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Source: Historical Review, No. 2 of 2026

Performance is a fundamental and general view of political performance and a concrete expression of world view, life vision and values in the conduct of politics. The Secretary-General of Xi stated that “it is necessary to establish and practice a sound political performance, to be realistic and regular, and to be conscious of the performance of the people and of the performance of the people”. The Communist Party of China (CPC) has persisted in its resistance to war, its leadership and its revolution in an extremely difficult environment, overcoming difficulties and achieving outstanding achievements, and is inextricably linked to the proper political performance of the whole party — Making people ' s well-being a fundamental measure of performance, using reality as an intellectual method of creating performance, and working hard as a fundamental path to its achievement. Such performance provides a solid foundation for the triumph of the neo-democratic revolution and a valuable historical inspiration for the correct performance of party cadres in the new era. For the good of the people is a fundamental criterion.

The position of the people is the fundamental political position of the Communist Party of China and the value-based cornerstone of political performance. The Communist Declaration solemnly declares that “the proletarian movement is the vast majority and an independent movement for the benefit of the vast majority”, and establishes the people-centred and fundamental value coordinates of the proletarian parties. In September 1944, Mao Zeddong delivered a speech entitled " Serving the People " at the Zhang Si-de Memorial Conference, which made it clear that the Communist Party of China “worked exclusively for the liberation of the people and for their complete well-being” and set out the people's position on the right performance. The Communist Party of China has always made it its fundamental purpose to serve the people with all its heart, and to place the interests of the people at the top of its agenda. In June 1945, the Chairman of the Government of the Zhuangganing Zone, Lim Burt, stated in a joint meeting of the Commissioners of the Government of the Zone: “We, the officials responsible for all levels of the regime, are the agents of the people, not the high-ranking bureaucrat.” He asked government workers to “aware the class who is fully committed to the people” and to determine policy in the best interests of the majority of the population. This sense of “officer” is a vivid interpretation of “performance for people”. The performance of the people is reflected in the concern for the people ' s voices and the discovery and resolution of problems in popular discourse. In June 1941, a farmer on the border of Ganning region complained about the death of a donkey by lightning: "How can God not kill Mao Zedong?" After learning about it, Mao did not pursue it, but instead instructed the authorities to investigate it in a timely manner. The survey found that the collection of 200,000 stone grains during the year was beyond the capacity of the population and was the main cause of grievances. Mao immediately pressed for a reduction in food collection, reducing the 1942 harvest to 160,000 stones, and called for a major production campaign. Mao Zedong then made several references to the matter: “Why didn't Lui kill me? I don't blame the man who said it, but blame ourselves for collecting 200,000 stone grains, so we are responsible.” This example is a vivid illustration of the fact that performance is not an increase in food collection figures, but a reduction in the burden on the population; rather than a statement of the fulfilment of the mandate, it is an improvement in the lives of the people. Performance is not an empty slogan, but a real benefit to the people. During the period of the Janan period, the central and border governments of the party gave high priority to the issue of peasant land and adopted a series of regulatory policies to safeguard the rights and interests of farmers. In April 1939, the Government of the Ganning Boundary Region issued the Land Regulations for the Ganning Boundary Boundary Boundary Boundary, the Platform for Governance during the War in the Ganning Boundary Boundary Boundary Boundary Boundary Boundary, in order to establish in law the title of the peasant land and consolidate the land rights of the farmer. In December 1944, through the Land Tenancies Regulation for the Zone of Ganning, the border districts introduced a rent reduction policy, which provides for a general rent reduction rate of not less than 25 per cent. The clarity of land rights and the norms governing tenancy have significantly reduced the burden on farmers and increased productivity. The border areas have also been active in supporting agricultural production through the granting of agricultural loans, the promotion of cotton and water and a significant increase in food production. It is these “visible material benefits” performances that have enabled the party to win the genuine support of the people. Chinese representative Chen