Reflections on the Party Building Work in Universities for Nationalities under the New Situation

abstract With the convening of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, and the continuous advancement of comprehensive deepening reform, the party building work in colleges and universities has been pushed to a new starting point. Today’s society is in a critical period of great development and adjustment. Colleges and universities should take the initiative to adapt to the new situation and new tasks in the new period and strengthen the improvement of party building among college students. In particular, they need to cultivate a group of outstanding talents with high political quality, strong coordination ability and good at doing ethnic work, and become the backbone force to solve ethnic problems, promote national economic prosperity and social development, and safeguard national unity and the reunification of the motherland. Therefore, under the new situation, it is very important and urgent to strengthen the party building work in universities for nationalities, which should be highly valued.

keyword Reflections on the Party Building Work in Universities for Nationalities under the New Situation

First, the importance of ethnic party building work under the new situation

Universities for nationalities are an important base for cultivating high-quality talents of ethnic minorities, studying our national policies and theories, and inheriting and carrying forward the excellent cultures of all ethnic groups [5]. It is an important window to show China’s ethnic policies and foreign exchanges, and has trained a large number of outstanding talents of various ethnic minorities for the country and society. Graduates from ethnic colleges and universities have also become one of the backbone forces necessary for ethnic work and social development in ethnic areas, which has great social benefits and made great contributions to solving ethnic problems, promoting ethnic economic prosperity and social development, and safeguarding national unity and the reunification of the motherland. Universities for nationalities are not only the teaching and scientific research centers of various professional knowledge, but also the base for cultivating socialist successors and the ideological front for strengthening national unity [10]. Teachers and students in universities for nationalities have a strong influence on social life, political life and cultural life in ethnic areas. All kinds of ideological information contacted and formed by universities for nationalities will not only have a direct impact on the campus, but also be widely spread to all walks of life in ethnic areas through newspapers, lectures, internet and other channels. Among teachers and students in ethnic colleges and universities, effectively carrying out party building work can improve teachers and students’ political and ideological cultivation, deepen their understanding of the party’s basic line, and better guide teachers and students to study hard for socialist construction and prosperity in ethnic areas. On the issue of maintaining social harmony and stability and promoting the common development of all ethnic groups, ethnic colleges and universities play an irreplaceable role, especially the party building work in ethnic colleges and universities.

Second, the current situation faced by the Party building work in universities for nationalities

(A) the international situation is complex

At present, the international political situation is turbulent, the economic situation is complex and changeable, and the cooperation and conflicts between countries are full of variables, which greatly affect the political, economic and cultural development of our country. Colleges and universities that cultivate talents are inevitably influenced by these factors, which brings a series of challenges and tests to the party building work in colleges and universities [2]. While making remarkable progress in economy and science and technology, China is inevitably under pressure from developed countries, terrorist organizations and separatist forces. Especially in today’s era of economic globalization and cultural diversity, a large number of foreign elements and cultures have flooded into the country, which has enriched people’s spiritual life, but at the same time, because of the bad values, ideology and morality and lifestyle attached to its mixed quality, it will inevitably bring certain negative effects to teachers and students in colleges and universities [4], and colleges and universities have increasingly become the strategic focus of infiltration and competition by foreign hostile forces. With the expansion of foreign exchanges, universities for nationalities are facing more and more new problems, new situations and new situations in the security and stability work, which poses new challenges to the party building work in universities for nationalities.

(B) the domestic situation is diverse

As far as the domestic situation is concerned, while China’s politics, economy, science, technology and culture are making continuous progress, there are also some disharmonious factors: the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, social organization forms, economic components, interest distribution and lifestyle are becoming more and more diversified, and ethnic separatist forces and terrorists still exist. These factors bring hidden dangers of turbulence and contradiction to social development. At the same time, with the rapid development of the information age, all kinds of information make people’s values, ideological understanding and ways of thinking more diversified, which leads to the emergence of some decadent ideas such as money worship, hedonism and extreme individualism, which inevitably brings negative effects to teachers and students in colleges and universities.

At the same time, the general reform of organizational structure and system in colleges and universities in China has brought many problems to the party building work in colleges and universities. At present, due to the increasing scale of colleges and universities, the school forms are diversified from single, and various systems, modes of running schools and management modes coexist [3, 8]. It is even more demanding that party committees in colleges and universities should be able to carry out party building work more effectively and reasonably in combination with reality.

(C) the complexity and diversity of Party building work in universities for nationalities

With the development of economic globalization and the deepening of reform and opening-up, the influence of various social thoughts on colleges and universities is more and more direct, and the reflection of social changes in colleges and universities is more and more rapid, and the independence, selectivity and variability of ideological activities between teachers and students in colleges and universities are further enhanced. At the same time, with the continuous development and progress of network information technology, all kinds of information, culture and ideas that have not been screened and screened are spreading rapidly. College students’ active thinking, pursuit of personality independence, strong democratic consciousness and critical spirit need a clear belief and strong guidance. The party building work in universities for nationalities has its particularity. The universities for nationalities not only have the characteristics of ethnic areas, but also have their national traditions and religious beliefs. As a result, the fields and contents of party building work have become complex and diverse, which requires that the relationship between teachers and students of all ethnic groups must be properly handled, the customs and religious beliefs of all ethnic groups should be respected, and teachers and students of all ethnic groups should be ideologically close to the Party, closely United around the CPC Central Committee and always follow the Party. At the same time, it is required that we must constantly study new situations, put forward new ideas and solve new problems, so as to maintain the vigorous vitality and vitality of the party organizations in ethnic universities and give full play to the important role of the party organizations in the reform and development.

