Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 19th: Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Regulations on the Study and Education of Party History" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") and issued a notice requiring all regions and departments to conscientiously comply with and implement them.
The notice pointed out that carrying out party history study and education and giving full play to the role of party history in drawing lessons from the present and educating people with the help of politics is a very important task in the overall work of the party and the state. The "Regulations" are guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and based on the Party Constitution. They comprehensively regulate the leadership system and work responsibilities, content, main forms, guarantees and supervision of party history study and education. Learn the basic principles of educational work. The formulation and implementation of the "Regulations" will have a long-term effect on promoting the normalization of party history study and education, promoting the whole party and society to make good use of party history, draw wisdom and strength from the party's history, and learn history clearly and rationally. It is of great significance to study history to increase credibility, study history to respect virtue, and study history to practice.
The notice requires that party committees (party groups) at all levels must conscientiously do a good job in the study, publicity and implementation of the "Regulations", effectively perform the main responsibilities of party history study and education work, strengthen supervision and inspection of the development of party history study and education work, and ensure that the "Regulations" All regulations are implemented. Party organizations at all levels must conscientiously implement the requirements of the "Regulations", integrate the study of the party's innovative theory with the basic content of party history, the party's historical conclusions, the party's historical experience, and the great party-building spirit, and combine the study and education of party history with doing a good job in central work In combination, we should guide party members and cadres to establish a correct view of party history and transform learning results into a powerful motivation for officials and entrepreneurship. Important situations and suggestions in the implementation of the Regulations by various regions and departments must be reported to the Party Central Committee in a timely manner.
The full text of the Regulations is as follows.
Regulations on Party History Study and Education
(Deliberated and approved at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on January 18, 2024
Released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on February 5, 2024)
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Article 1 In order to promote the normalization and long-term effect of party history study and education, encourage the whole party and society to make good use of party history, draw wisdom and strength from the party’s history, carry forward the great party-building spirit, inherit the red gene, and continue to Red Blood, in accordance with the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China", these regulations are formulated.
Article 2 Carrying out party history study and education, and using the party’s history to educate, enlighten, influence, and inspire people is an important way to keep in mind the party’s original mission, strengthen ideals and beliefs, and promote self-revolution. It is an important way to uphold and develop China in the new era. Socialism with distinctive characteristics and Chinese-style modernization are inevitable requirements for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Article 3 Party history study and education work adheres to the guidance of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and deeply understands the "Two Establishments" of decisive significance, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve "two safeguards", use the party's struggle and great achievements to inspire fighting spirit and guide the direction, and use the party's glorious tradition and fine style to strengthen beliefs , gather strength, use the party’s historical experience and practice to create enlightenment wisdom, sharpen character, and promote the whole party and society to forge ahead on a new journey and build a new era.
Article 4 The main tasks of party history study and education work are:
(1) Study history and understand reason. Education guides party members to deeply understand why the Communist Party of China is capable, why Marxism works, and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good. They seek experience, rules, and wisdom from history, strengthen their confidence in the party’s leadership, and firmly implement the party’s innovations. theory and unswervingly follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
(2) Study history and increase credibility. Education guides party members to strengthen their belief in Marxism and communism, their belief in socialism with Chinese characteristics, their confidence in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and consciously become firm believers and loyal practitioners of the lofty ideals of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Walker.
(3) Study history and respect morality. Education guides party members to cultivate noble moral qualities, advocate the virtue of loyalty to the party, public morality that benefits the people, and the character of strict self-discipline, so as to always be loyal to the party and the people.
(4) Study history and practice it. Educate and guide party members to persist in tempering their party spirit, serving the people, and promoting development, constantly improve their political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, enhance their fighting skills, and seize the historical initiative.
Article 5 Party history study and education work follows the following principles:
(1) Uphold the party’s overall leadership;
(2) Persist in focusing on the center and serving the overall situation;
(3) Persist in using history to draw lessons from the present and educate people with the help of politics;
(4) Persist in overall planning, pioneering and innovation;
(5) Adhere to classified guidance and precise policy implementation;
(6) Adhere to historical materialism and a correct view of party history.
Article 6 The study and education of party history should adhere to the unity of comprehensive focus and key focus, and the integration of covering the whole party and facing the society. In the study and education of party members, the focus should be on leading cadres at the county level and above. Do a good job in studying and educating young people about party history. Promote party history study and education into government agencies, enterprises and institutions, urban and rural communities, campuses, military camps, new economic organizations and new social organizations, and websites.
Chapter 2 Leadership System and Work Responsibilities
Article 7 Party history study and education work is under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and the Central Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work Leading Group is responsible for overall coordination, overall promotion, and supervision of implementation.
