When expounding the eight requirements of facing the future and meeting challenges, the General Secretary pointed out that "to persist in Do not forget your initiative mind and move forward, we must adhere to Socialism with Chinese characteristics's road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence, adhere to the party's basic line, and constantly push forward the great cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics." "The whole party must be firm in road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence." "Cultural self-confidence is more basic, broader and deeper. The excellent Chinese traditional culture nurtured in the development of civilization for more than 5,000 years, the revolutionary culture and the advanced socialist culture nurtured in the great struggle of the party and the people have accumulated the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation and represent its unique spiritual identity. We must carry forward the core values of socialism, carry forward the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, and constantly enhance the spiritual strength of the whole party and the people of all nationalities. "
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary has used the term "cultural self-confidence" many times. On February 20 14, during the 13th collective study in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, he proposed "enhancing cultural self-confidence and values self-confidence". 20 14, 10 at the symposium on literary and artistic work, it was proposed to "enhance cultural consciousness and cultural self-confidence". 20 14 12.20, when he visited the university of macau, he once again emphasized cultural self-confidence and pointed out that "the history of civilization has a long history of more than 5,000 years. We have a complete culture. Establish institutional confidence, theoretical confidence, road confidence and cultural confidence. Cultural self-confidence is the foundation. " In May this year, at the symposium on philosophy and social science, he pointed out, "We said that we should strengthen Socialism with Chinese characteristics's road confidence, theoretical confidence and institutional confidence. In the final analysis, we must strengthen cultural self-confidence. " The general secretary puts forward that cultural self-confidence is the fourth kind of self-confidence after road self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence and institutional self-confidence, and puts cultural self-confidence as the basis of the first three kinds of self-confidence to a higher position, which has far-reaching significance; This also shows that Socialism with Chinese characteristics's culture is becoming more and more mature, which provides a solid foundation for our self-confidence.
Cultural self-confidence is a country, a nation, a political party and the people's full affirmation of their own cultural values, as well as their awe and belief in their own cultural vitality. Today's China is the continuation and development of historical China. China's road comes from the development and progress based on history, China's plan comes from the local practical achievements, China's culture comes from the cultural inheritance of making the past serve the present, and China's spirit comes from the long-standing spiritual ambition. Adhering to cultural self-confidence comes from the long-standing national memory and China wisdom, and from the firm belief in the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which will also make us go further and more firmly on this road.
Second, cultural self-confidence is the basis of enhancing Socialism with Chinese characteristics's road self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence and institutional self-confidence.
A history of human social development is not only a history of material civilization of human life reproduction and wealth creation, but also a history of spiritual civilization of human cultural accumulation and civilization inheritance. Every leap of human society and every sublimation of human civilization are engraved with the brand of cultural progress. Socialism is a brand-new cultural phenomenon since its birth. Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "The superiority of the socialist system lies in that its cultural, scientific and technological level is faster and more advanced than that of capitalism. Only in this way can it be called socialism and an advanced social system. " Socialist culture is a cultural form different from capitalism and feudalism, and it is the mainstream and main melody of socialist social culture. It embodies socialist social ideology, ideology and value orientation, reflects socialist economy and politics, and actively reacts to socialist economy and politics. Its soul and essence is Marxism. The Decision of the Central Committee on Deepening the Reform of Cultural System to Promote the Great Development and Prosperity of Socialist Culture, which was deliberated and adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee, pointed out that socialist culture includes three aspects: First, Marxism (including Mao Zedong Thought, etc. ); Second, the traditional moral culture of China; The third is nationalism, which means patriotism.
China culture contains the China spirit to realize the Chinese dream, and it is a powerful spiritual force for us to promote reform, opening up and socialist modernization. To build Socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we need to have national cultural self-confidence, unite the national will with ideals and beliefs, inspire China's strength with the spirit of China, and make China culture the greatest ideological convention of Chinese people at home and abroad, and become the cultural blood and spiritual home that leads and accommodates people of all ethnic groups. Only by well understanding and grasping China culture and firmly and consciously achieving cultural self-confidence, can we well understand and adhere to the development characteristics and roads of contemporary China, and enhance road self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence and institutional self-confidence.
