Symposium on Undertaking a New Era and a New Cultural Mission | Culture | Era
Undertake new cultural missions in the new era
On the in-depth study of the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the forum on cultural inheritance and development
Commentator of Guangming Daily
"it is our new cultural mission in the new era to continue to promote cultural prosperity, build a cultural power, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new starting point." General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the forum on cultural inheritance and development in Beijing on 2 June and delivered an important speech, from the perspective of the overall strategy for the development of the party and state undertakings, this paper makes a comprehensive, systematic and in-depth exposition on a series of major theoretical and practical issues concerning the inheritance and development of Chinese culture, pointing out the direction for all fronts, including propaganda, ideological and cultural front, to shoulder a new cultural mission and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
The National Version Museum of China collects a hundred generations of rare texts, collects a thousand years of cultural relics, and the Chinese Academy of History connects the changes of ancient and modern times, standing at the forefront of the times, all of which are witnesses to the tremendous achievements of cultural construction in the new era.
Roots deep and leaves lush, roots firm and branches flourishing. To undertake the new cultural mission of the new era, it is necessary to deeply recognize that there are many important elements in excellent traditional Chinese culture, which together shape the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization. The Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness, and peace, which fundamentally determine the spirit, character, faith, ambition, value, and choices of the Chinese nation in historical reality. Only by comprehensively and deeply understanding the history of Chinese civilization can we more effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and more effectively promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and the construction of modern Chinese civilization.
Knowing always leads to thinking. To shoulder the new cultural mission of the new era, it is necessary to deeply recognize that opening up and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics on the basis of more than 5000 years of Chinese civilization, and combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and excellent traditional Chinese culture is a necessary path. This is the systematic understanding we have gained in exploring the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is the greatest weapon for us to achieve success. The second combination is a profound summary of our party's historical experience in the sinicization and modernization of Marxism, a profound grasp of the development laws of Chinese civilization, indicating that our party's understanding of the Chinese path, theory, and system has reached a new height, indicating that our party's historical self-confidence and cultural confidence have reached a new height, and that our party's consciousness in promoting cultural innovation in inheriting excellent traditional Chinese culture has reached a new height.
Culture accumulates the bloodline and spirit of a nation, embodies the choices and aspirations of the people, and connects the history and future of a country. To continue promoting cultural prosperity, building a strong cultural nation, and building a modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point, we must strengthen cultural confidence, adhere to our own path, based on the great historical and contemporary practices of the Chinese nation, summarize Chinese experience with Chinese principles, elevate Chinese experience into Chinese theory, and achieve spiritual independence and autonomy. We must uphold openness and inclusiveness, adhere to the sinicization and modernization of Marxism, inherit and develop excellent traditional Chinese culture, promote the localization of foreign cultures, and continuously cultivate and create socialist culture with Chinese characteristics for a new era. We must adhere to upholding integrity and innovation, with the spirit and sharpness of upholding integrity and innovation, continue the historical context, and compose a contemporary chapter.
