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Question Requiring Persistent, Conscientious and Serious Treatment
The nationwide showing of the film "Choice Between Life and Death" has evoked great repercussion. It is the general view of the audiences that the film has a clear-cut theme and a profound conception, it portrays the great spirit of contemporary Communists who founded the Party for public interests and fear no evil, it shows the firm determination of our Party to struggle against corruption, and expresses the just voice of the masses of the people and it gives us a strong shock and profound warning: The construction of a clean and honest Party style of work is a question which has to be dealt with persistently, conscientiously and seriously.
Since the initiation of reform and opening up, particularly in the past 10 years or so, our Party has consistently grasped material construction and cultural progress and attached equal importance to both, it has achieved remarkable results in its effort to push forward the program of reform and opening up, and in its determination to punish corruption, engage in the construction of a clean and honest Party style of work and wage the struggle against corruption. Practice has proved that our Party is a clean and honest Party, the mainstream of our cadre ranks is good, and it is firm in struggling against corruption. We must not negate the Party's leadership simply because the problem of corruption exists in some leading cadres within the Party, nor should we slacken struggle in this respect simply because the mainstream of cadre ranks is good. Failing to wage resolute struggle against corruption will entail subjugation of the Party and State.
Corruption is a historical, as well as a social, phenomenon, existing in the past and at present, at home and abroad. Combating corruption and promoting honesty is a long-term struggle, we must be prepared for long-term battle. Building socialism with Chinese characteristics is a great cause that can be accomplished only after efforts are made by several generations, a dozen or so generations and even dozens of generations, in the entire historical process of bringing this cause to success, there will exist the struggle between corruption and anti-corruption. Our Party is a ruling party, the test of a ruling party will be long-lasting. Along with the deepening of reform and the expansion of opening, the sector of socio-economy, the form of organization, material interest and the method of employment will be increasingly diversified, such tests will not decrease, but instead will become increasingly severe. Our struggle with Western hostile forces between infiltration and anti-infiltration and between subversion and anti-subversion will be protracted, the struggle against the corrosion of decadent ideology, culture and moribund style of life will be long-lasting, so will be the struggle to eradicate the remnant feudal ideology long existing in Chinese society, all these factors determine the protracted nature of our struggle against corruption, we must unremittingly sound the alarm bell.
Implementation of our long-term tasks requires that at each stage of our struggle against corruption and for honesty and in each specific matter, we must tackle things conscientiously and meticulously. We should both establish the idea of engaging in protracted operations and successfully launching campaigns at each stage. We should dare to tackle serious, difficult and solid tasks. Doing things perfunctorily not only makes it difficult to achieve success, but will instead cause endless troubles. Many regimes, both past and present, Chinese and foreign, have waged struggle against corruption, but due to their class root cause, and profound and complicated social and historical root causes, their anti-corruption struggle cannot be carried out thoroughly and conscientiously; or only a tiny handful of people are conscientious, whereas the whole class and the whole ruling group are not conscientious. The Communist Party, on the other hand, is a political party serving the people wholeheartedly. The word "conscientiousness" is most important in the world, and the Communist Party places particular stress on this word. So long as we tackle anything seriously, we will accomplish something.
The key to conscientiously carrying out long-term strategic tasks lies in taking a serious attitude toward these tasks and persisting in managing the Party with severity. The Party is an example of the whole society, and the Party's leading cadres at all levels are examples of the whole Party. The principle of running the Party strictly should be carried out in Party building in the aspects of ideology, politics, organization, style of work, discipline, and system, we must resolutely change the phenomenon of lax of discipline, weakness and slackness existing within the Party. The systems already established must be carried out strictly and, in accordance with the development of practice, constantly perfect various systems, so as to form a set of systems and mechanisms for running the Party with severity, strict demand must be set on leading cadres and strict management and supervision must be exercised over them, efforts must be stepped up to investigate and prosecute big and major cases, corrupt elements must be given severe punishment. Strict enforcement of law must be combined with strengthened ideological education, the two defense lines of ideological and moral construction and the restraint of Party discipline and State laws must be established and perfected, efforts should be made to reduce the violations of inner Party discipline and laws and the phenomena of corruption to the minimum.
Comrades of the whole Party, particularly leading Party cadres at all levels should often think over these questions: What's the aim of our living in the world, what should we do at our leading posts? They should always ask themselves of these questions: Do they properly perform their duties as public servants of the people and are they worthy of the glorious name of a Communist Party member? They should be self-dignified, self-warning and be engaged in self-examination and self-excitation; they should stress theoretical study political awareness and honesty and uprightness; they should establish a correct outlook on the world, life and value; they should be able to withstand the tests of power, money and beauty; they should set strict demands on themselves, on their relatives and people on their side; they should be prepared for danger in times of peace; they should refrain from luxury and uphold frugality; they should work conscientiously and diligently, scrupulously abide by their duties and be upright people, work in a down-to-earth manner and serve the people wholeheartedly. So long as the whole Party takes a clear-cut stand and a resolute attitude, observe strict discipline, and be serious and conscientious, we can constantly win victories in our anti-corruption struggle.
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