The century-old development process and valuable experience of the sinification of Marxism

Source: People's Daily - People's Daily

In his important speech at the conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Why the Communist Party of China can, why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good, in the final analysis, is because of Marxism", emphasizing that "taking history as a mirror and creating the future, we must continue to promote the sinification of Marxism". The history of the party's struggle is the history of constantly promoting the sinification of Marxism, that is, the history of theoretical exploration of constantly promoting theoretical innovation and theoretical creation, and the brilliant achievements created by the party leading the people are inseparable from the arduous exploration of the centenary development of Marxism and the series of major achievements. On the new journey, to continuously win new great victories in socialism with Chinese characteristics, we must conscientiously sort out and sum up the century-old development process and valuable experience of the sinification of Marxism, and continue to push forward the sinification of Marxism.

The centenary development of Marxism in China

Looking back at the party's century-old history, the development process of the sinification of Marxism has always centered on the theme of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the various historical periods of revolution, construction, and reform, our party has made arduous explorations into the application of Marxism in China, constantly promoted the integration of the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality, and with China's excellent traditional culture, and continuously achieved new and major results in promoting the sinification of Marxism.

In 1938, Comrade Mao Zedong put forward the major proposition of "sinicizing Marxism" for the first time at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In the course of the extremely arduous revolutionary struggle, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative, carried out the "first integration" of the basic tenets of Marxism with the concrete reality of China, that is, to integrate the basic tenets of Marxism with the concrete reality of the Chinese revolutionary struggle, to proceed from the historical and social conditions of China, to study in depth the characteristics and laws of the Chinese revolution, and to form the leadership of the proletariat, the alliance of workers and peasants, the masses of the people, and the opposition to imperialism. The new-democratic revolutionary theory of feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism opened the way for the countryside to encircle the cities and seize power by force, and founded Mao Zedong Thought. Under the guidance of Mao Zedong Thought, our party united and led the people in a bloody struggle and perseverance, opposed armed counter-revolution with armed revolution, overthrew the "three mountains," established the People's Republic of China in which the people are the masters of their own affairs, realized national independence and people's liberation, and created fundamental social conditions for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

After the founding of New China, our party adhered to and developed Mao Zedong Thought, creatively opened up a road of socialist transformation suited to China's characteristics, and theoretically and practically solved the arduous task of establishing a socialist system in a large country like China, which accounts for nearly 1/4 of the world's population and is economically and culturally backward. In the course of comprehensive and large-scale socialist construction, Comrade Mao Zedong proposed to "integrate" the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality, and came up with a series of important understandings on socialist construction. Under the guidance of Mao Zedong Thought, our party has united and led the people to rely on themselves and strive to become stronger, eliminate the feudal system of exploitation and oppression that has lasted for thousands of years in China, establish the basic socialist system, promote socialist construction, defeat the subversion and sabotage and armed provocation of imperialism and hegemonism, realize the most extensive and profound social changes in the history of the Chinese nation, and realize the great leap of the great eastern country with a large number of poor and white people into socialist society. It has laid the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, our party persisted in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, integrated the basic tenets of Marxism with the specific reality of China's reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, continuously deepened its understanding of "what is socialism, how to build socialism," "what kind of party to build, how to build the party," "what kind of development to achieve, how to develop," and the courage to promote theoretical, practical, institutional, cultural, and other innovations. Deng Xiaoping Theory was founded and the important thinking of "three represents" and the scientific outlook on development were formed. Under the guidance of the party's scientific theory, our party has united and led the people to emancipate their minds and forge ahead, establish the party's basic line in the initial stage of socialism, unswervingly promote reform and opening up, overcome risks and challenges from all sides, create, uphold, defend and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, and realize the historic transformation from a highly centralized planned economic system to a vibrant socialist market economic system, from a closed and semi-closed to an all-round opening up. It has achieved a historic breakthrough from the situation of relatively backward productive forces to the total economic volume ranking second in the world, realized the historic leap in the people's living standards from insufficient food and clothing to the overall well-off, and rushed to the all-round well-off, and provided an institutional guarantee full of new vitality and material conditions for rapid development for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in the face of profound changes in the international and domestic situations, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has conformed to the development of the times, insisted on combining the basic principles of Marxism with the reality and characteristics of the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, systematically answered the major issue of the times of what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the new era, how to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, and founded Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, our party unites and leads the people to be self-confident, self-reliant and innovative, take charge of great struggles, great projects, great causes, and great dreams, adhere to and strengthen the party's overall leadership, comprehensively promote the overall layout of the "five-in-one" and coordinate the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, adhere to and improve the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, adhere to the rule of the party according to the rules, and form a relatively perfect system of inner-party laws and regulations. Overcoming a series of major risks and challenges, achieving the first centenary goal, and clarifying the strategic arrangements for achieving the second centenary goal, the cause of the party and the country has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes, 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 valuable experience of the centenary development of Marxism in China

The centenary history of the development of Marxism in China is based on the basic principles of Marxism, the original mission of the Chinese Communists as the goal of struggle, and the major issues concerning China's future and destiny as the guide, and in the process of solving the problems of different eras, it has continuously promoted the innovative development of Marxism, continuously promoted the progress of China's social development, and continuously promoted the revitalization and development of socialism. In the process of promoting the sinification of Marxism, our party has continuously endowed Marxism with distinctive Chinese characteristics, national characteristics, and characteristics of the times, greatly enriched and developed Marxism, and formed many valuable experiences. Among them, the core is to adhere to the "two combinations".

