General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on propaganda, ideological and cultural work, emphasizing that propaganda, ideological and cultural work is an extremely important task related to the future and destiny of the party, the long-term peace and stability of the country, and the cohesion and centripetal force of the nation. At a new historical starting point, it is our new cultural mission in the new era to further promote the prosperity of national culture, build a cultural power, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. As an important force in philosophy and social sciences, colleges and universities should adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Cultural Thought, fully carry forward the excellent style of study of integrating theory with practice, give full play to the advantages of disciplines, academics, and discourse, strengthen the research and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and work systematization, learning, physics and chemistry, and deeply study the background of the times, scientific system, spiritual essence, practical requirements, and original contributions of the party's innovative theory. Explain thoroughly, use easy-to-understand language, explain the principles and philosophies in them convincingly, earnestly explain the fresh ideas vividly, thoroughly explain the theories, and vigorously promote the party's innovative theories to penetrate deeply into the hearts of the people.
Study, study and interpret Xi Jinping's cultural thought
Fully understand the powerful power of Xi Jinping's cultural thought, and undertake the new mission of studying, publicizing, researching and interpreting Xi Jinping's cultural thought. Xi Jinping Cultural Thought connects the essence of Marxist thought with the essence of China's excellent traditional culture, which is a major achievement of the "two combinations", a theoretical summary of the practical experience of the party's leadership in cultural construction in the new era, marking that our party's understanding of the law of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics has reached a new height, and a new chapter in the development of Marxist cultural theory has been written. Xi Jinping's cultural thought not only has innovations and breakthroughs in cultural theory, but also has the deployment requirements of cultural work layout.
Propaganda, ideological and cultural work is not only a spiritual bridge that unites people's hearts, but also an important guarantee to support the high-quality development of colleges and universities. It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's cultural thought, deeply grasp the great significance, rich connotation and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's cultural thought, work systematic research, academic and physical interpretation, and academic expression, and systematically grasp the innovation of this thought in cultural theory. Adhere to the integration of learning, thinking and application, the unity of knowledge, belief and action, work true learning, true understanding, true belief and real application, and work deepening internalization and transformation, consciously guide the practice of propaganda, ideological and cultural work in colleges and universities with Xi Jinping Cultural Thought, realize the benign interaction between theoretical innovation and practical innovation, and strive to build a multi-angle, all-round and three-dimensional pattern of propaganda, ideological and cultural work in colleges and universities, and constantly create a new situation in the propaganda, ideological and cultural work of colleges and universities in the new era.
Cultivating new people of the era who will take on the great task of national rejuvenation
Pay attention to educating people with culture and culture, and take on the new mission of cultivating new people in the era of national rejuvenation. The essence of culture is to carry the Tao with literature and culture people. The "transformation of people" in culture is similar to the "education" of colleges and universities. Cultural education is an important path to strengthen the ideological and political work of colleges and universities in the new era, and it is an inherent requirement to implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and cultivating new people in the era of national rejuvenation.
In February 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the 13th collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: "The broad and profound excellent traditional Chinese culture is the foundation for us to stand firm in the turmoil of world culture. "Only by not forgetting the original can we open up the future, and only by being good at inheritance can we innovate better." With regard to history and culture, especially the values and moral norms passed down by our ancestors, we must persist in using the past for the present, bring forth the new through the old, treat them with discrimination, inherit them with respect and discard, and strive to use all the spiritual wealth created by the Chinese nation to educate people with culture and culture. ”
Colleges and universities should always adhere to the party's innovative theories to cast the soul and educate people, integrate the excellent traditional Chinese culture, red culture and socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in an all-round and in-depth manner, and make overall plans to promote the construction of spiritual civilization, the creation of civilized campuses, and the construction of scholarly campuses, and give full play to the function of cultural education. Young students are the main force of colleges and universities, and only when young people have ideals, dare to take responsibility, can endure hardships, and are willing to struggle, can China have strength, and the development of the cause of the party and the country can be full of hope. Colleges and universities should focus on strengthening political guidance and education on ideals and beliefs for the vast number of young people, guide young students to establish the lofty ideals of communism, strengthen the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, strengthen the political belief of listening to the party and following the party, and establish correct life goals in the historical trend of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, so as to lay the cornerstone for a lifetime of struggle. Colleges and universities should strive to train socialist builders and successors, and continuously provide the party with healthy and energetic fresh blood. In addition, it is also necessary to do a good job in theme education for the vast number of League members and young people, guide League members and young people to conscientiously study and comprehend Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, strive to master the world view and methodology of this scientific thought, be good at using the positions, viewpoints and methods that run through it to analyze problems, and improve their comprehension of the party's basic theory, basic line, and basic strategy.
