Cultural thought is a theoretical summary of the practical experience of the party's leadership in cultural construction in the new era, an enrichment and development of Marxist cultural theory, and a cultural chapter of socialist thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era. We must effectively integrate the essence of Marxist ideology with the essence of China's fine traditional culture, fuse it into new theoretical advantages, and constantly climb new ideological peaks. **The general secretary pointed out that we must adhere to Marxism, the foundation of building the party and the country, and rejuvenating the party and the country, insist on developing Marxism in the fertile soil of the history and culture of the country and the nation, strengthen historical and cultural self-confidence, insist on using the past for the present, bringing forth the new, and comprehensively excavate the treasure house of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years under the guidance of Marxism, and use Marxism to activate the excellent factors full of vitality in the excellent traditional Chinese culture and give it a new connotation of the times. The great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation should be injected into Marxism at a deeper level.
Continuously promote the Sinicization of Marxism and the modernization of Marxism
We must unswervingly uphold Marxism, which is the foundation for building the party and the country and rejuvenating the party and the country. In the history of human thought, in terms of scientificity, truthfulness, influence, and dissemination, no ideological theory can reach the height of Marxism, and no theory can have such a tremendous impact on the world as Marxism. This embodies the tremendous truth power and strong vitality of Marxism, and shows that Marxism still plays an irreplaceable role in mankind's understanding of the world, transforming the world, and promoting social progress.
The October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China and pointed out the way forward and provided a new choice for the Chinese people who were struggling to find a way out to save their lives and survive. **The general secretary pointed out that Marxism has not only profoundly changed the world, but also profoundly changed China. Practice has proved that the fate of Marxism has long been closely linked with the fate of the Communist Party of China, the fate of the Chinese people, and the fate of the Chinese nation; its scientific nature and truth have been fully tested in China, its popular nature and practical nature have been fully implemented in China, and its openness and the nature of the times have been fully demonstrated in China. Practice has also proved that Marxism has provided powerful ideas for China's revolution, construction, and reform, and has enabled China, an ancient eastern power, to create an unprecedented development miracle in human history. It is completely correct for history and the people to choose Marxism, it is completely correct for the Communist Party of China to write Marxism on its banner, and it is completely correct to persist in integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific realities and with China's excellent traditional culture, and to continuously promote the Sinicization of Marxism and the modernization of Marxism.
Marxism has pointed out the direction for the development and progress of human society, and is a powerful ideology for us to understand the world, grasp the laws, pursue the truth, and transform the world. In the history of human thought, no ideological theory has had such a broad and profound impact on mankind as Marxism. Therefore, Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for building the party and the country, and is the soul and banner of the party. At the same time, we must realize that Marxist theory is not a dogma, but a guide to action, which must be developed along with the changes in practice. The key to whether or not Marxism can play a role in practice lies in whether or not we can integrate the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and China's fine traditional culture. The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics is first and foremost socialism, which comes from Marxism; At the same time, the simple socialist elements of Chinese culture also provided the cultural basis for China's acceptance of Marxism. Only by being compatible with each other can they be organically combined, and Marxism and the excellent traditional Chinese culture are highly compatible with each other. For example, the social pursuit of the world for the common good, stressing faith and cultivating harmony is in line with the ideals and beliefs of communism and socialism, the governance ideology of the people is the foundation of the country and the government is based on morality and the political concept of putting the people first, and the responsibility of reform and self-improvement is in line with the revolutionary spirit of the communists. Marxism grasps the essence of human beings from the perspective of social relations, and Chinese culture also places human beings in the world of the family and the country, and opposes treating people as isolated individuals.
The Communist Party of China is not only a firm believer and practitioner of Marxism, but also a faithful inheritor and promoter of China's excellent traditional culture. Looking back at the party's history of struggle over the past 100 years, the fundamental reason why our party has been able to make major achievements in various historical periods of revolution, construction, and reform, and to lead the people to accomplish arduous tasks that are impossible for other political forces in China is that it has mastered the scientific theory of Marxism and has continuously promoted theoretical innovation in the light of new realities, thus enabling the party to grasp a powerful force of truth. The reason why the Communist Party of China is able and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good is, in the final analysis, the practice of Marxism and the practice of Marxism in the Chinese era. It is necessary to unremittingly use the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era to forge the soul, widely practice the core values of socialism, consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, and further strengthen the mainstream values, mainstream and mainstream culture in the convergence and integration of various cultures.
Deeply grasp the law of the development of Chinese civilization
We must persist in developing Marxism in the fertile soil of history and culture rooted in the country and our own nation, and strengthen our historical and cultural self-confidence. The Chinese civilization has a long history and is broad and profound, which is the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, the foundation of contemporary Chinese culture, the spiritual bond that maintains the Chinese people all over the world, and the treasure of Chinese cultural innovation. In the long course of history, the Chinese nation has traversed a development process that is different from that of other civilizations in the world with the determination and will to strive for self-improvement.
Cultural self-confidence is a more basic, broader and deeper self-confidence. The excellent traditional Chinese culture nurtured in the development of civilization for more than 5,000 years, the revolutionary culture and the advanced socialist culture nurtured in the great struggle of the party and the people, have accumulated the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation and represent the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation. Strengthening cultural self-confidence is inseparable from the recognition and application of the history of the Chinese nation. History is a mirror, from which we can better see the world, understand life, and understand ourselves; History is also a wise man, and by having a dialogue with history, we can better understand the past, grasp the present, and face the future.
