Advancing High-Quality Development of National Defense and Military Modernization Through Concrete Work and Concrete Results — All Levels Across the Armed Forces Deepen the Study and Education Campaign to Establish and Practice a Correct Outlook on Political Performance (正确政绩观)
Advancing High-Quality Development of National Defense and Military Modernization Through Concrete Work and Concrete Results — All Levels Across the Armed Forces Deepen the Study and Education Campaign to Establish and Practice a Correct Outlook on Political Performance (正确政绩观)
Xinhua News Agency reporters Mei Shixiong and Zhang Yongjian; PLA Daily reporter Li Bingzheng
With an attitude of bearing the highest responsibility to the Party and the people, strengthen the ideological and behavioral consciousness to establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观), and uphold the principle of delivering political performance for the people and through concrete work.
Integrating the arming of minds with the transformation of thinking, tempering Party character cultivation through genuine and deep study; combining organizational examination and self-inspection, identifying the root causes of problems through profound reflection; coordinating "immediate correction" with "long-term establishment," advancing rectification and remediation to strict and solid standards… Since the launch of the study and education campaign to establish and practice a correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观), all levels across the armed forces have deeply grasped the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments" (两个确立), strengthened the "Four Consciousnesses" (四个意识), reinforced the "Four Confidences" (四个自信), upheld the "Two Safeguards" (两个维护), implemented the system of Chairman of the Central Military Commission responsibility, earnestly implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission (CMC), and Chairman Xi Jinping, and deeply studied and implemented the spirit of Chairman Xi's important speeches and important instructions. Closely aligned with the goals and requirements of the study and education campaign, and coordinated with the armed forces' ideological rectification (思想整风) and deepened political consolidation and training (政治整训), all levels have organized and implemented the campaign with a strong sense of political responsibility and mission, advancing study, examination, and correction in an integrated manner, and converting the gains of the study and education campaign into the driving force and practical results for promoting high-quality development of the troops.
The CMC dispatched five inspection and supervision groups to conduct checks and oversight; various departments and units separately dispatched supervision groups to carry out routine oversight. Pressure and accountability were transmitted level by level, with strict correction of deviations. With the focus on advancing the resolution of prominent problems, the groups jointly studied issues, deliberated on countermeasures, and worked through difficulties together with officers and soldiers of the troops, driving the various deployment requirements of the study and education campaign to take root and produce results, and ensuring that study is of quality, examination has force, and correction is effective.
Closely Aligned with Ideological Rectification (思想整风) for Deep Study and Deep Comprehension
— Correcting Deviations in the Outlook on Political Performance (政绩观) at the Ideological Root
Always maintain the purity and glory of the people's army, and greet the centenary of the founding of the army with a completely renewed political bearing.
On April 8, Chairman Xi attended the opening ceremony of the senior cadre training course for the entire armed forces and delivered an important speech, making important deployments for carrying out ideological rectification (思想整风) and deepening political consolidation and training (政治整训) at this new juncture. On the journey of strengthening the military in the new era, Chairman Xi has led the entire armed forces back to Gutian to seek roots and origins and set things right, then to Yan'an to restore orthodoxy and temper resolve, ceaselessly advancing the political building of the military (政治建军), aligning thinking and aligning the ranks, and leading the people's army to always strive and strengthen itself under the Party's banner.
All levels across the armed forces have earnestly studied and implemented the spirit of Chairman Xi's important speeches, persisted in carrying out ideological rectification (思想整风) with the spirit of thorough self-revolution, restored orthodoxy and consolidated foundations through study, reflection, and practice, resolutely purged ideological impurities from the depths of the soul and corrected what has been inverted and distorted, and consciously engaged in work and endeavors with a new work style, new state, and new bearing, winning the trust of officers and soldiers.
