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In This Round of NCO Selection and Promotion, the Mobile Detachment of the PAP Chongqing General Corps Continues to Strengthen Conduct Building

这次警士选晋，武警重庆总队机动支队持续强化风气建设

PLA Daily (解放军报) 4 July 2026

Summary

The Mobile Detachment of the PAP Chongqing General Corps published a conduct-education case study documenting how a soldier named Xiao Zhou, serving as a grassroots conduct supervisor, reported his father's attempt to transfer money for relationship-building during the spring NCO selection cycle, after which company cadres contacted the father directly to explain promotion procedures and scoring criteria. The article documents a persistent institutional problem the PAP explicitly names: family members outside the military who retain pre-reform assumptions that promotion requires cultivating personal relationships, creating pressure on soldiers that the unit treats as a latent compliance risk requiring active management. The detachment's response—family conduct education programs, 'Face-to-Face with Family Members' sessions, and integrity pledge activities—fits the pattern of post-political rectification training efforts to extend conduct discipline beyond the barracks and into soldiers' domestic networks, a campaign logic the PAP has been institutionalizing since at least 2022.

Translation

In This Round of NCO Selection and Promotion, the Mobile Detachment of the PAP Chongqing General Corps Continues to Strengthen Conduct Building——

Capability and Quality Are the Best "Road"

■ Shi Lu, Tang Ke / Hou Junjie, Li Kunyu (illustrations)

In early summer, a vocational skills assessment examination for the infantry specialty opened on schedule. Inside the examination hall of the Mobile Detachment of the PAP Chongqing General Corps, order was maintained throughout; the only sound was the scratch of pens answering questions. In this contest of professional competence and a test of the ability to perform one's duties, Corporal Xiao Zhou of the police duty company sat upright at his examination desk—reading the questions, thinking, and answering, all in one smooth motion.

When the examination ended, he called his father at the first opportunity: "Dad, I performed normally this time and showed my true level. Whatever the result, I have a clear conscience." On the other end of the line, his father said "good" repeatedly and urged Xiao Zhou again and again to serve with peace of mind and work diligently.

This seemingly ordinary scene conceals a story of discipline and family conduct.

Several months earlier, the detachment's spring NCO selection and promotion work had opened on schedule. With limited slots and fierce competition, Xiao Zhou—then still a Private First Class—prepared seriously for each assessment, bearing no small amount of pressure.

His father, far away in their hometown, learned of his son's state of preparation and was filled with worry, wanting to help but not knowing how.

After much deliberation, he called his son. "Promotion depends on connections; advancement depends on working the circuit (走动)." Over the phone, he advised Xiao Zhou that while preparing seriously for the assessments, he should also find ways to "grease the wheels (打点)" and "pave the road (铺路)" for his selection and promotion. Xiao Zhou, who was well aware of military discipline and regulations, explained patiently on multiple occasions: "Selection and promotion follow the system and are based on actual performance, not personal favors. Capability and quality are the best 'road.'"

His father remained uneasy. Seeing that persuasion had no effect, he transferred a sum of money directly into Xiao Zhou's bank account, specifically for use in cultivating personal relationships.

On one side was his family's earnest hopes; on the other was a disciplinary red line that could not be crossed. Xiao Zhou hesitated for a time.

At this critical moment, he thought of his identity as a grassroots conduct supervisor (基层风气监督员). "Day to day, I am responsible for supervising others. Now that I face this situation myself, I absolutely cannot be the slightest bit ambiguous." After weighing the matter carefully, he proactively reported the situation to the company Party branch.

Upon learning the details, the company Party branch recognized that some service members' family members still harbored misconceptions, and that grassroots hot-button sensitive issues still carried latent risks of rule and discipline violations that had to be identified and resolved in a timely manner.

Soon after, the political instructor proactively contacted Xiao Zhou's father and explained to him, item by item, the NCO selection and promotion procedures and scoring criteria, and made clear the relevant disciplinary requirements. At first, Xiao Zhou's father still harbored doubts. Through the patient, meticulous, and reason-and-emotion-combined repeated communication of the company cadres, he came to understand that the military's selection and promotion process is fully open and transparent and subject to oversight at all levels, and that everyone is judged on actual performance rather than relationships—and with that, he completely dispelled his biases and doubts.

Subsequently, the company's cadres and backbone personnel focused on Xiao Zhou's individual growth, adhered to the principle of strict management combined with genuine care (严管厚爱), and provided him with targeted mentoring and gap-filling. Xiao Zhou also shed his ideological burden, returned the money to his father, cast aside distracting thoughts, and threw himself wholeheartedly into examination preparation.

