On the journey of Chinese literature and art under the leadership of the Communist Party of China to build a new culture of the Chinese nation, the forum on literature and art work held on October 15, 2014 was a monument to carry forward the past and open up the future. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the symposium on literature and art work is a programmatic document for the cultural construction and the prosperity and development of literature and art in the new era, which shines with the truth and glory of the sinicization and modernization of Marxism. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Forum on Literary and Art Work, we will review the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the Forum on Literary and Art Work, review and summarize the basic experience of the prosperity and development of literature and art in the new era, and the vast number of literary and art workers will take up the glorious mission with confidence, and will surely move towards a higher peak, depict a more magnificent scenery, and write a more magnificent atmosphere.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "socialist literature and art, in essence, is the people's literature and art." The people need literature and art, and literature and art need the people even more. The function and value of literature and art can be fully demonstrated only when works truly reach the people, readers, audience and audience. In the resonance, response and participation of the people, the artistic possibilities of an era can be opened endlessly. From creation and production to dissemination, acceptance, evaluation and comment, the basic experience of literature and art in the new era is to respect the dominant position of the people, insist on coming from the people, for the people, and put the people at the top of their hearts.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the active promotion of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Writers Association, it has become the conscious pursuit of the vast number of literary and art workers to go deep into life and take root in the people. At the scene of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, at the forefront of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, at the forefront of deepening reform, and in the production and life of ordinary workers, artists are everywhere active. To go to the people, to live, to learn from the people and life, to write about the people, to reflect the aspirations of the people, and to advance with the people has become the conscious pursuit of the vast number of writers and artists. It is an important thought and artistic experience of literature and art in the new era to see the surging of rivers from a drop of water, to feel the mind of a drop of water from a surging river, and to reflect the trend of the times and the overall structure of reality in specific and vivid images.
The leading role of literature and art in the new era is the people. In literature, film and television, painting and photography, we meet countless "people". Those who fight, work, build and create, those who persevere and strive ceaselessly, those who defend their inner beliefs and persist in the pursuit of a good life, they are the typical figures of countless specific people, and they reflect and reflect countless people, It is the great power to create history and the people.
The development of literature and art in the new era is driven by the people. This is a decade of great literary and artistic creativity and vitality. With the economic and social development, the people's needs and expectations for high-quality spiritual and cultural products are more prominent. In response to the people's yearning for a better spiritual life, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Writers' Association regard the creation and production of excellent works and the promotion of climbing the peak of art as the central link of literary and artistic work in the new era. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), in a series of national literary awards, such as Mao Dun Literature Award, Lu Xun Literature Award, China Golden Rooster Award, China TV Golden Eagle Award, China Drama Plum Blossom Award, and China Music Golden Bell Award, a large number of outstanding works loved by the masses of the people, with profound ideas, exquisite art, and excellent production, have stood out, It marks the progress and achievements of literature and art in the new era on the way of climbing the peak. To sum up and carry forward the successful experience of China's socialist literary and art organizations and the promotion of literary and art production, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and its affiliated associations constantly explore new mechanisms and methods to guide, support and encourage the creation of fine works according to the characteristics and laws of various art categories. The "New Era Literature Climbing Plan" of the Chinese Writers' Association builds a platform and implements targeted policies on the whole process of literary creation, production and dissemination, creating a good ecology for the emergence of high-quality works.
The achievements of the development of literature and art in the new era are shared by the people. This is a decade in which cultural products have been greatly enriched, public culture has flourished, and people's sense of cultural gain has been further enhanced. The China Federation of Literary and Art Circles continued to improve the long-term mechanism of literature and art volunteer service. Through activities such as "sending joy to the grassroots" and "going to the people", hundreds of literature and art volunteer service teams sent literature and art to the grassroots, while training tens of thousands of literature and art backbones, and providing art guidance and aesthetic education for millions of primary and secondary students. Conforming to the changes in the modern communication pattern, the Chinese Writers Association held activities such as the "Chinese Literature Festival" to bring outstanding writers and works to the masses. The transformation and extension between literature, film and television and other art categories effectively magnified the energy and effect of literary and artistic creation, which effectively promoted the common prosperity of all people in spirit.
To shoulder the glorious mission of building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, literature and art in the new era should adhere to the people as the center, and strive to promote the high-quality development of literary and artistic creation and cause. To be a "clerk" of the times, we must first become "contemporaries". Writers and artists must stand at the forefront of the development of the times, refine the theme, content, form and style from people's lives, create a new image full of the spirit of the times and reflect the spirit of the times, and launch more high-quality works with rich artistic appeal and persuasiveness, In response to the people's spiritual and cultural expectations, we have reached an artistic height worthy of the times and the people.
For more details, please refer to Comrade Tie Ning's article "Singing for the Stars and Men" in the 10th issue of Seeking Truth in 2024
