Tian Congming's exposition

At the Seventh Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection held in 2007, Comrade Hu Jintao delivered an important speech on strengthening the work style construction of leading cadres. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Central Organization Department jointly issued a document requesting leading bodies at all levels to hold a democratic life meeting on this content. We immediately asked the comrades of Xinhua News Agency to prepare their speeches in combination with study and implementation.

I attended the meeting to listen to Comrade Hu Jintao's important speech and learn after it was delivered. I think it has a strong pertinence and guidance for the work style construction of the whole party. Over the past few months, we have discussed the importance of strengthening work style construction, such as "the party's work style embodies the party's purpose, concerns the party's image, concerns the people's heart, and concerns the life and death of the party and the country", "the party's work style is always in harmony with cadres and the masses, and the cadres and the masses are harmonious and the society is stable". Strengthening the construction of work style is the inevitable requirement of "fully implementing Scientific Outlook on Development", "building a harmonious socialist society", "improving the party's ruling ability, maintaining and developing the party's advanced nature" and "doing a good job in anti-corruption work under the new situation"; We will study and understand the exposition of vigorously advocating good atmosphere in eight aspects and improve the implementation measures.

I have always attached great importance to the style of leading cadres in party member, especially party member. When it comes to the work style of leading cadres in party member, love and hate are often reflected to an extent that is hard to hide. I said in the "Analysis Materials of Party Spirit" in "Advanced Education" that my understanding of * * * and Chairman Mao was obtained from members of "rent reduction and anti-hegemony" and land reform work when I was eight or nine years old. The concept and emotion of "* * loves poverty and Chairman Mao is the savior" has continued to this day. Later, I often talked about a basic point formed from this: ordinary people know and evaluate the Party, mainly through the words and deeds of officials, especially leading cadres in party member, to understand and understand the Party's theoretical line, principles and policies.

After returning to work in Xinhua News Agency, the last part of my speech at the seven annual work conferences emphasized the construction of leading cadres' work style. For example, in his speech on 200 1, he emphasized fairness, honesty and pragmatism. "Doing things according to the prescribed procedures" and "paying close attention to implementation" have become the mantra, and he emphasized that "information spirit, quick response, proper handling and good suggestions" should be adhered to in the implementation. Last year, the speech of the Democratic Life Meeting of the Communist Youth League Group, "Practice and Thinking of Xinhua News Agency Implementing" Integrity, Diligence, Pragmatism and Efficiency ",talked about the style construction of the Communist Youth League Group from different angles. All these have played a certain role in safeguarding the style construction of the party group and the whole society and the performance of Xinhua News Agency. However, compared with the spirit of Comrade Hu Jintao's important speech, especially the good atmosphere in eight aspects, the style of Xinhua News Agency still lags behind. Among them, I am most worried about the inaccuracy, untimely and omission of reports caused by the untrue style of some links, which will affect our performance of functions.

Truth is the life of news information, so keeping news information true, accurate and timely is the eternal theme of Xinhua News Agency's style construction, and we have been grasping it. For example, in 2003, the Socialist Party Group promulgated the Seven Provisions on Ensuring the Authenticity of News Reports; In 2004, Comrade Nan and I wrote a sincere letter to the presidents of various branches in China, hoping that they would pay attention to ensuring the authenticity of news reports from the very beginning of journalists' writing. We have always stressed that news reports should be true, accurate and timely. Truth means that reports must be objective, which is the core, and there is no reason to defend untrue reports; Accuracy means that the expression of news elements should be expressed in words, and there can be no multiple explanations of the truth; Timely means grasping the prescription on the premise of truth and accuracy. We have also repeatedly stressed that to be a good journalist, we must constantly study, investigate and think, and master extensive knowledge and first-hand information of mass practice. Generally speaking, the domestic and foreign media and all walks of life have fully affirmed the authenticity and authority of Xinhua News Agency reports. For example, Wang, deputy director of the current affairs department of Harbin Daily, said that after the central media forwarded this explosive news, we didn't report it at the first time. One of the important reasons is that we didn't find the relevant manuscript of Xinhua News Agency. On the contrary, the next day, July 16, Xinhua News Agency broadcast the full draft of "No Paper-wrapped Steamed Buns Found in Beijing Breakfast Stall". Wang said that practice has proved that the manuscripts of Xinhua News Agency are the safest and most reassuring for users.