Jia-gil visited Yan-an and expressed his deep concern: “China's hope is in Yan-an”. This assessment is the best interpretation of the performance of the Communist Party for the benefit of the people of the Janan period. The performance of the people is reflected not only in economic interests but also in political rights. There have been several democratic elections in the Ganning region, with flexible and varied electoral methods for the illiteracy rate of about 95 per cent and the low level of the population: literate voters use ballot papers, low-literacy and illiteracy-based painting circles, beans, etc.; ballot boxes have been set up in the village of nature, and mobile ballot boxes have been set up in close-doors to maximize the population ' s ability to vote. This pragmatic approach to elections is a profound manifestation of the respect for the rights of the people by the Communist Party of China. According to statistics, voter turnout in border areas is generally over 70 per cent. It also has a “three-way system”, with one third of members of the Communist Party, non-party leftist progressives and centrists in the executive branch, making it possible for the people to truly participate in the administration of power and for the people to be the judge of their performance. In 1945, Yin Pie raised the question of the “historical cyclical rate” in which he analysed successive regimes “with their prosperity and their death being lost”. Mao replied: “It is only by allowing the people to oversee the Government that the Government will not let go.” It is this “people-judgement of political performance” institutional design that has transformed “performance for people” from a concept of values to a norm of practice. Truth is a way of thinking.

Real performance should be a performance that is able to live up to practice, people, historical tests, rather than short-term behaviour that departs from the actual “airhouse”, “image engineering” with a false name, and quick-forwards. During the period of Janan, the party maintained a pragmatic and intellectual approach, using research and research as the basis for its efforts, making opposition to formalism a pragmatic imperative, and taking a long-term perspective as the way forward, creating real political performance in practice. Realism is a fundamental prerequisite for the creation of political performance. During the period, the party carried out a series of institutionalized and organized research and studies that provided a solid basis for the formulation of policies in line with the actual situation in the border areas. In August 1941, the CPC issued the Decision on the Study and Research, drafted by Mao Zedong, which seriously stated that “it is necessary to protect itself from negligence, superficiality and subjectivity” and systematically proposed specific methods such as investigation meetings, oral inquiries and collection of family profiles. In the same year, the Central Bureau of Investigation and Research was formally established, with Mao Zedong as Director. Since then, investigation and research offices have been set up in various localities, various missions have been established, and editorials such as the daily newspaper Emancipation and other newspapers have frequently been published to investigate the situation in different parts of the country, which has led to the emergence of an all-party investigation and study. In September 1941, the then Minister of Advocacy of the Central North-West Bureau of CCP, Lee Zorojan, made a deep presence in 12 villages in the county, forming more than 100,000 words of the " Persistence Survey " report, which truly reflects the overburdening of farmers and provides a key basis for the adjustment of food-collection policies. In 1942, the then-member of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party and the Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Central Secretariat of the Party ' s Advisory Mission on Zhang Tsien Tsien Tsang visited the land rental books of the new home of the landowner Mavey in Mi-Fu county for nearly 100 years, explored the economic patterns of the feudal landowners, and produced an important document, the Survey of Yang Tsang in Mi-Fu county, which provided a scientific basis for the Party ' s central development of a land reform policy. In the same year, after taking up the post of Secretary of the Zwed Land Commission, Xi Chang-hoon personally led a team to Hao Jia Hashi village to visit the village of Hao, to consult with Liu Yughi, a labour hero, and to gain valuable experience in agricultural production, land rental, resettlement, etc., and to provide an important basis for the development of migration programmes and the promotion of mutual labour assistance. The North West Bureau praised him for “very well understanding the emotions, habits and needs of the masses”, “without the slightest taste of subjectivity”, and Mao said he was “a popular leader from the masses”. On the basis of these findings, which are based on practical and popular wisdom, the Party's centre has effectively overcome economic difficulties by proposing an approach of “development of the economy and security of supply”. This