This week we break from our regularly scheduled Xi programming to bring you a chengyu from Jiang Zemin.
Meaning: draw on collective wisdom, collect the opinions of others
Original: 通过建立有效机制,保证基层党员和下级党组织的意见能及时反映到上级党组织中来。上级党组织应充分听取党员和下级党组织的意见,集思广益,不断推进决策的科学化、民主化按照集体领导、民主集中、个别酝酿、会议决定的原则,进一步完善党委内部的议事和决策机制,发挥好党的委员会全体会议的作用,健全党委常委会的决策程序。凡属重大决策,都必须由党委集体讨论,不允许个人说了算。进一步完善集体领导下的个人分工负责制,提高工作效率。集体领导和个人负责,二者不可偏废。通过发展党内民主,积极推动人民民主的发展。
Source: 江泽民在庆祝建党八十周年大会上的讲话
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