The great rejuvenation of China

2. insist on doing everything for the people

The Communist Party of China is a Marxist party, the vanguard of the Chinese working class, the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and has no special interests of its own other than the interests of the people.

Adhering to doing everything for the people is the starting point and foothold of all the work of the Communist Party of China, and it is also the intrinsic meaning and practical requirement of adhering to the people-centered approach in the new era. The Communist Party is a political party that emerged for the benefit of the people. The Communist Manifesto clearly stipulates that Communists have no interests different from those of the proletariat as a whole, and its ultimate goal is to realize that “the free development of everyone is the condition for the free development of all"1 of communist society. The Communist Party of China is a faithful practitioner of Marxism, and has consistently adhered to the needs of the people, the pursuit of the people, and the happiness of the people in the period of revolution, construction, and reform, and has always kept the people’s warmth and warmth in mind and placed the people in the supreme position.

Adhering to doing everything for the people is the consistent value pursuit of the Communist Party of China. At the beginning of its founding, the Party defined its purpose as “serving the people”; at the beginning of reform and opening up, the Party took resolving “the contradiction between the people’s growing material and cultural needs and backward social production” as the fundamental task of building socialism with Chinese characteristics; in the process of reform and opening up, the Party successively put forward that “comprehensive human development is the essential requirement of socialism” and “Adhere to the people-oriented, comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development concept” in accordance with the changes in economic and social development. New and significant progress has been made in safeguarding and developing the interests of the people. The Party has always adhered to the people-centered approach in all periods, and as a result, it has won the broad support of the masses of the people, and only then has a solid mass and social foundation for the development of the cause of the Party and the country. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in the face of the new expectations and new requirements of the people yearning for a better life, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has clearly put forward the people-centered thinking, emphasizing that seeking happiness for the people is the original intention of the Chinese Communists, and why the human problem is the touchstone for testing the nature of a political party and a political power; and emphasizing the people-centered development concept to promote the “five-in-one” in an integrated manner. The overall layout and coordinated promotion of the “four comprehensive” strategic layout; emphasizing that all fields such as economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, ecological civilization construction and party building in the new era should reflect the requirements of people-centeredness. Since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,

Proceeding from solving the main contradictions in our society, Comrade Xi Jinping proposed to focus on solving the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development, vigorously improving the quality of development, and better meeting the growing needs of the people in economic, political, cultural, social and ecological aspects. This series of important expositions fully demonstrates our party’s fundamental political stand of being people-centered, and has become the fundamental political guideline for adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

3. Adhere to the party’s mass line

The party’s mass line means doing everything for the masses, relying on the masses in everything, coming from the masses and going to the masses. The party’s mass line is the systematic application of the materialist view of history in all the party’s activities of the principle that the masses of the people are the creators of history, a scientific summary and induction of the party’s historical experience, an organic unity of Marxist values and methodology, and a full embodiment of the fundamental political stand centered on the people. From the perspective of values, all the work of the Communist Party of China is carried out with the people at the center.

Everything for the masses” is the embodiment of the party’s fundamental purpose. Upholding the interests of the masses above all else is the highest political principle that every Communist Party member must follow. The Marxist party firmly believes that the masses of the people can liberate themselves, and the party must believe in the masses, mobilize the masses, and lead the masses to struggle for the realization of lofty goals. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out: “The people are the source of our strength. We are deeply aware that everyone’s strength is limited, but as long as we are united in our will, there will be no difficulty that cannot be overcome.“1 “Everything for the masses” is the value goal of the party’s work, and “relying on the masses in everything” is the means to achieve the value goal.

From a methodological point of view, “coming from the masses and going to the masses” is the party’s fundamental leadership method and working method, emphasizing that the formulation of the party’s line, principles, and policies should fully understand the opinions of the masses and pool the wisdom of the masses; in the process of implementing policy decisions, it is also necessary to constantly listen to the opinions of the masses for revision and improvement, and the results of policy decisions and implementation must stand the approval of the masses and the test of practice.

