The Speech at the National Working Conference on the Work of Party Schools

An Important Speech by Xi Jinping at the National Working Conference on the work of Party Schools on December 11, 2015.It was published in Seeking Truth magazine No. 9 in 2016.

The “Speech” is divided into six parts: (1) On the great significance of doing well the work of the Party School under the new situation; (2) On insisting on the Party school should surname the Party throughout the work of the Party school; (3) On strengthening the Party's theoretical education and Party spirit education; (4) On improving the scientific research capacity and research level of the Party school; (5) On improving the construction of the teaching staff of the Party school; (6) Strengthening and improving the Party committee's leadership over the work of the Party School.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the undertaking assumed by the Party school is an important part of the cause of the Party and Party school is the main channel for our Party to educate and train Party members and leading cadres.

Apparently inspired by Party’s good cadre training principles the quality of cadres and soldiers is a matter of life and death for the Party, Xi Jinping demanded that officials must be cadres having Four Iron qualities. He said: “In order to build a prosperous society and realise the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, we must groom officials to be as strong as iron in their belief, faith, discipline and sense of responsibility.” Xi Jinping first time used this catch phrase the "four iron" and said that cadre Party school should surname the Party (CPC).

If the Party school will not “surname” the Party or fails to surname the Party school work well, it will not be able to fulfill the solemn mission entrusted by the Party.

The Party school surnames the Party is the fundamental principle of the Party school's work. Strengthening and improving the work of Party schools under the new situation ultimately depends on whether we can adhere to the princple that the Party School surnames the Party and whether we can run the Party school work with the principle of Party school surnames the Party.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the idea that the Party school “surnames” the Party means means insisting that all teaching activities, all scientific research activities all school-running activities adhere to the principle of Party spirit, follow the Party's political line, adhere to the banner  of the Party, the will of the Party and the mission of the Party, strictly abide by the Party's political discipline and rules, persist in the principles of “love the Party, protect the Party, care the Party, and serve the Party, finally, all-in-all, consciously keep a high degree of unaminity with the Party Central Committee ideologically, politically and in action.

The idea that the Party School “surnames” the Party determines that the focus of the Party School work must be the theoretical education and education of the Party spirit. The main task for leading cadres who study in the Party schools is to study the Party's theories and to receive Party spirit education.

The principle that Party school “surnames” the Party, determines that the scientific research work of the Party school should be carried out closely around the Party's central work, it has made great achievements in Party's ideological and theoretical research, and made positive contributions to upholding and consolidating the Party's leadership in ideological work and consolidating the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field.

The mentors of the Party school, first of all, should consciously adhere to the principle that Party school “surnames” the Party, and mentors of the Party school should “surname” the Party.

Xi Jinping also emphasized that the the leadership of the Party committee in the work of the Party schools should be strengthened and improved. Party committees at all levels are the main actors in running, managing and building Party schools, and the secretary of the Party committee is the first person responsible for running and managing the Party school. We should adhere to the principle that the Party committee runs, manages and builds the Party school, it integrates the Party school work into the overall arrangement of Party building, and helps the Party school solve practical difficulties.

The “Speech” has profoundly answered a series of major questions concerning the long-term development of the cause of the Party School work and provided a programmatic document to guide the work of the Party School under the new situation.