The correct investigation of theme education must pay equal attention to investigation and research.

Sichuan Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory System Research Center

Investigation and research is the heirloom of our party and the basic skill of doing all the work well. Our party has always attached great importance to investigation and research. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has attached great importance to investigation and research, and repeatedly emphasized the importance of investigation and research on different occasions. In March this year, the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC issued the "Work Plan on Carrying out Investigation and Research in the Whole Party", which requires that investigation and research be carried out in the whole party, and it is an important content of carrying out thematic education in the whole party. All party member, especially the theoretical workers, should pay special attention to the in-depth study of the Excerpts of the Supreme Leader’s Arguments on Investigation and Research, vigorously carry forward the fine tradition of investigation and research, and pay equal attention to investigation and research.

Investigation is the source of research.

Seeking truth from facts generally means respecting facts and acting according to the law. Seeking truth from facts is the ideological line and important principle of dialectical materialism, and it is also a scientific summary of our party’s historical experience. The history of China’s revolution, construction and reform has repeatedly proved that only by formulating practical policies and measures and adopting practical working methods can the cause of the party and the people be on the right track and achieve satisfactory results for the people.

Seeking truth from facts first requires in-depth practice and investigation. "Excerpts from the Supreme Leader’s Discussion on Investigation and Research" pointed out: "Investigation and research are the foundation of seeking things and the way to achieve things. There is no investigation, no right to speak, and no decision-making power. ""Insist on proceeding from reality, provided that you go deep into reality and understand reality. Only in this way can you be realistic. "

Investigation refers to the process that leading cadres and scientific research workers go to fresh grass-roots practice to understand the situation and collect first-hand materials. Investigation is the "flowing water" of research. Only by in-depth investigation and scientific and accurate grasp of the practical situation can we find the real problems, find the real reasons and put forward effective "real countermeasures".

The investigation must stand firm on the people’s stand. If the position is wrong, it is bound to be the opposite. Communist party member should always go deep into the grass-roots units, understand the thoughts, hopes and worries of the masses, and grasp the work to the hearts of the masses. It is necessary to improve the ability of dialectical thinking, systematic thinking, strategic thinking and bottom line thinking, and enhance the eyesight of seeing problems, the brainpower of seeking things, the listening ability of observing people’s feelings, and the foot strength of walking at the grassroots level.

The investigation must be thorough. The investigation should continue to be in-depth and long-lasting, to prevent a cursory glance and a superficial view, and to prevent one from being complacent and generalizing. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Only metaphysics is the most labor-saving in the world, because it can talk nonsense, and it does not need to be based on objective reality, nor is it subject to objective actual inspection. Adhering to materialist dialectics requires great strength and hard work. " The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "Always dive into the front line, go near and far, look at the good and bad, listen to the praise and criticism of cadres and the masses, and truly understand the situation."

The investigation must pay attention to the effect. The original intention of Daxing investigation and research is excellent, but if the method is improper, the effect may be poor, which will increase the burden on the grassroots and frontline. Only if the method is proper can we get twice the result with half the effort. The first is to highlight the problem orientation. We should investigate with problems, be targeted and go straight to the subject, and don’t "cast a big net" and "surround it". The second is to carefully plan. It is necessary to make an overall plan according to the investigation theme and make a good investigation plan in a scientific spirit. First of all, we should collect the existing relevant documents, materials and statistical data, and screen out the real problems that need to be investigated at the grassroots level on the basis of analysis and research. The third is to be fully prepared. According to the real problem, we should carefully write the survey outline, design the questionnaire, accurately select the respondents, and let them think ahead and be fully prepared. The fourth is to have in-depth communication. It is necessary to go to the front line of practice to see the scene, listen to explanations, hold symposiums, carry out dissecting sparrow communication, deeply analyze the problems and their causes, and find the answers to the problems. The fifth is to consider the supplement. If the support of the above-mentioned survey for "analyzing problems" and "solving problems" is insufficient, we can further design more targeted survey outlines and questionnaires, choose more survey points or use modern means such as the Internet to touch the situation in a wider and deeper extent, find reasons and answers, and collect more abundant first-hand materials to provide more sufficient practical basis for in-depth research.

In a word, without investigation, research is water without a source and a tree without a root, and the results of research can only be subjective assumptions of idealism. Using such "research results" to guide practice will undoubtedly only lead to adverse consequences. Furthermore, if there is no in-depth investigation but only a "show" and "bonsai" investigation, the conclusions will often be one-sided and the effect of guiding practice will be greatly reduced. This is just as the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary emphasized: "Any subjectivism, formalism, mechanism, dogmatism and empiricism are metaphysical ways of thinking, and it is impossible to have good results in practical work".

Investigate and analyze the problems found in the investigation.

