Political Work

Establishing and Practicing the Correct View of Political Achievement | An Army Support Battalion Guides Headquarters Cadres to Not Shy Away from Difficulties and to Take Initiative

树立和践行正确政绩观丨陆军某保障大队引导机关干部事不避难担当作为

PLA Daily (解放军报) 22 May 2026

Summary

An unnamed army support battalion's Party committee launched a rectification campaign targeting headquarters cadres who had been treating welfare and benefits policy distribution as implementation—leaving soldiers without actionable answers on pay, medical enrollment, and family relocation—and instituted first-inquiry accountability rules, time-limited case resolution, and mandatory 'Grassroots Service Day' visits to subordinate units. The problem the article documents is a persistent gap between policy promulgation and ground-level execution in PLA rear-support units, where staff turnover and bureaucratic passivity degrade soldier welfare administration and, by the unit's own account, unit morale. This fits a recurring pattern in PLA political work reporting where 'correct view of political achievement' (正确政绩观) campaigns are used to reframe compliance failures as ideological defects rather than structural ones, making the article useful as a record of how the institution diagnoses and publicly frames headquarters dysfunction at the battalion level.

Translation

An Army Support Battalion Guides Headquarters Cadres to Not Shy Away from Difficulties and to Take Initiative——

Proactively Move Forward to Serve; Go Down to the Front Lines to Solve Problems

■ Ouyang Bowen, Ren Tiannan

"The paperwork for the family member's relocation to accompany the servicemember will be approved this week." "The family medical benefit information that was missed in reporting has been entered into the system." … Some time ago, in the meeting room of a certain company under an Army support battalion, cadres from multiple functional departments of the headquarters reported back to grassroots officers and soldiers on the progress of welfare and benefit matters.

"The more legwork the headquarters does, the less the grassroots has to worry about." The battalion's leadership explained that, compared with sitting in the office waiting for officers and soldiers to come seeking help, Party committee leaders and headquarters cadres who proactively go deep into the grassroots front lines are better able to discover gaps and shortcomings in their work and identify directions for improvement in the next phase.

During a previous investigation, the battalion's leadership found that in recent years, policy regulations on servicemember welfare and benefits had been rolled out in rapid succession, but individual headquarters cadres had failed to study and master the relevant content in a timely manner, treating "policy posting" as "policy implementation," resulting in weak implementation and poor results on matters directly affecting the vital interests of officers and soldiers. Some soldiers made multiple trips to the headquarters to inquire about relevant matters, only to receive vague and evasive answers each time.

"There is no room for the slightest vagueness in matters that directly affect the vital interests of officers and soldiers. Otherwise, it directly impacts unit morale." Upon returning from the investigation, this battalion leader placed such problems on the agenda of the Party committee meeting. After deep reflection, the Party committee leadership reached a consensus: inadequate headquarters service is not merely a problem of work methods—it is even more a problem of work style (工作作风), and the root cause is a deviation in the view of political achievement (政绩观). It is necessary to guide headquarters cadres to improve their work style, not shy away from difficulties, take initiative, and reorient the focus of work toward serving grassroots officers and soldiers and serving combat capability building.

In conjunction with carrying out study and education on establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievement (正确政绩观), the battalion Party committee organized the compilation of a problem ledger, guided headquarters cadres to conduct special discussions and analysis around "what constitutes true political achievement and for whom political achievement is made," and corrected ideological deviations. It continuously rectified headquarters work style; in response to problems strongly reflected by officers and soldiers, it produced "policy information cards" and "procedure flowcharts," established systems including first-inquiry responsibility and time-limited case resolution, and set up a "Grassroots Service Day," requiring headquarters cadres to regularly go down to the front lines to resolve problems on site. At the same time, it promoted a "problem collection—centralized coordination—tracking and feedback" mechanism: grassroots companies regularly collect urgent and difficult matters encountered by officers and soldiers and bring them to the headquarters for centralized handling; matters that the relevant functional departments can resolve quickly are handled immediately and handled well; matters that cannot be resolved in the short term are categorized and handled collectively with a clear deadline for resolution; matters that cannot be resolved at this level are actively coordinated with higher-level authorities for assistance and support.

