On October 27, 2023, the Political Bureau of the 20th ** Political Bureau held the ninth collective study on forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation. **The important speech of the general secretary at this collective study expounded and integrated the overall work of ethnic work, modern civilization of the Chinese nation, and Chinese-style modernization, which fully reflected our party's systematic grasp and deep insight into the historical orientation of ethnic work in the new era, the characteristics of contemporary Chinese ethnic issues, and the development law of the Chinese national community. It is necessary to improve the political position, and understand and grasp it completely, accurately, and comprehensively.
On April 20, 2023, Yifu Primary School in Nanning City, Guangxi Province held the 2023 "March 3rd of Zhuang Nationality" and "Forge the Sense of Community of the Chinese Nation" theme education activities. Colorful national costumes, singing and dancing performances with strong ethnic customs, and a variety of special foods make the campus full of joy. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Hua.
Deeply understand the major requirement of "taking the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line of the party's ethnic work and various work in ethnic areas in the new era". The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China officially proposed to "forge the sense of community of the Chinese nation" and wrote it into the Party Constitution, and the 2019 National Ethnic Unity and Progress Commendation Conference, the 2021 ** National Work Conference and the 2022 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that the main line of the party's ethnic work in the new era should be to forge the sense of community of the Chinese nation. In 2023, when inspecting Inner Mongolia and listening to work reports in Xinjiang, the general secretary emphasized that "forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation is the main line of the party's ethnic work in the new era, and it is also the main line of all work in ethnic areas". During this collective study, the general secretary profoundly pointed out that taking the strong sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line of the party's ethnic work and various work in ethnic areas in the new era is a major theoretical and practical achievement achieved by our party in adhering to the "two combinations" and focusing on the "two overall situations", profoundly summing up the experience and lessons of ethnic work at home and abroad, and gaining a deep insight into the development trend of the Chinese national community. Expanding from "the main line of the party's ethnic work" to "the main line of the party's ethnic work and all the work in ethnic areas" is a further deepening of the understanding of the law of the work in ethnic areas and a further sublimation of the requirements of the main line of the party's ethnic work in the new era. It is necessary to take the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the "outline" of the party's ethnic work in the new era, run through the whole process of economic, political, cultural, social, ecological civilization construction and party building in ethnic areas, continuously enhance the commonality of the Chinese nation, and effectively implement the best decision-making and deployment.
Deeply understand the major requirements of "basing on the long history of the Chinese nation and strengthening the construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese national community". **In this collective study, the general secretary emphasized that "to forge the sense of community of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to build a scientific and complete theoretical system of the community of the Chinese nation". The construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese national community is an important part of the construction of China's independent knowledge system, the fundamental support for innovating the ethnic theory system with Chinese characteristics, and the key measure to get rid of the influence of Western ethnic theory and discourse system. The community of the Chinese nation is not an "imaginary community", but a historical necessity and a historical fact. Understanding the community of the Chinese nation from a historical perspective is the basic way to establish a correct outlook on nationhood. To strengthen the construction of the theoretical system, we must base ourselves on the long history of the Chinese nation; To follow the logic of the development of the Chinese nation, we must pay attention to the logic of history; The formation of an independent theoretical system of the community of the Chinese nation must be based on the historical data system. To build a theoretical system of community for the Chinese nation, it is necessary to integrate Marxist ethnic theory with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture. It is necessary to adhere to the soul of Marxism and the root of China's excellent traditional culture, follow the historical and theoretical logic of the development of the Chinese nation, and scientifically reveal the principles, theories, and philosophies of the formation and development of the Chinese nation.