After Marxism was introduced into China, the idea of scientific socialism was warmly welcomed by the Chinese people, and it eventually took root in the land of China and blossomed and bore fruit.
Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace, and it is the only way to open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics on the profound foundation of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years, and to integrate the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and China's excellent traditional culture. This is the understanding of the regularity that we have drawn in the course of exploring the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The fundamental reason why the party has been able to lead the people to accomplish the arduous tasks that are impossible for other political forces in China in the course of repeated explorations, setbacks, and explorations is that it has persistently integrated the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific realities and with China's excellent traditional culture, insisted that practice is the only criterion for testing truth, persisted in proceeding from reality in everything, answered the questions of the times and the people in a timely manner, and constantly promoted the Sinicization and modernization of Marxism.
The second combination is our party's profound summary of the historical experience of the Sinicization of Marxism and the era, and a profound grasp of the law of the development of Chinese civilization, indicating that our party's understanding of China's road, theory, and system has reached a new height, indicating that our party's historical and cultural self-confidence has reached a new height, and indicating that our party's consciousness of promoting cultural innovation in inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture has reached a new height.
Promote theoretical innovation on the basis of practice
We must persist in using the past for the present and bringing forth the new, comprehensively excavate the treasure house of China's civilization of more than 5,000 years under the guidance of Marxism, use Marxism to activate the excellent factors full of vitality in China's excellent traditional culture and endow it with a new connotation of the times, and inject the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level. The "integration" of the basic tenets of Marxism with the fine traditional Chinese culture is a profound "chemical reaction" that has created an organic and unified new cultural life. On the one hand, Marxism has brought advanced ideology and theory to China, activated the genes of Chinese civilization with the light of truth, led China into the modern world, and promoted the renewal of life and modern transformation of Chinese civilization. From people-oriented to democracy, from Kyushu coherence to the community of the Chinese nation, from the coexistence of all things to the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, from enriching the people to common prosperity, Chinese civilization has opened up a new face, realized the leap from tradition to modernity, and developed the modern form of Chinese civilization. On the other hand, the excellent traditional Chinese culture has enriched the cultural life of Marxism, promoted Marxism to continuously achieve a new leap in the Chinese era, and showed an increasingly distinctive Chinese style and style, and the Chinese Marxism has become the essence of the Chinese culture and Chinese spirit. The "second combination" makes Marxism Chinese and the excellent traditional Chinese culture modern, and the new culture formed through the "combination" becomes the cultural form of Chinese-style modernization.
For cultural construction, integrity can not lose oneself and direction, and innovation can grasp the times and lead the times. Upholding integrity means guarding the fundamental system of Marxism's guiding position in the ideological field, the fundamental requirement of "two combinations," and the cultural leadership of the Communist Party of China and the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation. Under the guidance of Marxism, we must truly use the past for the present and the foreign for China, make dialectical trade-offs, and bring forth the new, so as to realize the organic connection between tradition and modernity.
The era is the mother of thought, and practice is the source of theory. All epoch-making theories are products that meet the needs of the times. The theories used to observe, grasp, and lead the times must reflect the voice of the times, and must never be divorced from the practice of the times, and must constantly sum up practical experience and condense it into the ideological essence of the times. The leap in theory is not reflected in the novelty of words and sentences, nor in the self-consistency and self-proof of logic, but in the final analysis, it should be reflected in answering practical questions and leading the development of practice. Marxism is a theory of practice. In his Theses on Feuerbach, Marx stated: "All social life is essentially practical. Everything that leads theory to mysticism can be reasonably resolved in practice and in the understanding of this practice. "Our promotion of theoretical innovation is a theoretical innovation on the basis of practice, not a utopian dream sitting in an ivory tower, and we must persist in discovering and developing the truth in practice, and use practice to realize and test the truth. Practice has proved that Chinese-style modernization is the only correct path for building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.
Chinese modernization requires not only great material wealth, but also great spiritual wealth, and self-confidence and self-improvement in ideology and culture. It is necessary to persist in grasping things with both hands and being firm with both hands, promote the coordination and mutual promotion of material civilization and spiritual civilization, and let all the people always have the ideological foundation of unity and struggle, the initiative spirit of pioneering and enterprising, and the healthy and progressive value pursuit. It is necessary to meet the people's growing spiritual and cultural needs, build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leading force, strengthen education on ideals and beliefs and propaganda and education in the "four histories," cultivate and carry forward the core socialist values, develop advanced socialist culture, and introduce more outstanding literary and artistic works, so as to constantly enrich the people's spiritual world, raise the level of civilization of the whole society, and promote the all-round development of the people.
We should base ourselves on China, face modernization, the world, and the future, consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, develop advanced socialist culture, strengthen the building of socialist spiritual civilization, integrate the core socialist values into all aspects of social development, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, and constantly improve the people's ideological consciousness, moral level, and civilization quality, and constantly create new glories of Chinese culture.
**The general secretary pointed out that the major proposition of Sinicizing Marxism and modernizing it itself determines that we must not abandon the soul of Marxism and the root of China's excellent traditional culture. Stressing that upholding the soul and root of the party's theory does not mean being closed, rigid, and conservative. Marxism does not exclude all truths, no matter when they come from or from them, as long as they are truthful understandings, they can be used as nutrients for enriching and developing themselves. We should broaden our theoretical horizons, study and draw on all the outstanding achievements of civilization in human society with an open mind that embraces all rivers, and draw on excellent ideological and cultural resources from the "sum total of human knowledge" to innovate and develop the party's theories, so as to form a general theoretical pattern and atmosphere that is inclusive and draws on the strengths of others.