On September 29, on the occasion of celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping awarded medals and delivered important speeches to the winners of national medals and national honorary titles. He emphasized that the great era calls for heroes and creates heroes. When heroes emerge in large numbers, the cause of the party and the people will prosper and prosper for a long time. Party committees and governments at all levels should show concern for and care for heroes and models, and encourage the whole society to respect, learn, and strive to be heroes.
Meritorious models, heroic models, and pioneer models are vivid manifestations of the national spirit and the spirit of the times, and they radiate a great force of vigorous progress. The power of role models is endless, and the typical examples and examples rooted in the rich soil of the excellent culture of the Chinese nation not only embody the historical essence of the 5,000-year-old civilization of the Chinese nation, but also demonstrate the vigorous and advancing with the times, and inspire the majestic power of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.
The "Thousand Sails Race" flower bed photographed at Fuxing Gate on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing. Xinhua photo, Beijing, September 25, 2024
The power of example contains the intrinsic characteristics that inspire the construction of a strong country and the majestic power of national rejuvenation
The power of example reveals the power of truth. Truth is the correct reflection of people on objective things. The reason why truth can become a kind of force lies in the fact that people really study, understand, believe, and apply scientific theories, and arouse people's inexhaustible motivation to pursue, reveal, and practice truth. An example is a visible truth, and truth is a personified example. Zhang Side, the "people's servant", is diligent, hard-working, and uses his short life to interpret the ideological connotation of "dying for the interests of the people is heavier than Mount Tai". Lei Feng, the "great communist fighter", practiced the fundamental purpose of the party all his life and shone with the light of truth of "devoting his limited life to unlimited service to the people". Communists are good at transforming the power of example into the power of truth, and a drop of water can see the sun; He is also good at transforming the power of truth into the power of example, and concretizing and authenticating abstract and profound philosophies through individual expressions. To sublimate the power of example, to materialize the power of truth, and thus to merge into a powerful force.
The power of example highlights the strength of personality. The truth needs people to know, and the role model uses people as the carrier, and it is necessary for people to realize the combination of the power of example and the power of truth. Human deeds and efforts are embodied as a kind of personality strength. In this sense, personality is a visible role model, a trustworthy "brand". Why do some people listen to what they say, believe in their promises, and follow them in their work, and have high prestige among the people, gain strong trust, and gain unremitting followers? Why are the party's good cadres Jiao Yulu, Kong Fansen, and Liao Junbo able to show the style of the times in different eras, different environments, and different conditions, win people's admiration, and become models for communists to learn from and pursue? The most essential reason is that they embody the lofty moral demeanor and personality strength of loving the people, being close to the people, benefiting the people, doing their best, and dying. It is this strength of personality that has inspired generations of Communists not to forget their original aspirations, keep their mission firmly in mind, to be modest and prudent, to work hard, to dare to struggle, to be good at struggle, and to work hard and courageously to build a strong country and rejuvenate the nation.
The power of example activates the power of practice. The power of role models is creative and innovative, and these qualities can only be demonstrated in the courage to practice, dare to try, and try first. The people of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone carried forward the spirit of "pioneering cattle" and "fought their way out," became the first people who dared to eat crabs, created many "domestic firsts," and made major contributions to the nation's reform, opening up, and socialist modernization. The power of role models lies in practice, and the vitality of role models lies in innovation. Practice has not only a universal character, but also a direct practical character. "The great achievements of the new era are the result of the party and the people working together, working hard and struggling!" The deepest root of the power of role models lies in practice, and the strongest driving force comes from innovation, and the power of role models will only be stronger, more cohesive, leading, and full of vitality and vigor only in the process of practice and innovation.
