Translated by Claude, edited by Sinocism.com

Source: People's Daily | Byline: Shi Taifeng (石泰峰), Member of the Politburo, Member of the Secretariat, and Head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee | August 18, 2026

This morning, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the meeting commemorating the 100th anniversary of Comrade Jiang Zemin's birth, warmly recalling Comrade Jiang Zemin's glorious and militant life and profoundly commemorating his great achievements and lofty character. In the practice of leading the building of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Comrade Jiang Zemin raised Party building to the height of a "new great project," clearly put forward the general goal of Party building, comprehensively set out the two major historic tasks of raising the level of leadership and governance and enhancing the ability to resist corruption, guard against degeneration and withstand risks, profoundly answered the questions of what kind of Party to build and how to build it, and enriched and developed the Marxist theory of Party building. Here, I would like to share some understanding and reflections from the perspective of Party building and organizational work.

今天上午，习近平总书记在纪念江泽民同志诞辰100周年大会上发表重要讲话，深情回顾江泽民同志光辉战斗的一生，深切缅怀他的丰功伟绩和崇高风范。江泽民同志在领导建设中国特色社会主义的实践中，把党的建设提到“新的伟大工程”的高度，明确提出党的建设总目标，完整提出提高领导水平和执政水平、增强拒腐防变和抵御风险的能力两大历史性课题，深刻回答了建设什么样的党、怎样建设党的问题，丰富和发展了马克思主义建党学说。这里，我着重从党的建设和组织工作的角度，谈点学习的认识和体会。

Comrade Jiang Zemin prominently stressed that upholding the Party's leadership is the fundamental guarantee for the victorious advance of our cause, and that we must strengthen and improve the Party's leadership without the slightest relaxation. He profoundly pointed out that the more we reform and open up and develop the economy, the more we must strengthen the Party's leadership and do a good job of Party building; this is something that can never be overlooked or relaxed at any time, or else we will commit a historic error. He stressed the necessity of strengthening the unified leadership of the Center and upholding the Center's authority. He said earnestly that all comrades in the Party must at all times hold the Party in the highest place in their hearts, and at all times consciously uphold and safeguard the Party's leadership in all their work. Addressing the problem, exposed during the serious political turmoil at the end of the 1980s, of the Party's leadership being weakened, he demanded that, in accordance with the principle of taking overall command and coordinating all sides, the Party's leadership be further strengthened and improved, that democratic centralism be upheld and perfected, and that the Party's vitality, unity and solidarity be enhanced, ensuring that the Party always remained the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

江泽民同志突出强调坚持党的领导是我们的事业胜利前进的根本保证，必须毫不放松加强和改善党的领导。他深刻指出，越是改革开放、发展经济，越要加强党的领导、抓好党的建设，这一条任何时候都是绝对不能忽视、不能放松的，否则就会犯历史性的错误；强调必须加强中央的统一领导，维护中央权威。他语重心长地说，全党同志要时时刻刻把党放在心中最高的位置，时时刻刻在各项工作中自觉坚持和维护党的领导。针对上个世纪80年代末严重政治风波中暴露出的党的领导受到削弱的问题，他要求按照总揽全局、协调各方的原则，进一步加强和改善党的领导，坚持和健全民主集中制，增强党的活力和团结统一，确保党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业的坚强领导核心。

Comrade Jiang Zemin insisted on placing the strengthening of the Party's ideological and theoretical building first, and stressed the need to strive to raise the whole Party's level of Marxist theory. He pointed out that raising the Party's ideological and theoretical level is the ideological guarantee for the continuous development of the Party's and the country's cause; for the Party and for the Party's cadres alike, theoretical maturity is the foundation of political maturity. With enormous theoretical courage he advanced theoretical innovation, pooling the wisdom of the whole Party to found the important thought of the "Three Represents," achieving yet another instance of our Party's guiding ideology keeping pace with the times. He issued to the whole Party the call to "study, study, and study again," pushing the Party's theoretical armament to keep deepening. From November 1998 to the end of 2000, our Party carried out in depth an education in Party spirit and Party conduct centered on "stressing study, stressing politics, and stressing healthy tendencies," through which the broad ranks of cadres generally received a profound Marxist education.

