[Editor’s Note] A century of glorious journey and a century of great achievements, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Unswervingly follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and win new victories with Chinese characteristics. China’s vigorous development has made outstanding achievements. The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the inexhaustible driving force for the new era and the core force leading the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In order to better inspire the majority of party members and cadres to strengthen their ideals and beliefs, review the glorious history of the party, and inherit and carry forward the glorious traditions and fine style of the party, China Theory Network has specially launched a series of interpretation excerpts to enjoy the majority of readers. During the arduous revolutionary journey, countless revolutionary heroes shed blood and sacrificed for the happiness of the people and for the national rejuvenation, and left behind a shocking “appointment”, “resolution letter”, “request for battle”, “entrusting an orphan”, “marching letter”, “two places”, “letterless book”, “sentiment letter”, “sentiment letter”, “sentiment letter”, “sentiment letter”, “sentiment letter”, “sent to the son”, “determination letter”, and “sent determination letter”, which used life and blood to forge the faith and loyalty of the Communists, and condensed the dedication and glory of the Communists, and practiced the original aspiration and mission of the Communists.
The original intention is as solid as a rock, and the mission is on your shoulders. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that only by not forgetting the original aspiration, keeping the mission in mind, and striving forever can the Communist Party of China be young forever. This important statement profoundly illustrates the necessary conditions for our party to remain youthful and vibrant, always be invincible, and achieve long-term rule. If you lose your original aspiration and forget your mission, you will fall into “four dangers”, will not be able to withstand the “four major tests”, and will lack the motivation to move forward. In the new era, if we want the Party to become stronger and look like the world’s largest party, we must uphold the Party’s original aspiration and mission, continuously maintain and develop the Party’s advanced nature and purity, and ensure that the Party maintains vitality and vitality.
(1) The importance of maintaining the Party’s advanced nature and purity is the last words left by a person to this world and the most true voice. A Communist Party member named Shi Yanfen was shot and killed in Yuhuatai on September 27, 1928 by Komiks.25 years old. When his relatives ventured to collect the remains, they found his suicide note to his younger brother and sister in his pocket. The letter said: My death is for society, the country and mankind, and it is glorious and necessary. After I die, there are still millions of comrades in my mortals, who can step on my blood and strive forward. Our revolutionary cause will surely be successful. Therefore, even though I die, I still exist. If you can continue my wish in the future, it is the light of our family. I will smile in my heart and see your success. If I cannot continue my wish, I must not be with the corrupt members of the Kuomintang. It is through such a special “delivery” method that this blood-stained farewell letter with deep affection has been preserved to this day and continues to carry the immortal soul of this young revolutionary. “The war lasts for three months, and letters from home are worth ten thousand gold.” In the bloody and stormy war era, letters from home interpret the steadfast love, loyal friendship, and strong family affection of the revolutionary martyrs, and further demonstrate their original intention of seeking happiness for the people and rejuvenation for the nation.
Any political party has political attributes and has its own political mission, political goals, and political pursuits. Marxist parties have lofty political ideals, noble political pursuits, pure political qualities, and strict political discipline. If the political advanced nature of Marxist parties is lost, there is no way to talk about the advanced nature and purity of the party. The theoretical origin of the original aspiration and mission of the Communist Party of China lies in the lofty goal of Marxism seeking liberation for mankind, and is highly consistent with the ideal of communism. The nature of the Party is different from a political party or political organization that “seeks the interests of a few people”. The bright red party flag is always engraved with the oath of “seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation”. This is the gene that determines the nature of the Party and the color of the Party. The legitimacy of the Communist Party of China’s governance is a choice made by history and the people, and advanced nature and purity are the political advantages of the Party’s ability to maintain its long-term ruling position. When our party was first born, it was as weak as a newborn baby, but had lofty goals and noble hearts. Our party is a great party, a glorious party, and a correct party. It is because of her advanced and pure. It is precisely because of this advanced nature and purity that the Communist Party of China is great, glorious, and correct, and can finally represent the development requirements of China’s advanced productivity, always represent the direction of China’s advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the vast majority of China’s people.