Deeply understand the major requirements of "focusing on building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation and constantly building a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation". ** During this collective study, the general secretary clarified the relationship between the "modern civilization of the Chinese nation" and the "common spiritual home of the Chinese nation". Culture is the soul of a country and a nation, and cultural identity is the deepest level of identity. Building a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation is the key to forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation, and it is a strategic task to realize the unity of the hearts of all ethnic groups and the interdependence of spirits. In the long course of history, the Chinese nation has created a long Chinese civilization and a splendid Chinese culture, and formed a pluralistic and integrated Chinese national community. From the perspective of the party's ethnic work, to build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, we must conform to the general trend of the development of the Chinese nation from history to the future, from tradition to modernity, and from pluralism and cohesion. The outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace of the Chinese civilization have shaped an inseparable community of the Chinese nation. It is necessary to deeply understand and grasp the outstanding characteristics of the Chinese civilization, firmly establish the cultural self-confidence and cultural identity of the Chinese nation, and lay a solid spiritual and cultural foundation for forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation and building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
Deeply understand the major requirements of "promoting extensive exchanges, exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups, and promoting Chinese-style modernization with the great unity of the Chinese nation". ** During this collective study, the general secretary explained the intrinsic relationship between "extensive exchanges and exchanges among all ethnic groups", "great unity of the Chinese nation" and "Chinese-style modernization". National unity is the lifeblood of the people of all ethnic groups in our country. The exchanges, exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups conform to the trend of social development, which is conducive to the realization of common prosperity and the joint construction and sharing of Chinese-style modernization among all ethnic groups, and the building of a community of the Chinese nation. The general secretary profoundly pointed out that "the process of building a strong country and national rejuvenation is bound to be a process of extensive exchanges, exchanges and blending of all ethnic groups, and a process of common struggle and common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups", and "we must hold high the banner of the great unity of the Chinese nation and take the promotion of all ethnic groups to work together for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country as an important task of the party's national work in the new journey." The important exposition of the general secretary profoundly revealed the relationship between "unity" and "progress", clarified the mission and tasks of ethnic work on the new journey, clarified the positioning of ethnic work in the overall cause of the party and the country, and pointed out the direction for doing a good job in the party's ethnic work in the new era. It is necessary to extensively and deeply promote the exchanges, exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups, promote "unity" with "exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups", promote "modernization" with "unity", and promote the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Deeply understand the major requirements of "telling the story of the Chinese nation well and vigorously promoting the sense of community of the Chinese nation". **The general secretary put forward clear requirements for telling the story of the Chinese nation well during this collective study. Ethnic work is the work of rallying people's hearts and gathering strength, and whether or not the propaganda related to ethnic groups is done well has a bearing on the support of the people and on the image of the party and the country. Over the years, due to the hegemony and monopoly of some countries in the international arena, China's nation-related foreign propaganda still has the phenomenon of "being justified and not being able to spread it" in the international arena, and there is a lack of initiative to set up topics and guidance, and a discourse system and narrative system dominated by me have not yet been formed. We must strengthen the "four self-confidences", actively strengthen publicity and guidance, and vigorously publicize the history of the Chinese nation, the theory of the community of the Chinese nation, the historic achievements of the party's ethnic work in the new era, and the beautiful vision of the Chinese nation and the people of all countries in the world to work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind. It is necessary to innovate the communication methods of ethnic propaganda, enrich the content of communication, broaden communication channels, tell the story of the community of the Chinese nation, make it clear that the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system are reliable guarantees for the common development and progress of all ethnic groups in our country, make it clear that the Chinese nation is a community with a shared future with strong identity and cohesion, and explain clearly the obvious superiority of the correct path with Chinese characteristics to solve ethnic issues, consolidate the situation of "the Chinese nation is one family, and work together to build the Chinese dream", and create a good international environment.
Deeply understand the major requirements of "forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation and promoting the high-quality development of the party's ethnic work in the new era is the common task of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country". ** This important exposition of the general secretary during this collective study reflects the inherent requirements of the party's national work pattern in the new era. Strengthening and improving the party's overall leadership is the fundamental political guarantee for doing a good job in the party's ethnic work in the new era. It is necessary to promote and improve the party's ethnic work pattern in the new era under the unified leadership of the party committee, management in accordance with the law, leading and coordinating by the department, the performance of duties and responsibilities by the ethnic work department, the cooperation of all departments, and the participation of the whole society, so as to form a good atmosphere for forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation in the whole society, and gather a strong joint force to do a good job in the party's ethnic work in the new era.
For details, see: The Party Group of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China "Strengthening and Improving the Party's Ethnic Work with the Sense of Community of the Chinese Nation as the Main Line".
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