The Guidelines on Inner-Party Political Life in the New Situation adopted by the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines) established the guiding ideology of "The Party must manage the Party from the inner-party political life, and strictly manage the Party from the inner-party political life", emphasizing that adhering to the correct orientation of selecting and employing people is the organizational guarantee for serious inner-party political life. We must set strict standards, improve systems, improve policies and standardize procedures, so that the elected cadres can be assured, satisfied by the masses and convinced by the cadres, and form a selection and employment orientation in which the capable are superior, the mediocre are inferior and the inferior are eliminated.
It is an important foundation to carry out political life within the party seriously, with excellent cadres and excellent team. With a good cadre team and a good leading group, a healthy inner-party political life will have a solid organizational foundation, and the basic norms of inner-party political life will be strictly implemented; On the contrary, the political life within the party will lose its basic conditions, and various contradictions and problems will grow and spread. Adhering to the correct orientation of selecting and employing people is of great significance for strengthening and standardizing the political life within the party and creating a positive, clean and upright political ecology. How to adhere to the correct orientation of selecting and employing people? The Code puts forward clear requirements from the perspective of strengthening and standardizing the political life within the Party, and we should conscientiously implement them.
Strictly implement the cadre conditions and good cadre standards stipulated by party constitution.
The employment standard is closely linked with the employment orientation, which is the primary problem of cadre work. Our Party’s criteria for selecting and employing people are, in a nutshell, having both ability and political integrity and putting morality first, and specifically, the six basic conditions for leading cadres stipulated by party constitution. From the 12th National Congress of party constitution to the 18th National Congress of party constitution, the specific content of the basic conditions of leading cadres has changed, but the core part has not changed, mainly including the requirements of political literacy, ideological style, the right to perform their duties, professional ability, self-cultivation and self-discipline. This is a scientific summary of our Party’s historical experience in building a contingent of cadres over the past 90 years, a concentrated expression of the Party’s nature and purpose, its theories and policies, and its important propositions in selecting and appointing cadres, and a fundamental basis for selecting and appointing cadres. For a period of time, some local and unit party organizations have not paid enough attention to this and have not understood it deeply. They have played down or even ignored the basic conditions of leading cadres stipulated by party constitution in selecting and employing people, which has affected the quality of selecting and employing people. "grasp the outline and look at yourself, and stick to this and not since." In the practice of selecting and employing people, we must strengthen party constitution’s consciousness and better adhere to the cadre conditions stipulated by party constitution.
At present, to strictly implement the cadre conditions stipulated by party constitution is to adhere to and implement the standards of "firm belief, serving the people, diligent and pragmatic, daring to take responsibility, being honest and clean" and the requirements of "three strictness and three realities", loyalty and clean responsibility, etc. These requirements are highly consistent with the cadre conditions stipulated by party constitution, and conform to the needs of great struggle and great cause, which endows the new era connotation of having both ability and political integrity and taking morality as the first standard. To uphold and implement the standards for cadres, we must strictly control politics, style, ability and integrity, and vigorously select cadres who consciously practice the requirements of "three strictness and three realities" and are loyal and clean. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that firm ideals and beliefs are the first criterion for good cadres, and whether good cadres should first look at this one. The reason why countless revolutionary martyrs can go through fire and water and go to justice generously is their ideals and beliefs. On the other hand, those corrupt elements have lost their ideals and beliefs. The cadres we select must follow the Party wholeheartedly, firmly believe in Marxism, strictly abide by political discipline and rules, and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core in ideological and political actions. Dare to take responsibility is the essential quality of a good cadre. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly stressed that leading cadres are disloyal to the party if they do not take responsibility. At present, economic development has entered a new normal, and deepening reform has entered deep water areas.The task of economic transformation is very heavy and the difficulty of social governance is increasing. Deepening the reform in an all-round way does not mean that a shallow stream can just roll up its trousers, nor can a straight and flat boulevard walk slowly. It requires the spirit of daring to try, the courage to face difficulties, and the courage to give up others, otherwise it will be difficult to move forward. However, there are still some problems in some cadres, such as insufficient responsibility and dare not act. We must strengthen the standards of good cadres who dare to take responsibility, pay special attention to those cadres who are decent, brave and enterprising, use cadres who want to reform, seek reform and be good at reform in time, and take a clear-cut stand in their work for those cadres who dare to take responsibility, be responsible for those cadres who dare to take responsibility, and inspire more cadres to shoulder heavy burdens and work hard.
