41 books and 20 publications won awards, and the Guo Moruo Chinese History Award was presented
On December 20, the Guo Moruo Chinese History Award Award Ceremony and the 2023 Annual Meeting of the National Joint Conference of Major Historical Research and Teaching Institutions were held in Beijing. Gao Xiang, President and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, President and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Academy of History, and Director of the Guo Moruo Chinese History Award Evaluation Committee, announced the winners and delivered a speech.
The "Guo Moruo Chinese History Award" is known as "the authoritative honorary award in the field of Chinese history." The award evaluation process has been launched in 2021. A total of 41 books and 20 publications have won awards this time, including 3 first prizes, 6 second prizes, 10 third prizes, and 19 nomination awards for outstanding academic achievements; excellent popular reading books 3 awards; 10 outstanding historical publication awards and 10 nomination awards.
Gao Xiang pointed out in his speech that Comrade Guo Moruo is an outstanding Marxist historian, revolutionary thinker, politician and social activist. He is the pioneer and founder of Marxist history in my country. He has contributed greatly to spreading Marxist historical ideas, deepening Marxist historical research, and He has made outstanding contributions to promoting the sinicization of Marxist historiography. Naming the most authoritative award in Chinese history after Comrade Guo Moruo not only expresses our high respect for the older generation of Marxist historians represented by Comrade Guo Moruo, but also fully demonstrates the unwavering determination of Chinese history It is guided by Marxism, unswervingly takes the scientific worldview and methodology as its soul, and unequivocally adheres to the political stance, national background, and spiritual character of Chinese history. The results of the "Guo Moruo Chinese History Award" have clear political orientation, rich ideological theory, strong academic cutting-edge, and outstanding academic innovation. They reflect the academic character of historians who are rigorous and realistic, brave in innovation, courageous to take responsibility, and unremitting pursuit of truth. , fully demonstrating the new progress, new achievements, and new atmosphere of Chinese historiography in the new era.
He emphasized that adhering to Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts as the fundamental guide is the greatest guarantee for the steady and long-term development of Chinese history in the new era. Only by thoroughly understanding Xi Jinping’s cultural thought and running it through all aspects of the entire process of historical research can Chinese historiography in the new era have inexhaustible motivation for continued development and progress, and can it not deviate, get lost, or waver on the road ahead. . Chinese historiography in the new era must inherit and carry forward fine traditions, insist on using history to judge the world, be committed to building an independent knowledge system of history with Chinese characteristics, and achieve the progress and sublimation of contemporary historiography in the grand cause of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.
The National Joint Conference of Major Historical Research and Teaching Institutions will be held on the same day in 2023, and the second batch of member units of the National Joint Conference of Major Historical Research and Teaching Institutions was announced. At this point, the number of member units of the National Joint Conference of Major Historical Research and Teaching Institutions has increased to 69.
According to reports, the "Joint Meeting System of Major National Historical Research and Teaching Institutions" established by the Chinese Academy of History, with the concerted efforts of the first batch of member units, has become a platform for the national historical circles to jointly plan and jointly promote the development of Chinese historiography in the new era. An important working platform and communication platform.
