保纯洁显本色——浅析如何考量党的纯洁性

纯洁性是党的生命线、过滤器和安全阀，对于中国共产党这样一个长期执政的马克思主义政党来说，保持纯洁性，既是本质要求，也是优良传统，还是急迫课题。要注重从思想建党、抓质量强党、树正风立党、以清廉纯洁党、从严治党，大力保持党员干部思想纯洁、队伍纯洁、作风纯洁和清正廉洁，凸显当代共产党人的政治本色、先锋本色、为民本色、清廉本色、严厉本色。     

“县权公开”面临的困境及解决思路

“县权公开”对于加强党的执政能力，巩固党的执政基础，推动党内民主发展和防治县权腐败具有非常重要的价值。但当前“县权公开”改革仍然面临着困境，如怎么追究违犯规定后的责任、如何处理权威与公开的关系等。造成上述困境的原因是多方面的，既有体制制度方面的原因，也有领导干部个人方面的原因。要真正实现“县权公开”，还需要相关部门在建立健全权力运行制度、改革完善监督制度、规范约束县委书记权力、提高县级领导干部思想认识等方面下工夫。     

中国共产党整党整风教育活动的历史回顾及现实启示

中国共产党开展整党整风教育实践活动的经验及启示：必须；住确把握形势，结合党的事业进行：必须坚持群众路线，接受群众监督扩大民主参与；必须开展及时有效的批评与自我批评；必须坚持领导干部率先垂范，模范带头作用：谘须建立长效机制，为党员队伍建设提供科学保障。     

试论习近平对“党校姓党”的系统思考

习近平总书记从新时代党的建设总体布局、全面从严治党、坚持马克思主义指导地位、维护党校形象的高度阐述了坚持党校姓党的重大意义。习近平不仅系统回答了坚持党校姓党的意义(为什么),还深刻阐明了党校姓党的"姓马""姓共"的内涵(是什么)、回答了坚持党校姓党的途径、方法(怎样做),以党校姓党的根本原则为基础,构建了具有思想观念、价值标准引领性的党校建设话语体系。     

着力建立健全党员队伍纯洁机制

保持党的纯洁性是马克思主义政党的本质要求。建立健全党员队伍纯洁机制,对于新时期保持党的纯洁性,加强和改进党的建设具有重大而深远的意义。     

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION STRUGGLE IN XI JINPING’S CHINA: AN ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL NARRATIVE

The fact that the extensive anti-corruption struggle that has consumed China since 2013 is highly political is widely accepted and understood. But the question is precisely what political strategy it is directed at – that of bolstering the position of the current supreme leader, Xi Jinping. Or for the preservation of the Party itself. There is a huge difference between these. The first simply means in effect the replacement of one corruptible elite by another. The second means a titanic struggle to change the Chinese communist party culture of power, and to make it enduring and sustainable.     

领导干部要提高做好群众工作的能力

密切联系群众,善于开展群众工作,是我们党的优良传统和优势所在。为了实现党的十八大确定的宏伟目标,必须紧紧依靠广大人民群众,努力提高做好新形势下群众工作的能力。     

RISE OF THE DISLOYAL: INCREASING RESENTMENT IN NORTH KOREA

Why has loyalty to the Kim Family Regime and the Worker’s Party diminished over the past twenty years despite a rise in the average standard of living, greater social mobility, and a regime policy of benign neglect towards marketization? Unthinkable in the Kim Il Sung era, the increase in expressions of resentment toward the North Korean authorities represents a shift in the ideology, behavior, and motivation of the population. Four critical factors have heightened tensions between state and society in North Korea, leading to a reduction in loyalty among the general population. The author considers the impact of labor mobilizations, the declining importance of party membership, the influence of foreign media, and the rise of rent seeking and extractive policies. While all play a role, it is important and possible to identify the primary cause. Extractive policies and rent-seeking position the regime and the people in a directly adversarial relationship. All tiers and agencies of the government have become complicit in efforts to siphon off profits, control market actors through crony capitalism, rent seek, over-regulate, and compete against private market actors, causing the residents to express frustration and resentment towards a government that does not have their interests at heart.     

CCP ELITE PERCEPTION OF THE US SINCE THE EARLY 1990S: WANG HUNING AND ZHENG BIJIAN AS TEST CASES

This article juxtaposes two of the most influential yet under-studied America watchers within the top echelon of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Wang Huning and Zheng Bijian. To be sure, the two have indelibly shaped CCP attitudes, yet surprisingly enough, although Zheng has been written about extensively in the English language, Wang has hitherto largely remained outside academics’ purview. This article also aims, in passing, to explore linkages between Wang and Zheng ideas and those of other well- known America watchers like Liu Mingfu and Yan Xuetong. The comparison offers clues as to the extent to which the current advisory shaping CCP thinking on the US differs from the previous generation, and as to whether CCP thinking is un-American or anti-American in essence. The conclusions ties the study together by arguing, based on Wang and Zheng's views, that New Confucianism may shape Chinese society in the future     

习近平基层党建思想的理论特征

习近平的基层党建思想,丰富了马克思主义建党学说,为新形势下做好党的基层工作提供了新的理论指导。其具有以下明显的理论特征:以满足人民需要为目的,促进全面发展的执政理念;以改革创新为动力,不断开创基层党建工作新局面的时代精神;以先进力量为表率,身体力行躬身示范的责任担当;以党章为根本标准,从严要求党员的坚定信心;以实事求是为思想指导,坚持求真务实的思维方法。