Yan Xiaofeng: A New Height in Understanding the Laws of Socialist Cultural Construction with Chinese Characteristics

Author: Yan Xiaofeng, chief expert of the major project of the National Social Science Fund "Research on the Construction of National Cultural Soft Power", president of the College of Marxism of Tianjin University, and researcher of the Research Center for the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in Tianjin

Culture is the soul of a country and a nation, and cultural construction plays an extremely important role in the overall layout of the "Five in One" cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. To build a socialist cultural power, it is necessary to follow the laws of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics under the guidance of scientific theory. Xi Jinping's cultural thought is a theoretical summary of the practical experience of the Party's leadership in cultural construction in the new era, which marks that our Party's understanding of the laws of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics has reached a new height, and provides a powerful ideological weapon and a scientific guide to action for doing a good job in the ideological and cultural work of the new era and new journey, and taking on the new cultural mission.

Constantly deepen the exploration of the law of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics

Culture revitalizes the country, and culture strengthens the nation. Cultural self-confidence is the most basic, profound and lasting force in the development of a country and a nation. Cultural construction is an important part of governance and is the conscious behavior of the ruling subject. The law of cultural construction reflects the internal logic and essential requirements of cultural construction, including the relationship between culture and economic, political, social and other fields, the nationality and commonness of culture, political and popular, inheritance and epochal issues, as well as the goals, roads, principles and policies of cultural development. Only by correctly understanding and consciously following the rules can we promote cultural prosperity and build a cultural power. Marxist cultural theory insists on starting from historical materialism, scientifically understanding the position of culture in social organism, emphasizing the ideological attribute and function of culture, correctly revealing the law of cultural development and construction, which is the theoretical basis for understanding and grasping the law of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics.

The Communist Party of China is not only an active leader and practitioner of China's advanced culture, but also a faithful inheritor and promoter of China's excellent traditional culture. For more than 100 years, our party has adhered to the leadership of the party in the propaganda of ideological and cultural work. In the process of developing advanced socialist culture, carrying forward revolutionary culture, and inheriting excellent traditional Chinese culture, it has made efforts to explore the law of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics, and has constantly deepened its understanding of this law. During the period of the new democratic revolution, Comrade Mao Zedong put forward the idea of building a national, scientific and popular culture, pointing out the nature and direction of the new culture of the Chinese nation. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, Comrade Mao Zedong proposed to adhere to the direction of serving the people and socialism, implement the policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend", and correctly grasp the characteristics and laws of cultural construction under socialist conditions. In the new era of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, the Party has deeply realized that to create a new situation, it must lead the cause with theoretical innovation, emphasize both material and spiritual civilization, strengthen education in ideals and beliefs, promote the construction of the socialist core value system, develop advanced socialist culture, and reform the cultural system, We have promoted the great development and prosperity of socialist culture and achieved important results in understanding the laws governing the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics.

In the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core accurately grasped the trend of ideological and cultural interaction worldwide and profound changes in China's social ideology, held the banner, gathered the hearts of the people, nurtured new people, revitalized culture, and displayed its image, and vigorously promoted the construction of a socialist cultural power. Efforts have been made to solve the problem of weakening the leadership of the Party in the ideological field. We have established and adhered to the fundamental system of the guiding role of Marxism in the ideological field. We have taken a clear-cut stand against and resisted all kinds of wrong views, which has sounded the main theme and carried forward the positive energy in the whole society. We will promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, vigorously develop cultural undertakings and industries, promote exchanges and mutual learning among human civilizations, and significantly enhance the country's cultural soft power and influence of Chinese culture. The innovative theory of the Party in the new era has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The situation in the ideological field has undergone an overall and fundamental change. The cultural confidence of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in China has significantly increased. The Chinese people have a stronger driving force for progress, a stronger spirit of struggle, a stronger belief in winning, and a stronger historical consciousness and initiative, It provides a strong ideological guarantee for creating a new situation for the cause of the Party and the country in the new era. It is in this process that our Party has constantly deepened its understanding of the laws governing the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era and formed Xi Jinping's cultural thought.

Precious thought crystallization of cultural construction

The connotation of Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts is very rich and the discussion is extremely profound, which contains a series of new thoughts, new ideas, new assertions, and systematic plans and strategic deployment made by General Secretary Xi Jinping in the cultural construction of the new era, and reflects the valuable achievements of the Party's understanding of the laws of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics in the new era. This idea is clear and practical, and shows great power in the practice of cultural construction in the new era.

