Promoting theoretical innovation in consolidating cultural subjectivity (thoroughly studying and implementing Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era)

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　　To continue to promote theoretical innovation on the basis of practice, we must strengthen our historical and cultural self-confidence, persist in making the past serve the present and bring forth the new, comprehensively excavate the treasure house of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years under the guidance of Marxism, activate the vital outstanding factors in Chinese excellent traditional culture with Marxism and give it new connotation of the times, and inject the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level.

　　For more than 100 years, our party has persisted in combining the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of China and the excellent traditional Chinese culture, which has opened up a broad space for theoretical and practical innovation. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "‘ The second combination ’ Let us master the ideological and cultural initiative and effectively act on roads, theories and systems. " "The important proposition of the modernization of Marxism in China itself determines that we must never abandon the soul pulse of Marxism and the root pulse of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Sticking to this soul and root is the basis and premise of theoretical innovation. " To continue to promote theoretical innovation on the basis of practice, we must strengthen our historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence, persist in making the past serve the present and bring forth the new, comprehensively excavate the treasure house of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years under the guidance of Marxism, activate the vital outstanding factors in Chinese excellent traditional culture with Marxism and endow it with new connotation of the times, inject the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level, and uphold and develop contemporary China Marxism and 21st century Marxism in consolidating cultural subjectivity.

　　Strengthen historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence

　　Don’t forget that you can open up the future, and you can innovate better if you are good at inheritance. Adhere to the development of Marxism rooted in the fertile soil of our country’s history and culture, first of all, we must correctly understand the excellent Chinese traditional culture and firmly establish historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "The Chinese nation’s endless development, setbacks and constant rebirth are inseparable from the strong support of Chinese culture. The unique concept, wisdom, tolerance and charm of Chinese culture have added confidence and pride to the hearts of the people of China and the Chinese nation. " From a grand historical perspective, today’s China is China, which has come from thousands of years of history. Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace. Correctly grasping the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization is the premise of correctly understanding Chinese excellent traditional culture. Chinese civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in the world, and it is also the only great civilization that has been continuously developed in the form of a country. This great civilization has nurtured a long history of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Chinese excellent traditional culture has a profound ideological system, rich scientific, technological, cultural and artistic achievements, and unique institutional creation. It is the crystallization and essence of Chinese civilization, the foundation for us to gain a firm foothold in the world cultural agitation, and our deepest cultural soft power.

　　Marxism is not a dogma, but a scientific method. Only when it is combined with the concrete reality and historical and cultural traditions of various countries can it be continuously abstracted into concrete, thus achieving innovative development. For more than 100 years, the Party has led the people in the revolution, construction and reform, insisting on combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s concrete reality and with Chinese excellent traditional culture, and has achieved great theoretical achievements such as Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents, Scientific Outlook on Development and the Supreme Leader’s New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought, which has guided us to constantly move from victory to new victory in the historical process of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which not only fully proved the scientific nature and truth of Marxism, but also fully demonstrated the vitality and creativity of Chinese excellent traditional culture. China’s excellent traditional culture provides cultural fertile ground for Marxism to take root, sprout, blossom and bear fruit in China.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has stood at the strategic height of adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, profoundly expounded the rich connotation and the value of the times of Chinese excellent traditional culture, profoundly revealed the high compatibility between Chinese excellent traditional culture and scientific socialist values, and pointed out the direction for us to strengthen our historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence and continuously promote theoretical innovation, providing a fundamental follow-up. Facts have proved that only by developing Marxism in the fertile soil of history and culture can Marxism truly take root in China and realize the modernization of China. Only by combining with Marxism can Chinese excellent traditional culture be full of vigor and vitality under the guidance of scientific theory. We should strengthen our historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence, fully absorb the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and constantly expand the vast space for the modernization of Marxism in China in the process of promoting the "second combination", so that Marxism can fully show its true power to guide practice, transform the world and open up the future.

　　Make the past serve the present and bring forth the new.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Only by persisting in moving from history to the future and forging ahead by continuing the blood of national culture can we do a good job in today’s cause." Only by rooting in the fertile soil of history and culture can the tree of Marxist truth take root. Chinese excellent traditional culture is a splendid culture accumulated and formed by the Chinese nation in the long history of more than 5,000 years, which reflects the spiritual outlook and excellent characteristics of the Chinese nation and is a treasure in the world cultural treasure house. The Chinese nation has the enterprising spirit of being upright and not conservative, respecting the past and not retro. Adhering to the development of Marxism rooted in the fertile soil of history and culture is not to simply revive traditional culture, nor to replace Marxism with excellent Chinese traditional culture, but to "open up our own life according to the rules of the ancients" and insist on making the past serve the present and bringing forth the new.

