Editor’s note:The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 is a big test for the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, the "double overall planning" of normalized epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development has steadily moved towards "double victory", demonstrating the vivid practice and remarkable advantages of "China’s rule". In order to further study, publicize and implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, better adhere to and improve the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, and promote the institutional advantages to be better transformed into governance efficiency, the Central Network Information Office and Qiushi Magazine jointly organized the online theoretical communication column of "China Steady Progress", inviting experts and scholars in ideological and theoretical circles to write a series of theoretical articles, which will be launched on Qiushi.com from now on, so please pay attention.
Content summary:The overall war of the people’s war to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic shows the great superiority of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system and national governance system. China’s performance in the response to this rare public health crisis has attracted global attention and high praise. The fundamental reason lies in the fact that this war epidemic has demonstrated the efficient social mobilization, organization and coordination of China’s national governance system and the strong cohesion of China people. At the same time, it also shows the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s strong leadership and the strong advantages of the leadership system, reflecting the extreme importance of the "core".
The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "The COVID-19 epidemic is coming, which is a big test for all countries." China faced "unexplained pneumonia" when entering the examination room, while other countries faced "Covid-19 pneumonia" when China paid a proven price. With the spread of the epidemic around the world, this big test has obviously gone beyond the narrow sense of "medical and health", but a big test of the systems and governance systems and governance capabilities of various countries.
Highlight the great superiority of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system and national governance system.
At the beginning of this big exam, some people in the West pointed their sharp edge at the China system and the national governance system. Although it can’t be said that China answered every question perfectly in this big exam, China’s national system and governance system have fully demonstrated its unique advantages and advantages in the whole epidemic prevention and control and the resumption of work and production, and achieved a good result.
General secretary of the supreme leader once pointed out: "shoes don’t fit, you won’t know until you wear them." Philosophically speaking, the "combination of feet" mentioned here is suitable for the reality of China and conforms to the law of social development in China, that is, it is true and rational; Politically speaking, it is the widespread recognition of society and the legitimacy. In this China people’s struggle against the COVID-19 epidemic, the two idioms that people use most are "United as one" and "United as one". Without the legitimacy of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, can more than 1.4 billion people in China achieve such a high degree of Qi Xin’s cooperation? The "unity of mind" and "unity of mind" demonstrated by more than 1.4 billion people in China in the fight against the epidemic are the most concise and vivid embodiment of the legitimacy of the China system.
The legitimacy of China system comes from the people’s nature of China system. The Communist Party of China (CPC) is not the representative of the interests of a certain group of people, but the representative of the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China. This is not only explicitly required in party constitution, but also no one in the party is allowed to abuse power for personal gain in practical work. At the beginning of this fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader demanded that "Party committees, governments and relevant departments at all levels should put people’s life safety and health first". All measures taken by the Communist Party of China and the government in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic have reflected this requirement. It is the fundamental principle of the Communist Party of China and the government to deal with the epidemic that people are the most important thing in everything and people are the center. This not only reflects the fundamental characteristics of the fight against the epidemic, but also reflects the essential requirements of China’s system and national governance system.
At the same time, the effectiveness of the China system has left a strong impression on people. China is the first country to enter the global anti-epidemic examination room. Because China has adopted strict control and isolation measures and scientific and accurate treatment plan, it has won a staged victory in epidemic prevention and control. This not only fully proves the correctness of China’s decision and measures to fight the COVID-19 epidemic, but also highlights the effectiveness of China’s system and governance system. The "resultant force" of the advantages of China’s system and governance system has been transformed into great governance efficiency.
Demonstrate the great superiority of China’s national governance ability
The ability of national governance is the concentrated embodiment and effective operation of the national system. China’s performance in this rare fight against the COVID-19 epidemic has attracted global attention and high praise. One of the fundamental reasons is that this war epidemic has concentrated on China’s national governance ability, especially its efficient social mobilization, organization and coordination. At the same time, it also embodies the strong cohesion of the people of China.
What is efficient social mobilization? Figuratively speaking, it is "one call and one hundred answers". This efficient social mobilization is reflected in the speed of decision-making and implementation, and also in the rapid action of all social forces. When the COVID-19 epidemic raged in Wuhan for a short time, the CPC Central Committee made a decisive decision and launched the first-level response mechanism on the eve of the Lunar New Year, which immediately mobilized all parts of the country and the whole society. The vast number of medical workers fought day and night without hesitation. The commanders and men of the People’s Liberation Army moved at the news and dared to fight hard. The broad masses of the people were United and helped each other. The public security police, disease control workers and community workers stood by their posts and were on duty day and night. The vast number of journalists were fearless and went deep into the front line, and the vast number of volunteers were sincerely dedicated and tireless. It is the correct and decisive decision of the CPC Central Committee and the people’s high awareness that the "resultant force" of these two aspects has formed a situation of fighting the epidemic with one heart and one mind.