Enhance exchanges and mutual learning among global civilizations
Adhere to the position of Chinese culture, and undertake the new mission of integrating Chinese and foreign cultures and enhancing exchanges and mutual learning among global civilizations. Adhering to the position of Chinese culture is the basic premise for promoting cultural self-confidence and self-reliance, which is related to the development of modern civilization of the Chinese nation and the cultural roots of Chinese modernization. "Integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture" is the only way to open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics on the basis of more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the Symposium on Cultural Inheritance and Development in June 2023 profoundly revealed the scientific connotation and great significance of "combining the basic tenets of Marxism with the excellent traditional Chinese culture". General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The 'second combination' is another emancipation of the mind, which allows us to make full use of the precious resources of China's excellent traditional culture in a broader cultural space and explore future-oriented theoretical and institutional innovations." ”
Colleges and universities should adhere to the position of Chinese culture, adhere to the "two combinations", base themselves on the great historical practice and contemporary practice of the Chinese nation, make full use of the resource advantages of professional platforms, technical support, scientific research teams, etc., deeply excavate and interpret the excellent traditional Chinese culture, study and excavate the excellent genes and values of the times of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and prosper and develop the advanced socialist culture. Construct and apply the expression system of Chinese cultural characteristics, the spirit of the Chinese nation, and the image of the Chinese nation, strengthen the academic exploration and academic research of Chinese culture, refine and display the spiritual identity and cultural essence of Chinese civilization, consciously better integrate the basic principles of Marxism with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
"Chinese Zheng Yu" cloud: "And the real creature, the same is not continued." It is called the sum of it, so it can be abundant and the thing returns. "Civilizations are colorful because of their differences, and rich because of mutual learning. Colleges and universities should consciously promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture from the perspective of mutual learning between civilizations and cultural co-prosperity, gain new impetus for development in multicultural interaction, and make "Chinese characteristics" further "cosmopolitan". It is necessary to continue to enhance the ability to refine symbolic concepts, create new concepts, new categories and new expressions that are easy for the international community to understand and accept, build a bridge for exchanges and mutual learning between the modern civilization of the Chinese nation and world civilizations, build an effective and promising platform and position for international cultural exchanges and cooperation, and make new contributions to promoting exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.
Accelerate the construction of a strong socialist education country with Chinese characteristics
Construct an independent knowledge system, and undertake the new mission of accelerating the construction of a strong socialist education country with Chinese characteristics. In April 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection tour of Chinese University: "Accelerating the construction of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics is, in the final analysis, the construction of China's independent knowledge system." It is necessary to take China as a mirror and the times as a mirror, base ourselves on China's reality, solve China's problems, constantly promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, and constantly promote knowledge, theory, and method innovation, so that philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics can truly stand tall among the world's academic forests. The construction of China's independent knowledge system is not only a re-exploration of the disciplinary mission, development responsibility and problem awareness carried by the philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics in a new historical stage, but also an inevitable requirement for the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics to a new stage, to condense and summarize, deepen the interpretation and solve new development problems of China's development experience.
Cultural subjectivity is the source of power of the independent knowledge system, the independent knowledge system is the logical expression of cultural subjectivity, and the independent knowledge system and cultural subjectivity complement each other, and the two are organically unified in the process of building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Therefore, the construction of China's independent knowledge system is not only the essence of enhancing the country's cultural soft power and the influence of Chinese culture, but also an inevitable requirement to fully demonstrate Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese style. It is necessary to give full play to the leading role of higher education, deepen the construction of "double first-class", strengthen the construction of basic disciplines, emerging disciplines and interdisciplinary disciplines, optimize and adjust the structure of disciplines and majors, explore the construction of a multi-party collaborative, scientific and complete training system, and promote the construction of an education evaluation system with the participation of multiple subjects and in line with China's reality.
Defend the ideological position and undertake the new mission of building a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leadership. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "Western hostile forces have always regarded the development and growth of the mainland as a threat to Western values and institutional models, and have not stopped ideological infiltration of the mainland for a moment. "It is necessary to fully understand the complexity and long-term nature of the current ideological struggle in colleges and universities, earnestly enhance the awareness of the position, strengthen the construction of the position, and firmly grasp the leadership, management, and discourse power of ideological work. Comprehensively implement the responsibility system for ideological work, persist in the Party's management of propaganda, ideology, and the media, and strengthen the construction and management of ideological positions. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed that the Internet has increasingly become the main front, the main battlefield, and the forefront of the ideological struggle, and that "if you can't pass the Internet, you won't be able to stay in power for a long time." In the context of media integration, it is necessary to improve the ability to use online platforms, deepen the understanding of the regularity of the operation mechanism of online ideological communication, keep up with the pace of development of new Internet technologies and applications, attach importance to the development and utilization of new technologies in the whole process and links of public opinion discovery, analysis and judgment, response and disposal, evaluation and feedback, and continuously improve the level of ideological management.
In the new era and new journey, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical period, strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and the propaganda, ideological and cultural work of colleges and universities is facing a new situation and tasks, and there must be a new atmosphere and new achievements. At the new historical starting point, we should uphold the principles of cultural self-confidence, openness and inclusiveness, integrity and innovation, take China as the mirror and the times as the mirror, base ourselves on China's reality, respond to the problems of the times, summarize China's experience with Chinese principles, upgrade China's experience to Chinese theory, and provide knowledge increment and ideological contribution to human civilization with original theoretical achievements. We will continue to promote knowledge, theory, and method innovation, and further promote the construction of the discipline system, academic system, and discourse system of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, so as to provide theoretical and intellectual support for accelerating the construction of an educational power.
(The author is a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Director of the Propaganda Department of Nanjing Normal University)
Source: "China Social Science Daily" April 8, 2024 Issue 2867 Author: Song Zhe