acted upon orders; in the fight against the epidemic and disaster relief, the children and soldiers went to danger and forgot their lives...
"Hello, comrades—" "Hello, Chairman!"
"Comrades have worked hard-" "Serve the people!"
The oaths that went up the parade ground again and again like a tsunami expressed the loyalty and support of all officers and soldiers to the core of the party, the leader of the people, and the army commander, and demonstrated the firm and self-consciousness of the troops to maintain the core and obey the command.
Innovate the corruption and make the political ecology more pure
In the midsummer season, the mountains in western Fujian are verdant.
On the occasion of the party's 101st birthday, the revolutionary holy land of Gutian once again welcomed many soldiers who were exploring their original aspirations.
Standing on this hot land where the People's Army was reborn from ashes, the officers and soldiers were unforgettable about that scene: President Xi, at the Gutian All-Army Political Work Conference, deeply analyzed 10 ideological, political and work styles of the army, especially the leading cadres. It emphasized that we must face up to the outstanding problems in military construction, especially in ideological and political construction.
Once upon a time, some outstanding contradictions and problems that need to be solved are sharply placed in front of the whole party and the whole army, seriously eroding the party's ideological and moral foundation, seriously undermining the party's unity and centralization, seriously damaging the political ecology within the party and the party's image, and seriously affecting the party's ideological and moral foundation. The development of the party and the people's cause.
"The army is armed with guns, and there must be no place for corrupt elements to hide in the army."
"It's time for these problems to be resolved! Otherwise, the army is in danger of deteriorating and discoloring."
To strengthen the army and rejuvenate the army, we must reform and innovate, and clear the source of the original.
Starting from Gutian again, the flames of political training quickly burned through the entire army, and continued to forge the soul of the people's army.
Based on the ten problems and four lessons pointed out by President Xi, the whole army should focus on correcting wrong thoughts and behaviors that affect listening to the Party's command, correcting the weakening of ideals and beliefs, and correcting problems such as forgetting to fight, laziness and accumulating malpractices. Hidden danger" requirements, and win the two tough battles of ideological cleaning and organizational cleaning-
Clean up your mind and set things right.
The entire army firmly grasped the "four impures" and "seven weakenings" and other issues, and thoroughly eliminated the influence of Guo Boxiong, Xu Caihou, Fang Fenghui, and Zhang Yang's poisonous influence. Remove the root of disease from the depths of the soul.
All levels carried out in-depth discussions and analysis of 12 major right and wrong issues, insisted on clearing and reforming from the party committees and military commissions of large units, and comprehensively eliminated the ideological concepts, work styles, and work routines that were affected by the contamination.
Party members and leading cadres have taken the knife to themselves, thoroughly investigated and reformed, and truly established a good image of loyalty, cleanliness, and responsibility. Everyone is the guardian of the army's political ecology.
Clean up the organization.
The whole army starts with the implementation of the rules and regulations within the party, strictly regulates the political life within the party, and guides all levels to dare to show their swords in the face of major right and wrong, dare to tackle key problems in the face of contradictions and difficulties, and dare to fight in the face of unethical practices; The responsibility of cadres, strengthen the restriction and supervision of the operation of power, increase the intensity of political inspection, and maintain the purity of the cadre team.
From the organs of the Military Commission to major units, "cleaning up", "rectification", "standardization" and "restraint" appear frequently.
The majority of officers and soldiers have personally experienced the improvement of the situation day by day, and are full of trust in the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and Chairman Xi.
Looking back on the extraordinary 10 years, all the officers and soldiers have a lot of feelings: from the party's mass line education and practice activities, to the special education and rectification of "Three Stricts and Three Realities"; , to promoting the normalization and institutionalization of "two learning and one doing" learning and education; from issuing the "Chinese Communist Party Military Party Building Regulations", printing and distributing the newly revised "Army Political Work Regulations", to printing and distributing the "Chinese Communist Party Military Committee (branch) work" "Regulations", the Party's leadership and Party-building work of our army in the new era have a more solid institutional guarantee.
Looking back on the extraordinary 10 years, all officers and soldiers are full of enthusiasm: from the issuance of the "Regulations on the Inspection Work of the Central Military Commission" and the "Outline for the Implementation of Inheriting the Red Gene", to the official implementation of the "Regulations on the Implementation of Intra-Party Supervision in the Army" and the "Army Party's Accountability Work Regulations" "... Party organizations at all levels in the army have continuously strengthened their self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation, and self-improvement capabilities, condensing the majestic force of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army.
