Xi Jinping's cultural thought, formed and constantly enriched in the great practice of building a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era, is the theoretical summary of the practical experience of the Party's leadership in building a culture in the new era, is the enrichment and development of Marxist cultural theory, and further deepens our Party's understanding of the laws of socialist cultural construction, It provides a scientific action guide for doing well in the ideological and cultural work of the new era and new journey and shouldering the new cultural mission.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought has a profound theoretical origin of Marxism
In the view of Marxist historical materialism, social existence determines social consciousness, material production is the basis for the existence and development of human society, determining human political life and spiritual life, but superstructure has a dynamic reaction to the economic foundation. At the same time, Marxist historical materialism also provides important methodological guidance for how to treat history and culture. It is an important viewpoint of Marxism to attach importance to the reference and absorption of the achievements of human civilization, and it is also an important reason for the establishment of Marxism. Marx pointed out that "people create their own history, but they do not create at will, not under the conditions they choose, but under the conditions they directly encounter, established, inherited from the past The result of British classical political economy and French utopian socialism. These important thoughts provide a world outlook and methodological guidance for how to build a new socialist culture, including how to handle the relationship between cultural inheritance and innovation, after the Marxist party led the people to overthrow the old regime. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "socialism with Chinese characteristics is a socialism with an all-round development of material civilization and spiritual civilization, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation requires the development and prosperity of Chinese culture." He emphasized the promotion of Chinese excellent traditional culture, insisted on combining the basic principles of Marxism with Chinese excellent traditional culture, and promoted the creative transformation of Chinese excellent traditional culture Innovative development, building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
The excellent traditional Chinese culture has provided rich nourishment for Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts
Do not forget the original can open up the future, good at inheritance can better innovation. The excellent traditional Chinese culture is the wisdom crystallization and essence of the Chinese civilization, the root and soul of the Chinese nation, and the foundation for us to stand firm in the turmoil of world culture. Activating the vitality of China's excellent traditional culture through Marxism can provide an important reference for building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that only a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the history of Chinese civilization can more effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, more vigorously promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. For example, the idea of following the law of nature and the unity of heaven and man, the idea of the world as a whole, the idea of self-improvement and virtue, the idea of taking the people as the foundation, reassuring the people, enriching the people and enjoying the people, the idea of governing with virtue and rightness, the idea of keeping pace with the times The thought of seeking truth from facts, the thought of pragmatism, unity of knowledge and practice, and practice, the thought of pooling ideas, giving alms to all, and making concerted efforts, the thought of benevolent people loving others, and building people with virtue, the thought of treating people with sincerity, being faithful and harmonious, the thought of being honest in politics, industrious in serving the public, the thought of thrift and self-discipline, and the thought of avoiding luxury, the thought of neutralization, peace The idea of seeking common ground while reserving differences, harmony while maintaining differences, and harmonious coexistence, and the idea of not forgetting danger in peace, not forgetting death, not forgetting chaos in governance, and being prepared for danger in times of peace, etc. The rich philosophical thoughts, humanistic spirit, educational thoughts, moral concepts, etc. of China's excellent traditional culture can provide useful enlightenment for today's understanding and transformation of the world, provide useful enlightenment for governing the country, provide useful inspiration for moral construction, and provide strong support for the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought is the inheritance and development of the practical experience of leadership culture construction since the founding of the Communist Party of China
Since its founding, our Party has clearly written Marxism on its own banner and attached great importance to the role of new culture in the Chinese revolution. In his New Democracy, Mao Zedong stressed that the new society and country we want to build not only have new politics, new economy, but also new culture. On the eve of the founding of New China, Mao Zedong confidently predicted that with the arrival of the climax of economic construction in New China, there would inevitably be a climax of cultural construction. At the same time, Mao Zedong stressed that we should critically inherit the cultural heritage from Confucius to Sun Yat sen, critically absorb all beneficial things in it, and make the past serve the present. Emphasize that today's China is a development of historical China; We are Marxist historicists, and we should not cut off history.
In the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, when Deng Xiaoping designed the grand blueprint of Chinese style modernization, he stressed that we should build a high level of socialist spiritual civilization while building a high level of material civilization. With the deepening of our Party's understanding of the laws of socialist construction, the overall layout of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics has developed from the "two in one" of material civilization and spiritual civilization to the "three in one" of socialist economic construction, political construction and cultural construction, and then further developed into the "four in one" and "five in one", Cultural construction has played an important role in promoting the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought is a theoretical summary of the practical experience of the construction of the Party's leadership culture in the new era
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has attached great importance to the promotion of ideological and cultural work. General Secretary Xi Jinping has presided over a series of important meetings, delivered a series of important speeches, proposed a series of new ideas, new ideas and new strategies, and raised our Party's understanding of the laws of cultural construction to a new level, In the great practice of leading the cultural construction of the new era, Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts have been formed and enriched.
First, cultural construction has reached a new height. Taking cultural construction as an important part of the overall layout of "Five in One" and the strategic layout of "Four Comprehensions", we have promoted the cultural construction of the new era to achieve historic achievements and historic changes, which has provided strong positive energy for comprehensively promoting the construction of a powerful country and the rejuvenation of the people with Chinese style modernization.
The second is to strengthen cultural self-confidence. Put forward cultural self-confidence as an important part of the "four self-confidence", and emphasize that we say we should be confident in the socialist road with Chinese characteristics, in theory, and in system. In the final analysis, we should be confident in culture. Cultural self-confidence is a more basic, deeper and lasting force.
The third is to consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field and consolidate the common ideological basis for the unity and struggle of the whole party and the whole people. Emphasizing that ideology is the work of setting the heart for the country and the soul for the nation, we have made arrangements for many directional and strategic issues in the field of ideology, clarified the theoretical right and wrong, corrected the work orientation, and the situation in China's ideological field has undergone a comprehensive and fundamental change.
Fourth, we will continue to arm the whole Party and educate the people with Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The innovative theory of the Party in the new era has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The whole Party has always maintained a unified thought, firm will, coordinated action and strong combat effectiveness, which has provided a fundamental basis for the development of the cause of the Party and the country in the new era.
Fifth, cultivate and practice core socialist values. Adhere to the socialist core values to guide cultural construction, pay attention to the use of advanced socialist culture, revolutionary culture, and excellent traditional Chinese culture to foster soul, and promote the normalization and institutionalization of education in ideals and beliefs and "four histories".
Sixth, inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture. In particular, the important thought of "two combinations" was put forward to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and the national cultural soft power and influence of Chinese civilization were significantly improved.
(The author Chen Li is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the former director of the Academic and Editorial Committee of the CPC Central Committee Institute of Party History and Literature)
