In addition: to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), inherit and carry forward the fine traditions.

& lt The purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly.

Standing on the side of the people of China and serving the people of China wholeheartedly is the only purpose of our army and a guide for all our actions.

Serving the people wholeheartedly is determined by the proletarian nature of our army. Our army is a proletarian army led by the Party of China. It is for the fundamental interests of the proletariat and working people, that is, the interests of our army. Other than that, I have no special interest. The proletarian nature of our army and its common interests with the people determine that our army must proceed from the interests of the people, not from the interests of any individual or group. If you leave serving the people wholeheartedly, you will betray your own class, not become the people's army, but become a tool to oppress the people.

Serving the people wholeheartedly is the ideological basis of our army's United struggle. Under the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, the officers and men of our army know who to serve as soldiers and fight for, have infinite love for the people and deep hatred for the enemy. In our army, regardless of the position, everyone regards themselves as public servants of the people and their comrades-in-arms as their class brothers, caring for each other, caring for each other, helping each other and being close and United. This strong unity with unity as the revolutionary goal and consciously observing discipline are the basic guarantee for our army to overcome all kinds of difficulties and all enemies.

Under the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, our army has been loyal to the party and the people for decades. The broad masses of cadres and soldiers bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield, and those who risked their lives were indomitable on the execution ground. Facing the serious threat to people's lives and property, stand up and risk their lives; In all kinds of difficulties and hardships, take pride in suffering and take pleasure in suffering; Be conscientious, work hard and make extraordinary contributions to the people in ordinary jobs.

Because our army resolutely carries out the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, puts the interests of the people first everywhere, and always maintains flesh-and-blood ties with the people, the people always regard our army as their relatives, and do everything possible to encourage and support their own army spiritually, materially and manpower. In the hard war years, the broad masses of people risked their lives to help our army carry stretchers, transport ammunition, send information and act as guides. They would rather starve themselves and bleed, but also fully support their children to win the battle. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, the people cared for and helped our army's construction politically, ideologically and materially. The history of decades of revolutionary struggle proves that only by serving the people wholeheartedly can our army win the support and support of the people and remain invincible forever.

< second > the three major tasks of our army

Is to fight, do mass work and produce. The implementation of the three major tasks is determined by the proletarian nature of our army. It is the concrete embodiment of our army's purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly.

Fighting is the most fundamental task of our army. Over the past decades, we have waged a long and heroic armed struggle, gone through a difficult and tortuous road, and finally created a new China with guns. After the founding of New China, our army carried out the strategic deployment and orders of the CPC Central Committee and successfully carried out the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. In the self-defense counterattack on the Sino-Indian and Sino-Soviet borders, in the battle to recover Xisha, and in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, our army bravely countered the armed aggression of hegemonism and reactionaries against China and safeguarded national security and independence.

Doing mass work is a regular work of our army. In wartime, whenever our army went to a place, it mobilized and organized the masses there to help establish revolutionary political power and local armed forces, and mobilized the masses there to fight local tyrants and distribute land, so as to strengthen the people's army and consolidate and develop base areas and liberated areas. After the liberation of the whole country, our army continued to carry forward the fine tradition of doing mass work, actively participated in the socialist revolution and socialist construction, supported industrial and agricultural production, participated in emergency rescue and disaster relief and various public welfare undertakings, participated in spiritual civilization construction and other activities, and kept close ties with the people.

While carrying out arduous combat tasks and other tasks, the army is also actively engaged in agricultural and sideline production. This is of great significance to reducing people's burden, improving army life and cultivating army style. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the heroic 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army fought Nanniwan. In less than three years, it turned the desolate Nanniwan into a "good south of northern Shaanxi" full of crops and cattle and sheep. After the national liberation, our army continued to carry forward the spirit of Nanniwan, built its own dams, reclaimed land and created thousands of farms. Companies and grass-roots units generally insist on raising pigs and growing vegetables, which not only creates wealth for the country, but also exercises the thinking of the troops and promotes the construction of our army.

