The Central Military Commission Political Work Conference was held in Yan'an. Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech

The Central Military Commission Political Work Conference was held in Yan'an, Shaanxi from the 17th to the 19th. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to uphold the party's absolute leadership over the military, implement the strategy of building the military politically in the new era, firmly grasp the requirements of the era of building the military politically, focus on fighting the tough battle to achieve the goal of building the army for the 100th anniversary, carry forward the spirit of thorough self-revolution, continue to deepen political training, forge a strong party organization with firm political convictions and strong capabilities, and forge a high-quality cadre team that is loyal, clean, responsible, and capable of strengthening the military, so as to provide a strong political guarantee for the cause of strengthening the military.

Under the Pagoda Mountain and on the banks of the Yan River, the revolutionary holy land of Yan'an is full of lush greenery and vitality. At about 3 pm on the 17th, Xi Jinping led a group of people from the Military Commission and the main responsible comrades of various departments and units to pay homage to the Wangjiaping Revolutionary Site. Wangjiaping was the station of the Central Military Commission from August 1937 to March 1947, and was an important decision-making and command center of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission during the Yan'an period. In the meeting room of the Central Military Commission, Xi Jinping listened carefully to the explanation, watched the historical charts reflecting the planning and command of major battles during the Yan'an period, and felt the leadership wisdom and art of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission. Xi Jinping came to the former residences of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and other older generation revolutionaries, relived the revolutionary experience of the older generation of revolutionaries in Yan'an, and remembered their great achievements. Passing by "Taolin Square", Xi Jinping learned about the situation of the creative development of the "Double Support Movement" in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, and recalled with everyone the fighting life full of revolutionary optimism. In the auditorium of the Central Military Commission, Xi Jinping carefully watched the historical photos, had in-depth exchanges with everyone, and reviewed the glorious course of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission leading the whole nation in the War of Resistance and the War of Liberation. Xi Jinping pointed out that 10 years ago we went to Gutian to hold a political work conference for the whole army. Today we came to Yan'an to hold a political work conference for the Military Commission to trace our roots again. In the new era and new journey, the prospects for a strong country and a strong army are bright, and the tasks are arduous. Senior military cadres should bear in mind their original mission, take the lead in promoting the Yan'an spirit, take the lead in strengthening revolutionary forging, shoulder the historical responsibility entrusted by the Party and the people, unite and lead the officers and soldiers to fight the tough battle to achieve the goal of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the army, and continuously push forward the cause of strengthening the army.

Afterwards, Xi Jinping came to the China Yan'an Cadre College, and cordially met with all the representatives of the Central Military Commission's Political Work Conference amid warm applause, and took a group photo with everyone.

Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the meeting. He pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has made a decisive decision to convene the Gutian Military Political Work Conference, promote political training in the spirit of rectification, and unswervingly govern the Party and the army in an all-round and strict manner. The determination is unprecedented, the strength is unprecedented, and the political army building in the new era has achieved historic achievements. Without revolutionary political forging, there would be no great changes in the people's army in the new era.

Xi Jinping stressed that since the 18th CPC National Congress, we have deepened the theoretical exploration and practical creation of political army building, formed the strategy of political army building in the new era, clarified that political army building is the foundation of the people's army, clarified that political work will always be the lifeline of our army, clarified that political training should focus on political rectification, clarified that mastering ideological leadership is the basis for mastering all leadership, clarified that the strength of the party comes from the organization, the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the troops come from the organization, clarified that the gun must always be in the hands of those who are loyal and reliable to the party, clarified that strictness can correct the discipline, strictness can only strengthen the military prestige, and strictness can only produce combat effectiveness, clarified that there must be no place for corrupt elements to hide in the army, clarified that good work style can create heroic troops, and clarified that the unity of the military, government, army and people is the magic weapon for our army's victory. The strategy of political army building in the new era must be fully and accurately studied and understood, implemented unswervingly, and continuously enriched and developed in practice.

