Lead young people to enhance their ambition, backbone and confidence in being Chinese

Source: Guangming Network - Guangming Daily

【Study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

Authors: Feng Pei and Wang Ying (both special researchers of Beijing Xi Jinping Research Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era)

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China: "Chinese youth in the new era should take it as their duty to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, enhance the ambition, backbone and confidence of being Chinese, and live up to the times, Shaohua, and the ardent expectations of the party and the people!" "On the road to achieving the new road of the second centenary goal, it is of great significance to lead Chinese youth in the new era to enhance their ambition, backbone and confidence to be Chinese."

No one is mentally invincible. Ambition, backbone and confidence are not only the concentrated display of a person's feelings, ethics and character traits, but also the intuitive reflection of his ideals, beliefs and value orientation. By enhancing the ambition, backbone, and confidence of being a Chinese, we will be able to maintain the life realm of "building a high wind and rain building in Shenzhou", have the fearless spirit of "daring to teach the sun and the moon for a new day", and have the lofty ambition of "hanging on the clouds and sails to the sea". However, ambition, bone qi, and bottom gas are not naturally possessed, and must be learned by cultivation and tempering. Today's youth have long since moved away from the flames of war and hardships and grown up in an era of relative material abundance. In the new era, young people should continue the red blood, inherit the genes of China's excellent traditional culture, and truly undertake the historical mission of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the face of the great struggle with many new historical characteristics, it is necessary to cultivate young people to stand up to their lofty ambitions, to stand tall and ambitious, to establish their lives with deep backbone, to take the road of catching up with examinations in the new era, and to hand over satisfactory answer sheets to the party and the people that can withstand the test of history.

The first is to pay more attention to gaining inexhaustible strength from the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that ideals guide the direction of life, and faith determines the success or failure of careers. Without ideals and beliefs, it will lead to a spiritual "lack of calcium". The spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists, with the great spirit of party building as the source of their spirit, is not only the condensation of the national spirit in the century-old style, but also the engraving of the spirit of the times in the great cause of the thousands of autumns. This spiritual genealogy is not only a precious spiritual wealth of Chinese communists, but also a spiritual character that every contemporary Chinese youth should carry forward. In the entire school education system, we must follow the law of education and the law of human growth, fully integrate red resources with historical opportunities, let the small classrooms of schools and large classrooms of society connect and interact, and make the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists profoundly affect the ideological system of young people. Through strengthening the integration of the "Great Ideological and Political Science Class" and the construction of the general pattern, we should lead the young people to clearly grasp the grand historical process and precious spiritual wealth of our party that "profoundly changed the direction and process of the development of the Chinese nation after modern times," "profoundly changed the future and destiny of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation," and "profoundly changed the trend and pattern of world development," and then solidified the ambition, backbone, and confidence into faith, transformed into belief, and strengthened into confidence.

The second is to pay more attention to drawing wisdom and nutrition from China's excellent traditional culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that excellent traditional culture is the foundation of the inheritance and development of a country and a nation, and if it is lost, it will cut off the spiritual lifeline. The long-standing excellent traditional Chinese culture contains the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation, cultivates the precious spiritual character of the Chinese people, and provides rich nourishment for the endless development and growth of the Chinese nation. The noble realm of "profiting from the life and death of the country, and avoiding it because of misfortunes and blessings" reflects the Chinese people's ambition to "rise and fall under the heavens, and the pirates have responsibilities"; the fearless spirit of "burying bones and why should the bones be mulberry, life is everywhere and there are green mountains", which embodies the heroic backbone of the heroes who "the hero lives and dies, but it is when he travels in a magnificent journey"; and the life ethics of "the rich and the noble cannot be obscene, the poor cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent", showing the tenacity of the sages who "the jade does not change its whiteness, and the bamboo does not destroy its knots." Traditional Chinese culture is broad and profound, and studying and mastering the essence of its ideas is very beneficial to establishing a correct world outlook, outlook on life, and values. In the entire cultural education system, through the multi-layered progression of knowledge transfer, ability cultivation, and value transmission, with the help of traditional space, media dissemination, peer interaction and other paths, we should create a variety of situations such as happy news, hearing and seeing, and in-depth coverage, so that young people can deeply understand the historical origin, development context and basic trend of China's excellent traditional culture, and realize its creative transformation; and synchronize the unique creation, value concept and distinctive characteristics of China's excellent traditional culture with the times to promote its innovative development. Lead young people to know where we come from in a thick background, to be clear about where we are going, and to fight against erroneous ideological trends such as historical nihilism and cultural hegemonism, to shine the sword with ambition, to raise the might with bone spirit, and to be immune with confidence.

The third is to pay more attention to arming the mind with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the ideological banner of the Communist Party of China in the new era and the action guide for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the entire social education system, we must effectively use various modern educational communication means to vividly create practical situations, so that young people can deeply understand the core essence, spiritual essence, rich connotation, theoretical contribution, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, truly feel the Chinese miracle and world influence formed under the guidance of this thought, and lead young people to effectively enhance their morale, backbone, and confidence, and become firm believers, loyal practitioners, and continuous strivers of new ideas.

Looking back at the stormy 20th century, a large number of new people of the times who stood at that historical juncture, as the young vanguard and revolutionary precursor of the Chinese nation, led the Chinese people to struggle in blood and wrote the most magnificent epic in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. In the ever-changing 21 st century, the newcomers of the times who stand up at this key node in us, as the dreamers and baton bearers of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, must constantly enhance their ambition, backbone, and confidence to be Chinese, cast the soul for adults, take root in growth, consolidate the foundation for becoming talents, continue to struggle for the realization of the second centenary goal, and continue to write a more brilliant chapter in the history of human civilization.

Guangming Daily (October 12, 2021 06 edition)