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　　[New Ideas and Practice of Governing the Country]

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "in today’s world, if any political party, country or nation can be confident, then the Communist Party of China (CPC), People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Chinese nation have the most reasons to be confident". The Communist Party of China (CPC) has the most reason to be confident. This important assertion shows the confidence and determination of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core to unite and lead the whole party and the people of all nationalities to realize the goal of "two hundred years" and the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream.

　　1. The connotation and boundary of party confidence.

　　The so-called self-confidence of political parties, in today’s historical context, refers to the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s full affirmation of his own value and firm belief in his own vitality. The connotation of party self-confidence can be understood from multiple dimensions.

　　From the subjective dimension, party self-confidence is the result of two-way interaction and joint action between "self" and "the other", and it is the organic unity of "self-confidence" and "Thaksin". "Self-confidence" is embodied in the firm confidence of party member and Party organizations at all levels in the Party, and "Thaksin" is embodied in the trust and confidence of people of all ethnic groups in the Communist Party of China (CPC). Without the trust of the people, the confidence of political parties will be difficult to achieve.

　　From the perspective of time and space, party self-confidence has dual meanings of nation and world, time and space. On the one hand, the party’s self-confidence is based on the unity of historical cognition, realistic evaluation and future expectation, that is, it highly praises communist party’s struggle history for more than 90 years, highly affirms communist party’s realistic performance, and highly expects the development prospect of communist party. On the other hand, the self-confidence of political parties is also based on the rational cognition of the history of international political parties and the history of international communist movement. In today’s world, when it comes to the contribution of a political party to a country and a nation, the Communist Party of China (CPC) is fully qualified and has reason to be confident.

　　From the theme dimension, party confidence is not abstract, but has its specific content. People’s trust in communist party and recognition of communist party are embodied in the recognition of the party’s basic theory, line and program, the development path, system model and values chosen by the party, and the party’s ruling ability, strategic objectives and lofty ideals.

　　Theoretically speaking, the self-confidence of political parties is not blind, but has its theoretical support. History and people’s choice of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is not determined by historical contingency, nor caused by people’s willfulness, but the inherent requirement of the theoretical logic of scientific socialism and the historical logic of China’s social development. In contemporary China, only the Communist Party of China (CPC), armed with Marxist theory, and no other party can shoulder the historical responsibility of national independence, people’s liberation and national prosperity, and can solve the problem of the future and destiny of the Chinese nation.

　　Party confidence is not arrogance. As a rational judgment of the social subject, party confidence is, in the final analysis, a rational self-confidence, a sober self-confidence, a self-confidence with principles, limits and a sense of abiding by borders. Self-confidence of a political party means not to dwarf or belittle itself, but it is not based on dwarfing or belittling other political party systems. The self-confidence of political parties should be an eclectic, open and inclusive self-confidence in essence. Today, our emphasis on maintaining confidence in the Communist Party of China (CPC) does not mean that the Communist Party of China (CPC) is perfect. Self-beauty is self-confidence, and beauty of beauty is also self-confidence. Being complacent is a sign of self-distrust, while narcissism is a sign of blind self-confidence. Whether the Communist Party of China (CPC) can face up to its own shortcomings and absorb the advantages and disadvantages of human political civilization is an important yardstick to measure whether the Communist Party of China (CPC) is really confident or not. The western view of political parties characterized by pride and universal mission is not true self-confidence; The narrow view of political parties oriented towards narcissism and characterized by isolation is not really self-confidence.

　　Party self-confidence and "four self-confidences" are essentially two sides of the same thing. The greatest common denominator of "four self-confidences" is Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and "four self-confidences" is Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s self-confidence in the final analysis. So, what is the relationship between Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the Communist Party of China (CPC)? General Secretary of the Supreme Leader said: "The most essential feature of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership, and the greatest advantage of the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership." In this sense, adhering to the "four self-confidences" implies confidence in the Communist Party of China (CPC); Adhering to the self-confidence of political parties also contains "four self-confidences." Party self-confidence and "four self-confidences" are intrinsically unified in the whole process of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s career.

　　2. The historical logic of party self-confidence.

　　Party self-confidence is not made, but grown. Since its birth, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has always been on the way to catch the exam. More than 90 years’ practice has proved that our party has handed over brilliant answers in this historic exam, which is the historical logic of party confidence.

　　First, the Chinese nation’s transition from chaos to governance cannot be separated from the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership.

　　Since modern times, China has gone through three stages: troubled times, managing the world and good governance. From 1840 to 1949, it belonged to the chaotic stage of "no one can manage it". At this time, China’s mountains and rivers were broken, with internal troubles and foreign invasion.

　　In terms of internal worries, in the first and middle of the 19th century, people’s poverty led to the outbreak of Bailian uprising, Taiping Rebellion and Nian Army Uprising. At the end of the 19th century, the Boxer Rebellion with the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" appeared. As a result, the Qing Dynasty was not helped up and the foreign countries were not destroyed. At the beginning of the 20th century, the old democratic revolution led by revolutionaries stirred China, and the Qing Empire was tottering. In 1911, the Revolution of 1911 was the final blow, and the Qing Dynasty collapsed. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there was no peace for the warlords. In 1946, the national government tore up the peace agreement and three years of civil war started.

　　As far as foreign invasion is concerned, in 1840, the first Opium War broke out, the British laborers made an expedition, and the door of the Great Qing Dynasty was opened. In 1856, the Second Opium War broke out, and the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing and burned the Yuanmingyuan in 1860. In 1883, the Sino-French war broke out, "France won without defeat, and China lost without defeat"; In 1894, the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894 broke out and the Beiyang Navy was wiped out. In 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing; In 1931, the Japanese army invaded the northeast and the three northeastern provinces fell; In 1937, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in an all-round way, and most of China fell into the jaws of death. Under the heavy ravages of western powers, the national self-confidence accumulated by the people of China in 5,000 years collapsed.

