Having both ability and political integrity and putting morality first is the basic principle and orientation of our party in selecting and employing people. In his important speech on July 1st, Comrade Hu Jintao emphasized: "Insist on putting cadres' morality in the first place, select and appoint those cadres who are politically firm, have real talents and practical knowledge, have outstanding achievements and are recognized by the masses, and form the orientation of employing people with morality, serving the public with morality, attracting talents with morality, and having both ability and political integrity. "Self-cultivation by virtue, serving the public by virtue, introducing talents by virtue, governing people by virtue and having both ability and political integrity reflect the deepening of our party's understanding of the relationship between cadres' ability and political integrity, further highlight the position of virtue in selecting and employing people, and require us to comprehensively grasp and thoroughly implement it in practice.

Self-cultivation by virtue means paying more attention to political ethics, professional ethics and personal moral cultivation. Some cadres' problems lie not in their talents, but in their moral character. The immoral behavior of a few cadres damaged the image of the party, ruined the social atmosphere, and finally ruined their own reputation. Leading cadres are the backbone of the party's cause and the leaders of the people to create a happy life. Their ideology and morality play an important role in demonstrating and influencing. Only when leading cadres insist on moral cultivation and constantly strengthen political, professional and personal moral cultivation can they always adhere to the correct political direction, maintain a vigorous state of energy, establish a good personal image, and better unite and lead the people to start businesses.

Serving the public with virtue is to unite people's hearts, wisdom and strength with noble moral quality. Since ancient times, China has emphasized that officials should be convinced by virtue. The so-called "officials are not afraid of my strictness, but they are afraid of my honesty, and the people are not satisfied with our ability and serve our public" is the truth. Persuade people with virtue, deeds speak louder than words. Leading cadres can only win the sincere conviction and support of the people if they are hard-working ideologically and morally and set an example in their work. Imagine what a great appeal it would be if every leading cadre could convince others with virtue! If party organizations at all levels can use those cadres who serve people with morality, what a strong cohesion it will be!

To introduce talents by virtue is to always uphold the concept that virtue is the most important and virtue is the first. The ancients in China said: "Only talented people have the capital of virtue; And handsome in virtue. "Visible, compared with talent, morality is always the first. Paying more attention to talents than morality has always been a taboo for employing people, and it is also a taboo for individuals to become talents. For party organizations, adhering to the principle of having both ability and political integrity means putting morality first when selecting and appointing cadres: cadres with the same ability are given priority in promotion and reuse; For leading cadres, adhering to the principle of introducing talents by virtue means always putting self-cultivation by virtue and serving the people in the first place, and constantly improving their abilities and qualities on the basis of constantly tempering their moral integrity in order to better benefit the people.

To run talents with virtue means to inspire, cultivate and support the growth of talents with virtue. Morality is not only an important driving force to motivate talents to improve, but also determines the direction and effectiveness of talents. Only by solving the basic moral problems such as "why live, what is the greatest value of life" can people do their duty, work hard, and constantly create first-class achievements regardless of personal gains and losses and difficulties and obstacles. In real life, some leading cadres are eager for quick success and instant benefit, impetuous, striving for fame and profit with a little work, and recovering after a little setback. In the final analysis, they still failed the test of virtue. Therefore, leading cadres should give full play to the role of moral "steering wheel" and "lubricant" if they want to continuously increase their talents and always maintain the correct direction of becoming talents.

Having both ability and political integrity means having both ability and political integrity, being both red and expert. Emphasizing morality first does not mean denying the importance of talents. Virtue without talent is difficult to take on a big responsibility. Leading cadres at all levels shoulder the important responsibilities of governing and rejuvenating the country and serving the people, and shoulder the important mission of being an official and benefiting one party. Their quality and ability must be hard. If you don't adapt to the requirements of the new situation and new tasks and constantly improve your abilities and talents, it will be difficult to do a good job in leadership and will delay the cause of the party and the people. Therefore, a famous leading cadre should not only stress party spirit, conduct and set an example, but also study hard, increase knowledge and talent; We should become leading cadres who are both "models" and "experts".