method of in-depth research and study has enabled the party ' s policy to be based on a profound understanding of the people ' s real situation and to ensure that the performances created are those recognized by the people. In 1945, Mao Zedong was the title of the Seven Monuments, “Practical, non-battle talk”, which was the best footnote to the practical political performance of the Janan period. The pursuit of real political performance must be firmly opposed to formalism and bureaucracy and to “facework”. The trueness of the performance lies not in whether the scene is popular or fair, but in whether the actual problem is resolved. Subjectivity is bound to lead to bureaucracy, which Mao Zedong has rejected and compared to a “mixed statue” of bureaucracy, “silent, blind and unhelpful”. In 1940, Mao Zedong went to Marje College to present his report and met four people, such as the Dunli Gang, who immediately criticized this “one person for four people” as a bureaucratic habit of the old society, warning that “all things must be taken care of”. It is this profound criticism of formalism that has led to a new and fresh political culture of “visibility of public servants” during the period of Janan, which is a vivid picture of the party's opposition to “image engineering” and its pursuit of effective results. The pursuit of real performance needs to be balanced with the present and the long-term, as well as with “demonstration” and “underperformance”. During the period of Janan, in the face of the economic blockade, the party did not “feed and fish”, but followed economic discipline and long-term development. In 1942, Mao stressed in “Economic and Financial Issues” that “the provision of finance can only be guaranteed if the public and private economy is developed in a realistic manner”. On the basis of this approach, the border governments supported the private economy by means of loans, tax cuts, etc., which increased the textile sector in the border areas from 6 private factories in 1939 to 50 in 1943, and the number of private businesses in the Yyanan from 27 in 1935 to 473 in 1944. The party attaches great importance to building the foundation and long-term “underperformance”. In the area of cultural education, a large number of schools have been set up to fight against the Japanese military and military universities and the Shubei public school, which has produced more than 100,000 military and political cadres. In the area of awareness-raising, the party ' s policies reach out to the population through positions such as the Liberation Daily, Xinhua, Yanan Xinhua Radio, as well as through newspaper reading groups and literacy classes that reach the countryside. There are representatives of the masses who say, “It's a habit to listen. If you don't listen, you can't sleep at night”. This subdued intellectual education has brought the party closer to the masses and has given lasting impetus to the consolidation of the ground and to the ultimate triumph of the revolutionary cause. For this reason, Mao later warned the whole party "to convince cadres not to rush to the name of Hech" - – The fundamental long-term work that is at stake is precisely the deepest foundation of the revolution. It is in this context of “does not have to be me, does it necessarily have to be me”, which is what is intrinsically required by the correct performance. Working hard is the fundamental path.

Performance is not a cry, but a do. The establishment and implementation of a sound political performance must be carried out with a conscious sense of regularity and perseverance. According to Max: “Step-by-step movement is more important than a dozen platforms.” Mao has repeatedly stressed that the Communist Party must have a spirit of “careful work” and that “one thing must be done and one thing must be done and one thing must be done and the final victory achieved”. According to General Secretary Xi, “performance is done so that it is done and done”. During the period, the party relied on hard work to overcome the existential crisis under difficult conditions, to promote career development, to win popular support and to develop and practice good political performance with practical action. Hard work is a visual expression of hard work. In the spring of 1941, in an effort to break the economic blockade, the Ninth Brigade of the 8th Road Force travelled to the southern muddy bays to reclaim their land. Soldiers cut branches and sheds without shelter, carry salt from 100 miles away without food, and participate in the run-up from the brigade commander to the cooks. After more than two years of struggle, more than 300,000 acres have been cleared, and the southern mud bay, which is located in the desert mountains, has become the “good south of the north”. The struggle of the 39th Brigade is a microcosm of the tenacity of the Janan period. At the same time, the major production movement has witnessed the emergence of labour heroes such as Wu Mangang and Zhao Zhiqingui, and the extensive campaign "U Mangang" and "Zhao Qingqi" in the border areas. The daily newspaper Liberación has repeatedly written praises for their labour attitude, which is “good and honest” and