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During this period, I have been contemplating the significant proposition of promoting the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and building modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
On June 2nd this year, a symposium on cultural inheritance and development, which is closely related to the construction of modern Chinese civilization, was held at the Chinese Academy of History.
More than a month later, the General Secretary inspected the protection and cultural inheritance of the ancient city of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province on the spot and profoundly pointed out that building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is an inevitable requirement for promoting Chinese path to modernization and an important part of the construction of socialist spiritual civilization.
For thousands of years, Chinese civilization has been surging like a magnificent river. On the new journey, how to inherit the continuous historical context and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation in promoting Chinese path to modernization?
"Chinese-style modernization endows Chinese civilization with modern power, and Chinese civilization endows Chinese-style modernization with profound details." General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly expounded the logical relationship between Chinese civilization and Chinese-style modernization and their mutual achievements, which provides a fundamental basis for us to promote Chinese-style modernization on the basis of more than five thousand years of Chinese civilization and to build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation in the great process of promoting Chinese-style modernization.
Inherit the only uninterrupted civilization in the world
Chinese culture has a long and rich history, and Chinese civilization is vast and profound.
Shanxi Yuncheng, formerly known as "Hedong", is one of the birthplaces of Chinese agricultural civilization and occupies an important position in the origin of humanity and the development process of Chinese civilization.
On May 16 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Yuncheng Museum in Shanxi to learn more about the origin of human beings and the early historical development of Chinese civilization in Yuncheng. The general secretary pointed out: "The museum has many valuable cultural relics and even'national treasure'. They demonstrate my country's million-year human history, 10,000-year cultural history, and more than 5,000-year civilization history. It is necessary to implement the Chinese civilization exploration project in depth., To deepen the study of the history of Chinese civilization."
Excellent traditional Chinese culture is the spiritual lifeline of the Chinese nation.
△ On June 1, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping learned about the preservation of the collection of fine editions in the Lantai Cave Library during an inspection tour of the National Edition Museum of China.
Version is the carrier and medium for inheriting excellent traditional Chinese culture, and it is a symbol and witness of the long and prosperous history of Chinese civilization.
He listened in detail to the introduction of the origin, paper printing, protection and collection of the "Complete Library of the Four Treasuries" version, and reminded the staff, "Some of the classics of the Chinese nation have lost a lot in the erosion of time. The treasures left behind must be taken good care of and cherished by every means possible, and we must continue to inherit the only uninterrupted civilization in our world."
The excellent traditional Chinese culture is our deepest cultural soft power, and also the cultural fertile ground where socialism with Chinese characteristics takes root.
Provide strong spiritual support for Chinese path to modernization
The Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District, located in the northeast corner of Suzhou Ancient City, has a history of over 2500 years.
Following the slate road, General Secretary walked into the ancient streets and alleys, and in a shop on the street, he watched the representative inheritor of Su embroidery, Lu Jianying, making Su embroidery.
On July 6, 2023, Lu Jianying embroidered in her studio on Pingjiang Road in Suzhou, Jiangsu.
"It has been passed on to the fourth generation. My daughter studies painting design and loves this line of work. She can innovate in combination with tradition." Lu Jianying showed the general secretary two works of his cooperation with his mother and daughter.
"How long will it take for such a work?" asked General Secretary Xi Jinping.
"Some take a year," Lu Jianying replied.
The general secretary praised, "How strong the inheritance of Chinese culture is can be seen through this Su embroidery. Kung fu like this fully reflects the resilience, patience and determination of the Chinese people, which is part of the spirit of the Chinese nation."
The rejuvenation of a nation requires both strong material and spiritual strength.
Why can the Chinese nation survive and continuously develop in the long river of history for thousands of years?
△ Sanshenggong Water Conservancy Hub in Dengkou County, Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia
"The person who opened the canal will be remembered for eternity and for history!"
On June 6, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Water Information Monitoring Center of the Hetao Irrigation District in Bayannaoer, Inner Mongolia.
"This system has put in a lot of effort and is worth it. It will remain as a century or a millennium old foundation in the future." He highly praised the irrigation system that has opened up deserts and moistened fertile fields. "Seeing the construction of irrigation channels, I am very moved. One is our unique natural resource conditions, and the other is the creation of thousands of years of hardworking and brave Chinese people, which is very valuable."
Chinese path to modernization is a kind of modernization in which material civilization and spiritual civilization are coordinated. The great national spirit cultivated, inherited and developed by the Chinese people in their long-term struggle has provided a strong spiritual impetus for China's development and the progress of human civilization, shaped the unique face of the Chinese nation, and also provided a strong spiritual support for Chinese path to modernization.
The key to Chinese characteristics lies in "two combinations"
Why is our socialism different? Why can it be vibrant and full of vitality?
"The key lies in Chinese characteristics, and the key to Chinese characteristics lies in the'two combinations '." At the symposium on cultural inheritance and development, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is the only way to open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics on the basis of more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, and to combine the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture.
Building modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point requires a deeper understanding and grasp of the profound connotations of the "two combinations".
On June 30 this year, when presiding over the sixth collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping used two "pulses" to emphasize the importance of "two combinations--
"The significant proposition of Marxism's sinicization and modernization itself determines that we must not abandon the soul of Marxism, nor the root of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Adhering to this soul and root is the foundation and prerequisite for theoretical innovation. Theoretical innovation must speak new words, but we must not lose our ancestors. Counting and forgetting our ancestors is equivalent to cutting off the soul and root, and ultimately making a subversive mistake of losing the soul and root."
The Chinese Archaeological Museum located within the Chinese Academy of History
Today's great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation begins with the road the CPC has gone through over a hundred years since its founding, and is deeply rooted in the 5000 year history of the Chinese nation's glorious civilization. Only by standing on this can we truly understand the historical inevitability, cultural connotations, and unique advantages of China's path.
The people's congress system and political consultation system created by our party are deeply related to the people-oriented ideology of Chinese civilization, the concept of universal governance, the governance tradition of "republic" and "consultation", and the political wisdom of "inclusiveness, seeking common ground while reserving differences".
As the General Secretary emphasized: "The'second combination' is another emancipation of the mind, allowing us to make full use of the precious resources of Chinese excellent traditional culture in a broader cultural space to explore future-oriented theoretical and institutional innovations."
△ Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District, Suzhou, Jiangsu
The best inheritance of history is to create new history; The greatest respect for human civilization is to create new forms of human civilization.
Chinese path to modernization, deeply rooted in the excellent traditional Chinese culture, is a modernization that continues the ancient civilization and grows out of the land of China. It will certainly promote the rejuvenation of Chinese civilization.
