A new leap forward in the sinification of Marxism

A new leap forward in the sinification of Marxism

Commentator of Qiushi magazine

　　Thought is strength, advanced thought must reflect each other with extraordinary undertakings, and scientific theories and great practice must promote each other.

　　From November 8 to 11, 2021, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was successfully held, and the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party's Century-old Struggle (hereinafter referred to as the "Resolution") was deliberated and adopted. An important content of the "Resolution" is to further summarize and expound Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era on the basis of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Party, and scientifically point out: "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is contemporary Chinese Marxism, Marxism in the twenty-first century, the essence of the times of Chinese culture and Chinese spirit, and has achieved a new leap in the sinification of Marxism. The concise and concise expression profoundly elucidates the theoretical connotation and great significance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, and marks the important position of this brilliant thought in the process of sinification of Marxism and in the history of the development of Chinese culture and Chinese spirit.

　　"Seeing out is knowing what is coming in, and looking at the past is knowing to coming." Our party is a Marxist ruling party that attaches importance to summing up historical experience and is good at summing up historical experience. At every important historical moment and major historical juncture, our party will consciously review history, sum up experience, and draw wisdom and strength from history to continue to forge ahead. Adopting this form of historical resolution, so as to clearly see why we have been able to succeed in the past and understand how we can continue to succeed in the future, is the glorious tradition and unique advantage of our Party. This year marks the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the world today is experiencing major changes unprecedented in a century, and China is in a critical period of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. At this important historical moment, comprehensively summing up the major achievements and historical experience of the CPC in its century-long struggle is of great significance to unifying the thinking of the whole party, strengthening confidence, and opening up the future, to understanding the laws of history, enhancing historical consciousness, and grasping the initiative in history, and to promoting the whole party to keep firmly in mind its original mission and mission, and to uniting and leading the people of all nationalities throughout the country to win the great victory of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

　　One of the basic lessons in the history of our party's struggle over the past hundred years is to persist in theoretical innovation and constantly promote the sinification of Marxism. A century-old party history is a history of constantly promoting the sinification of Marxism, a history of constantly promoting theoretical innovation and theoretical creation, and a history in which the scientific and truth nature of Marxism has been fully tested, the people's nature and practical nature have been fully implemented, and the openness and epochality have been fully displayed. The fundamental reason why our party has been able to accomplish arduous tasks that other political forces cannot accomplish and has won one victory after another in the contest against various political forces and difficult challenges lies in persistently integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's outstanding traditional culture, constantly promoting theoretical innovation in light of the changing reality, and using the latest achievements in the sinification of Marxism to guide new great practice.

　　During the period of the new-democratic revolution, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative, integrated the basic tenets of Marxism-Leninism with China's specific reality, theoretically summarized a series of original experiences accumulated through arduous exploration and great sacrifice, opened up the correct revolutionary road of encircling the cities in the countryside and seizing political power by force, founded Mao Zedong Thought, and guided China to achieve a great leap from feudal autocracy to people's democracy over thousands of years. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative, put forward a series of important ideas on socialist construction, led the people to realize the most extensive and profound social changes in the history of the Chinese nation, and realized the great leap of the great eastern country with a large number of poor people and a large population to enter socialist society. Mao Zedong Thought is the creative application and development of Marxism-Leninism in China, the correct theoretical principles and empirical summaries of China's revolution and construction that have been proved by practice, and the first historical leap in the sinification of Marxism.

　　In the new period of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Deng Xiaoping as the main representative, profoundly summed up the positive and negative experiences since the founding of New China, and centered on the fundamental issue of what socialism is and how to build socialism, founded Deng Xiaoping Theory, and successfully created socialism with Chinese characteristics. After the Fourth Plenary Session of the Thirteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the main representative, deepened their understanding of what socialism is, how to build socialism, what kind of party to build, and how to build the party, formed the important thinking of "three represents," and successfully pushed socialism with Chinese characteristics into the twenty-first century. After the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Hu Jintao as the main representative, profoundly understood and answered major questions such as what kind of development to achieve and how to develop under the new situation, formed a scientific outlook on development, and successfully upheld and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics under the new situation. In the new period of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, the party has upheld and developed Marxism from the new practice and characteristics of the times, scientifically answered a series of basic questions such as the development path, development stage, fundamental tasks, development motive force, development strategy, political guarantee, motherland reunification, diplomacy and international strategy, leading force, and relying on strength in building socialism with Chinese characteristics, formed a theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and realized a new leap in the sinification of Marxism.

