It is an inherent quality of the CPC to always maintain the awareness of danger in times of peace and pre-pare for rainy days. During the New Democratic Revolution period,Mao Zedong scientifically examined the change of the Party's historical orientation,and looked ahead to the difficult situation after the Communist Party of China becoming a big Party in four dimensions:safeguarding the Party's purity,ensuring the Party's centralized and u-nited leadership,upgrading the party members,level of Marxist theories,and preserving the spirit of struggle. Mao Zedong carried out arduous explorations to solve the problem of a large Party from promoting Party officials'study about Marxist theory,safeguarding the authority of the Central Committee of the Party,carrying out centralized Par-ty education,standardizing the political life of the Party,and putting forward the proposition of"catching up with the test"in order to build a more mature Marxist party. Mao Zedong's thinking and cracking about the big Party problem highlights the distinctive character of the big Party leader's courageous self-revolution,enriches the con-notation of Mao Zedong Thought,and provides theoretical preparations for the CPC to put forward the assertion that the special challenges that a large Party faces in the new era.
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