加快体育强国建设步伐******
作者：冯峰（首都师范大学体育教研部）
体育是提高人民健康水平的重要途径，是满足人民群众对美好生活向往、促进人的全面发展的重要手段，是促进经济社会发展的重要动力，是展示国家文化软实力的重要平台。党的十八大以来，在以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚强领导下，我们全面推进群众体育、竞技体育、体育产业、体育文化等各方面发展，深入实施全民健身国家战略，提升体育公共服务水平，大力发展冰雪运动，体育事业取得长足发展。党的二十大报告提出了到2035年我国发展的总体目标，建成体育强国是其中之一。在新征程上加快建设体育强国，要聚焦重点领域和关键环节深化改革创新，不断开创体育事业发展新局面。
弘扬中华体育精神。习近平总书记指出：“加快建设体育强国，就要弘扬中华体育精神”。在各项体育赛事上，我国体育健儿顽强拼搏、为国争光，实现了运动成绩和精神文明双丰收。广大体育工作者在长期实践中总结出以“为国争光、无私奉献、科学求实、遵纪守法、团结协作、顽强拼搏”为主要内容的中华体育精神。在新征程上加快建设体育强国，要把握好体育强国梦与中国梦的关系，把弘扬中华体育精神同坚定文化自信结合起来，推动新时代体育事业高质量发展，激励中华儿女向着实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦奋勇前进。
落实全民健身国家战略。习近平总书记指出：“体育强国的基础在于群众体育。”要坚持以人民为中心的发展思想，把人民作为发展体育事业的主体，把满足人民健身需求、促进人的全面发展作为体育工作的出发点和落脚点，落实全民健身国家战略，不断提高人民健康水平。近年来，《体育强国建设纲要》《“十四五”国民健康规划》等文件相继印发，全民健身活动蓬勃开展。贯彻落实党的二十大精神，加快体育强国建设步伐，要坚持以增强人民体质、提高全民族身体素质和生活质量为目标，高度重视并充分发挥体育在促进人的全面发展中的重要作用，继续推进体育改革创新，广泛开展全民健身活动，加强青少年体育工作，促进群众体育和竞技体育全面发展。
坚持以法治为保障。习近平总书记强调：“必须更好发挥法治固根本、稳预期、利长远的保障作用，在法治轨道上全面建设社会主义现代化国家。”十三届全国人大常委会第三十五次会议通过新修订的体育法，自2023年1月1日起施行。我国体育法治体系不断完善，为体育事业高质量发展提供了坚实法治保障。法律的生命力在于实施。将新修订的体育法落到实处，需要各方齐心协力、共同推进。政府部门应构建职责明确、依法行政的治理体系，加强落实督导检查。社会层面应加大宣传力度，努力形成尊法学法守法用法的良好氛围。体育工作者可发挥自身优势，积极主动参与普法宣传活动。体育组织要加强行业自律，规范行业行为。
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
