Shen Chuanbao: Party Spirit Plays a Decisive Role in Establishing and Practicing a Correct View of Political Achievement

General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: "In establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievements, it is Party spirit that plays the decisive role." This significant judgment, from the height of the laws governing the building of a Marxist party, profoundly reveals the intrinsic relationship between Party spirit and the outlook on political achievements, clarifying the core status and key role of Party spirit in the formation of a correct outlook on political achievements. A profound understanding of the scientific connotations of this important judgment helps Party members and cadres deeply grasp the fundamental stance, value orientation, and internal requirements for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievements. This carries significant and far-reaching implications for Party members and cadres to forge ahead into the "15th Five-Year Plan" period ^[1] with a vigorous spiritual state, an excellent style of work, and scientific methods.

The decisive role of Party spirit in the outlook on political achievements is a manifestation of the unique advantages of a Marxist political party.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The strong Party spirit of Chinese Communists is an important guarantee for our Party to maintain its advanced nature and purity, and to improve its level of leadership and governance." As the spiritual DNA of a Marxist party, Party spirit functions as a dominant internal factor and a directional guide throughout the entire process of establishing, practicing, and testing a correct outlook on political achievements, constituting its decisive factor.

Strong and pure Party spirit is the unique spiritual DNA of a Marxist party. The classical writers of Marxism revealed the scientific connotation of Party spirit from the perspective of the party's essential nature. In the Manifesto of the Communist Party, Marx and Engels clearly stated that Communists "have no interests separate and apart from those of the proletariat as a whole" and "do not set up any sectarian principles of their own, by which to shape and mould the proletarian movement." This established the fundamental stance that the Party has no special interests of its own other than the interests of the people. Chinese Communists have developed Marxist Party spirit theory to a new level. Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out at the Seventh National Congress of the CPC: "Party spirit is a common quality, a universal quality, a quality possessed by every person in the whole Party," and "unified action, unified opinion, and collectivism—this is Party spirit." He clarified the connotation of Party spirit from both the organizational whole and the individual Party member. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "In the final analysis, Party spirit is a matter of stance"; "Party spirit is the cornerstone for Party members and cadres to establish themselves, their careers, their words, and their virtue"; and "the most fundamental aspect of emphasizing politics is to emphasize Party spirit." These important expositions elevate Party spirit to the height of the Party's long-term governance and the foundation of the political life of Party members and cadres, providing the fundamental follow-through ^[2] for Party members and cadres in the New Era to strengthen their cultivation of Party spirit and firmly establish a correct outlook on political achievements.

In summary, Party spirit encompasses two inseparable levels. For a Marxist party, Party spirit is the concentrated expression of its nature as the vanguard of the working class and the Party's fundamental purpose; it is the fundamental hallmark that distinguishes it from bourgeois political parties and all other political organizations. For individual Party members, Party spirit is the conscious identification with and lifelong adherence to the Party’s nature, purpose, and mission; it is absolute loyalty and obedience to the organization and a political character that remains unshakable under any circumstances. The specific manifestations of Party spirit are not static but are constantly enriched and developed alongside the evolution of the times and changes in the Party's tasks. During the years of revolutionary war, Party spirit was mainly manifested as being unafraid of sacrifice and fighting heroically for the cause of national independence and people's liberation. During the period of peaceful construction, Party spirit was more reflected in hard struggle and pioneering innovation for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people. Today, measuring the strength of the Party spirit of Party members and cadres primarily looks at the following points: first, whether the political stance is firm and whether they can always maintain a high degree of harmony with the Party Central Committee; second, whether the sense of purpose is solid and whether they can put the people's interests first; third, whether the work attitude is upright and whether they can seek truth from facts and take responsibility; and fourth, whether integrity and self-discipline are strict and whether they can hold the bottom line and not cross the "red line" ^[3].

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "for leading cadres, Party spirit is the greatest virtue," profoundly revealing the political-ethical connotation of Party spirit. Achieving strong Party spirit requires members and cadres to transcend personal utilitarian calculations, establish self-restraint mechanisms through the internalization of value identification, and fulfill their missions and responsibilities to the Party, the people, and the country. The Party spirit of Chinese Communists is essentially different from "partisan identity" in Western political science. Partisanship in the Western context is primarily a type of electoral behavioral preference built upon instrumental rationality and interest calculation, serving the short-term gaming of specific interest groups and constrained by the short-termism of election cycles; it is narrow, utilitarian, and limited by terms of office. The Party spirit of Chinese Communists requires members to possess distinct mission-oriented characteristics and lofty value pursuits, to have excellent qualities such as selflessness, pragmatism, and responsibility, and to realize personal value in the process of serving the broadest masses of the people. Therefore, strong and pure Party spirit is the spiritual DNA of the Communist Party of China and its unique contribution to human political civilization.