The Propaganda Department of the Central Committee, the Organization Department of the Central Committee, the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute and other departments should do a good job in the study and education of party history in accordance with their functions and responsibilities.
Article 8 Party committees (party groups) at all levels assume the main responsibility for the study and education of party history, lead the work of their regions, departments and units, integrate relevant resources, coordinate the forces of all parties, give full play to their advantages, and form synergy.
Article 9 Grassroots party organizations shall bear direct responsibility for the study and education of party history, and integrate the study and education of party history into daily life and make it a priority.
Chapter 3 Contents of Party History Study and Education
Article 10: Adhere to the unity of studying party history and ideological understanding, conscientiously study Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", Scientific Outlook on Development, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, study the Party's insistence on The theory and practice of combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture continue to enhance political, ideological, theoretical and emotional identification with the party's innovative theory.
Comprehensively study and understand Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, comprehensively and systematically grasp the basic viewpoints and scientific system of this thought, grasp the worldview and methodology of this thought, adhere to and make good use of the positions, viewpoints and methods that run through it, and implement Xi Jinping's new The thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics of the times has been transformed into a powerful force to strengthen ideals, temper party spirit, guide practice, and promote work.
Article 11 Seriously study the "Resolution on Certain Historical Issues", "Resolution on Certain Historical Issues of the Party since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party's Centenary Struggle", and study Comrade Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping Comrades, Comrade Jiang Zemin and Comrade Hu Jintao’s important expositions on party history, study General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions and instructions on party history, understand and grasp the latest expressions, evaluations and conclusions of the Party Central Committee on party history, and consciously study ideologically and politically In terms of actions, we maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core.
Article 12 Comprehensively and systematically study the history of the Party, study the Party’s history in the period of the new democratic revolution, the period of socialist revolution and construction, the new period of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and study the Party’s unremitting struggle History, the history of not being afraid of sacrifice, the history of theoretical exploration, the history of benefiting the people, and the history of self-construction, understand and grasp the party's historic contribution to the Chinese people, the Chinese nation, Marxism, the cause of human progress, and the construction of a Marxist political party.
Article 13: Study and apply the valuable historical experience accumulated by the Party in its long-term struggle, adhere to the Party’s leadership, adhere to the supremacy of the people, adhere to theoretical innovation, adhere to independence, adhere to the Chinese path, persist in having the world in mind, persist in pioneering and innovating, and persist in daring to fight, Adhere to the united front and adhere to self-revolution.
Article 14 Carry forward the great spirit of party building, adhere to the truth and ideals, fulfill the original intention and fulfill the mission, be unafraid of sacrifice and fight bravely, be loyal to the party and live up to the people, and provide spiritual strength for the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation.
Article 15 Establish a correct view of party history, conscientiously study the basic works and authoritative readings of party history, accurately grasp the main themes and mainstream essence of the party’s historical development, correctly understand major events, important meetings, and important figures in the party’s history, and correctly treat The party has experienced mistakes and twists and turns on the way forward, resolutely oppose and resist historical nihilism, and make official history the consensus of the whole party and society.
Chapter 4 The main methods of party history study and education
Article 16 Party members shall, in accordance with the requirements of the Party Constitution and relevant intra-party laws and regulations, and based on their own actual conditions, learn party history by reading party history works, conducting seminars and exchanges, participating in education and training, visiting red venues, and participating in practical activities.
Article 17 The theoretical study center groups of party committees (party groups) at all levels should regard party history as an important content of collective study and include it in the study plan.
Article 18 Party schools (administrative colleges), cadre colleges, and socialist colleges at all levels should regard party history as a required and regular course for cadre education and training, enrich party history courses, enrich party history education forms, and improve the quality of party history teaching. . Main classes such as refresher courses and training courses strengthen the learning content of party history. Party history courses are set up for civil servants’ initial training, on-the-job training, and on-the-job training. League schools should set up party history courses based on actual conditions.
Article 19 Grassroots party organizations should incorporate party history study and education into their annual work plans, carry out party history study and education through "three meetings and one lesson", themed party days, etc., and organize at least one study session with party history as the main content every year Or a theme party day. In the process of developing party members, education guides party activists to study party history seriously.
Article 20 Make good use of the channels for ideological and political theoretical courses in schools, promote the integrated construction of ideological and political education in universities, middle schools and primary schools, promote the inclusion of party history in textbooks, classrooms and minds, and give full play to the important role of party history in establishing moral character and cultivating people.
Article 21 Make good use of red resources such as revolutionary museums, memorial halls, party history museums, martyrs memorial facilities, and revolutionary sites, protect and utilize revolutionary cultural relics, carefully design exhibition displays, red tourist routes, and learning experience routes, and strengthen revolutionary traditional education, Patriotism education, ideological and moral education.
