With the first loud blast of the founding salute, the cultural undertaking of the Chinese nation has turned a new page. The establishment of the socialist system has made the people the masters of the country, greatly liberated their spirits, and made New China's cultural construction flourish.
"Come all the days, let me weave you, weave you with the golden thread of youth and the necklace of happiness..." This classic poem in the novel "Long Live Youth" carries so much* **The beautiful memories of my peers in the Republic of China. In those passionate years, the achievements in education, science and technology, culture, health, sports... every field are gratifying:
New China is full of waste, and scientific education is stepping up to lay the foundation for the cultural building. . Build new schools, implement a new academic system, establish people's scholarships, and implement illiteracy eradication campaigns. In the lingering sound of the founding salute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced its establishment, laying the foundation for the national scientific research system. The Chinese nation has taken the step of "march toward science." Overseas scientists such as Li Siguang and Qian Xuesen and a large number of overseas students have returned to the embrace of the motherland. They have been independent and self-reliant, creating a series of miracles such as the atomic bomb explosion and the artificial synthesis of bovine insulin.
Serve the people, serve socialism, let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend, and the hundred gardens of literature and art are in full bloom. Cultural and artistic workers embrace and create new culture with surging passion. Poets such as Ai Qing and Guo Xiaochuan sing toward the new era; novels such as "Red Rock" and "Red Flag Pu" are popular across the country; films such as "Shangganling" and "Song of Youth" are inspiring; "Legend of the White Snake" and "The Match of the Immortal" are popular The repertoire has been innovated, and "Butterfly Lovers" and "Er Fountain Reflects the Moon" have won a lasting reputation for national music... The achievements in literature and art are like jade, and they are like pearls. The emancipation of the mind has led to the land of China where "poets have more gatherings and painters are ingenious." The people who participate in cultural creation are also passionate, and mass culture and ethnic minority cultural activities are booming. Wulan Muqi is still a place where literature and art serve the public. symbol.
The "Cultural Revolution" was a cultural disaster. The convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the re-establishment of the ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts has corrected the course of the great ship of New China.
The spring of science has arrived, the spring of culture has arrived, and the college entrance examination system has been restored. "Don't let the years go to waste" and "take back the lost time", the generation of people who have experienced the ups and downs and tests of the years together with the Republic of China encourage each other. Whenever we look at the old photos of couples and fathers who were in the same school more than 20 years ago, we can't help but burst into tears for that era of industrious pursuit of knowledge and for those people who fought tenaciously.
Reform and opening up has not only revived the cultural undertakings of New China, but also embarked on the road of prosperity and development:
We have finally realized our long-cherished wish of "providing great education in poor countries": basic universalization Nine-year compulsory education and basically eradicating illiteracy among young adults. A new round of "Education Revitalization Action Plan" started last year, focusing on strengthening compulsory education, especially rural education. The "National Western Region "Two Basics" Attack Plan" will be implemented this year, and by 2007 all western regions will achieve "two basics";
Scientific and technological personnel will bravely climb the peak of science and technology. The success of lunar exploration marks that our country's science and technology has reached a new level. The scientific and technological community is completing the preparation of the national medium- and long-term science and technology development plan and determining the science and technology development strategy for the next 15 years;
Culture and art are shining brightly. Television literature and art are splendid, and the annual Spring Festival TV party has become a "cultural New Year dinner" for people across the country. "In a Silent Place", "Flowers on the Silk Road", "A Man Reaches Middle Age", each work is written with great power. "Desire", "Four Generations Under One Roof", "Zhou Enlai", and "The Days Leaving Lei Feng" are either vigorous or meaningful, presenting the rich and delicate literary and artistic texture of a great era;
Sports undertakings It inspired the Chinese nation. In 2008, Beijing successfully hosted the 29th Olympic Games. Mass sports have developed vigorously, people's physical fitness has improved significantly, and average life expectancy has increased from 35 years before the founding of New China to 71.4 years. We have completely thrown off the label of “sick man of East Asia”.
A new socialist culture that exalts the main theme of the spirit of the times, demonstrates the superiority of the socialist system, and embodies the achievements of modern civilization is like a brilliant symphony, stirring in the land of China.
★ Grasp the direction: build socialist spiritual civilization
New China culture is rooted in the soil of the Chinese nation, inherits the spirit of the May 4th New Culture Movement, carries forward the tradition of revolutionary culture, and adapts to the The needs of the new era keep it in the right direction.
The basic path of new Chinese culture was born together with the Republic of China. On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong signed the "United Program of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference", which stipulated the path of "national, scientific and popular" new Chinese culture. The party and the government have led the people across the country to eliminate the decaying old culture, learn from excellent traditional culture and foreign culture, and create a new culture that meets the needs of the people in the new era, laying the foundation for the long-term development of cultural undertakings.
After the reform and opening up, our party adheres to the guiding position of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory in the ideological field, and develops a national, scientific and popular socialism that is oriented to modernization, the world and the future. Advanced culture continues to enrich people's spiritual world.
While insisting on focusing on economic construction, our party has placed socialist spiritual civilization and cultural construction in a prominent position, emphasizing that "grasping with both hands, both hands must be strong." The resolution on the construction of spiritual civilization made by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Fourteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China put forward requirements for further strengthening the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics.