　　Practice never ends, exploration never stops. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese Communists with Comrade Xi Jinping as the main representative have persistently integrated the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture, adhered to Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of "three represents" and the scientific concept of development, profoundly summed up and fully applied the historical experience since the founding of the Party, proceeded from new reality, founded Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, and realized a new leap in the sinification of Marxism.

　　Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has profoundly answered the major issues of the times in the new era. Marx and Engels said: "The real content of all epoch-making systems is formed by the needs of the period in which they were produced. "Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Xi Jinping has made profound thinking and scientific judgment on a series of major theoretical and practical issues related to the development of the cause of the party and the country in the new era, and systematically answered what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the new era, how to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, what kind of socialist modern power to build, how to build a socialist modern power, and what kind of long-term ruling Marxist political party to build. How to build a Marxist political party that has been in power for a long time is a major issue of the times. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era originates from practice and guides practice, is the theoretical crystallization produced from the entire practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, is a scientific guide to promote the continuous development of the cause of the party and the country in the new era, and is a powerful ideological weapon that has been tested by practice and is full of practical power.

　　Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has put forward a series of original new ideas, new ideas and new strategies for governing the country. Many symbolic and leading new viewpoints have been put forward in various fields of Marxist philosophy, political economy, and scientific socialism, which have achieved a new leap in understanding the law of socialist construction with Chinese characteristics, pointed out a new picture of the road of Chinese-style modernization, and opened up a new realm of managing the party and governing the party and rejuvenating the party and strengthening the party. On the basis of the "Eight Clears" in the report of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Resolution uses the "Ten Clears" to further summarize the core content of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era. The "Resolution" also summarizes the achievements of the party and the state in the new era from 13 aspects and in different fields, and focuses on summarizing the original ideas and ideas in it. For example, in terms of adhering to socialism with Chinese characteristics, it is proposed that the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and a scientific judgment has been made on the main contradictions and changes in China's society in the new era, emphasizing the adherence to and improvement of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. For another example, in the aspect of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, the strategic arrangement of comprehensively building a socialist modern power is put forward in two steps, stressing that China's modernization is the modernization of a huge population, the modernization of the common prosperity of all the people, the modernization of material civilization and spiritual civilization, the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and the modernization of taking the road of peaceful development. For example, in the aspect of comprehensively and strictly administering the party, it has been proposed that the key to handling China's affairs well lies in the party, and the key lies in the party's management of the party and the comprehensive and strict management of the party; it emphasizes taking the party's political building as the guide, implementing the political responsibility of managing the party and governing the party, deepening the anti-corruption struggle, and leading the great social revolution with a great self-revolution. These strategic ideas and innovative concepts have deepened their understanding of the law governing the Communist Party, the law of socialist construction, and the law of the development of human society with a new perspective, and are the latest achievements in the sinification of Marxism and the most realistic and vivid Marxism in the current era.

　　Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the essence of the times of Chinese culture and Chinese spirit. Chinese Communists are firm believers and practitioners of Marxism, as well as loyal inheritors and promoters of China's excellent traditional culture. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is deeply rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese culture, deeply absorbs the rich philosophical thoughts, humanistic spirit and moral concepts contained in the profound and profound Chinese excellent traditional culture, and is a model for the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture; it profoundly reflects the dreams and pursuits of the Chinese nation since ancient times, especially the greatest dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in modern times, condensing the great creative spirit and great struggle spirit of the Chinese people. The great spirit of unity and the spirit of great dreams are full of rich Chinese flavor, profound Chinese feelings, and a magnificent national soul, and have a strong historical penetration, cultural appeal and spiritual appeal, which has effectively activated the vitality of China's excellent traditional culture and made Marxism glow with new vitality in the land of China.

