Promoting the Spirit of Perseverance
Xi Jinping first highlighted the importance of perseverance at the second meeting of the Second Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee on February 28, 2013. He compared this quality to what is required to drive nails. More often than not, you cannot drive a nail into its right place in one go. Effective nailing requires repeated precision hammering. And to put your project in place, you have to repeat the same process of precision hammering many times. Failing that, you will end up with a shoddy project that is likely to fail apart any time. Since that meeting, Xi has on many occasions emphasized the virtue of perseverance.
Perseverance requires a combination of a pragmatic and down-to-earth approach to tackling challenges and a keen understanding of any underlying problems and the larger context. It is a mindset that is key to overcoming heavy odds and winning an uphill battle.
发扬钉钉子精神
2013年2月28日，在中共十八届二中全会第二次全体会议上，习近平首次对钉钉子精神进行了详细阐述：我们要有钉钉子的精神，钉钉子往往不是一锤子就能钉好的，而是要一锤一锤接着敲，直到把钉子钉实钉牢，钉牢一颗再钉下一颗，不断钉下去，必然大有成效。如果东一榔头西一棒子，结果很可能是一颗钉子都钉不上、钉不牢。此后习近平多次强调钉钉子精神。
钉钉子精神要求真抓实抓，所蕴含的是知行合一、务实重行的精神，攻坚克难、敢于担当的精神。“发扬钉钉子的精神”既是一种工作方法，更是一种工作态度。