However, we are well aware of the arduous and long-term nature of maintaining the authenticity of news, especially the complexity under the new situation. Since the beginning of this year, there have been some false reports in the domestic press, such as "the Ministry of Finance will not move to cancel the interest tax", "improving the internal declassification of stamp duty", "the opening of the Yellow River Bridge in Binzhou, Shandong Province" and "the hard life of a retired military officer", especially the TV fake news of "paper buns" is shocking, which not only damages the national image but also damages the credibility of the news media. Compared with the spirit of the Circular on Broadcasting False News by Beijing TV Station and the Circular on Further Strengthening the Management of Issues Related to News Publicity by Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and other three departments, although there is no such serious false news in Xinhua News Agency, a few reports have been inaccurate, plagiarized and similar this year, and some important news events have also been delayed. For example, the cartoon "No Child's Play" broadcast on 65438+ 10/8 is similar to the early work "Dangerous Hobby" by Guizhou cartoonist Liu Yong; The draft of "Changes in an Immigrant Village" published in the March issue of "Half-monthly Talk" is inconsistent with the pictures and texts; The title of "Only 1% people are willing to be workers, and China urgently needs to implement the talent priority development strategy" broadcast on April 7th is inaccurate. "1% people are willing to be workers" is only a small-scale survey conducted by an institution in Shanghai, and it is obviously lack of evidence when it is extended to the whole country. "Harmony" broadcast on May 12: Let the public love you more! ",the content is taken from the internet and tabloids, the source is not indicated, and no on-site interview has been made, which is inaccurate after verification; /kloc-The title and some details of "Hundred Brothers Addicted to Stock Trading" published in Modern Gold in May/July are the same as those published in Chongqing Evening News. On June 7th, the Shanxi Channel of Xinhuanet forwarded the old news of China Economic Net's misturn a year ago without verification. On June 12, xinhuanet's "Media Online" put the works synthesized by netizens in the column of "Excellent Photography", together with six other photographic works about stock trading, with the general title of "Photography: Robbery is not as good as stock trading", which is easy to cause misunderstanding; Shanxi "black brick kiln" incident was reported late; The Mexican news agency found that the two foreign language manuscripts of Xinhua News Agency on July 10 and July 2 1 day were the same, and the two injured athletes said the same thing. The editors concerned believe that users and readers will question the seriousness and fairness of Xinhua News Agency's manuscript. On July 17, the central parity of RMB against the US dollar was quoted at the end of the day, with Reuters at 9: 17, Dow Jones at 9: 20 and Xinhua News Agency at 9: 32.

Although the above-mentioned inaccuracies, plagiarism, similarity and late reporting are individual phenomena, they are all taboo in Xinhua News Agency. What I want to emphasize is that late reporting, omission and plagiarism also violate the essential requirements of news authenticity. Late reporting is the delay of reporting time, and omission is caused by various reasons, which will lead to the information not reaching the audience and readers in time; Plagiarism means that information collectors and authors are not in contact with information sources, which is more likely to cause false sources. Under the new situation, we must pay enough attention to this phenomenon. Facing the new way of information dissemination and fierce competition, the bottom line of journalistic professional ethics is challenged. We should further raise awareness, improve measures and pay close attention to implementation to ensure that Xinhua News Agency faithfully performs its functions.

