Political Work as the Lifeblood of the People's Armed Forces

Political work ensures the CPC's leadership over the armed forces. This principle can be traced back to the revolution of the 1920s. It was developed soon after the founding of the Red Army, and was confirmed at the Gutian Meeting. A resolution known as the Gutian Meeting Resolution, drafted by Mao Zedong and adopted at the Ninth Congress of Party Representatives of the Fourth Army of the Red Army, outlined for the first time a systematic framework guiding political work in the armed forces. 

Over the long years of revolution, economic and social development and reform, political work under the leadership of the CPC has been the lifeblood of the armed forces. It ensures their absolute loyalty to the Party, provides an inexhaustible source of strength to overcome heavy odds and confront daunting challenges, and ensures that the people's armed forces always adhere to their nature and fine conduct. 

It has been proved in history by our practice that political work is what empowers the people's armed forces. It is their most salient characteristic and greatest strength. Whatever changes to the way wars are fought, whatever changes to the domestic and international environment, whatever changes to their organizational structure, political work will always be their lifeblood.     

政治工作永遠是人民軍隊的生命線

人民軍隊政治工作，實質上是中國共產黨領導和掌握軍隊的工作，萌芽于大革命時期，創立于建軍之初，奠基于古田會議。1929年12月，毛澤東起草的紅四軍第九次黨代表大會決議案，即古田會議決議，第一次系統規定了思想建黨、政治建軍的基本方針原則，奠定了人民軍隊政治工作的基礎。在長期革命、建設、改革歷程中，中國共產黨領導的革命的政治工作是革命軍隊的生命線。實行革命的政治工作，保證了人民軍隊始終是黨的絕對領導下的軍隊，為人民軍隊戰勝強大敵人和艱難險阻提供了不竭力量，使人民軍隊始終保持了本色和作風。歷史和實踐證明，政治工作是人民軍隊的看家本領，是人民軍隊的最大特色、最大優勢。無論戰爭形態怎么演變、軍隊建設內外環境怎么變化、軍隊組織形態怎么調整，政治工作永遠是人民軍隊的生命線。