The courage to carry out self-revolution is the most distinctive feature of our Party and also the fundamental guarantee that enables the Party’s cause to continuously march from one victory to another. At this critical juncture—when we are embarking on a new journey toward fully building a modern socialist country and advancing toward the second centenary goal—we must systematically review and summarize the Party’s practical experience and historical achievements in self-revolution, and accelerate the development of a discourse system for self-revolution that embodies Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese flair. This not only constitutes an inevitable requirement for enriching Marxist theory on Party building and deepening our understanding of the laws governing the Communist Party of China’s governance, but also represents a crucial step in consolidating the Party’s long-term ruling status and telling the story of the Communist Party of China effectively to the world.

Uphold the important thought of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the Party’s self-revolution as our guiding principle.

Theory provides the guiding direction. Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, General Secretary Xi Jinping has led the entire Party in advancing comprehensive and strict governance over the Party with unprecedented political commitment and determination. He has creatively proposed a series of original, landmark new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies, thereby forming General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution and providing the fundamental guidance for building a discourse system for the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution.

In 1945, Comrade Mao Zedong, while in Yan'an, proposed the first answer to breaking the historical cycle of chaos, decline, and resurgence: “Let the people supervise the government.” Building on this idea, General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward self-revolution as the Party’s second answer to escaping the historical cycle of chaos, decline, and resurgence. General Secretary Xi Jinping has elevated self-revolution to an unprecedented strategic height. In constructing the Communist Party of China’s discourse system on self-revolution, we must firmly anchor ourselves in this strategic positioning, persistently arm the entire Party with the Party’s innovative theories, profoundly explain the decisive significance of self-revolution in ensuring that the Party always remains the strong leadership core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and, with a high degree of political vigilance, promptly eliminate the viruses that erode the Party’s healthy body and all kinds of hidden dangers that undermine the Party’s governing foundation.

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thought on the Party’s self-revolution constitutes a systematic, scientifically grounded, logically rigorous, and richly nuanced theoretical framework. This theoretical framework encompasses the core concepts of “self-purification, self-improvement, self-renewal, and self-enhancement,” as well as the practical requirements embodied in the “Nine ‘With’ Principles.” At this stage, in building a discourse system for the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution, we must comprehensively, accurately, and deeply interpret its core content, explore its theoretical origins, trace its historical development, clarify its contemporary significance, and thereby establish a discourse system for the Party’s self-revolution that is conceptually clear, logically coherent, and systematically scientific.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Party, the Party Central Committee—with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core—has launched a “combination of measures” aimed at self-revolution, putting an end to longstanding unhealthy tendencies that had long gone unchecked and addressing many chronic, intractable problems that had remained unresolved for years. As a result, the situation of laxity and weakness in Party governance has been fundamentally reversed, and the fight against corruption has achieved an overwhelming victory and been comprehensively consolidated. To build a discourse system for the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution, we must systematically link the historic achievements made in comprehensively enforcing strict Party governance, vividly illustrate the truth and practicality of self-revolution through concrete facts, and enhance the persuasiveness and appeal of the discourse on self-revolution.

Persist in focusing on addressing the unique challenges faced by large political parties.

Problems are the voice of the times. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “As Chinese Communists, we have always engaged in revolution, pursued development, and carried out reform precisely to address China’s real-world problems.” The Communist Party of China has consistently adhered to a problem-oriented approach, taking the identification, analysis, and resolution of problems as both the starting point and the ultimate goal of its self-revolution. The Party’s self-revolution is not an abstract conceptual exercise; rather, it is a proactive revolution rooted in practice and aimed at solving concrete problems. In constructing a discourse system for the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution, we must uphold a strong sense of problem awareness, squarely face real-world contradictions, and respond to the concerns of our times.

The discourse system must not shy away from addressing problems; rather, it must accurately grasp the issues and challenges facing the Party in the new era. As comprehensive and strict governance of the Party deepens, and as the Party’s self-revolution continues to advance, the unique and daunting “six persistent challenges” still lie ahead, while new problems keep emerging. At present, the Party faces long-term tests in governance, reform and opening-up, market economy, and the external environment. The dangers of spiritual laxity, insufficient capacity, detachment from the masses, and negative corruption remain acute and severe. From an ideological perspective, some Party members and cadres suffer from wavering ideals and beliefs and a weakening sense of purpose. From an organizational perspective, certain Party organizations exhibit weakness, disunity, and lack of combat effectiveness. From a style-of-work perspective, formalism and bureaucratic practices have yet to be fundamentally addressed, and hedonism and extravagance persist to some extent. To tackle these problems effectively, we must build a discourse system for the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution, conduct in-depth analyses of the origins and harmful effects of these issues, systematically summarize approaches and experiences for resolving them, and continuously enrich and improve both the content and form of this discourse system, thereby providing solid theoretical support for guiding practical self-revolution efforts.