　　A mature Marxist political party and the establishment of a strong leadership core always complement and promote each other with the guidance of scientific thought. Marx pointed out that every social epoch needs to have its own big people, and if there is no such figure, it must create them. From the Zunyi Conference in 1935 to the Seventh National Congress of the Party in 1945, it was precisely because of the gradual formation of the party's first generation of central leading collectives with Comrade Mao Zedong as the core that the party was able to better sum up historical experience and conduct theoretical thinking from the overall situation and strategic height. Mao Zedong Thought has continued to develop and mature, guiding the Chinese revolutionary ship to ride the wind and waves and sail triumphantly to the other side of the glorious shore, so that the central leading collective with Comrade Mao Zedong as the core will gradually win high prestige among the whole party and the people of the whole country.

　　Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has led the great struggle with many new historical characteristics, with the extraordinary theoretical courage, outstanding political wisdom and strong mission of Marxist politicians, thinkers and strategists, in response to the changes of the times, the tide of the times, and the precursor of the times, put forward a series of original new ideas, new ideas and new strategies for governing the country, and played a decisive role and made decisive contributions to the establishment of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era. General Secretary Xi Jinping is the main founder of this idea. The reason why the cause of the party and the country has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes lies in the fact that the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core is at the helm and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era guides the course. The party's establishment of Comrade Xi Jinping's core position as the core of the Party Central Committee and the core of the whole Party, and the establishment of the guiding position of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, reflect the common aspirations of the whole Party, the whole army, and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, are of decisive significance to the development of the cause of the Party and the country in the new era, and to the historical process of promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and are the call of the times, the choice of history, and the aspiration of the people. Writing the "two establishments" into the "Resolution" is a solemn historical conclusion drawn from profoundly summing up the party's century-old history of struggle and profoundly summing up the great practice since the Eighteenth National Congress of the party.

　　Summarizing history is to better create the future. The Communist Party of China is determined to achieve the great cause of the Chinese nation in the past few years, and the century is just the right time. In the past hundred years, our party has handed over excellent answers to the people and history, achieved the goal of the first centenary struggle, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process. Today, we have embarked on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and embarked on a new road to achieve the goal of the second centenary struggle. On the new journey, the risk tests will only become more and more complex, and even encounter unimaginable waves. Taking history as a mirror, creating the future, and taking a new road of catching up with the examination requires the strength of thought and the guidance of theory.

　　History has repeatedly proved that only a political party with scientific theories possesses the power of truth, and only a cause guided by scientific theories can have a bright future. Fundamentally, why the Communist Party of China can and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good is because Marxism works. On the new journey, we must fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, observe the times, grasp the times, and lead the times with Marxist positions, viewpoints, and methods, and constantly deepen our understanding of the law of the Communist Party's ruling power, the law of socialist construction, and the law of the development of human society; we must unremittingly use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to arm our minds, guide practice, and promote work; persist in the integration of learning and thinking, the unity of knowledge and faith, and the persistence of comprehensive systematics, timely follow-up studies, and in-depth thinking. In connection with practical studies, profoundly understand its core essence, spiritual essence, rich connotation, and practical requirements, profoundly understand its epochal significance, theoretical significance, practical significance, world significance, and historical significance, so that we know its words better, know its meaning better, know its nature and know why it is so; constantly enhance the "four consciousnesses," strengthen the "four self-confidences," achieve "two safeguards," keep firmly in mind the "great power of the country," continuously improve political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, and enhance the political consciousness of loyalty to the core, support for the core, and safeguard the core. Always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core in terms of political stance, political direction, political principles and political road; according to the changes of the times and the development of practice, constantly deepen understanding, constantly sum up experience, constantly promote theoretical innovation on the basis of practice, adhere to the dialectical unity of theoretical guidance and practical exploration, realize the benign interaction between theoretical innovation and practical innovation, and let contemporary Chinese Marxism radiate a more brilliant light of truth.

　　Engels said: "As soon as our materialist thesis is further developed and applied to the present epoch, a powerful revolutionary vision, the most powerful of all epochs, will immediately unfold before us." "With a high degree of consciousness and self-confidence, xi jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era to raise the flag, unify thinking, and gather strength, the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people who have won great victories and glory in the past hundred years will certainly win even greater victories and glory!"

Source: Qiushi 2021/22

Author: Commentator of Qiushi magazine