Persisting in original and faithful study and comprehension —
For whom is political performance (政绩) built? What kind of political performance should be built? What should political performance be built on? These are the ideological questions that the study and education campaign must first resolve. All levels across the armed forces have persisted in using Excerpts from Xi Jinping's Discussions on Establishing and Practicing a Correct Outlook on Political Performance (《习近平关于树立和践行正确政绩观论述摘编》) and Xi Jinping on Strengthening and Invigorating the Military (《习近平论强军兴军》) as basic teaching materials, comprehending the essence and key points article by article, paragraph by paragraph, word by word and sentence by sentence, promptly following up on studying Chairman Xi's latest important speeches and important instructions, carefully appreciating Chairman Xi's intense sense of historical responsibility and deep feelings for the people, and deeply grasping the important significance, value orientation, and practical requirements of firmly establishing a correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观). A certain brigade of the Army's 75th Group Army developed a study approach of "thematic research, immersive study, and scenario-based discussion," with Party committee standing members taking the lead in sharing gains in connection with study and reflection, sharing experiences in connection with work history, and sharing plans in connection with post responsibilities, achieving the goal that study yields thought, study yields comprehension, and study yields results. A certain base of the Eastern Theater Command Air Force, in response to the reality of troops conducting cross-regional mobility and being highly dispersed, built a study chain of "Party committee leading study, aircrew researching study, and combat positions practicing study," with leadership team members going down to the front lines to give lectures and guidance, "moving" the study classroom from agency conference rooms to the front lines of grassroots training.
Deepening discussion, analysis, and correction of deviations —
"Why did you join the Party? Why did you join the military? Why do you serve as a general?" Confronted with these thunderously sobering and searching questions, the broad ranks of Party member cadres placed themselves in the picture, placed their responsibilities in the picture, and placed their work in the picture, seeking gaps, tracing root causes, and strengthening cultivation from the standpoint of Party character, consciously drawing clear lines between genuine loyalty and false loyalty, between shouldering responsibility and failing to act or acting slowly, between working and creating versus seeking fame and personal gain, between exercising power impartially versus using power for private benefit… deeply rectifying ideological understanding and correcting value deviations. A certain naval base, focusing on which remaining harmful influences and entrenched malpractices (流毒积弊) have not yet been fully cleaned out and which erroneous ideological concepts have not yet been genuinely corrected, had Party committee leadership members participate in dual organizational life (双重组织生活) as ordinary Party members, taking the lead in examining, inspecting, and reflecting, and openly exposing their thinking. A certain unit of the Academy of Military Sciences, with an eye toward resolving root ideological problems such as ideals and convictions, Party character cultivation, and the moral character of officials, educated and guided Party member cadres not to dilute, avoid, or conceal shortcomings, and to strictly examine and reflect with an attitude of self-examination and deep root-tracing; each round of discussion and analysis was substantive and not a formality.
Examining and drawing lessons from positive and negative models —
Models are visible philosophy; lessons are a ruler with teeth. Each unit made good use of the "two mirrors" of positive and negative model cases: earnestly studying the correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观) embodied in positive models, while also deeply analyzing the nature, harm, causes, and lessons of the deviations in the outlook on political performance (政绩观) of negative models, clarifying which "red lines" must not be crossed, which "bottom lines" must not be breached, and which "minefields" must not be entered, guiding Party member cadres to know shame and know restraint, and to act with a vigilant heart. A certain unit of the People's Armed Police organized agency cadres to visit the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center and other sites, tempering Party character and drawing strength from the vivid practice of aerospace personnel in establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观) and driving innovative development of the aerospace enterprise. A certain academy of the National Defense University persisted in treating model cases as "living teaching materials" and warning education as a "sobering agent," studying notifications of disciplinary and legal violations, reading confessions of persons who committed disciplinary and legal violations, and watching warning education films, enabling Party member cadres to understand laws and discipline, know rules and regulations, and maintain reverence.