As the core component of the subjective world of Party members and cadres, Party spirit is the internal factor influencing the outlook on political achievements. The Party spirit of a Marxist party determines that the achievements of Party members and cadres can only be performances created for the people, not capital accumulated for personal promotion. Party spirit determines the value pursuits and behavioral orientations of members and cadres. Because value identification is deeply rooted in the subjective world, it holds a more fundamental dominant position and a more lasting restorative power. Among the many factors affecting the outlook on political achievements—such as subjective motivation, competence and quality, institutional norms, evaluation mechanisms, and the external environment—Party spirit, as the core component of the subjective world, is the independent variable that plays the dominant role. Other factors, especially external ones, can only function through internal factors. If Party spirit is strong, the direction will be correct, the stance stable, and behavior upright. If Party spirit is weak, understanding will be biased, conduct will be crooked, and the bottom line will be lost. This dominant effect from the inside out is immutable. From ideological understanding to practical action, and from the establishment and practice of the outlook on political achievements to its examination, Party spirit always plays the fundamental role of establishing coordinates, grasping the direction, and fortifying the foundation. it is the value thread that runs through the entire process of creating political achievements.

Ensuring that Party members and cadres establish and practice a correct outlook on political achievements through the tempering of Party spirit is an important part of the Party’s self-revolution. The cultivation of Party spirit among Chinese Communists ensures, through the internalization of value identification, that members and cadres make decisions that conform to the fundamental interests of the people. Character cultivation internalized in the heart can achieve continuous self-restraint and self-supervision. This is the great advantage of our Party compared to other parties and the effective guarantee of our Party’s long-term governance.

Party spirit determines the connotation and manifestation of the outlook on political achievements.

Party spirit is not an abstract political concept but is manifested in several interconnected core elements: firm ideals and convictions, correct concepts of public and private, a scientific ideological line, a practical character of taking responsibility, a sharp sense of discipline, and a pragmatic style of work. These elements—from the perspectives of political direction, the people's stance, cognitive methods, practical actions, disciplinary boundaries, and the forms of work style—determine whether a correct outlook on political achievements can be established and practiced, and whether achievements can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.

As the political soul of Party members and cadres, ideals and convictions fundamentally guide the direction of political achievements. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Faith in Marxism and the conviction in socialism and communism are the political soul of Communists and the spiritual pillar that enables them to withstand any test." Ideals and convictions are the core of Party spirit cultivation, dominating the value orientation and practical direction of the outlook on political achievements, and fundamentally determining how members and cadres understand achievements, what kind of achievements they pursue, and how they create them. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Ideals and convictions are the 'calcium' of the spirit for Communists. If Communists lack ideals and convictions, they will lack 'calcium' in their spirit and will suffer from 'rickets' ^[4]." Once ideals and convictions waver, members and cadres easily lose the baseline for judging public versus private interest, lose their defensive power against temptation, and alienate public power into a tool for seeking private gain; the outlook on political achievements will inevitably become distorted. Only by firmly holding onto the political soul of ideals and convictions can one fundamentally guarantee that the direction does not deviate and the original aspiration does not change, thereby establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievements. The specific reasons why ideals and convictions can determine a correct outlook on political achievements are reflected in the following aspects:

First, ideals and convictions strengthen mission and responsibility. Today, to measure whether a cadre's ideals and convictions are firm, one must look at whether they can persist in the fundamental purpose of serving the people whole-heartedly, and whether they can adhere to the original aspiration and founding mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. If ideals and convictions are firm, they will always put the interests of the masses first, creating achievements for the purpose of meeting the needs of the masses and improving people’s well-being. When encountering reform difficulties, development bottlenecks, or livelihood hardships, they will take the initiative to assume responsibility, overcome difficulties, and struggle and strive desperately to realize their ideals and convictions.

