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PLA Daily Commentator: Rectification and Remediation Must Be Pursued with Genuine Effort and Produce Real Results

解放军报评论员：整改整治必须下真功、见实效

PLA Daily (解放军报) 29 May 2026

Summary

A PLA Daily commentator article, published as part of the ongoing campaign on establishing a 'correct view of political achievement' (正确政绩观), instructs Party organizations at all levels to move beyond surface-level compliance and produce verifiable rectification outcomes, explicitly acknowledging that some units are substituting form for substance, deflecting self-criticism, and failing to address root causes. The article documents a recurring institutional problem in PLA political campaigns: the gap between mandated study and genuine behavioral change, which the campaign apparatus is now publicly pressuring units to close by linking rectification results to the 15th Five-Year Plan cycle and cadre assessment mechanisms. The explicit admission that 'paper rectification and false rectification' remain live risks, combined with the call to trace problems 'whose manifestations are below but whose roots are above,' confirms that compliance theater at subordinate levels is a recognized and unresolved enforcement problem for the campaign's overseers.

Translation

Rectification and Remediation Must Be Pursued with Genuine Effort and Produce Real Results

■ PLA Daily Commentator

In carrying out the study and education campaign on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievement (正确政绩观), what officers and soldiers most hope to see is genuine rectification and strict remediation.

At the outset of the study and education campaign, Chairman Xi clearly stated that it is necessary to "conscientiously and solidly rectify prominent problems." Party organizations at all levels in the military and the broad ranks of Party member cadres must study deeply and comprehend carefully Chairman Xi's important expositions and important directive instructions on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievement, identify and pinpoint problems accurately, carry out rectification in a precise and practical manner, and ensure that the study and education campaign achieves real and tangible results.

Whether the study has gone deep enough and whether the investigation has been thorough enough ultimately must be tested by the results of rectification and remediation. At present, the problems that were easy to resolve have basically been resolved; what remains are the hard bones that are difficult to gnaw. Whether rectification and remediation can be carried out to the letter directly affects the quality and effectiveness of the study and education campaign. Only if Party organizations at all levels and the broad ranks of Party member cadres bring to bear the fierce determination and tenacious resolve for thorough correction and complete reform, and genuinely put in real effort and produce real results in rectification and remediation, can they truly move the marker to establish credibility (徙木立信), honor their commitments, set a good example for Party member cadres, and create actual achievements that can withstand the tests of practice, the people, and history. If paper rectification or false rectification is pursued, it will not only affect the image and authority of Party committees, organs, and Party member cadres, but may even affect and impede the high-quality development of the force.

Problems are the voice of the era and the driving force of development. History always advances by continuously resolving problems, and the process of rectification and remediation is itself a process of driving development. Party organizations at all levels must adhere to using a correct view of political achievement to conduct the study and education campaign, and use a work style of seeking truth and being practical, of genuinely investigating and truly correcting, to carry out rectification and remediation. At the same time, it must be clearly recognized that a small number of units are not going deep enough in tackling key rectification problems and concentrating strength to break through obstacles and improve effectiveness; some are conducting reflection and investigation in a way that changes the form but not the substance (换汤不换药), pointing the finger at others rather than at themselves, and have not demonstrated genuine results at the root of Party spirit; in particular, the penetrating force of some rectification measures, the thoroughness of addressing both symptoms and root causes (标本兼治), and the effectiveness of institutional mechanisms are still insufficient. Resolving these problems urgently requires Party organizations at all levels and the broad ranks of Party member cadres to put in genuine effort and real force in rectification and remediation, to persist in combining this with deepening political consolidation training (政治整训) and cleanup remediation, to persist in finding gaps, investigating root causes, and strengthening cultivation from the standpoint of Party spirit, to tackle prominent problems with real toughness, and to advance the study and education campaign to greater depth and solidity.

The more precisely problems are identified and the more clearly targets are set, the more effective rectification and remediation will be. Party organizations at all levels and the broad ranks of Party member cadres must, in reference to Chairman Xi's important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievement, in reference to the problems that the study and education campaign focuses on resolving, and in reference to problems reported back through discipline inspection and supervision, inspection and oversight tours (巡视巡察), and audit supervision, identify problems with precision, investigate them in depth, and list them specifically. Adhere to resolving whatever problems exist, resolving however many problems there are, and using whatever methods are appropriate to resolve a given problem; do not simply pile up problems indiscriminately, and do not apply a one-size-fits-all approach across levels. The problem list must be managed dynamically—newly discovered problems should be updated in a timely manner, and follow-up rectification and implementation should be pursued, so that the problem list is genuinely transformed into a duty-performance list (履职清单).

