Study Notes: Celebrate a Festive Holiday with a Clean and Upright Atmosphere

The MidAutumn Festival and National Day come one after the other, making this not only a time for family reunion and nationwide celebration, but also an important moment to test the progress of conduct building. This Xinhua learning note reviews the Party Central Committee’s continued efforts to rectify the “Four Forms of Misconduct” and keep a close watch on unhealthy practices during the holidays, emphasizing that holiday atmosphere directly reflects the Party’s conduct and government style. The article points out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, efforts have started with addressing specific issues such as mooncakes and greeting cards, and have then expanded to supervision during holidays and in daily life, continuously advancing conduct building in depth and in substance. Today, overt problems such as using public funds for giftgiving and violating rules on dining and drinking have been curbed, but hidden and mutated forms still require vigilance; a meal, a bottle of wine, or a gift during the holidays may become the starting point of disciplinary or legal violations. The article also cites General Secretary Xi Jinping’s requirements regarding “small matters and small details,” and, in light of his grassroots research and holiday visits and慰问 practices, emphasizes that Party members and cadres must, when celebrating the holidays, both守住 the red line and bottom line and maintain sincere and healthy ways of interacting. The author calls for nourishing upright and healthy moral energy with a clean and positive atmosphere, so that the holidays are bound by more discipline and also have more warmth.