Under the new historical conditions, according to 1982 Constitution, we will continue to carry forward the glorious tradition of our army, resolutely carry out the tasks of "consolidating national defense, resisting aggression, defending the motherland, defending the people's peaceful labor, participating in national construction, and striving to serve the people", and make new and greater contributions to defending and building the motherland.

< third > the principle of the party commanding guns.

Adhere to the party's absolute leadership over the army. This is the fundamental principle of our army's construction and the fundamental guarantee of victory. From the first day of its birth, the People's Liberation Army of China was placed under the absolute leadership of the Party and fought resolutely against all erroneous tendencies that attempted to weaken, get rid of and abolish the leadership of the Party. Mao Zedong once pointed out: "Our principle is that the party commands guns, and guns are never allowed to command the party." For decades, it is by adhering to this fundamental principle and relying on the leadership of the Party that our army has always maintained its proletarian nature, maintained its flesh-and-blood ties with the people, and maintained a firm and correct political direction, becoming a new type of people's army different from all exploiting class armies. Our army has overcome all difficulties and obstacles, defeated powerful enemies at home and abroad, and made great efforts to seize political power and consolidate the people's democratic dictatorship.

The party's absolute leadership over the army is basically the leadership of the party's line, principles and policies. In the long-term revolutionary struggle, especially at every historical turning point, our army unswervingly implements the correct line of the party and unconditionally obeys the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, ensuring that our army always advances in the right direction.

The party's absolute leadership over the army is implemented through the party's organizations at all levels in the army, and the party's line, principles and policies are implemented in the army through the party's organizations, adhering to the unified collective leadership of the party Committee and realizing the fundamental system of the party's absolute leadership over the army. Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, our army has established party committees at regimental and battalion levels and party branches in companies as the core of unified leadership and unity of the troops. Party committees at all levels adhere to the division of responsibilities among heads under the unified leadership of party committees. According to the principle of democratic centralism, all major issues should be discussed and decided by the party Committee, except those that can be reported to the party Committee after being handled by the chief in an emergency, and then organized and implemented by the military and political leaders respectively. Military and political cadres have a clear division of labor and close cooperation. This is of great significance to ensure the correct leadership of the party over the army and the implementation of the party's line, principles and policies, and to ensure unity within the army and the successful completion of various tasks assigned by the party.

The party's absolute leadership over the army must be achieved through strong ideological and political work. Political work is the work of the party. It includes both ideological work and organizational work. The political work of our army is the ideological work and organizational work of the party in the army. Decades of experience have proved that political and ideological work is the lifeline of our army. It is related to the strength, victory and defeat, survival and development of our army. We must not weaken it at any time.

The < fourth > branch is established on top of the company.

This is an important system to ensure the party's absolute leadership over the army. 1927 after the autumn harvest uprising, Comrade Mao Zedong established the first company party branch in the army. After the troops arrived in Jinggangshan, Mao Zedong and Zhu De often went deep into the company, gave specific guidance on the construction of the Party branch, personally developed party member in the company, attended the party joining ceremony of New party member, and explained the oath of joining the party to New party member. At that time, marching every day, they walked in the ranks of soldiers to do political and ideological work, and found many activists to prepare for the development of party member in the company. They educate Party branch secretaries to spend the general meeting and group meetings, and educate party member to play a vanguard and exemplary role, resolutely implement the Party's correct line, and fight against erroneous ideas. In this way, the role of the Party branch as a fighting fortress in the Red Army Company is getting stronger and stronger. At that time, the Red Army fought very frequently and its material life was very hard. But still hold high the banner and persist in fighting. Comrade Mao Zedong summed up the struggle in this period and pointed out: "It is an important reason that the Red Army can fight hard without breaking up." The CPC Central Committee fully affirmed the role of Mao Zedong and Zhu De in establishing party branches in the company, and extended their experience in the instruction letter to Comrade He Long and the Hunan-Hubei Front Committee. Since then, "the branch is built on the company" has become a glorious tradition of our army.

