Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the contemporary Chinese Marxism, the Marxism of the 21st century that leads China and affects the world, and the ideological and spiritual banner of the Communist Party of China in a new era. As the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation enters a critical period, we are increasingly aware that we must further deepen our understanding of this important thought as Marxism in contemporary China and Marxism in the 21st century, and further understand the theoretical innovation and era value of Xi Jinping's thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era. As the theoretical form of Marxism in contemporary China and in the 21st century, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has promoted the modernization of Marxism in China to achieve significant development, guided socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era, and scientifically answered the questions of China, the world, the people, and the times from the combination of theory and practice. This important thought has opened up a new realm of Marxism, which is scientific, popular, practical and open, and shines with dazzling truth.

　　 To endow scientific theory with new connotation

The Marxist theoretical system and knowledge system are extensive and profound, which are the essence of the whole human spirit. The true meaning of its scientific nature lies in the profound revelation of the universal law of the development of nature, human society and human thinking, which points out the direction for the development and progress of human society. The reason why Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is a scientific theory is that this important thought closely combines the conditions of the times and practical requirements, deepens the understanding of the ruling law of the Communist Party, the law of socialist construction, and the law of human society development in a new perspective, and opens up a new realm of scientific Marxism.

The new and profound revelation of the ruling law of the Communist Party. The Communist Party of China is the largest political party in the world and the ruling party in power for a long time in a big socialist country like China. How to make such a century old party always become a strong Marxist ruling party is a century issue in itself. Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era clarifies that the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China; Emphasize that the Party should manage the Party and govern it strictly in an all-round way, put forward the general requirements for Party building in the new era, and highlight the leading role of political construction; Emphasize that Chinese style modernization is the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China, and clearly adhere to the overall leadership of the Party is the only way to adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics; wait. These important statements reflect our party's deepening understanding of the ruling law of the Communist Party. Based on the profound understanding of the ruling law of the Communist Party, we have explored a successful path to solve our own problems and jump out of the historical cycle rate under the long-term ruling conditions.

To make a new and profound revelation of the laws of socialist construction. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Socialism with Chinese characteristics is developed and advanced in the process of constantly summing up experience and exploring laws." A major issue of the new era for our party is to systematically answer what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to adhere to and develop in the new era and how to adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics from the combination of theory and practice. Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era emphasizes that socialism with Chinese characteristics is socialism rather than other doctrines, and has strengthened the strategic determination to follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics; It proposes to promote the overall layout of "Five in One" and the strategic layout of "Four Comprehensions" in a coordinated manner, which enriches the connotation of socialism with Chinese characteristics; It systematically depicts the map of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, emphasizing the continuous transformation of China's institutional advantages into national governance effectiveness; wait. These important statements mark that our party's understanding and grasp of the laws of socialist construction has reached a new height, and provide scientific guidance and fundamental compliance for the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

To make a new and profound revelation of the law of the development of human society. The development process of human society is a process of constantly understanding and grasping the laws of history and moving forward from the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom. At present, changes in the world, times and history are unfolding in an unprecedented way, and the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. In the face of the era's question of "What's wrong with the world? What should we do?", Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era adheres to the correct view of history, the overall situation and the role, summarizes the historical laws in looking back at history, and grasps the trend of progress in looking forward to the future. He put forward the major concept of promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, pointed out that "the world is the world of people of all countries, and the difficulties and challenges facing the world need people of all countries to work together in the same boat, and peaceful development and win-win cooperation are the right path on earth", and emphasized that "standing on the side of history and human progress". These important statements have deepened our Party's understanding of the law of human society development and provided Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for creating a better future of world peace and development.

　　 Show the sincere feelings of the people's theory

Marxism adheres to the position of realizing the liberation of the people and safeguarding the interests of the people, takes the realization of the free and comprehensive development of human beings and the liberation of all mankind as its own responsibility, and for the first time created the ideological system of people's self liberation, so it has influence across countries and times. The people's nature is the distinctive theoretical background of Xi Jinping's socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era.