　　It can be seen that since modern times, the Chinese nation has been plagued by internal troubles and foreign invasion, and the society is in a state of disarray. All political forces outside the Communist Party of China (CPC) are short-lived, and they have become passers-by in a hurry. Since modern times, Chinese has been struggling to save the nation from extinction. The peasant revolution, constitutional monarchy, restoration monarchy, parliamentary system and presidential system have all been thought and tried, but the results have not worked. China is still in troubled times. Finally, the Communist Party of China (CPC) was chosen, and China realized the historical transformation from chaos to governance, which opened a great journey to rebuild national self-confidence.

　　Second, the people of China cannot stand up without the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

　　"The people of China have stood up since then!" What a simple declaration, however, without understanding the humiliation of kneeling, it is impossible to understand the meaning of standing and the weight of these words.

　　In modern times, the aftermath of the prosperous time of Kanggan has not gone far, but the fate of the people of China has ushered in a 180-degree turn. Yesterday, Chinese, whose back was still straight, fell into the abyss of kneeling for a living. Today, we can’t forget how humiliating it was that more than a hundred years ago, just over 2,000 troops bombed the heavily guarded Qing port, and just 20,000 troops captured the capital of a big country. We can’t forget how humiliating it was that more than 100 years ago, the garden of ten thousand gardens was set on fire and the vast territory was slaughtered. We can’t forget what a humiliation it was more than 100 years ago, when "Chinese and dogs are not allowed in"!

　　The Revolution of 1911 ended the history of feudal dynasty rule, but it did not end the history of humiliation of the Chinese nation. The Great Qing Dynasty fell, but the people of China did not stand up. We can’t imagine that more than 10,000 Japanese troops in Northeast China occupied Shenyang in one day, Liaoning in one week and the three northeastern provinces in three months. How did this happen? We can’t imagine how North China, Shanghai and Nanjing fell in less than half a year after the Lugouqiao Incident. We can’t imagine that a few Japanese soldiers could drive crowds of Chinese to die, and the Nanjing Massacre was terrible. How did this happen?

　　In fact, the old China was wantonly ravaged by the great powers for only one reason: the spirit has fallen on its knees, not only because of its weak national strength and military strength, but also because of its weak spirit, weak will and weak leaders. It was not until the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s appearance that this situation was fundamentally reversed. The people of China have stood up, and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Communist Party of China (CPC) are the mainstay; The War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea is not only the founding war of New China, but also Chinese’s rite of passage. Since the people of China stood upright in the east of the world, the balance of wrestling between the East and the West has changed, and the days of bossing around by the West have ended.

　　Third, China’s appearance from waste to prosperity cannot be separated from the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership.

　　Old China, riddled with holes, is in ruins. In the early 1950s, Mao Zedong said in "On Ten Major Relationships": The face of our country is "one is poor, the other is white". Poverty means that there is not much industry and agriculture is not developed. White’ is a blank sheet of paper, and its cultural level and scientific level are not high. " The industry is quite backward, and even daily necessities are imported from abroad. "Foreign fire", "foreign oil" and "foreign cloth" are historical witnesses.

　　The China Miracle is the most important historical event in the world today. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, China’s development achievements have shocked the world and completely got rid of the danger of being expelled from football. From being poor and white, to ranking second in the world in terms of economic aggregate; From the era of "foreign font size" to a complete industrial system; From the lack of food and clothing for the people to entering the ranks of middle-income countries in the world; From the shortage of materials to the top spot in global trade in goods; From isolation to unswervingly promoting economic globalization, China experienced phoenix nirvana and completed a magnificent turn from the edge of the world to the center of the world stage. As General Secretary of the Supreme Leader said, "Now, we are closer to the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history, and we are more confident and capable of achieving this goal than at any time in history." The great success of China Road is enough to support the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s confidence and confidence!

　　3. Theoretical logic of party confidence.

　　The Communist Party of China (CPC) is an advanced political party armed with Marxism. The great victory of revolution, construction and reform led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) in China is, in the final analysis, the victory of Marxism and its China, and the victory of scientific socialism. The Communist Party of China (CPC) stood at the commanding heights of science, morality and the overwhelming majority, which is the theoretical logic of party confidence.

　　Self-confidence of political parties stems from the scientific nature of guiding ideology. The Communist Party of China (CPC) always regards Marxism as his guide to action, and insists on constantly enriching and developing Marxism in practice. He is a faithful believer, staunch defender and great practitioner of Marxism. The latest achievements of Marxism and its China-ization constitute the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s "cultural background" and "spiritual soul", and the truth of Marxism constitutes the theoretical cornerstone of party self-confidence. The scientific nature of Marxism lies in that it reveals the development law of human society with irrefutable facts and powerful logic, points out the correct direction for the development of human society and the liberation of all mankind, solves the "historical mystery" for the first time, and lays an ideological peak that is hard to reach so far. Today’s world is advancing according to the development track described by Marx. The new changes of capitalism and the new trend of economic globalization are continuing to confirm Marxism rather than falsify it. China’s historic practice and the great success of China Road have strongly witnessed the scientific nature of Marxism. "Marx" is still a huge figure that cannot be bypassed in the 21st century. Dialectical materialism and historical materialism are still scientific tools for people to correctly understand the world, predict the future, and formulate action countermeasures. The basic principles and spirit of Marxism are still followed by the Communist Party of China (CPC), and the latest achievements of Marxism in China are still the ideological weapons for the Communist Party of China (CPC) to govern the country. The doctrine we believe in is the truth of the universe, which is the biggest reason for our firm party’s confidence.

