from the masses to the masses

 An old photo, fixed in style. In the early 1980s, on the streets of Zhengding County, Comrade Xi Jinping set up a table to listen to the opinions and suggestions of the masses.

A mountain road connects the hearts of the people. During his work in Ningde, Comrade Xi Jinping braved the scorching sun to walk for more than two hours on the thorny mountain road to Xiadang Village, visiting the poor and asking for help, and working on the spot.

A detailed ledger, filled with sentiments of the people. On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into the home of Xu Haicheng, a poor villager in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province, and took the income and expenditure bills one by one to find out the small days of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and add up the plan for poverty alleviation.

As time goes by, the original intention is as firm as a rock. The masses of the people are the most important thing in the heart of General Secretary Xi Jinping; the grassroots is the place where he goes the most. Persisting in coming from the masses and going to the masses, "one come and one go", the hearts of the party and the people are closer.

To follow the mass line, we must not forget our original intention, keep our mission in mind, and enhance the feelings of the masses.

On October 21, 2021, Dongying, Shandong. General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into a demonstration field, leaned over and picked a bean pod, twisted it pinch by pinch, carefully inspected the color, and put a soybean into his mouth. The person in charge of agricultural technology at the side was both surprised and kind: "This is an action only old farmers have."

The subtleties reveal the general secretary's deep affection for the people. Over the past ten years, he has visited communities, factories, and campuses, leaving warm moments one after another. Young children are educated, learning is taught, and work is rewarded... One after another, one thing after another will bear fruit.

Only with deep feelings for the people can we have the enthusiasm and passion to serve the people. Only by keeping the people in mind and treating the people as relatives can we truly realize "I will remember what the people worry about; I will do what the people hope for."

To follow the mass line, we must be modest and prudent, work hard, and firmly establish the views of the masses.

On October 27, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping led the new members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to pay homage to the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Site. In the memorial hall, he stopped, looked at it, and meditated: During the Yan'an period, "party cadres were required to 'sit their buttocks on the side of the common people', forming a vivid situation of 'only seeing public servants but not officials'".

Across time and space, the opinions of the masses have never changed. "The people's yearning for a better life is our goal." General Secretary Xi Jinping's words are vivid practice in the new era for ten years.

In work, to understand what the people yearn for and what they expect, we must make good use of investigation and research, which is the foundation of planning and the way to accomplish things. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has traveled all over the country, absorbing the wisdom and strength of governing the country from the fervent practices of the people.

September 17, 2020, Changsha, Hunan. General Secretary Xi Jinping specially invited grassroots representatives to listen to opinions and suggestions on the preparation of the "14th Five-Year Plan". At the meeting, the general secretary's speech was full of affection and far-reaching meaning——

"In order to continuously meet the needs of the people for a better life, we must constantly formulate new phased goals and move forward step by step along the correct path. Where does the correct path come from? It comes from the masses."

To follow the mass line, we must dare to fight, be good at fighting, and resolutely oppose formalism and bureaucracy.

The land of Longyuan has long been troubled by the problem of suffering and difficulty in drinking water. In February 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping bypassed nine bends and eighteen bends and came to Weiyuan County, Gansu. In the poor households, I deliberately picked up a ladle of water to taste, and frowned.

Afterwards, he made a special trip to inspect the Yintao water supply project site, exhorting that "people's livelihood is the top priority, and water control is the top priority." After unremitting efforts, the whole line of the project was completed, and the clear water gurgled into the farmhouses and moistened the hearts of the people.

Benefiting the people is the greatest political achievement, and satisfying the masses is the value orientation and fundamental standard for our party to do all its work well.

For a period of time, some party members and cadres went to the grassroots level to observe the flowers, put on airs, and put on airs. Formalism and bureaucracy form an invisible wall between the party and the masses. Therefore, the party's mass line education and practice activities focus on solving the "four winds" problems. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to focus on correcting formalism and bureaucracy.

The eyes of the masses are discerning, and they can tell at a glance what is a show and what is really doing practical things for the people. Only by taking the masses' satisfaction or dissatisfaction, acceptance or disapproval, and support or support as the yardstick for testing work, with an attitude of daring to fight and being good at fighting, resolutely fighting formalism and bureaucracy, changing the style of work, and working hard, can the masses be satisfied. .

The people's confidence and support are the driving force for the country to forge ahead. The mass line is an important heirloom for our party to maintain its youthful vitality and combat effectiveness forever.

"Now, our Communist Party cadres at all levels have to ask the folks everywhere: What kind of good life do you want to live? A better life, let us promote and realize it together." In June 2021, the eve of the centennial of the founding of the party, General Secretary Xi Jinping made such a request to cadres at all levels during his inspection in Qinghai.

Come from the masses, go to the masses, practice the mass line, we are always on the road.