Second, ideals and convictions provide spiritual support. Ideals and convictions are the internal fortitude for Party members and cadres to cope with risks and challenges. Facing various tests and lures of interest under the conditions of a market economy, only by fortifying the spiritual line of defense with ideals and convictions can they maintain political sobriety in their work and avoid acting blindly or recklessly for the sake of personal fame or temporary profit.

Third, ideals and convictions shape the awareness of the big picture. With firm ideals and convictions, a cadre's "standing will be higher, their vision broader, and their mind more open." They will then be able to plan the development of a department or a locality within the strategic landscape of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the overall situation of the development of the Party and state’s cause. They can truly comprehend what the Party Central Committee is concerned about and emphasizing, and deeply understand what the most important interests of the Party and the state are and what the most necessary positions to firmly uphold are. Thus, they will consciously jump out of the trap of utilitarianism and avoid falling into a narrow pattern of considering problems only from the perspective of departmental or local interests. Ideals and convictions fundamentally specify the political attributes of achievements, ensuring that the operation of power always serves the interests of the Party and the people rather than individual will.

A correct concept of public and private, as the value core of Party spirit, fundamentally determines the stance of the outlook on political achievements. If ideals and convictions solve the problem of the direction of the outlook on political achievements, then the concept of public and private solves the problem of its stance—is one struggling for the cause of the Party and the people and creating achievements for the people, or seeking personal gain and creating achievements for oneself? General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The fundamental yardstick to measure the strength of Party spirit is the two words: 'public' and 'private' (公、私 gōng, sī)." This significant judgment established the fundamental value criterion for the outlook on political achievements. In our country, all power belongs to the people, and cadres at all levels are entrusted by the people to exercise the power of the state on their behalf. The strength of Party spirit directly determines whether a cadre can always take the improvement of the people’s interests as the fundamental goal of creating achievements, rather than viewing the power bestowed by the Party and the people as the private property of an individual or a small clique.

Strong Party spirit requires establishing the fundamental cognition that power "is surnamed 'public'" ^[5]. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Our power is given by the Party and the people; it is used to do things for the Party and the people. It is surnamed public, not private (xìng gōng bù xìng sī). It can only be used to solve worries for the Party, do work for the country, and seek benefits for the people. Power must be exercised correctly, according to the law, impartially, and with integrity. What is mandated by law must be done, and what is not authorized by law must not be done." This important exposition clarifies the views on power and political achievements that Chinese Communists should establish. True achievements should be the development results shared by the people, not capital for a cadre's personal promotion. Yang Shanzhou, the former Party Secretary of Baoshan Prefecture in Yunnan, gave up a comfortable life in the provincial capital after retirement and spent 22 years planting trees in the Daliang Mountains. He handed over a forest worth hundreds of millions of yuan to the state for free and never sought profit for his relatives; his political achievements shine because of his "public-mindedness" (gōng). In contrast, some cadres, to seek personal promotion, go into debt to build "landscaping projects" ^[6] or embezzle livelihood funds, resulting in high debts and long-term deficits in people's livelihoods. Their so-called "achievements" become chips for cashing in their power. This contrast further highlights the decisive role of the concept of public and private in establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievements.

General Secretary Xi Jinping specifically refuted the argument that "selflessness is outdated," emphasizing: "As a Party cadre, one must serve the people whole-heartedly, struggle sincerely for the cause of the Party and the people, and emphasize being selfless and impartial, putting the public before the private (dà gōng wú sī, gōng sī fēn míng, xiān gōng hòu sī, gōng ér wàng sī)." For the Party's cadres, selflessness is never outdated. Only by being dedicated to the public and acting with public-mindedness in everything can one have a correct outlook on right and wrong, on interests, on power, and on one’s career. Only then can one keep the masses in one's heart, be an upright person, and use power cautiously. As the value core of Party spirit, the concept of public and private directly tests the purity of the outlook on political achievements: those with strong Party spirit regard benefiting the people as the greatest achievement and focus on doing good and practical things for the people; those with weakened Party spirit and selfishness at the forefront regard political achievements as a tool for personal political capital, being keen on "creating momentum for a moment" rather than "benefiting a region for a lifetime," and even sliding into the abyss of using power for private gain. This value-filtering mechanism of the public-private concept is the gate that prevents the deformation of the outlook on political achievements.