　　Party self-confidence stems from the supremacy of value pursuit. In the final analysis, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s value pursuit is the value pursuit of Marxism. Marxism unswervingly pursues fairness, justice and common prosperity, the freedom, democracy and human rights of the proletariat, and the free and all-round development of everyone. Isn’t this more practical and useful than the abstract value pursuit of the West? What reason do we have to belittle it? Marx studied the law of the development of human society all his life, with the aim of criticizing capitalism and burying it. As long as there is exploitation, oppression and inequality in this world, "Marx" will always live in the hearts of working people and all upright people who pursue progress and justice, and communism will always be a banner for people to pursue liberation. What reason do we have to abandon it? Communist party’s ideal society in the future has got rid of the double slavery of power and capital, eliminated exploitation and oppression, spread fairness and justice everywhere, and everyone can develop freely and comprehensively. Isn’t this the most ideal society, and why should we refuse it? Communist party stood on the moral high ground, which is the greatest confidence of our firm political party.

　　The self-confidence of a political party stems from the people’s nature of its political stance. The people’s trust and support are the source of strength and mystery of the party’s self-confidence. The people’s position is communist party’s fundamental political position, representing the people’s interests is all communist party’s interests, and serving the people is communist party’s fundamental purpose. "People" is the true belief of communist party people, which is completely different from bourgeois political parties and is the fundamental sign that the Communist Party of China (CPC) is different from and superior to all other political parties. Bourgeois political parties represent the interests of capital, "capital" is the real master and the only master of capitalist society, and capital logic is the eternal political logic. The Communist Party of China (CPC), on the other hand, is always on the side of the overwhelming majority, which is the greatest strength to strengthen the confidence of our party.

　　4. The confident world vision of political parties.

　　With the transformation of national history into world history, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s historical position should also be examined from the perspective of the world.

　　First, from the perspective of ruling ability, the political party system with characteristics of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China has distinct comparative advantages.

　　Compared with the western political model of separation of powers, multi-party election and taking turns to sit in the village, China’s political system is characterized by adhering to the organic unity of party leadership, people being masters of the country and governing the country according to law, and implementing the people’s congress system, multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), regional ethnic autonomy system and grass-roots mass autonomy system. The comparative advantages of China’s political system are roughly as follows:

　　The ability of social integration. The political party system with China’s characteristics can effectively integrate social resources, concentrate on major events, overcome the disadvantages of mutual conflicts and constraints between different parties and interest groups, and avoid "polarized" politics and "veto regime" that are opposed for the sake of opposition. For example, American scholar Fukuyama believes that "polarized" politics has become the mainstream in the United States, and "veto politics" is prevalent, which is related to the long-term reform.

　　The strength of strategic planning. One of the advantages of China’s political system is that it can formulate long-term development plans, maintain the stability and continuity of major policies, and link today’s cause with tomorrow’s cause. The current interests are combined with long-term interests, and the local interests are consistent with the overall interests, without being affected by the change of political parties in the West. This is simply impossible in those countries that change the ruling party in a "merry-go-round" way.

　　Efficiency of decision-making. The Communist Party of China (CPC) advocates rejuvenating the country by hard work, speaking with facts, responding to emerging challenges in a timely manner, advancing things in an orderly manner, and "doing things one after another" for long-term matters, which is unimaginable in those western countries that "do things one after another" or even "do things one after another".

　　A system of selecting talents and appointing people. The training and selection mechanism of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s ruling team also has advantages, such as orderly replacement of national leadership, emphasis on grass-roots experience and multi-level experience, free from the constraints of consortia, populism and acting tricks, which can avoid the election of rich spokesmen, populist leaders or mediocre politicians.

　　Mechanism of self-purification. The Communist Party of China (CPC) has not made mistakes, but unlike other political parties, the Communist Party of China (CPC) can correct his own mistakes. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has made remarkable achievements in punishing corruption and curbing the "four winds", which shows the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s ability and determination to purify and improve itself.

　　Second, judging from the ruling effect, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s report card is hard to compare with that of any other political party in the world.

　　In the history of the world’s political parties, who can shoulder the two major historical responsibilities of "saving the nation from extinction (revolution)" and "national rejuvenation (construction)"? As American scholar Fei Zhengqing said, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has created a "revolutionary world miracle" in the past and a "developing world miracle" today. This is the greatest political, economic and social change of mankind so far. No nation in the world has experienced such a great institutional change and such a rapid increase in wealth in such a short time.

　　In terms of system reform, the Communist Party of China (CPC) united and led the people of China to complete the new-democratic revolution and achieved a great leap from feudal autocracy to people’s democracy. Completed the socialist revolution and established the basic socialist system, which laid the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for all the development and progress of contemporary China; It started a new great revolution of reform and opening up, established the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, and achieved a great leap for the people of China from standing up to becoming rich and strong. The institutional model initiated by the Communist Party of China (CPC) has defended the diversity of political civilization, provided a "China plan" for the development of human society, and proved that the western political model is not the only and universal plan.

　　In terms of wealth growth, China has created an earth-shattering development miracle in the history of human social development in the past 30 years. In dollar terms, China’s GDP in 2016 is roughly equivalent to 2 Japanese, 3 German, 4 British, 5 Indian, 6 Italian, 7 Canadian and 8 Russian. More than 700 million people have been lifted out of poverty, contributing 70% to global poverty reduction. Data don’t lie, facts are the most convincing. Brilliant report card is the profound reason why the Communist Party of China (CPC) can avoid the pendulum effect of western political parties and win people’s long-term trust. However, when some people in the West praise China’s development achievements, they often bypass the political party factor intentionally or unintentionally. In fact, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership is the most essential feature and the greatest advantage of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it also constitutes the key password of China’s miracle. You can’t decode contemporary China without understanding the Communist Party of China (CPC).