After a period of hard training, Xiao Zhou's scores across all areas improved markedly.

During the assessment, he gave his full effort and strove to excel, ultimately achieving outstanding results. In the democratic evaluation (民主测评) phase, relying on his consistently diligent and hardworking conduct and his good reputation among the troops, he received unanimous recognition from his comrades.

In the end, Xiao Zhou successfully promoted to Corporal with a composite ranking near the top, delivering a satisfying answer sheet for his own efforts, and using solid, concrete results to dispel his family's concerns.

One case illuminates the trend; one event rectifies the soldiers' hearts (一案鉴风向，一事正兵心). Xiao Zhou's experience also sparked lively discussion among his comrades. "NCO selection and promotion should be exactly like this—let results do the talking, so those who advance feel justified and those who are not selected are convinced." Private First Class Xiao Liu will also face selection and promotion next year; the fair and transparent system gives him greater confidence.

Relying on "shortcuts" has long since ceased to work, and moreover leaves an unstable foundation. Relying on hard work may make the process arduous, but it will surely lead to steady and lasting progress. The detachment's Party committee also recognized that some service members' family members are unfamiliar with military regulations, lack understanding of the military's mechanisms for selecting and developing personnel, and still hold certain worldly and one-sided views—which is detrimental to service members' growth and advancement. Accordingly, they have continued to deepen family conduct education (家风教育), carrying out activities such as "Face-to-Face with Family Members" and "A Letter to Service Members' Family Members," routinely disseminating various regulations and policies, and guiding service members' family members to serve as good "integrity partners (廉内助)" and build a solid family conduct "firewall (防火墙)."

The mother of one soldier actively participated in family conduct education during a family visit. After studying the standards for clean and honest conduct (廉洁行为规范), she remarked with feeling: "The military's rules are clear and its conduct is upright. We are very reassured to see our child growing and advancing here!"

Advocating integrity through visible means (倡廉于有形), nurturing it silently like rain (润物于无声). In recent years, the detachment has continuously strengthened conduct building. For sensitive matters such as NCO selection and promotion, merit citations and awards, Party membership, and examination for further education, it has strictly implemented the system of open policies, open procedures, and open results, and has resolutely eliminated interference from personal relationships and behind-closed-doors operations (暗箱操作). Not long ago, the detachment organized a theoretical examination for Party member development. The question bank was made fully public throughout, assessment standards were refined, and oversight channels were improved. All officers and soldiers competed on the same stage in fair competition, striving for opportunities for advancement through capability and quality.

Officers and Soldiers Uphold Integrity; Families Share in Integrity

■ Shi Lu

The conduct of the military is bound up with the morale of the troops and with combat capability building. In recent years, as political rectification training (政治整训) has continued to deepen, military conduct has steadily improved for the better. Officers and soldiers have felt keenly that sensitive matters of all kinds have become increasingly open and transparent, creating a fair and just environment for their growth and advancement. When Corporal Xiao Zhou of the Mobile Detachment of the PAP Chongqing General Corps faced the tension between disciplinary rules and his family's expectations during the selection and promotion process, what kind of ideological struggle did he undergo? What supported him in making the correct decision and ensuring that his path of growth and advancement remained clean and upright? Recently, this reporter conducted a face-to-face interview with Xiao Zhou to hear what was on his mind.

Question: When faced with your family's attempt to spend money to smooth relationships and "pave the road" for your retention in the military, what were you thinking at the time?

Answer: As a son, I can understand my parents' hopes that I will succeed. They care about me and worry that I might be at a disadvantage at a critical moment in my growth and advancement. But once I put on the uniform, I became a soldier. The education I have received day to day has made me deeply aware that compliance with rules and discipline (遵规守纪) is the most basic principle. At the same time, as a grassroots conduct supervisor, I have come to understand even more clearly through the performance of my duties where the military's disciplinary bottom lines lie. If I had used the money my parents transferred to cultivate personal relationships, it might have seemed like I was creating opportunities for myself, but in reality it would have crossed a disciplinary red line and amounted to irresponsibility toward my own military career. So I made up my mind: I had to hold the bottom line and strive for the right to remain in the military through my own efforts.

Question: Having gone through this experience, what deeper insights and understanding have you gained about military conduct?