In line with the development requirements of the times, in the face of profound changes in the international situation and the mutual agitation of various ideologies and cultures, our party has further proposed to carry forward and cultivate the national spirit as an extremely important task in cultural construction and incorporate it into the spiritual The whole process of civilization construction. From the Long March spirit, the Yan'an spirit, to the Xibaipo spirit, from the Daqing spirit and the "two bombs and one satellite" spirit in the early days of the founding of New China, to the flood fighting spirit and the fighting SARS spirit in the new era, we have continuously enriched the great national spirit.
The implementation of the "Implementation Outline for Citizen Moral Construction" has made social morality, professional ethics and family virtue education deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; The formulation of the Opinions conforms to the requirements of the times. The whole society is doing its best for the healthy growth of minors; from Kong Fansen, Li Runwu to Ren Changxia...a large number of typical figures have laid a solid foundation for the whole society to establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values. A solid foundation.
A socialist ideological and moral system that is compatible with the market economy, coordinated with legal norms, and inherited from traditional virtues is gradually taking shape. The national spirit is unprecedentedly exciting, and the flowers of socialist spiritual civilization are blooming throughout cultural construction. Various fields:
Activities to create spiritual civilization marked by the construction of citizens' ideological and moral ethics and the creation of civilized cities, civilized villages and towns, and civilized "windows" are vigorously carried out. "Connecting every village", "Hand in Hand", "Heart to Heart", "Three Going to the Countryside", "Western Development Student Aid Project", "Hundred Counties and Thousands of Townships Cultural Project", etc., have effectively promoted the development of cultural construction in our country. pace; the "Five One Project" and the National Book Award, carry forward the main theme and reflect diversity. A large number of high-quality books such as the 74-volume "Encyclopedia of China" and the 323-volume "Masterpieces of World Literature" have been launched one after another, marking a new level of publishing in our country; with the deepening of the "anti-pornography and anti-illegal" struggle, the supervision of the book and audio-visual market has become more powerful, and illegal audio-visual Publications have been hit hard, and published audio and video products have been effectively protected...
Culture is the root of the nation, and spirit is the soul of culture. Today, when we look back at the magnificent history of New China's cultural construction, we cannot help but be inspired by its numerous fruits. What it leaves us is not only tangible achievements, but also inexhaustible spiritual strength. This power has been deeply embedded in the vitality, creativity and cohesion of our nation.
★ Deepening reforms: Promoting cultural construction around building a moderately prosperous society in all respects
The promulgation of the important thought of "Three Represents" has raised the Chinese nation's understanding of culture to a newer and higher level.
The new central leadership group with Comrade Hu Jintao as General Secretary holds high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents" and has made comprehensive plans for my country's cultural construction and cultural system reform in the new century and new stage. deployment and put forward the historical task of developing advanced culture. Our culture is striving to adapt to the socialist market economy and the growing spiritual needs of the people, and to adapt to the major changes in various fields brought about by the rapid development of high and new technologies in the world.
Liberating cultural productivity, stimulating the vitality of cultural development, and promoting cultural innovation are the powerful movements of my country's cultural system reform. The identities of more than 100 cast and crew members of Beijing Children's Art Theater have undergone historic changes. They changed from cadres of state institutions to employees of joint-stock companies. According to the deployment of the central government, 9 provinces and cities and 39 publicity and cultural units across the country are conducting reform pilots. The reform of the national cultural system is gaining momentum and is booming. The China Publishing Group was established, the China International Culture Group was listed, and the Beijing Opera and Dance Theater was restructured. A cultural management system and production and operation mechanism that produces more high-quality products and more talents are gradually being established.
Carry forward the main theme and advocate diversification; establish a sense of quality and implement a quality strategy. The reform of the cultural system has promoted greater prosperity of culture and art. A large number of outstanding literary and artistic works are on display: the dance drama "Ode to the Red Plum Blossoms", the opera "Cang Yuan", the Peking opera "Hua Ziliang", etc., with sonorous gongs and drums and soaring melodies, have reignited people's passion again and again; the TV series "The Long March" , "Ode to Yan'an", "Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee", movies such as "Decision of Life and Death", "Zheng Peimin", "Zhang Side", etc. span time and space, and sing the main theme of the times with their voices and emotions; novels "Made in China", "National Cadres" and other literary creations The pen moves with thunderous force and majestic momentum, showing the high-spirited spirit of the Chinese people in the new century and new stage.
The reform of the cultural system has also accelerated the construction of cultural infrastructure. Six large-scale cultural projects, including the National Center for the Performing Arts, the National Museum, and the National Library, have been completed. Investment in cultural infrastructure in recent years has been greater than in the past few decades combined. The cultural and living conditions of the masses have been greatly improved, and the spread of advanced culture has a solid material carrier. Nowadays, whether traveling through cities or villages, row upon row of cultural buildings shape the cultural image of this huge country.
The great practice of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way calls for the vigorous development of cultural undertakings, and the vigorous development of cultural undertakings promotes the historical process of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.
Searching from top to bottom, working hard, and the magnificent cultural practice of New China have revealed the truth: Only by holding high the banner of advanced culture, striving to cultivate and carry forward the national spirit, and constantly improving the ideological and moral quality and scientific and cultural quality of the entire nation can we further promote material civilization. , spiritual civilization and political civilization develop in a coordinated manner towards a harmonious society that is desirable.