把思想政治教育作为“中心环节”和“生命线”是我党党群关系的宝贵经验之一。思想政治教育的作用集中体现在人民群众观教育和马克思主义观教育。利益格局的新变化、社会结构深刻变化导致了党在一定程度存在脱离群众的危险,给新时期思想政治教育工作带来了严峻的挑战。文章立足于新形势下加强和改进思想政治教育,要以密切党群关系为落脚点,深入开展马克思主义信仰教育,进一步加强人民观教育和主旋律教育,牢牢把握意识形态工作主动权。 Taking ideological and political education as one of the “center links” and “lifeline” of our party is one of the valuable experiences of the party-masses relations in our party. The function of ideological and political education is embodied in the education of the people’s concept of mass and the education of Marxism. The new changes in the pattern of interests and profound changes in social structure have led to the danger of the party being detached from the masses to a certain extent and posed a severe challenge to the ideological and political education in the new period. Based on the situation of strengthening and improving the ideological and political education under the new situation, the article is based on the close relationship between the party and the masses, deepening the education of Marxist belief, further strengthening education of the people and educating the main theme, and firmly grasping the initiative of ideological work.