The Military Political Work Conference in Gutian

From October 30 to November 2, 2014, a Military Political Work Conference was held in Gutian, a historically significant town in east China's Fujian Province, attended by Xi Jinping and senior military leaders. The conference emphasized the importance of political ethics, and discussed measures the Party should take to raise political awareness in the military in the new era, keep alive the great tradition of political work, and mobilize all military personnel to join the Party's effort to strengthen the military in response to new realities.

Addressing the conference, Xi Jinping highlighted the contemporary relevance of political work, since it provides strong support for the Party's goal of building a strong military as part of the effort to realize the Chinese Dream of national renewal. He emphasized the need to bolster confidence in the Party's ideals, demonstrate commitment to Party principles, improve combat capabilities, and strengthen the authority of military political work. He also outlined measures to cement political loyalty of the military, strengthen the accountability of mid-level and senior officers, improve ethics, combat corruption, promote morale and fighting spirit, and update political work in a creative way. 

A decision on strengthening political work in the military under new conditions was adopted at the conference and distributed Party-wide by the Central Committee. The conference provides a strategic framework for the CPC's political awareness initiatives to boost efforts to build a strong country and a strong military, and opens a new chapter in invigorating and breathing fresh life into the ethical traditions of the people's armed forces.  

古田全軍政治工作會議

2014年10月30日至11月2日，習近平帶領全軍高級干部在古田這個具有標志性意義的地方，召開全軍政治工作會議。會議貫徹整風精神，著力研究解決新的歷史條件下黨從思想上政治上建設軍隊的重大問題，弘揚人民軍隊政治工作的光榮傳統和優良作風，動員全軍為實現黨在新形勢下的強軍目標而團結奮斗。

習近平在會上發表重要講話，明確緊緊圍繞實現中華民族偉大復興的中國夢，為實現強軍目標提供堅強政治保證的政治工作時代主題，提出把理想信念、黨性原則、戰斗力標準、政治工作威信4個帶根本性的東西在全軍牢固立起來，強調著力抓好鑄牢軍魂工作、高中級干部管理、作風建設和反腐敗斗爭、戰斗精神培育、政治工作創新發展等5個方面。會議形成《關于新形勢下軍隊政治工作若干問題的決定》，中共中央轉發全黨。會議確立了中國共產黨在強國強軍征程中政治建軍的大方略，開拓了中國共產黨從思想上政治上建設和掌握軍隊的新境界，揭開了人民軍隊以整風精神固本開新的新篇章。