　　Thirdly, in terms of the problems faced, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has achieved better results in a shorter time and at a lower cost under the double test of time and space compression.

　　China is a very unique sample. It has a huge territory, a long historical depth, a large population, multi-ethnic and multi-religious, and the high-quality genes of Chinese culture coexist with feudal dross. The difficulty of governing such a country is incomparable to other countries. Compared with the West, China’s problems show typical characteristics of "time-space compression".

　　Let’s look at time compression first. China has spent more than 30 years on the road that developed countries in the west have traveled for more than 100 years or even hundreds of years. The problems of corruption, environmental problems and the gap between the rich and the poor, which are concentrated in China today, have gradually emerged in the west for a long time span. For example, in the United States, separatist contradictions broke out in the 1860s, corruption in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and environmental problems broke out after World War II, while polarization has continued to this day and is becoming more and more intense. It can be seen that these universal contradictions are diachronic in western countries, but they have become synchronic in our country; The western ruling party can solve these problems in turn, but our party should solve them simultaneously, which obviously doubles the pressure on communist party. However, compared with western countries at the same stage of development and emerging economies at the same stage of development, China’s governance is much better, the severity of contradictions is much lighter and the cost is much smaller.

　　Let’s look at space compression. The development of China can only be planned based on its own territory, and the problem of China can only be solved by its own strength, which is totally different from the logic of the development of western powers. In the past, great powers supported their own development through colonial plunder. For example, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, France and Britain all developed under the support of huge colonies several times, ten times or even dozens of times larger than their own territories, and all tried their best to transfer and export domestic contradictions and risks to the whole world. Today, China can’t repeat the old road of colonial expansion, transferring risks and exporting contradictions by western powers. Peaceful development, risk sharing and mutual benefit are our only options; The development of China has not caused trouble to other countries, but has become a smooth ride for the development of other countries; In the past, China made "contributions" to the development of western powers through land cession, reparations and concessions. However, today, western countries set up many obstacles to our development through Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, terrorism, the South China Sea, exchange rate, market economy status, military threats and diplomatic containment. It can be seen that China is developing in the cracks of the West, and the Communist Party of China (CPC) is becoming more and more confident in meeting the challenges.

　　5. Dialectical wisdom of self-confidence of political parties.

　　Now, a few people lack the confidence of political parties. In my opinion, if we exclude the position factor, this kind of emotion still has its objective background. China does face many problems today, such as unbalanced regional development and challenges to solve; Corruption and the "four winds" problem once flooded the country, seriously overdrawing the people’s trust; Wait a minute. The Communist Party of China (CPC), as the ruling party, is also the responsible subject of course, and it seems natural for the board to hit itself.

　　So, how should we treat the problems existing in contemporary China? The author thinks that there is a methodological problem, that is, we must adhere to the scientific methodology.

　　First, we should look at the problem in a dialectical way. When you look at anything, you should say two words and oppose any one-sidedness The whole history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has a major side and a minor side; There are both successes and problems. We should see both sides. At the same time, these "two sides" are primary and secondary, and they are important. Among them, achievements are the main ones, and problems are not the main ones. Looking at problems depends on the mainstream and grasping the main side. Looking at the Communist Party of China (CPC), we should not only boldly affirm our achievements, but also bravely face the problems. You can’t ignore the problem and be blind and confident because of your great achievements; We must not deny our achievements and lose confidence because of problems. It is wrong in method and dangerous in practice to take a one-sided view of problems and blame all problems on the Communist Party of China (CPC), and fail to see the uniqueness and comparative advantages of China’s political system.

　　The second is to look at the problem from the essential height. Everything, the phenomenon is intuitive and naked, and the key is to grasp the essence. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the window has been opened, and fresh air will come in, as will flies and mosquitoes. The process of China going to the world is also the process of the world going to China. In this process, some negative things in the west will come with the wind, but the open China has not lost itself and alienated itself. For example, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s political stance of putting the people first, the development goal of common prosperity, the value pursuit of fairness and justice, the great dream of national rejuvenation and the lofty ideal of communism have not changed. On the contrary, under the complicated background of "drastic changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe" and western containment, the Communist Party of China (CPC) defended and developed socialism. With his historic practice, the Communist Party of China (CPC) declared the end of the "final conclusion of history", the bankruptcy of "Western centralism", the bias of the linear historical view that "there is no other way but capitalism", the broad prospect of socialism in the 21st century and the broad value of Marxism in the world.

　　The third is to look at the problem from the historical trend. History always follows a tortuous road and rushes to the other side of the ideal. The problems faced by contemporary China belong to developing problems, which are symptoms of adolescence and growing pains. These problems can be effectively solved through the reform of various institutional mechanisms, the self-improvement and self-development of the socialist system, and the self-purification within the party. For example, building a well-off society in an all-round way has made us see the hope that all people can share the fruits of reform and development, comprehensively deepening reform has made us see the hope of modernizing the national governance system and governance capacity, comprehensively administering the country according to law has made us see the hope of building a China ruled by law, and comprehensively administering the party strictly has made us see the hope of building a clean and honest politics. In a word, China will constantly surpass the reality and tend to the ideal in the reform and development, which is the general trend of contemporary China and the great logic of historical evolution. Perhaps this process is gradual, but we are already on the right path.

　　6. Consolidate the confidence of political parties in the course of reform and development.

　　The problem is indelible and inescapable. Facing the problem directly, analyzing the problem and solving the problem are the logic of the problem development; When the old problems are solved, new problems will appear again, and so on. This is the logic of historical development.

