Strive to Promote Modernization of China that Coordinates Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization | Modernization | Material Civilization
Author: Du Qiang
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in the report of the 20th CPC National Congress: "Chinese-style modernization is a modernization in which material civilization and spiritual civilization are coordinated. Material abundance and spiritual richness are the fundamental requirements of socialist modernization. Material poverty is not socialism, and spiritual poverty is not socialism." The harmonious modernization of material civilization and spiritual civilization is one of the important characteristics of Chinese modernization, which fully reflects that the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China is people-centered and pursues the all-round development of human beings and the all-round progress of society, reveals the Chinese characteristics and essential requirements of Chinese modernization, and demonstrates that only by promoting the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization in coordination can we achieve Chinese modernization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, create solid material and spiritual strength.
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Material civilization and spiritual civilization are the crystallization of the practical activities of material production and the creation of spiritual products in human society. The history of human social development tells us that human life needs include both material and spiritual aspects. The pursuit of material civilization and spiritual civilization is an inherent driving force for the prosperity and progress of human society. Material civilization and spiritual civilization are interdependent, mutually influential, mutually reinforcing, and dialectically unified. The works of classic Marxist writers not only clarify that material civilization provides material prerequisites and conditions for spiritual civilization, but also point out that spiritual civilization has a counterproductive effect on material civilization. In the preface of "Critique of Political Economy," Marx pointed out that "the mode of production of material life constrains the entire process of social, political, and spiritual life." Engels wrote in his letter to Kang Schmidt, "Although the mode of material survival is the cause, it does not exclude the influence of the intellectual field on these modes of material survival." In socialist society, material civilization provides material conditions and practical experience for spiritual civilization, and spiritual civilization in turn provides spiritual power, intellectual support, and intellectual security for material civilization. To promote modernization that coordinates material civilization and spiritual civilization, it is necessary to grasp the dialectical relationship between the two and achieve coordinated development of the two civilizations.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a comprehensive development of material civilization and spiritual civilization. Chinese path to modernization is a kind of modernization in which material civilization and spiritual civilization are coordinated. The construction of socialist modernization not only aims to create a highly developed socialist material civilization, but also to create a highly developed socialist spiritual civilization. The construction of socialist material civilization is an indispensable foundation for the construction of socialist spiritual civilization; Socialist spiritual civilization not only plays a huge role in promoting the construction of material civilization, but also ensures its correct development direction. The two are both conditions and purposes for each other. One of the important experiences of our party in promoting socialist modernization construction is to attach great importance to coordinating the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization. On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out that the central government "led the people of the whole country to overcome all difficulties, carry out large-scale economic and cultural construction, eliminate the poverty and ignorance left by the old China, and gradually improve the material life and cultural life of the people.". In the process of reform and opening up, Comrade Deng Xiaoping emphasized that "while building a high level of material civilization, we must improve the scientific and cultural level of the entire nation, develop a noble and colorful cultural life, and build a high level of socialist spiritual civilization", "both hands must be strong".Our party adheres to the coordinated development and mutual promotion of material civilization and spiritual civilization, and has achieved dual harvests in the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization. In the construction of material civilization, it has created remarkable achievements in economic and social development. Its economic aggregate ranks second in the world, and its manufacturing scale and other indicators rank first in the world. It has entered the ranks of innovative countries, built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, successfully promoted and expanded Chinese path to modernization, and laid a solid material foundation for achieving the second century goal. In the construction of spiritual civilization, we should adhere to the guiding role of Marxism, link the essence of Marxist thought with the essence of China's excellent traditional culture, implement the project of civic morality construction, deepen the construction of the practice center of civilization in the new era, and constantly endow the construction of spiritual civilization with Chinese connotation and Chinese characteristics. The core socialist values have been widely spread, the excellent traditional Chinese culture has been creatively transformed and innovatively developed, and various cultural undertakings have become increasingly prosperous and prosperous. The cultural self-confidence of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in China has been significantly enhanced, and their spiritual outlook has become more energetic, so as to jointly promote the continuous improvement of the level of civilization of the whole society.
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Material poverty is difficult to support the construction of a socialist modernized strong country, and spiritual poverty is also difficult to adapt to the construction of a socialist modernized strong country. In the new era and new journey, we must closely align with the central task of our party and strive to promote modernization that coordinates material civilization and spiritual civilization. Continuously cultivating the material foundation of modernization, consolidating the material conditions for people's happy lives, and building a socialist modernization with material abundance; Strengthen education on ideals and beliefs, vigorously develop advanced socialist culture, promote Chinese civilization, promote the comprehensive enrichment of things and the comprehensive development of people, and build a socialist modernization with rich spirit.
