Deeply grasp the significant significance of the "second combination" (ideological and political)
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese culture, reflects the will of the Chinese people, and is suitable for the development and progress of China and the times. It has a profound historical origin and a broad practical foundation. The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics was developed under the guidance of Marxism, and it has also emerged from over 5000 years of Chinese civilization history. Only by standing on the vast and profound traditional Chinese culture can we truly understand and grasp the historical inevitability, cultural heritage, and unique advantages of China's path, theory, and system. From the perspective of road foundation, the "second combination" has given the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics a broader and more profound historical depth, expanding the cultural foundation of the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics.From the perspective of institutional support, the excellent traditional Chinese culture provides a profound cultural foundation for adhering to and developing the Chinese system, and the "second combination" allows the socialist system with Chinese characteristics to draw profound wisdom in governance. The second combination has elevated our party's understanding of excellent traditional Chinese culture to a new height, fully reflecting our party's conscious thinking and action in observing and thinking about China's path, theory, and system from a cultural perspective, and deepening our party's understanding of the laws of the Communist Party's governance, socialist construction, and human social development.
The "second combination" reflects the historical self-confidence and historical initiative of the CPC people in the new era, and highlights the cultural self-confidence and cultural responsibility of the CPC people in the new era.The promotion of "the second combination" can enable us to have a deeper understanding of the historical origin, development context and basic trend of Chinese excellent traditional culture, deeply understand the unique creation, value concept and distinctive characteristics of Chinese culture, deeply excavate and elucidate the ideological essence, moral essence and era value contained therein, focus on displaying the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, and better build the Chinese spirit, value and strength. The "second combination" provides a more active spiritual force, a deeper ideological foundation and a richer cultural heritage for our party to open up a new realm of Marxism in China and the times. The historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence of the CPC people continue to improve in the "second combination".
The Chinese civilization has outstanding innovation, which fundamentally determines the enterprising spirit of the Chinese nation to uphold integrity and respect the past, and the fearless character of the Chinese nation to not be afraid of new challenges and to accept new things. In the historical process of promoting the "second combination", our party uses Marxism to activate the vibrant elements of excellent traditional Chinese culture and endow it with new era connotations, injecting the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level, making Marxism China's and excellent traditional Chinese culture modern. It clearly summarizes and refines the original and leading important concepts such as "new forms of human civilization", "modern civilization of the Chinese nation", "cultural forms of Chinese path to modernization", and "socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era", which marks that our party's understanding of the laws of cultural inheritance and development has risen to a new height, and also indicates that our party's theory and practice of promoting cultural innovation has risen to a new height. The second combination has greatly enhanced our party's consciousness and initiative in promoting cultural innovation, opening up new horizons for cultural innovation.