Looking back on the extraordinary 10 years, the officers and soldiers of the whole army are full of pride: from the "Four Strong Standing Up" and "Five Focus on Doing Well" emphasized at the Gutian All-Army Political Work Conference to the establishment of the "Five Standards for Good Military Cadres", from the formulation of the "On Institutional regulations such as the Opinions on Strengthening the Supervision of Personnel Selection and Employment in the New Situation to the "Several Regulations on Strict Discipline of Party Members and Leading Cadres in the Army"... The entire army closely focuses on the theme of the era of political work, with ideological and political progress, institutional and mechanism guarantee, and drive the overall construction of the army into the "fast lane".
The commander-in-chief commanded, and the three armies followed.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, from the Gutian Army Political Work Conference to the Central Military Commission Party Building Conference, from the Central Military Commission Grassroots Construction Conference to the Central Military Commission Talent Work Conference... One step at a time, it has recorded the people's army's overcoming difficulties and reforms. Clanging footprints.
Ten years later, Jiang Tian changed his face with a flick of a finger.
Under the strong leadership of President Xi and the Central Military Commission, the accumulated malpractices have been cleared out, the unspoken rules and bad habits have been gradually corrected, the correction of wrongs has been advanced in depth, and thousands of camps have been filled with righteousness.
The people's army in the new era, repack and set off——
Team building is more robust, rectifying "four winds", carrying out "eight special cleaning and rectification", cleaning and rectifying "micro-corruption" and unhealthy tendencies at the grassroots level... Special rectification and rectification one after another, heavy ploughing and deep ploughing, benefiting and eliminating disadvantages.
The political ecology has become more and more pure, the political life within the party is more political and more standardized, the democratic life will have a spicy and gunpowder flavor, the democratic centralism has been better implemented, and political discipline and political rules have truly become live "high-voltage lines".
The atmosphere at the grassroots level continues to improve, and the evaluation and use of cadres pay more and more attention to actual performance. The selection and employment orientation of "those who can fight and those who win" has become more and more clear. Talents who want to fight, want to fight, and can fight stand out...
Looking back at the past 10 years of the strong army, the people's army's earth-shaking new changes and new appearance have been revealed to the world: since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and President Xi have comprehensively and strictly administered the party and the army, eliminating the need for the party and the army. A major political hidden danger, at a critical moment, helped the crisis and saved the army.
The People's Army has deepened its political training, realizing ideological baptism, organizational purity, and political unity.
Keeping upright and innovating, political work is more powerful
On the eve of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the nominees for the "August 1st Medal" were announced, and three people, Du Fuguo, Qian Qihu, and Nie Haisheng, were on the list.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our army has built and improved the military honor system.
In the past 10 years, the soldiers of the whole army have been inspired by honors, loyal to the core, determined to strive for a strong army, and competed for meritorious service in battle and post. Zhang Chao, a "powerful army pioneer who chases the sea of dreams", and a group of heroes defending the country and defending the border in the new era have emerged. , Rocket Army "Dongfeng First Brigade" and a large number of model figures and advanced units.
Facing the fruitful results of political work, all the officers and soldiers remembered that scene again——
On February 14, 2015, President Xi, who was inspecting Shaanxi, came to the Yangjialing Central Auditorium in Yan'an and was at the site of the Seventh Party Congress. He said earnestly: "The key to our party's invincibility after trials and tribulations lies in the fact that Constantly carry out practical innovation and theoretical innovation.”
"On the basis of carrying forward the fine traditions, we must study new situations and solve new problems, and continuously enhance the epochal nature and appeal of political work." President Xi pointed out profoundly that it is necessary to study and grasp the characteristics and laws of political work under the new situation, and innovate political work. Concepts, methods, and means, enhance the sense of the times and effectiveness of political work, and give full play to the powerful power of political work.
This is a decade that keeps pace with the times and makes lifeline more vigorous——
The thinking concept is more forward-looking and open.
The entire army convened an ideological and political education work conference, held an ideological and political education innovation training camp, set off a brainstorm, cleared the crux of the block, and further established concepts such as forward-looking planning, focus on fighting, and problem orientation, and promoted the innovative development of ideological and political education in the new era.
The operation mode is more orderly and efficient.
Closely follow the process of deepening the reform of national defense and the military, break the inherent model and path dependence under the old system, and speed up the "three transformations" of functions, work styles, and work methods... The political work operating mechanism under the new system is innovative and developed, and the entire military's political work operating system Speed up shift upgrades.
Institutional mechanisms are more scientific and perfect.
Implement the spirit of the Central Military Commission Talent Work Conference at all levels, promote the adjustment and reform of the cadre system and policies, and establish a qualification system for commanding officers; Revised and issued the "Outline for the Construction of the Army's Grassroots", and made solid progress in laying the groundwork for the grassroots.
