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To continue promoting theoretical innovation based on practice, it is necessary to strengthen historical and cultural confidence, adhere to the principle of making the past serve the present, and bring forth new ideas. Guided by Marxism, we must comprehensively excavate the treasure trove of over 5000 years of Chinese civilization, activate the vibrant elements of excellent traditional Chinese culture with Marxism, and endow it with new contemporary connotations. We must inject the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level.
For over a hundred years, our party has persisted in combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and excellent traditional Chinese culture, opening up a vast space for theoretical and practical innovation.
Strengthen historical and cultural confidence
Not forgetting the past can open up the future, and being good at inheritance can lead to better innovation. Adhering to the development of Marxism rooted in our own country and the fertile soil of our national history and culture, we must first have a correct understanding of China's excellent traditional culture and firmly establish historical and cultural confidence.Accurately grasping the prominent characteristics of Chinese civilization is a prerequisite for a correct understanding of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Chinese civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and the only great civilization that continues to develop in a national form to this day. This great civilization has nurtured a long-standing and excellent traditional Chinese culture. With a profound ideological system, rich achievements in science, technology, culture and art, and unique institutional creation, Chinese excellent traditional culture is the crystallization of wisdom and essence of Chinese civilization, the foundation for us to stand firm in the world's cultural turmoil, and our deepest cultural soft power.
Marxism is not dogma, but a scientific method. Only by combining it with the specific realities and historical and cultural traditions of various countries can it continuously transform abstraction into concreteness and achieve innovative development.The excellent traditional Chinese culture has provided a cultural fertile ground for Marxism to take root, sprout, bloom and bear fruit on the land of China.
It has been proven that only by taking root in the fertile soil of historical and cultural development can Marxism truly take root in China and achieve sinicization and modernization; Only by combining with Marxism can excellent traditional Chinese culture be revitalized and vibrant under the guidance of scientific theory. We should strengthen our historical confidence and cultural confidence, fully absorb the essence of China's excellent traditional culture, and constantly expand the broad space for Marxism to be Chinese and contemporary in promoting the "second combination", so that Marxism can fully demonstrate the power of truth to guide practice, transform the world, and open up the future.
Adhere to the principle of making the past serve the present, and innovate through innovation
The excellent traditional culture of China is a brilliant culture that has been accumulated and formed by the Chinese nation over the course of more than 5000 years of history, reflecting the spiritual style and excellent characteristics of the Chinese nation. It is a treasure in the world cultural treasure trove. The Chinese nation has an enterprising spirit of upholding integrity and respecting the past without restoring it. Adhering to the development of Marxism rooted in the fertile soil of historical and cultural heritage is not simply about blindly revitalizing traditional culture, nor is it about replacing Marxism with excellent traditional Chinese culture. Instead, we must "follow the rules of the ancients and open up our own lives", adhere to the principle of using the past for the present, and innovate through the old.
In the new era, the task of promoting the sinicization and modernization of Marxism is not light, but even heavier.
On the basis of a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the history of Chinese civilization, we should handle the relationship between inheritance and development well, and adhere to the promotion of the "second combination". Specifically, according to the characteristics and requirements of the times, we should transform the connotations and outdated forms of expression that still have reference value in China's excellent traditional culture, endow them with new era connotations and modern forms of expression, achieve creative transformation, and make them shine with new era brilliance; We should supplement, expand, and improve the connotation of excellent traditional Chinese culture in accordance with the new progress and progress of the times, achieve innovative development, and continuously enhance the influence and appeal of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Through creative transformation and innovative development, the excellent traditional Chinese culture has been adapted to contemporary China, coordinated with modern society, integrated with revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture. The cultural spirit that transcends time and space, transcends the country, is full of eternal charm, and has contemporary value has been promoted, achieving the goal of making the past serve the present and innovating, making the excellent traditional Chinese culture modern, and giving the innovative theory formed through integration a deeper cultural foundation.
Persist in comprehensive excavation and deep injection
On the basis of firm historical and cultural confidence, adhering to the principle of using the past for the present and innovating, we must further achieve comprehensive exploration and deep injection, in order to adapt to the requirements of the new era, fuse into new theoretical advantages, and climb new ideological peaks.
The rich and colorful Chinese civilization has the spiritual characteristics and development forms of emphasizing benevolence, valuing the people, upholding integrity, advocating justice, advocating harmony, and seeking great harmony, forming a unique and profound value system and civilization system. The ideological wisdom of governing the country, the method of seeking truth from things, and the moral concept of cultivating oneself and dealing with the world contained in it provide rich spiritual and cultural nourishment for promoting the sinicization and modernization of Marxism.
Comprehensive exploration is to better achieve deep injection. Our party has always attached great importance to exploring effective ways and methods to inject excellent traditional Chinese culture into Marxism, and promoting the formation of innovative theories that are deeply rooted in people's hearts. For example, during the period of the New Democratic Revolution, Comrade Mao Zedong provided a Marxist interpretation of the idiom "seeking truth from facts"; In the new era of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, Comrade Deng Xiaoping used the word "well-off" in the Book of Songs to describe the phased goals of Chinese path to modernization, and so on.For example, the important content of Marxist party building theory, which firmly upholds the authority of the Party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership, is vividly illustrated by the phrase "things in all directions, must be in the central government" in "Han Feizi", promoting the "four consciousnesses" and "two safeguards" to firmly take root in the hearts of Party members and cadres. On the new journey, we should stick to the development of Marxism rooted in our own country and the fertile soil of our national history and culture. We should further deepen into the content level on the basis of realizing the expression of Marxism in the Chinese era at the formal level, make greater efforts to inject the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level, and constantly promote the historical process of "Let Marxism become China", so as to effectively link the essence of Marxism with the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture.
