[One Hundred Years of Party History•Tiantian Studies] Today in Party History | August 31

Important discussion

★ August 31, 1946

Zhou Enlai called the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Ye Jianying and Li Kenong. The telegram pointed out: The United States and Chiang Kai-shek have reached consensus on three issues, that is, they do not recognize the national civil war, do not recognize the failure of mediation, and do not want to withdraw troops (that is, the U.S. military). The struggle is now approaching the final scene, and the center is on the United States. As long as Marshall and Stuart have nothing to say in terms of military and politics, all responsibilities are self-evident, and the US scam can no longer continue. The next day, Mao Zedong replied Zhou Enlai in the name of the Central Committee and told Ye Jianying that he agreed with your estimate and thoroughly exposed the US-Jiang’s conspiracy policy and hoped to resolutely implement it. At present, only this policy can cooperate with the victory of the war of self-defense in the liberated areas and completely defeat the reactionaries. Offense.

★ August 31, 1971

Zhou Enlai drafted the outline of the “Government Work Report” of the Fourth National People’s Congress. The vision of the Five" plan puts forward: It requires a reasonable layout that adapts to combat readiness, a solid agricultural foundation, a relatively powerful industry, a relatively developed transportation network, a commercial network for urban and rural transportation, internal and external exchanges, and a relatively advanced science. Technology and scientific theory.

★ August 31, 2001

Jiang Zemin emphasized in his speech at the National Defense University military senior cadre theory seminar that we must treat Marxism scientifically and promote theoretical innovation. He pointed out: Paying attention to theoretical innovation is an important guarantee for the advancement of the party's cause. Compared with the past, many profound changes have taken place in today's world and our age. Whether we look at it internationally or domestically, we are faced with many new situations and new problems, which must be answered theoretically and practically and resolved, otherwise we will not be able to move forward better. We must keep pace with the times and continue to enrich and develop Marxism. If we stick to the old ways and stagnate, we will fall behind,Our party is in danger of losing its advanced nature and leadership qualifications. The July 1 speech ran through two basic requirements. First, we must adhere to the Marxist stand, viewpoints, and methods, and adhere to the basic principles of Marxism. On this point, we must be firm and not vague. Second, we must implement the ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts, and adhere to the revolutionary spirit of courage to pursue and explore truth. On this point, we must also be unwavering and not vague. In my opinion, these two "unswerving" and two "unambiguous" are always touchstones for testing whether we are true Marxists.

He elaborated on the ideological line of adhering to emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts and pointed out: To emancipate the mind and seek truth from facts, we must first solve the problem of correct treatment of Marxism. We must adhere to the basic principles of Marxism at all times. However, in adhering to Marxism, we must not adopt a dogmatic and book-oriented attitude. Instead, we should adopt a scientific attitude of seeking truth from facts and advancing with the times, insisting on proceeding from the reality of development and change, and treating Marxism as a continuous follow-up of practice. The development of science. There is no end to practice and no end to emancipating the mind. We want to break through our predecessors, and future generations must also break through us. This is the basic law of social progress. Treating Marxism with a developmental perspective, developing while persisting, and persisting while developing, is to act in accordance with the law, and it is also the only correct attitude towards Marxism.

He elaborated on the method of studying Marxism centered on practical problems and pointed out: Establishing a method of studying Marxism centered on practical problems is a scientific methodology that our party has consistently advocated. To see whether we truly adhere to Marxism, the key is to see whether we can use it to solve the practical problems facing China and promote the development of the party's cause. Upholding Marxism must be implemented in the process of solving practical problems and tested by the effects of practice. Some major theoretical and practical questions answered in the July 1 speech were urgently demanded by the development of practice. Failure to answer these questions will affect the process of reform, opening up, and modernization, as well as the development of party building. The main part of this speech is titled "Scientific Treatment of Marxism" and is included in the third volume of "Selected Works of Jiang Zemin".

★ August 31, 2020

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting,Review the "Outline of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Plan" and the "Comprehensive Report on the Fifth Round Inspection of the 19th Central Committee." Xi Jinping presided over the meeting. The meeting pointed out that the Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation, and the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin should be regarded as the grand plan for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, implement the new development concept, follow the laws of nature and objective laws, and coordinate the promotion of landscapes, forests, fields, lakes and grasses. Comprehensive sand control, systematic control, and source control, improve the ecological environment of the Yellow River Basin, optimize the allocation of water resources, promote high-quality development of the whole basin, improve people's lives, protect and carry forward the culture of the Yellow River, and make the Yellow River a happy river that benefits the people. The meeting emphasized that the central and state agencies are the "first mile" to implement the Party Central Committee’s decision-making and deployment. It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Kung fu, consciously use the party’s innovative theories to arm the mind, guide practice, and promote work, actively adapt to the new era, new situation and new requirements, have a deep understanding of the functions and responsibilities assigned by the party and the state, have the "two overall situations" in mind, and strengthen the sense of mission and political responsibility. To achieve the "two maintenances" with the actual actions of fulfilling duties and conscientiousness. It is necessary to take the lead in enhancing the political consciousness and action consciousness of reform, earnestly implement the various decisions and deployments of comprehensively deepening reform, continuously consolidate and deepen the results of institutional reform, achieve system integration, coordination and efficiency, and solidly promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. We must resolutely implement the main responsibility and supervision responsibility for strict governance of the party, transmit pressure at all levels, stick to the main tone of "strict" for a long time, establish and improve the power supervision and restriction mechanism, and continue to rectify the "four styles", especially formalism and bureaucracy. problem. It is necessary to conscientiously implement the party's organizational line in the new era, strengthen the building of the leadership team, the cadre and talent team, and the grassroots party organization, and build the central and state agencies into political, disciplined, responsible, and efficient model agencies.

Review of Party History

★ 1955

On August 31, the State Council issued the "Order on the Implementation of the Wage System and the Change to the Monetary Wage System for the Staff of State Organs", giving the living conditions of the staff of the State Organs The system undergoes major reforms.

★ 1993

On August 31, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office published the white paper "Taiwan Issues and China's Unification".The white paper systematically discussed the origin and current situation of the Taiwan issue for the first time, expounding the principled stand and basic policy of the Chinese government on the Taiwan issue.

★ 1994

On August 31, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued "Several Opinions on Further Strengthening and Improving School Moral Education."

★ 2014

On August 31, the 10th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress passed the "Decision on the Establishment of Martyrs' Memorial Day", and September 30 was established as Martyrs' Memorial Day.

Historical moments

★ In late August 1945, the Eighth Route Army liberated Shanhaiguan.

Source: Lu Zuxuan

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