Recently, during his inspection tour of Guangxi, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: The second phase of the thematic education is coming to an end. We must see it through to a successful conclusion and establish a long-term mechanism that uses learning to forge our convictions, enhance our wisdom, rectify our conduct, and boost our actions. Promoting the construction of this long-term mechanism is both a key component and a major requirement for carrying out the thematic education effectively. Whether the achievements of the thematic education can be firmly consolidated and further expanded depends critically on the effectiveness of the long-term mechanism we build. Although the second phase of the thematic education has now entered its final stage, reaching the end does not mean bringing the work to a close—or even marking its conclusion. Rather, we must continue to maintain high standards, sustain our momentum, and keep up the intensity of our efforts. We need to persistently consolidate and expand the outcomes of the thematic education, focusing on perfecting mechanisms and establishing sound institutional frameworks to ensure the sustained success of this initiative.

This thematic education campaign has accumulated many effective practices and successful experiences. It has implemented a series of distinctive and impactful initiatives in areas such as deepening theoretical training, strengthening investigative research, and promoting the application of research findings, thereby generating a number of innovative outcomes that are replicable and scalable. These achievements provide valuable references for regularly advancing the study and education of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. In this regard, it is crucial to focus on establishing and improving institutional mechanisms on a regular basis, adhering to the approach of summarizing lessons learned while putting them into practice, and promptly codifying into formal systems the good practices and valuable experiences gained during the thematic education campaign in studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. At the same time, we must establish long-term mechanisms for consolidating and deepening the achievements of the thematic education campaign, refine and improve the institutional frameworks for studying and applying the Party’s innovative theories, and ensure that these efforts become routine and sustainable, continuously enhancing political, ideological, theoretical, and emotional identification with the Party’s innovative theories.

The goals and tasks of this thematic education—cultivating moral integrity through study, enhancing wisdom through study, rectifying conduct through study, and promoting action through study—are what we aim to achieve. To advance the establishment of a long-term mechanism for this thematic education, it is crucial to keep making sustained efforts and achieving breakthroughs in institutional development aimed at realizing these goals and tasks. By perfecting the systems for studying and educating on the Party’s innovative theories as well as for their publicity, research, and interpretation, we can effectively deepen, internalize, and transform our understanding and application of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. This will enable us to get to the root of issues ideologically, consolidate our foundations, and nourish our core values. In practice, we must consciously use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to fortify our minds and drive our work forward. We must grasp firmly the worldview and methodology embedded in this thought, uphold and make good use of the standpoints, perspectives, and methods running through it, and ensure that we keep learning anew, continually deepening our understanding, staying persistent, and working steadily over the long term. At the same time, focusing on enhancing political capability, thinking ability, and practical competence, we should improve the institutional framework for building the political capabilities of Party members and cadres, and refine the mechanisms for ideological refinement, political experience, practical training, and professional development of leading Party members and cadres. We should guide all Party members and cadres to consistently read original works, study original texts, and comprehend underlying principles; to learn consciously and proactively, keep pace with new developments, connect learning to practical situations, and believe in and put into practice what they learn. In this way, we can equip our Party members and cadres with the essential skills needed to safeguard our Party, rejuvenate our Party, and strengthen our country.

Mobilizing hearts and forging souls with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is both a systematic undertaking and a long-term endeavor. Therefore, the establishment of a long-term mechanism for thematic education also exhibits distinct systemic and long-term characteristics, with strong interconnections and interactions among all stages, elements, and levels. In advancing the construction of this long-term mechanism for thematic education, we must strengthen top-level design and overall planning, ensuring coordinated consideration and synergistic promotion. Through holistic thinking, comprehensive arrangements, and systematic deployment, we can seamlessly integrate all stages and efficiently combine all elements, continuously enhancing the systematic, holistic, and coordinated nature of the long-term mechanism for thematic education. The long-term mechanism for thematic education covers numerous aspects, including organizational leadership, regular learning, implementation and transformation, ongoing research, routine publicity, supervision and rectification, and assessment and evaluation. The institutional mechanisms in these areas are closely linked and organically integrated; thus, it is essential to carry out systematic integration and overall promotion, thereby forming a complete, closed-loop system for studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

To establish and improve a long-term mechanism for thematic education, we must simultaneously focus on both perfecting the institutional framework and ensuring its effective implementation. Strengthening awareness of institutions is an essential ideological foundation for guaranteeing that the long-term mechanism for thematic education is effectively put into practice. We should educate and guide Party members and cadres to enhance their awareness of institutions, consciously respect and uphold the rigidity and binding force of these institutions, and never engage in selective implementation, circumvention, or compromise when carrying out the long-term mechanism for thematic education. Upholding the principle of leading by example is also an important lesson and working method that has contributed significantly to the remarkable achievements of this thematic education campaign. Therefore, in implementing the long-term mechanism for thematic education, we must continue to uphold and make good use of this successful experience, fully leveraging the exemplary and guiding role of leading cadres in respecting, studying, observing, and applying institutional rules, so that compliance with and implementation of the long-term mechanism for thematic education becomes a widespread and deeply rooted practice.

“Everything has its essence; when you grasp the essence, success is assured.” Institutional issues are fundamental, holistic, stable, and long-term in nature. Regarding thematic education, the broad masses of cadres and the public look forward to establishing a normalized, persistent, and enduring approach. Only by starting well and finishing well, sustaining our efforts continuously, and consistently working to refine and improve our systems and mechanisms—while focusing on making the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era a regular and lasting practice—can we ensure that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era truly takes root in the hearts of the people and bears fruit. This will, in turn, rally firm resolve and immense strength to build a strong nation and achieve national rejuvenation.