(4) Other factors

In recent years, the relationship between universities and society is getting closer and closer, there are more and more economic activities, more and more temptations and challenges, and the construction of party style and clean government in universities is also facing a severe test. All these require us to strictly abide by the party’s discipline and style of work and earnestly strengthen the party building work in colleges and universities.

3. Ideas on improving the Party building work in universities for nationalities

Strengthening and improving the party building work of students in ethnic universities is an urgent need to give full play to the political and organizational advantages of the party, do a good job in ideological and political education for college students, and cultivate and bring up high-quality talents [1]. Universities for nationalities should combine the development reality, innovate the work mode of party building, and further strengthen and improve the ways of students’ party building.

(A) conscientiously implement the party’s principles and policies, and implement the party building work.

To implement the guiding principles of Party building proposed by the CPC Central Committee, strengthen and improve the Party building work in universities for nationalities, and give full play to the role of Party organizations at all levels in schools, we need to conscientiously do a good job in the construction of Party organizations at all levels in schools, so that the relevant principles and policies of the Party can be implemented in a hierarchical and focused manner [6]. Party building in colleges and universities must adhere to four basic principles: (1) We must closely focus on the basic line of the party, serve the central task of the party, and test the work of grass-roots party organizations by using up the actual effect of the basic task of the cost unit. (2) We must study new situations and solve new problems in the spirit of reform, make innovations and creations by using existing experience, and improve the activities and working methods of grass-roots party organizations. (3) We must strictly live within the Party, strictly observe the Party’s discipline, promote healthy trends, oppose evil spirits, maintain the advanced nature and purity of the party member team, and enhance the ability of grassroots party organizations to resolve their own contradictions. (4) We must base ourselves on our regular work and make unremitting efforts. We should not only make feasible routine plans, but also pay close attention to solving the current outstanding problems.

(B) Starting from the construction of grass-roots organizations and strengthening ideological and political work.

The party’s grass-roots organizations are the basis of all the party’s work and combat effectiveness. Colleges and universities for nationalities should effectively change the situation that "there is no organization, organization and no activity in party member", grass-roots party organizations are not strong in fighting capacity and cohesion, and management education in party member is weak, and select cadres with high political and professional quality and strong sense of responsibility as grassroots party and government leaders [8, 9]. Establish and improve the work system and management system of party organizations, focus on self-construction and play its role around the central work and objectives of the school, face up to its own problems, seek truth from facts, strengthen the quality and efficiency of routine work, and promote the institutionalization and standardization of party organization work.

Combining with the development and changes of actual forms, we constantly innovate our ideas on the basis of inheriting fine traditions. Strengthen the education of ideals and beliefs, actively explore new ideas of ideal education, and pay attention to cultivating students’ correct national outlook, outlook on life and values in ethnic universities. It is necessary to further strengthen the pertinence and effectiveness of ideological and political work and improve its appeal and penetration.

(3) Respect the customs and habits of ethnic minorities and cultivate students’ belief in communism.

There are many ethnic groups in college students for nationalities in China, and the proportion of minority students is also high. Therefore, the proportion of college students with religious beliefs is also high. According to relevant survey data, most college students for nationalities are in a vague stage of understanding religion and lack corresponding religious knowledge and concepts. Ideological and political education in universities for nationalities should always adhere to Marxist ideological and political lines, guide students’ ideological and political work with Marxist outlook on life, world, values and religion, arm college students’ minds with China’s socialist theory, and train reliable builders and successors for socialist construction. Universities for nationalities must strengthen and improve the ideological and political education of college students, especially the work of cultivating and developing party member among college students is facing new problems. Studying the influence of ethnic customs and religions on ethnic minority students in the process of joining the Party and how to get rid of them is the focus of the party building work of ethnic minority college students.

National customs and habits are the product of social and historical development, based on the local natural conditions and economic and cultural life of the nation, and gradually formed in the long-term historical development [5]. The problem of national customs and habits is a sensitive factor in national problems. The customs of all ethnic groups should be respected. This is the consistent policy of our party and state towards the customs and habits of ethnic minorities. The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out in the Notice on Properly Solving the Religious Belief of Communist party member that the Communist party member’s religious belief and participation in religious activities violated the nature of the party, weakened the fighting capacity of the party organization and lowered the prestige of the party among the masses, which was also not conducive to the correct implementation of the party’s religious policy. Many college students for nationalities come from areas inhabited by ethnic minorities and places with great religious influence, and they are more or less exposed to some national customs and religious activities before entering the school. How to establish a long-term mechanism for cultivating, educating and developing students’ party member in universities for nationalities, so that minority college students can establish their communist beliefs and firm their communist ideals is a prominent problem in the party building work in universities for nationalities [11].

Find the best methods and strategies to guide the students in ethnic universities to establish correct national and religious views. Universities for nationalities should publicize our party’s ethnic and religious policies through various ways and means, so that college students can establish correct values and communist ideals and beliefs and consciously resist the infiltration and influence of religion [11]. Ethnic college students should always firmly believe that the progress and development of the country and the nation can not be separated from the progress and development of science and technology and education, as well as the idea of equality, unity, mutual assistance and common prosperity of all ethnic groups. Handle the special relationship between religion, nationality and education well, get rid of the interference and bondage of religious thoughts, strive to arm your mind with advanced scientific and cultural knowledge, firmly master the true skills of building a socialist motherland, closely combine the realization of personal happiness, ideals and life values with the revitalization of the economy and the development of ethnic areas, and truly become the builder and successor of building socialist modernization and realizing a harmonious society, and become party member of the Communist Party of China.

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(Author: Student Management Office, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China)