Communists’ Party Spirit Self-Cultivation

The self-cultivation of Party spirit, also known as "exercsising Party spirit", is a concentrated embodiment of the nature, purpose, programme and conduct of the Party and also the foundation of every Party member’s life. Attaching importance to the self-cultivation of Party spirit of Communist Party members is the fine tradition of the Communist Party of China and one of the important characteristics of Mao Zedong's Party building thought. In July 1941, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made the “Decision on Strengthening the Party's Spirit”, which clearly pointed out that the great and difficult revolutionary cause of the Party requires that all Party members and all the various organs of the Party must achieve the unity of will, they should unite under action and unified discipline and become an organized whole. Without such a strong, unified and centralized Party, we will not be able to cope with the protracted, arduous and complicated struggle in the course of the revolution, and we will not be able to realize the great historical task we have undertaken. In order to shoulder the great and glorious task entrusted to us by history, all Party members, especially cadre members, are required to strengthen their Party spirit. In order to correct the tendencies which violate Party spirit within the Party, “the Decision” required: pay more attention to unity and centralization within the Party, more strongly rally the leadership of the Central Committee; the implementation of all resolutions and decisions should more strictly examined, the errors should be identified and correct in a timely manner; strengthen the discipline education throughout the Party; all members and the organs of the Party must use the weapon of criticism and self-criticism, reform the method and the system of study thus reform themselves to better suit the needs of the Party and the revolution; and transform themselves to fit the Party using the weapon of self-criticism.

In order to adapt themselves to the needs of the Party and the revolution, all Party members should participate the organizational life of the party and assume definite tasks and enhance their Party spirit. Strengthening the self-cultivation of the Party spirit among the members of the CPC is an important guarantee for solving the issue of Party members joining the Party ideologically, maintaining the advanced nature and purity of the Party and an important guarantee for realizing the Party's political tasks.