　　Even if a political party has thousands of reasons, there is no reason why it cannot solve the outstanding contradictions and problems in society. History chose communist party because communist party confronted the "three big mountains" that weighed on the people of China at that time and solved the big problems of national independence, people’s liberation and people’s happiness that no other party could solve. The people chose communist party because communist party represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people and has solved the major problems of concern to hundreds of millions of people.

　　The self-confidence of political parties has never been established, and it cannot be regarded as something that has been completed and finalized; It is open, generated and unfinished, and party self-confidence can only be reasonably understood as a process, a process of continuous generation and continuous achievement.

　　History will not end, and reform and development will have confidence. Party confidence is not a slogan, but an action. Party self-confidence is essentially a kind of practical self-confidence. In other words, whether the Communist Party of China (CPC) has self-confidence depends on how communist party does it. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has dared to take responsibility and forge ahead, insisting on the goal of "two hundred years" and working day and night on the great journey of national rejuvenation. The supply-side structural reform kicked off, and the economic giant was moving steadily under the new normal of economic development; Precision poverty alleviation has become a national strategy, and poverty alleviation has been accelerated; Cure haze, defend the blue sky, blow the signal, and green China is put on the agenda. At the same time, the AIIB, which was established in China, was formally established and opened, actively promoted the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, participated in the reform of the global governance system, and promoted the building of a community of human destiny, with a growing circle of friends. The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s reform measures and development ideas not only focus on itself and the world, but also provide a "China plan" for mankind while solving its own problems, which promotes its own development and also drives the world to develop together. Every step forward in China’s reform and development will lay a solid foundation for the confidence of political parties.

　　In short, the confidence of political parties has never been innate, nor is it once and for all. Today, profound changes have taken place in the world, national conditions and party feelings, and the confidence of political parties cultivated in reality is more vital and lasting.

　　 (Author: Chen Shuguang, a professor at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee)

　　In the smoky restaurant box, Liangshan squinted and kept asking reporters about their identity information while smoking.

　　After repeated tests, he determined that the reporter was not a "fishing" policeman, and signaled his men to hand over the poppy shell in the paper bag to the reporter for inspection. He is still not at ease, let the reporter put his mobile phone aside to prevent candid recording. After inspecting the goods, he immediately asked his men to take the poppy shell in their arms. "What is good to say is selling Chinese medicine, and what is not good to say is drug trafficking, which is more risky than selling guns." He spit out one mouthful smoke and said faintly.

　　As a Chinese herbal medicine merchant with an entity company, Liangshan claims to have hundreds of kilograms of poppy shells in his hand, which will be supplied to vendors who make braised cooked food and a well-known catering brand every month.

The poppy shell of Liangshan (a pseudonym), a drug dealer.

　　This is the corner of the "black market" of poppy shells in China.

　　From the end of March to mid-May, 2021, The Paper went to many places to investigate and found that there were underground transactions of poppy shells in several major distribution centers of Chinese herbal medicines in China. Many Chinese herbal medicine merchants said that they had been supplying vendors or stores engaged in braised cooked food and breakfast for a long time at prices ranging from 500 to 700 yuan per catty.

　　In addition, The Paper search found that some online sellers from Yunnan and Gansu directly set up QQ groups with the words "poppy, opium, rice husk" to find buyers, inspect goods and sell them. There are also sellers who specially prepare dry spices containing poppy powder to sell all kinds of "secret" barbecue materials, lobster materials, pot-stewed materials and mala Tang materials online.

　　The market demand for poppy shells mainly stems from some catering businesses’ superstitious belief that adding poppy shells (powder and seeds) to food can "enhance taste and fragrance" and make diners addicted. However, some experts told The Paper that experiments show that the role of poppy shells is over-deified, and the rumored role of "enhancing fragrance and addiction" is actually not obvious. In addition, some studies have said that long-term use of soup containing poppy shell or its extract will cause chills, sweating, fatigue, sallow and emaciated, drowsiness and other symptoms, and cause people’s attention and memory function to decline. In severe cases, it may cause damage to the nervous system and digestive system, endocrine disorders, and even lead to respiratory arrest and death.

　　"What is not pleasant to say is drug trafficking."

　　The paper bag handed to the reporter by Liang Shanrang contained seven or eight white-brown poppy shells with good appearance, and the rustling of poppy seeds could be heard during shaking.

　　"I haven’t shaved." "Scraping pulp" in Liangshan refers to cutting milk pulp to extract opium after poppy fruit is ripe. After cutting pulp, there will be dark knife marks on the surface of poppy fruit. He pointed to one of the poppy shells and showed it to the reporter. There was no cut on the surface of the poppy shell.

　　Poppy is the main raw material for opium production, and its extract is also the source of many sedatives. Poppy shell (commonly known as big tobacco shell and rice shell) is the dried shell of poppy fruit, which is oval or bottle-shaped. Poppy shell contains alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, papaverine, etc. Although the content is smaller than that of opium, it will cause chronic toxic effects on human liver and heart if taken for a long time, and it is a drug controlled by the state. For a long time, the public security departments have severely cracked down on the illegal phenomena of smuggling, trafficking, transportation, manufacturing and illegal possession of poppy shells.

　　Liangshan said that he still has 600 kilograms of stock in his hand, and the poppy shells in his hand are basically bought from the elderly who secretly grow poppies in the countryside, and he also interplanted with other Chinese herbal medicines in a small amount, which is definitely better than the smuggled goods from the "Golden Triangle North Myanmar" area. He is the only one in the local area who has goods with another medicine dealer.