We should persistently integrate the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Adhering to the guidance of Marxism must fall on the major theoretical and practical issues facing the development of our country and the ruling power of our party, and on proposing correct ideas and effective methods to solve problems." The truth of Marxism can only be more fully manifested in the integration with the specific reality of each country; the vitality of Marxism can only be more vigorous if it is deeply rooted in the soil of each country. During the period of the new-democratic revolution, based on the basic national conditions of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country with backward economy and culture and peasants accounting for the overwhelming majority of the population, our party scientifically applied the basic tenets of Marxism, established an alliance of workers and peasants, explored the Chinese revolutionary road of encircling the cities in the countryside and seizing political power by force, and won the great victory of the new-democratic revolution. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, our party adhered to the basic tenets of Marxism, and at the same time based on the basic national conditions of the nation and the large population, creatively established the people's congress system, the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and the system of regional ethnic autonomy, thus laying the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for all development and progress in contemporary China. During the period of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, our party adhered to the basic tenets of Marxism, profoundly summed up the positive and negative experiences of China's socialist construction, drew on the historical experience of world socialism, pioneered, upheld, defended, and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics, and realized the historic transformation from a highly centralized planned economic system to a vibrant socialist market economic system and from a closed and semi-closed to an all-round opening up. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has adhered to the basic tenets of Marxism, proceeded from the actual national conditions of socialism with Chinese characteristics entering a new era and the transformation of the main contradictions in our society, made overall plans to promote the overall layout of the "five-in-one" and coordinated the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, based on the new development stage, implemented the new development concept, built a new development pattern, promoted high-quality development, achieved the first centenary goal, and clearly made strategic arrangements for realizing the second centenary goal, and the cause of the party and the state achieved historic achievements. Historic changes have taken place, and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process.

We should persistently integrate the basic tenets of Marxism with China's excellent traditional culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We must organically combine adhering to Marxism with carrying forward China's excellent traditional culture, and unswervingly take the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics." "Marxism is the soul of the ideals and convictions of Chinese communists, and China's excellent traditional culture is the spiritual lifeblood of the Chinese nation. Our party has persistently integrated the basic tenets of Marxism with China's excellent traditional culture, activated the great Chinese civilization with the power of Marxist truth, enabled Chinese civilization to burst forth with strong spiritual strength again, and at the same time made Marxism have a national form and national characteristics, and has become a powerful ideological weapon for the CPC and the Chinese people. Comrade Mao Zedong used "seeking truth from facts" to summarize the party's ideological line; Comrade Deng Xiaoping used "moderately prosperous society" to identify the phased goals of contemporary China's development; Comrade Jiang Zemin put forward the idea of "two vanguards," and Comrade Hu Jintao proposed building a "harmonious society." These are all examples of integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China's excellent traditional culture. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has combined the Marxist concept of the masses with the people-oriented thinking in China's excellent traditional culture, put forward that "Jiangshan is the people, the people are The Jiangshan", and formed a people-centered development ideology; combining the Marxist moral concept with the traditional Chinese virtues, deeply excavating and expounding The excellent traditional Cultural Resources of China such as "stressing benevolence, valuing the people, keeping good faith, advocating justice, maintaining harmony, and seeking great unity", and clarifying the basic requirements for the development of advanced socialist culture in the new era Adhere to the basic principles of Marxism on world history, inherit and carry forward the world sentiment of "the world under the same roof" and "harmony and all nations" of China's excellent traditional culture, and put forward a series of major initiatives such as building a community with a shared future for mankind, jointly building the "Belt and Road", and promoting a new type of economic globalization; and so on. All these have enabled Marxism to firmly take root in the fertile soil of Chinese culture, highlight Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese style, and constantly open up new realms of Marxism and continuously promote the innovative development of Chinese civilization.

Continue to promote the sinicization of Marxism

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The sinicization of Marxism has achieved great results, but it is far from over. "Only by developing with the development of the times can the sinification of Marxism be continuously enhanced in vitality and combat effectiveness, and can we guide the cause of the party and the state to continuously achieve new victories." On the new journey, taking history as a mirror and creating the future, we must continue to promote the sinification of Marxism, use Marxism to observe, grasp, and lead the times, and continue to develop contemporary Chinese Marxism and Marxism in the 21st century.