Historical experience proves that by adhering to the party’s mass line, the party’s cause and the interests of the masses will prosper; if we deviate from the party’s mass line, the party’s cause and the interests of the masses will be harmed. To realize the people’s yearning for a better life in the new era, the Party must adhere to the fundamental position of taking the people as the center and prevent separation from the people at all times. To this end, it is necessary to administer the party strictly in an all-round way, strengthen education in ideals and convictions, never forget the original aspiration and keep in mind the mission, consciously accept the supervision of the people, educate and guide the broad masses of party members and cadres to consciously practice the party’s fundamental purpose, deeply root the mass viewpoint and mass line in their thinking and concretely implement them in action, focus on solving the problems of the masses’ most realistic interests, constantly enhance the people’s trust and confidence in the party, and lay a solid class foundation and mass foundation for the party’s long-term ruling. Section 2: The people’s yearning for a better life is the party’s goal The Communist Party of China comes from the people, and all its work must take the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people as the highest standard, constantly meet the new expectations of the people for a better life, and constantly solve the most direct and realistic interests of the people. Striving to let the people live a better life is where the party’s mission, value and life lie.

1. The fundamental nature and purpose of the CCP according to Xi:

“Seeking happiness for the people is the original intention of the Chinese communists. We must never forget this original intention, and always take the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal. “1 Adhering to everything for the people and leading the people of the whole country to continuously create a better life vividly interprets the fundamental position of the Chinese communists, the fundamental purpose of the party to serve the people wholeheartedly, and the fundamental pursuit of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

Taking the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal of struggle fundamentally answers the question of “for whom?” The question of why people are a fundamental question and a question of principle. If this problem is not solved well, one will not be qualified to be called a communist or a Marxist. The Communist Party of China comes from the people, takes root in the people, and serves the people; the Party has no special interests that are divorced from the masses, Party members do not have a special position above the masses, and no Party member is allowed to break away from the masses and be above the masses. The entire history of the Party’s struggle is a history of serving the people and relying on the people, a history of centering on the people, and a history of serving the people wholeheartedly.

Taking the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal of struggle, the core is to stand firmly on the people’s position. Representing the interests of the people, standing on the side of the people, and serving the people wholeheartedly are the fundamental political positions of the Communist Party of China. The question of position is not illusory, it is real. In capitalist society, capital is the real master, capital logic is the leading logic of society, power is subject to capital, subject to capital, and also serves capital, which determines that bourgeois political parties can only represent the interests of capital. In socialist China, the people are the real masters, representing the interests of the people is where the highest interests of the Communist Party of China lie, and always standing on the side of the people is the lofty mission of the Communist Party of China. Chinese Communists must consciously stand on the side of the overwhelming majority of the people, consciously stand on the people’s standpoint to think about problems, make decisions, do business, and be faithful representatives of the people’s interests. Without this, there is a fundamental departure from Marxism; To betray this article is to fundamentally betray the cause of the communists. The key to taking the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal is to implement it in specific actions to serve the people, which is reflected in promoting all aspects and links of economic and social development. Comrade Xi Jinping adheres to the people-centered development thinking and makes a series of important expositions on creating a better life for the people and ensuring and improving people’s livelihood. For example, on realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, it emphasizes that “the Chinese dream is, in the final analysis, the dream of the people”; on building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, emphasizing that “a moderately prosperous society is not a well-off, the key is to look at the fellow villagers”; “no one can be left behind on the road to a moderately prosperous life”; on comprehensively deepening reform, emphasizing “closely relying on the people to promote reform” and “the fruits of reform and development will benefit all the people more equitably”; on comprehensively governing the country according to law, emphasizing “striving to let the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case”; Regarding the strict management of the party in an all-round way, he stressed that “the key issue is to maintain the flesh-and-blood ties between the party and the masses of the people”;

Regarding targeted poverty alleviation and targeted poverty alleviation, he stressed that “we must not leave behind a poor area or a poor mass.” All these are more realistic and targeted important requirements for meeting the people’s expectations for a better life, and have been translated into effective practical steps and concrete actions of the Party and the people.