Democratic appraisal of party member should make full use of the weapons of criticism and self-criticism.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 31 ST, "Several Guidelines on Political Life within the Party under the New Situation" requires: "Insist on democratic appraisal of party member." It is clearly stipulated that Party organizations should "urge party member to analyze the Party spirit in accordance with the party member standard stipulated by party constitution, the pledge of joining the Party and the personal reality". This is the successful experience accumulated in the exploration of the Party’s advanced construction for many years, and it is the vivid practice of the Party Central Committee to strictly manage the Party in an all-round way and earnestly strengthen the construction of grass-roots party organizations since the 18th CPC National Congress, which is of great significance to strictly control the political life within the Party, enhance the vitality of party organizations and strengthen the education management in party member.

　　To maintain the party’s advanced nature and purity, we need specific grasping hands and mechanisms. At the end of 1988, according to the requirements of the central authorities, all localities explored and carried out democratic appraisal of party member on a pilot basis. By 1991, most grass-roots party organizations in China had conducted a democratic appraisal of party member, and achieved good results. In the Party’s in-depth educational practice of the Party’s mass line, in accordance with the deployment of the CPC Central Committee, grass-roots party organizations hold organizational life meetings and conduct democratic appraisal of party member’s work, generally in accordance with the procedures of personal self-evaluation, party member mutual evaluation and democratic evaluation. Practice has proved that the democratic appraisal of party member can make the vast number of party member undergo a rigorous exercise in inner-party political life, is an effective method to strengthen party building by regular work and system, and is a good form for the vast number of party member to carry out self-education and mutual education.

　　Democratic appraisal of party member’s integration of education, management and supervision of party member is conducive to strengthening the party spirit of party member. Democratic appraisal party member focused on strengthening party member’s party spirit, especially political firmness, and put ideological education in the first place. He organized and guided party member to follow the party member standards in various ways, linked his thoughts and work practice, found out the gaps and shortcomings in implementing the party’s line, principles and policies, adhering to the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, keeping close contact with the masses, abiding by the law, being honest and self-disciplined, and completing various tasks assigned by the party organization, analyzed the causes of existing problems, and formulated rectification measures. This is an effective way to carry out the re-education of party member standards, so that every party member can always remember his party member identity and regulate his words and deeds with party member standards everywhere.

　　Democratic appraisal of party member, making full use of the weapons of criticism and self-criticism, is conducive to the Party organizations relying on their own strength to solve the problems existing in the ranks of party member. The most important work link of democratic appraisal of party member is that on the basis of self-criticism, party member carries out mutual criticism among party member, Party organizations and party member. In view of the tendency of self-criticism and mutual criticism in inner-party life, many places organized party member to seriously study party constitution, review the expositions of the older generation of revolutionaries on criticism and self-criticism, and help party member improve the consciousness of carrying out criticism and self-criticism. Many grass-roots party organizations give priority education and help to those who whitewash their mistakes, fail to check if there are problems or fail to check deeply. Many leading cadres in party member took the lead in setting an example, consciously participating in study and appraisal as ordinary party member, taking the lead in dissecting themselves, taking the lead in carrying out criticism, and taking the lead in doing a good job in rectification, thus setting an example for restoring and carrying forward the fine traditions of the Party. Grass-roots party organizations often use the weapon of criticism and self-criticism for a long time, and the more they use it, the more clever it will be, and the role of fighting fortress will be fully exerted.

　　Democratic appraisal of party member combines commending the advanced and mobilizing the positive factors within the Party with disposing the unqualified party member and overcoming the negative factors, so as to keep the Party organization alive. Through appraisal, many "double-strong" party member with strong party spirit and strong work were commended by the party organizations, and some of them were particularly outstanding advanced models awarded the title of Excellent Communist party member by the superior party committees. At the same time, some party member, who took the lead in their work and life, received education and vigilance, while party member, who was unqualified and made various mistakes, was dealt with by the organization or disciplined. Through democratic appraisal, party member has been educated from both positive and negative aspects, and the pioneering role has become the driving force, which has led, inspired and educated people more, forming a good orientation of being advanced and catching up with the advanced.