For rectification and remediation to be pursued with genuine effort and produce real results, the key lies in correcting problems as soon as they are known and acting immediately. Party organizations at all levels and the broad ranks of Party member cadres must approach rectification with an attitude of fixing things right away; in reference to the problem list that has been identified and examined, formulate rectification plans, clarify the division of responsibilities, and drive rectification forward without waiting or relying on others. Problems that cannot be resolved immediately must be locked onto and not let go, with concentrated effort applied to break through them. The resolution of prominent problems in the view of political achievement must be integrated with the formulation and implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan ("十五五" 规划), so as to correct development concepts, transform development methods, and drive high-quality development. Careful attention must be paid to tracing problems whose "manifestations are below but whose roots are above," with emphasis on combining this effort with rectifying formalism to reduce burdens on the grassroots and doing real things and resolving real difficulties for the grassroots, striving to make the results of rectification and remediation perceptible and tangible to officers and soldiers.

Petty wisdom governs affairs; great wisdom governs institutions. In conducting the study and education campaign, it is necessary both to persist in "correcting now" and to do the work of "establishing for the long term." Party organizations at all levels and the broad ranks of Party member cadres must pay attention to discovering institutional loopholes, shortcomings, and weak points from the problems identified and corrected during this study and education campaign, and genuinely fill in and establish institutional rules and regulations, making clear what can be done, what cannot be done, for whom it is done, and how it should be done, so that institutions truly become hard and fully play their roles in guiding, incentivizing, standardizing, and constraining. It is necessary to improve the working mechanisms for effectively preventing and correcting deviations in the view of political achievement, to optimize the cadre assessment and evaluation mechanisms with emphasis on actual performance, and to guide and incentivize Party member cadres to understand their responsibilities and forge ahead, to take on responsibilities and act, striving to write a new chapter in strengthening and revitalizing the military that is worthy of revolutionary forebears, worthy of a century-long foundation, and worthy of this great era.

Original Chinese

整改整治必须下真功、见实效 ■解放军报评论员开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育，官兵最期盼的是真整改、严整治。学习教育启动之初，习主席鲜明指出，要“认认真真、扎扎实实整改突出问题”。军队各级党组织和广大党员干部要深学细悟习主席关于树立和践行正确政绩观的重要论述和重要指示精神，把问题查清找准，精准务实抓整改，确保学习教育取得实实在在的成效。学得深不深、查得实不实，说到底要靠整改整治成效来检验。现在，好解决的问题基本都解决了，剩下都是难啃的“硬骨头”。能否不折不扣抓好整改整治，直接影响学习教育的质量成效。各级党组织和广大党员干部只有拿出彻纠彻改的狠劲韧劲，切实在整改整治上下真功、见实效，才能真正做到徙木立信、兑现承诺，立起党员干部的好样子，创造经得起实践、人民、历史检验的实绩。如果搞纸面整改、虚假整改，不仅影响党委机关和党员干部的形象威信，甚至还会影响阻碍部队高质量发展。问题是时代的声音、发展的动力。历史总是在不断解决问题中前进的，整改整治过程本身就是推动发展的过程。各级党组织要坚持以正确政绩观抓学习教育，以求实务实、真查实纠的作风抓整改整治。同时要清醒看到，少数单位攻坚整改问题、聚力破障增效还不够深入，有的反思查纠问题换汤不换药、对人不对己，未从党性源头上见真章，特别是有的整改措施的穿透性、标本兼治的彻底性、制度机制的有效性还不够。解决好这些问题，迫切要求各级党组织和广大党员干部在整改整治上下真功、使实劲，坚持与深化政治整训清理整治相结合，坚持从党性上找差距、查根源、强修养，动真碰硬解决突出问题，推进学习教育走深走实。问题找得越准，靶标立得越明晰，整改整治就越有成效。各级党组织和广大党员干部要对照习主席关于树立和践行正确政绩观的重要论述，对照学习教育重点解决的问题，对照纪检监察、巡视巡察、审计监督等反馈问题，把问题找精准、查深入、列具体。坚持是什么问题就解决什么问题、有多少问题就解决多少问题、问题该用什么方法解决就用什么方法解决，不简单搞问题堆砌，不搞上下一般粗。要对问题清单实行动态管理，发现新的问题及时更新，跟进抓好整改落实，真正把问题清单变成履职清单。整改整治下真功、见实效，贵在即知即改、立行立改。各级党组织和广大党员干部要以马上就改的态度抓整改，对照查摆的问题清单，制定整改计划，明确责任分工，不等不靠推动整改，一时难以解决的要铆住不放、聚力攻坚。要把解决政绩观方面突出问题与编制实施“十五五”规划结合起来，端正发展观念、转变发展方式，推动高质量发展。要仔细捋一捋“表现在下面、根子在上面”的问题，注重与整治形式主义为基层减负、为基层办实事解难题结合起来，努力让官兵对整改整治实效可感可及。小智治事，大智治制。开展学习教育，既要坚持“当下改”，也要做好“长久立”的工作。各级党组织和广大党员干部要注重从这次学习教育查改的问题中发现制度漏洞、短板、弱项，切实把制度规矩补齐立好，把什么能干、什么不能干、为了谁干、应当怎样干搞得清清楚楚，真正让制度硬起来，充分发挥引导激励、规范约束作用。要健全有效防范和纠治政绩观偏差工作机制，突出实绩优化干部考核评价机制，引导激励党员干部知责奋进、担当作为，努力书写无愧于革命先辈、无愧于百年基业、无愧于伟大时代的强军兴军新篇章。