& lt 5. Strong political and ideological work

Our army's political and ideological work began with the famous adaptation of the three bays. Since then, the party's absolute leadership over the army has been established, party organizations at all levels in the army have been established, company branches have been established, the democratic system within the army has been established, the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly has been established, the basic principles of political work such as unity between officers and men, unity between the army and the people, and lenient treatment of prisoners have been formed, and "three major disciplines and eight attentions" have been stipulated. 1929, the resolution of Gutian meeting adopted by the Ninth Party Congress of the Fourth Army of the Red Army systematically summed up the fundamental experience of our army's political work and made our army completely based on Marxism-Leninism. From 65438 to 0944, the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army's Left-behind Corps, under the auspices of Mao Zedong and with the participation of Zhou Enlai and other comrades, wrote the Report on Military Political Work, which comprehensively summarized and summarized the experience of our military's political work since the Red Army, especially since War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, profoundly expounded the nature, status and role of political work, and put forward clear requirements for the style and methods of political work. The report emphasizes eliminating the influence of dogmatism, formalism and warlordism. It is another historical document of our army's political work after Gutian Conference, which has played an important role in our army's construction.

For decades, our army has been able to fight bravely and tenaciously in difficulties and hardships, and achieved great victories one after another, relying on the correct leadership of the party and strong political work. The development of our army has always been closely related to the emergence, development, depth and intensity of political work. Without this powerful political work, our army will lose its soul and direction, there will be no unity within the army, there will be no unity between the army and the people and the government, there will be no political leadership of the party, there will be no revolutionary spirit and invincible fighting capacity, and it will be impossible to complete the arduous tasks entrusted to us by the party and the people to seize political power, defend the country and defend the four modernizations. There is no difference in principle between our army and the army of the exploiting classes. Practice has repeatedly proved that political work is the lifeline of our army and our family heirloom.

In the new historical period, our army must inherit and carry forward the fine tradition of the party's political work, adhere to the basic principles of political work, strengthen political work in light of the new situation, study new situations, solve new problems, and create new experiences, so that our army's political work can exert greater power and achieve greater results in the construction of a modern and standardized revolutionary army.

& lt 6 > Three Principles of Political Work

This is the unity of officers and men, the unity of the army and the people, and the disintegration of the enemy. Its basic spirit is to respect the soldiers, the people and the personality of enemy prisoners who have laid down their weapons. Through strong ideological and political work, it can achieve the goal of mobilizing all positive factors, uniting all those who can unite, isolating and attacking the most stubborn and ferocious enemy and winning the war. This is the embodiment of the proletarian nature of our army and the purpose of building the army. It is an important symbol that distinguishes our army from all reactionary troops and a magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

To adhere to the unity of officers and men, we must educate cadres to respect and care for soldiers and care about their progress and hardships; Educate soldiers to respect and care for cadres, consciously abide by discipline and resolutely carry out orders. Implement political democracy, economic democracy and military democracy under centralized leadership, so as to achieve the goal of high political unity, improvement of life and improvement of skills and tactics in the army.

Adhering to the unity between the army and the people means educating the army to carry forward the glorious tradition of supporting the government and loving the people, respecting local party and government organs, resolutely implementing state policies and decrees, respecting the people, caring for and caring for the interests of the people, assisting local people in mass work, implementing ethnic policies, actively participating in socialist construction, and strengthening the unity between the army, the government and the people.

To adhere to the policy of disintegrating the enemy, it is necessary to strengthen the investigation and study of the enemy, carry out the work of disintegrating the enemy, and conscientiously implement the policy of disintegrating the enemy in wartime and treating prisoners leniently.

& lt 7 > Three major disciplines and eight points for attention.

This is the guideline and heirloom of our army's unified revolutionary disciplinary action.

The three major disciplines are: 1, all actions follow the command, 2, do not take the needle and thread of the masses, and 3, everything collected must be turned over to the state.

