On the important thought of the party’s self-revolution, I have expounded three major issues.
On January 8, at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader delivered an important speech, referring to a strategic issue — —
"As the largest Marxist ruling party in the world, how can our party successfully jump out of the historical cycle rate of the rise and fall of chaos and ensure that the party will never deteriorate, change color and taste?"

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has been thinking and exploring how to jump out of the historical cycle rate of the rise and fall of chaos control.
In 1945, Comrade Mao Zedong gave the first answer in a cave dwelling in Yan ‘an, that is, "Only by letting the people supervise the government can the government dare not relax".
After a hundred years of struggle, especially the new practice since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has given a second answer, which is to constantly promote the party’s self-revolution.
In the practice and theoretical exploration of comprehensively administering the Party strictly in the new era for ten years, our Party has continuously deepened its understanding of the Party’s self-revolution, accumulated rich practical experience, and formed a series of important theoretical achievements — —
On May 5, 2015, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader delivered an important speech at the twelfth meeting of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, proposing self-revolution for the first time, emphasizing "being brave in self-revolution";
On July 1, 2016, at the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "the whole party should use the political courage of self-revolution to focus on solving the outstanding problems existing in the party itself and constantly enhance the party’s self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement ability";
On October 25, 2017, when The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), the 19th CPC, met with Chinese and foreign journalists, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader declared: "Practice has fully proved that the Communist Party of China (CPC) can lead the people to carry out a great social revolution and a great self-revolution";
In January 2018, at the opening ceremony of the seminar on studying and implementing the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward "four difficulties" to alert the whole party, emphasizing that "to carry out the great social revolution of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, our party must be brave in self-revolution and build the party stronger";
In January 2019, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader proposed at the Third Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that "the continuous self-revolution while carrying out social revolution is the most remarkable sign that our party is different from other political parties, and it is also the key for our party to move from victory to new victory";
In January 2020, at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader highly summarized the important experience of "persisting in leading the great social revolution with great self-revolution" since the 18th CPC National Congress, which provided important follow-up for deepening the party’s self-revolution in the new era and promoting the comprehensive and strict management of the party.
In November, 2021, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee deliberated and adopted the third historical resolution of the Party, and listed "persisting in self-revolution" as one of the ten historical experiences of the Party’s century-long struggle.
On January 18, 2022, at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly summarized the successful practice of the Party’s self-revolution in the new era, and expounded the regular understanding of "nine persistences" and the principled requirements of "six musts";
On October 16, 2022, the Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress put forward that "we must always be sober and firm in solving the unique problems of the big party" and "strictly administering the party in an all-round way is always on the road, and the party’s self-revolution is always on the road";
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At this plenary session, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader summed up the new progress and new achievements of strictly administering the Party in an all-round way, profoundly expounded the important thought of the Party’s self-revolution, and scientifically answered three major questions: why our Party should self-revolution, why it can self-revolution, and how to promote it.
Why self-revolution?
Advanced Marxist political parties are not born, but are tempered by constant self-revolution. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "Under the new historical conditions, the key to maintaining the true nature of the party’s Marxist political party forever depends on our party itself."
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China drew a grand blueprint for building a socialist modernization power in an all-round way and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way with Chinese modernization, which sounded the clarion call of the times for a new journey of endeavor.
The new historical mission brings new examination questions of the times — —
Looking at the world, the great changes that have never happened in a hundred years have accelerated their evolution, and the world has entered a new period of turbulent change. The changes of the world, the times and the history are unfolding in an unprecedented way;
Looking at the national conditions, China’s reform, development and stability are faced with many deep-seated contradictions that cannot be avoided or circumvented. China’s development has entered a period in which strategic opportunities and risk challenges coexist and uncertain and unpredictable factors increase;
Examining the party’s situation, the test of governance, reform and opening up, market economy and external environment that the party faces will exist for a long time, and the danger of mental slack, lack of ability, separation from the masses and negative corruption will exist for a long time.
The heavier the task, the greater the risk test, and the more we should carry forward the spirit of self-revolution.
On the new journey, Do not forget your initiative mind’s mission is to be brave in self-revolution, constantly remove all harmful factors that damage the Party’s advanced nature and purity, and constantly remove all pathogens that erode the Party’s healthy body, so as to ensure that the Party will not deteriorate, change color and taste, and always become the most reliable backbone of all the people.
Why can you self-revolution?
Not private, but the world is public.
In February 2017, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized at the opening ceremony of the seminar for leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels to study and implement the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee that our party has the courage of self-revolution because our party has no special interests of its own except the interests of the country, the nation and the people.
Facing the key minority, the Supreme Leader General Secretary expounded the relationship between selflessness and self-revolution — —
"If you don’t seek personal gain, you can seek the root and profit, and you can examine yourself from the nature and fundamental purpose of the party and the fundamental interests of the people; In order not to hide shortcomings, avoid problems, whitewash mistakes, overcome shortcomings, solve problems, admit mistakes and correct mistakes. "
In November 2021, at the second plenary session of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Our party does not have any special interests of its own, which is the source of our party’s courage and confidence in self-revolution."
"It is precisely because of selflessness that we can always examine ourselves and think about ourselves in the spirit of thorough materialism, and we can get rid of the hunting and corrosion of all interest groups, powerful groups and privileged classes, and open our eyes to those who are trapped by these groups, groups and classes in the party." General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed.
Politics is selfish. If you don’t seek self-interest, you can seek the root and profit.
The nature and purpose of the Party and its initial mission determine that our Party always represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China, and shares weal and woe with the people.
How to promote self-revolution?
Facing new problems and challenges, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader warned the whole party: "Managing the Party and the Party cannot be relaxed for a moment, and we must always grasp it unremittingly and firmly, and we must never feel relaxed and tired of fighting. We must persevere in comprehensively and strictly administering the Party, deepen the new great project of Party building in the new era, and lead the social revolution with the party’s self-revolution."
At this plenary session, the important task of promoting self-revolution was anchored, and it was highlighted that nine issues need to be grasped in deepening the party’s self-revolution practice — —
To adhere to the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee as the fundamental guarantee;
To lead the great social revolution as the fundamental purpose;
Follow Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era;
Taking jumping out of the historical cycle rate as the strategic goal;
To solve the unique problems of the big party as the main direction;
To improve the comprehensive and strict management of the party system as an effective way;
Taking forging a strong organization and building an excellent team as an important focus;
Taking the fight against corruption as an important starting point;
The combination of self-supervision and people’s supervision is a powerful driving force.
The practical requirements of "Nine Actions" provide a scientific action guide for continuing to promote the Party’s self-revolution on the new journey.
In the new journey, we should accurately grasp the practical requirements of the "Nine Perspectives", make the Party’s ideas and measures of self-revolution more rigorous, make the self-revolution on every front and every link concrete and thorough, and carry it through to the end, so that we will surely hand over new and more excellent answers on the new road of rushing to the exam.
Planning: Zhang Yi Du Shangze
Written by Zhao Cheng
Editor: Han Yan
Proofreading: Julie
Photo: Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Peng
Vision: Bi Xiaoyang and Yu Dongsheng