Since the birth of Xinhua News Agency 76 years ago, Xinhua people have an eternal principle: truth is life, so it is also the eternal theme of Xinhua News Agency's work style construction. As a result, the excellent style of Xinhua News Agency characterized by diligent study, in-depth investigation, contact with the masses and reporting the truth has gradually formed. What I want to point out today is the anti-flight attendant movement launched by the whole society after the birth of New China. At that time, according to the requirements of the new situation and new tasks, the central government decided that Xinhua News Agency would implement a unified centralized management system, and branches of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country would be the agencies of the head office to implement the final press release of the head office. The "flight attendant" movement has played an important role in the authenticity, accuracy and timeliness of Xinhua News Agency news reports under the ruling conditions of our Party. In studying and implementing Comrade Hu Jintao's important speech, I saw that Literature and Research published the article "A Drama and the Fashion of an Era-Revisiting the Front Line and its Influence recommended by Mao Zedong", which was printed and distributed to all comrades in the society, emphasizing the need to get the warning of "Airbus" and "Gorlov" in the work style construction.

"Ke Li Kong" is a typical figure in the Soviet drama Frontline during World War II. He is a journalist by profession, and his image is to write news by fabricating facts, especially to flatter leaders with backward ideological style, work style and leadership style by fabricating news. The leader is another typical character "Gorlov" in the play. Gorlov was the commander-in-chief, general and veteran of the war front at that time. He fought bravely in the Soviet civil war, made contributions and was loyal to the party. However, he ignored learning, divorced from reality and stuck to his laurels. By the time of World War II, his thought of directing the war was still stuck in the old experience of civil war. When a young army commander suggested that "you can't direct a war without real radio contact today", he dismissed it as "nonsense" and said that he would "teach him a lesson". As a result of the conspiracy, the general was dismissed because he could not stand the test of the anti-fascist war. The play Frontline 1942 was published in the Soviet Union in September, which coincided with the Battle of Stalingrad. 1944 In May, Comrade Mao Zedong saw this script in Yan 'an and asked Liberation Daily to be serialized. Later, it was included in the rectification study document and put on the stage by many literary and art groups. China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression entered the stage of strategic counter-offensive. The birth of the drama in the Soviet Union and its popularity in China reflected the needs of the construction of the leadership style of the party, government and army at that time. Practice has proved that the popularity of the drama in China has played a very positive role in promoting the construction of leadership style and news front style during the revolutionary war.

In fact, in the work style construction of Xinhua News Agency, opposing Airbus has always been the focus, but there are similarities and differences in different periods. For example, the current theme of opposing "flight attendants" and ensuring the authenticity of news information is the same, and it is still to put an end to catching shadows, fabricating false news information, delaying the reporting of important news and opposing plagiarism. The basic principles to be emphasized are the same, that is, editors must strengthen their study and go deep into the first-line research; The safeguard measures are the same, that is, strengthening the construction of management system; The focus of work is the same, that is, stressing that leaders should not be "Gorlov" and take the lead in opposing "flight attendants" and so on. But the difference is also obvious, and we must attach great importance to it. For example, today's news information is rich and varied, and the phenomenon of mixed fish and dragons is much more than in the past, especially the characteristics of anonymous information published on the internet, which makes it difficult to distinguish between true and false information; The forms and channels of news information dissemination are complicated and innovative, sometimes even forcing you to accept it; The negative effect of market economy permeates news information reports through various forms. In the process of actively adapting to and exerting the positive role of the market economy, there are many factors that are tempted or fooled. In the process of China's modernization and informatization, especially modern network technology has brought convenience to our news information collection and manuscript writing, and at the same time, it has provided the possibility for some editors who refuse to work hard to study investigation and on-site interviews and rely only on online retrieval materials to publish; With the development of computer technology, the past "posing" photos have developed to grafting, seamless splicing and recombination, and so on. This makes some impetuous, eager for quick success and instant benefit editors easy to forget the professional ethics and spirit of the party's journalists, and even do whatever it takes for immediate fame and fortune; * * * Some links are busy dealing with specific affairs, ignoring in-depth study and investigation, which leads to the failure of news information reporting management and loopholes in the system.

In view of the complexity of opposing "airborne troops" under the new situation, we particularly emphasize that leading cadres at all levels must constantly strengthen their study and investigation, persist in emancipating their minds, seeking truth from facts, keeping pace with the times, and not be "Gorlov". A large number of facts tell us that only by maintaining a good style of work can leading cadres persistently grasp the "three learning and education" activities, take practical institutional measures to prevent "flight attendants" and ensure the truthfulness, accuracy and timeliness of news information reporting. In this regard, the work we have done and are doing mainly includes:

First, strengthen study and training, conduct in-depth interviews and research, and prevent "flight attendants" who combine theory with practice.

