Today, the ninth collective study of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee is held, and the content is to forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. The purpose of arranging this collective study is to summarize the major achievements of ethnic work since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially since the new era, analyze the new situation and new challenges faced by the current ethnic work, and study the issues of further forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation and promoting the high-quality development of the party's ethnic work in the new era.
Since ancient times, the people of all ethnic groups on the mainland have jointly created a dazzling Chinese civilization and forged a great Chinese nation. Since its founding, our party has attached great importance to ethnic issues and work, and has correctly handled ethnic relations. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Party established ethnic theories and policies on ethnic work with ethnic equality, ethnic unity, regional ethnic autonomy, and common prosperity of all ethnic groups as the main contents, and all ethnic groups have achieved equality, unity, and progress in the true sense of the word under the socialist system. In the new period of reform and opening up, our party has adhered to the principle of common struggle and common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups, adopted a series of major measures to support the economic and social development of minority areas, and achieved remarkable achievements. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has emphasized the concepts of the big family of the Chinese nation, the community of the Chinese nation, the sense of community of the Chinese nation, and the promotion of the construction of the community of the Chinese nation. As the main line of work in minority areas, it has further expanded the correct path of resolving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, formed the party's important thinking on strengthening and improving ethnic work, opened up a new realm of Sinicization and modernization of Marxist ethnic theory, and made new historic achievements in the party's ethnic work.
From August 27 to 28, 2021, the Central Ethnic Work Conference was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Pang Xinglei
To forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is to guide the people of all ethnic groups to firmly establish the community concept of sharing weal and woe, weal and woe, life and death, and destiny. Taking the sense of community of the Chinese nation as the main line of the party's ethnic work and all the 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 summarizing 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. This important concept has enriched and developed the Marxist theory of nationalities, consolidated and expanded the correct path for resolving the nationality issue with Chinese characteristics, and pointed out the direction of the party's nationality work.
Since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the people of all ethnic groups across the country have embarked on a new journey of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization, and the party's ethnic work is facing new situations and tasks. To build a great modern socialist country in an all-round way, no nation should be left behind. We must vigorously promote the common struggle of all nationalities and gather majestic forces for the building of a strong country and national rejuvenation; we must comprehensively realize the common prosperity and development of all nationalities, so that the people of all nationalities can share the great glory of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation. It is necessary to fully implement the arrangements of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, accurately grasp the characteristics of the new stage of the party's ethnic work, consolidate the good situation, solve the contradictions and problems existing in practical work, continuously strengthen and improve the party's ethnic work, and solidly promote the cause of national unity and progress.
First, based on the long history of the Chinese nation, strengthen the construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese national community. Theory is the cornerstone of ideology. The more in-depth the theoretical research, the stronger and more powerful the support for ideology. 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 Chinese nation has its own unique history, and in analyzing the history of the Chinese nation, we cannot apply the Western set of ethnic theories. To build a theoretical system of community for the Chinese nation, we must base ourselves on the long history of the Chinese nation, integrate Marxist ethnic theory with China's specific reality and with 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.
It is necessary to always adhere to the correct path of resolving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, and use the party's important thinking on strengthening and improving ethnic work to guide and guide the construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese national community. It is necessary to optimize the discipline setting, strengthen the construction of disciplines, set the direction of research, deepen the research on major basic issues of the Chinese national community, strive to solve the problems in the study of ethnology in the mainland that are influenced by the Western ethnic theoretical thought and discourse system, and accelerate the formation of China's independent historical material system, discourse system and theoretical system of the Chinese national community. We will continue to promote the compilation of the general history of the Chinese nation and the history of exchanges, exchanges and integration of the Chinese nation, compile and make good use of teaching materials such as "Introduction to the Community of the Chinese Nation", and do a good job in the excavation, collation, and utilization of cultural relics and ancient books. Pay attention to stimulating the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of experts and scholars, strengthen the training of young experts and scholars, set a good direction, build a platform for them, create opportunities, encourage them to devote themselves to research, accumulate steadily, and launch original theoretical achievements based on Chinese history, interpretation of Chinese practice, and answers to Chinese questions.
