A Study On Xi Jinping’s Thought Of Party Building In The New Era

The world is facing a great change that hasn’t happened in a hundred years.World multipolarization,economic globalization and social informatization have profoundly changed human civilization and communication mode,but they have not eliminated the differences and struggles in the field of ideology.In the worldwide,the competition and game around two social systems,two governance modes and two development prospects of socialism and capitalism are still continuing and increasing.The output of ideology and values of developed capitalist countries to the world by first mover advantage has not stopped for a moment.After the "drastic changes in the in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe",the theories of "the end of history","the superiority of culture","the conflict of civilization" and "the theory of universal value" cause a temporary clamour,and the world socialist movement fell into a low tide.At the same time,China has successfully defended,adhered to and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics and made remarkable achievements: The total economic output has leapt to the second place in the world.The strength of science and technology,national defense and comprehensive national strength have entered the forefront of the world.We stand in the east of the world with a brand-new posture,and scientific socialism has given off strong vitality in China in the 21 st century.How can China? How can socialism with Chinese characteristics work? Xi Jinping pointed out: "the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China.The greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China." The key to running China’s affairs well lies in the Communist Party of China(CPC),and the key to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation lies in the CPC.As the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era,with more complex world conditions,national conditions and Party conditions,as well as more acute situations presented by the "Four Tests" and "Four Dangers",through prolonged thinking and by pooling together the wisdom of the whole Party,Xi Jinping put forward a series of scientific assertions and important proposals,including "to govern a nation,we must govern the Party first,and governing Party affairs strictly is critical";"Only if the CPC is in charge of the Party governance,could it be likely to realize the scientific management of the Party;and only if the Party is under stick governance,could the Party be well-managed".These assertions generate systematic solutions and answers to a series of vital issues,including "why shall we be engaged in Party building;"what is the goal of Party governance ";and "how to achieve Party building" in the new era.These words of wisdom constitutes Xi Jinping’s thought in the new era regarding Party building,providing guidance to the new great project of Party building,and breaking new grounds in Party management and Party governance.As an important part of Xi Jinping’s socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era,Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era,is not only a theoretical system of Party building of rich content and coherent logic,but also a discourse system of Party building with distinctive features,echoing the calls of our times.The research on Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era has become a hot topic among theoretical workers of the Party and the subject of Marxist theory.Many scholars have conducted valuable researches in this area from various perspectives,ranging from theoretical origin,scientific connotation,and basic characteristics to value and significance,which have yielded fruitful results.However,there are still shortcomings regarding existing researches.The lack of historical research contributes to the failure of clearly revealing the development conditions and process of Xi Jinping’s Party building thought in the new era.Secondly,the lack of systematic research contributes to the failure of holistic analysis of Xi Jinping’s Party building thought in the new era so at to reveal its position,viewpoints and methods.Deepening the study of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is a major task in the theoretical field of Party building and an important task in the construction of Marx theory.It is of great theoretical significance and practical value to accurately grasp the essence and soul of Xi Jinping’s Party building thought in the new era and better guide the great project of Party building in the new era."Thought" is the result of objective existence reflected in human consciousness through thinking activities.According to historical materialism,the content of thoughts taking shape in accordance with the nature of social system and the conditions of people’s material life.In class society,thoughts are of distinctive class nature.Position,viewpoints and methods are the soul of thoughts,which could be attributed to the fact that thoughts,to some extent,always reflect the position held by a specific subject on a specific issue in a specific field,in the form of the views on phenomena and problems in this field and the methods adhered to and applied in practice.Therefore,when we regard "Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era " as the object of systematic study,we should not only examine how this idea is formed,but also grasp its essence and soul as well as further reveal its status and value through the analysis of its position,viewpoints and methods.By following the above framework of ideas,based on previous researches,this paper mainly includes three parts,respectively discussing the following three major issues:The first part is about the forming conditions and forming process of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.This part focuses on the main problem of how Xi Jinping’s Party building thought is formed in the new era,which is the starting point of this study.The forming conditions of Xi Jinping’s Party building thought in the new era include the background of the times,the practice basis,the theoretical origin and the personal conditions.The change of the world situation,the national conditions and the situation of the Party is the background of times of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.The practice that Chinese people pursuing of national independence and people’s liberation since the modern,the practice of the Communist Party of China in governing and managing the country,and the practice that CPC in governing it’s self are the practical basis for the formation of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.Marx and Engels’ s thought of proletarian political Party construction,Lenin’s proletarian ruling Party’s construction thought and the CPC’s successive leaders’ Thoughts on Marxist ruling Party’s construction are the theoretical origins of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.Xi Jinping’s growth experience and his own thinking and exploration are indispensable conditions.The seven years as an educated youth in Northern Shaanxi(1969-1975)is the incubation period of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.Those years spent in Tsinghua University,especially years in Zhengding county of Hebei Province(1975-1985),is