Comrade Hu Jintao advocated a good atmosphere in eight aspects. The first one is "study hard and apply what you have learned". This is crucial for Xinhua News Agency leaders and editors at all levels to perform their duties. Comrade Hu Jintao pointed out: "If we don't study hard and do a good job in it, it will be difficult to fulfill our historical responsibilities, and even it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this era." Truth is the life of news information reporting, and learning and investigation is the foundation of Xinhua News Agency. In order to promote the study of comrades in the whole society, in the "three learning and education" activities, the expositions of Marxist classic writers and our party on learning and news authenticity were extracted and printed; A wide range of reading activities have been carried out, from club leaders to employees, recommending bibliographies and writing reading speeches; Emphasis is placed on learning philosophy and using philosophy, and the concept of "existence determines consciousness" is strengthened. He also held a lecture on Comrade Chen Yun's philosophy, which profoundly understood the spiritual essence of "not only being superior, not only being original, but only being practical" and enhanced the consciousness of investigation and research; Formulated a medium-and long-term training plan, implemented off-the-job training, stipulated that each person should receive training for no less than 40 hours a year, and began to be taught by community leaders to promote the combination of learning and application and learn from each other's strengths; A foreign language proficiency test system for foreign language cadres has been established, which is conducted once a year, rewarding the top 60% of reference personnel with comprehensive test results, and taking special training measures for minority language cadres; Implement assessment and review measures for the final auditor of the Head Office and the issuer of the editing business of branches.

Two, strengthen the system construction, strengthen the management of reporting, and block the "flight attendants" with the system.

In recent years, in order to maintain the authenticity, accuracy and timeliness of news reports, we have taken a series of measures in terms of system guarantee, supervision and inspection. For example, the first is to manage the issuance of the "Xinhua News Agency reporter card", standardize the reporter's interview activities, and issue it in the name of "Xinhua News Agency reporter". Second, the system of unified audit, certification and two-level dynamic audit management was implemented for the final auditors of the head office and the editors of the branches. Its main contents are as follows: according to the amount of news release, determine the number of posts of the final auditor and publisher; According to the performance requirements, determine the basic conditions of the final draft and the issuer; Upon examination by the leading group of the department, all editors who meet the basic conditions can apply for the final press release or publisher, and the number of reference press releases or publishers in each department must be greater than the number of posts; After the unified examination, more than 10% of the final auditor posts and more than 20% of the issuer posts will be admitted from the high scores according to the examination results, and their qualifications will be confirmed; From the qualified personnel, according to the number of posts and examination results, appoint the leaders of departments and branches and issue letters of appointment; The employing department and the branch are responsible for the dynamic assessment and management of the final auditor and issuer of employment. Those who pass the examination will be rewarded according to regulations in the distribution of performance pay, and those who make mistakes will be punished according to regulations, such as criticism, yellow card warning, deduction of performance pay until the letter of appointment is withdrawn and disqualification; The examination of the final auditor and issuer shall be conducted once a year, and those who have obtained the qualification shall be valid for three years. Leaders of editorial departments, newspapers and branches also participated in the final assessment of contributors and publishers, and those who are qualified will be hired by the president and editor-in-chief. This year, it was clearly pointed out that anyone who made mistakes such as "paid news", false news, political mistakes, plagiarism, etc., and failed the audit in the previous year, was not eligible to sign up for the final press release and issuer audit. The third is to strictly implement the submission system. Mainly for reports involving central leaders (including retired veteran comrades) and major events, emergencies and sensitive issues. , must be sent to the relevant departments and department heads for review according to the prescribed procedures, and have a written record. Fourth, timely report cases of inaccuracy, plagiarism, late reporting and omission in news information reports, and carry out warning education. The fifth is to implement the wrong award system. It is all kinds of public reports that we broadcast every day. Visitors are welcome to report mistakes in time, and those who are verified to be accurate will be rewarded. If there are mistakes that can be corrected, they should be corrected in time; The responsible departments and persons who make mistakes shall be criticized or punished in the assessment according to regulations; Apologize in writing for the adverse effects of false reports on the target audience. Sixth, editing and reporting meetings are held twice a day, emphasizing the truthfulness, accuracy and timeliness of reports, insisting on selecting and commending articles and "reports with obvious room for improvement" every week according to the situation, and commenting on major mistakes. Seventh, the reading and evaluation system of foreign language manuscripts, newspapers and periodicals and foreign language reports shall be implemented. Eighth, the authenticity, accuracy and timeliness of reports are listed as the main contents in the evaluation system of editing and editing business, and facts and statistical data are insisted on. The contents and implementation results of these systems are announced to the whole society and subject to supervision.

