Continuously deepening the understanding of the regularity of cultural construction

Culture is the soul of a country or a nation. To achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, it requires the great development of both material civilization and spiritual civilization.We must be guided by the spirit of important speeches, continuously deepen our understanding of the regularity of cultural construction, strengthen research and interpretation, continue to promote cultural prosperity, build a cultural power, and build a modern civilization of the Chinese nation from a new starting point, better shoulder the new cultural mission, adhere to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, meet the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people, consolidate the common ideological foundation of unity and struggle of the whole party and people of all ethnic groups in the country, and continuously enhance the national cultural soft power and influence of Chinese culture.

Grasp the Law of Development

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has placed cultural construction in an important position in the overall work of leading the Party and the people to promote governance, continuously deepening the understanding of the regularity of cultural construction, and proposing a series of new ideas, viewpoints, and judgments. Practice has shown that inheritance, creation, and mutual learning are essential forces for the continuation and development of a nation's culture.

Promoting cultural construction lies in inheritance. Cultural construction requires seeking some elements of constructing contemporary culture from existing ideological resources. The reason why human culture has developed and continued, and why Chinese civilization has not been interrupted and continued to this day, lies in the continuous inheritance of culture. Without tradition, there will be no ideological resources, and without inheritance, there will be no cultural development. Chinese culture has a long and rich history, and Chinese civilization is vast and profound. In the development of over 5000 years of civilization, the Chinese nation has formed a unique value system, humanistic spirit, moral concepts, and governance wisdom. To promote cultural construction, we should not only affirm the inheritance of culture, but also emphasize the selectivity of culture, select its essence and discard its dross, and build a socialist cultural power on the basis of continuing the tradition.

Promoting cultural construction lies in innovation. Innovation is the soul of a nation's progress, the inexhaustible driving force for the prosperity and development of a country, and also the deepest national endowment of the Chinese nation. Cultural construction cannot be simplified as the issue of inheriting cultural heritage. The essence of cultural construction is creative practice, which is a kind of creation that real people face in the face of practical needs. Creation is also an innovative practice, which involves adding new things to the cultural treasure trove, borrowing from the cultural heritage of our ancestors, and achieving the accumulation, integration, and creative transformation of traditional culture. We must effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture in promoting cultural construction, fully reflecting the theoretical and practical characteristics of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics in the new era. We must adhere to the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and excellent traditional Chinese culture, inherit them in creation, and create new ones in promotion.

Promoting cultural construction relies on communication. Civilizations exchange due to diversity, learn from each other through exchange, and develop through mutual learning. The culture of any ethnic group is not only formed by the gradual exchange and integration of local cultures, but also often absorbs the cultures of other ethnic groups. Diversity is an important characteristic of culture, and it is precisely because of differences that mutual communication and reference exist. Chinese civilization has been known for its openness and inclusiveness since ancient times, and has been enriched and innovated through more than 5000 years of uninterrupted historical inheritance. Chinese civilization has outstanding inclusiveness, fundamentally determining the historical orientation of communication, exchange, and integration of the Chinese nation, the harmonious pattern of diverse coexistence of various religious beliefs in China, and the open mind of Chinese culture to embrace world civilization. We must promote cultural construction with a broader mindset, engage in cultural exchanges with other countries more widely, and actively learn and learn from all the excellent achievements of world civilization.

Clarify practical requirements

Firstly, strengthen cultural confidence, adhere to our own path, based on the great historical and contemporary practices of the Chinese nation, summarize Chinese experience with Chinese principles, elevate Chinese experience into Chinese theory, and achieve spiritual independence and autonomy. In today's world, the CPC, the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese nation have the most reason to be confident if any political party, country, or nation can be confident. Cultural confidence is a more fundamental, broader, and profound form of confidence. This confidence stems from the inherent infiltration of the excellent traditional Chinese culture nurtured in the development of over 5000 years of civilization, the convergence and integration of revolutionary culture and socialist advanced culture nurtured in the great struggle between the Party and the people, and the strong motivation of the national spirit centered on patriotism and the spirit of the times centered on reform and innovation. These profound cultural heritage and great achievements have accumulated the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation, representing the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation. They provide strong spiritual support for the continuous rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through countless difficulties and dangers, open up vast horizons and nourish the soil for socialist cultural construction, and provide strong ideological guarantees for the continuous progress of cadres and the masses. A nation must always be at the forefront of the times without the guidance of theoretical thinking and correct thinking that has melted the cultural genes of the nation. The outstanding continuity of Chinese civilization fundamentally determines that the Chinese nation will inevitably follow its own path. In the new era and new journey, we continuously deepen our understanding of the regularity of cultural construction. We should understand China from the long historical continuity, strengthen cultural confidence, and more effectively promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, building modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

Secondly, we must uphold openness and inclusiveness, adhere to the sinicization and modernization of Marxism, inherit and develop excellent traditional Chinese culture, promote the localization of foreign cultures, and continuously cultivate and create socialist culture with Chinese characteristics for a new era. Building on the profound foundation of over 5000 years of Chinese civilization, we must open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, and combine the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and excellent traditional Chinese culture. This is our systematic understanding gained in exploring the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is the greatest magic weapon for us to achieve success. Combining the basic principles of Marxism with excellent traditional Chinese culture is a profound summary of our party's historical experience in the localization and modernization of Marxism in China, and a profound grasp of the development laws of Chinese civilization. The premise of "combination" is mutual agreement, and the result is mutual achievement, which has solidified the foundation of the road, opened up innovation space, consolidated cultural subjectivity, and demonstrated that our party's understanding of China's path, theory, and system has reached a new height. This indicates that our party's historical and cultural confidence has reached a new height, and our party's consciousness to promote cultural innovation in inheriting excellent traditional Chinese culture has reached a new height, creating an organic and unified new cultural life. In the new era and new journey, we must constantly deepen our understanding of the regularity of cultural construction and also adhere to the principle of "integration". We should use the power of Marxist truth to activate the broad and profound Chinese civilization, link up the essence of Marxist thought with the essence of China's excellent traditional culture, and integrate with the common values that the people use everyday without being aware of, so as to constantly cultivate and create a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics for a new era.

Thirdly, we must adhere to upholding integrity and innovation, with the spirit and sharpness of upholding integrity and innovation, to continue the historical context and compose a contemporary chapter. Those who know how to change will win, while those who uphold righteousness and innovate will advance. Adhering to integrity and innovation is an inevitable choice to follow the laws of cultural development, and it is also a fundamental requirement to continue promoting theoretical innovation based on practice. In the new journey of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, we must better shoulder the new cultural mission. We must adhere to the principles of integrity and innovation, combine the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and excellent traditional culture, more effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and more vigorously promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, striving towards the goal of building modern civilization of the Chinese nation. We are engaged in an unprecedented great cause. Only by staying true can we avoid losing direction and making disruptive mistakes, and innovation can we grasp and lead the times. We must adhere to the fundamental principles of Marxism without wavering, adhere to the comprehensive leadership of the Party without wavering, adhere to socialism with Chinese characteristics without wavering, adhere to the path of cultural development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, continuously consolidate cultural subjectivity, and build a common ideological foundation for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We should approach all new things with enthusiasm, constantly expand the breadth and depth of our understanding, maintain the enterprising spirit of upholding integrity and respecting the past without returning to the past, and the fearless character of not fearing new challenges and being brave enough to accept new things. We should guide new practices with new theories. Never forget the past, absorb external factors, and face the future, in order to better build the Chinese spirit, values, and strength, and provide spiritual guidance for the people.