Seeking truth from facts, as the ideological basis of Party spirit, fundamentally corrects the cognition of political achievements. Seeking truth from facts is an important part of our Party's ideological line and is our Party's basic ideological method, work method, and leadership method. The core manifestation of Party spirit at the epistemological level lies in persisting in seeking truth from facts. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out:

“We must persist in seeking truth from facts, being pragmatic and down-to-earth, and planning undertakings and work based on actual conditions, so that the ideas, policies, and plans proposed conform to reality, objective laws, and the scientific spirit, and use creative work to implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.” For Party members and cadres to persist in seeking truth from facts, they must understand the actual situation, respect objective laws, and build their performance record on the foundation of scientific cognition and rational decision-making.

Persisting in seeking truth from facts requires Party members and cadres to go through a cognitive process of investigation and research before making decisions, to maintain a sense of reverence for professional knowledge and objective laws during decision-making, and to accept the test of time and practice after decision-making. This cognitive mechanism is essentially a process of "returning to the source and clearing the stream" ^[7]—discarding the subjectivism of "taking things for granted" and "head-patting" ^[8] decision-making, facing the complexity of objective reality directly, and preventing decisions from alienating into "blind commands" detached from reality. In reality, some distorted views of performance often begin with cognitive deviations. It is not that some Party members and cadres lack the subjective desire to get things done, but rather that they have fallen into the trap of subjectivism. For example, in the pursuit of "being the first to clear the books" during the battle against poverty ^[9], certain localities blindly shortened construction periods in violation of objective laws, resulting in poor quality of relocation housing. In other places, officials blindly took on debt to build "landmarks" without regard for fiscal reality, resulting in unfinished projects and high debt levels; such so-called "performance" ultimately became a farce that exhausted the people and drained the treasury. The reason the views of performance of these Party members and cadres are distorted is that they place subjective desires above objective reality and lack basic reverence for the laws of development.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized: "Communists are materialists; being pragmatic is an essential quality. We must seek truth from facts, be pragmatic and down-to-earth, and engage in genuine work." When Comrade Xi Jinping served as the Party Committee Secretary of Zhengding County in Hebei province, he traveled by bicycle to all 25 communes and over 220 production brigades in the county. On the basis of clarifying the fundamental facts, he proposed a "semi-suburban" economic development path, and Zhengding's development achieved remarkable results. This is a classic example of persisting in seeking truth from facts and being pragmatic to create solid performance through genuine work. Party members and cadres with strong Party spirit deeply realize that creating a performance record is not a matter of subjective wishful thinking, but the dialectical unity of subjective initiative and objective laws in practice. Whether one possesses scientific understanding directly determines whether a Party member or cadre can resist the temptation of "quick-fix performance." When faced with the requirement to promote high-quality development, does one choose "conspicuous performance projects" ^[10] for quick success and instant benefits, or choose the "latent performance foundation" ^[11] that builds the groundwork for the long term? Persisting in seeking truth from facts requires Party members and cadres to discard short-term behavior and maintain the historical patience of "success does not have to lie with me." General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the need to create "actual results that can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history." This requires Party members and cadres, when making decisions, not only to consider current feasibility but also to weigh long-term sustainability; not only to focus on local growth indicators but also to assess the systemic effects on the overall situation. Only in this way can we prevent performance from alienating into subjective fantasy detached from reality and ensure that every decision is rooted in the "soil" of objective laws.

Acting with responsibility and pragmatism, as the practical character of Party spirit, fundamentally guarantees the effectiveness of performance. A correct view of performance must ultimately be transformed into tangible results through practice. The role of Party spirit at the practical level is manifested in externalizing internal value positions and cognitive principles into sustained action, the core of which is the dialectical unity of a spirit of responsibility and a pragmatic style of work. Responsibility and pragmatism are the distinct practical expressions of Party spirit. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Leading cadres must have the courage to take responsibility; they must plan for the politics of their position and fulfill their duties, taking the initiative to shoulder heavy and difficult burdens within their scope of responsibility." He emphasized that "responsibility and achievement are an integrated whole; inaction is a lack of responsibility, and to achieve results, one must take responsibility." True performance is achieved by facing difficulties head-on and overcoming tough challenges; it is produced through down-to-earth work. Only by upholding the practical character of responsibility and pragmatism can performance withstand the test of practice, the people, and history.

