[Party Building Forum] The study and education of party history should accurately grasp ＂understanding, increasing trust, respecting morality and practicing＂

　　Recently, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized in his speech at the mobilization meeting on the study and education of party history that "all party comrades should learn from history, enhance their trust, respect morality and practice, learn from history, understand ideas, do practical things and start a new game, strive to start a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way with high spirits, and greet the centenary of the founding of the party with excellent results." Pointed out the purpose and significance of carrying out the study and education activities of party history. A comprehensive and accurate understanding of the scientific connotation and core meaning of "understanding history, enhancing trust, respecting history and practicing history" is of great significance for carrying out the party history study and education activities of party member cadres, truly achieving the effect of "understanding, enhancing trust, respecting morality and practicing", and providing a strong spiritual force for struggling to start a new journey of modernization in Socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize the second century goal.

　　Learning history and understanding: Through the study and education of Party history, party member cadres can deeply understand the historical truth that "only the Communist Party of China (CPC) can save China, only Socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China, and only by upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics can we realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation"."If you want to know the road, you must first make history". The century-old party history is not only a history of hard struggle, but also a history of theoretical innovation and self-construction. The centenary of our Party is a centenary in which we are determined to carry out our initial mission, a centenary in which we laid the foundation for our career, and a centenary in which we created brilliance and opened up the future. Over the past century, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has led the people of China to cope with all kinds of difficulties and risk tests, constantly cutting through thorns and realizing the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up, getting rich and becoming strong; In the past hundred years, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has always held high the banner of Marxism, and constantly promoted the China of Marxism according to the reality of China, constantly promoted theoretical innovation and theoretical creation, and constantly opened up a new realm of Marxism, resulting in Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents, Scientific Outlook on Development and the Supreme Leader’s New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought, which provided scientific theoretical guidance for the development of the cause of the party and the people; Over the past century, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has developed from a small party composed of more than 50 people to the largest party in the world composed of more than 91 million party member. Therefore, if party member cadres learn the history of the party well for a century, they can deeply understand why the Communist Party of China (CPC) is "able", why Marxism is "good" and why socialism is "good". We can deeply understand that "there is no new China without the Communist Party of China (CPC)" "It is an irrefutable historical truth that only socialism can save China and only Socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China. Only by accurately grasping this truth can we better understand where we come from and where we are going; Only by summing up historical experience and grasping historical laws can we enhance the courage and strength to forge ahead.

　　Learning history and enhancing trust: through the study and education of party history, the "four self-confidences" of party member cadres will be enhanced.General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that history is the best textbook and the best sobering agent. As an important part of the history of the Chinese nation, the history of the Party is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s precious spiritual wealth. We should seek theoretical nourishment and spiritual support from the study and education of Party history, and strengthen our faith in Marxism, Socialism with Chinese characteristics and communism, and loyalty to the Party and the people. A profound insight into our Party’s persistence, historical sobriety, scientific attitude and broad-minded vision in dealing with major choices, major turning points and major setbacks will certainly help us to clarify the historical context, recognize the historical truth and understand the pulse of the times, and will certainly help us to deeply love the Party’s patriotic feelings from the depths of our souls and further strengthen Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence. Through the study and education activities on the history of the Party in the past century, we should make the cadres in party member deeply realize how our party has made repeated comparisons and summaries in the course of a hundred years, and has firmly and persistently chosen Marxism and the socialist road; How to combine the basic principles of Marxism with China’s reality and the characteristics of the times, go its own way independently, and usher in a great leap from the founding, development to perfection of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which will further strengthen the "four self-confidences".

　　Learning history and respecting morality: party member cadres should be strong through studying and educating the history of the party for a hundred years.Adhere to the concept of "Jiangshan is the people, and the people are Jiangshan" and improve their moral cultivation.Through the study and education of the history of the Party in the past century, the leading cadres in party member should answer the historical question of "Who am I, for whom, and whom to rely on", and be virtuous, strict in public morality and self-respecting. Looking back from the epoch-making of the founding of the Party, to the epoch-making of the founding of New China, to the earth-shaking reform and opening up, and to the brilliant achievements made by the Party and the state since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the fundamental reason is that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has always adhered to the initial intention and mission of seeking happiness for the people of China and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. The century-old party history fully proves that Jiangshan is the people and the people are Jiangshan. Party member must always put people’s interests in the highest position, take people’s yearning for a better life as the goal, and unite the 1.4 billion China people into a majestic force to promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the century-long history of the Party, countless outstanding communist party people, such as Li Dazhao, Qu Qiubai, Fang Zhimin, Xia Minghan, Liu Zhidan, Zuo Quan, Yang Jingyu and Zhao Yiman, died heroically for national independence and people’s liberation, and this spirit of courageously succeeding before others has created the noble character of the Communists. Understanding this spirit from the party history will help to better temper personal private morality, cultivate public morality for the people and build a strong party spirit, and regard loyalty and cleanliness as the highest standard and code of conduct for practicing the initial mission.

　　Learning from history: Learning from the history of the Party should keep pace with the times and practice, stimulate the spirit of struggle in tackling difficulties, enhance the ability of struggle, improve the ability to cope with risks and overcome challenges, and push forward all undertakings.The purpose of party history study and education is to arm the minds of party member cadres with the Party’s innovative theory, enhance the political beliefs, red genes and ruling ability of party member cadres, and deepen the understanding of the inherent requirements and profound connotations of the century-old party history, so as to strengthen the ideals and beliefs, build up the purpose and feelings, shoulder the initial mission, achieve the work requirements of learning party history, understanding ideas, doing practical things and starting a new game, safeguard the fundamental interests of the broad masses of the people, and make a good start for Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s new modernization journey. Therefore, it is important to learn the history of the Party to "learn the history and practice" and constantly turn the learning results of the history of the Party into the driving force for doing practical things, doing practical things and doing things. Understanding is the premise, increasing trust is the guarantee, respecting morality is the driving force, and practicing is the ultimate goal and mission. Therefore, to learn the history of the Party, we must first learn from the depth, the reality, the mechanics and the heart. Learning the history of the Party advocates practicing, values practicing, adheres to the integration of learning history and work, and integrates the achievements, methods and quality of learning into serving the people, performing their duties, taking responsibility and doing things in a down-to-earth manner, so as to make a good start in promoting the new journey of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s modernization. (Author: Ren Wei, Associate Professor, School of Marxism, Xi ‘an University of Technology)