Take everything for the people as the value goal. Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is a theory that comes from, serves and benefits the people. Adherence to the supremacy of the people is a red line running through it. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The people's aspiration for a better life is our goal", "The original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists is to seek happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation", "Taking the hearts of the people as the heart, breathing with the people, sharing a common destiny, and connecting hearts are the original intention of the Party and the Party's perseverance". Whether it is to win the battle against poverty, solve the most direct and realistic interests of the people, or promote the construction of a healthy, safe and beautiful China, it fully demonstrates the fundamental position of this important idea that everything is for the people, and fully demonstrates the value orientation of people first.

To promote common prosperity and respond to people's expectations. Common prosperity is the essential requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the common expectation of the people. Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era made a major political conclusion that major social contradictions in China have changed, laying a theoretical foundation for solving the problem of unbalanced and inadequate development in China and gradually realizing common prosperity for all people; Taking poverty alleviation as one of the "three major battles", the issue of absolute poverty, which has plagued the Chinese nation for thousands of years, came to a historic end. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), when formulating the long-term goal of basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035, proposed that "all people should make more substantial progress in common prosperity", and highlighted the "solid promotion of common prosperity" in improving the quality of people's life. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that "now, we have reached the historical stage of solidly promoting common prosperity." This fully shows that our party has placed the promotion of common prosperity of all people in a more prominent position. As a country with a huge population, China's grand goal of achieving common prosperity will gradually become a reality.

China's contribution to human freedom and liberation. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "Marxism is broad and profound, and in the final analysis, it is just one sentence, to seek the liberation of mankind." Holding such communist ideals, beliefs and feelings of the world, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to build a community with a shared future for mankind, emphasizing that "the Chinese dream we want to achieve will not only benefit the Chinese people, but also the people of all countries". Initiate the "Belt and Road" initiative, and put forward a series of new concepts that occupy the international moral high ground, such as the global governance concept, the new security concept, the new development concept, and the correct concept of righteousness and benefit; Emphasize that "China's opening door will only open wider and wider", and launch a series of positive measures to allow more countries to take advantage of China's rapid development; Put forward and promote the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, make China's contribution to promoting common development and prosperity, and also make China's exploration for exploring the path of human freedom and liberation.

　　 Demonstrate the great power of practical theory

Marxism has a distinctive practical character. It is not only committed to scientific "explaining the world", but also committed to actively "changing the world", guiding the people's action to transform the world. The view of practice is the basic view of Marxist epistemology. Practicality is the distinctive feature that distinguishes Marxist theory from other theories, and it is also the distinctive character of Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "the source of the emergence of a theory can only be rich and vivid real life, and the driving force can only be the practical requirements to solve social contradictions and problems." In the benign interaction with practice, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era provides scientific guidance for the great practice being carried out in China in the new era.

The theoretical starting point is to solve social contradictions and problems. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era germinated, formed and developed in the process of taking root in reality, responding to practical needs and answering the issues of the times. The major judgments and conclusions made by General Secretary Xi Jinping are based on scientific analysis of social contradictions and problems. For example, in view of the unbalanced and inadequate development of our country and the inability to fully meet the people's growing needs for a better life, we made a scientific judgment on the changes in the major social contradictions in our country, and defined the strategic focus and main direction of the work of the whole party in the coming period; Based on the analysis of the "superposition of three phases" of China's economic development, we made a judgment that the economic development has entered a new normal, and put forward a series of important ideas such as implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality economic development, building a modern economic system, and promoting supply side structural reform, which provide a fundamental basis for China's long-term and stable economic development; In view of the once passive situation in the ideological field of our country, we put forward important ideas such as strengthening the Party's leadership over ideological work, which has made the situation in the ideological field of our country undergo a comprehensive and fundamental change. Such problem orientation fully demonstrates the political courage, theoretical charm and pragmatic ideological character of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to face problems directly.

Play a huge leading role in practice. The practical characteristics of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era are prominently reflected in its great practical explanatory power and practical leadership. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), it is under the guidance of this important thought that the cause of the Party and the country has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes, solved many problems that have long been wanted to solve but have not been solved, and accomplished many important things that were wanted to do but have not been done in the past, which has pushed forward socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era more forcefully. In the past decade, we have withstood the risk challenges from politics, economy, ideology, nature and other aspects, completed the historical task of poverty alleviation and building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and achieved the first century goal. China's economic strength, scientific and technological strength, and comprehensive national strength have jumped to a new level, and people's sense of gain, happiness, and security have significantly increased, The leadership of the Communist Party of China and the advantages of China's socialist system have been further demonstrated, pushing China to embark on a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has taken a new big step forward.