the early-development period of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.From 1985 to the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,is the development period of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.After the Party’s 18 th National Congress,Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era has entered into the stage of maturity.The second part focuses on the fundamental position,main points and scientific methods of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.This part is adhere to the main issue that "what is the main content of Xi Jinping’s Party building thought in the new era".Which is the focus of this paper.The basic position of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era includes three dimensions: the class position,the people position and the human position.The class position is the core position of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.It answers the question of "who we are and where to start" and reflects the political gene and political background of the Communist Party of China.The people position is the fundamental position of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.It answers "for whom and who to rely on",which reflects the political orientation and political emotion of the CPC.The human position is the ultimate position of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.It answers "where to go" and reflects the political ideal and political mind of the CPC.The class position,the people position and the human position are different,interconnected and organically unified.The main viewpoints of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era include three aspects: the views on the nature of Party building,the views on the law of Party building and the views on the requirements of Party building.The views on the nature of Party building of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era include: To solve the contradiction between the ability & level of the Party and the mission and tasks,and to solve the contradiction between the Party’s belief &style and the Party’s spirit and purpose,to solve the contradiction between the Party’s advanced nature &purity and the materialistic,people’s and revolutionary nature that Marxist Party should have.The views on the law of Party building of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era include: adhere to the unity of ideological construction and institutional governance,adhere to the unity of mission guidance and problem guidance,adhere to the unity of "key minority" and "vast majority",adhere to the unity of exercising power and taking responsibility,adhere to the unity of strict management and care&trust,adhere to the unity of inner-Party supervision and mass supervision.The views on the requirements of Party building of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era include: We should put political construction in the first place,supplement the spiritual calcium,implement the Party’s organizational line,build a permanent style of work,make discipline a live high-voltage line,tighten the system in an all-round way,and punish corruption with zero tolerance.The three points of Xi Jinping’s main ideas of Party building in the new era constitute a logical,and complete system.The scientific methods of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era include three levels: meta method,general method and concrete method.The meta method of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era refers to the way to understand and promote Party building from the principles of historical materialism and dialectical materialism,such as the dialectical relationship between social existence and social consciousness,the law of contradictory movement of things,the law of social and historical development,and the fact that the masses are the creators of history.The general method of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is the way of thinking,including strategic thinking,systematic thinking,dialectical thinking,historical thinking,bottom line thinking,innovative thinking,mass thinking and thinking of government by law.The concrete methods of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era include: the investigation methods that from the reality to determine the working policy,the analysis methods that specific analysis of the specific situation,the truth-seeking methods that through the phenomenon to grasp the essence,the reflection methods that looking back and other specific understanding methods;the method of overall planning by strengthing the top-level design,the situation control method by maintaining the authority of the central and centralized and unified leadership,the method of grasping the "key minority" under the above rate,the method of grasping the "ox nose" at the first level,the method of responsibility compaction,and the method of grasping the track and the end and so on as the specific practice methods;Specific evaluation methods such as: taking the ruling ability as the basic standard,taking the advanced and purity as the core standard,taking the political ecology as the important criterion,and taking the satisfaction of the masses as the key standard,and so on.The third part discusses the characteristics and value of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era.This part starts with the main issue of "what is the status and role of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era ".Which is the foothold of this study.The distinctive features of Xi Jinping’s Party building thought in the new era include: Inheritance,epochal,scientific,systematic and innovative.The inheritance of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is reflected in the continuous development of Marx’s thought of Party building.The epochal nature of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is reflected in the scientific answer to the era of the Party.The scientific nature of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is reflected in its organic unity of theoretical system and scientific conclusion.The systematic nature of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is embodied in its comprehensive content,clear level and strict logic.The innovation nature of Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is reflected in the great innovation of its content system,discourse system and method system.Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era has important historical status,great practical value and strong value for the times.From the perspective of historical status,Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is the latest theoretical achievement of sinicization,popularization and modernization of Marxist Party’s building thought.It is also an important part of Xi Jinping’s socialist thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era.From the perspective of practical value,Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era points out the direction of scientific development of Party building.It is the action guide for the scientific construction of Party building in the new era.From the perspective of time value,Xi Jinping’s thought of Party building in the new era is the spiritual banner guiding the Party to continuously develop its own revolution.