Party School Training Q&A

Author: Lü Cheng et al. / Country:
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Publishing Time: 2003-01-01
Features: Third, absorbing advanced elements from other social strata into the Party is beneficial to fully mobilize the positive factors of all sectors of society and better advance the great cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Building socialism with Chinese characteristics is a pioneering and great cause, requiring the mobilization of the strength of all sectors of society to jointly advance it. Many individuals engaged in non-public sector economy and other social strata are pioneers in implementing the Party's wealth-creation policies. Cultivating, educating, and guiding them, and bringing the advanced elements among them into the Party, fully reflects our Party's political trust in them, and is beneficial to better mobilize their initiative and creativity, better unite and lead the masses, and contribute to the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.
5. How does adhering to the principle of building the Party ideologically and adhering to the principle of democratic centralism contribute to maintaining the Party's advanced nature as the vanguard of the working class? The Party's admission of advanced elements from other social strata has indeed diversified the composition of its members. In this context, how to maintain the Party's advanced nature as the vanguard of the working class and the issue of the Party's advancement have become prominent. Therefore, first, the Party organization must firmly adhere to the principle of building the Party ideologically, placing member education in a more prominent position, adhering to the education and arming of all members with Marxist theory, and requiring members not only to join the Party organizationally but first to join it ideologically, so that they can more consciously strive to achieve the Party's line and program. As aspiring Party members, whether workers, peasants, intellectuals, military personnel, cadres, or advanced elements from other social strata, must study Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the Important Thought of Three Represents diligently, pay attention to ideological transformation, persistently struggle against non-proletarian thought, firmly establish the worldview and outlook on life of the proletariat, and train themselves to become genuine Communist Party members. Second, it is necessary to firmly adhere to the principle of democratic centralism without hesitation. The Party is an organized unified whole based on democratic centralism. Democratic centralism is the fundamental organizational principle and system of the Party, as well as its fundamental leadership system and work system. It is the organizational discipline that all Party members must abide by and is the organizational discipline that the Party has gradually formed and established during its creation and development. From the very beginning, the Communist Party of China was established and operated according to the principle of democratic centralism, thereby maintaining its nature as the vanguard of the Chinese working class and its advanced nature. As long as the Party adheres to these two principles, no matter how complex the composition of its members may be, the Party will always maintain its nature as the vanguard of the working class and serve the people wholeheartedly.
6. Why must the Party adhere to its nature as the vanguard of the working class? The working class of our country is a product of the development of our country's social progress since modern times, especially the development of large-scale socialized production. As the representative of China's advanced productive forces and productive relations, it is a team with characteristics such as organization, discipline, and the determination and thoroughness of revolution. Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has defined itself as the Party of the Chinese working class and emphasized that at all times it must represent the will and interests of the proletariat and adhere to the nature of the vanguard of the working class, which has laid a solid class foundation for the Party to maintain its own advanced nature. Under the conditions of reform and opening up and the development of a socialist market economy, maintaining the nature of the vanguard of the working class and better representing the interests of the broad masses of the people are major theoretical and practical issues in further strengthening the Party's construction. With the development of reform and opening up and modernization, the working class team in our country has continued to grow, and its ideological, moral, scientific, and cultural quality has been improving day by day. The advanced nature of the working class is also developing, and the class foundation of the Party is constantly being strengthened. Intellectuals, as part of the working class, have greatly enhanced the scientific and cultural quality of the working class. Due to our implementation of a basic economic system with public ownership as the mainstay and a coexistence of multiple forms of ownership, the development of a socialist market economy, and the strategic adjustment of the economic structure, the positions of some workers have changed. Certain industries that do not meet the requirements of advanced productive forces are gradually being phased out, while those that do meet the requirements are further developing. In this process of change, some parts of the workforce inevitably face temporary difficulties or layoffs or transfers. This does not mean that the working class has lost its advanced nature or class status; on the contrary, it is precisely in the process of advanced replacing the backward brought about by the strategic adjustment of China's socioeconomic structure, especially the industrial structure, that the overall quality and overall advantages of the Chinese working class will be further improved. Therefore, in the process of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, our Party must implement the Important Thought of Three Represents and must always take the Chinese working class, the basic force that represents the development requirements of advanced productive forces and promotes the development of China's advanced productive forces, as its class foundation, relying wholeheartedly on the working class and consistently adhering to the nature of the vanguard of the working class. This is also the significance of adhering to the nature of the Party as the vanguard of the working class.