(2) The source of strength that inspires our party to continue to struggle
The people’s hearts are the eternal base. 1In February 919, Li Dazhao pointed out in his article “After the War World Trend – Bloody Social Revolution and Bloodless Social Revolution”, “In the middle of the flames of this world war, Russia suddenly broke out from a rolling trend.” “Although this trend of social revolution began in Germany and Russia and spread to Central Europe, it will spread throughout the world in the future.” In September 1920, Cai Hesen pointed out in a letter to Mao Zedong in France: “Whenever there are various problems in society, and the current social system cannot solve them, then the revolution must be inevitable. Look at the Komiks problem that occurs in Chinese society today, which one can be solved under the current social system? Therefore, China’s social revolution must not be avoided.” The Communist Party of China was born in accordance with the historical call of social revolution. In July 1921, KomiksThe first program of the Communist Party of China clearly declared that our party “takes social revolution as the main purpose of its policy” and clearly regards the realization of socialism and communism as its goal. By leading the people to carry out profound social revolution, seeking happiness for the Chinese people, seeking rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and ultimately realizing communism is the fundamental driving force that inspires the Chinese Communists to keep moving forward. Edgar Snow wrote in “The Westward Journey” that the sincere and urgent goal of the Red Army is always to shock and Komiks aroused hundreds of millions of people, called them to fight for the “people are masters of their own country” and fight for a just, equal, free and dignified life. This ideal and this belief not only accompanied the Red Army through thousands of mountains and rivers, but also made a prairie fire, forging a youthful People’s Republic. In the years that followed, the Party united and led the people to fight bloody and tenaciously, defeated the Japanese imperialist invaders, overthrew the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, and established a new Komiks China in 1949.
Recalling the glorious history of the Party for a century, the Party’s original mission, and the vigorous revolutionary spirit have inspired a generation andA generation of Communists has fought bravely and has become an inexhaustible source for our party to maintain its vitality. Relying on the great revolutionary spirit, our party has achieved great victory in the new democratic revolution, led the people to establish a socialist system in a country full of holes, and opened a new era for the Chinese nation. The original aspiration and mission are the spiritual driving force that inspires the Communist Party of China to promote self-revolution. The original aspiration and mission of the Communist Party of China are the unchanging purpose of the proletarian party and an important magic weapon for the Communist Party of China to build, develop and strengthen the party. In his 2020 New Year’s message, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: “The original aspiration and mission are the inexhaustible driving force for us to walk the Long March of the new era.” This once again reminds us that the longer we are in power in power, the more we cannot lose the true nature of a Marxist party, the more we cannot forget the party’s original aspiration and mission, and the more we cannot lose the spirit of self-revolution.
(III) The spiritual code to ensure that our party is in power for a long time
“How many people survived the Long March? What did the Red Army soldiers rely on? What are they looking for?” In May 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked three questions in a row at the symposium on promoting the rise of the central region. This is a question of struggle and a question of faith, and it is also a question of the original intention, which is directly pointing to the hearts of the people and thought-provoking. “Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world” is the value orientation of China’s excellent traditional culture. The spiritual characteristics of “strong and capable, self-improvement” have long been precipitated into the unremitting pursuit of national peace and stability and national rejuvenation. Historically, the Chinese nation has suffered from disasters such as invasion, war, and division. The country has not been destroyed, the nation has not been dispersed, and cultural heritage has never been interrupted. One of the important reasons is that China’s excellent traditional culture has strong vitality and the Chinese people have a great national spirit. It is this background and gene that has enabled the Communist Party of China to grow from only more than 50 members to more than 90 million members, becoming the world’s largest ruling party. Practice has proved that if you stick to your original aspiration and mission, you can gather a powerful force for unity and strive for oneself, and the cause of the Party and the country will prosper and develop for a long time; if you deviate from your original aspiration and mission, you will lose your spiritual pillar, disarm yourself, and be abandoned by history and the people. The Chinese Communists have always adhered to and practiced their original aspirations. With the original intention, you must also have the courage and wisdom to strive for the original intention; if you assume the mission, you must also find reality.The right path to your mission. In order to fulfill the original aspiration and fulfill the mission, the Chinese Communists carried out difficult explorations, combined the basic principles of Marxism with the specific reality of China’s revolution, construction and reform, explored and found the correct path to implement the original aspiration and mission, and scientifically made a specific path choice for seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation.
The original intention is the spiritual bond connecting history and reality, and the source of motivation for the Communist Party of China to flourish and flourish. It is precisely because we have always adhered to our original aspirations and mission that our party can develop and grow in extreme dilemmas, stand out from the siege when it is on the verge of despair, rise up resolutely in adversity, and still win the trust and support of the people in today’s situation facing complex and severe tests, and maintain tenacious vitality and strong cohesion, creativity and combat effectiveness.
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