The construction of a discourse system and its practical implementation should be advanced in a coordinated and integrated manner. By building a discourse system for the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution, we can strengthen research into the synergistic mechanisms between the Party’s self-revolution discourse and major practices such as Chinese-style modernization, common prosperity, and rural revitalization, thereby achieving coordinated advancement of self-revolution and social revolution. We should also delve deeply into practical cases of the Party’s self-revolution discourse within grassroots Party building, summarize effective models of grassroots discourse practice, distill replicable and scalable experiences, and promote the grounding and rooting of the Party’s self-revolution discourse at the grassroots level. Through the concerted efforts of the entire Party—unifying our hearts and minds, adopting comprehensive strategies, working in synergy, persevering relentlessly, and striving persistently—we can turn small victories into great ones and, at the level of the discourse system, fully demonstrate the advantages of a large party.

Persist in taking the integration of multidisciplinary resources as the key driver.

The Party’s self-revolution involves multiple dimensions—including the economic, political, cultural, social, and psychological spheres—and is a complex, systematic undertaking. To build a discourse system for the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution, we must break down disciplinary barriers, integrate resources from various fields such as political science, history, sociology, communication studies, linguistics, and psychology, and foster interdisciplinary integration and innovation, thereby generating synergistic theoretical forces through cross-disciplinary research.

Scientifically apply the theories and methods of political science. Conduct an in-depth analysis of the Party’s self-revolution and its significant role in optimizing the political ecosystem, standardizing the exercise of power, enhancing governance effectiveness, and developing whole-process people’s democracy. Drawing on theoretical resources such as checks and balances on power, political development, political culture, and comparative studies of political parties, we can strengthen the scholarly depth of the Party’s discourse on self-revolution.

Fully tap into and integrate historical resources. Systematically review the Party’s history of self-revolution, deeply summarize its experiences and underlying patterns, draw lessons from the history of political party building in the international communist movement, and delve deeply into the essence of ideas—such as self-reflection, self-cultivation, and innovation—that are embedded in China’s outstanding traditional culture. By integrating these ideas with Marxist theory, we can highlight the cultural depth and historical continuity of the concept of self-revolution, providing valuable references for constructing the Party’s discourse system on self-revolution. By elucidating both its historical inevitability and its contemporary necessity, we can enhance the historical depth of the Party’s discourse on self-revolution.

Reasonably draw upon findings from disciplines such as sociology, linguistics, communication studies, and psychology. Employing sociological theories and utilizing methods including data analysis, social surveys, and case studies, we will analyze the interactive relationship between the Party’s self-revolution and the social environment, accurately assessing trends in public sentiment and social conditions. Using linguistic methods, we will establish a corpus of discourse on the Party’s self-revolution, conduct word-frequency statistics and semantic analyses of key documents related to the Party’s self-revolution, and thereby reveal the evolving trends and core issues within the Party’s self-revolution discourse. Drawing on communication theories, we will examine the interactive relationships among communicators, communication channels, and audiences, and explore innovative approaches to discourse dissemination in the context of new media. Leveraging psychological methods, we will gain a deeper understanding of the psychological needs and characteristics of Party members and cadres, adopting appropriate modes of discourse expression to enhance the persuasiveness and appeal of the Party’s self-revolution. By integrating resources from multiple disciplines, we will make the Chinese Communist Party’s discourse system on self-revolution more comprehensive and scientifically grounded—endowed with both theoretical guidance and practical relevance—thus better meeting the demands of the Party’s self-revolution practice in the new era.

Accelerating the development of a discourse system for the Communist Party of China’s self-revolution is both a theoretical proposition for deepening the Marxist theory on Party building and a practical task for advancing the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. We must adhere to the important thought of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the Party’s self-revolution as our fundamental guiding principle, ground ourselves in practice, maintain a clear problem-oriented approach, and broadly integrate resources from multiple disciplines. Ultimately, we should forge a discourse system that combines political relevance, practicality, and academic rigor—providing solid theoretical and discursive support for the Party’s self-revolution and contributing Chinese wisdom and solutions to global political party governance.