Promoting the coordinated development of "two civilizations" is an inevitable requirement for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, an important feature and content of Chinese path to modernization, and an important pillar for achieving national rejuvenation.National strength and national rejuvenation require the accumulation of material civilization, as well as the support of spiritual civilization. Material civilization and spiritual civilization are dialectical unity, both of which are important contents and goals of Chinese path to modernization. We must implement the strategic policy of "two pronged approach and two pronged approach" established by our party, comprehensively grasp and correctly handle the dialectical relationship between material civilization construction and spiritual civilization construction, and promote mutual coordination and promotion between the two.
To complete the mission of the CPC in the new era and new journey, we need to provide a more solid material and technological foundation for the construction of material civilization. The construction of material civilization in the new era must adhere to the theme of promoting high-quality development, and place the issue of development quality in a more prominent position.Achieving high-quality development is the essential requirement of Chinese path to modernization, which is related to the overall situation of China's socialist modernization. Without solid material and technological foundations, we cannot hope to build a great modern socialist country in all respects. We must adhere to development as the top priority, continuously liberate and develop social productive forces, strive to promote the construction of material civilization that meets the standards and requirements of high-quality development, and provide stronger material and technological support for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized strong country and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We must fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern with domestic circulation as the main body and domestic and international dual circulation promoting each other, firmly grasp the main line of supply side structural reform, accelerate the construction of a modern economic system, implement the innovation driven development strategy, accelerate the green transformation of development methods, and plan the construction of material civilization from the perspective of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. The construction of spiritual civilization in the new era and new journey should also place the issue of development quality in a more prominent position. The construction of spiritual civilization must adapt to the needs of material civilization construction and the higher requirements of socialist modernization construction in the new era, form values, cultural conditions, public opinion power, and social environment that are conducive to socialist modernization construction, provide strong spiritual power and intellectual support for socialist modernization construction, create more and better "spiritual food", and meet the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people.
Achieving common prosperity for all people is the essential requirement of Chinese path to modernization. Common prosperity is comprehensive prosperity, which not only refers to material prosperity, but also includes spiritual prosperity.On the one hand, adhering to the new development concept, constructing a new development pattern, achieving effective improvement in economic quality and reasonable growth in quantity, laying a solid material foundation for the common prosperity of material life, and enhancing the balance and accessibility of basic public services, improving the level of public services, and solidly promoting common prosperity through improving distribution systems, implementing employment priority strategies, improving social security systems, and promoting the construction of a healthy China; On the other hand, we will vigorously promote the development of cultural undertakings and industries, adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, create more and better excellent works that the people enjoy, meet the diverse, multi-level, and multifaceted spiritual and cultural needs of the people, and continuously improve their quality of life.
To comprehensively build a socialist modernized country, it is more important than ever to attach importance to the construction of spiritual civilization. The construction of spiritual civilization covers the fields of ideological and moral construction, education, science and culture construction, and is reflected in all aspects of economy, politics, culture, and social life. The construction of spiritual civilization provides a strong ideological guarantee, rich moral nourishment and strong spiritual force for promoting Chinese path to modernization and building a socialist modern power in an all-round way.Strengthening the construction of socialist ideology and morality is an important content and central link in the construction of socialist spiritual civilization. By persistently promoting the education of ideals and beliefs, promoting the spirit of labor, dedication, struggle, creativity, and frugality, we can consolidate the foundation of socialist ideology and morality. Cultivate and promote the core socialist values, integrate them into the entire process of national education and spiritual civilization construction, and make them a common value pursuit of all people. Strengthen the construction of integrity and advocate a good social atmosphere of abiding by laws and regulations, honesty and trustworthiness. Coordinate and promote the integrated development of urban and rural spiritual civilization construction. Widely carry out mass spiritual civilization creation activities, advocate basic moral norms such as patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness, promote education on social morality, professional ethics, family virtues, and personal character, and continuously improve people's cultural literacy and social civilization level. Promote cultural confidence and self-improvement, develop advanced socialist culture, promote revolutionary culture, inherit excellent traditional Chinese culture, and wholeheartedly and passionately promote the supply of high-quality cultural products that focus on the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, fully leveraging the role of culture in promoting the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization. By building a socialist cultural power, continuously enhancing the country's cultural soft power, consolidating the common ideological foundation of unity and struggle among the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups, and enhancing the spiritual strength to comprehensively build a socialist modernized strong country and achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Realizing the Chinese Dream is a process of development in which material civilization and spiritual civilization fly together. When high-rise buildings are everywhere on the land of our country, the building of the Chinese national spirit should also stand tall. On the way forward, only when the construction of material and spiritual civilization is well done, the country's material and spiritual strength is strengthened, and the material and spiritual lives of the people of all ethnic groups are improved, can Chinese path to modernization move forward smoothly.
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