Party Authority -- An Important Issue Concerning the Life and Death of Parties

Author: Hong Xianghua
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This work was further revised and completed based on the writing of my doctoral dissertation. Research on the issue of authority has already produced some domestic and international findings. However, there are almost no works dedicated to the study of party authority. Therefore, choosing The Theory of Party Authority as the topic of my doctoral dissertation posed a significant challenge for me at the time. After completing my doctoral dissertation defense, I joined the Central Party School for work. Over the next two years, I reflected further on the issues of parties and authority, and also published some related articles. On January 5-6, 2006, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing. General Secretary Hu Jintao delivered an important speech at this session, emphasizing the need to study, abide by, implement, and safeguard the Party Constitution, which means upholding the authority of the Party Constitution and thereby safeguarding the authority of the Communist Party of China. This session and General Secretary Hu Jintao's speech prompted me to further argue and refine many of the viewpoints in the text. With the assistance of China Times Economic Publishing House, this theoretical research work was finally published.
In the era we live in, politics is closely intertwined with our lives, influencing our worldview, life philosophy, and values. General Secretary Jiang Zemin has repeatedly emphasized the importance of paying attention to politics. Understanding and participating in politics is a responsibility of every citizen. In real life, politics primarily manifests as the policies and activities of political parties, social groups, and social forces representing certain stages in national and international affairs. Due to the vastness of the country and the large population, most citizens need certain pathways and bridges to communicate with national politics. The emergence and development of political parties undoubtedly serve as such bridges and pathways. Drawing on domestic and international research on parties and authority, this paper aims to study party authority from the following aspects:
- Introduction: This section primarily discusses the purpose and significance of studying party authority.
- Chapter 1: Discusses parties and the party system.
- Chapter 2: Discusses authority and party authority.
- Chapter 3: Discusses the formation of party authority.
- Chapter 4: Discusses the legitimate basis of party authority.
- Chapter 5: Discusses the pathways for parties to gain authority.
- Chapter 6: Discusses the maintenance and consolidation of the authority of the Communist Party of China.