To achieve responsibility and pragmatism, one needs to carry forward the spirit of "success does not have to lie with me, but I must contribute to its success." The development of the cause of the Party and the country is a relay race, not a "one-man show." Party members and cadres must run their own lap well and do their best to handle affairs for the people. We must correctly understand the relationship between "conspicuous performance" and "latent performance." One must not become passive, lax, or "lie flat" ^[12] because achievements might not appear during one's own term, nor should one engage in short-term behaviors like "draining the pond to catch the fish." Instead, one should always maintain a strong sense of historical responsibility and mission, be brave in taking responsibility, and be proactive, using long-term thinking to do more things that build the foundation, benefit the long term, and improve people's livelihoods. In Youyu, Shanxi, over the past 70 years, successive county Party committees have persisted in leading cadres and the masses in planting trees, turning a "wasteland" into an "oasis beyond the Great Wall." At Saihanba in Hebei, three generations of forest farm builders have carried out a relay of afforestation for over 60 years, creating a million-acre forest sea on desert land, jointly building an ecological monument that benefits future generations. From the cadres in these places, we see the ideological realm and sense of responsibility of Communists: "success does not have to lie with me, but I must contribute to its success."

To achieve pragmatism and responsibility, one needs to carry forward the "nail spirit" ^[13], doing one thing after another, working year after year, and turning the established action program into real scenes through down-to-earth efforts. In reality, some Party members and cadres act like "a new official ignores the old debts" ^[14], being keen on creating something new and different or starting a separate kitchen; some are eager to pivot as soon as work shows a little progress, leaving "half-finished projects" that no one looks after; some engage in "rain that only wets the surface" ^[15], "packaging-style" implementation, or "label-style" implementation. The root of these incorrect views of performance lies in a weak sense of Party spirit, the interference of selfish motives, and a lack of the spirit of pragmatism and responsibility. Party members and cadres with strong Party spirit know well that responsibility and pragmatism mean facing contradictions and solving problems directly, rather than covering up contradictions or bypassing problems; it means working genuinely and quietly, rather than engaging in "flashy but useless moves" ^[16] or failing to do real work. Only with solid cultivation of Party spirit can one use the power of responsibility and pragmatic measures to practice one's original aspiration, fulfill one's mission, and transform the concept of creating benefits for the people into substantial performance.

Party discipline, as the rigid constraint of Party spirit, fundamentally delineates the boundaries of performance. The manifestation of Party spirit at the disciplinary level centers on upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee and strictly observing political discipline. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that leading cadres at all levels should start from the mission and tasks of the Party, establish and practice a correct view of performance, and see whether their thoughts and actions "have drifted away from the Party's line, principles, and policies, as well as the major decision-making deployments of the Party Central Committee." Resolving to uphold the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership is the highest principle of upholding Party leadership; it is Party spirit and the overall interest, concerning the future and destiny of the Party, the nation, and the country. It must not be ambiguous or shaken at any time or under any circumstances. Only by resolutely upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee and effectively implementing its decisions can we ensure that the direction of our performance does not deviate.

Upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee is not abstract, but concrete. As Party members and cadres, regardless of where or in what position they work, they must strengthen their Party spirit position and political awareness. They must maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee at all times and under all circumstances, and must never diverge or deviate in their political direction. They must carry out work using the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee as the fundamental basis, resolutely responding to what the Central Committee advocates, resolutely acting on what the Central Committee decides, and resolutely refraining from what the Central Committee prohibits. They should form harmony within the ensemble of unified command and must not play out of tune or let the message become distorted. The practice of poverty alleviation in the New Era fully illustrates this point: millions of Party members and cadres followed organizational deployment, stationed themselves in villages to provide assistance, implemented precise measures, and led the masses in hard work. Nearly 100 million rural poor were all lifted out of poverty, and all 832 impoverished counties had their labels removed; we historically resolved the problem of absolute poverty. It was precisely rigorous organizational discipline that ensured the unity of will and action of the whole Party, gathering a powerful force and creating a great achievement that changed history.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "It is necessary to strengthen the concept of the overall situation, firmly establish the idea of the 'national chess game,' persist in 'calculating the big account' and 'calculating the long-term account,' and do not play 'small calculations' or use 'small tricks'; we must integrate the work of regions and departments into the overall situation of the cause of the Party and the country." To resolutely uphold the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee and effectively implement its decisions, we must strengthen the concept of the overall situation. Party members and cadres should consciously think about issues and handle affairs from the heights of the overall situation and strategy. Planning and promoting the work of their own region or department must be predicated on implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, finding the "ballast stone" ^[17] for creating performance. They should consciously subordinate local interests to overall interests and carry out work creatively, achieving the goal of both adding luster to their own area and contributing to the glory of the whole.

