实事求是是我们党一贯倡导的作风。关于这个问题,在延安整顿党的作风时,毛泽东同志作过精辟论述;在改革开放中邓小平同志一再强调;近些年江泽民总书记也反复讲到。我们党之所以一直在强调实事求是,就是因为始终还有不实事求是的作风存在。远的且不说,仅在新中国成立后就有不少事例,如大跃进中的浮夸风,文革中的极“左”狂潮,改革开放中的泡沫经济,等等。不实事求是的作风之所以存在,主要是在我们的领导阶层中有温床。有的领导喜欢讲成绩,你说缺点,他就不高兴;有的领导喜欢有人给他吹喇叭、抬轿子,你不去吹和抬,他就说你不给他面子;有的领导喜欢搞 Seeking truth from facts is the style consistently advocated by our party. On this issue, Comrade Mao Tse-tung made an incisive remark on how to rectify the party’s style in Yanan. Comrade Deng Xiaoping emphasized again and again in the course of reform and opening up that General Secretary Jiang Zemin repeatedly said in recent years. The reason why our party has always emphasized seeking truth from facts is because there always exists a style of seeking truth from facts. Far from mentioning, there are quite a few instances since the founding of new China such as the rhetoric in the Great Leap Forward, the frenzied “leftist” frenzy in the Cultural Revolution, the bubble economy in the reform and opening up, and so on. The reason for not seeking truth from facts is that there is a hotbed of reason in our leadership. Some leaders like to talk about performance, you talk about shortcomings, he was unhappy; some leaders like someone to give him a trumpet, sedan chairs, you do not blow and lift, he said you do not give him face; some leaders like to engage