Xi Jinping's cultural thought has achieved major innovations and breakthroughs in cultural theoretical viewpoints, and has constructed the "body" of cultural construction. For example, this thought emphasizes adhering to and strengthening the Party's overall leadership over propaganda, ideological and cultural work, promoting the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization, insisting on the "two combinations", proposing the Party's new cultural mission in the new era, asserting cultural self-confidence, and insisting on guiding cultural construction with socialist core values, It is proposed to adhere to the people centered work orientation, promote the common values of all mankind, and so on. These important ideas constitute the "four beams and eight pillars" of Xi Jinping's cultural thought, which embodies our Party's cultural outlook in the new era. They not only adhere to Marxist cultural theory, but also give it distinctive Chinese characteristics, greatly deepening our understanding of the status, role, principles, missions and tasks of cultural construction, and are of great original significance, It is the basic point that we must firmly grasp when learning and understanding Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts.

Xi Jinping's cultural ideology has made a systematic plan and strategic deployment for cultural construction in the new era, highlighting the "utility" of cultural construction. For example, this thought proposes to improve the system of arming the whole party, educating the people and guiding practical work with the Party's innovative theory, promote the normalization and institutionalization of ideal and belief education, accelerate the construction of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, accelerate the construction of an integrated and integrated all media communication pattern, and improve the comprehensive network governance system, Put forward to build a strategic communication system with distinctive Chinese characteristics, etc. These new deployments cover theoretical armed forces, news and public opinion, ideological and moral construction, network construction and management, external publicity and other aspects, reflect a clear problem orientation, practice orientation, define the road map and task book of cultural construction in the new era, and provide an action program for promoting the construction of a cultural power, It is the key point that we must firmly grasp to implement Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts.

Xi Jinping's cultural thought, with its rich ideological connotation and strict internal logic, constitutes a systematic and comprehensive scientific system. To learn and understand this important thought, we need to take General Secretary Xi Jinping's ideas and strategic deployment on cultural construction in the new era as a whole, and systematically understand and grasp them instead of fragmentary, coherent, rather than fragmented. We should put this thought in the historical process of the development of Marxist cultural theory, and in the practice of our party's leading cultural construction for more than a hundred years, and grasp the historical logic and practical logic of its formation and development. We should understand this thought in the broad theoretical framework of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and grasp its significance in the Party's innovative theory for a new era. At the same time, we should also see that Xi Jinping's cultural thought is a constantly developing and open ideological system, which will be enriched and developed with the deepening and expansion of cultural construction in the new era.

Learn and practice Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts and take on new cultural missions

It is the central task of the whole party and the whole people to embark on a new journey, comprehensively build a modern socialist power and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In line with this central task, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly proposed the new cultural mission of continuing to promote cultural prosperity, building a cultural power, and building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point. This important conclusion is forward-looking and inspiring, and it is the mobilization order and marching signal for cultural construction in the new era. It is a great and arduous undertaking to shoulder a new cultural mission and create a new culture of our time. We must consciously adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts.

In his important instructions for the propaganda of ideological and cultural work, General Secretary Xi Jinping deeply grasped the new situation and tasks faced by the propaganda of ideological and cultural work in the new era and new journey, focused on achieving the new cultural mission in the new era, clearly proposed the important requirements of "seven efforts", and put forward the important principles of strengthening cultural self-confidence, adhering to openness and inclusiveness, and adhering to innovation. This is the concentrated embodiment of Xi Jinping's world outlook, methodology and the positions, viewpoints and methods that run through the thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era in cultural construction. It is a penetrating exposition of the laws of cultural construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics and captures the fundamental point of promoting the new cultural mission.

To strengthen cultural self-confidence and clarify the cultural attitude and belief of the Chinese Communists is to treat the excellent traditional Chinese culture with respect and pride, cherish the revolutionary culture created by the people under the leadership of the Party, adhere to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, and integrate cultural self-confidence into the ethos and cultural character of the whole nation, Develop an uplifting style and a rational and peaceful attitude. Adhering to openness and inclusiveness, it clarifies the cultural vision and cultural vision of the Chinese Communists in the new era, which is to learn more actively from all outstanding achievements of civilization created by mankind, integrate China and foreign countries, connect the ancient and modern times, adhere to the modernization of Marxism in China, inherit and develop China's excellent traditional culture, and promote the localization of foreign culture. Adhering to integrity and innovation, it clarifies the cultural position and cultural pursuit of the Chinese Communists in the new era, which is to maintain the fundamental system of the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, the fundamental requirement of "two combinations", and the cultural leadership of the Communist Party of China and the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation; Create new ideas, new words, new mechanisms, and new forms. Under the guidance of Marxism, we can truly make the past serve the present, make foreign things serve China, make dialectical choices, and bring forth the new, so as to achieve the organic connection between tradition and modern, continue the historical context, and compose the contemporary chapter.

The proposal of Xi Jinping's cultural thought is an important milestone in China's socialist cultural construction, which will provide scientific guidance and inject powerful force into our new cultural struggle and cultural creation in the process of Chinese modernization. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation must be accompanied by the prosperity of Chinese culture. Relying on the five thousand years of profound civilization of China and based on the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, we are sure to create new brilliance in Chinese culture and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.