Political Work as the Lifeblood of the People's Armed Forces

Political Work as the Lifeblood of the People's Armed Forces

Political work ensures the CPC's leadership over the armed forces. This principle can be traced back to the revolution of the 1920s. It was developed soon after the founding of the Red Army, and was confirmed at the Gutian Meeting. A resolution known as the Gutian Meeting Resolution, drafted by Mao Zedong and adopted at the Ninth Congress of Party Representatives of the Fourth Army of the Red Army, outlined for the first time a systematic framework guiding political work in the armed forces. 

Over the long years of revolution, economic and social development and reform, political work under the leadership of the CPC has been the lifeblood of the armed forces. It ensures their absolute loyalty to the Party, provides an inexhaustible source of strength to overcome heavy odds and confront daunting challenges, and ensures that the people's armed forces always adhere to their nature and fine conduct. 

It has been proved in history by our practice that political work is what empowers the people's armed forces. It is their most salient characteristic and greatest strength. Whatever changes to the way wars are fought, whatever changes to the domestic and international environment, whatever changes to their organizational structure, political work will always be their lifeblood.     

政治工作永远是人民军队的生命线

人民军队政治工作，实质上是中国共产党领导和掌握军队的工作，萌芽于大革命时期，创立于建军之初，奠基于古田会议。1929年12月，毛泽东起草的红四军第九次党代表大会决议案，即古田会议决议，第一次系统规定了思想建党、政治建军的基本方针原则，奠定了人民军队政治工作的基础。在长期革命、建设、改革历程中，中国共产党领导的革命的政治工作是革命军队的生命线。实行革命的政治工作，保证了人民军队始终是党的绝对领导下的军队，为人民军队战胜强大敌人和艰难险阻提供了不竭力量，使人民军队始终保持了本色和作风。历史和实践证明，政治工作是人民军队的看家本领，是人民军队的最大特色、最大优势。无论战争形态怎么演变、军队建设内外环境怎么变化、军队组织形态怎么调整，政治工作永远是人民军队的生命线。