The spirit of the Gutian Meeting
In December 1929 the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army held its Ninth Party Congress at Gutian, a village in Shanghang County, Fujian Province. The meeting reviewed the experience gained in developing the Party and building the red army since the armed uprising in Nanchang on August 1, 1927. It laid down the basic rules for building a people's army, restated the CPC's absolute leadership over the army, and defined the nature, mission and tasks of the Red Army and other issues with a critical bearing on the Party's future.
The significance of the Gutian Meeting lies in the way that it highlighted the Party's ideological base, pragmatic aims, determination to serve the people, and advanced nature. To carry on this spirit in the new era means to maintain the political relationship with the military, and retain the political integrity of the people's army.
古田会议精神
1929年12月，中国工农红军第四军第九次党的代表大会在福建省上杭县古田村召开，即著名的古田会议。会议认真总结了南昌起义以来建党建军的经验，确立了人民军队建设的基本原则，重申了中国共产党对红军实行绝对领导，规定了红军的性质、宗旨和任务等事关党的事业兴衰成败的根本性问题。古田会议精神的核心是思想建党，精髓是求实创新，本质是一切为民，根本是保持党的先进性。新时代弘扬古田会议精神，就是要更好地抵制“军队非政治化”的影响，确保人民军队的政治本色。
