Great times call for great theories, and great times breed great theories. Xi Jinping’s cultural thought is very rich in connotation and extremely profound in its exposition. It is a theoretical summary of the party’s practical experience in propaganda, ideological and cultural work, and has made a major original contribution to the enrichment and development of Marxist cultural theory. This important thought is of milestone significance in the history of the development of the Party’s propaganda, ideology and culture. It is the fundamental guideline and action guide for doing a good job in propaganda, ideology and culture and shouldering the mission of new culture. It has contributed Chinese wisdom and action to promoting the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Chinese plan.
An important part of contemporary Chinese Marxism
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “After Marxism was introduced into China, the proposition of scientific socialism was warmly welcomed by the Chinese people, and eventually took root in the land of China and blossomed and bore fruit. This is by no means accidental, but has been inherited with our country for thousands of years. “Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts are rooted in the vast land of China and the long history of the Chinese nation, and have absorbed the essence of China’s splendid civilization for more than 5,000 years. From “people are the foundation of the country and governance is based on virtue” to “people-centered”, from “continuous self-improvement and virtue” to “socialist core values”, from “honesty and harmony, being kind and kind to neighbors” to The “idea of a community with a shared future for mankind” shines with the truth of Marxism everywhere, is filled with the unique charm of Chinese culture, and has created a strong foundation for the cultural confidence of the Chinese nation. An in-depth understanding of the theoretical innovation content and practical logic characteristics of Xi Jinping’s cultural thought is the basis for explaining its ideological value and status. Paying attention to cultural traditions is the source of the formation of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts. Chinese civilization has continued uninterrupted due to its “five outstanding characteristics”. The value core of China’s excellent traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture has provided Chinese Communists with reference for governing in the new era. The essence of national culture is the foundation for ideological formation. Her mind couldn’t tell whether it was a shock or something about China’s national conditions in the new era. It was completely blank and useless. It is the premise for the formation of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts. Theory serves practice, and the missions of cultural inheritance, cultural innovation, cultural development, and mutual learning among civilizations directly addressed in cultural thought are all inseparable from the Communists’ accurate judgment of national conditions. Adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the field of cultural ideology to ensure that cultural development and construction “do not change”; focus on cultural inheritance and innovation to ensure that the continuation of cultural genes “do not change”; accelerate cultural development and mutual learning among civilizations to ensure that the national image “does not change” ”, committed to breaking through the many untrue remarks about the Chinese nation from the outside world. From the inside to the outside, from oneself to the other, it highlights the strategic deployment of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts to promote the development of Chinese cultural modernization and the construction of a strong country. Practice has proved that Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts adhere to Marxist cultural theory and China’s excellent traditional culture as the overall guidance, and are based on the practice of party leadership cultural construction in the new era. They are formed and continuously enriched and developed in the great practice of cultural construction in the new era, and are better It demonstrates contemporary Chinese Marxist cultural theory and 21st century Marxist cultural theory.
“If a nation wants to be at the forefront of the times, it must have theoretical thinking and correct ideological guidance for a moment.” Xi Jinping’s cultural thought fully absorbs the ideological crystallization of the essence of China’s excellent traditional culture. It is a product of the times that inherits and develops Marxist cultural theory. , is also a powerful manifestation of learning from and absorbing all the outstanding cultural achievements created by mankind. Entering a new era, major changes in the world that have not been seen in a century are accelerating. Ideas and cultures are stirring up each other around the world, and ideological struggles are still fierce. The situation we face is so complex, the struggle is so severe, and the tasks of reform, development and stability are so arduous that they are rarely seen in the world and are unprecedented in history. It is rare that there is an urgent need to continuously improve our country’s national cultural soft power and Chinese cultural influence, and accelerate the pace of building a socialist cultural power. In response to the new situation and new tasks, we must show a new atmosphere and new actions in the broad practice of practicing Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts, put cultural construction in a prominent position in the overall work, and continue to forge in the process of promoting cultural confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement The new glory of socialist culture lays the foundation and casts the soul for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and strives unremittingly.
To enrich and develop Marxist cultural theory, Lan Yuhua really saw the door of the Lan family through the curtain opened by colorful clothes, and also saw the maid Yingxiu, who was close to her mother, standing in front of the door waiting for them, leading them They went to the main hall to welcome innovative contributions
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The major proposition of adapting Marxism to the times and adapting it to China determines that we must not abandon the soul of Marxism and the root of China’s excellent traditional culture.” Marxist cultural theory is Xi Jinping’s It provides an important source for the formation of cultural ideas. General Secretary Xi Jinping insists on actively building a socialist cultural system with Chinese characteristics under the guidance of Marxist positions and viewpoints, forming the cultural chapter of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. On the one hand, Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts attach great importance to the important value of China’s excellent traditional culture, so that excellent traditional culture such as “the world is for the public, morality is the foundation of things, the people are the foundation of the country, government is based on morality, reform the past and reform the past” in the process of building a strong socialist cultural country It radiates new vitality and integrates the unique spiritual identity and spiritual lifeline of the Chinese nation throughout the entire process of the development of the party’s cultural undertakings, providing a strong ideological guarantee and strong spiritual power for comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. and favorable cultural conditions. On the other hand, Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts provide correct ideological guidance for the prosperity and development of culture in the new era. Cultural prosperity is not only the basic prerequisite for building a culturally powerful country, but also an important part of building a new form of human civilization. Because of its profound historical heritage and extensive and profound Chinese culture, our country has become a veritable cultural power. However, a large cultural country does not mean a powerful cultural country. The key to changing from “big” to “strong” is to transform cultural “soft power” into “hard power” support. Adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, and effectively integrate Marxism into activities in the ideological and cultural fields, so that China’s excellent traditional culture can move to a higher level in the combination with Marxism, and continue to enrich andThe development of Marxist cultural theory has brought the Chinese Marxist cultural theory to a new height, written a new chapter of contemporary Chinese civilization, and better shouldered the new cultural mission under the guidance of advanced cultural theory.