which is a pillar of construction in the border area, a flag among the population and an example of what is good and what is not. Indeed, those who do their deeds will have their own integrity. In 1937, the party proposed the establishment of a clean government in the Ten Platforms for the Rescue of Japan. Since then, the border districts have published legislation, such as the Temporary Regulation on the Suppression of Corruption, the Convention on the Administration of the Ganning Borders and the Programme for the Governance of the Ganning Borders, which clearly states that “policies of integrity and the corruption of public officials are strictly punished”, emphasizing that “communists who have committed crimes are re-offending” and that the construction of integrity is part of the rule of law. The rigid rule of law has quickly been brought to fruition: the number of cases of corruption in the Judicial Chamber of Judicature of the Ganning Bien region fell from 644 in 1940 to 153 in the first half of 1941, and corruption among politicians was effectively curbed by 1943. It is this clean-up approach that has enabled the party to win the sincere support of the people and to give more weight to the results of the work. Rather than fighting alone, it brings people together. Mao Zedong attached great importance to the integration of the labour force, and in October 1943 it drafted instructions for the CPC Central Committee, emphasizing that “the central joint for the development of production is the organization of the labour force”; in November of the same year, in his speech Organizing, it was further stated that “the organization of mass forces is an approach”. On the basis of this approach, labour organizations have been established in the border areas in a wide range of ways, including in the form of reform teams, teams and mutual assistance groups. In 1943 alone, more than 80,000 people, or 24 per cent of the total labour force in the border areas, were organized. In many places, production efficiency has been greatly improved through mutual assistance in the field, as Mao has pointed out: “This year there are a number of variable teams in the border area, which are engaged in collective farming, weeding and harvesting, which is twice as high as last year”. It is this “organized” way of doing things, which brings together decentralized individual forces to make political performance more effective in collective collaboration. Strong discipline provides a guarantee of hard work. In October 1937, in Yanan, there was a case of Hwang koung shooting Lau. The young Huang Kwok was a member of the Revolution and experienced a long march, precisely because he had been a communist and a Red Army fighter for many years, and Mao said that “it is not possible not to fail to enforce stricter discipline than the civilian population in general”. Hwang Keung was eventually sentenced to death, and the case was one in which the Party was educated with iron discipline and was not exonerated for the success of the revolution. In May 1941, the Central North-West Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) received reports from the public that the Governor of the second commune of the eastern district of Yanan district, Takami Hill, the mentor Luvet, had taken new land in violation of the law on the opening of the desert. The North West Bureau immediately sent an investigation to verify that the two parties were dismissed, brought before a court of law, and conducted a high-profile staff inspection. It is through this approach of identifying problems and correcting them in a timely manner that the party ensures that all political achievements remain in the direction of the interests of the people. In January 1948, Mao Zedong drafted a directive on the establishment of a reporting system requiring central bureaux and subdivisions to be placed under the responsibility of the Registrar and to provide a comprehensive report to the Central Committee every two months, with particular emphasis on “doing on their own and not on their behalf”. In March, additional instructions were issued to further regulate the reporting process. Please indicate the establishment of systems, such as reporting, to ensure that central decision-making is carried out with strict discipline, so as to ensure direction and performance. Political performance is at the root of party governance and at the heart of career progression and failure. The historical experience of the period of Janan has shown that it is the people who must stand up for their performance, so that it will benefit their lives; the people who must be honest, realistic and balanced with their achievements and potential; and the people who must be brought together in a spirit of integrity. This retrospect has helped members of the new era to develop and practice a sound political performance, fully aware that it stems from a deep sense of feeling for the people, a deep sense of the rule, a clear sense of commitment to the cause, and the creation of new performances worthy of the times, worthy of the people and worthy of history in the process of building a new and comprehensive socialist and modern State.