A strict and solid style of work, as the external manifestation of Party spirit, fundamentally rectifies the performance ecosystem. Style of work is the external hallmark of Party spirit, directly shaping the practical form of performance from decision-making to implementation. The masses look at the style of work of Party members and cadres rather than their slogans; through that style, they can see clearly whether the Party spirit is strong and whether the original aspiration is firm. Through the dual constraints of "strictness" and "solidity," we prevent the abuse of power, eliminate empty talk, and ensure that performance is real, perceptible, and beneficial to the people. "Strictness" (yan) emphasizes rigid constraints on one's own behavior, delineating the boundaries of power exercise; "solidity" (shi) emphasizes the pursuit of effectiveness in implementation results and the elimination of formalist performances. The combination of the two ensures that cadres, while creating performance, cannot use power for personal gain or engage in "showy scaffolds," thereby continuously squeezing the survival space for fraudulent performance.

In practice, a weakening of Party spirit leads to an improper style of work, and an improper style directly distorts the form of performance: some Party members and cadres are not attentive, pragmatic, or diligent in implementing the Central Committee's decisions, shouting slogans as loud as thunder while their actions are light as a feather; some require everything to "leave a trace," treating "traces" as performance, leading some grassroots units to spend vast amounts of energy filling out forms and reporting numbers to cope with assessments, leaving no time to attend to people's livelihoods; some successive officials repeatedly churn urban infrastructure projects, causing strong public dissatisfaction. These behaviors deviate from the "nail spirit" emphasized by the Central Committee and the requirement to "draw one blueprint to the end." Since the Eight-Point Regulations have been deeply implemented, the style of the Party and the government has taken on a new look. Cadres have moved from meeting rooms to factories, fields, and alleys, and the administrative resources freed up have been concentrated on economic construction and livelihood improvements. This shows that once a strict and solid style becomes the norm, the form of performance shifts from "visible forms" to "tangible benefits." To rectify the performance ecosystem, we must treat the Eight-Point Regulations as an iron rule and a hard metric, persist over the long term in improving work styles, and encourage the broad ranks of Party members and cadres to bravely shoulder the responsibility of reform and plan innovative measures under the premise of strictly observing discipline and rules, using the transformation of style to promote pragmatic responsibility, so that genuine achievements can be highlighted.

Continually strengthening Party spirit cultivation, establishing and practicing a correct view of performance

General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized: "Only by having strong Party spirit and discarding selfish motives can one ensure that the view of performance does not deviate," and "Everyone must keep in mind that the purpose of creating achievements is to seek benefits for the people, and truly put their mind and energy into doing work for the Party and the people." For Party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct view of performance, it fundamentally comes down to continually strengthening Party spirit cultivation and constantly enhancing their sense of Party spirit through strengthening theoretical arming, undergoing political training, strengthening practical exercise, and consciously accepting institutional constraints, ensuring that the creation of performance always proceeds in the right direction.

Solidifying the theoretical foundation and ensuring firmness of Party spirit through theoretical firmness. Theoretical firmness is the foundation of political maturity and Party spirit firmness. The Party spirit of Chinese Communists is built upon the foundation of scientific and clear theoretical cognition. A strong Party spirit is not innate, nor does it naturally increase with length of Party membership or promotion in position; it must be nurtured through continuous theoretical study, drawing nourishment from the Party's innovative theories to solidify the foundation of faith and replenish "spiritual calcium." We must persist in using Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to coagulate the soul and build the spirit. We must study deeply and understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on Party spirit and the correct view of performance, deeply understanding the value connotation that "creating benefits for the people is the greatest performance," and profoundly grasping the requirements of our times—the New Development Philosophy and high-quality development—for the creation of performance, as well as the practical requirement that performance comes from genuine work. We must deeply study the classic works of Marxism to grasp the internal connection between Party spirit and the view of performance from the theoretical source, comprehensively understanding and grasping the requirements of Party spirit. Through theoretical arming, we can deeply recognize that power is given by the people and must be used for the people, profoundly grasp the practical requirement that "achievements are all achieved through work; only through genuine work can genuine achievements be produced," and consciously handle the relationship between public and private, gain and loss, and hardship and joy from the standpoint of the Party and the people, and guard the spiritual high ground of Communists.

