Culture is related to the foundation of the country and the fortune of the country. **As a concentrated summary and expression of new ideas, new views and new assertions in the construction of cultural construction in the new era, cultural thought is clear and practical, which demonstrates our party's firm cultural self-confidence in the continuation of the Chinese cultural context and the atmosphere of the times, and provides a fundamental basis for the in-depth practice of the new cultural mission in the new era.
Self-confidence leads to self-improvement. Only a nation with cultural self-confidence can stand, stand firm, and go far. Through the long history of more than 5,000 years, many hardships and hardships, and many thorns and thorns, it is the Chinese culture that has been cultivated and developed from generation to generation, providing the Chinese nation with spiritual support and rich nourishment for its endless development and growth. The reason why China has firm confidence in the road, theory and system in the new era is fundamentally due to the profound and indestructible cultural self-confidence. Relying on the brewing and precipitation of history, placed on the long scroll of time and space, the Chinese civilization has endured for thousands of years, and has become the only civilization in human history that has not been interrupted, which is the confidence of our self-confidenceThe great practice of the party's centennial journey, the vigorous vitality of socialism with Chinese characteristics today, and the bright prospects of realizing the Chinese dream of great national rejuvenation have further consolidated the material, institutional and spiritual foundation for strengthening cultural self-confidence. Rooted in the vast land of more than 9.6 million square kilometers, witnessing the continuation and innovation of ancient civilizations, the prosperity of the country, and the majestic power of the people, the Chinese nation has the most reason to be confident. This strong cultural self-confidence has also become the fundamental guarantee for stimulating the creativity of the Chinese nation and condensing the centripetal force of the Chinese nation, and has become a deep and lasting source of power for the new glory of socialist culture in the new era.
The torch is passed down from generation to generation. To strengthen cultural self-confidence at a new starting point and take on a new cultural mission, we must fully grasp and better promote the "two combinations". As a firm believer and practitioner of Marxism and a faithful inheritor and promoter of China's excellent traditional culture, our party has profoundly refined the understanding that "integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and China's excellent traditional culture" is the only way to go and the most treasured law for achieving success in the magnificent practice of exploring the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The proposal of the "second combination" on the basis of the first combination is another emancipation of the mind, which demonstrates our party's high degree of ideological and cultural initiative, its conscious pursuit of the continuity of the development path of Chinese civilization, and its self-determination of "where China is going". **The establishment of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is the most powerful embodiment of this cultural subjectivity. From the perspective of the concept of history and civilization, the "second combination" fundamentally solves the problem of cultural subjectivity in contemporary China, truly creates a new cultural life body belonging to our era, endows Chinese civilization with modern strength, promotes the revival of Chinese civilization, and gives cultural self-confidence a fundamental basis. Cultural self-confidence has reached a new height, indicating that our party's consciousness of promoting cultural innovation in inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture has reached a new height, showing the high-spirited style of cultural self-confidence and self-improvement in the new era.
The primary task is to base ourselves on the great historical practice and contemporary practice of the Chinese nation, deeply understand the historical inevitability, cultural connotation and unique advantages of the Chinese road, summarize the Chinese experience with Chinese principles, upgrade the Chinese experience to Chinese theory, and realize spiritual independence. To strengthen cultural self-confidence, we must promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations with an open and inclusive broad-mindedness, continue the historical context with the fearless character of integrity and innovation, and write a contemporary chapter. It not only adheres to the fundamental system of Marxism's guiding position in the ideological field, adheres to the fundamental requirements of the "two combinations", and adheres to the cultural leadership of the Communist Party of China and the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nationIt also takes root in the land under its feet and grows up in Sri Lanka, continues its spiritual roots, and activates the vitality of China's excellent traditional culture with the spirit of the times in the process of "insisting on creative transformation and innovative development".It is also necessary to absorb the nutrients of civilizations of all countries with an inclusive mind and an inclusive attitude, promote Chinese culture to go global with a confident and open attitude, and promote the common progress of civilizations of all countries in exchanges and mutual learning. If the culture is prosperous, the country will be prosperous, and the culture will be strong. As long as we continue to deepen our understanding of the regularity of cultural construction in the new era, thoroughly implement the best cultural thoughts, strengthen historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence, and bravely undertake cultural missions, we will be able to radiate the new atmosphere of Chinese culture, stimulate the new vitality of Chinese civilization, provide spiritual support for Chinese-style modernization, and provide strong impetus for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
This article was published in the 23rd issue of China Discipline Inspection and Supervision magazine in 2023