[Li Xiang China] Commentary on Strong Countries | Striving to Build a Socialist Cultural Strong Country | Socialism | Culture

Culture is the soul of a country or a nation. If culture prospers, the country will prosper, and if culture is strong, the nation will be strong. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasizes that in order to comprehensively build a socialist modernized country, we must adhere to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, enhance cultural confidence, and build a socialist cultural power around raising the banner, gathering people's hearts, nurturing new talents, promoting culture, and showcasing our image. This important statement has set goals and made strategic arrangements for the current and future cultural development of our country. Building a socialist cultural power is the necessary duty to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

To build a socialist cultural power, we need to cultivate "roots" and "souls"

To build a socialist cultural power, the first and foremost thing is to adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the field of ideology, and to adhere to the guidance of socialist core values. Cultural work needs to be rooted and soul shaped, and the so-called "roots" and "souls" refer to the core values of Marxism and socialism. All cultural work must run through and integrate into this "root" and "soul", ensuring that the construction of a cultural power always holds high the banner, anchors the direction, and moves steadily towards the future.

Culture is the sum of material and spiritual wealth created by humans in the process of social and historical development, and is the external expression of ideology. To do a good job in cultural work, we must adhere to the fundamental guiding ideology of Marxism and never waver at any time or under any circumstances. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the situation in the ideological field has undergone a comprehensive and fundamental transformation, and upholding integrity and innovation has become the mainstream. At the same time, it should be noted that there are still many challenges in the ideological field, and the struggle and competition are sometimes very sharp. To build a cultural powerhouse, we must always bear in mind the fundamental issues of what flag to raise, what path to take, and what kind of socialism to build. We must adhere to and strengthen the Party's comprehensive leadership and firmly grasp the Party's leadership over ideological work. The ideological struggle is more manifested in "positional warfare". Many new situations and problems in the current ideological field are often generated and increased by the Internet. The Internet, especially emerging media, has become the main front, main battlefield and forefront of the ideological struggle. It is necessary to manage the network according to laws and regulations, and promote the Internet as the largest variable to become the largest increment.

Core values are the spiritual bond that a nation relies on to maintain, and they are the common ideological and moral foundation of a country. Whether or not we can build core values with strong appeal is related to social harmony and stability, as well as the long-term stability of the country. The people have faith, the country has strength, and the nation has hope. We should regard the cultivation and practice of socialist core values as a fundamental project to consolidate our spirit and strengthen our foundation. We should extensively carry out propaganda and education, comprehensively integrate and deeply integrate them, and make efforts to implement them in detail. The construction of core values ultimately refers to the construction of human thinking and soul, focusing on cultivating socialist builders with correct worldviews, outlooks on life, and values. We must adhere to the principles of cultivating people with morality and culture, focus on cultivating new generations who shoulder the great responsibility of national rejuvenation, and gather strong forces to comprehensively build a socialist modernized country.

On August 20th, visitors visited the 7th China South Asia Expo. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao

To build a socialist cultural power, we need to integrate "ancient" and "present"

The socialist culture with Chinese characteristics consists of three components. Its source lies in the excellent traditional Chinese culture nurtured by the 5000 year history of Chinese civilization; Its formation lies in the revolutionary culture and socialist advanced culture created by the Party leading the people in revolution, construction, and reform; Its carrying lies in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is precisely because of the historical, revolutionary, and practical nature of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics that our cultural confidence has a broad pattern and vision, an inherent magnificent character and patriotism, a firm and profound theoretical trait, and a profound and enduring basic strength.

The excellent traditional Chinese culture is the wisdom crystallization and essence of Chinese civilization, and the foundation for us to stand firm in the world culture turmoil. The Chinese nation has gone through a development process that is different from other civilizations in the world. Through long-term evolution, Chinese civilization has formed a unique value system, cultural connotations, and spiritual qualities for the Chinese people to view the world, society, and life. It has created a vast and profound excellent traditional culture, and forged a cultural confidence to learn from the strengths of others. Only with its distant origin can it continue to grow. The Chinese nation is constantly developing and growing, and excellent traditional culture provides strong spiritual support.

The inheritance and promotion of excellent traditional Chinese culture cannot be limited to sticking to and admiring, but should focus on the characteristics of the new era and combine them with the conditions of the new era to inherit and promote, so that Chinese culture can display permanent charm and the charm of the times.To endow excellent traditional culture with new contemporary connotations and modern expressions in accordance with the new characteristics and requirements of the times, and activate its vitality; We should supplement, expand, and improve the connotation of excellent traditional culture in accordance with the new progress and progress of the times, and enhance its influence and appeal. Our party has always emphasized the importance of "making the past serve the present". To build a cultural power, we must have a vision that integrates the past and the present, and a spirit that transcends time and space, so that the most basic cultural genes of the Chinese nation can adapt to contemporary China, coordinate with modern society, and be connected with modern culture.

On August 20th, actors performed Dai dance at the 7th China South Asia Expo. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xinbo

Building a socialist cultural power requires both internal and external cultivation

To effectively solve this "three differences" problem, we need to accelerate the construction of Chinese discourse and narrative system, tell Chinese stories well, and spread Chinese voices well; Efforts should be made to strengthen the construction of international communication capabilities, comprehensively enhance the effectiveness of international communication, and continuously improve the ability and level of shaping national image, influencing international public opinion, and mastering international discourse power.

To enhance the soft power of national culture and enhance the influence of the dissemination of Chinese civilization, the first step is to build our own culture well, so as to "form in the middle" and "spread out in the outside". "Blooming inside the wall" is the key to "fragrant outside the wall", and the effectiveness of "external" is largely reflected in the effort of "internal". To improve the internal skills of cultural construction, it is necessary to enhance systematic concepts, coordinate theoretical armament, social propaganda, literary and artistic creation, cultural system reform, and cultural industry development, and focus on enhancing the overall strength of culture. As the overall cultural strength improves, the competitiveness and appeal will naturally increase. The Chinese spirit, wisdom, and image will also be understood, accepted, and loved by more and more countries and regions. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have adhered to the general policy of cultural development of "a hundred schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers bloom together", focusing on continuously meeting the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people, deepening the supply side structural reform in the cultural field, leading high-quality cultural development, exchanging and learning from each other, and harmonizing while being different. Chinese culture is increasingly approaching the center stage of the world. We must continue to promote the comprehensive prosperity of cultural undertakings and the rapid development of the cultural industry, better leading the trend of the times and adding color to the world context.

In recent years, with the profound adjustment of the international landscape, Western conservative thinking has emerged, and the theory of "clash of civilizations" has reappeared on the international stage. The theory of clash of civilizations is fundamentally wrong, especially in the current international context where the resurgence is even more dangerous.To build a cultural powerhouse, we must have the initiative and consciousness to actively promote exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations, and strive to be a promoter of human civilization progress and world peace and development, contributing Chinese wisdom, solutions, and strength to achieve mutual respect, eliminate misunderstandings, and contain conflicts among civilizations of different countries and regions.

Calm is the tide and the banks are broad. Gentle is the wind and the sail is stretching. The construction of a socialist cultural power has broad prospects, but at the same time, there is still a long way to go. We must more consciously shoulder the cultural mission of the new era, strive to turn the blueprint of a cultural power into reality, and better compose a brilliant chapter of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

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