Stick to the cause first.
In his speech celebrating the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that career should be the top priority in selecting cadres. This requirement has important guiding significance and strong practical pertinence for doing a good job in the selection and appointment of cadres in the new period. Putting career first is a very important aspect of adhering to the correct orientation of selecting and employing people, and it is the fundamental starting point for selecting and employing the right people, which must be well adhered to at all times. In actual work, some localities and units often ignore career development and work needs, not who is excellent and who is suitable, but who is qualified and whose turn it is; Individuals even ignore the development of a place and the interests of ordinary people, engage in seniority, and put cadres who know they are incompetent in important leadership positions, which is irresponsible for the cause of the party. In selecting and appointing cadres, we must always hold the spirit of being highly responsible for the cause of the party and the people, adhere to the principle of the party first, the cause of the party first, and the interests of the people first, organically combine career needs and job requirements with promoting the growth of cadres and mobilizing the enthusiasm of all parties, so as to select people according to their circumstances, select people according to their posts, and adapt them to their posts, so that the cause can flourish under the impetus of outstanding cadres and let cadres promote career development.
Adhering to the cause first, we must use a broader vision, a higher realm, greater boldness of vision, eclectic selection of talents and talents, timely discover outstanding talents, and rationally use them, so that cadres from all walks of life can fully flow in and gather in the cause of the party and the country, giving full play to their strengths and their proper places. We should adhere to the fine tradition of combining the old with the young and correctly handle the relationship between training and selecting young cadres and making good use of cadres of other ages. For young cadres, we should adhere to the necessary steps and progressive training, strengthen practical experience and work style, and pay attention to selecting cadres who have been tempered in a difficult and complicated environment and have proved to be excellent in practice and have great development potential. We must resolutely prevent the age of cadres from diminishing and "across the board". Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central government has clearly demanded that the age structure of cadres be optimized, which has achieved certain results and should be persisted. Selecting and employing people does not mean that every cadre should be young in promotion and appointment, nor should every team be rigidly equipped with young cadres, nor is the age of members of leading bodies at different levels decreasing. For those cadres who are conscientious, practical and energetic, as long as they are still in their working years, they should continue to use them according to the needs of career development, and those who should be promoted should be vigorously promoted. Party and government officials, especially local leaders, play a key role in the leading bodies of a region and a department, playing a political role as a gatekeeper, a leading role in decision-making, a guiding role in employing people, and an exemplary role in image, so as to select these "key minorities"It is the top priority of cadres’ work, and we must adhere to the principle of choosing the best among them and the best among them. We can’t simply generalize different types of cadres, and we can’t put some cadres with poor internal skills and hard experience in local party and government posts to "practice their hands" for purely training purposes. We should attach great importance to optimizing the structure of leading bodies and strive to improve the level of specialization. When selecting cadres and matching teams, we should not only consider compound leading cadres who are familiar with the comprehensive management of the party and government and are good at controlling the overall situation, but also consider expert talents with good comprehensive quality, high knowledge level and professional accomplishment. There must be experts familiar with the core business of the department among the members of the leading bodies of higher-level organs. Only in this way can we improve the overall function and decision-making level of the team and promote the development of the cause better and faster.
Regard fairness and decency as the core concept of cadre work
Fairness and decency are the basic requirements for party committees and leading cadres at all levels in selecting and employing people, and are also the core content of professional ethics and code of conduct in the organization and personnel department. Taking fairness and decency as the core concept of cadre work is determined by the characteristics of cadre work. The work of cadres, especially the work of selecting and employing people, is important and sensitive, involving a wide range and great influence, and the broad masses of cadres and people are highly concerned. The old saying that "governing the world is only based on employing people, and everything else is subordinate to the ears" profoundly reveals the extreme importance of selecting and employing people in governing the country. To do a good job in cadre work, we need many conditions in macro-environment and micro-operation, but the core is fairness and decency. As General Secretary of the Supreme Leader said, employing people is truly fair and decent, and everything else becomes simple. This is the fundamental guarantee for the work of cadres to reassure the party, satisfy the people, convince the cadres, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties, and promote the cause development of the party and the long-term stability of the country.