　　In the new era, the task of promoting the modernization of Marxism in China is not light, but heavier. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader focused on the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation, scientifically answered China’s questions, the questions of the world, the questions of the people and the questions of the times, and put forward a series of new ideas, new ideas and new conclusions around persisting in making the past serve the present and bringing forth the new. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "When studying, researching and applying traditional culture, we should persist in making the past serve the present and bring forth the new, and make a correct choice in combination with new practice and the requirements of the times, instead of taking it all today. We must persist in making the past serve the present, learn from the past, insist on discriminating treatment, and inherit the sublation, instead of focusing on the past and ignoring the present, and strive to realize the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional culture, so that it can be integrated with the real culture and jointly serve the task of the times with cultural people. " The important exposition of the Supreme Leader General Secretary profoundly enlightens us that the key to persist in making the past serve the present and bringing forth the new is to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

　　On the basis of a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the history of Chinese civilization, we should properly handle the relationship between inheritance and development and persist in promoting the "second combination." Specifically, in accordance with the characteristics and requirements of the times, we should transform the connotations and outdated expressions of Chinese excellent traditional culture, endow them with new connotations and modern expressions of the times, realize creative transformation and make them glow with new glory of the times; According to the new progress of the times, we should supplement, expand and improve the connotation of Chinese excellent traditional culture, realize innovative development, and continuously enhance the influence and appeal of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Through creative transformation and innovative development, China’s excellent traditional culture will be adapted to contemporary China, coordinated with modern society, integrated with revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture, and its cultural spirit, which spans time and space, transcends the country, is full of eternal charm and has contemporary value, will be carried forward to make the past serve the present and bring forth the new, so that China’s excellent traditional culture will become modern and the innovative theory formed through "combination" will have a deeper cultural foundation.

　　Insist on comprehensive excavation and deep injection

　　"Fully excavate the treasure house of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years under the guidance of Marxism" and "inject the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level". The important exposition of the Supreme Leader General Secretary is of great significance for us to stick to the fertile soil of history and culture to develop Marxism and constantly promote the modernization of Marxism, which embodies the inherent requirement of sticking to the cultural roots and promoting theoretical innovation. We must strengthen our historical and cultural self-confidence, persist in making the past serve the present and bring forth the new, and further achieve comprehensive excavation and deep injection, so as to adapt to the requirements of the new era, fuse into new theoretical advantages and climb new ideological peaks.

　　The rich and colorful Chinese civilization has the spiritual characteristics and development form of stressing benevolence, attaching importance to the people, abiding by honesty, worshiping justice, respecting harmony and seeking common ground, and has formed a unique and profound value concept and civilization system. The ideological wisdom of governing the country, the way of thinking about things and the moral concept of self-cultivation provided rich spiritual and cultural nourishment for advancing the modernization of Marxism in China. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "In a broader cultural space, make full use of the valuable resources of Chinese excellent traditional culture and explore future-oriented theoretical and institutional innovations." This requires us to fully explore the treasure house of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years under the guidance of Marxism, especially to grasp the world outlook and methodology of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, adhere to and make good use of the standpoints and methods that run through it, deeply refine the spiritual identity of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and systematically summarize the ideological resources that are integrated with Marxism in Chinese excellent traditional culture, so as to better grasp the initiative to promote theoretical innovation and continuously consolidate cultural subjectivity.

　　Comprehensive excavation is to better realize deep injection. Our party has always attached importance to exploring effective ways and means to inject Chinese excellent traditional culture into Marxism, and promoted the formation of innovative theories that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For example, during the new democratic revolution, Comrade Mao Zedong made a Marxist interpretation of the idiom "seeking truth from facts"; In the new period of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, Comrade Deng Xiaoping used the word "well-off" in the Book of Songs to describe the phased goal of Chinese modernization, and so on. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has paid attention to injecting the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level, and strived to use China’s words, which are easy to be accepted by the people and easy to understand, to clarify Marxist theoretical philosophy, so that Marxism not only has the "China form", but also has the "China connotation", and to realize the organic combination of Marxism and Chinese excellent traditional culture at a higher starting point, in a wider scope and at a deeper level. For example, in Han Feizi, "Everything lies in the four directions, and it should be in the central government" vividly illustrates the important content of the Marxist theory of party building, that is, resolutely safeguarding the authority of the CPC Central Committee and centralizing and unifying leadership, and promoting the "four consciousnesses" and "two maintenances" to take root in the hearts of party member and cadres. On the new journey,Adhere to the development of Marxism rooted in the fertile soil of our country’s history and culture, and on the basis of realizing the modern expression of Marxism in China at the formal level, we should further go deep into the content level, make greater efforts to inject the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level, and constantly push forward the historical process of "making Marxism China", thus effectively linking the essence of Marxist thought with the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

　　(The author is the deputy director of the Shanghai Supreme Leader New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center)