In the theoretical system of governance, the governing philosophy of the ruling party takes the core position and plays a decisive and guiding role. The governing philosophy is rational knowledge of the ruling party’s governance value orientation, ideals, objectives, and governing approaches and routes. That “for whom the party rules, by whom the party rules and how to rule†is the core of the governing philosophy. The success and effect of the governing activities of the ruling party depends on whether the ruling party holds a governing philosophy that represents the nature of the party, follows the governing rules, wins great popularity, establishes a completed system of the governing philosophy or not. In the course of promoting socialism with Chinese characteristics, commitment to the study of the governing philosophy of CPC and exploration of the essential features of the evolution of the governing philosophy responds to the call of the time for the construction of governance capacity of CPC and implementation of “four comprehensives†strategic layout.Taking Marxism theory of political parties as the logical point, based on the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, beginning with the reform and opening-up, the dissertation firstly explores the scientific connotation of the governing philosophy, and the evolution motivation of the governing philosophy of CPC; then the historical process and characteristics of the governing philosophy of CPC are generalized and the evolutionary process of scientific, democratic and law-based governing philosophy of CPC are illustrated with emphasis on elaboration of the choice and optimization of the governing philosophy’s realizing route; finally, the dissertation expounds the deepening and development of the governing philosophy of CPC since the 18 th Party Congress.The dissertation mainly elaborates the governing philosophy of CPC from the perspectives of the overview of governing philosophy of CPC, the interpretation of governing philosophy of CPC, and the theoretical origin of governing philosophy of CPC. The governing philosophy of CPC shares common features of other governing philosophies and has its specific characteristics. On the one hand, the governing philosophy of CPC consists of value judgments and fact judgments. Value judgments are concerned with “for whom the party rulesâ€, while fact judgments are concerned with “how to ruleâ€. On the other hand, the governing philosophy of CPC comprises the fundamental governing philosophy, the basic governing philosophy and strategic governing philosophy. Marx and Engels’ s theory on party’s governance, Lenin’s exploration and practice of construction of the ruling party, and Mao Zedong’s experiences and theory innovation on local governance and state governance have laid solid theoretical foundations for the development of the governing philosophy of CPC since the reform and opening-up.The changes in the world, the state and the Party have urged constant evolution of the governing philosophy of CPC since the reform and opening-up. Taking the three historical events: the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee, the 4th Plenary Session of the 13 th CPC Central Committee, and the 16 th Party Congress as the beginning points of three critical periods in Chinese history, the dissertation makes a detailed and in-depth analysis of the evolution process of the governing philosophy of CPC from the stage of “exploration†and “deepening†to “promotion and developmentâ€. During the course, CPC has adhered to the guideline of “keeping up with the timeâ€, the core value of “rule for the people†and innovation of governing means and methods.Scientific governance, democratic governance and law-based governance is the essential element of the governing philosophy of CPC. Scientific governance lays emphasis on the law of governance, and its realization depends on the ruling party’s governance capacity, adherence to basic governance laws and scientific evaluation of governance performance. Democratic governance focuses on the idea of “affinity to the peopleâ€, and its realization is based on the role of CPC members, the innovation of grassroots-level democracy and mechanism of democratic governance. Law-based governance stresses abidance by the rule of law, and its realization is determined by the promotion of legalization of the relationship between the Party and government, enhancement of the ruling party’s legal consciousness, and strengthening the governance laws and rules.Since the 18 th Party Congress, the new leading collective of the Central Committee of CPC has made efforts to deepen the development of the governing philosophy. In accordance with the requirements of building a well-off society in an all-round way, comprehensively deepening reforms, comprehensively promoting the rule of law, and strictly governing CPC, the dissertation makes a new interpretation of scientific governance, democratic governance, and law-based governance, and holds that the anti-corruption drive and the improvement of anti-corruption system, the reinforcement of the mass line and the Party’s style construction, the rule of law, law-based governance, and law-based administration should be continuously boosted in order to realize the goal of modernizing state governance system and governance capability. |