In the process of learning, understanding, understanding, and practicing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will continue to promote the sinification of Marxism. 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 fundamental guideline for the country's political and social life. To continue to promote the sinification of Marxism, we must regard the study, understanding, understanding, and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as a long-term political task, and effectively use it to arm the mind, guide practice, and promote work. To learn and understand, it is necessary to persist in reading the original works, learning the original texts, and understanding the principles, profoundly understanding the epochal, theoretical, practical, and world significance of this thought, profoundly understanding the core essence, spiritual essence, rich connotation, and practical requirements of this ideology, and profoundly grasping the Marxist stand and viewpoint methods that run through it; to understand this idea is to integrate the study and understanding of this idea with the study of the basic principles of Marxism, and with the study of the history of the party, the history of new China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development. To do a good job is to adhere to the study style of linking theory with practice, persist in being problem-oriented, practice-oriented, and demand-oriented, closely integrate with the new requirements of new practice in the new era, closely integrate ideology with work reality, and more consciously use this ideology to guide the solution of practical problems, and earnestly transform the study results into doing a good job in one's own work. Vivid practice to promote career development.

In the great practice of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, we will continue to promote the sinification of Marxism. Entering a new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping creatively proposed to comprehensively build a modern socialist country in two steps: the first step, from 2020 to 2035, struggle for 15 years to basically achieve socialist modernization; the second step, from 2035 to the middle of this century, struggle for another 15 years, to build Our country into a rich, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modern power. The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is the first five years for China to embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and march toward the second centenary goal, which must be based on a new stage of development, implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, and promote high-quality development. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly expounded the great significance and rich connotation of grasping the new development stage, implementing the new development concept, building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development, which contains the practical requirements and methodology of the sinification of Marxism. Practice is the source of theoretical innovation. With the continuous deepening of the great practice of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, the sinification of Marxism will certainly continue to make new progress and achievements.

We will continue to promote the sinification of Marxism in the course of resolving new major theoretical and practical problems. Marx pointed out that the problem is the slogan of the times, the most practical call for it to express its mental state. Strengthening the awareness of problems and adhering to the orientation of problems is one of the important methods for our party to promote the sinification of Marxism. On the new journey, with the fulfillment of new missions, the implementation of new plans, and the advancement of new practices, a series of new major theoretical and practical problems will emerge in various fields of economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction, ecological civilization construction, diplomacy, military, and party building. For example, social ideological trends are stirring, deep-seated contradictions and problems facing economic development and social construction are emerging in an endless stream, and the situation facing party building is even more complicated. These are all major theoretical and practical issues related to the realization of the second centenary goal, and they are also hot and difficult issues of concern to the broad masses of the people, and it is urgently necessary for us to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to strengthen research, strive to explore new ideas, new measures and new methods for solving major problems, continue to promote the sinification of Marxism in cracking major theoretical and practical problems, and let the party's theoretical innovation achievements better lead the times, guide practice, and solve practical problems.

Continue to promote the sinification of Marxism in the combination of history and reality, theory and practice, and domestic and international. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "To understand and grasp the phased characteristics of China's social development, we must adhere to the methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and think from the combination of history and reality, theory and practice, domestic and international." On the new journey, to continue to promote the sinification of Marxism, we must persist in combining history with reality, and closely integrate the study of the history of the theoretical exploration of the centenary theory of the sinification of Marxism with the study of the party's century-old history and the beginning of a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. Contemporary China is experiencing the most extensive and profound social changes in the history of our country, and is also undergoing the most grand and unique practical innovation in human history. It is necessary to closely integrate the party's theoretical innovation with practical innovation, constantly explore theory and practice, use the developing theory to guide the developing practice, and promote the Marxist theoretical research and construction project to achieve more and more valuable results. Adhere to the combination of domestic and international, not only based on the actual conditions of the country, but also open the door to research, around the major issues facing the development of our country and the world, with a broad vision to deeply analyze the actual situation and changing trend of the world today, and strive to put forward ideas, propositions, and programs that can reflect China's position, Chinese wisdom, and Chinese values.

We will continue to promote the sinification of Marxism in the process of accelerating the construction of philosophy and social science with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Without the development of European philosophy and social science in the 18th and 19th centuries, there would be no formation and development of Marxism. "To continue to promote the sinicization of Marxism, we must accelerate the construction of philosophy and social science with Chinese characteristics." On the new journey, to accelerate the construction of philosophy and social science with Chinese characteristics, we must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhere to the direction of serving the people and serving socialism, adhere to the principle of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contend, adhere to creative transformation and innovative development, deeply study and answer major theoretical and practical problems facing China's development and party governance, and strengthen the construction of discipline systems, academic systems, discourse systems, teaching materials systems, and evaluation systems of philosophy and social sciences. It is the fundamental task to cultivate people with virtue, earnestly improve the style of study and style of writing, and create a good environment for cultivating outstanding talents in philosophy and social sciences and famous teachers; innovate and improve the management system and operating mechanism, and strengthen and improve the party's leadership over philosophy and social sciences. Focusing on strengthening the construction of Marxist disciplines requires the great attention of party and government leaders, the strong support of management departments, the key deployment of institutions of higher learning and research institutions, and the wholehearted devotion of teaching and researchers to jointly contribute wisdom and strength to continue to promote the sinification of Marxism, and constantly open up a new situation in the development of philosophy and social sciences in the new era.

(The author is director of the Central Marxist Theory Research and Construction Project Advisory Committee)

People's Daily ( 09/11/2021)