Refining Party spirit through serious internal political life. We must strengthen political discipline and political rules, and use strict tempering to...

The "Two Upholds" must be implemented throughout the entire process of generating political achievements. Intra-Party political life serves as a "great melting pot" for tempering Party spirit. We must strictly implement systems such as "Three Meetings and One Lesson" ^[18], democratic life meetings, and organizational life meetings. We must utilize the weapon of criticism and self-criticism, regularly examining deviations in one's outlook on political achievements against the Party Constitution and regulations. Focus should be placed on investigating and rectifying issues such as the pursuit of quick successes and instant benefits, data falsification, and "image projects" ^[19], while discarding erroneous tendencies like "valuing visible achievements over latent achievements" or "valuing the short term over the long term." Strictly implementing democratic centralism—the Party's fundamental organizational principle—is also a vital institutional guarantee for preventing deviations in the outlook on political achievements. Leading bodies and cadres must conduct thorough investigation and research, listen to the masses' opinions, and carry out expert demonstrations before making decisions to prevent impulsive pursuits of political achievement caused by individual autocracy. Once a decision is made, collective responsibility must be taken to see it through to the end, preventing the short-term behavior of "new officials ignoring the debts of their predecessors" ^[20].

Strengthen practical tempering to demonstrate the purity of Party spirit through responsibility and action. Practice is the "touchstone" of Party spirit and the "testing ground" for establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievements. We must consciously temper Party spirit through major struggles, treating the front lines of reform and development and the vanguard of major struggles as the examination hall for creating political achievements. In major tasks such as promoting comprehensive rural revitalization, ecological protection, and the improvement of people's livelihoods, we must create genuine achievements that are "not blown away by the wind, not damaged by the rain, and free of inflation." Test Party spirit by solving practical problems; adhere to a problem-oriented approach, focusing on the urgent, difficult, and anxious problems of the masses, and use the resolution of practical problems and the enhancement of people's well-being as important criteria for evaluating political achievements. Deeply root the foundation of Party spirit by persisting over the long term; adhere to drawing a single blueprint to the end, working one term after another, daring to do the foundational work, and being willing to engage in unfinished tasks. We must resolutely avoid formalism and bureaucratism, refusing to produce "half-finished projects" or leave behind "sequelae," but rather achieving a lasting career through perseverance.

Improve institutional mechanisms to ensure the implementation of Party spirit requirements through rigid constraints. Compared to the soft guidance of ideological education, institutions are more direct, rigid grasps for ensuring that Party spirit requirements are realized. We must transform Party spirit requirements into institutional norms that are quantifiable, assessable, and accountable, forming a positive incentive mechanism that advocates for practical work, encourages responsibility, and provides inspiration. We must refine a scientific evaluation system for political achievements that emphasizes high-quality development requirements, increases the weight of mass satisfaction, and breaks erroneous orientations such as "GDP-only" or "speed-only" metrics. Differentiated assessments should be implemented to prevent formalism caused by "one-size-fits-all" ^[21] approaches. We must improve the mechanism for allowing and correcting errors, adhering to the "Three Distinctions" ^[22] to protect the enthusiasm of cadres in their undertakings, allowing those who dare to take responsibility to lay down their burdens and move forward unencumbered to create more real results.

Party spirit is the foundation upon which Party members and cadres stand, and it is the decisive factor in a correct outlook on political achievements. The broad masses of Party members and cadres must take the enhancement of Party spirit as their fundamental task, constantly calibrating the coordinates of their outlook on political achievements, upholding their original aspiration to serve the people, adhering to seeking truth from facts, and strengthening their practical responsibility. Currently, the entire Party is deeply conducting study and education on establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievements. We must take this study and education as an important opportunity to temper a strong Party spirit, profoundly grasping the basic principle that Party spirit plays a decisive role in establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievements. We must insist on Party spirit tempering as a lifelong subject, constantly fortifying the foundations of one's standing, career, words, and virtue. We must lead the establishment and practice of a correct outlook on political achievements through strong Party spirit, promote high-quality development by establishing and practicing a correct outlook on political achievements, and strive to create new achievements worthy of history, the era, and the people.