To select and employ people fairly and honestly, we must adhere to the cadre line of meritocracy and the employment standard of having both ability and political integrity and putting morality first. The virtuous must be public, and the public gives birth to the virtuous. Meritocracy is not only a sign of fairness and decency, but also a guarantee of fairness and decency. Having both ability and political integrity and taking morality as the first criterion must be followed by fair and decent candidates, which is an important embodiment of the core concept of fairness and decency. In the past, in some places and units, there were some phenomena in selecting and employing people, such as cronyism and valuing talents over morality, covering morality with talents and covering morality with achievements, etc. Some people with average ability and political integrity and opportunism were repeatedly promoted and reused, while some cadres with both ability and political integrity, practical officers and no need to run away were left out in the cold, which made the cadres and the masses feel unfair and needed to continue to make great efforts to correct and reverse this phenomenon. We must overcome all selfish distractions, eliminate all interference and resistance, do not waste official business with personal feelings, do not make deals with principles, treat cadres fairly, evaluate cadres fairly, and use cadres fairly. For those cadres who adhere to principles, dare to grasp and manage, have distinct personalities and are not afraid of offending people, those cadres who care about the masses, work hard, don’t pull relationships, and don’t walk the door, those cadres who have been left out for a long time because of unhealthy atmosphere, but have always adhered to the right path, are decent, work hard, and have the ability and ability to make a difference, we must resolutely make good use of them. We must adhere to all corners of the country and strengthen the awareness of rare talents. It is necessary to have the heart of loving talents and cherishing talents, such as "grasping three hairs, spitting and feeding three meals, waiting for scholars, and fearing losing the sages of the world", broaden the horizons of selecting and employing people, look at all fronts and fields, and look at the grassroots and front lines of work.Looking at the places with difficult conditions, difficult work and complicated contradictions, we will do everything possible to find talents and recommend talents with public interests, so that all kinds of outstanding talents from various regions, departments and industries can fully emerge and give full play to their talents. Resolutely prevent and overcome the problem of drawing a line with personal affinity, likes and dislikes, and drawing a line with regional industries, and effectively solve the problems of engaging in small circles and gangs in small hills. We must act in accordance with the rules of the system, so that the rules must be followed, the rules must be strictly enforced, and the violations must be investigated. A bowl of water is flat and a ruler is measured in the end, and there is no discount or "discharge", and the seriousness of the policy system is consciously maintained. We must adhere to the principle of party spirit, dare to speak fairly for outstanding cadres, especially when they are criticized and wronged, at important moments and critical moments, dare to support them, dare to resist illegal acts in selecting and employing people, and do not decide on the choice based on the background, do not "muddle along" or improperly "make peace", so as to ensure that the core concept of fairness and decency is reflected in the whole process and all aspects of cadre work.
Strengthen the leadership and control role of party organizations.
The principle of the Party’s management of cadres is the fundamental principle of cadres’ work, and the leadership and control of party organizations is an important embodiment and inevitable requirement for implementing the principle of the Party’s management of cadres. In the past, some local and unit party committees (party groups) did not perform their responsibilities of selecting and appointing people well, some simply took people by votes and divided them, and some few people or individuals had the final say, which weakened the principle of party management of cadres to a certain extent. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly stressed the need to adhere to the principle of the Party governing cadres and strengthen the leading and checking role of the Party organizations. Giving the party organization greater weight in selecting and employing people is for the party Committee (party group) collectively, and we must fully understand and consciously assume the great responsibility of the party Committee (party group) in collectively managing and employing cadres.
