The model worker is the winner in the socialist labor competition, whereas model workers spirit, the personification of the noble spirit and excellent quality of the model workers, is a key component of the ideological pedigree of socialism with Chinese characteristics. As a kind of social ideology, the spirit of model workers is ultimately stipulated by social and historical conditions, but the role of state power in the construction of model workers spirit cannot be ignored. As the spirit of model workers is highly compatible with the theme of national construction, its selectionfeedback, construction-incentive, and absorption-education constitute the complete path of labor-spirit life movement. Hence, studying the spirit of model workers from the perspective of modern national construction enables us to enrich interpretation path of social ideological issues and makes it possible to construct the political discourse of model workers with Chinese characteristics.