What is efficient organization? Figuratively speaking, it is "orderly". This epidemic is a grand systematic project, not just a medical and health problem, involving all-round work such as people, money, materials and information, including patient treatment, scientific research, material support, public opinion guidance, traffic control, social isolation and so on. At the same time, it is necessary to coordinate epidemic prevention and control, economic and social development, domestic epidemic prevention and control and international cooperation. Only by organizing all these factors in an orderly way can we form a working pattern and a strong joint force to jointly prevent and control the epidemic in all parts of the country and all walks of life. We just need to take a look at the community where we live. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, it is easy to strictly manage the activities such as going out and shopping of so many residents. However, under the leadership of Party organizations at all levels, with the joint efforts of neighborhood committees, community workers, sinking cadres and volunteers, and the conscious cooperation of all residents, the whole China society is in good order. This is because the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is a system under the overall leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and built according to the principle of democratic centralism. The people all know that the decision of the CPC Central Committee is to protect everyone’s life safety and health, and party organizations at all levels act in accordance with unified arrangements. Therefore, this system has a strong organizational power, which can fully mobilize manpower and allocate resources in all directions, forming a magnificent and powerful situation of people’s war, total war and blocking war for epidemic prevention and control.
What is efficient coordination? Figuratively speaking, it is "a national chess game". From the very beginning, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "the prevention and control of the epidemic should adhere to a national chess game. Party committees and governments at all levels must resolutely obey the unified command, unified coordination and unified dispatch of the CPC Central Committee, so that orders are prohibited. " It can be said that adhering to a national chess game, mobilizing the enthusiasm of all parties and concentrating on major events are the powerful guarantees for winning the epidemic prevention and control war. This is because there are two "magic weapons of the system" in China: first, the Communist Party of China (CPC) can exercise overall leadership over all work, the CPC Central Committee can exercise unified command and dispatch over party committees and governments at all levels, and the party committees can take the overall situation and coordinate all parties, including coordinating the people’s congresses, governments, CPPCC and other institutions at the same level; Second, China’s national structure is unitary. The joint prevention and control mechanism established in the State Council can put forward requirements for local governments to prevent and control the epidemic according to the deployment of the central leading group for responding to the epidemic, including asking local governments to send medical teams and provide medical equipment to help Wuhan and other areas in Hubei. For example, medical teams from all provinces in China provide counterpart support to Hubei, which can only be achieved under the national system of China’s national chess game and concentrating on doing great things.
In the new era of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the people of all ethnic groups in China are closely United around the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, and work together to overcome the difficulties. In the fight against the epidemic, we have seen the strong cohesion of more than 1.4 billion people in China. It has always been a fine tradition of the Chinese nation to "help one side when it is in trouble", "give up one’s family and help everyone" and "watch and help each other" Even some people who were confused in the early stage of the anti-epidemic are holding the thoughts of sharing weal and woe and sharing difficulties, and looking forward to going through the most difficult moment. Especially when the epidemic broke out, the people saw the vanguard and exemplary role of Communist party member, and they were full of confidence in overcoming the epidemic. This shows that a system, a political party, a government, to form efficient social mobilization, organization and coordination, not only depends on strict system and system execution, but also depends on warm feelings and emotional cohesion between the party and the masses, between cadres and the masses, between doctors and patients, and between the people.
Highlight the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s strong leadership and the strong advantages of the leadership system.
This epidemic prevention and control struggle is a big test of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system and national governance system, China’s national governance ability, in the final analysis, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership ability and leadership system of the Communist Party of China (CPC). At the same time, it also tests the importance of "four consciousnesses" and "two maintenances".
This big exam showed the extreme importance of the "core". In this unprecedented war and epidemic action, the Supreme Leader General Secretary personally commanded and deployed the whole process. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, he always paid attention to the changing situation of the epidemic, tracked the epidemic spread and the progress of prevention and control work, constantly gave oral instructions and instructions, delivered an important speech, and made the prevention and control of the epidemic a top priority. On January 7th, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) meeting, and put forward requirements for the prevention and control of the epidemic. On January 20th, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader gave instructions on epidemic prevention and control, demanding that Party committees, governments and relevant departments at all levels put people’s life safety and health first, and take practical and effective measures to resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic. The State Council joint prevention and control mechanism immediately held a video conference to make a comprehensive deployment of the prevention and control of pneumonia in Covid-19. On January 24th, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader ordered the army to draw a medical team to help Wuhan. On January 25th, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) meeting, and re-studied, redeployed and mobilized the epidemic prevention and control work. After that, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over several The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) meetings and Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party to study the prevention and control of epidemic situation. He also presided over meetings of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Governing the Country according to Law, the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Committee, the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, and the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee.Put forward requirements and make arrangements for the prevention and control of epidemic situation from different angles. At the same time, according to the progress of each stage of the anti-epidemic struggle, he successively went to Beijing to investigate the situation of epidemic prevention and control at the grass-roots level, visited the Beijing Academy of Military Medical Sciences and Tsinghua University Medical College to investigate the scientific research work of epidemic prevention and control in COVID-19, and presided over a deployment meeting to promote the epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development in COVID-19 as a whole. He also had intensive telephone calls, correspondence and meetings with foreign dignitaries and leaders of international organizations, introduced the progress of China epidemic prevention and control, and conveyed the confidence of China. All this shows the importance of the "core" to the unified command and prevention of the epidemic by the CPC Central Committee.
