Abstract: “Adhering to the Party leadership” is the first important historical experience of the centurylong struggleTo have an indepth understanding, first, we should research on the ideological connotation, political essence and theoretical logic of the Party leadership based on relevant expositions drawn from classical Marxist texts; second, it is necessary to combine the theory and practice to understand the Party leadership and to correctly grasp the close relationship between the Party leadership and its power; and third, it is also important to have a profound understanding of the concepts, realization mechanisms and requirements moving over time to uphold and strengthen the Party overall leadershipSummarizing the theory and practice of adhering to the Party leadership over the past century, this paper provides several implications: to adhere to the Party leadership, we must firmly ensure the robust Party leadership and improve the leadership system as a guarantee for the Party to exercise its leadership; the Party leadership is based on an organic unity of direct and indirect leadership; in order to uphold the Party leadership for a long time, it is necessary to advance the Party leadership through its institutional system to be closely connected to the people and the overall lawbased governance in parallel; it is crucial to exercise the leadership and governing power effectively by governing according to the law; and adhering to and strengthening the Party leadership can neither “replacing the government with the Party”, nor using the Party's “governing power” to replace the “leading power”, not to mention “replacing the Party with the government”

Key words: adhering to the Party leadership, leadership, governance, historical enlightenment

摘要： “坚持党的领导”是中国共产党百年奋斗十大历史经验之首。要深刻认识这一基本经验，既要立足于马克思主义经典作家的相关论述来深刻把握党的领导的思想内涵、政治本质与理论逻辑；也要结合党的领导的理论与实践来深刻把握党的领导权，正确认识党的领导权与执政权之间的密切关系；还要深刻认识坚持和加强党的全面领导的基本内容、实现机制与时代要求。总结百年来坚持党的领导的理论与实践，可得出六点基本启示：坚持党的领导，必须牢牢掌握党的领导权、以健全的领导制度体系作保障；党的领导方式具有多样性，是直接方式与间接方式的有机统一；要长期保持党的领导与执政地位，必须实行“双轮驱动”，既要通过党的组织体系密切联系群众、实现党对人民群众的政治领导，也要有效行使执政权、通过依法执政来有效治理国家；在任何时候，坚持与加强党的领导，既不能“以党代政、包揽一切”，也不能用党的“执政权”代替“领导权”，更不能“以政代党”等等。

关键词: 坚持党的领导, 领导权, 执政权, 历史启示