江泽民同志坚持把加强党的思想理论建设放在首位，强调要努力提高全党的马克思主义理论水平。他指出，党在思想理论上的提高，是党和国家事业不断发展的思想保证；无论对党还是对党的干部来说，理论上成熟都是政治上成熟的基础。他以巨大理论勇气推进理论创新，集中全党智慧创立了“三个代表”重要思想，实现了我们党指导思想的又一次与时俱进。他向全党发出“学习、学习、再学习”的号召，推动全党理论武装不断走向深入。从1998年11月到2000年底，我们党深入开展以“讲学习、讲政治、讲正气”为主要内容的党性党风教育，广大干部普遍受到一次深刻的马克思主义教育。

Comrade Jiang Zemin attached great importance to building leadership teams and the ranks of cadres, and stressed the need to cultivate and produce large numbers of outstanding leaders adept at running the Party, the state and the military. He pointed out that whether China's socialist cause can be consolidated and carried forward, and whether China can remain forever strong and undiminished in future fierce international competition, hinges on whether our Party can continuously cultivate and produce a large contingent of high-caliber leaders. He demanded that the reform of the cadre and personnel system be advanced by seizing the right moment; he formulated and issued the "Provisional Regulations on the Work of Selecting and Appointing Party and Government Leading Cadres," established a state civil service system, strengthened the building of leadership teams at all levels, and propelled the formation of a vigorous and enterprising leadership. He was deeply concerned with work relating to intellectuals, clearly put forward that "talent resources are the primary resource," and promoted the establishment of a management system and operating mechanism for talent resources, providing a solid talent guarantee for implementing the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and for advancing socialist modernization.

江泽民同志高度重视领导班子和干部队伍建设，强调要培养造就大批善于治党治国治军的优秀领导人才。他指出，中国的社会主义事业能不能巩固和发展下去，中国能不能在未来激烈的国际竞争中始终强盛不衰，关键就要看我们党能不能不断培养造就一大批高素质领导人才。他要求抓住时机推进干部人事制度改革，制定出台《党政领导干部选拔任用工作暂行条例》，建立国家公务员制度，加强各级领导班子建设，推动形成朝气蓬勃、奋发有为的领导层。他非常关心知识分子工作，鲜明提出“人才资源是第一资源”，推动建立人才资源的管理体制和运行机制，为实施科教兴国战略、推进社会主义现代化建设提供了坚实人才保证。

Comrade Jiang Zemin paid great attention to strengthening Party building at the grassroots, stressing the need to continuously strengthen the Party's class foundation and expand its mass base. He pointed out that if the foundation is not solid, the earth will move and the mountains will shake; the Party's grassroots organizations are the foundation of all the Party's work and combat effectiveness, and efforts must be made to build grassroots Party organizations into fighting fortresses that unite and lead the masses in reform and construction. He guided and drove the building of grassroots Party organizations across all fields, formulating and implementing regulations and opinions on grassroots organizational work in government offices, universities, state-owned enterprises, rural areas, social organizations, and the non-public sector; in particular, exploring the strengthening of Party building in new economic organizations and new social organizations, he blazed a new trail for grassroots Party building under conditions of a socialist market economy. He demanded that Party members be recruited strictly according to the standards set out in the Party Constitution, that the education and management of Party members be strengthened, and that unqualified Party members be dealt with in a serious manner, working hard to maintain the advanced nature and purity of the Party's ranks.

