Important
October 30, 1941
Mao Zedong delivered a report on "Problems of Ideology and Methods" at a meeting of senior cadres of the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The report points out: Theories, concepts, concepts, principles, and principles are all derived from practice, and this is called materialism, which is the minimum of Marxism. After investigating, analyzing and studying the objective situation, the conclusions and principles drawn are not necessarily the truth, but must be taken to practice, "practice is the standard of truth." Proceeding only from books, starting from subjective fantasies, not proceeding from reality, and disregarding reality, this is dogmatism and subjectivism. It is impossible to do a thing without certain conditions, and everything must proceed from the objective actual situation. Contradiction and unity, analysis and synthesis, this is called methodology, also called dialectics. Theory still needs to be studied, and it is necessary to unify theory with practice, not to be a Marxist in writing, but to use Marxist standpoints and methods to analyze new events and solve new problems.
October 30, 1944
Mao Zedong delivered a speech at the Cultural and Educational Congress of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, expounding the united front policy in the new democratic cultural movement. The speech pointed out: An army without culture is a stupid army, and a stupid army cannot defeat the enemy. We must tell the masses to rise up and fight against our illiteracy, superstition and unhygienic habits. In order to carry out this struggle, it is indispensable to have a broad united front. There are two principles of the united front: the first is unity, and the second is criticism, education and transformation. In educational, artistic, and medical work, we must implement the principle of the united front. Our task is to unite all available old intellectuals, old entertainers, old doctors, and to help, reform and transform them. In order to transform, we must first unite. Our culture is the culture of the people, and cultural workers must have a high degree of enthusiasm for serving the people, and must be in touch with the masses, not detached from the masses. To link up with the masses, it is necessary to act in accordance with the needs and voluntariness of the masses. All work for the masses must proceed from the needs of the masses, not from any good personal desire. Any work that requires the participation of the masses, without the consciousness and voluntariness of the masses, will be reduced to a mere formality and will fail. The speech was titled "The United Front in Culture" and was included in the third volume of the Selected Works of Mao Zedong.
October 30, 2014
The all-army political work conference was held in Gutian. On the 31st, Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He pointed out that in the course of long-term practice, our army's political work has formed a whole set of fine traditions, which mainly include: Upholding the fundamental principle and system of the party commanding guns, adhering to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, adhering to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, adhering to the fundamental work style of the mass line, persisting in arming officers and men with scientific theories, persisting in playing a role in guaranteeing service around the central tasks of the party and the army, persisting in selecting and appointing cadres in a fair and upright manner, persisting in the unity of officers and men, carrying forward democracy, persisting in practicing conscientious strict discipline, and persisting in arduous struggle The revolutionary spirit of sacrificing and dedicating oneself, insisting that party members and cadres take the lead and set an example by example, and so on. These fine traditions are the fundamental principles and contents of our military's political work. We must profoundly understand the important position and important role of our army's political work and pass on the fine traditions forged by our ancestors with their blood and lives from generation to generation.
He stressed: At present, profound and complex changes have taken place in the situation at home and abroad, and in the face of the examination of deepening the reform of national defense and the armed forces, our military's political work can only be strengthened, not weakened, can only advance, cannot stagnate, and can only be active and cannot be passively coped with. At present, the most urgent thing is to set up four fundamental things: We must firmly establish our ideals and convictions in the whole army, meet the requirements of the goal of strengthening the army, regard strengthening the ideals and convictions of officers and men as a strategic project for consolidating the foundation and cultivating the yuan, condensing the soul and concentrating the spirit, grasp the characteristics and laws of casting the soul and cultivating people in the new situation, and strive to cultivate a new generation of revolutionary soldiers with soul, ability, blood, and morality. To firmly establish the principle of party spirit in the whole army, upholding the principle of party spirit is the fundamental requirement of political work, we must adhere to the party's principle first, the party's cause first, and the people's interests first, and implement loving the party, worrying about the party, rejuvenating the party, and protecting the party in all aspects of our work. It is necessary to firmly establish the standard of combat effectiveness in the whole army, regard the standard of combat effectiveness as the only fundamental criterion for army building, focus on being able to fight and win wars, improve and perfect the assessment and evaluation system for party committee work and leading cadres, explore the mechanism of role of political work services in ensuring the building of combat strength, form a public opinion orientation, work orientation, employment orientation, and policy orientation that is conducive to enhancing combat effectiveness, and run political work through all links of combat strength building. It is necessary to firmly establish the prestige of political work in the whole army, start with exemplary leadership and leadership, and guide cadres at all levels, especially political cadres, to unify the force of truth with the strength of personality, persist in seeking truth and being pragmatic, and persist in being just and upright.
He pointed out that to strengthen and improve our army's political work under the new situation, we must at present focus on the following five aspects: We must focus on the work of forging the soul of the army, focus on the management of cadres at the middle and middle levels, focus on the building of work style and the anti-corruption struggle, focus on cultivating the fighting spirit, and focus on the innovation and development of political work.
Party history looks back
In 1979
On October 30, Deng Xiaoping delivered a congratulatory speech at the Fourth Congress of Chinese Literary and Artistic Workers, pointing out that it is necessary to build a high degree of socialist spiritual civilization while building a high degree of material civilization.
In 1989
On October 30, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the China Youth Development Foundation announced that through social fund-raising, a fund for out-of-school teenagers in poor areas will be established to fund children who are both excellent in character and learning but who have dropped out of school due to family difficulties, and implement the Hope Project.
In 2014
From October 30 to November 2, the All-Army Political Work Conference was held in Gutian, Fujian Province. On October 31, Xi Jinping elaborated in his speech on the major issues of the party's ideological and political military construction under the new historical conditions. On December 30, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China forwarded the Decision on Several Issues Concerning the Political Work of the Armed Forces under the New Situation.
Historical moments
The picture shows Zhu De's handwritten book "Diligence and Thrift" (October 30, 1960).
Source: Longjiang Pioneer