Answer: I feel that today the military environment is clean and upright (风清气正), and every officer and soldier has a stage for fair competition. On the road of growth and advancement, what counts is capability, what is compared is actual performance, and what one relies on is reputation. The old thinking of "working connections and relying on back channels (走关系、靠门路)" no longer works. Various regulations and systems have also established the clear orientation of standing on the basis of quality and advancing on the basis of actual performance. This has made me deeply feel that a soldier's greatest source of confidence is solid competence. No crooked path or opportunistic shortcut (歪门邪道、投机取巧) can hold up. Only by holding fast to the bottom line of clean and honest conduct and diligently fulfilling one's duties can one stand firm in the military and grow steadily.

Question: A small number of service members' family members still harbor the idea of using money and personal favors to smooth relationships. As soldiers, what should we do?

Answer: Some family members have a limited understanding of military discipline, insufficient knowledge of policies, and low enthusiasm for participating in family conduct building, making them prone to cognitive biases regarding personal relationships and social conventions. To address these sticking points, our detachment has conducted family conduct education on multiple occasions, inviting family members to visit the integrity wall (廉洁墙), attend integrity classes together, and write integrity pledges (廉洁语), guiding service members' family members to change their fixed perceptions and fostering a strong atmosphere in which officers and soldiers uphold integrity and families share in integrity. On a personal level, I also need to communicate more with my family—moving them with feeling and enlightening them with reason—to help them strengthen their understanding and gain their support. Only in this way can we jointly create a good environment of compliance with rules and discipline and clean and honest conduct, and our confidence in holding the bottom line and diligently fulfilling our duties will be all the greater.

Question: After successfully being selected for promotion, what plans do you have for your personal growth going forward?

Answer: This successful promotion is recognition of me by the organization and my comrades, and even more so a form of encouragement and motivation. As a newly promoted Corporal, I am clear that I still have many shortcomings and deficiencies. Going forward, I will focus on my professional shortcomings, refine my military skills, fulfill my duties diligently in my post, repay the organization's cultivation with solid competence, and walk every step of my military career steadily and earnestly.