This big exam showed the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s strong leadership. Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, at the beginning of the epidemic prevention and control struggle, a central leading group for dealing with the pneumonia epidemic in novel coronavirus, headed by The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, was set up to study and deploy the work in time; The State Council has established a joint prevention and control mechanism to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic with the participation of various ministries and commissions, and strengthened overall coordination; The Central Committee sent a Central Steering Group led by Committee member the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Sun Chunlan, Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China to Hubei. At the same time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China also issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Party’s Leadership and Providing Strong Political Guarantee for Winning the Prevention and Control of the Epidemic"; Put forward the general requirements of "strengthening confidence, helping each other in the same boat, scientific prevention and control, and precise policy", and formulate the epidemic prevention and control strategy in time. At the critical moment of the decisive battle against the epidemic, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader went to Wuhan, Hubei Province to inspect the epidemic prevention and control work, stressing that Hubei and Wuhan are the most important and decisive places in this epidemic prevention and control struggle. After hard work, the epidemic prevention and control situation in Hubei and Wuhan has changed positively and achieved important results in stages, but the task of epidemic prevention and control is still arduous and arduous. The more at this time, the more we must keep a clear head, the more we must be cautious and persistent, and the more we must make persistent efforts and do good deeds. In order to balance the two major tasks of epidemic prevention and economy, the CPC Central Committee also held a video conference and adopted a series of measures to promote the orderly resumption of work and production. All this shows the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee.
This big exam also showed the superiority of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership system. After the outbreak of COVID-19, countries all over the world have noticed that the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s decision-making can be implemented from local to grass-roots level. The secret is that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has a sound organizational system and leadership system. In China, there are party organizations and a sound organizational system from the central to the local and then to the grassroots, including enterprises, villages, communities, schools and social organizations. Temporary party organizations have also been established in medical teams in various parts of Wuhan’s anti-epidemic front line. Party organizations in all departments and units at all levels are organized according to the principle of democratic centralism, and work in accordance with the principles of party member’s individual obeying the Party’s organization, the minority obeying the majority, the subordinate organizations obeying the superior organizations, the Party’s organizations at all levels and all party member obeying the Party’s National Congress and the Central Committee. Moreover, the party organizations of various departments and units at all levels are usually the political core of the masses of departments and units at this level. Therefore, as long as the central government gives the order, all organizations will start immediately like a machine, and the political core role of all organizations will immediately exert strong influence and organizational power. For example, Zheng Junhua, the captain of the first batch of medical aid teams in Shanghai, said: "When I was working in Wuhan, the leaders of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government regularly connected with the frontline video to learn more about the progress of medical treatment, material logistics support, and concern about daily life." Ma Xin, vice president of Shanghai Huashan Hospital, also said: "Although I have been away from home for a long time, I seem to have never left, with the support of the municipal party committee and municipal government as the home-like rear area.We have no hesitation at the front. The rear made the best arrangements, took care of our families, and let the frontline soldiers have no worries! "Foreign friends often ask what is" the leadership of the party ".Reading these examples, we can understand how the party organizations in China play a political core role in preventing and controlling the epidemic.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) is a sober Marxist political party. This sobriety is not only manifested in the self-confidence of the system, but also in the deep thinking about the further improvement and development of the system. In this fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, the Communist Party of China (CPC) not only saw the advantages of the China system, but also noticed that there are still many problems to be solved in the China system. As the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out: "This fight against the COVID-19 epidemic is a big test of the national governance system and governance capacity." He warned us in very clear language: "We should not only base ourselves on the current situation, scientifically and accurately win the prevention and control of epidemic situation, but also take a long-term view, sum up experience and learn lessons. In view of the shortcomings and shortcomings exposed by this epidemic situation, we should pay close attention to filling shortcomings, plugging loopholes, strengths and weaknesses, persisting in it, perfecting it, establishing it, implementing it, perfecting the system and mechanism of major epidemic prevention and control, and improving the national public health emergency management system." This is the rare sobriety of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people.
(Author: Li Junru,Researcher, Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center, the Supreme Leader of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee (National School of Administration))