To strengthen the leadership and control of party organizations, we must first control good conditions. For those who are not too politically hard, they are not firm in their position before the big right and wrong; Going its own way in style and violating the rules and regulations against the wind; Enthusiastic about personal attachment and interest transfer; Soliciting gangs, soliciting votes and bribing elections; Do not act as an official and dare not take responsibility; If there are many problems and the clean government fails, it must not be used, and efforts should be made to prevent cadres from "promoting with illness." It is necessary to adhere to the basic conditions for the appointment of cadres, and at the same time, according to the characteristics of different regions, different levels and different departments, according to the requirements of different leadership positions, accurately grasp the special conditions of cadres, and comprehensively consider the professional, experience, personality, temperament and job matching of cadres, so as to enhance the accuracy of selecting and employing people and the scientificity of the leadership of party organizations. Secondly, we should turn off the good procedures. Adhere to the principle of democratic centralism, in accordance with the requirements of "collective leadership, democratic centralism, individual deliberation and meeting decision", improve the system and mechanism for collective discussion and decision on the appointment of cadres, and resolutely prevent individuals or a few people from having the final say. Whether it is to put forward starting opinions, determine the principle of equipment, conduct brewing communication, form a work plan, or carry out democratic recommendation, determine the object of inspection, organize inspection, discuss and decide to take office, and conduct pre-appointment talks, every procedure and every step should fully reflect the leading position of the party organization and the role of collective control. To strengthen the leadership and control of party organizations, we should work hard in peacetime, pay attention to the consistent performance of cadres and the reputation of the masses, and listen to opinions from all sides.Respect the opinions of a few people who know the situation. Every member of the team should be responsible for the party, the cause and the cadres, fully express their opinions and truly express their wishes; Leading comrades should have a democratic style of work, enrich their minds with everyone’s wisdom, adopt correct opinions reasonably, be good at concentrating collective wisdom and make decisions according to collective will.
Consciously guard against and correct unhealthy tendencies and biases in employing people.
The quality of employing people directly affects the behavior of employing people and the political ecology within the party. With a good employment atmosphere, the selection and appointment of cadres can be done in strict accordance with the principle of party spirit and the employment policy without external interference. On the other hand, the whole order of employing people cannot be maintained normally, and it is difficult to choose really good cadres. We must, with the most resolute attitude and decisive measures, continue to vigorously rectify unhealthy practices and various biases in employing people and strive to create a clean and honest employment environment.
Resolutely prohibit the behavior of running officials and officials, buying and selling officials, canvassing and bribing elections. Judging from some major cases visited and investigated in recent years, many of them involve this issue. It is necessary to step up preventive measures in advance, take preventing cadres from being "promoted with illness" as the key point of current cadre work, and resolutely block those cadres who are "sick". It is necessary to profoundly learn the lessons of Hunan Hengyang’s case of sabotaging the election, Sichuan Nanchong’s case of canvassing and bribery, and Liaoning’s case of canvassing and bribery, carry out special treatment in a down-to-earth manner, strengthen the supervision and inspection of selecting and employing people, resolutely let go of violations of organizational personnel discipline, and never tolerate those who run, buy and sell officials and canvassing and bribery, and find them together and investigate them together. It is necessary to implement the documentary system for the selection and appointment of cadres and strengthen the accountability for the selection and appointment of cadres. Whenever there are problems such as "promotion with illness", surprise promotion, and illegal promotion, it is necessary to check the selection and appointment process, check it to the end, and hold people accountable.
Resolutely correct the bias of voting only, scoring only, GDP only, and selecting people only by age. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, all localities and departments have conscientiously implemented the spirit of the speech delivered by the Supreme Leader General Secretary at the National Organizational Work Conference, adjusted the value orientation of employing people, and made great efforts to solve the problem of "four talents", which has achieved remarkable results and been recognized by all parties. However, we should also be soberly aware that we still need to make great efforts to consolidate the existing achievements and abandon the concept of "four talents" and the way of thinking. At present, it is necessary to seize the opportunity of the change of local leading bodies, further improve the democratic recommendation and inspection methods, organically combine listening to opinions with organizational intentions, democracy with centralism, and changing inspection with consistent performance, and continuously improve the quality of selecting and employing people. Focusing on the implementation of the new development concept, we should improve the assessment of cadres’ political achievements, implement differentiated assessment, strengthen comprehensive analysis and judgment, and guide cadres to really put their energy into solid work and strengthen their self-cultivation.
Leading cadres should take the lead in implementing the Party’s policy on cadres, strictly observing the discipline of organizational and personnel work, adhering to principles, resisting unhealthy practices in employing people, forbidding cronyism, intimacy, making vows, leaking information and buying people’s hearts, forbidding individuals to greet and hand over notes for the promotion and appointment of cadres, forbidding reaching out to the Party for positions, reputations and treatment, and forbidding interfering with places where they have worked and lived, and those who have worked.
Chen Xi