江泽民同志十分注重加强基层党建工作，强调要不断增强党的阶级基础和扩大党的群众基础。他指出，基础不牢、地动山摇，党的基层组织是党的全部工作和战斗力的基础，要努力把基层党组织建设成为团结和带领群众进行改革和建设的战斗堡垒。他指导和推动各领域党的基层组织建设，制定实施机关、高校、国企、农村、社团、非公等基层组织工作条例和意见，特别是探索加强新经济组织、新社会组织党的建设，走出了社会主义市场经济条件下基层党建工作的新路子。他要求严格按照党章规定的标准发展党员，加强党员教育管理，严肃处置不合格党员，着力保持党的队伍的先进性和纯洁性。

Comrade Jiang Zemin unswervingly advanced the building of a clean Party and government and the fight against corruption, stressing that to govern the country one must first govern the Party, and that the Party must be governed with strictness. He pointed out that the Party's conduct bears on the Party's image, on the people's support or opposition, and on the Party's very life; that we must uphold building the Party for the public good and governing for the people, walk the Party's mass line well, and realize, safeguard and develop the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee adopted the "Decision on Strengthening and Improving the Party's Conduct," which clearly set out the requirement of the "Eight Upholds and Eight Opposes" and comprehensively advanced the building of the Party's conduct. He pointed out that the fight against corruption is a grave political struggle bearing on the hearts of the Party and the people and on the future and destiny of the Party and the country, and demanded that combating corruption be tackled as a systematic undertaking. Under his leadership, our Party continuously intensified the fight against corruption, seriously investigated and dealt with cases of discipline violations and lawbreaking, and achieved important phased results.

江泽民同志坚定不移推进党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争，强调治国必先治党、治党务必从严。他指出，党的作风，关系党的形象，关系人心向背，关系党的生命；要坚持立党为公、执政为民，走好党的群众路线，实现好、维护好、发展好最广大人民的根本利益。党的十五届六中全会通过《关于加强和改进党的作风建设的决定》，明确提出“八个坚持、八个反对”的要求，全面推进党的作风建设。他指出，反腐败斗争是关系党心民心、关系党和国家前途命运的严重政治斗争，要求把惩治腐败作为一个系统工程来抓。在他的领导下，我们党不断加大反腐败斗争力度，严肃查处违纪违法案件，取得重要阶段性成果。

Looking back on the theory and practice of Comrade Jiang Zemin's leadership in advancing Party building, we recognize ever more deeply that in managing China's affairs the key lies in the Party, and that we must consistently advance the new great project of Party building.

回顾江泽民同志领导推进党的建设的理论和实践，我们更加深刻地认识到，办好中国的事情，关键在党，必须一以贯之推进党的建设新的伟大工程。

Since the Party's 18th National Congress, the Party Center with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has, centering on the major question of the times—what kind of long-term governing Marxist party to build and how to build it—put forward a series of new concepts, new thinking and new strategies for managing and governing the Party and for invigorating and strengthening it, forming Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building. This thought is the latest result of advancing theoretical innovation by upholding the "Two Integrations"; it is the Party-building chapter of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and it provides the fundamental guideline and guide to action for deeply advancing the new great project of Party building in the new era. This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. We must unite ever more closely around the Party Center with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, deeply appreciate the decisive significance of the "Two Establishes," resolutely achieve the "Two Upholds," thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the General Secretary's important "July 1" speech and Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, persevere in advancing full and rigorous governance over the Party, continuously build the Party to be stronger and more powerful, and provide a strong guarantee for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization!

党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央围绕建设什么样的长期执政的马克思主义政党、怎样建设长期执政的马克思主义政党的重大时代课题，提出一系列管党治党、兴党强党的新理念新思想新战略，形成习近平党建思想。这一思想是坚持“两个结合”推进理论创新的最新成果，是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的党建篇，为深入推进新时代党的建设新的伟大工程提供了根本遵循和行动指南。今年是中国共产党成立105周年。我们要更加紧密地团结在以习近平同志为核心的党中央周围，深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，坚决做到“两个维护”，深入学习贯彻总书记“七一”重要讲话精神和习近平党建思想，持之以恒推进全面从严治党，不断把党建设得更加坚强有力，为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供坚强保证！