Investigation and research are complementary to each other and cannot be neglected. Investigation is to obtain "facts", that is, facts in practice, while research is "seeking truth". It is to think and analyze scientifically according to the materials obtained from investigation, to see the essence through phenomena, to find out the problems and analyze the reasons, to explore the internal relations behind things, to draw correct conclusions and to put forward feasible countermeasures in line with the development law of things. If you only investigate and don’t study, you may be "practical" and confused by the superficial phenomena in the investigation. Not only can you not find the real problem, but you may also draw wrong conclusions and make wrong decisions, which may lead to new contradictions. Therefore, it is necessary to study and analyze the problems found in the investigation. By thinking, analyzing and synthesizing from the outside to the inside, and by exchanging, comparing and repeating, from perceptual knowledge to rational knowledge, we can clearly understand the truth and the whole picture of the matter and find out the essence and law of the problem, so as to form accurate and credible research results to guide practice, truly solve the problem and promote the deepening of practice. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that on the one hand, we should strengthen investigation and study, accurately grasp the objective reality and truly grasp the law; On the other hand, we should adhere to the development rather than static, comprehensive rather than one-sided, systematic rather than scattered, universal rather than isolated observation of things, and properly handle all kinds of major relations.

It is a necessary process and an important link for investigation and research to carefully write investigation and research reports and form high-quality achievements. Only by writing the results of in-depth investigation and in-depth research into a research report, and repeatedly discussing and refining it within a certain range, can we form truly high-quality research results. This is not only a systematic summary of existing practice, but also a policy basis to guide future practice. Therefore, it is very important for the research report to be forward-looking, scientific and applicable. In the process of analysis and research based on the survey materials, we must adhere to the problem-oriented, goal-oriented and result-oriented, strengthen macro-thinking and top-level design, and ensure the right decisions and measures. In the process of writing the investigation report, we must summarize and refine the new experiences and innovations that have been proved to be effective through investigation and practice, and publicize them; After thorough research and mature research results, they will be promoted to decision-making and deployment in time, transformed into concrete measures, and clarified at the policy and system level; For the research results that have not been thoroughly studied, we should brainstorm more deeply and put them into practice after improvement.

It can be seen that investigation and research are actually deeply integrated, inseparable and equally important. This requires us to pay equal attention to both investigation and research in order to form truly high-quality research results.

Insist on paying equal attention to investigation and research in theme education

To carry out in-depth study and implementation of the theme education of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, we should pay equal attention to investigation and research, not only learn the theory well, but also conduct in-depth practical investigation in combination with our own post work, so that the vast number of party member can achieve "high theory" and "deep practice", organically combine theory with practice, and make both theoretical study and their own work correct, and comprehensively improve the quality of theme education.

"Excerpts from the Supreme Leader’s Discussion on Investigation and Research" pointed out: "Here, I would like to give you some hopes. First, starting from the national conditions, starting from the practice in China and going to the practice in China, writing the thesis on the land of the motherland will make the theoretical and policy innovations conform to the reality of China and have the characteristics of China, and continuously develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s political economy and sociology. The second is to conduct in-depth research, examine the facts, make practical moves, fully reflect the actual situation, and make theoretical and policy innovations well-founded and reasonable. The third is to grasp the law, adhere to the Marxist stand, viewpoint and method, look at the essence through phenomena, and explore the long-term trend from short-term fluctuations, so that theoretical and policy innovation can fully reflect the advanced and scientific nature. The fourth is to establish an international perspective, explore the common problems faced by mankind from the interaction between China and the world, and contribute China wisdom and China plan to building a community of human destiny. " Party member, especially theoretical workers, should tell the story of China well, write their papers on the land of the motherland, and contribute to the construction of a community of human destiny with China’s wisdom and China’s plan. Only by paying equal attention to investigation and research in theme education can we really produce high-quality research results on theme education, provide scientific basis for major decisions, and continuously improve the scientificity of decision-making.

Judging from the procedure of major decision-making in China, the report of the Party Congress, the documents of the plenary session of the Party, the important documents and major decisions of the Party, the work report of the government, major reform and development measures, and important working documents of departments should all be consulted within a certain range within the Party, some of them should be consulted not only once, but also twice or three times, and some of them should solicit opinions and suggestions from dozens of central and state departments. Moreover, these are all procedures that must be gone through. When the CPC Central Committee deliberates important documents, it is required to report the situation of soliciting opinions, report those who agree, and report those who disagree. Many major work arrangements, from the department’s proposal to Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party’s deliberation and approval, have to go through many customs, and legal matters have to be discussed at the National People’s Congress. These processes are not only the requirements of carrying forward democracy, but also the measures of in-depth investigation and research, the necessary process of major decision-making and the fundamental guarantee of scientific decision-making. This requires that party and government cadres at all levels and departments and the vast number of scientific research workers must pay equal attention to investigation and research, not only track the verification of policy implementation in time, but also systematically summarize and improve research, and feed back correct information to decision makers, so as to optimize and adjust relevant policies and promote the continuous deepening of practice.

In addition, the people of the whole country, especially the economic, social and cultural organizations at all levels, should improve their ideological understanding of paying equal attention to investigation and research, actively support and accept the investigation, and choose people with knowledge and experience to participate in the symposium, so as to make the conclusions drawn from the investigation more accurate and the achievements more scientific, create an atmosphere of attaching importance to research, respecting theory and respecting science, and harden the "soft science" of investigation and research, so as to better guide and deepen practice.

(Writing: Lan Dingxiang, director and researcher of Institute of Industrial Economics, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences)