The head of the Party History and Documentation Research Institute of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China answered reporters' questions on the "Regulations on the Study and Education of Party History"

　　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"). On the occasion of the public release of the "Regulations", the person in charge of the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute answered reporters' questions on the formulation, issuance and implementation of the "Regulations".

　　Q: Please introduce the background and significance of the formulation of the Regulations.

　　Answer: The history of the party is the most vivid and convincing textbook. Our party has always attached great importance to the study and education of party history. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has delivered a series of important speeches and issued a series of important instructions on the study of party history. Especially in 2021, party history study and education was carried out throughout the party, and important political, theoretical, practical, and institutional results were achieved. The majority of party members and cadres received a comprehensive and profound political education, ideological tempering, and spiritual baptism. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to combine theoretical arming with regular and long-term study and education of party history. The Party Constitution revised at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China added the content of studying the party's history to the obligations of party members, and added the content of promoting the normalization and institutionalization of the study and education of party history to the basic tasks of the party's grassroots organizations. The "Outline of the Central Party Committee's Intra-Party Regulations Formulation Work Plan (2023-2027)" lists the formulation and promulgation of the "Regulations" as a key project.

　　In order to implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee, the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute based on in-depth research, extensively solicited opinions, repeatedly revised and improved it, and drafted the "Regulations". On January 18, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to review and adopt the Regulations. On February 5, the Party Central Committee issued the Regulations.

　　The "Regulations" are the basic and backbone intra-party regulations that regulate the study and education of party history. The "Regulations" are formulated and promulgated to persevere in using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to focus on the soul, promote the normalization and long-term effect of party history study and education, and promote the whole party and society to make good use of party history and follow the party's history. It is of great significance to draw wisdom and strength from the history of the Communist Party of China, carry forward the great spirit of party building, inherit the red gene, and continue the red blood.

　　Q: Please introduce the overall considerations for formulating the Regulations?

　　Answer: In the process of formulating the Regulations, we adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the Party Constitution as the fundamental basis. We focus on improving our political position and adhering to the correct political direction. Focus on the following aspects: First, fully implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and important instructions on the study and education of party history, and clarify the overall requirements, working principles, goals and tasks of the study and education of party history. The second is to fully embody the fundamental requirements of upholding and strengthening the party's overall leadership, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve "two safeguards", and improve the system and mechanism of party history study and education. The third is to profoundly summarize the valuable experience in party history study and education, and upgrade mature practices that have been tested in practice into institutional norms. The fourth is to implement the provisions of the Party Constitution, pay attention to the relationship with the existing intra-Party regulations, make a good connection, maintain consistency, and enhance systematicity, coordination, and timeliness.

　　Q: Please introduce the main framework and content of the Regulations.

　　Answer: The Regulations include six chapters and 34 articles. Chapter 1, "General Provisions", mainly stipulates the purpose and basis for formulating the "Regulations", the role of party history study and education, overall requirements, main tasks, principles and objects, etc. Chapter 2, "Leadership System and Work Responsibilities," mainly stipulates the leadership system, party committee (party group) responsibilities, grassroots party organization responsibilities, etc. for party history study and education work. Chapter 3 "Contents of Party History Study and Education" mainly stipulates the study of the Party's innovative theories, the Party's historical conclusions and important expositions of leading comrades, the basic content of Party history, the Party's historical experience, the great spirit of party building, the correct view of Party history, etc. . Chapter 4 "Main Methods of Party History Study and Education" mainly stipulates party member study, theoretical study center group study, cadre education and training, grassroots party organization activities, school ideological and political courses, red resources, major theme publicity and commemorative activities, and media publicity , grassroots propaganda and other content. Chapter 5 "Guarantee and Supervision" mainly stipulates scientific research support, discipline guarantee, talent guarantee, disciplinary requirements, fund guarantee and use, supervision and inspection, evaluation, rewards and punishment, etc. Chapter 6 "Supplementary Provisions" mainly stipulates the interpretation authority, implementation date, etc.

　　Question: How does the "Regulations" stipulate the main tasks of party history study and education?

　　Answer: The "Regulations" summarize the valuable experience in party history study and education and clarify the main tasks in four aspects. The first is to learn history and understand principles. It emphasizes educating and guiding party members to deeply understand why the Chinese Communist Party is capable, why Marxism works, why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good, etc., and to seek experience, rules and wisdom from history. The second is to study history and increase credibility. It emphasizes educating and guiding party members to strengthen their belief in Marxism and communism, their belief in socialism with Chinese characteristics, and their confidence in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The third is to study history and respect morality. It emphasizes educating and guiding party members to cultivate noble moral qualities, advocating the virtue of loyalty to the party, public morality that benefits the people, and strict self-discipline. The fourth is to study history and practice it. It emphasizes educating and guiding party members to persist in tempering their party spirit, serving the people, and promoting development.

　　Question: What provisions does the "Regulations" provide for the leadership system and work responsibilities of party history study and education?

　　Answer: Upholding the party's overall leadership is a valuable experience and important conclusion drawn from a profound review of a century of party history. The "Regulations" clearly stipulate that "the study and education of party history 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 "Regulations" stipulate the responsibilities of relevant central departments, the leadership responsibilities of party committees (party groups) at all levels, and grassroots party organizations. It clarifies that the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Organization Department, the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute and other departments should do a good job in accordance with their functional responsibilities. Work related to the study and education of party history; clarify that party committees (party groups) at all levels bear the main responsibility for the study and education of party history, and grassroots party organizations bear direct responsibility. These regulations have improved the system and mechanism for party history study and education, and are conducive to integrating relevant resources, coordinating the forces of all parties, giving full play to their advantages, and forming synergy.

