Xi Jinping's words of the day: Make greater efforts to strengthen the team and make the cadres competent
Xi Jinping: Discipline inspection and supervision agencies should set an example in strengthening self-supervision and self-discipline, firmly establish awareness of the rule of law, procedural awareness, and awareness of evidence, carry out their work strictly in accordance with authority, rules, and procedures, and make greater efforts to build a strong team and make cadres capable.
This passage comes from the important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on January 13, 2020.
The discipline inspection and supervision organs are the "discipline forces" of the Party, and discipline forces must abide by discipline. Compared with other organs, the discipline standards of the discipline inspection and supervision organs are higher and the requirements are stricter. They emphasize political loyalty, responsibility and integrity. This is due to the responsibilities of the discipline inspection and supervision organs themselves, and also to our trust and expectations for the discipline inspection and supervision organs in the new era.
Those who enforce discipline must first abide by it, and those who discipline others must first discipline themselves. Discipline inspection and supervision agencies have great powers and responsibilities in enforcing discipline, law enforcement, and administrative supervision, and they also face a high risk of abuse of power. Discipline inspection and supervision agencies are not natural "safes", and discipline inspection and supervision cadres are not naturally immune to corruption. If they cannot resist temptation, cannot keep the "bottom line", and cannot stand loneliness, "darkness under the lamp" such as using cases for personal gain, collusion and shielding, and leaking information will occur, which will not only ruin their own future, but also make the sword of punishing evil and promoting good covered in dust. According to the report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, in 2023, the national discipline inspection and supervision system received more than 46,500 clues or reports involving discipline inspection and supervision cadres, handled more than 43,700 clues involving discipline inspection and supervision cadres, and filed cases against 8,977 discipline inspection and supervision cadres.
Leading the social revolution with the self-revolution of the Party, the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is always on the road. To undertake this mission and task, the discipline inspection and supervision organs must make greater efforts to build a strong team and make the cadres strong. First of all, we must do a good job in selecting and employing people. The selection of discipline inspection and supervision cadres must adhere to the principle of morality first and both moral integrity and ability, pay attention to political investigation, select cadres with firm ideals and beliefs, excellent work style and quality, loyalty, cleanness and responsibility, and eliminate cadres who want to be officials and make money, and strictly prevent "taking up posts with injuries" and "promoting with illness". At the same time, discipline inspection and supervision cadres must always bear in mind the political responsibilities and missions they shoulder, implement the Party's innovative theories in the entire process and all aspects of discipline inspection and supervision work, and strengthen theoretical armament. In addition, discipline inspection and supervision organs must set an example of self-revolution, put power in the cage of the system, let the discipline inspection and supervision power operate on the established track according to the established authority, rules, and procedures, and strengthen the constraints of the system and procedures.
The authority of the discipline inspection and supervision organs is not innate, but accumulated in each specific process of supervision and discipline enforcement. Faced with a more complex and diverse new situation, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels must not only dare to turn the knife inward, but also the majority of discipline inspection and supervision cadres must internalize the awareness of the rule of law, procedural awareness, and evidence awareness, and externalize them in specific supervision and discipline enforcement actions. Through repeated in-depth investigations and practical training to make iron-clad cases, we can build a strong team and make cadres strong, providing a strong disciplinary guarantee for socialist modernization.
Special expert of this issue: Zhou Xingjun, China Anti-Corruption Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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