Persisting in Turning the Blade Inward for Genuine Examination and Real Correction
— Winning the Trust of Officers and Soldiers Through Tangible and Perceptible Results
Adhering to a problem-oriented approach is an important method of thinking and working, and also a powerful driver for deepening the study and education campaign. All levels across the armed forces have tackled rectification with an attitude of not waiting and not relying on others, correcting problems immediately, confronting difficulties head-on to resolve hard problems, and allowing officers and soldiers to genuinely feel the new atmosphere and new changes brought about by the study and education campaign.
Deep examination and careful scrutiny, firmly establishing targets for problem rectification —
Only by accurately "profiling" problems can rectification be practical. Each unit, distinguishing different levels and different types, organized Party member cadres to closely connect thinking, work, and responsibilities, and to compile lists of problems by cross-referencing Chairman Xi's important discussions on establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观), the key problems to be resolved in the study and education campaign, and problems fed back through discipline inspection and supervision, inspection and oversight tours (巡视巡察), and audit supervision; leading cadres placed themselves "in the picture" and did not act as "outsiders," taking the lead in genuine, real, and deep examination, identifying problems precisely and specifically, with people, events, and thinking all made visible. A certain unit of the Cyberspace Force persisted in integrating organizational examination with individual examination and higher-level supervision with lower-level reporting, highlighted key industry sectors, combed through and examined problems in connection with the progress of consolidation and remediation, and at the same time focused on collecting opinions and suggestions from the troops both online and offline, dynamically updating the problem list.
Opening the door to accept advice, accepting evaluation and supervision from officers and soldiers —
In the voices of officers and soldiers lies the wisdom and strength to drive rectification and implementation. Party committees of regiment-level and above units genuinely walked the mass line by "truly opening the door" and "daring to open the door," proactively seeking strategies, needs, and assessments from officers and soldiers; conducting on-site research in various directions, holding discussions and conversations at various levels, and conducting questionnaire surveys at various echelons; through repeated heart-to-heart conversations and individual online messages, many opinions and suggestions from officers and soldiers entered the decision-making and planning of Party committee agencies. A certain unit of the Information Support Force carefully sorted through problems where "manifestations are below but roots are above," built a closed-loop chain of "asking, researching, answering, and supervising," and ensured that urgent, difficult, worrying, and anticipated issues (急难愁盼) raised by the grassroots "received a response in every case and had a resolution in every instance." A certain academy of the National Defense University of Science and Technology conducted immersive research, sitting on the same bench as officers, soldiers, and students, with feeling and warmth, listening to their thoughts and ideas, and asking about their hardships and difficulties, examining and reflecting on the deviations in the work guidance of Party committee agencies.
Genuine examination and real correction, practicing the original intent of establishing credibility through action (徙木立信) —
Can problems strongly reflected by the grassroots be truly taken seriously and quickly resolved? Have all commitments made been honored? All levels persisted in advancing the rectification and remediation of the study and education campaign in an integrated manner with the cleanup and remediation of deepened political consolidation and training (政治整训), firmly grasping key industry sectors and areas of civil-military intersection for strict management and governance, following up with strengthened strict supervision and solid guidance, and driving all sectors to break through unspoken rules and entrenched malpractices (潜规积弊) and purify the atmosphere. Starting with strict correction from Party committee agencies and leading cadres: problems that can be resolved immediately must absolutely not be dragged out; problems that are difficult to resolve in the short term must be firmly held and concentrated upon for breakthrough, genuinely converting the problem list into a list of duties to be fulfilled. A certain unit of the Military Space Force coordinated the deepening of the study and education campaign and the advancement of problem rectification with the consolidation and governance of key industry sectors, and combined it with doing good things, doing practical things, and resolving difficult things for officers and soldiers; rectifying one problem and closing the account on one, resolutely eliminating paper-only rectification and false rectification.
Emphasizing the Integration of Study and Application to Promote Transformation
— Concentrating Efforts to Drive High-Quality Development of the Troops
Establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观) must ultimately be reflected in driving high-quality development. All levels persisted in combining the study and education campaign with driving combat readiness training, planning and construction, and grassroots construction, allowing "proceeding from reality and acting according to objective laws" to enter thinking and work guidance, and driving high-quality development through genuine hard work.