Not long ago, the battalion's leadership brought headquarters cadres to the grassroots front lines to conduct on-site work. A cadre from one company reported that the medical benefit information for some servicemembers' family members had not been entered into the system for a long time, preventing them from receiving the relevant preferential treatment. The battalion leader learned that when the staff officer in the headquarters previously responsible for the relevant work had been transferred from the post, he had not handed off the family medical benefit information entry work in a timely manner, delaying the progress of the matter. He immediately arranged for headquarters cadres to conduct a comprehensive survey of the needs of officers and soldiers and to go to the higher-level headquarters to complete the relevant information entry work. Subsequently, the headquarters organized a policy briefing session that both reported back on the results of the handling and explained the relevant policies, and was well received by grassroots officers and soldiers.

"The political achievements of the Party committee and headquarters are reflected in the sense of gain and happiness of grassroots officers and soldiers and in the unit's cohesion and combat capability." The battalion's leadership remarked with feeling: "Our Party committee and headquarters must continuously establish and practice the correct view of political achievement, firmly hold to the standpoint of the masses, improve our work style, turn one vexing grassroots matter after another into a heartwarming matter, and allow officers and soldiers to devote more time and energy to training for war and preparing for combat."

Original Chinese

陆军某保障大队引导机关干部事不避难担当作为—— 主动靠前服务沉到一线解难 ■欧阳博文任天楠 “家属随军手续这周就能批下来”“漏报的家属医疗保障信息已录入系统”……前段时间，陆军某保障大队某中队会议室内，来自机关多个业务部门的干部向基层官兵反馈福利待遇事项办理进度。 “机关多跑腿，基层就能少操心。”该大队领导介绍，比起坐在办公室等官兵上门求助，党委领导和机关干部主动深入基层一线，更能发现工作中存在的差距不足，明确下一步改进方向。此前一次调研中，该大队领导发现，近年来，军人福利待遇政策规定密集推出，但个别机关干部未能及时学习掌握相关内容，把“政策公示”当“政策落实”，导致一些涉及官兵切身利益的事项落实不力、见效不佳。有的战士多次到机关咨询相关事项，得到的答复总是含糊其辞。 “涉及官兵切身利益的事，容不得半点含糊。否则，直接影响部队士气。”调研归来，这名大队领导将此类问题摆上党委会。党委一班人深刻反思后达成共识：机关服务不到位，不只是工作方法问题，更是工作作风问题，根子是政绩观出现偏差，必须引导机关干部改进工作作风，事不避难、担当作为，把工作重心归正到服务基层官兵、服务战斗力建设上来。结合开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育，该大队党委组织梳理形成问题台账，引导机关干部围绕“何为真政绩、为谁出政绩”开展专题讨论辨析，校正思想偏差；持续整改机关作风，针对官兵反映强烈的问题，制作“政策明白卡”和“办事流程图”，建立首问负责、限时办结等制度，并设立“基层服务日”，要求机关干部定期沉到一线、现场解难。同时，推行“问题收集—集中对接—跟踪反馈”机制，基层中队定期收集官兵遇到的急难事项，到机关集中办理，相关业务部门能快速解决的，马上就办、办就办好；短期内难以解决的，集中归类办理并明确办结时限；本级解决不了的，积极协调上级帮助支持。前不久，该大队领导带机关干部到基层一线现场办公。某中队一名干部反映，一些官兵家属的医疗保障信息迟迟没有录入系统，导致无法享受相关优待。这名大队领导了解得知，机关此前负责相关工作的干事调离岗位时，未及时交接家属医疗保障信息录入工作，延误了办理进度。他立即安排机关干部全面统计官兵需求，并赴上级机关完成相关信息录入工作。随后，机关组织政策宣贯会，既反馈办理结果，又解读相关政策，受到基层官兵欢迎。 “党委机关的政绩，就体现在基层官兵的获得感幸福感里、部队凝聚力战斗力上。”该大队领导感慨地说，“我们党委机关要持续树立和践行正确政绩观，站稳群众立场、改进工作作风，把一桩桩基层的挠头事办成暖心事，让官兵将更多时间精力投入练兵备战。”