(Source: "Flag" 2026-01-20)
Whether the concept of political performance is correct or not is directly related to the development of the cause of the party and the people. The communiqué of the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection proposed to encourage party members and cadres to establish and practice a correct view of political performance, consciously act in accordance with the rules, and achieve political achievements for the people and achieve political achievements through hard work. The recent Central Economic Work Conference and Central Rural Work Conference also emphasized the establishment and implementation of a correct view of political performance.
What view of political performance should party members and cadres have? General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to this issue. He emphasized: Communists must remember that benefiting the people is the greatest political achievement. The study group excerpted and compiled some relevant important expositions of the General Secretary and studied together.
From December 10 to 11, 2025, the Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Yan
Consider serving the people and benefiting the people as the most important political achievements
★You have to do both visible and hidden skills
Success does not have to be in me. It does not mean that I am passive, negligent, or inactive, but I must firmly establish a correct view of political performance. I must not only do practical things that the people can see, touch, and get benefits, but also pave the way for future generations, lay the foundation, and do good things that benefit the long term.
——Stressed when participating in the deliberation of the Shandong delegation at the First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress (March 8, 2018)
★Important criteria for testing political performance
The Communist Party of China regards serving the people and benefiting the people as the most important political achievements, and regards how many good things it has done for the people as an important criterion for testing political achievements.
——Speech when participating in the review of the Inner Mongolia delegation at the third session of the 13th National People’s Congress (May 22, 2020)
★For whom to create performance, what kind of performance to create, how to create performance
When you are a cadre, you have to work hard and create achievements, otherwise you will not be able to stand. To create performance, we must solve the problems of who to create performance for, what kind of performance to create, and how to create performance, that is, we must solve the problem of the concept of political performance.
——Speech at the opening ceremony of the training class for young and middle-aged cadres at the Central Party w88 casino (National w88 casino of Administration) in the spring semester of 2022 (March 1, 2022)
★Whether the performance is good or not depends on the actual feelings of the people
Wherever there are needs of the people, good things can be done and achievements can be created. Whether the performance is good or not depends on the actual feelings of the masses and is judged by the masses.
——Speech at the opening ceremony of the training class for young and middle-aged cadres at the Central Party w88 casino (National w88 casino of Administration) in the spring semester of 2022 (March 1, 2022)
★The concept of political performance is not only reflected in development, but also in benefiting people's livelihood and ensuring stability
The view of political performance is reflected not only in pursuing development, but also in benefiting people's livelihood and ensuring stability; it is reflected in both obvious achievements that bear immediate results, and potential achievements that lay the foundation, increase stamina, and benefit long-term benefits; it is reflected in resolving practical contradictions and problems left over from history.
——Speech at the Central Economic Work Conference (December 10, 2025)
Achievements are all achieved through hard work
★Don’t do anything to achieve political results regardless of conditions
Each region must, based on its own conditions and possibilities, not only fully implement the new development concept, but also seize its shortcomings and weaknesses to focus on advancement. It cannot be divorced from reality and work hard, let alone do everything regardless of conditions in order to achieve political results. In the end, nothing can be accomplished.
——Speech at the 27th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee (January 28, 2021)
★ Only by hard work can you achieve real results and achieve real results
Achievements are all achieved by hard work. Only by hard work can we achieve real results and achieve real results. Facing the new situation and new tasks, party members and cadres must work hard, be pragmatic, take practical measures, seek practical results, do well, and resolutely put an end to slogan-based, statement-based, and packaged implementation practices.
——Stressed at the opening ceremony of the training class for young and middle-aged cadres at the Central Party w88 casino (National w88 casino of Administration) in the spring semester of 2022 (March 1, 2022)
★Consciously act according to rules
Consciously act according to the rules, and do not engage in quick success, fraud, or blind and reckless pursuit of political achievements, and prevent new officials from ignoring old accounts and image and performance projects.
——Speech at the Central Economic Work Conference (December 10, 2025)
Improving the cadre assessment and evaluation system
★Emphasis on both political performance and political ethics
It is necessary to improve the assessment, evaluation and selection methods of cadres, emphasizing both ability and conduct, both political performance and political ethics, so that cadres with good moral character are praised and reused, and cadres with poor conduct are alerted and punished.
——Speech at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (January 12, 2016)
★Scientific evaluation of cadres’ performance
We must start from the leading cadres, especially the main leading cadres, establish a correct view of political performance, respect objective reality and the needs of the masses, strengthen systematic thinking and scientific planning, do more practical and good deeds for the benefit of the people, and put an end to pretentiousness, pretentiousness, and blind stalling. It is necessary to implement relevant systems for cadre assessment and work inspection, scientifically evaluate cadres' performance, and promote cadres to better fulfill their responsibilities.
——Stressed at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (January 18, 2022)
★Party spirit plays a decisive role
In the final analysis, party spirit plays a decisive role in establishing and practicing a correct view of political performance. Only by having a strong party spirit and abandoning selfish distractions can we ensure that our views on political performance are not deviated.
——Speech at the opening ceremony of the training class for young and middle-aged cadres at the Central Party w88 casino (National w88 casino of Administration) in the spring semester of 2022 (March 1, 2022)
★The capable will be promoted, the superior will be rewarded, the mediocre will be demoted, and the inferior will be eliminated
Improve the cadre assessment and evaluation system, guide cadres to establish and practice a correct view of political performance, promote the ability of cadres to move up and down, enter and exit, and form a good situation in which the capable are promoted, the excellent are rewarded, the mediocre are demoted, and the inferior are eliminated.
——Report at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (October 16, 2022)
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