Raising Political Awareness Among the Party
Taking a clear political stand is the fundamental requirement the CPC must meet as a Marxist party. Raising political awareness is key to Party building, and will shape the direction and determine the effectiveness of these efforts. It was included in the overall plan for Party building in the report to the 19th CPC National Congress, as a primary task of overriding importance. It places the following requirements on the whole Party:
• obeying the Central Committee and resolutely upholding its authority and centralized, unified leadership;
• implementing the Party’s political directives;
• observing Party discipline and rules, especially as it relates to political issues;
• aligning themselves with the Central Committee in terms of political stance, direction, principle, and path;
• holding the Party Constitution in great reverence;
• enforcing a code of conduct for intra-party political life, and ensuring that intra-party activities respond to political challenges, reflect today’s realities, and are principled and effective;
• guarding against the rules of business dealings eroding intra-party conduct, and fostering a healthy political atmosphere of integrity within the Party;
• improving and implementing the system of democratic centralism to ensure a right balance between democracy and centralism; and
• developing within the Party a positive and healthy political culture.
In addition, all Party members, especially high-ranking officials, are required to strengthen their Party consciousness, political awareness and political ability, and regard it as their fundamental political responsibility to be loyal to the Party, share the Party’s concerns, fulfill their obligations to the Party, and work for the people’s wellbeing.
党的政治建设
旗帜鲜明讲政治是中国共产党作为马克思主义政党的根本要求。党的政治建设是党的根本性建设，决定党的建设方向和效果。中共十九大把党的政治建设纳入党的建设总体布局并摆在首位，明确了政治建设在新时代党的建设中的战略定位，抓住了全面从严治党的根本性问题。
加强党的政治建设，首要任务是保证全党服从中央，坚决维护党中央权威和集中统一领导。要求全党坚定执行党的政治路线，严格遵守党的政治纪律和政治规矩，在政治立场、政治方向、政治原则、政治道路上同党中央保持高度一致。加强党的政治建设，必须严肃党内政治生活。尊崇党章，严格执行新形势下党内政治生活若干准则，增强党内政治生活的政治性、时代性、原则性、战斗性，自觉抵制商品交换原则对党内生活的侵蚀，营造风清气正的良好政治生态。完善和落实民主集中制的各项制度，坚持民主基础上的集中和集中指导下的民主相结合，既充分发扬民主，又善于集中统一。注重加强党内政治文化建设。加强党的政治建设，要求全党同志特别是高级干部要加强党性锻炼，不断提高政治觉悟和政治能力，把对党忠诚、为党分忧、为党尽职、为民造福作为根本政治担当。