[Guide to this chapter]

Through learning, we should clarify the nature of the vanguard of the working class of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and establish a sense of honor and responsibility for joining the Communist Party of China.

[Key points of this chapter]

“The Constitution of the Communist Party of China” points out: The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, and at the same time the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It is the leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It represents the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces and represents China’s advanced culture. The way forward represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. The party’s highest ideal and ultimate goal is to realize communism. This statement clarified the nature of the Communist Party of China from the party’s class nature, advanced nature, the party’s fundamental purpose, and the party’s position in the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.

1. The party is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, as well as the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation

The Communist Party of China was established in accordance with the Marxist-Leninist party-building principles. For more than 90 years, through the long-term study of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the “Three Represents”, the scientific outlook on development, and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important speeches, our party is in China, where the economy is backward and the peasants occupy the population. In most special social environments, the party has been successfully built into the vanguard of the working class.

In the new historical period, in response to the changes in the class structure since the reform and opening up, some people have raised the question of “whether the working class is still advanced” and attempted to deny the leadership of the working class. This is very wrong and harmful. my country is a socialist country under the people’s democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants. The nature of this country determines the status of the working class as the leading class in the country’s political life.

Today, the dominant position of my country’s public ownership system has not changed, and the economic foundation of the working class as the master of the country has not changed; my country’s basic political system has not changed, and the working class and its members still enjoy various rights to manage the country and society in accordance with the law.

While the Party Constitution emphasizes the class nature of the Communist Party of China, it clearly stipulates that the Communist Party of China should be the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation at the same time. This is a summary of our historical and practical experience and a new summary of the nature of the party.

First, the party is the vanguard of the working class, and at the same time the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. The two are unified. This is because the Communist Party of China, as the vanguard of the Chinese working class, represents the interests of the working class, as well as the interests of the entire people and the Chinese nation. Only by representing the interests of the entire people and the Chinese nation can our party truly be qualified to be Vanguard of the Chinese working class. In history, in order to save the nation from peril and realize the liberation of the people, the Chinese Communist Party has proposed the idea of ​​two vanguards.

This shows that our party has shouldered the dual mission of class and nation from the very beginning, not only representing the interests of the Chinese working class, but also representing the interests of the Chinese people and the entire Chinese nation. It must not only strive for the realization of the interests of the working class, but also We must fight for the interests of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation.

Because of this, when entering a new historical period, our party must not only always represent the interests of the working class, but also the interests of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. In this sense, our party is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, as well as the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation.

Second, consciously becoming the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation is an inevitable requirement for the construction of the ruling party. The class basis and mass basis of a political party are the support for the party’s survival and development. Our party has gone through revolution, construction, and reform. It has gone from a party that led the people to seize national power to a party that led the people to control national power and ruled for a long time; it has been a party that has led the nation’s construction under the conditions of external blockade and the implementation of a planned economy. , Becoming the party leading the country’s construction under the conditions of opening up to the outside world and developing a socialist market economy.

We must focus on the history, current situation and future of China and the world, accurately grasp the characteristics of the times and the party’s tasks, scientifically formulate and correctly implement the party’s line, principles and policies, and earnestly study and solve the problems of promoting China’s social progress and strengthening party building. Under the new historical conditions, if our party wants to maintain its advanced nature and consolidate its ruling position, it must continuously strengthen the party’s class foundation and expand the party’s mass foundation. Only by consciously becoming the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation can the party be full of vigor and vitality and forever maintain the vanguard nature.

Third, consciously becoming the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation is the inevitable choice for the party to build a well-off society and realize the Chinese dream of national revitalization. In order to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and build our country into a prosperous, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist modern country, the Communist Party of China must become the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, unite the most people closely, and bring the whole nation together.

The strength of the nation has been united in an unprecedented manner, mobilizing and exerting all positive factors to the greatest extent, and forming a vast army for the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Only in this way can the party play its leading role well and realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.

The Communist Party of China has always been the vanguard of the Chinese working class, and it has consciously become the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. The two are unified. But it should also be clear that this unity is not a simple juxtaposition. Because any political party is a representative of the class, the Communist Party of China has always adhered to its class nature when it comes to the nature of the party.

While becoming the vanguard of the Chinese working class, the Communist Party of China must also become the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. The “two vanguards” thought expressed in the party constitution does not mean that the leadership of the working class is weakened. It emphasizes that the party must correctly handle the nature and functions of the party under the new historical conditions.