7. How to maintain the Party's nature as the vanguard of the working class? Maintaining the Party's nature as the vanguard of the working class is of great significance not only for the Party but also for the modernization cause led by the Party. How to maintain the Party's nature as the vanguard of the working class mainly includes the following points: First, it is necessary to always maintain the Party's advanced nature. To always maintain the Party's advanced nature is a fundamental issue in Marxist theory on Party construction. The advanced nature of the Party is a historical, dynamic, and developing process, and maintaining the advanced nature of the Party is a requirement that keeps pace with the times. To judge whether a party is advanced and whether it is the vanguard of the working class, it is mainly necessary to see whether its theory and program are Marxist, whether it can always represent the correct direction of social development, and whether it can represent the fundamental interests of the broad masses of the people. Therefore, the nature of the Party as the vanguard of the working class is not abstract but a concentrated expression of its advanced and class nature under different historical conditions. Therefore, maintaining the nature of the Party as the vanguard of the working class means always maintaining the Party's advanced nature. Second, it is necessary to continuously strengthen the Party's class foundation and expand its mass foundation. Under the conditions of a socialist market economy, some new social strata have emerged. Under the guidance of the Party's line and policies, the vast majority of people in these new strata have contributed to the development of socialist productive forces and other causes through honest labor and work, legal operations, and legal management. They are united with workers, peasants, intellectuals, cadres, and the soldiers and officers of the People's Liberation Army. They are also builders of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. To continuously strengthen the Party's class foundation means to bring outstanding individuals who consciously strive for the Party's line and program and meet the conditions for Party membership into the Party, and to continuously improve the ideological and political awareness of all Party members through the Party as a large crucible, thereby continuously enhancing the influence and cohesion of the Party in the whole society and expanding its mass foundation. Third, it is necessary to continue to strengthen and improve the construction of the Party's primary organizations. The construction of the Party's primary organizations is the foundation of all Party work and combat effectiveness. Maintaining the Party's nature as the vanguard of the working class depends on the full play of the role of the battle fortress of the primary Party organizations and the advanced role model of all Party members. Especially at present, due to the implementation of reform and opening up and the development of a socialist market economy, the social and economic composition, organizational forms, employment methods, interest relations, and distribution patterns in our country are becoming increasingly diversified. If we are not mentally alert, not centralized in our work, and neglect the construction of primary Party organizations, it is very easy to become disorganized, and thus it will be impossible to maintain the Party's nature as the vanguard of the working class. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen and improve the construction of the Party's primary organizations, change their weak and scattered state, and enhance their cohesion and combat effectiveness.
8. Why is it said that the Party is at the same time the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation? The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class and at the same time the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. This means that our Party always represents the fundamental interests of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation and consciously starts from the reality of China and the will of the Chinese people, bringing the greatest good to the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It can always gather the strength of the entire nation and society and unite and strive for a common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It can always correctly grasp the direction and development trend of Chinese society, unite and lead the Chinese people and the Chinese nation to achieve the great rejuvenation through scientific theory and creative practice. This is mainly reflected in the following aspects: First, the Party has borne the dual mission of the Chinese working class and the Chinese nation since its birth. Our Party was born to save the nation from peril, and it stepped onto the historical stage amid the fiery patriotic salvation movement and people's liberation movement. It took as its mission "the working class can only liberate all mankind to finally liberate itself" and closely linked the historical destiny of the working class with the historical destiny of the entire Chinese nation. Everything the Communist Party of China has strived for not only represents the interests of the Chinese working class but also represents the fundamental interests of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. For the 80 years since its founding, our Party has grown from small to large, from weak to strong, from a Party leading the people to fight for national power to a Party leading the people to grasp national power and govern for a long time. The reason our Party has an inexhaustible source of strength lies fundamentally in the fact that it is deeply rooted in the Chinese working class and deeply rooted in the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and that it has always been "two vanguards." Second, the Party holds state power in accordance with the wishes of the people of all nationalities. The essence of the Communist Party of China's governance is to lead and support the people to be masters of their own country. In the past, the Party seized state power in accordance with the wishes of the Chinese people. Today, it equally holds state power in accordance with the wishes of the Chinese people. The Chinese people have entrusted the power of governance to the Communist Party of China, which is both a trust in our Party and also a high expectation for our Party to always adhere to the principle of "building the Party for the public and governing for the people." This requires our Party, at all times, to consciously stand on the side of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, to grasp and use well the power entrusted by the people. The Party must use the power entrusted by the people to serve the people, to safeguard and realize and develop the fundamental interests of the broad masses of the Chinese people and the national interests that embody this fundamental interest. Third, the Party is the "backbone" of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Building socialism with Chinese characteristics and building China into a prosperous, democratic, and civilized socialist modern country is a pioneering and arduous cause. The Party is capable of undertaking this lofty historical mission, consciously becoming the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, combining the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality of China, continuously opening up new ideas and new horizons for national rejuvenation in the process of committed to realizing the sinicization of Marxism, and being able to, with the boldness and vision of the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, vigorously inherit and carry forward the fine cultural traditions of the Chinese nation, while actively using and learning from all advanced achievements of civilization in the world today; being able to, from the perspective of the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, consciously raise the banner of a common ideal, gather the strength of the entire Chinese nation, and maximize the mobilization and development of all positive factors; being able to, in accordance with the requirements of the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, absorb advanced elements from all strata of the entire nation into the Party, and better become the "backbone" on which the Chinese people and the Chinese nation rely for rise and rejuvenation.
9. Why is it said that adhering to the leadership of the Party is the fundamental principle of Marxist Party theory?