This is a decade of innovation and political work developing in succession-
New systems are being built.
With the approval of President Xi, the Central Military Commission issued the "Opinions on Building the People's Army Ideological and Political Education System in the New Era", and a new situation of ideological and political education in the people's army in the new era has gradually taken shape.
Focusing on doing a good job of political work in military training and preparations, taking the system construction as the starting point, institutionalized and normalized solutions to the problems existing in commendation and rewarding, fighting spirit cultivation, and talent preparation in military training and preparations, greatly improving the impact of political work on preparing for wars. contribution rate.
New spaces are expanding.
The Air Force transport aircraft unit explored the aerial follow-up of political cadres, and participated in training and rescue missions with random groups; a unit of the joint logistics support unit refined the functions of the temporary party committee and the way of political work in-motion service, and took the initiative during the epidemic prevention and control period, which was successfully completed. Various tasks... With the expansion of our army's missions and tasks, the fields and functions of political work service guarantees are also expanding accordingly.
New thinking is intensifying.
In recent years, words such as "rule of law" and "scientific" have frequently appeared in the newly promulgated military regulations and systems. The newly revised "Regulations on Military Political Work" has a separate chapter to regulate the organization, implementation, inspection and supervision of political work.
The military's thinking on the rule of law has been continuously strengthened, and the political work has been promoted to the track of the rule of law and the scientific level.
This is a decade of forging ahead and bright spots in political work——
Concepts are changing.
Only by understanding and appreciating the characteristics of the era of young officers and soldiers can we keep up with the new era of rapid development.
The Army in the Central Theater Command has guided its soldiers to look at young officers and soldiers with appreciation; the First Mobile Corps of the Armed Police has innovatively carried out the "Double 41" activities, which have effectively consolidated the morale of the soldiers and promoted the overall construction of the army.
"To look at the grass-roots officers and soldiers with the eyes of trust, appreciation, and development" has become a firm creed of the soldiers.
Platforms are changing.
In the face of the Internet age and the "Internet generation", political work has effectively extended to the "handheld position".
Turn on the smartphone, and the new military media platforms such as "Chinese Bugle", "Learn to Strengthen the Army", "Learn Corps", and "Our Sky" are full of splendid resources. Online publicity activities such as "Internet Celebrities Entering the Military Camp" are gaining popularity... Looking at the military camps, new forms such as online "MOOCs", online live broadcasts, and online "cloud classrooms" are common in education classrooms, improving the quality and efficiency of lifelines.
The way is changing.
A group army's "Internet Suggestion Box" and "Commander's Mailbox" and other online opinion and suggestion channels are well received by officers and soldiers. Leading agencies at all levels "go online to solve problems first". Questions must be answered, and answers must be implemented.
A certain department of the Rocket Army adopted the form of "picture description", "painting theory" and "manifest talk" to guide officers and soldiers to recognize the mistakes of negative public opinion on the Internet in a timely manner.
Talking heart to heart online, answering questions online, political cadres not only do a good job of "face-to-face" ideological and political work, but also innovate the "key-to-key" work method.
This is a decade of strict selection of talents, opening of horizons to gather talents, and optimization of models to cultivate talents——
The Central Military Commission has successively conducted centralized assessments of leaders at or above the military level and cadres at or above the rank of division, organized special investigations and follow-up investigations on the construction of cadres in the entire army, and followed up with major tasks to track and inspect cadres throughout the entire process.
The large-scale, high-standard, and in-depth assessment and investigations have opened up channels for the outstanding cadres who are loyal, clean and responsible to stand out.
The supplementary system for officer selection has been integrated and reconstructed, and various sources and channels complement each other. Relying on local colleges and universities to train non-commissioned officers, order-based recruitment has increased the professional counterpart rate; ; Selecting outstanding scientific and technological cadres and outstanding commanding officers for the whole army organization, all kinds of talent pools attract living water from the source... Gathering talents from all over the world and using them is gradually becoming a reality.
Thousands of miles in the sky, dual-student pilots jointly trained by our army and domestic first-class colleges and universities to control the war eagle; oceans and oceans, the carrier-based fighter pilots trained in growth mode successfully passed the landing qualification certification; deep mountains and dense forests, relying on batches of new pilots trained in advance by equipment manufacturers The backbone of equipment is emerging... The connection between the supply side of talent training and the demand side of the future battlefield is becoming more and more accurate.
Persevere and work hard, never give up.
Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the People's Army has forged its military soul under the Party's banner, moved forward in the direction of the Party's guidance, and forged ahead on the journey of strengthening the army in the new era!