The eight points for attention are: 1, speak kindly, 2, buy and sell fairly, 3, borrow and pay back, 5, compensate for damage, 6, do not damage crops, 7, do not molest women, 8, do not abuse prisoners.

The three disciplines and eight attentions fully embody the essence and purpose of the people's army, which is a great pioneering work of the * * * production party in China to build the people's army and an important guarantee to consolidate the party's absolute leadership over the army and unite to defeat the enemy.

& lt 8 > Democracy in Three Major Fields

It is political democracy, economic democracy and military democracy under centralized leadership. This is the embodiment of the party's mass line in army building, and it is also a fine tradition of our army. During the war of liberation, the army launched a democratic movement with leadership and order after three investigations (that is, complaining about the sufferings caused by the old society and reactionaries to the working people, checking the class, checking the work and checking the fighting spirit). On this basis, Comrade Mao Zedong summed up the book "Democratic Movement within the Army", which summarized the democratic system of our army as political democracy, economic democracy and military democracy, and proposed that "through the democratic movement under the collective leadership, the army can achieve three major goals: high political unity, improvement in life and improvement in technology and tactics". After the national liberation, our army continued to carry forward the glorious tradition of the three major democracies, strengthened the unity of officers and men, fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the broad masses of cadres and soldiers, and promoted the construction of our army.

To implement political democracy, we must give soldiers the right to criticize and suggest the work of cadres and companies, the right to expose bad people, and the right to fight against unhealthy tendencies. Cadres should listen to the opinions of soldiers, accept the supervision of the masses and adopt reasonable suggestions. Don't suppress democracy, don't retaliate, and don't open other people's letters.

To implement economic democracy, we must give full play to the role of economic committees, supervise economic expenditures, publish accounts regularly, and assist company leaders in managing grain and production. Cadres are not allowed to eat more and occupy more, encroaching on the interests of soldiers. It is forbidden to borrow public funds privately and abuse the labor income of soldiers. Oppose corruption, waste and violation of policies.

To carry out military democracy, we should implement the mass line training method of "officials teach soldiers, soldiers teach soldiers, soldiers teach soldiers" and carry out teaching evaluation activities; In the implementation of combat readiness, construction, production, duty and other tasks, it is necessary to mobilize the masses to give ideas and find ways to fully mobilize their enthusiasm and creativity; In combat, as long as conditions permit, it is necessary to mobilize the masses to discuss the implementation method of the company's combat plan.

The three major democracies must implement centralized leadership, which should not only fully mobilize democracy, but also prevent extreme democratization.

< 9 > a high degree of self-sacrifice.

A high degree of self-sacrifice is a fine tradition of our army. Comrade Mao Zedong highly praised this spirit of our army in the Party's seventh political report. He pointed out: "This army has an indomitable spirit. It will overwhelm all enemies and will never be surrendered by them. In any difficult situation, as long as there is one person, this person will continue to fight. " Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out at the 1980 Central Working Conference: "In the long-term revolutionary war, under the guidance of the right direction, we started from analyzing the actual situation, carried forward the spirit of revolution and despair, strictly adhered to the spirit of discipline and self-sacrifice, selfless and put others before ourselves, overwhelmed all enemies and difficulties, adhered to the spirit of revolutionary optimism, and overcame all difficulties to win" and achieved great victory. In order to build socialism and realize the four modernizations, we should also carry forward these spirits under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee. "

Advocating a high degree of self-sacrifice does not mean that life and health are unimportant, let alone encouraging reckless risks and unnecessary sacrifices. This is not to say that we should use this revolutionary spirit to struggle and deal with difficulties for the motherland and the cause of * * *. In the face of difficulties, we should stand up, be brave in struggle, suffer hardships first, enjoy the hard work and work behind, and consciously obey the interests of the country and the people when personal interests conflict with those of the country and the people. Countless revolutionary martyrs are models with high self-sacrifice spirit. We should learn from them. In order to build and defend the four modernizations and the cause of * * *, we are not afraid of hardship, bloodshed and sacrifice.