Original Chinese

这次警士选晋，武警重庆总队机动支队持续强化风气建设—— 能力素质是最好的“路” ■石路汤珂侯俊杰李昆昱绘初夏时节，一场步兵专业职业技能鉴定考核如期开考。武警重庆总队机动支队考场内秩序井然，只能听见笔尖答题的沙沙声。在这场比拼专业素养、检验履职本领的较量中，警勤中队中士小周端坐在考桌前，审题、思考、作答，一气呵成。考试结束，他第一时间给父亲打去电话：“爸，我这次发挥正常，检验出了真实水平。不管结果如何，我都问心无愧。”电话那头，父亲连声说好，反复叮嘱小周安心服役、踏实干事。这看似平常的一幕，背后藏着一段纪律与家风的故事。几个月前，该支队春季警士选晋工作如期展开。由于名额有限、竞争激烈，当时还是下士的小周认真备战各项考核，内心也承受着不小的压力。远在老家的父亲了解到儿子的备考状态后，满心担忧，想帮忙却又不知该怎么做。思考许久，他拨通了儿子的电话。“晋升靠人脉、进步靠走动。”电话里，他建议小周在认真备考的同时，也要想办法“打点”一番，为选晋多“铺铺路”。深知部队纪律规矩的小周多次耐心解释：“选晋讲的是制度，凭的是实绩，不是人情，能力素质是最好的‘路’。” 父亲始终放心不下，见劝说无果，直接向小周的银行卡转了一笔钱，让他专门用于人情往来。一边是家人的殷切期许，一边是不容逾越的纪律红线，小周一时有些犹豫。关键时刻，他想到了自己基层风气监督员的身份。“平日里，我负责监督别人，现在自己遇到这种情况，更不能有一丝一毫含糊。”权衡再三，他主动向中队党支部汇报了此事。了解情况后，中队党支部意识到，一些官兵家人仍存在误区，基层热点敏感问题还有潜在的违规违纪隐患，必须及时发现及时解决。很快，指导员主动联系小周父亲，为他逐条讲解警士选晋流程和评分标准，讲清相关纪律要求。起初，小周父亲仍心存疑虑，在中队干部耐心细致、情理兼具的反复沟通下，他了解到部队选晋全程公开透明并接受各级监督，大家只看实绩不看关系，就此彻底打消了偏见和疑虑。随后，中队干部骨干聚焦小周个人成长，坚持严管厚爱，对他进行精准帮带、查漏补缺。小周也卸下了思想包袱，把钱款退回给父亲后，摒弃杂念，全心全意投身备考。经过一段时间的刻苦训练，小周的各项成绩均有明显提升。考核中，他全力以赴、奋勇争先，最终取得优异成绩；民主测评环节，凭着一贯踏实肯干的作风和良好的群众口碑，获得战友一致认可。最终，小周以综合排名靠前的成绩成功晋升中士，为自己的努力交上一份满意的答卷，更用实打实的成绩打消了家人顾虑。一案鉴风向，一事正兵心。小周的这段经历也引发了身边战友的热议。“警士选晋就应该这样，拿成绩说话，让进步者硬气、落选者服气。”上等兵小刘明年也面临选晋，公平透明的制度让他更有信心。靠“捷径”早已行不通，而且根基不牢；凭实干纵然过程辛苦，但必定行稳致远。该支队党委也意识到，部分官兵家属对部队法规不熟悉，对军营选人育人机制缺乏了解，仍存在一些世俗片面的认知，这对官兵成长进步不利。于是，他们持续深化家风教育，开展“与家属面对面”“致官兵家属的一封信”等活动，常态普及各类法规政策，引导官兵家属当好“廉内助”，筑牢家风“防火墙”。一名战士的母亲在来队期间积极参与家风教育，她学习廉洁行为规范后感叹：“部队规矩明、风气正，孩子在这里成长进步，我们很放心！” 倡廉于有形，润物于无声。近年来，该支队持续强化风气建设，针对警士选晋、评功评奖、入党考学等敏感事项，严格落实政策公开、流程公开、结果公开制度，坚决杜绝人情干扰、暗箱操作。前不久，支队组织党员发展理论考核，全程公开题库、细化考核标准、完善监督渠道，全体官兵同台比拼、公平竞争，凭借能力素质争取进步机会。官兵守廉家庭共廉 ■石路部队风气关乎军心士气，关乎战斗力建设。近年来，随着持续深化政治整训，部队风气不断向上向好，官兵深切感受到，各类敏感事项越来越公开透明，为官兵营造出公平公正的成长进步环境。武警重庆总队机动支队中士小周在选晋过程中面对纪律规矩和家人期盼时，有过怎样的思想斗争？是什么支持他作出正确决定，确保自己的成长进步之路干净清爽？近日，笔者对小周进行面对面访谈，听一听他的心里话。问：面对家人想通过花钱来疏通关系、为你留队“铺路”的做法，你当时是怎么想的？答：为人子女，我能够理解父母望子成龙的心情。他们心疼我，担心我在成长进步的关键时候吃亏。但穿上军装，我就是一名军人，平时的教育让我深知，遵规守纪是最基本的原则。同时，作为基层风气监督员，我在履职过程中更加清楚部队的规矩底线。如果我用父母转来的这笔钱打点人情关系，看似是为自己争取机会，实则触碰了纪律红线，是对自己军旅生涯的不负责。所以，我下定决心，必须守住底线，靠自己的努力争取留队资格。问：有了这次经历，你对部队风气有哪些更深的感悟认识？答：我感到，如今，部队环境风清气正，每名官兵都拥有公平竞争的舞台。成长进步的道路上，拼的是能力、比的是实绩、靠的是口碑，过去那些“走关系、靠门路”的思维已经行不通了，各项法规制度也立起凭素质立身、靠实绩进步的鲜明导向。这让我深刻感到，军人最大的底气是过硬本领，任何歪门邪道、投机取巧都站不住脚，唯有坚守廉洁底线、踏实履职尽责，才能在军营站稳脚跟、稳步成长。问：个别军人家属还存在靠金钱、人情疏通关系的念头，身为军人，我们应该怎么做？答：有的家属对部队纪律理解不深、政策了解不足、参与家风建设的积极性不高，容易产生人情世故方面的认知偏差。针对这些堵点，我们支队多次开展家风教育，邀请家属打卡廉洁墙、共上廉洁课、书写廉洁语，引导官兵家属转变固有认识，营造官兵守廉、家庭共廉的浓厚氛围。就个人而言，我也要多与家人沟通，动之以情、晓之以理，帮助家人强化认识，得到他们的理解与支持。只有这样，才能共同营造遵规守纪、清正廉洁的良好环境，我们坚守底线、踏实履职的底气才会更足。问：成功选晋后，你对接下来的个人成长有怎样的规划？答：此次顺利选晋，是组织和战友们对我的认可，更是一种鞭策和激励。作为一名新晋中士，我清楚自身还有不少短板不足。下一步，我会紧盯专业短板，精进军事技能，立足岗位扎实履职，用过硬本领回报组织培养，踏踏实实走好每一步军旅路。