　　"Our jargon is called rice shell, not opium shell or poppy shell. You will know this as soon as you say it." At the inspection site, Liangshan explained that the anti-drug situation has been severe in recent years. In the past, there were two or three hundred yuan per catty of poppy shells on the market, but now it has risen to six or seven hundred yuan per catty, and it is constantly rising, which belongs to "valuable and no market".

　　Liangshan said that almost all his customers are introduced by acquaintances, usually catering businesses, and most of them sell braised dishes. A business does not want much at one time, which is only two or three kilograms. "Yesterday (March 22), a customer came and took 20 pounds of goods."

　　According to Liangshan, merchants will directly cook the soup with poppy shells, usually throwing them away after cooking twice, or grinding them into fine powder and mixing them with other seasonings in proportion to cook the soup. "Less useful and undetectable." Liangshan said that he would make ribs and stew at home and add poppy powder, or eat steamed bread dipped in poppy seeds.

　　During the conversation, Liangshan repeatedly claimed that the Beijing branch of a well-known hot pot restaurant brand took at least 500 kilograms of poppy shells from him every month and then distributed them to stores. The reporter expressed doubts about this, and Liangshan only showed the reporter the buyer’s WeChat circle of friends, showing that the other party often posted dynamic news about the catering brand.

　　Liangshan said that customers can’t deliver poppy shells separately after buying them, but also have to buy some spices such as octagonal cinnamon grass fruit, mix them and grind them into powder for delivery.

　　In addition, Liangshan said that the address left by the customer does not need to be written in detail, and he will use the logistics without inspection. "The packaging is tattered and nobody cares. After the logistics arrives at the receiving place, it will call the recipient." Because it is easy to be out of stock, customers need to say in advance that they are ready.

　　During the whole joint inspection process, Liangshan and his men were particularly vigilant and repeatedly told not to let their peers know that they were using this thing to prevent being "fired". If the business is known by a third person, there is no way to do it.

　　"When we first met, I was afraid you were a COP." After the goods were inspected, Liangshan asked the reporter to open the WeChat chat page contacted with him, returned the 500 yuan sincerity payment paid in advance, and forged a chat record: "I have no goods here, sorry." Then let the reporter and him delete each other’s WeChat, saying that they would contact each other directly by phone in the future.

　　"Just delete the WeChat record and you can adjust it." Liangshan said that because things are not formal, we must be cautious when contacting transactions. "To say that it is good to sell Chinese medicine, and to say that it is not good is drug trafficking, which is more risky than selling guns."

　　Liangshan told reporters a virtual number starting with 171, showing the area as Fuzhou, Fujian, and a real number starting with 147, saying that you can dial the number of 147 for private contact, and contact with the virtual number when talking about goods. On wechat, you can’t mention "poppy" when you deliver the goods, just say, "boss, is there any more goods?"

　　Because Liangshan claimed that a well-known catering brand got goods in bulk from it, considering the public food safety issues, the reporter immediately reported the information to the local police on the night of the unannounced visit.

　　In the same city as Liangshan, a man surnamed Zhang named "Yaojutang Pharmaceutical" on WeChat told reporters that his poppy shells here only cost 300 yuan a catty. Unlike Liangshan’s goods, although they also contain seeds, they are all broken into pieces, which can be sent to logistics and customers can come and get them.

　　"Delete the text sent by the above (WeChat) from your side, and just say (again) directly call it aniseed." The man surnamed Zhang said that he could have met for inspection or sent the poppy shell for inspection by taking pictures and videos, but now the police are strict and it is the first time to deal with it, so be careful.

　　On the evening of March 26, the anti-drug police and reporters opened the samples sent by Zhang’s boss. The outer layer of the package is tightly wrapped in a green woven bag, and the inner layer is wrapped in a black plastic bag after the outer package is torn open, and a hole in the plastic bag is cut to expose the white-brown debris. After the police sent the substance for inspection, they found that the sample sent by the man surnamed Zhang was indeed a poppy shell.

A shopkeeper surnamed Zhang sent a parcel by courier, full of white-brown fragments. The police sent it for inspection and found that it was indeed a broken poppy shell.

　　At present, the police have set up a task force to investigate the suspected illegal acts of Liangshan and the man surnamed Zhang.

　　Poppy shell "black market": many drug dealers claim long-term supply.

　　The poppy shell business of Liangshan and Zhang’s boss is only the corner of the domestic "black market" of poppy shells. According to the reporter’s investigation, this kind of business also exists in Chinese herbal medicine distribution centers such as anguo city, Hebei, Yuzhou, Henan and Zhangshu, Jiangxi.

　　At 9 o’clock on the evening of March 24th, on the main road from Baoding City, Hebei Province to anguo city, the county-level city under its custody, Yang Qi, a Chinese medicine dealer, rolled up his sleeves and drove a red BMW car while telling reporters about the precautions for trading poppy shells.

　　"Don’t say that you are from other places, and the local ones won’t sell you (poppy shells)." Yang Qi is not tall, born in 1998, and his face looks a little immature. Since October 2016, a company specializing in the wholesale business of Chinese herbal medicines has been registered. Yang Qi travels to and from the origin of various Chinese herbal medicines in China and sells them to pharmaceutical factories after purchasing them.

　　He said that in the past few years, there were many phenomena of trading poppy shells in this area. Because of frequent contact, drug dealers selling poppy shells can eat out whether they have added poppy shells or not. "You can know by smelling or eating them." In recent years, the police have cracked down more and more severely, and everyone is sneaking around. Without acquaintances to lead the way, sellers will not admit that they have goods.

　　After more than an hour, I arrived at a place called "Beigang Car Rental" in anguo city. Under the dim light of night, Elgin made a phone call and asked the other party to install two kinds of poppy shells with different specifications for inspection.