Devoting all thought and energy to war preparation and war-fighting —
If the battlefield cannot be won, everything equals zero. For combat effectiveness to be solid, combat readiness training must be real and concrete. Correcting the "flowery scaffolding" (花架子) of showy but impractical performances on the training ground, replaced by a training surge of full personnel, full equipment, and everyone striving to outdo one another; Party committee agencies providing forward guidance no longer engage in "paper-based strategizing" (纸上谈兵), but jointly work with grassroots officers and soldiers to break through the bottlenecks and blockages in combat effectiveness building; scientific research personnel go deep into exercise and training front lines, focusing on correcting deviations such as "emphasizing papers over application, emphasizing quantity over quality"… Throughout the entire armed forces, the drive and enthusiasm for accelerating the improvement of warfighting capability surges everywhere. Each theater command has cross-checked problems identified through inspection research, exercises, and training, refined the examination and correction of deviations in the outlook on political performance (政绩观) in the area of combat readiness and warfighting, and made whether it is conducive to improving combat effectiveness the hard standard for measuring all work, driving the firm establishment of the combat effectiveness standard.
Advancing planning and construction with a scientific and pragmatic attitude —
Being scientific and pragmatic is the way to plan affairs and also the method for accomplishing them. This year is the inaugural year of the "15th Five-Year Plan" (十五五) and also a critical year for the assault to build the military for its centenary; all levels have educated and guided Party member cadres to clearly understand the situation and tasks, strengthen their sense of mission and responsibility, vigorously stimulate the intrinsic motivation to work and create, and from the very start of this period firmly establish and solidly implement the correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观). Each department and unit has seized the favorable opportunity of the study and education campaign, using the correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观) to drive the formulation and execution of the "15th Five-Year Plan," planning for the future and strategizing for the long term, scientifically setting goals and tasks, refining and breaking down plans and measures, listing timetables, formulating roadmaps, and clarifying responsible parties, using reform to break through difficult problems, using innovation to increase vitality, and using concrete work to seek concrete results, striving to get the "15th Five-Year Plan" off to a good start.
Grasping grassroots work and laying foundations with the steadiness of sustained long-term effort —
The foundation for achieving the goal of a strong military lies at the grassroots level, and its vitality lies at the grassroots level; continuously grasping grassroots work and laying foundations is "latent achievement" (潜绩) that benefits the long term. Party committees and leading cadres at all levels have consciously strengthened the thinking of strengthening the foundation and consolidating the base, established the clear orientation of vigorously grasping the grassroots, and made great efforts to do work that manages fundamentals, benefits the long term, and builds staying power, continuously consolidating the foundations of troop building and combat effectiveness. Leadership team members of a certain unit of the Rocket Force went deep into the grassroots for immersive research and dissection of specific cases, implementing "one company, one policy" (一连一策) assistance and guidance for companies that had not been rated as advanced for many years, driving comprehensive progress and comprehensive excellence in grassroots construction; a certain unit of the Joint Logistic Support Force deeply carried out the activity of "going to the grassroots, grasping real conditions, and resolving difficult problems," with grassroots construction featuring fewer cold notifications and more warm mentoring and assistance, driving the resolution of a batch of practical problems that had long troubled the grassroots, and enabling the combat fortresses (战斗堡垒) at the grassroots level to be built stronger.
Party organizations and the broad ranks of Party member cadres across the entire armed forces are uniting more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as guidance, deeply implementing Xi Jinping's Thought on Strengthening the Military (习近平强军思想), consciously establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political performance (正确政绩观), working with greater high-spirited fighting will and a more pragmatic work style, going all out to fight and win the assault battle to achieve the centenary goal of the founding of the army, and striving to create real achievements that can withstand the tests of practice, the people, and history!
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 24)