　　Question: The "Regulations" stipulate what content should be highlighted in the study and education of party history?

　　Answer: The "Regulations" insist on the unity of learning party history and understanding ideas, and place the study of the party's innovative theories in the primary position of party history study and education. Emphasize the careful study 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. It emphasizes a comprehensive and systematic grasp of the basic viewpoints and scientific system of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and a good grasp of the worldview and methodology of this thought. Emphasis on conscientiously studying General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions and instructions on party history, understanding and grasping the latest statements, evaluations and conclusions of the Party Central Committee on party history, and consciously keeping in line with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core in ideology, politics and actions. Highly consistent.

　　The "Regulations" make clear provisions on studying the basic content and valuable historical experience of party history, carrying forward the great spirit of party building, and establishing a correct view of party history. Emphasis on earnestly studying the Party’s three historical resolutions, comprehensively and systematically studying the Party’s history, and studying 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. , learn the history of the party’s unremitting struggle, fearlessness of sacrifice, theoretical exploration, benefiting the people, and self-construction. It emphasizes learning and applying the valuable historical experience accumulated by the party in its long-term struggle, carrying forward the great spirit of party building, establishing a correct view of party history, and providing spiritual strength for the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation.

　　Question: What provisions does the "Regulations" provide for the main methods of party history study and education?

　　Answer: Carrying out party history study and education mainly includes two methods: self-study and organized study by party members. In terms of party member study, the "Regulations" stipulate that party members should study party history through various forms based on their own actual conditions. In terms of organizational learning, the "Regulations" stipulate that the theoretical learning center groups of party committees (party groups) at all levels should incorporate party history into their study plans and play a leading role. 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. Grassroots party organizations should carry out party history study and education through "three meetings and one lesson", theme party days and other forms, and organize at least one study or theme party day with party history as the main content every year. Focusing on the good study and education of party history, the "Regulations" clearly stipulates the good use of ideological and political courses in schools, the good use of red resources, the good use of major theme publicity and commemorative activities, good media publicity and grassroots publicity, etc., emphasizing innovative methods. Methods to enhance the appeal and appeal of party history learning and education.

　　Question: What provisions does the "Regulations" make in establishing a correct view of party history and taking a clear-cut stand against historical nihilism?

　　Answer: Historical materialism is the fundamental way for us Communists to understand and grasp history. To carry out party history study and education work well, we must establish a correct view of party history. The "Regulations" clearly stipulate that we must accurately grasp the main theme and mainstream essence of the party's historical development, correctly understand the major events, important meetings, and important figures in the party's history, correctly treat the mistakes and twists and turns that the party has experienced on the way forward, and resolutely oppose and Resist historical nihilism and make official history the consensus of the whole party and society. It is emphasized that 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". Those who violate 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.

　　Question: The "Regulations" has a special chapter on "Guarantee and Supervision". What are the requirements?

　　Answer: Focusing on ensuring the study and education of party history, the "Regulations" put forward clear requirements in terms of scientific research support, discipline guarantee, talent guarantee, funding guarantee, inspection and evaluation, etc. In terms of scientific research support, it is emphasized that the party history and literature department should play the role of a specialized institution for party history and theoretical research, formulate work plans for party history and literature, and organize and carry out party history research, party history book compilation, party history publicity and education, and party history material collection. Waiting for work. In terms of subject guarantee, it is emphasized that the construction of the first-level discipline of Party History and Party Construction of the Communist Party of China should be strengthened, and work such as talent training, curriculum setting, teaching staff construction, scientific research, and academic exchanges should be carried out. In terms of talent protection, it is emphasized that we must build a high-quality party history study and education team with a reasonable structure and a combination of professional and part-time work in accordance with the principles of strong politics, professional proficiency, and correct work style. In terms of funding guarantees, it is stipulated that funds for party history study and education should be included in the budget of the same level. In terms of inspection and evaluation, it is stipulated that party committees (party groups) at all levels should strengthen supervision and inspection of the progress 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. Conduct regular evaluations and continuously improve our work.

　　Question: How to implement the Regulations well?

　　Answer: When the Party Central Committee issued the "Regulations", it put forward clear requirements for party committees (party groups) at all levels to do a good job in studying, publicizing and implementing the "Regulations". In accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee, party committees (party groups) at all levels must effectively shoulder their responsibilities and take effective measures to promote the implementation of various provisions of the Regulations. It is necessary to strengthen study and training, combine the study of the "Regulations" with the implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, and coordinate the inclusion of the "Regulations" into the learning content of the theoretical study center groups of party committees (party groups) at all levels and party schools at all levels ( Administrative College), Cadre College, and Socialist College training content. The Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute will also make the study and publicity of the "Regulations" an important part of the training for cadres in the Party History and Documentation Department. It is necessary to pay close attention to the implementation of the system, connect the "Regulations" with relevant important intra-party regulations, promote overall planning, and implement them in an integrated manner. It is necessary to strengthen supervision and inspection, strengthen supervision and inspection of the development of party history study and education, and incorporate the implementation of the "Regulations" into the party building work responsibility system. 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 will organize and carry out special surveys in accordance with their functions and responsibilities in a timely manner, strengthen follow-up guidance, and promote the implementation of the Regulations.