　　Ten minutes later, a man came by car. In the car, the man took out two packages of poppy shells with different specifications. By the dim light in the car, the reporter saw that there were seven or eight complete poppy shells in two transparent plastic bags, and the one with good quality was bigger. Slightly shaking, two bags can hear the rustling of poppy seeds.

　　Yang Qi said that the 30 kilograms of poppy shells he prepared for reporters were divided into two specifications. A kilogram with seeds of good quality is 1,700 yuan, and a kilogram without seeds or with fewer seeds is 1,550 yuan. "Once again, there are things mixed in it, so I don’t want to sell it." Yang Qi said that all the goods on hand were collected from other medicinal materials merchants by friends, and most of the goods came from Myanmar. "If the goods are used up, say three days in advance, 30 or 50 kilograms will do."

Yang Qi (not his real name), a medicine dealer in Anguo, Hebei Province, said that most of their poppy shells were smuggled in from Myanmar.

　　Yang Qi said that what he wants here is basically a catering business, and the proportion added to the catering needs to be adjusted, as far as possible.

　　In anguo city, Yang Qi is not the only seller of poppy shells. The reporter consulted a number of medicinal materials merchants in Anguo, and the other party said that they were "in stock".

　　Li He, whose net name is "Qi ‘ao Traditional Chinese Medicine", claims that poppy shells can be crushed into powder, and the minimum 1000 yuan is one kilogram, which requires cash transactions. He said that although it is illegal to trade poppy shells, he can legally purchase them in the name of a medicinal material dealer, mainly because the buyer has to ensure that there is no problem.

　　"They are all collected locally and can be seen in the store." Near the International Trade Center Square of Chinese Herbal Medicine in anguo city, the owner of "Guangtaihe Lengbei" medicine shop, after being introduced by Zhang Ying, a middleman, also told reporters that it was available.

A medicine dealer in anguo city took out half a bag of poppy shells.

　　At 8 o’clock in the morning of March 25, after talking with reporters in the medicine shop, the boss saw that there was no one around, turned around and took out a snakeskin bag from the back of the shop, unsealed it, and revealed a poppy shell of half a bag. The reporter grabbed two or three in the bag and found that the surface of these poppy shells was smooth, and there were no shallow cuts after "cutting pulp". Some poppy shells were broken and leaked black seeds inside.

　　After the reporter finished inspecting the goods, the boss immediately tied the mouth and took the snakeskin bag into the store. "How many goods do you want? Just communicate in advance." He said that the goods just shown to reporters are less than 30kg, which are all "new goods", that is, the goods received in the autumn of 2020, with 650 yuan per catty. After the cash transaction, he will help grind it into fine powder thicker than flour for reporters to take away, or send logistics, but logistics can only send three or five pounds at a time, which is too dangerous.

　　Zhang Ying, the middleman, said that buying and selling poppy shells must be cautious, and they arrested several people here after the year. The people who pick up the goods here are basically owners of restaurants and hot pot restaurants, or owners who sell braised pork, braised vegetables and barbecues. When communicating with customers, they don’t ask more questions. They are very direct: "Do you have, transfer money and arrange goods?"

　　It is more than 500 kilometers away from anguo city. In Yuzhou City, Henan Province, another distribution center of Chinese herbal medicines, there is also an underground trade in poppy shells.

　　On the evening of March 21st, the boss surnamed Chen of "Yuzhou Xing Medicinal Materials Store" told the reporter that he could get the goods here. Every catty of 300 yuan was stolen by the villagers, and they bought it from the village. Because the reporter wants a lot at one time, he needs to find someone to collect the goods. The boss surnamed Chen said that most of his customers are from the catering industry. To be on the safe side, they need to be powdered when picking up the goods.

The owner of WeChat named "Yuzhou Yuzhou Xing Medicinal Materials Store" Chen said that he could get the goods from him, with 300 yuan per catty.

　　He carefully changed a micro-signal to chat with reporters, saying that when picking up the goods, he needed to write "Gastrodia elata" on the goods, and he should also note "Gastrodia elata" when paying for the goods.

　　On the morning of April 30th, at another Chinese herbal medicine distribution center — — In Zhangshu City, Jiangxi Province, Pi Jun, who runs "Zhangshu Wuxin Chinese Herbal Medicine Planting Co., Ltd.", also claimed that he had poppy shells, both with seeds and without seeds, with a kilogram of 800 yuan or so, mainly because some merchants who make braised pork and braised dishes, barbecue and mala Tang have been getting goods from him.

　　Pi Jun was a little wary when he first contacted reporters, saying that he was worried about using poppy shells for drug trafficking, and he had to check the qualifications of restaurants before supplying them. "First of all, consider the risk, and you can’t earn much money." Pi Jun said that the investigation is very strict now, and it is not easy to get it. In the past, it was cheap to get it.

　　Some sellers sell online, and others specialize in "secret" spices.

　　If it is said that drug dealers are still very wary of secretly selling poppy shells offline, some online poppy shell sellers are even more courageous.

　　The reporter searched with keywords such as "big tobacco shell, poppy shell, big tobacco fruit, rice shell" and found dozens of QQ groups, with members ranging from dozens to hundreds. The names of these groups not only contain keywords searched by reporters, but also contain words such as "spices and seasonings", suggesting that they can be added to catering. Other QQ groups directly use pictures of poppy fruit or poppy shell as group avatars.

The Paper reporter searched with keywords such as "big tobacco shell, poppy shell, big tobacco fruit, rice shell" and found dozens of QQ groups with members ranging from dozens to hundreds.

　　"If you are in the snack business, if you are in the cooked food business, such as mala Tang and barbecue, if your business is not good, then you only need to join our seasoning to ensure that your business is booming." One of the QQ groups introduced this.