The foundation of cultural self-confidence. Cultural self-confidence is the basis of supporting road self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence and institutional self-confidence. Without cultural self-confidence, road self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence and institutional self-confidence will be difficult to support, and the foundation will be weak and the earth will shake. Therefore, only by adhering to cultural self-confidence can we further adhere to road self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence and institutional self-confidence. Cultural self-confidence is broader. Cultural self-confidence permeates the "three self-confidences", and culture can permeate all human activities and aspects, everywhere and all the time. It does not have a specific existence space like road, theory and institutional self-confidence. For example, road confidence is related to the path, theoretical confidence is related to the action guide, and institutional confidence is related to the code of conduct. Cultural self-confidence not only permeates road self-confidence, theoretical self-confidence and institutional self-confidence, but also exists in all human activities and aspects, so the influence of cultural self-confidence is more extensive. Cultural confidence is deeper. Cultural self-confidence internalized in the heart will have a far-reaching impact. Culture is the gene in people's activities, our spiritual home and our tradition. Once culture is internalized, it is stable and long-term. Once cultural self-confidence is established, this influence is not only profound, but also long-term.
With this cultural self-confidence, we have the confidence to build a strong cultural soft power, go out and support economic strength. The General Secretary pointed out that all party member must bear in mind that what we want to build is Socialism with Chinese characteristics, not other doctrines. History has no end, and it can't end. Whether Socialism with Chinese characteristics is good or not depends on the facts and the judgment of the people of China, not the subjective assumptions of those who wear colored glasses. The people of China and China are fully confident of providing China's plan for mankind to explore a better social system.
Third, cultural self-confidence is the foundation for us to unswervingly adhere to the guiding ideology of Marxism and build the party and the country.
The general secretary pointed out that Marxism is our fundamental guiding ideology. If we deviate from or give up Marxism, our party will lose its soul and direction. On the fundamental issue of upholding the guiding position of Marxism, we must be firm at all times and under all circumstances. Marxism is the greatest achievement in the history of human thought. It reveals the basic laws of the development of human society with a scientific world outlook and methodology, and also points out the correct direction for the construction of advanced culture. Since its birth, our Party has held high the banner of Marxism, and in the process of combining with the reality of China, it has continuously promoted the China of Marxism, forming two theoretical achievements of Mao Zedong Thought and Socialism with Chinese characteristics, including Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents and Scientific Outlook on Development, which have become the fundamental guidelines for guiding the progress of China culture. Thanks to Marxism, China culture has been infused with advanced ideological connotations, and the people of China have obtained scientific and sharp ideological weapons, which have greatly liberated their thoughts and spirits. As Comrade Mao Zedong said: "Since the people of China learned Marxism–Leninism, the people of China have changed from passive to active in spirit." We now say that "ancestors" cannot be lost, which is a historical conclusion and a realistic necessity.
We say that China's success lies in the close combination of the universal truth of Marxism with the concrete reality of China, which includes the combination with the culture of China, so as to generate such great energy and vitality. China's revolutionary traditional culture and values formed in the process of revolution and construction, to a certain extent, sublated China's excellent traditional culture from the historical height of socialism "along Marx's theoretical road". This is still the way and direction for us to build socialist ideology today. Standing on the starting point of China's peaceful development and great development and prosperity of socialist culture, we insist on and advocate cultural self-confidence, that is, to maintain self-confidence in the long-standing national traditional culture, the guiding ideology of contemporary China Marxism and the Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture formed since the reform and opening up.
Long-term historical practice has proved that the power source to promote theoretical innovation comes from both people's practice and China's traditional culture. In the process of creating Marxism in China, Comrade Mao Zedong took the lead in putting forward the fundamental proposition of "Marxism in China" and endowed it with profound connotation of "combining with the reality of China revolution". Nowadays, China's reform and opening up is standing at a new historical starting point. In the unity and benign interaction of theoretical innovation and practical innovation, it is more urgent than ever to build Marxism in China in the 2 1 century. In this benign interaction, we must not underestimate the important role and unique value of Chinese excellent traditional culture. The General Secretary pointed out: "To publicize and explain the characteristics of China, it is necessary to make clear that each country and nation has different historical traditions, cultural accumulation and basic national conditions, and the development path must have its own characteristics; It is clear that Chinese culture embodies the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation and is a rich nourishment for its endless development and growth; It is the outstanding advantage of the Chinese nation and our deepest cultural soft power to explain the excellent Chinese traditional culture clearly. Obviously, Socialism with Chinese characteristics is rooted in the fertile soil of China culture, which reflects the aspirations of the people of China and adapts to the development and progress of China and the times. It has a profound historical origin and a broad realistic foundation. " Under the new situation, only by adhering to the guidance of Marxism and leading cultural construction with developing Marxism can we distinguish the mainstream from the tributaries, distinguish the advanced from the backward, draw a clear line between positive and negative, effectively guide various social trends of thought, resist the influence of decadent culture, and continuously consolidate the ideological foundation of the United struggle of the whole party and the people of the whole country.
