Mao Zedong once pointed out: "We should not only put forward tasks, but also solve the problem of how to accomplish them. Our task is to cross the river, but we can't cross it without a bridge and a boat. If we don't solve the problem of bridge or boat, crossing the river is empty talk. If we don't solve the problem of methods, the task is only nine Niu Yi hairs. " (Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Volume I, People's Publishing House, 199 1 Edition, page 139) Similarly, improving the scientific level of party building is not only a problem at the legal, theoretical and institutional levels, but also an urgent need for scientific methods to be specifically studied and effectively implemented.
Marxism holds that the world outlook, as a specific ideological principle, is manifested as methods in specific cognitive and practical activities, and methodology is the theory about these methods. At different levels, it can be divided into specific subject methodology, general scientific methodology and philosophical methodology. As far as party building is concerned, as a science, party building must have scientific research methods; As a practical activity, we should also have scientific working methods. Philosophical method is the basis of scientific research method and working method. In the process of our party's construction, the research methods, working methods and Marxist philosophical methods of party building are an organic unity, and they are interrelated and influenced each other. Among them, Marxist philosophical method is the basic method to carry out the research and work of party building, which directly affects the research level and work effectiveness of party building; The research methods of party building will affect the understanding of party building problems, especially the construction of party building theory and the refining of practical experience in party building work, which will inevitably affect the specific work of party building; The working methods of party building will affect the concrete results of party building work and the promotion and development of party building theory. In improving the scientific level of party building, it is reflected in the level of party building research and work. Therefore, the scientific method of party building mainly includes two aspects: the scientific method of party building research and the scientific method of party building work.
As far as the research method of party building is concerned, as Lenin once pointed out: "There is one of the most reliable methods to analyze this problem from a scientific point of view, which is the most important is not to forget the basic historical ties. Examining every problem depends on how a phenomenon came into being in history, what major stages it has gone through and what it looks like according to its development. " (Selected Works of Lenin, Volume 4, People's Publishing House 1995, page 4) In other words, it is necessary to adhere to the research method of combining theory with practice and combining history with logic. To do this, the first prerequisite is to have scientific investigation and research methods. Therefore, as Mao Zedong pointed out in the article "Against Bookishness", we must try our best to conduct actual investigations on the actual situation and historical situation, and we must master the investigation techniques. Only in this way can we effectively carry out the research on party building on the basis of practice. Of course, as a special discipline of social science, Party building should not only use the general methods of social science research, but also have its own special research methods. That is, Mao Zedong said that "the distinction of scientific research is based on the special contradiction of scientific objects" and "we should not only study the special contradiction of the material movement forms of major systems and their prescribed essence, but also study the special contradiction and essence of various material movement forms in their long-distance development." (Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Vol.1, People's Publishing House 199 1 Edition, pp.309 and 3 10) Therefore, it is necessary for us to properly handle the relationship between general methods and special methods, and comprehensively use normative research and empirical research methods to promote the study of party building to be more in line with objective reality and guide concrete practice. For example, the study of party building should not only draw lessons from the reasonable components of modern research methods in politics, modern management, organization, psychology, statistics and other disciplines, but also adhere to the general methods of dialectical materialism and historical materialism that Marxism must adhere to in studying political parties.
In the method of party building, we should base on Marxist philosophical methods, closely connect with the changed reality, and use new methods created in practice to scientifically carry out party building work. Generally speaking, the party building work of our party includes two aspects: first, the internal construction of the party (that is, self-construction); The second is the construction of the party's ruling ability. As far as inner-party construction is concerned, the work of party building mainly involves basic aspects such as ideology, organization, style, system and anti-corruption construction. It is necessary to grasp the specific working methods in each field separately, and at the same time adhere to the viewpoint of system theory, so that all the constructions can be promoted synchronously, coordinated in an all-round way, interacted in an orderly way, and organically connected, forming a synergistic effect that complements each other, giving full play to the unique functions of each building and the overall benefits of each building. As far as the construction of the party's ruling ability is concerned, the party building work is to make the party's leadership style and ruling style have historical rationality and scientifically handle the relationship between the party and the state power and society. In 2004, according to the new situation and new tasks, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee clearly pointed out that there were still some inadaptability and inconsistency in the Party's ruling style from the perspective of maintaining the legitimacy and rationality of the Party's ruling, and put forward important tasks such as adhering to scientific ruling, democratic ruling and ruling according to law. Last year, the Fourth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China emphasized again when summing up the basic experience of the construction of the ruling party. At present, we must adhere to the organic unity of the party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country and the rule of law, and adhere to the general requirements of scientific, legal and democratic governance. We should not only inherit some good traditions and practices in dealing with the relationship between the party and the state power, the party and the people, but also promote the party's leadership and governance style to keep pace with the times in the spirit of reform and innovation, correctly handle the relationship between the party and the state power, and avoid the randomness of the party's activities. Resolutely overcome the working methods of formalism, bureaucracy and commandism, be good at absorbing the beneficial elements of good governance, and strive to promote the scientific leadership and governance of the party. For example, when dealing with the relationship between the upper and lower levels within the party, we should adopt the methods of democracy and the rule of law to fully respect and guarantee party member's democratic rights; The decision-making within the party should correctly use the method of democratic centralism, expand the participation of the masses in party member and improve the scientific and democratic level of decision-making through the implementation of publicity and hearing system; In the party's grass-roots work, we should take the way of service guidance to deal with the relationship with the people and fully respect their wishes; When dealing with the relationship between the Party Committee and the people's congresses, governments, CPPCC and other organizations at the same level, we should take the overall situation into consideration, coordinate all parties, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of all organizations; When dealing with inter-party relations, we should adopt methods such as democratic consultation.
In addition, it should be pointed out that both the internal construction of the party and the construction of the party's ruling ability are facing such a new major issue as the opportunities and challenges of informationization. Therefore, the scientific application of modern science and technology, especially information network, to serve the Party building is an important content to improve the scientific level of Party building. In this regard, the decision adopted by the Fourth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward new measures and methods, such as "establishing the spokesman system of the Party Committee", "running the website of the Party newspaper", "establishing the national party member information database", "promoting the integrated construction of modern distance education network for cadres in rural party member" and "establishing and improving the acceptance mechanism of anti-corruption network reports and the collection and disposal mechanism of network information". This also requires all leading cadres and party building workers to learn to use information network technology in practice, constantly improve the informatization level of party building work, focus on enhancing the timeliness and effectiveness of party building work, and better use new technologies to serve the scientific level of party building.