　　The reporter consulted a number of group owners or administrators. On March 20th, a group of administrators named "Sister Xiang" told reporters that she came from mangshi, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and the poppy shell in her hand came from Myanmar, and the amount of bulk cargo was about 360 yuan per catty, and 500 yuan was needed per catty. She showed the reporter a complete sample of poppy shell in a "flash photo" way and quickly withdrew the news. People who are called catering and wholesale Chinese herbal medicines all get goods from her. If they sincerely buy, they can tell the specific use method.

The sellers on QQ all showed photos of poppy shells in the form of "flash photos", and then quickly withdrew the news.

　　On March 21st, another QQ group administrator also claimed that he had poppy shells from Myanmar, and 550 yuan had a kilo of postage. He also showed reporters a complete photo of the poppy shell in the form of "flashing photos", and then quickly withdrew the news, claiming that it could guide how to use it after purchase.

　　Different from the first two sellers, another QQ group administrator named "Gentleman" said that she came from Dunhuang, Gansu Province, and her goods came from Xinjiang. She can directly mail the complete poppy shell or grind it into powder and then deliver it, and 550 yuan can deliver it by one catty. "Write down local products, or medicinal materials and dry goods." She said that in order to avoid inspection, it is necessary to write false shipping information on the package.

　　After reporting to the public security organ, the reporter bought a catty of poppy shell samples from the three sellers. The logistics numbers provided by the three sellers show that they delivered goods from Kunming, Yunnan, Chengdu, Sichuan and Jiayuguan, Gansu by Best Express, Postal Service and Postal Service respectively. After the arrival of the goods, the police in the jurisdiction where the goods were received took the parcel back to the police station for further processing, and the reporter simultaneously fed back the suspected illegal clues to the police.

　　On the afternoon of April 29th, the reporter added a QQ group administrator nicknamed "Spice Ingredients" on WeChat, and several short videos with ground spices were posted every day in his circle of friends. The article said that it was to help customers prepare secret fine spices, including lobster sauce, marinated sauce, cold noodles and cold fabrics, barbecue sauce, fried skewers, mutton soup, mala Tang sauce and so on. The seller nicknamed "Spice Ingredients" on WeChat publishes several short videos with ground spices every day in the circle of friends, and the text is called the secret fine spices that help customers prepare.

　　The seller nicknamed "Spice Ingredients" on WeChat publishes several short videos with ground spices every day in the circle of friends, and the text is called the secret fine spices that help customers prepare.

　　He sent a reporter an address that was shown as "Chaoyang Non-staple Food Trading Zone" on Xining Road, Liangxi District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, saying that he and his brother operated two dry spice shops here, which were specially equipped with "secret spices" for merchants. Poppy shells need to be ground into powder, and the ingredients such as star anise, fragrant leaves, fennel, cinnamon, codonopsis pilosula and tsaoko are ground into powder in proportion for delivery, and the price of other ingredients is calculated separately at poppy powder 280 yuan per catty. He showed reporters that in recent days, four merchants doing snacks such as cold salad asked them for screenshots of poppy powder’s WeChat chat, saying that about 40 pounds of poppy powder would be produced every month, and the customers were all from the Internet, and the number was not fixed. "Some of them didn’t come after using it once, saying it was too expensive, and they couldn’t see any effect."

　　His brother Li told reporters that many merchants who make mala Tang, barbecue and braised food always take a few kilograms of goods, and generally they will mix them with other spices in proportion. If they want more, they can grind them into poppy powder, and the buyers will match them themselves. Instead of express delivery, they will deliver them in person. Some merchants sell mala Tang, and they are accompanied by materials for cooking mala Tang; Some merchants make braised food, and they match it with the ingredients of braised food. Most merchants use one or two kilograms a month. Now he dare not store too much goods, and there are only more than 20 kilograms of poppy shells left on hand, all of which are after "cutting pulp". Every time he wants goods, he must say one week in advance.

　　On the morning of April 30, Li showed a video of grinding ingredients to reporters, saying that he was making secret grilled fish ingredients for a merchant in Guangzhou, with a total of 17 kilograms of ingredients, and the merchant gave poppy powder mixed with 3 kilograms. On the morning of April 30th, a QQ user named "Spice Ingredients" showed a video of ingredients grinding, which was called that a merchant in Guangzhou made secret grilled fish ingredients, with a total of 17 kg of ingredients, and the merchant asked poppy powder mixed with 3 kg.

　　On the morning of April 30th, a QQ user named "Spice Ingredients" showed a video of ingredients grinding, which was called that a merchant in Guangzhou made secret grilled fish ingredients, with a total of 17 kg of ingredients, and the merchant asked poppy powder mixed with 3 kg.

　　A QQ user nicknamed "There is nothing wrong with loving you" showed the reporter his poppy shell inventory, saying that many restaurants in China buy from him, and he has to ship hundreds of kilograms every month. "Make sure it’s easy to use and make your business hot." He recommended one of the buyers nicknamed "Jiahuang Potted Vegetable" on QQ to the reporter.

　　"Jiahuang pot-stewed food" claims that she is the proprietress of a pot-stewed food restaurant in Hengyang, Hunan Province. Five years ago, she set up a stall with her family to sell pot-stewed food, and the competitive environment of eight deli shops in the same market made her business not smooth. Later, she found out that a deli was using a big cigarette case, so she contacted the supplier in many ways.

　　The proprietress said that she changed three poppy shell suppliers in three years, and the third one was "there is nothing wrong with loving you" and took the goods for more than a year. At present, she runs three stalls of "Jiahuang Potted Vegetables", and buys about five kilograms of poppy shells at a time, about one kilogram of 600 yuan, which can last for three months.

　　(Liangshan, Elgin, Pi Jun and Zhang Ying are pseudonyms in the text)