Three, require the members of the socialist party group and leaders at all levels to emancipate their minds, seek truth from facts, keep pace with the times, so as not to be "Gorlov" and prevent "flight attendants".

I have carefully pondered the relationship between the two typical characters "Gorlov" in "Air Visitor" and "Frontline". In my opinion, Gorlov's bad style, such as not studying and researching, being content with the status quo, not making progress, liking being praised and not listening to different opinions, is an important source of the emergence, existence and even development of "air visitors" who fabricate false news. Therefore, the key to integrating the opposition to flight attendants into the actual actions of editors in the whole society lies in leadership. We demand that members of the socialist party group and leaders at all levels not only continue to do a good job in their own study and research, but also set an example. More importantly, they should face the new situation and new tasks, constantly emancipate their minds, seek truth from facts, keep pace with the times, and formulate practical measures to ensure that the style construction of the whole society is more powerful, effective and effective from the institutional mechanism, and form an institutional guarantee against "empty guests."

Learning from Comrade Hu Jintao's important speech, especially comparing with the good atmosphere in eight aspects, the main measures that the Party Group of Xinhua News Agency has taken and is taking are as follows: First, unifying ideological understanding, enhancing the awareness of performing their duties, and opposing "empty shells". Over the past few years, through in-depth study, investigation and reflection, the functions of Xinhua News Agency have been further clarified under the new situation, that is, to adhere to news information reporting as the center, carry out other work around the center, and faithfully perform the functions of the party and the people as the voice of the eyes and ears, the national news agency, the news gathering and the world news agency.

Second, according to the function, deepen the reform and prevent "flight attendants" from the system and mechanism. Starting from the principle of keeping what we must do, integrating resources, reducing duplication and waste of resources, and giving full play to our overall advantages, we have gradually closed down and transferred more than 700 business entities that have nothing to do with performing their functions and are in chaotic management, and all financial expenditures are budgeted and allocated by the head office, so that leaders at all levels can focus on catching news and information reports; Separating the editing and marketing of the whole society from each other can not only prevent "paid news" and "paid ignorance", but also ensure that editors concentrate on editing and editing; Integrate the news information resources of the whole society, integrate more than 220 kinds of internal reference publications into 4 kinds, and integrate 33 kinds of 48 kinds of public newspapers into 14 kinds of 22 kinds of newspapers; Integrate the news information data such as words and pictures collected by reporters from home and abroad every day into the multimedia database for editing and publishing by the editorial department; All kinds of manuscripts edited and distributed by editorial departments at home and abroad every day are integrated into a finished manuscript library of multimedia database and provided to users in a unified way.

Third, comprehensive measures such as strict editing requirements, enthusiastic concern and improvement of editing procedures should be taken to prevent "flight attendants". In recent years, we have taken measures to strengthen ideological education, strengthen the "three consciousnesses", strengthen study and training, and expand our knowledge; Measures to continuously improve the combination of management system and advanced technologies such as "voice prompt"; Measures combining strict performance appraisal with arranging night shift apartments and organizing front-line personnel to take vacations by stages; Measures to encourage innovation, improve timeliness, eliminate political and guiding errors and reduce technical errors; We will implement the "old methods for the elderly, new methods for newcomers, and new mechanisms for the elderly", and adopt the employment measures of giving priority to posts according to needs, selecting the best candidates, and paying the same salary for the same post under the same conditions.

