Enhancing Cultural Consciousness and Building Modern Chinese Civilization | Culture | The Chinese Nation
Author: Zhu Xiangmin
When presiding over the sixth collective study of the 20th Central Political Bureau, he emphasized that we must not abandon the soul of Marxism or the root of excellent traditional Chinese culture. These important statements provide us with fundamental guidance for further understanding the new era, grasping the new era from the perspective of civilization inheritance, and creating new forms of human civilization and new cultures that belong to our era.
Extraordinary achievements in cultural construction in the new era, cultural confidence, foundation and soul building
The Chinese nation has a human history of millions of years, a cultural history of ten thousand years, and a civilization history of over five thousand years. After the Opium War, China was passively involved in a major upheaval that had not been seen in three thousand years. In order to win national independence and dignity, countless ambitious people have made arduous attempts, but all have ended in failure. Only the CPC, as a faithful successor and practitioner of Marxism, as well as a faithful successor and promoter of China's excellent traditional culture, has finally promoted the great transition of the Chinese nation from the dust of civilization to the light of civilization. Under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people, with an open mind that embraces all rivers, learn from and use for reference all the outstanding achievements of civilization in human society, and draw excellent ideological and cultural resources from the "sum of human knowledge", thus powerfully continuing the pulse of civilization and walking out of the path of civilization transformation and rebirth.
The new era has not only marked a new historical direction for China's development, but also can be regarded as a new historical era for inheriting and promoting Chinese civilization. The deployment of various aspects of the Party Central Committee's governance and achievements in various fields all reflect the historical responsibility and deep thinking of the future and destiny of the Chinese nation and the development prospects of Chinese civilization, demonstrating a high level of civilization position, a broad pattern of civilization, and a broad atmosphere of civilization. Our party has creatively proposed and adhered to the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities, and with China's excellent traditional culture. We have found the greatest weapon for our success, found the fundamental way to continue promoting theoretical innovation in the new situation, further mastered the initiative of ideology and culture, and activated the modern adaptability and development vitality of over 5000 years of Chinese civilization. We will comprehensively promote the construction of socialist material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization, carry out great social revolution and great self revolution, and explore the second answer to break out of the historical cycle of governance and prosperity, laying a solid foundation for the inheritance and development of Chinese civilization. It is proposed to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, implement the project of inheriting and developing excellent traditional Chinese culture, the project of exploring the origin of Chinese civilization, the "Revival Library", the project of revitalizing traditional operas, etc., build landmark cultural projects such as the CPC History Exhibition Hall, the Chinese Academy of History, the Chinese National Edition Hall, and the National Cultural Park, further erect the spiritual building of the Chinese nation, and cultivate the common spiritual home of the Chinese nation. The cultural subjectivity and spiritual independence of the Chinese nation are more distinct and prominent. Self confidence, self-improvement, integrity and innovation have become the high tone and spiritual temperament of the whole party and society. Adhere to the fundamental system of Marxism's guiding position in the ideological field, build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leadership, prioritize social benefits, unify social and economic benefits, enhance cultural governance efficiency, and achieve a comprehensive and fundamental transformation in the ideological field. Important steps have been taken in the construction of a socialist cultural power.
Contribute Chinese wisdom and strength to the progress of human civilization
The CPC has the world in mind and is committed to the lofty cause of human peace and development.
Create a new form of human civilization, take Chinese path to modernization as the grand road to national rejuvenation, win the battle against poverty on schedule, solve the problem of absolute poverty that has plagued the Chinese nation for thousands of years in a historic way, build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way on the land of China, and are moving towards building a socialist modern power in an all-round way with high morale. Chinese path to modernization is deeply rooted in China's excellent traditional culture, embodies the advanced nature of scientific socialism, draws on and absorbs all the outstanding achievements of human civilization, highlights the unique and rich world outlook, values, history, civilization, democracy, and ecology of the Chinese nation, and breaks the myth of "modernization=westernization".
Propose a global civilization initiative. Currently, the century long changes are accelerating and the world is once again standing at a crossroads of history. Where is human civilization heading? Is it open and inclusive or closed and exclusive, is it colorful and diverse or individualistic, is it transforming innovation or solidifying conservatism, is it exchange and mutual learning or conflicts of barriers?To jointly advocate and promote the common values of all mankind, peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom are the common pursuits of people of all countries. We must have a broad understanding of the understanding of different civilizations on the connotations of values, not impose our own values and models on others, and not engage in ideological confrontation; Jointly advocating for the emphasis on the inheritance and innovation of civilization, fully tapping into the historical and cultural values of various countries, and promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional cultures in various countries in the process of modernization; Jointly advocating for strengthening international cultural exchanges and cooperation, exploring the construction of a global network of dialogue and cooperation among civilizations, enriching exchange content, expanding cooperation channels, promoting mutual understanding and affinity among people of all countries, and jointly promoting the development and progress of human civilization. This has found the greatest common divisor among different civilizations, providing a Chinese solution for promoting the progress of human civilization and a humanistic foundation for promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. Under this guidance, more and more countries and people are soberly aware that the hegemonism and power politics of some Western countries are barbaric but not civilized, and that seizing and bullying the small is barbaric but not civilized. Believing in zero sum games and imposing unilateral sanctions is barbaric but not civilized, interfering in the internal affairs of other countries and suppressing their development is barbaric but not civilized, inciting "color revolution" and creating turmoil and division is barbaric but not civilized, adhering to Cold War thinking and provoking opposition and confrontation is barbaric but not civilized. To gain more help, to lose less. In the new era of civilized education and the spread of harmony, China firmly stands on the correct side of history and the progress of human civilization. With a profound historical background and cultural foundation, it has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a maintainer of international order.
Better shoulder new cultural missions
In the report of the 19th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the proposition that "contemporary Chinese Communists and the Chinese people should and will certainly be able to shoulder a new cultural mission." in the report of the 20th CPC National Congress, he made a strategic plan for "promoting cultural self-confidence and self-improvement, creating a new glory of socialist culture," and systematically expounded the scientific connotation of "new cultural mission" at the forum on cultural inheritance and development, the call of the times to better shoulder the new cultural mission.
The cultural mission connects history, the present, and the future, and is the sacred responsibility of the Tao and the return of culture. Our party solemnly proposes a new cultural mission, which endows the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with more profound cultural responsibility and civilized elements. This not only confirms the development of culture in the practical spatial dimension of China's overall layout of the "Five in One", but also unfolds in the historical time dimension of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The important position and special role of culture in national development, national foundation, and overall situation are more prominent. The new cultural mission in the new era not only reflects the new requirements for cultural construction in the critical period of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, accurately grasps the new expectations of the people for a better spiritual and cultural life after the realization of a well-off society in an all-round way, but also highlights that in the great process of adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, the people of the CPC in the new era will be more self-conscious, more confident and stronger to shoulder the historical responsibility of inheriting and promoting Chinese civilization. Continuing to promote cultural prosperity, build a strong cultural nation, and build a modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point, Chinese civilization will surely write new brilliance.
Each era has its own theme, and each generation has its own mission. On the eve of the founding of New China, Comrade Mao Zedong predicted: "The era when Chinese people were considered uncivilized has passed, and we will appear in the world as a highly educated nation." The new journey of the new era is to comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization, and to build a strong country and realize the dream of rejuvenation. It is not only the source of social material wealth that flows fully, but also the atmosphere of the great Chinese civilization that shines through the ages.
Guangming Daily