Xi Jinping pointed out that at present, the world situation, national situation, party situation, and military situation are all undergoing complex and profound changes, and the tests faced by our army in politics are intricate and complex. We must firmly grasp the requirements of the era of political army building, and promote political army building without stopping, to ensure that the people's army always maintains its nature and purpose, always dares to fight and win, always unites and struggles, always produces talents, always is pure and glorious, and always has strict laws and disciplines, and constantly enhances the political advantages of our army under the new era conditions.

Xi Jinping deeply analyzed the deep-seated contradictions and problems that need to be solved in the current political army building. He emphasized that these problems are manifested in politics, ideology, organization, style, discipline and other aspects, and the roots are in ideals and beliefs, party spirit cultivation, official ethics and character. All levels, especially senior cadres, must put themselves in, take the courage to put aside face and expose shortcomings, with an attitude of digging deep into the root causes and touching the soul, deeply reflect, earnestly rectify, solve the root problems of ideology, and promote the political army to go deep and practical.

Xi Jinping pointed out that in the new journey, we must do a good job in six key areas to promote the political army building. First, enhance the consciousness and thoroughness of ideological transformation. We should continue to strengthen the Party's innovative theoretical armament, insist on reading the original works and understanding the principles, insist on learning, thinking and using, and unifying knowledge, belief and action, insist on senior cadres receiving education first, promote the implementation of our military's ideological and political education system, and firmly establish the orientation of testing learning results with actual results. Second, improve the leadership, organizational and executive capabilities of the Party organizations. Enhance political judgment, political understanding and political execution, improve the ability to prepare for war, and integrate the Party's leadership into all areas and the entire process of preparing for war. Strictly implement democratic centralism, optimize the rules of deliberation and decision-making of the Party committee, and strengthen the consultation and evaluation of major decisions. Strengthen the responsibility of the Party committee secretary as the first person in charge of the Party's governance. Third, strengthen the construction of the cadre team. Implement the Party's organizational line in the new era, fully and accurately understand and grasp the standards of good cadres in the military, and fully implement this standard in all aspects of cadre work. Improve cadre assessment work and improve the accuracy of knowing things and people. Implement the concept of building the whole chain, take the training of generals as a strategic task, and improve the overall effectiveness of cadre team building. Fourth, eradicate the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption. Adhere to the strict tone without wavering, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and implement systematic treatment. Connect and consolidate the main responsibility of the Party Committee, the supervisory responsibility of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and the responsibility of the industry department for clean government, and expand the depth and breadth of the anti-corruption struggle. Improve the power allocation and operation constraint mechanism, enrich the toolbox for punishing new types of corruption and hidden corruption, and strengthen all-round supervision of senior cadres in performing their duties and using their powers. Fifth, boost the spirit of doing things and entrepreneurship. Build a scientific performance evaluation system, dynamically update the list of formalism and bureaucracy problems, and thoroughly correct the "five mores" to reduce the burden on the grassroots. Open up the "last mile" of the implementation of policies and systems such as military benefits, and really help the grassroots solve problems and difficulties, and enhance the sense of gain and belonging of officers and soldiers. Sixth, restore and carry forward the fine traditions of political work. Adhere to seeking truth from facts, and insist that personal example is better than precept. All levels, especially senior cadres, should lead by example and lead by example, and inspire and lead the troops with excellent style and image.

Xi Jinping stressed that promoting political building of the army is the common responsibility of the entire army. The CMC should strengthen unified leadership, the CMC Political Work Department, Discipline Inspection Commission, and Political and Legal Commission should strengthen coordination and cooperation, and all units and departments should perform their duties and strive to create a new situation in political building of the army, forge this heroic army led by our party to be stronger, and welcome the 100th anniversary of the founding of the army with outstanding achievements.

This Central Military Commission Political Work Conference was decided and convened by Xi Jinping himself. The meeting focused on studying and implementing the spirit of Xi Jinping's important speech and made research and deployment on major issues related to promoting political building of the army in the new era and new journey.

Zhang Youxia and He Weidong, members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission, and Liu Zhenli, Miao Hua, and Zhang Shengmin, members of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting. The main responsible comrades of various ministries and commissions of the CMC, various directly affiliated institutions of the CMC, the CMC Joint Operations Center, various theater commands, various military services, various directly affiliated units of the CMC, and the armed police force attended the meeting.