It is constantly enriched and developed in the benign interaction with practice. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era adheres to the people's creative practice as an inexhaustible source of theoretical innovation, always absorbs nutrients in practice, and constantly carries out theoretical innovation and creation. For example, General Secretary Xi Jinping, proceeding from the overall situation of the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the development and progress of contemporary China, further deepened the understanding of the laws of the construction of China's national system and national governance system, put the system construction in a more prominent position, made a systematic summary and put forward the development direction and work requirements; In the face of the requirements of starting a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, it puts forward a major judgment that China has entered a new stage of development; In the face of the international situation in which the world's unprecedented great change has entered a period of accelerated evolution and economic globalization has encountered a counter current, this paper puts forward the major strategic idea of building a new development pattern with domestic circulation as the main body and domestic and international double circulation promoting each other; wait. Practice is colorful, and the theory based on practice is evergreen. Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era will certainly show more powerful practical power in the benign interaction with practice.

　　 Highlight the distinctive character of the developing and open theory

Marxism is an open theoretical system that develops with the development of the times, practice and science. It does not end the truth, but opens the way to the truth. The openness of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is not only reflected in learning from all the achievements of civilization created by mankind, but also in always adhering to the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture, and adhering to the unity of inheritance and development, integrity and innovation, Constantly open up a new realm of sinicization and modernization of Marxism.

Adhere to the theoretical character of keeping pace with the times. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has put forward a series of new ideas, new ideas and new strategies by using scientific methods such as "two combinations" and "six must adhere to" in combination with the new era conditions and practical requirements, making original contributions to the development of Marxist philosophy, political economy and scientific sociology. For example, in terms of Marxist philosophy, we should accurately grasp the law of the unity of opposites in the movement of contradictions, emphasize the development of the spirit of struggle, enhance the ability of struggle, and reflect the philosophical thinking of opening up new worlds and winning new victories with conscious struggle practice; In terms of Marxist political economy, the basic principles and methodology of Marxist political economy are used to understand the process of economic movement, and concepts such as new development stages, new development concepts, new development patterns, high-quality development are proposed, opening up a new realm for the development of Marxist political economy in contemporary China; In the aspect of scientific socialism, the basic principles of scientific socialism and Marxist state theory were used to explore the relationship between the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the modernization of national governance, and the innovative development of Marxist theory of national system was achieved; wait. With the continuous development and change of the conditions of the times, Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era will also make more original contributions to the development of Marxism.

Absorb all outstanding achievements of human civilization. If we do not refuse to flow, we will become a river and a sea. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era insists on absorbing all outstanding achievements of civilization created by mankind with a broad vision and an open mind, and seeking wisdom and nutrition from different civilizations. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. At the same time, he attaches great importance to the inclusive coexistence, exchange and mutual learning of different civilizations. He emphasizes that "civilizations communicate because of diversity, learn from each other through exchanges, and develop through mutual learning". "We should be more proactive in learning from all the outstanding achievements of civilization created by mankind". Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era will surely lead China to embrace the world with a more open attitude and contribute to the world with a more dynamic modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

Always stand at the forefront of the times. An important manifestation of the openness of Marxism is that it always stands at the forefront of the times and contributes theoretical wisdom to answering cutting-edge questions. Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has always stood at the forefront of the development of the times, constantly explored new topics raised by the times, and responded to the challenges facing all mankind. For example, pay close attention to the far-reaching impact of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial reform, focus on quantum technology, blockchain and other cutting-edge scientific and technological fields, emphasize the acceleration of basic research breakthroughs and key core technology breakthroughs, and lead the direction of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial reform; Pay close attention to the profound changes in public opinion ecology, media pattern and communication mode caused by information technology, and emphasize accelerating the integrated development of media to form a concentric circle online and offline; Standing at the height of leading the trend of the times and the progress of human civilization, we advocate the building of a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, inclusiveness, cleanness and beauty, and have contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to solving global problems.

(The author is a special researcher at the Research Base of Capital Normal University of Beijing Xi Jinping Research Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in a New Era)

People's Daily (September 19, 2023, version 09)

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