Article 22: Integrate the study and education of party history into the propaganda of major themes, combine it with the propaganda and education of the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, the history of socialist development, and the history of the development of the Chinese nation, strengthen the guidance of public opinion, carry forward the main theme, and spread positive energy.
We should do a good job in commemorating important festivals, anniversaries and major party history events, organize birthday commemorations of deceased party and state leaders in accordance with relevant regulations of the Party Central Committee, and carry out commemorative activities for major party history events, important party history figures and martyrs.
Article 23: Make good use of books, newspapers, radio, movies, television and other media, make good use of literature, film and television, music, drama, fine arts and other art forms, give full play to the educational value of documents and archives, red letters, revolutionary poetry, etc., encourage All localities use public spaces to carry out party history study and education.
Make good use of Internet technology and new media means to create party history integrated media works through party history websites (channels), online memorial halls, and network platforms such as Weibo, WeChat, short videos, and mobile clients to enhance the appeal and appeal of party history learning and education. force.
Article 24 Make good use of platforms such as the New Era Civilization Practice Center, county-level integrated media centers, farmhouse bookstores, and employee bookstores, and use lectures, symposiums, knowledge competitions, propaganda activities, reading activities and other forms to give full play to the revolutionary heroes and meritorious deeds. The demonstration and leading role of models, advanced models and role models of the times should be integrated into the study and education of party history into the creation of spiritual civilization and mass cultural activities.
Chapter 5 Guarantee and Supervision
Article 25 The Party History and Documentation Department shall give full play to the role of a specialized institution for the study of Party history and theory, formulate work plans for Party History and Documentation, and organize and carry out Party History research, Party History writing, Party History publicity and education, and Party History material collection. Waiting for work.
All regions, departments, and units should accurately record the Party's work in their respective regions, departments, and units, and provide data support for the Party history and documentation departments.
Article 26 Strengthen the construction of the first-level discipline of the Party History and Party Building of the Communist Party of China, and do a good job in talent training, curriculum setting, teaching staff construction, scientific research, and academic exchanges. Strengthen the construction of high-quality party history courses, establish and improve a library of high-quality party history courses, and use network platforms, online classes and other forms to share high-quality resources.
Article 27 In accordance with the principles of strong politics, professional proficiency, and correct style of work, build a high-quality party history study and education team with a reasonable structure and a combination of professional and part-time work. Vigorously cultivate outstanding party history talents, especially young talents, and create a group of influential party history experts and party history propaganda talents. Attention should be paid to the role of veteran cadres, veteran soldiers, veteran experts, veteran teachers, and veteran models in participating in the study and education of party history.
Article 28 Party committees (party groups) at all levels, as well as party committee propaganda departments, party history and documentation departments, etc., should strictly implement the responsibility system for ideological work and strictly control politics. Correctly handle the relationship between history and reality, politics and academics, research and propaganda, take a clear-cut stand against erroneous thoughts and views such as historical nihilism, and consciously vilify the image of the party and the country, slander the party and country leaders, discredit heroes and models, and distort the party’s history Wait for words and deeds to fight. Resolutely oppose formalism and bureaucracy, resist vulgarity and entertainment, and prevent "low-level red" and "high-level black".
Article 29: Funds for party history study and education are included in the budget of the corresponding level.
When carrying out party history study and education, we should adhere to diligence and frugality, make full use of local conditions to organize and carry out relevant activities on the spot, and it is strictly prohibited to disguise travel with public funds in the name of study and education. It is strictly prohibited to use learning and education to engage in improper business activities, and rigidly allocate and subscribe learning materials such as tutoring books and audio-visual products.
Article 30 Party committees (party groups) at all levels should strengthen supervision and inspection of the development of party history study and education, and incorporate it into the party building responsibility system, into the leadership team and leading cadres' target management and assessment system, and into the content of inspections and inspections.
Article 31 In principle, party committees (party groups) at all levels organize and carry out a comprehensive evaluation of the study and education of party history every five years, and make full use of the evaluation results to continuously improve the study and education of party history.
Groups and individuals with outstanding achievements in party history study and education will be commended and rewarded in accordance with relevant regulations.
Anyone who violates the relevant provisions of these Regulations will be dealt with and punished in accordance with the rules and disciplines according to the seriousness of the case.
Chapter 6 Supplementary Provisions
Article 32 The regulations on the study and education of party history in the military shall be formulated by the Central Military Commission in accordance with these regulations.
Article 33 The Propaganda Department of the Central Committee, the Organization Department of the Central Committee, and the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute are responsible for the interpretation of these Regulations.
Article 34 These Regulations shall come into effect on the date of promulgation.