Four, closely around the performance of functions and style construction, the focus of style construction is to continuously enhance the consciousness and execution of leading cadres at all levels.

Now, on the one hand, the central government's major policies have been clearly defined, and the overall thinking of Xinhua News Agency's news information reporting and reform and development has been proved correct by practice. Constantly emphasize that the main task of leading cadres at all levels is to pay close attention to implementation and consolidate, improve and deepen implementation according to the central government's decision-making arrangements and the development and changes of practice. On the other hand, many decision-making arrangements are not implemented, which affects the effectiveness of performing functions to varying degrees. Over the past few years, we have four profound experiences in the construction of work style: First, we should focus on performing our functions and insist on focusing on news information reporting, so as to have practical content and "grasp the hand". Second, strengthening the implementation consciousness and execution is the most important thing to strengthen the work style construction of leading cadres at present. A meeting is necessary, but it will never be a job if it is not implemented; It is necessary to issue documents, but it can never be regarded as work without implementation; It is necessary to give money, but if it is not implemented, it will never be a job. Third, unremittingly do a good job in the implementation of various decision-making arrangements, and clarify the responsibility for implementation to the responsible departments and responsible persons. Moreover, we should persist in dealing with an example of poor implementation, improve our ideological understanding and improve an implementation measure. Only in this way can we make the work style construction continue to see practical results. Fourthly, the performance appraisal system should implement Scientific Outlook on Development, and the performance of performing functions is the fundamental standard to test the construction of work style.

In the current work style construction, one of the main phenomena that need to be prevented and overcome most is "impetuous mood" and "lucky psychology". "impetuous" is easy to get quick success and instant benefit, unwilling to spend time studying and investigating, and unwilling to start from the basic work in a down-to-earth manner; "Luck" may exert its strength on "opportunism" and even get "political achievements" by any means to seek fame and fortune. Therefore, the "grand" goal and "incentive" measures to perform functions often stay in oral and written reports to superiors; One of the main problems often encountered in the implementation is "never going to the end", which is mainly due to the differences of opinions caused by the interests of departments and individuals, which makes the implementation stay in the deadlock of "offending people" and fear of offending people; The main danger often encountered in the implementation is that some * * * are faced with the situation that the deployment of the Central Committee and the socialist party group cannot be implemented, "don't talk about it" or give up halfway under the pretext of "doing it".

As a result of these circumstances, times have changed, the spirit of the central Committee and the deployment of the socialist party group have not been implemented, and what should be done has not been done. There are many opinions from the masses, and there are still many reasons for leading cadres to "ignore implementation" and feel at ease. In this regard, I have said some "extreme words", such as "What Xinhua lacks now is what it can say and what it can do", "Now many things have not been done or mentioned by the leaders, but they have not been implemented", "Success means persistence, and it will be ruined if you retreat", "If you want others to remain unshakable, don't waver yourself first" and so on. I also agree with Comrade Nan that we should not pay attention to implementation. "If you say no, it will be worse than saying nothing." "If you want to do something that you can't do in advance, you don't want to do it at all."

In order to enhance the consciousness and execution of leading cadres, we have taken some concrete measures: first, members of the socialist party group and leading cadres at all levels must think clearly, speak clearly and write clearly, and if there are difficulties below, they must do it themselves in time; Second, the lead department is responsible for the coordination of cross-functional matters. If there are difficulties, the leaders in charge of the organs shall preside over the coordination and settlement. If it can't be solved, it can't be delayed. Third, meetings that cannot solve practical problems will not be held, and documents without actual content will not be issued. It is hoped that the responsible departments for the supervision and assessment of cadres and workers in the whole society, if true, will deduct the points of relevant functional departments in the assessment; Fourth, if there are things that offend people, such as adding or subtracting points in the assessment, financial personnel will be retaliated for adhering to the financial system, and the leaders at the lower level will ask if they have difficulties, and they can come to me at any time if they have difficulties.