Fourth, cultural self-confidence means treating Chinese excellent traditional culture with courtesy and sticking to the spiritual home of the Chinese nation's great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream.
The general secretary pointed out that "history and reality have proved that the Chinese nation has strong cultural creativity." "Without the prosperity of Chinese culture, there would be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." From a macro perspective, the theme of the party's history is national rejuvenation, the main line is victory and progress, the mainstream is success, and the essence is for the people. Today, we have road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence because our party has profound historical accumulation and the courage to overcome difficulties, and because our party has not abandoned the outdated road, the "ancestor" theory and the original system, the root of Chinese culture, Do not forget your initiative mind. Throughout the history of political parties in the world, we have learned a lot from those who have been discarded. At this point, we should remain sober and confident. Today, with the creation of great wealth of material civilization, we should make great efforts to fill the shortcomings of spiritual civilization construction and socialist core values construction, and make great efforts to fill the shortcomings of national cultural soft power. After the comprehensive strength of the country, especially the hard strength of the country, we must adhere to cultural self-confidence, start a journey to find the roots of contemporary China's spiritual culture, carry forward Chinese culture and build a spiritual home.
Chinese culture has a long history, is extensive and profound, accumulates the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation, contains the most fundamental spiritual genes of the Chinese nation, and represents the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, which not only provides rich nourishment for the endless development and growth of the Chinese nation, but also makes outstanding contributions to the progress of human civilization; Not only has it created the glory of history, but it still shines with the light of the times in the contemporary era. Russell once said: "Some things in China's supreme ethical quality are urgently needed by the modern world." "If the whole world can enjoy it, there will definitely be more happiness and peace on earth than now." The Chinese national culture has a long history and is profound. It is the building of oriental civilization and has made great contributions to world civilization, which is recognized by the world. Since ancient times, the element of China has been one of the important cultural elements in many parts of the world. Although it has been bleak for nearly a hundred years, today, we inherit innovation, step out of the shadows and strut. Made in China goes to the world, China culture is beautiful, and Chinese culture benefits the world civilization. Of course, to carry forward excellent traditional culture is by no means to go back to the past, but to constantly create new culture on the basis of new practice and conform to the trend of the times. There are indeed some dross in traditional culture that need to be discarded. To treat traditional culture, we should scientifically sort out and refine it according to the requirements of taking its essence, discarding its dross, making the past serve the present and bringing forth the new, and deeply excavate and refine its beneficial ideological value, so that it can be continuously carried forward and become an inexhaustible source of national spirit.
We talk about cultural consciousness and self-confidence, which is an infinite force. Especially in today's promotion of China culture to the world, a high degree of cultural consciousness and cultural self-confidence will certainly play a great role in enhancing the soft power of the country's culture. Cultural consciousness includes a profound understanding of the position and role of culture in historical progress, a correct grasp of the law of cultural development, and a positive responsibility for the development of cultural history; Cultural self-confidence refers to our heartfelt respect, trust and cherish for ideals, beliefs, theories and excellent traditions, and our faith, persistence and piety that are full of dependence on the prestige and charm of our core value system.
Five, cultural self-confidence is a realistic spiritual force to vigorously carry forward the advanced socialist culture and write China's plan.
First, Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the advanced culture of contemporary China. Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture not only has the general attributes of culture, but also has a distinctive era and national style, which is a new culture in Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture contains three meanings: as a culture, it has the general attributes of culture and follows the general laws of cultural development; It is a kind of socialist culture with the essential characteristics of socialist culture; It is a socialist culture with China characteristics, with the style and characteristics of the Chinese nation. In essence, Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture is a new culture that conforms to China's national conditions, embodies the spirit of the socialist era, and reflects the essential requirements and development trend of socialism. Its emergence and formation are based on the innovative practice of scientific socialism in contemporary China.
