(Source: China Youth Daily 2025-04-11)

After the National Two Sessions this year, the Party Central Committee launched an in-depth implementation of the spiritual study and education of the Central Committee’s eight regulations. Since the launch of the event, all regions and departments have closely adhered to the theme and focused on practical results, and have solidly promoted learning and education in various forms. They have systematically summarized the remarkable results achieved in implementing the eight provisions of the Central Committee since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, comprehensively sorted out China's profound changes in policy implementation, governance models, and social atmosphere in the new era, further tempered party spirit, improved political awareness, and provided a solid guarantee for comprehensively deepening reforms and promoting Chinese-style modernization.

As a programmatic institutional arrangement for the party’s work style construction, the spirit of the Central Committee’s Eight Provisions has profoundly changed our country’s political ecology and social atmosphere. By strengthening the relationship between cadres and the masses, reshaping working methods, improving institutional guarantees, and improving governance efficiency, we can effectively curb formalism and bureaucracy, promote high-quality development, and become an important engine for promoting Chinese-style modernization.

The Eight-Point Regulation of the Central Committee lists "improving investigation and research" as the first clause, clearly requiring leading cadres at all levels to go deep into the front line, face conflicts head-on, and resolutely abandon "just looking at the flowers" type of investigation and put an end to "paper talk" type deployment. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, every time central leaders go to the grassroots for inspection and research, they have insisted on keeping things simple, simplifying the reception process, and taking practical actions to set a realistic and pragmatic work benchmark for the whole party. Leading cadres at all levels have shifted from "sitting in conference rooms and listening to reports" to "going into the fields to ask about people's livelihoods", which has led to the continuous improvement of party conduct, government conduct and people's conduct, and the "four winds" problem has been significantly curbed.

With the in-depth implementation of the spirit of the Central Committee’s eight regulations, formalistic arrangements such as accompanying leading cadres and canceling greetings and farewells during surveys have been reduced. The masses generally feel that “there is less official airs and more practical things are done.” Practice shows that the improvement of the relationship between the party and the masses and the enhancement of the trust of the masses are not empty slogans, but are actually reflected in the change of work style. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the number of complaints and reports on work style issues accepted by discipline inspection and supervision agencies across the country has continued to decline, fully demonstrating that work style construction has a profound impact on the direction of public sentiment. Face-to-face research and exchanges not only allow cadres to directly understand what the people think and expect, but also enhance mutual understanding and emotional stickiness, enhance the responsiveness of governance and the people's sense of gain.

At the same time, the improvement of survey and research work has also significantly improved the scientific nature and accuracy of policy formulation. Leading cadres at all levels obtain first-hand information by going deep into the grassroots, effectively combining "problem orientation" with the "mass line" to make policies closer to reality and respond to concerns. Taking poverty alleviation as an example, leading cadres at all levels went deep into poverty-stricken areas to investigate the causes of poverty and formulate targeted policies, which effectively improved the effectiveness of poverty alleviation work. In the advancement of the rural revitalization strategy, policies are adapted to local conditions, and infrastructure construction and industrial development are based on solid research, which has effectively improved policy execution and public satisfaction.

In terms of system construction, the eight central regulations are not temporary measures, but a fundamental solution that will be advanced in depth through institutionalization. Relevant implementation details and supporting systems have been continuously improved, forming a long-term mechanism for improving work style. Work style construction not only prompts party members and cadres to pay more attention to their own cultivation and working methods, but also provides strong support for the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the party organization. All localities are actively exploring the establishment of a survey and assessment mechanism, linking annual survey results with job promotions, making survey and research truly a "hard task" to promote high-quality development, thereby transforming work style construction from a temporary solution to a fundamental solution, and injecting stable institutional support and sustained momentum into comprehensive and strict party governance.

This change in style has also profoundly affected the social atmosphere. The research orientation that emphasizes seeking truth from facts encourages cadres to get rid of the inertia of one-sided pursuit of "performance packaging" and devote more energy to solving practical problems. The pragmatic spirit gradually forms a demonstration effect in the whole society, effectively curbing the spread of formalism. Problems discovered during the survey can be promptly fed back and resolved, and social conflicts can be resolved more effectively, which helps maintain social stability and development.

In short, the spirit of the Central Committee’s eight regulations, especially the requirement to “improve investigation and research”, is not only an important breakthrough in the construction of the party’s style, but also an important institutional innovation in promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. At present, we must continue to deepen learning and education, persist in using learning to rectify the style, and use learning to promote work. Under the dual efforts of institutional constraints and practical exploration, we must continue to promote high-quality party building to lead high-quality development, and contribute more solid strength to the comprehensive advancement of building a strong country and national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.

(Gao Lei is an associate professor at the w88 casino of Marxism, w88 casino)

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