The relationship between the party’s class nature and the mass nature must be correctly handled, the party’s class foundation must be continuously strengthened, and the party’s mass foundation must be continuously expanded. Ignoring any aspect will not be able to better consolidate our party’s ruling position.

2. The Party is the core of leadership for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics

The party constitution stipulates that the Communist Party of China “is the core of leadership of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” This highly summarizes the party’s status, role and historical tasks in the country and social and political life during the historical period of socialism. This leading position of the party is a truth deeply recognized by the people of all ethnic groups across the country in their long-term struggle and practice.

First of all, the establishment of the party’s leading position is determined by the party’s nature of the vanguard of the working class. The working class is the most advanced class that has the most organizational discipline and is connected with social production. The Communist Party is a working-class political party, armed with Marxist scientific theories. With the guidance of such scientific theories, the party can follow the laws of social development in all historical stages of the proletariat’s seizure of power and the construction of socialism, combine the universal truth of Marxism with the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution, and make correct formulations.

The lines, guidelines, and policies of various periods unite and organize the working class and the broad masses of the people to strive for the realization of the historical mission of the working class. Therefore, the Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the working class, and at the same time the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. The advanced nature of the party determines the party’s leading core position in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Second, the establishment of the party’s leadership is a choice of history and the people. Marxism has always emphasized that the liberation movement of the working class must be led by the revolutionary party of the working class. The leadership of the Communist Party is the fundamental guarantee for the realization of the historical mission of the working class.

The Chinese people’s choice of the leadership of the Communist Party and the path to socialism is a common understanding gained during a long and arduous struggle and reflects the inevitable historical development. The drastic changes in the Soviet Union and some Eastern European countries in the 1980s and 1990s further proved that without the strong leadership of the Communist Party, it is impossible to consolidate and develop the socialist system.

The people have chosen the party, and the party has not failed the people’s expectations. After the founding of the country, the party led the people of all ethnic groups in the country to successfully realize the transition from the new democratic revolution to the socialist revolution, quickly restored the national economy that had been damaged by the prolonged war, consolidated the people’s power, and completed a society with ownership of the means of production. The socialist system was reformed and the socialist system was established. After the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1956, the party led the people to transfer to large-scale socialist construction.

Despite the great mistakes of the “**”, the party, together with the people of the whole country, withstood setbacks and tests, and made great achievements. Especially after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, under the leadership of our party, all aspects have achieved great achievements that have attracted worldwide attention, and are now leading the people of the whole country to build a well-off society in an all-round way. The development of history shows that the Chinese people’s choice is completely correct.

Finally, upholding the leadership of the party is the fundamental guarantee for the success of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In the great practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, we must uphold the party’s ruling and leadership core position unshakable. Only by adhering to the leadership of the party can we ensure the smooth progress of reform and opening up, building a well-off society in an all-round way, and socialist modernization. Reforming and opening up, building a well-off society, and building our country into a modern socialist country is a great undertaking unprecedented in history. Only under the leadership of the party can we correctly formulate routes, guidelines and policies that suit China’s national conditions and rely on the party’s leadership. The organization and the broad masses of party members and cadres lead the people to implement them; at the same time, only under the leadership of the party can the adherence to the four basic principles be closely integrated with reform and opening up to prevent interference from the wrong tendencies of the “Left” and the Right. Ensure the smooth development of reform, opening up, and modernization.

Only by adhering to the leadership of the party can we build a socialist political civilization, spiritual civilization and ecological civilization while building material civilization, and ensure the all-round development and progress of our society; only by adhering to the leadership of the party can we maintain a stable and united political situation. To provide a stable social and political environment for reform and opening up and building a well-off society in all respects.

3. The party must always achieve the “three represents”

The “three represents” means that the Communist Party of China has always been the representative of the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces, the representative of the forward direction of China’s advanced culture, and the representative of the fundamental interests of the majority of the Chinese people. As an important content of the party’s nature, the “Three Represents” shows that the party “is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, and at the same time the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation,” and “is the core of leadership for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” It is not empty. Big talk and arrogance, but with very specific content and requirements, that is, to build a high-level socialist material civilization in the economy, it is necessary to represent the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces, and culturally, to build a high-level socialist spiritual civilization is just To represent the forward direction of China’s advanced culture, politically, to build a high-level socialist political civilization is to represent the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. When these “three represents” are achieved, the Communist Party of China has the foundation of its party, the foundation of governance, and the source of strength; when these “three represents” are achieved, the Chinese Communist Party can lead the trend of the times and promote social development.

