Political Work

A Brigade of the 82nd Group Army Conducts "Party Branch Review" Activities, Drawing a "Portrait" of Every Party Branch

第82集团军某旅开展"过支部"活动，他们为每个党支部"画像"

PLA Daily (解放军报) 2 June 2026

Summary

A brigade of the 82nd Group Army ran a three-month 'branch review' (过支部) campaign last year in which the brigade political commissar personally interviewed Party secretaries, branch committee members, and ordinary soldiers at every company-level branch, recording findings in a dedicated notebook and compiling the results into more than ten reference guides, including a 'Guide to Efficiently Handling Services for Officers and Soldiers.' The article documents a recurring institutional problem the PLA acknowledges openly: brigade-level political guidance defaulting to 一刀切 (one-size-fits-all) approaches because senior leaders lack granular knowledge of individual branch conditions. The framing of the political commissar's hands-on method as a corrective worth publicizing in PLA Daily suggests the problem of superficial political work oversight at the brigade level is widespread enough to warrant a model-unit treatment, though the article gives no basis for assessing whether the approach has been directed above brigade level or adopted more broadly.

Translation

A Brigade of the 82nd Group Army Conducts "Party Branch Review" Activities—

Drawing a "Portrait" of Every Party Branch

■ PLA Daily Reporter Fu Yu, Special Correspondent Qu Kaiming

"Based on the earlier branch 'portraits,' the political commissar will soon conduct a follow-up inspection (回头看) of all the brigade's branches to assess the results of rectification." Not long ago, while reporting at a brigade of the 82nd Group Army, a remark made by a staff officer in the course of assigning tasks caught this reporter's attention.

How does one draw a "portrait" of a branch? Upon inquiry, this reporter learned that it is a new measure to strengthen branch building introduced by the brigade Party committee last year—by meticulously sorting out the construction characteristics and developmental difficulties of each branch, forming a precise "portrait," and providing a basis for subsequent guidance and mentoring and for promoting the development of the officer corps.

At the time, the political commissar had just taken up his post at the brigade. Reflecting on his previous work, he felt that the situation of each grassroots branch differed, and that sometimes, due to insufficient and superficial understanding, guidance and mentoring became detached from reality, or fell into a one-size-fits-all (一刀切) approach, undermining the role of the branches as combat fortresses (战斗堡垒). After deep reflection, he told everyone at a large-group education session: "I want to conduct a 'branch review' (过支部) company by company and talk with everyone about branch building."

When they first heard the news, some officers and soldiers—including Zhao Kai, a branch committee member of the "Red Tenth Company"—felt that brigade leadership had too many things on their plate to have time for individual branch investigations. Similar situations had arisen in the past, and senior leaders mostly went through the motions, at most holding a symposium or collecting some materials and calling it done.

This "branch review," however, was no formality. A few days later, Zhao Kai had just stepped off the training ground when he suddenly received word from the duty officer that the political commissar was already waiting for him. "There are a few questions I just discussed with your company's Party secretary and deputy secretary—I'd also like to hear your thoughts…"

And so an impromptu conversation began. "How are the Party branch's organizational life activities being carried out?" "How well are Party member cadres and backbone personnel fulfilling their exemplary vanguard role (模范带头作用)?"—one question after another was raised, and Zhao Kai answered each one carefully. Afterward, Zhao Kai remarked with feeling: "After all these years in the military, this is the first time I've ever had such a face-to-face, in-depth exchange with brigade leadership."

Over the following three months, the political commissar went to the companies to investigate whenever he had time. Grassroots officers and soldiers often saw him sitting on a small folding stool in a corner of the training ground, talking with Party secretaries, branch committee members, squad leaders, and even ordinary soldiers, listening to their thoughts and concerns, and offering opinions and suggestions.

"Every time I returned to the office after an exchange, the first thing I did was quickly sort out my findings and impressions and write them down in my notebook." With permission, this reporter opened the political commissar's thick "portrait" notebook and found the construction status and weak points of each branch clearly listed, with the basic situation and capability characteristics of each company's principal officers recorded one by one. Recently, the political commissar also led staff personnel in compiling and printing more than ten practical reference materials—including the Guide to "Efficiently Handling" Services for Officers and Soldiers and the Handbook for Carrying Out Work in Accordance with Regulations—based on the voices and suggestions of officers and soldiers gathered during investigations.

"The more detailed the investigation, the more accurate the 'portrait,' and the stronger the support it provides for building stronger branches, employing personnel scientifically, and conducting targeted improvement (精准抓建)." The political commissar told this reporter that since the beginning of this year, the Party branches of several companies that had previously been weak in construction have seen a marked strengthening of their combat fortress role, officers and soldiers have improved their performance in assessments and competitions, and their performance in carrying out major tasks has become increasingly outstanding.

Original Chinese

第82集团军某旅开展“过支部”活动—— 为每个党支部“画个像” ■解放军报记者付语特约记者屈凯明 “根据前期支部‘画像’，政委最近会对全旅支部‘回头看’，检验整改成效。”前不久，在第82集团军某旅采访时，一名机关干部正在部署的任务引起了记者注意。怎样为支部“画像”？了解得知，这是旅党委去年推行的加强支部建设新举措——通过精细梳理每个支部的建设特点和发展难点，形成精准“画像”，为后续开展指导帮带、促进干部队伍发展提供依据。当时，这名政委刚到旅队任职，他在回顾总结此前工作时感到，基层每个支部的情况各不相同，有时因为了解不深不透，导致指导帮带脱离实际，或是片面“一刀切”，影响了战斗堡垒作用发挥。深入思考，他在一次大课教育上告诉大家：“我想逐个连队‘过支部’，和大家聊聊支部建设情况。” 刚听说这个消息时，包括“红十连”支委赵凯在内的一些官兵感到，旅领导工作头绪多，哪有时间挨个支部调研？以往也有类似情况，上级领导多半是走个形式，最多开个座谈会、收个材料了事。然而，这次“过支部”并非走过场。几天后，刚走下训练场的赵凯突然接到值班员通知，说政委已在等着他。“有几个问题刚和你们连书记、副书记聊过，也想听听你的看法……” 就这样，一场随机谈话开始了。“党支部组织生活是怎么开展的”“党员干部骨干的模范带头作用发挥得怎么样”……一个个问题抛出，赵凯逐一认真回答。事后，赵凯感慨道：“当兵这么多年，还是第一次和旅领导这样面对面深入交流。” 接下来的3个月，这名政委一有时间就到连队调研。基层官兵们常看到，训练场一角，政委坐在小马扎上，和书记、支委、班长乃至普通战士交流，听他们的想法和困惑，并给出意见建议。 “每次交流回到办公室，我第一件事就是抓紧把收获和心得梳理清楚记在本上。”得到允许后，记者翻开政委那本厚厚的“画像”本，只见每个支部的建设现状、薄弱环节都清晰在列，连队主官的基本情况、能力特点也一一记录。前段时间，政委还带领机关人员，根据调研反馈中官兵的呼声建议，编印了《服务官兵“高效办”指南》《依法开展工作手册》等10余份实用资料。 “调研越细，‘画’得越准，越能为建强支部、科学用人、精准抓建提供有力支撑。”政委告诉记者，今年以来，几个以往建设薄弱的连队党支部战斗堡垒作用明显加强，官兵参加考核比武成绩提升，执行大项任务表现也越来越突出。