The power of example reflects the power of the times. The power of example is that its soul is in truth, its essence is in its personality, and its foundation is in practice. This determines that it is a continuous power, an eternal power, and an infinite power. The power of example can withstand the test of practice, the people, and history, and the longer, more meticulous, and deeper this test is, the more indelible it can shine with the light of the times. Each era will have its own typical examples, will leave the mark of the times, they are the products of the times, the symbol of history, but their ideological brilliance, spiritual realm, touching deeds can cross time and space, across the times. In the new era, we give role models the characteristics of the new era, enrich the connotation of the new era, reflect the actions of the new era, highlight the new era style of the role model, and make the power of the role model continue to be transmitted and carried forward.
People take photos on the south side of the giant flower basket "Bless the Motherland" in Tiananmen Square. Xinhua photo, Beijing, September 25, 2024
Transform the power of example into a powerful driving force for promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation
Look at the power of example. A promising nation cannot be without heroes, and a promising country cannot be without pioneers. Heroes are the most shining spiritual coordinates of the nation. The firm faith, patriotic feelings, realm of the people, unremitting struggle, and selfless dedication of heroes and models have turned into admirable towering peaks and spiritual monuments, forming exemplary power and spiritual strength to see the wise and think together and pursue excellence. Role models vividly display lofty ideals, fine character, and noble personality in their own practical actions. Greatness comes from the ordinary, and the ordinary creates greatness. "Everyone can be Yao Shun". Typical role models are respectable, amiable, credible, and can be learned, only by establishing firm ideals and beliefs, unremitting spirit of struggle, and doing every ordinary thing well in a down-to-earth manner, ordinary people can have an extraordinary life, and ordinary work can create extraordinary achievements.
Unite with the power of example. The people have faith, the country has strength, and the nation has hope. Meritorious models, heroic models, and pioneer models are forged in the course of the Chinese nation's blood and fire, life and death, suffering and happiness, and are the vivid epitome of the practical footprints of the party and the people in the magnificent great course of the past century, and the vivid embodiment of the determination to fulfill the original mission in different historical periods, different environments, and different conditions of struggle. The power of role models can transcend time and space, influence the times, reach the heart, stimulate fighting spirit, and turn into a powerful driving force for forging ahead in the new era. The era we live in is an era of advocating heroes, giving birth to meritorious deeds, creating models, and focusing on role models, and they form a strong "magnetic field" and "resonance source", and their cohesion, charisma, and leadership are significantly enhanced in the whole society, and constantly create a good environment to make it a common practice.
Rely on the power of example to unite and struggle. Unity and struggle is the most conspicuous spiritual symbol of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people. Unity is strength, struggle to create the future; Only a nation that can unite and struggle can have a future, and only a political party that can unite and struggle can be invincible. Meritorious models, heroic models, and pioneer models came into being in unity and struggle, and they will certainly be able to continue to lead, inspire, and promote unity and struggle in the new era and new journey. We must unite all the forces that can be united, mobilize all the positive factors that can be mobilized, seek the greatest common divisor, and draw the greatest concentric circles. The journey is long, but there is only struggle. Struggle is only in progress, and it has always been the main theme and march of our efforts to build the Chinese dream and forge ahead in the new era. Only in the chorus of unity and struggle without going out of tune or falling in tune, injecting harmonious notes and integrating high-pitched volume, can we continue to contribute to the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation!
Use the power of example to create miracles. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have experienced the "three major events" of great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance to the cause of the party and the people, achieved the "three historic victories" of brilliant and milestone significance, created the "two miracles" of rapid economic development and long-term social stability that are rare in the world, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process. However, this process is by no means easy and can be achieved by beating gongs and drums, nor can it be reached in a single horse and a flat river, day and night, and will face many difficulties and obstacles, encounter many stormy waves, and travel a hundred miles and half ninety, and the task is heavy and long. We must continue to draw nutrients from the great spirit of the Chinese nation, inspire strength from meritorious models, heroic models, and pioneer examples, strengthen confidence, work with one heart and one mind, work hard, and forge ahead bravely, unite and strive for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the all-round promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and create a miracle on earth that will impress the world!
(Author: Li Feng, Invited Researcher of Liaoning Provincial Party Building Research Association)