党的十八大以来,习近平总书记围绕坚持党的宗旨,保持同人民群众的血肉联系,发表了许多重要论述。他带领新一届中央政治局常委与中外记者见面时,就十分明确地提出两大课题:一是把人民对美好生活的向往作为党的奋斗目标;二是切实改进工作作风,密切联系群众。这不禁使我联想起,当年我在空军某航校学习时,所遇到的一桩感人心肺的爱民往事。那是上世纪40年代末期,当时,战友们由苏联教官经过教练 Since the 18th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has delivered many important expositions on the party’s adherence to the principle of keeping the flesh and blood ties with the people and the masses. When he led the new Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to meet with Chinese and foreign reporters, he formulated two major issues very clearly. First, he regarded the people’s longing for a better life as the party’s goal. The second is to effectively improve the working style and keep in close contact with the masses. This can not help but remind me of the touching love of the people I met when I was studying at an Air Force air school. That was the late 1940s, when comrades-in-arms were coached by Soviet instructors