Gao Ren | the rich connotation of "more active spiritual power"

[The major thesis of "more active spiritual strength" embodies the great achievements of our party in governing the country since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, highlights the unique position of this new historical development orientation in the new era in the process of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, reveals the profound impact of the profound changes in the main contradictions in society on the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and reflects the extensive spiritual strength and new civilization form provided by the development of spiritual civilization at a higher level and at a higher level for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out in his important speech at the meeting to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China that since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, providing a more perfect institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual force for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The major thesis of "more active spiritual strength" embodies the great achievements of our party in governing the country since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, highlights the unique position of this new historical development orientation in the new era in the process of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, reveals the profound impact of the profound changes in the main contradictions of society on the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and reflects the extensive spiritual strength and new civilization forms provided by the development of spiritual civilization at a higher level and at a higher level for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The major thesis of "more active spiritual strength" has both historical depth and theoretical height, as well as the breadth of practice, profound thinking, profound connotation, and deep roots, which are mainly embodied in the following aspects:

The first is scientific theoretical belief. The Chinese nation has a long history of civilization of more than 5,000 years and has made indelible contributions to the progress of human civilization. After the Opium War in 1840, the country was humiliated, the people were embarrassed, and civilization was dusted, and the Chinese nation suffered unprecedented disasters. The great Chinese people did not "stagnate," and after unremitting exploration, they finally found the ideological weapon of Marxism that is most suitable for China's reality and can solve the Chinese problem. Once Marxism was accepted by the Chinese people, it became a sharp weapon for destroying the old world and building a new world, and greatly promoted the spiritual awakening of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation. In integrating with China's specific practice and the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, Marxism has reactivated the great civilization of the Chinese nation, reshaped the spiritual world of the Chinese people, opened up a new form of Chinese ideology and culture, and fundamentally enhanced the ambition, backbone, and confidence of being a Chinese. Just as Comrade Mao Zedong profoundly pointed out in "The Bankruptcy of the Idealistic View of History" on the eve of the birth of New China in 1949: "Since Chinese learned Marxism-Leninism, Chinese has shifted from passive to active in spirit. From this point on, the era in modern world history that looked down on Chinese and chinese culture should come to an end. Over the past hundred years, Marxism has provided a powerful ideological weapon for China's revolution, construction and reform, guided the Chinese Communists to overcome difficulties and bravely forge ahead, and enabled China, an ancient eastern power, to create an unprecedented development miracle in human history. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has guided the cause of the Party and the country to achieve historic achievements and historic changes, and guided China closer and closer to the center of the world stage.

The second is the spiritual genealogy of the Communist Party of China. Great practice breeds great spirit, and great spirit promotes great causes. In the course of one hundred years of extraordinary struggle, generation after generation of Chinese Communists have stubbornly struggled and struggled unremittingly, and a large number of revolutionary martyrs who regard death as their homecoming, a large number of heroic figures who have stubbornly struggled, and a large number of advanced models who have made selfless dedication have emerged, forming a series of great spirits and building up the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists. The spiritual genealogy of the Communist Party of China is a distinctive symbol of the Communist Party of China that distinguishes it from all other political parties, a spiritual code for the Communist Party of China to grow from small to large, from weak to strong, to rise up from setbacks, and to constantly mature in overcoming difficulties; it is the ideological basis for the continuous victory of the great cause led by the Communist Party of China, and it has provided rich nourishment for us to build the party, rejuvenate the party, and strengthen the party. The spiritual genealogy of the Communist Party of China is full of firm faith in Marxism, firm faith in socialism with Chinese characteristics, and firm confidence in realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; it embodies the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, the fundamental stand of centering on the people, and the fundamental goal of realizing the people's yearning for a better life; it shows the style of arduous struggle, sacrifice and dedication, and pioneering spirit, the wind and bone of not being afraid of hardships, daring to struggle, and daring to win, and the style of noble, pure, frank, selfless, and close unity. This is the result of the unique value form formed by our party, which comprehensively demonstrates the great spiritual character forged by our party in the course of a hundred years and erects one spiritual monument after another.

The third is socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. Socialist culture with Chinese characteristics has accumulated the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation, represents the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, and is a powerful spiritual force that inspires the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to forge ahead courageously. This culture originates from the excellent traditional Chinese culture nurtured by the Chinese nation's more than 5,000 years of civilization history, is cast in the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture created by the party leading the people in revolution, construction and reform, and is rooted in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Our party regards socialist culture with Chinese characteristics together with the path, theory and system of socialism with Chinese characteristics as an important part of socialism with Chinese characteristics, emphasizes the need to strengthen cultural self-confidence, and fully embodies a high degree of cultural consciousness and cultural responsibility. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has adhered to the path of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, built a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leading force, used the core socialist values to unite our hearts, promoted the creative transformation and innovative development of China's outstanding traditional culture, promoted the creation of literature and art, created a clean and healthy cyberspace, improved the soft power of national culture, stimulated the vitality of cultural innovation and creation of the whole nation, and deeply promoted the construction of a socialist cultural power.

The fourth is the Chinese spirit. The Chinese spirit is the soul of cohesion and cohesion, the soul of a strong country. The Chinese spirit is concentrated in the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core. Patriotism is the national heart of the Chinese nation, the most important spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation, and a powerful motive force for the Chinese people and the Chinese nation to safeguard national independence and national dignity. Reform and innovation is the innate endowment of the Chinese nation, the source of the Chinese nation's unceasing strength, and the spiritual force that spurs us to advance with the times in the course of reform and opening up. Over the past hundred years, our party has united and led the people of all nationalities throughout the country to carry out the practice of revolution, construction, and reform, which is a great practice of patriotism and has written a brilliant chapter in the patriotic spirit of the Chinese nation. Our party summed up historical experience and, through arduous exploration, found the correct path to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, achieved results that have attracted worldwide attention, and fully demonstrated the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core. In the new era, our party regards the prosperity and strength of the country, the rejuvenation of the nation, and the happiness of the people as an unremitting pursuit, vigorously carries forward the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, strives to tighten the spiritual ties of unity and struggle of the people of all nationalities throughout the country, cultivates the feelings of the family and the country, cultivates the spiritual homeland, guides people to adhere to the Chinese road, carries forward the Chinese spirit, and unites China's strength, so as to inject a strong spiritual motive force into the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Fifth, glorious traditions and fine work styles. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "As a Marxist ruling party, our party must not only have a strong force of truth, but also a strong force of personality. The power of truth is concentrated in the correct theory of our party, and the strength of personality is concentrated in the fine work style of our party. "Our party has united and led the people to achieve great achievements in revolution, construction, and reform, and a very important one is that our party has cultivated and adhered to a set of glorious traditions and fine work styles in its long-term practice. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to inheriting and carrying forward the party's glorious traditions and fine work styles, using the party's glorious traditions and fine work styles to strengthen conviction and gather strength, and extensively carry forward the Marxist study style of linking theory with practice, the consciousness and firmness of implementing the party's mass line have been significantly enhanced, the political, epochal, principled, and combative nature of the political life within the party has been effectively improved, and the political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness of the whole party carrying forward the glorious traditions and excellent work styles have become more firm. With an indomitable posture of struggle and an unswerving mental state, the whole party has bravely competed for the lead and made meritorious contributions in the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country in the new era.

Author: Gao Ren (Vice President of the Institute of Marxism, Fudan University, Researcher of Shanghai Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)

Editor: Yu Ying