Second, we should focus on building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation and continue to build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation. Shortly after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, I put forward the important proposition of building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. In June this year, I made a preliminary elaboration on this at the symposium on cultural inheritance and development. Building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is a heroic feat of a country like ours with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, and it is the proper meaning of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. 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, deeply understand and grasp the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization, and constantly build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point, so as to lay a solid spiritual and cultural foundation for forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation.
The construction of a spiritual home must be done over a long period of time. It is necessary to strengthen education on the party's theory, line, principles, and policies for the masses of all ethnic groups, strengthen propaganda and education on the history of the party, the history of new China, the history of reform and opening up, the history of socialist development, and the history of the development of the Chinese nation, and use common ideals and beliefs to forge the soul and deeply cultivate and practice the core socialist values. We will carry out the red gene inheritance project in depth, vigorously carry forward the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, continuously enhance the sense of identity and pride in the Chinese nation, and inspire the spirit of the people of all ethnic groups to forge ahead on a new journey and make contributions in the new era. Implement the project of inheritance and development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, study and excavate the excellent genes and values of traditional Chinese culture, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, prosper and develop advanced socialist culture, build and use the expression system of Chinese cultural characteristics, the spirit of the Chinese nation and the image of China, and continuously enhance the Chinese cultural identity of the people of all ethnic groups. Comprehensively promote the popularization of the national standard language, comprehensively promote the use of national unified textbooks, and promote the communication of hearts and destiny through language communication.
From December 14 to 15, 2023, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Guangxi. On the morning of the 14th, when Xi Jinping inspected Panlong Community, Liangqing District, Nanning City, he had cordial exchanges with the people of all ethnic groups in the community. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Yan/
Third, we should promote extensive exchanges, exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups, and promote Chinese-style modernization through the great unity of the Chinese nation. Exchanges, exchanges and blending are the only way to enhance national unity, forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, and promote the building of a community of the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation has been forged through exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will also be realized through exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups. The great unity of the Chinese nation is the premise and foundation for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, and the process of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation is bound to be a process of extensive exchanges, exchanges and blending of all ethnic groups, and a process of common unity and struggle and common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups.
We must hold high the banner of the great unity of the Chinese nation and regard the promotion of the common struggle of all ethnic groups for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country as an important task of the party's national work in the new journey. It is necessary to promote the flow and integration of the population of all ethnic groups, build an inter-embedded social structure and community environment, create social conditions for people of all ethnic groups to live and study together, build and share together, and work and enjoy together, and continue to deepen the work of building ethnic unity and progress. Improving people's livelihood and uniting people's hearts and minds should be the starting point and end point of economic and social development in ethnic minority areas, promote the integration of ethnic minority areas into the new development pattern, achieve high-quality development, continuously improve the capacity and level of public service guarantees, and promote the equitable benefits of development results for people of all ethnic groups. Adhere to and improve the system of regional ethnic autonomy, improve the system of ethnic policies and laws and regulations, and promote the modernization of the governance system and governance capacity of ethnic affairs.
Fourth, tell the story of the Chinese nation well and vigorously promote the sense of community of the Chinese nation. 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. We must strengthen the "four self-confidences", actively strengthen propaganda and guidance, vigorously publicize the history of the Chinese nation, vigorously publicize the theory of the community of the Chinese nation, vigorously publicize the historic achievements of the party's ethnic work in the new era, and vigorously publicize 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 propaganda related to ethnic groups, enrich the content of communication, broaden the 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 on the mainland, make it clear that the Chinese nation is a community with a shared future with strong identity and cohesion, and clearly explain the obvious superiority of the correct path of resolving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics. Adhere to the combination of "please come in" and "go out", and actively promote exchanges and interactions between Chinese and foreign academic circles and non-governmental organizations.
It is the common task of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and promote the high-quality development of the Party's ethnic work in the new era. Party committees and governments at all levels should adhere to the correct path of resolving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, conscientiously implement the party's principles and policies on ethnic work, and promptly study and resolve major problems related to ethnic work in their own localities and units. Leading cadres at all levels should thoroughly study and implement the party's important thinking on strengthening and improving ethnic work, enhance their ability to do ethnic work well, and make due contributions to advancing the cause of national unity and progress.
(This is the main part of General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the ninth collective study session of the 20th Politburo of the 20th CPC Central Committee on October 27, 2023.) )
Source: Research on the Community of the Chinese Nation