The Popularization of the Party's Innovative Theory in the New Era Needs to Highlight the Characteristics of "New" Development | Era | Theory

Author: Deng Li, Associate Professor of Philosophy Teaching and Research Department

Adhering to theoretical innovation, arming the entire Party, educating the people, and guiding practice with the Party's innovative theories, and relying on the people to promote the development of the Party and the country's cause, is an important tool for our Party to open up a new era of career development. The new era and new journey, promoting the popularization of the Party's innovative theory, is an important measure to consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the field of ideology in China, an important task to continuously write a new chapter of Marxism's sinicization and modernization, and an inherent requirement for our Party to lead the people to achieve its mission. In the new historical situation, to achieve the popularization of the Party's innovative theory, it is necessary to fully highlight the "new" characteristics of the Party's innovative theory popularization.

The popularization of the Party's innovative theory in the new era should be based on new ideas and new content

Engels pointed out that our theory is "a product of history, with completely different forms and contents in different eras." The innovative theory of the Party always responds to the theory of the times and practice, and is a scientific plan to respond to new challenges and achieve new goals. Therefore, in different historical stages of the Party and the country's cause, we must continue to promote the popularization and education of the basic principles of Marxism, and also arm the people's minds with innovative theories that keep up with the times.

In the past decade of the new era, the popularization of the Party's innovative theory has achieved significant results. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Party pointed out that "the Party's innovative theory in the new era has deeply rooted in people's hearts.". In the already established good situation, continuing to promote the popularization of the Party's innovative theory at a new starting point should have higher requirements and must go deep and practical.

Secondly, we will discuss fresh measures and new practices, new achievements and new changes, and comprehensively review the practical leap based on theoretical leap.

Promoting the Popularization of the Party's Innovative Theory in the New Era to Adapt to the New Characteristics and Requirements of the Masses

Marx pointed out that "as long as theory persuades people, it can grasp the masses; and as long as theory is thorough, it can persuade people. The so-called thoroughness is to grasp the root of things. But the root of people is themselves." With the progress of history and practice, the reality and needs of people are constantly changing and developing. Therefore, in order for the Party's innovative theory to truly grasp the masses, its ideological content and dissemination methods must be closely linked to the constantly changing masses. To promote the popularization of the Party's innovative theory in the new era, it is necessary to grasp the characteristics of the masses and adapt to their requirements.

With the entry of socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new era, the basic situation of the masses has undergone tremendous changes. In terms of the needs of the masses, basic material and cultural needs have been met to a certain extent, and the people's demand for a better life is becoming more and more high, forming a prominent contradiction with unbalanced and insufficient development; In terms of the composition of the masses, various new social classes have emerged and continued to evolve; At the cultural level of the masses, people's education level has generally improved, their cultural level has significantly improved, and a considerable proportion have received popularization education of Marxist theory; In terms of ideological concepts, diverse interests and needs lead to diverse values and diverse ideas, forming a complex situation in the fields of culture and ideology.

Facing the public, we cannot simply follow the past methods and approaches, but should carry out targeted propaganda work: first, we need to conduct in-depth research on the public. Effectively grasp the different situations, needs, and ideological trends of different groups, alleviate their ideological confusion, and solve their practical difficulties, striving to achieve targeted treatment. Secondly, we need to fully leverage the role of the public as the main body. Today's masses are no longer passive objects of education and indoctrination. Many are independent individuals with knowledge, rationality, and ability. As long as they are given correct guidance, they can fully rely on various emerging media and become active participants and powerful promoters of the popularization of the Party's innovative theory through various means. Once again, it is necessary to promote the popularization of the Party's innovative theories in a focused and hierarchical manner. There are differences in the theoretical needs, theoretical levels, and theoretical acceptance abilities of different groups. It is necessary to pay attention to the leading role of party members and cadres, the role of young students as a new force, and at the same time, increase publicity efforts for other personnel, so that the party's innovative theories can be mastered by the public to the greatest extent and to the greatest extent possible.

The popularization of the Party's innovative theory in the new era requires theoretical workers to have a new positioning and new ideas

The popularization of the Party's innovative theory fundamentally aims to make itself known to the public and transform it into the conscious consciousness and behavior of the people. This is a process of transforming theory from intuitive cognition to rational identification, and then externalizing the internalized thoughts into actions. Overall, theoretical workers play a greater role in the first stage of this process, while the second stage is the conscious transformation of the subject itself based on the foundation of the first stage. Undoubtedly, there have been some noteworthy phenomena in previous theoretical dissemination work. For example, some theoretical workers have established a self-awareness of knowledge elites and theoretical authorities, resulting in a path dependence for imparting knowledge to the public, forming a research paradigm that is detached from reality and a discourse system that is far from the public. To fulfill the responsibilities and missions of theoretical work in the new era, it is necessary to reposition oneself and form new work ideas.

To help the public form a perceptual understanding of the Party's innovative theory, we must be fellow travelers of the people's times, empathize with the public, and stimulate their theoretical interest. The ancients said, "Kiss the person and believe in their way.". Theoretical workers should closely link their work with the cause of the Party and the state. They should not only conduct in-depth basic theoretical research, but also make themselves close to reality, life, and the masses. They should search for research topics from the people's practical concerns, transform theoretical thinking about reality into the people's discourse and life discourse, and strive to "speak ordinary language in college, turn basic principles into vivid truths, and turn fundamental methods into effective methods."

To form a rational recognition of the Party's innovative theory among the public, it is necessary to be an equal interlocutor for the people, resonate with the public, and consolidate their ideological consensus. In the context of great awakening of subject consciousness and extremely diverse ideological and cultural values, the dissemination of any theory must compete with other theories, and any theory must be compared and evaluated by the public. No theory can naturally occupy the ideological battlefield of the people. Theoretical workers must abandon the arrogance of knowledge elites and theoretical authorities, abandon lofty preaching and obscure language, regard promoting the popularization of the Party's innovative theory as an equal dialogue with the masses, actively learn and apply various new platforms and carriers, and engage in sincere dialogue with the masses in various forms, striving to reason thoroughly and persuade people with reason in the dialogue.

In short, the popularization of the Party's innovative theory must adapt to new realities and achieve new development. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that "we should arm the entire Party, educate the people, and guide practical work system with the Party's innovative theories." The popularization of the Party's innovative theories in the new era is a systematic project with many new characteristics, which requires us to constantly think from multiple perspectives and layers, and continue to explore more new and effective paths.

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