The socialist revolution and construction and the advanced socialist culture formed during the period of reform and opening up are the inheritance and development of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation and the red revolutionary culture, the cultural creation under the guidance of Marxism, the latest achievement of human civilization and the latest highland of human culture. The outstanding features of advanced socialist culture are Socialism with Chinese characteristics's * * *, the national spirit with patriotism as the core, the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, and the socialist concept of honor and disgrace. We should persist in carrying forward the socialist core values of prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, professionalism, honesty and friendliness, hold high the banner of advanced socialist culture, constantly enhance our spiritual strength while constantly carrying out cultural innovation, and work hard to realize the goal of "two hundred years" and the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
At present, it is of great significance to adhere to cultural self-confidence in practice and vigorously promote cultural construction in Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Domestically, the deepening of reform, opening up and socialist modernization has not only stimulated social vitality, but also brought about profound changes in social values. The autonomy, selectivity and differences of people's thoughts and behaviors are increasing, and it is more difficult to lead social multiculturalism with advanced socialist culture. Internationally, culture is increasingly becoming a factor in the competition of comprehensive national strength, global ideology and culture are stirring each other, and the struggle between ideological infiltration and reverse osmosis will exist for a long time. Comrade Liu Yunshan pointed out: "The direction and path of China's cultural development in the new period, and the formulation of cultural programs and policies are all determined by China's socialist system and development path, as well as the nature and purpose of the Party. Only by adhering to the road of cultural development in Socialism with Chinese characteristics can we ensure that cultural construction advances in the right direction, better promote cultural development and prosperity, and provide strong ideological guarantee, strong spiritual motivation, strong public opinion support and good cultural conditions for adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics. "
Second, the revolutionary culture created by the party leading the people is the advantage of our cultural development, and we should cherish and be confident. In the historical practice of revolution, construction and reform, the people of all ethnic groups led by our party have created distinctive and unique revolutionary culture. From Jinggangshan spirit, Long March spirit, Yan 'an spirit, Xibaipo spirit, to Lei Feng spirit, Daqing spirit, two bombs and one satellite spirit, to manned space flight spirit, Beijing Olympic spirit, earthquake relief spirit, and the "old Tibet spirit" and "two roads" spirit formed in Tibet's revolution and construction, these precious treasures with the characteristics of the times and nationalities have continuously realized the regeneration and reconstruction of Chinese culture under the new historical conditions and are promoted by us. Now some people engage in historical nihilism in the name of so-called revaluation, and think that revolutionary culture is a "past tense". It is meaningless to talk about revolutionary culture today. They make fun of history at will, dispel red classics and make subversive comments on heroes and historical figures. This is a distortion of history and a desecration of culture. It should be noted that the revolutionary culture formed by the people of China in the arduous revolutionary course is the condensation and sublimation of the excellent cultural tradition of the Chinese nation and the vivid embodiment of the great creative spirit of the Chinese nation and the people of China. No matter now or in the future, revolutionary culture is a powerful spiritual force that inspires us to make unremitting efforts and deserves our pride and confidence. To build and develop advanced socialist culture, we should make good use of the rich revolutionary cultural resources created by the party leading the people, make them deeply integrated into people's spiritual world, and constantly gather new spiritual strength.
Only by having firm confidence in one's own culture can we get the calmness of persistence, summon up the courage to forge ahead and glow with the vitality of innovation and creation. The Chinese nation is famous for its cultural self-confidence. It is because of self-confidence and pride in national culture that we have maintained ourselves in the long history, absorbed foreign countries and formed a unique and splendid Chinese civilization. The culture of any country has its own traditions and inherent roots. Giving up tradition and foundation means cutting off one's spiritual lifeline and losing cultural characteristics. For today's China, the profound national traditional culture, scientific Marxist guiding ideology and rich revolutionary culture are the foundation of our culture and the anchor of our foothold in the world cultural agitation. We must unswervingly adhere to it and do everything possible to promote it for the benefit of present and future generations.
Do not forget your initiative mind, moving forward, reflects the cultural self-confidence of China people as always. Comrades warned us: "China can persist in self-confidence even in the most difficult times. Since we have a very good foundation for our development, we should persist in self-confidence. Only by persisting in self-confidence can we further develop, build a well-off society in an all-round way and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. "