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Culture is related to the foundation and destiny of a country.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC History Exhibition Hall has sprung up, the National Version Hall has opened to welcome guests, the project of exploring the origin of Chinese civilization has made important progress, the national cultural digitization strategy has been rapidly promoted, the construction of the Great Wall, the Grand Canal, the Long March, the Yellow River, and the Yangtze River National Cultural Parks has been orderly promoted, and the spiritual guidance and typical demonstration role of the party and the country's meritorious recognition has continued to play... Major cultural projects and important cultural achievements have further enhanced the morale, backbone, and bottom spirit of hundreds of millions of people. It is in the great changes of the new era that the Chinese people's driving force for progress has become stronger, their spirit of struggle has become higher, and their belief in victory has become more firm, radiating a stronger sense of historical consciousness and initiative.
Confidence stems from historical inheritance and innovative development. Chinese culture has a long and rich history, and Chinese civilization is vast and profound. Today, cultural relics collected in museums such as "The Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and He Zun have come to life. Cultural heritage sites such as the Forbidden City and Mogao Grottoes, which are displayed on vast land, have become popular. Classic ancient books such as the Book of Songs and the Analects continue to sell well. Historical and cultural districts such as Beijing Liulichang and Fuzhou Sanfang Qixiang have been actively protected, and the vitality of national cultural innovation and creation is bursting forth. To strengthen cultural confidence, we must base ourselves on the great historical and contemporary practices of the Chinese nation, and more effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, so that the profound Chinese culture can provide strong spiritual support for the continuous rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through countless difficulties and dangers.
In practice, reasoning is necessary. Our party insists on combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and excellent traditional Chinese culture, laying a solid foundation for the road, opening up innovation space, and consolidating cultural subjectivity. To strengthen cultural confidence, it is necessary to summarize Chinese experience with Chinese principles, elevate it into Chinese theory, achieve spiritual independence and autonomy, establish roots and cast souls for national rejuvenation, and provide strong ideological guarantees for the continuous progress of cadres and the masses.
Strengthening confidence in the path, theory, and system of socialism with Chinese characteristics ultimately means strengthening cultural confidence. Without high cultural confidence and cultural prosperity, there can be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Only with cultural confidence and self-improvement can we completely avoid the problem of "following people's footsteps and learning their language", build a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation, and make contributions to the world in culture. Standing on a vast land of over 9.6 million square kilometers, sucking on the cultural nutrients accumulated through the long struggle of the Chinese nation, deepening our understanding of the regularity of cultural construction since the new era, we have confidence and ability to continuously promote the rejuvenation of Chinese civilization. A new cultural mission, a new magnificent journey, China's progress is more courageous and steady.