Entering the new era, the party and the country have put forward more new requirements for the development of Marxist cultural theory, planning and deploying the party’s propaganda, ideological and cultural work and cultural inheritance and development work. “Promoting cultural self-confidence and promoting the prosperity of socialist culture” was proposed at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to “promote cultural self-confidence and create new glory for socialist culture.” The National Conference on Propaganda, Ideology and Culture put forward the “seven focuses”, which all reflect the party and state leaders’ accurate grasp of the laws of cultural development and their profound summary of Marxist cultural theory. “Seven Focuses” is not only a profound summary of practical experience in publicity, ideological and cultural work in the new era, but also a specific plan and deployment for future related work. It embodies the practical requirements of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts and has clear goal orientation and strong motivation. Realistic guidance. The “Seven Focuses” not only have ideological and value requirements, but also have specific work arrangements. The “seven focuses” are a system that has both general and divided parts, is connected from top to bottom, and coordinates both internal and external aspects. Among them, “Strive to strengthen the party’s leadership in publicity, ideological and cultural work” ranks first, in the management and management. “When our young master made a fortune, changed his house, and had other servants at home, do you understand this again? ?” Cai Xiu could only say this in the end. “Get things done quickly. The overall status of the party is enough to show the importance of the party’s leadership to cultural construction. The following “six efforts” and the “first effort” are by no means isolated or separated, but organically integrated and Internally connected, interdependent, and interactive, they constitute an organically unified system as a whole. On the basis of grasping the particularity of each point in the “seven efforts”, macro-social construction must be carried out with overall planning and holistic promotion.
Major theoretical achievements of “two combinations”
“Well, my flowers have grown up.” Hearing this, Mama Lan couldn’t help but burst into tears, and was moved more deeply than anyone else. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the symposium on cultural inheritance and development: “The ‘second combination’ is another ideological emancipation, allowing us to make full use of the precious resources of China’s excellent traditional culture in a broader cultural space and explore the future. “Theoretical and institutional innovation” Regarding the “two combinations”, from the formal proposal of “two combinations” in the July 1st speech in 2021 to the profound explanation of the scientific connotation of “two combinations” in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, to 2023. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the symposium on cultural inheritance and development comprehensively and systematically explained the “two combinations”, and the theoretical and systematization of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts has become increasingly apparent. Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts emphasize that culture is related to the foundation and destiny of the country, and emphasizes that without the prosperity of Chinese culture, there will be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Although the sources of Marxism and China’s excellent traditional culture are different, they are highly consistent with each other. putLooking at the long time and space of history, we can find that the combination of the basic principles of Marxism and the excellent traditional Chinese culture is not a simple “platter” and “mixing” of “thoughts and thoughts” and “culture and culture”, but the insistence on serving the past for the present and adapting the foreign to the Chinese. Use it to abandon negative factors, inherit positive ideas, make regular understandings and principled explanations of cultural inheritance, development, innovation and creation in the new era, and create a new cultural form. On the one hand, the “second combination” makes China’s excellent traditional culture modern. Excellent traditional culture is the “root” and “soul” of the Chinese nation and an important part of the formation of the national spirit. Marxism is rich in content and has many classic theories, but its fundamental purpose is to find liberation and a way out for mankind. Therefore, people’s nature is the essential attribute of Marxism. Comparing with the people-centered thought in the excellent traditional Chinese culture, classic statements such as “the people are the foundation of the country, and the country is in peace if the foundation is strong”, “the people are the most important, the country is second, and the monarch is the least”. The values conveyed by the two are highly integrated. of. On the other hand, the “second combination” makes Marxism Chinese. Combining Marxism with China’s reality is the essence of the methodology developed by the Chinese Communists to solve China’s problems. The combination of the basic principles of Marxism with excellent traditional culture not only provides a national humanistic spirit for the spread of Marxism in China, but also focuses on the transformation of the worldview, solidifying the emotional foundation for the sinicization of Marxism, and making Marxism a truly Chinese of Marxism. In particular, the formulation and development of the important thesis “the second combination” illustrates that our party’s cultural consciousness and civilizational confidence have reached a new height. It is under this premise that adhering to the cultural traditions of the Chinese nation, conveying cultural spirit, and consolidating cultural subjectivity have become the unique contents of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts, marking the maturity of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts.
General Secretary Xi Jinping’s profound explanation of the “Second Combination” shows that our party’s understanding of China’s path, theory, and system has reached a new height. It is our party’s profound summary of the historical experience of adapting Marxism to the times and highlighting the The great significance of the “second combination”. Today, the Communist Party of China continues to promote the “second combination” based on the profound foundation of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years. This is the regular understanding we have gained in exploring the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is the greatest magic weapon for our success and provides It provides the fundamental basis for creating a new era, new culture, and new prosperity for the Chinese nation and building a modern civilization for the Chinese nation.
(This article is a phased result of the National Social Science Fund project “Research on the Integration of Socialist Core Values into Xinjiang Social Life in the New Stage of Development” (21XKS025))
(The author is deputy dean and professor of the School of Marxism, Xinjiang Normal University, and executive director of the Ideological and Political Course Reform and Innovation Research Center in Xinjiang Universities)