First, the Communist Party of China has always represented the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces. The Communist Party of China has always represented the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces. It is the party’s theory. The line, guidelines, policies and various tasks must strive to conform to the law of the development of productive forces, embody the requirements of continuously promoting the emancipation and development of social productive forces, and especially embody the promotion of advanced The requirements of the development of productive forces are to continuously improve the living standards of the people through the development of productive forces.

Second, the Communist Party of China has always represented the forward direction of China’s advanced culture. Communist Party of China

Always representing the forward direction of China’s advanced culture is the party’s theory, line, guidelines, policies, and various tasks that must strive to reflect the requirements of the development of a modernized, world-oriented, and future-oriented nation’s scientific and popular socialist culture. Promote the improvement of the ideological and moral quality and scientific and cultural quality of the whole nation, and provide spiritual power and intellectual support for my country’s economic development and social progress.

Third, the Communist Party of China has always represented the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. The Communist Party of China always represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, that is, the party’s theoretical line, guidelines, policies, and various tasks must take the fundamental interests of the people as the starting point and destination. Give full play to the enthusiasm and creativity of the people, and on the basis of the continuous development and progress of society, enable the people to continuously obtain practical economic, political and cultural benefits.

The important thinking of the “Three Represents” is a unified whole that is interconnected and promotes each other. The development of advanced productive forces is the basis for developing advanced culture and realizing the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. The people are the creators of advanced productive forces and advanced culture, and they are also the fundamental force for realizing their own interests. The continuous development of advanced productive forces and advanced culture is in the final analysis to meet the increasing needs of the people’s material and cultural life, and to continuously realize the greatest number of people. Fundamental interests.

The reason why our party can become the core force leading the cause of China’s revolution, construction and reform, the reason it can bear the historical trust of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and the reason why it has been able to remain invincible in the drastically changing international and domestic environment The fundamental reason is that our party has always represented the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces, the forward direction of China’s advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. It has always attached great importance to and constantly maintained and developed its advanced nature as a Marxist party.

In the new era and new stage, as long as we adhere to the guidance of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the “Three Represents”, and the scientific outlook on development, we will thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important speeches, so that the party will always become the Vanguard”, “a core of leadership” and “three represents”. Our party is a party that maintains and develops its advanced nature. It can better shoulder the solemn mission given by history and the times, and lead with more vigor and vitality. People of all ethnic groups across the country are striving to build a well-off society in all respects.

4. Activists who join the party must fully grasp the nature of the party

The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, as well as the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. It is the leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It represents the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces, represents the direction of China’s advanced culture, and represents China’s most advanced culture. The fundamental interests of the people. This scientific definition of the nature of the party by the party constitution has both a strong generality and a clear comprehensiveness.

In order to facilitate memory, we can simplify the nature of the party into “two vanguards” (that is, the vanguard of the Chinese working class and the Chinese people and the Chinese nation), and “a core of leadership” (that is, the vanguard of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics). Leadership core), “Three Represents” (that is, represent the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces, represent the forward direction of China’s advanced culture, and represent the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China). Activists who join the party must study carefully, deeply understand, and fully grasp.

First of all, we must understand the nature of the party in terms of its respective meanings as “two vanguards,” “a core of leadership,” and “three represents.” Defining the nature of the party with “two vanguards”, “a core of leadership”, and “three represents” is the most comprehensive and scientific expression of the nature of the party so far. “Two vanguards,” “a core of leadership,” and “three represents.” There is no shortage of one.

Second, we must understand the nature of the party from the connection between “two vanguards,” “a core of leadership,” and “three represents.” “Two vanguards”, “a core of leadership, and “three represents” are closely related in the nature of the party. “Two vanguards” are the foundation of “one core of leadership” and “three represents.” “One leadership core” is the key to “two vanguards” and “three represents”, and “three represents” is the concrete embodiment of “two vanguards” and “one leadership core.” Therefore, learn and understand the party’s Nature, must not isolate them, separate them, let alone oppose them.

[Test questions in this chapter]

One, fill in the blanks

1. Since the establishment of the Communist Party of China in __, it has been leading the Chinese working class and the broadest masses of the people in their struggle to realize their historical mission and their own liberation.
2. The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of ___________, as well as the vanguard of _____ and _____.
3. The Communist Party of China is the _____ core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
4. “Three Represents”, which means ____, ____, and ____.

Two, choose to fill in the blanks

1. When the Communist Party of China was founded, it thought __ its class basis.

A. Peasant class

B. Petty bourgeoisie

C. Working class

2. The Chinese Communist Party has always been the vanguard of the Chinese working class and consciously becoming the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. The two are __.

A. Unified

B. contradictory

C. Can’t do