The Communist Party of China (CPC) is a political party that attaches great importance to theoretical construction and is full of the spirit of theoretical creation. Listening to the voice of the times, reflecting the requirements of practice and writing a new chapter of great thoughts are important magic weapons for the party to unite and lead the people from victory to victory. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China summarized the theoretical innovation achievements of the Party since the 18th National Congress as Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, which realized the Party’s guiding ideology to keep pace with the times again. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era is the latest achievement of Marxism in China, the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people, an important part of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s theoretical system, and an action guide for the whole party and the people to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
First, the latest achievements of Marxism in China
The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s 96-year history is a history of Marxism in China. The study of the sinicization of Marxism in China is to stand at the forefront of the times and combine Marxism with China’s national conditions. Since the reform and opening-up, upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics has become a distinct theme in all the theories and practices of our Party. As General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a great article, and Comrade Deng Xiaoping has defined the basic ideas and principles for it. The third generation of the party’s central leading collective with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core and the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as the general secretary have written wonderful chapters in this great article. Now, the task of our generation of communist party people is to continue to write this big article. "
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the development of China has stood in a new historical position in the pulse of the increasingly strong and rapid pace of the times. The situation at home and abroad is undergoing profound and complex changes, and some features have never been seen before. The global politics and economy are deeply blended and the problems are disputed. The complexity of relations among countries, economies and social organizations in the world was unimaginable in the 19th and 20th centuries. At the same time, the progress of modern science and technology, especially the information technology represented by the Internet, promotes the profound transformation of social form and social development mode, and new organizational forms, new production forms, new consumption forms and even new relationships between people, people and society, and people and nature are constantly emerging. More importantly, Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s miracle of practice and the spread of endogenous contradictions in western capitalism intensified, which made the rule of China in sharp contrast with the chaos in the West. The financial crisis, the refugee problem and more and more "black swan" incidents in the west have declared the bankruptcy of the final conclusion of history. Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s practice of "the scenery is unique here" fully demonstrates Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence.
The historical orientation of contemporary China’s development is also facing a major transformation. After more than 60 years, especially more than 30 years of reform and opening up, Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. China’s economic strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength and comprehensive national strength have entered the forefront of the world, and China’s international status has achieved unprecedented improvement. The face of the party, the face of the country, the face of the people, the face of the army and the face of the Chinese nation have undergone unprecedented changes, and the Chinese nation is standing in the east of the world with a brand-new attitude.
It is based on the profound insight into the characteristics of the 21st century era and the scientific judgment of the development orientation of contemporary China that the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core constantly develops and innovates Marxism on the basis of unswervingly adhering to Marxism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era outlines the bright future of China and Marxism in the 21st century with a grand strategic vision, answers the issues and practical challenges faced by the new generation of Marxists with scientific theoretical logic, and systematically answers "What kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics should be adhered to and developed in the new era and how to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics". With its profound summary of historical experience, profound revelation of historical laws, in-depth analysis of practical problems and in-depth thinking on future development, it has become the latest achievement of China-oriented Marxism.
Second, an important part of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s theoretical system
Upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the solemn mission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people and the solemn commitment of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to China people. At the same time, it is a long-term and arduous historical task, and it is a new road that predecessors have never walked or even described in detail. The fundamental question of what kind of socialism to build and how to build socialism has long been solved, but it is far from finished. To accomplish our mission and fulfill our promises, we must be brave in practice, change and innovation, focus on the practical problems of China’s reform, opening up and modernization, focus on what we are doing, focus on the application of Marxist theory, focus on theoretical thinking on practical problems, and focus on new practice and development.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the changes in domestic and international situations and the development of various undertakings in China have put forward a major task of the times, which is to systematically answer what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and how to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era from the combination of theory and practice. Focusing on this major issue of the times, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core adheres to the guidance of Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents and Scientific Outlook on Development, persists in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, persisting in dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and closely combining the new conditions of the times and practical requirements. With a brand-new vision, he deepened his understanding of communist party’s ruling laws, socialist construction laws and the development laws of human society, made arduous theoretical explorations, made great theoretical innovations, and formed the Supreme Leader’s New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought.
The most important and core content of this thought is the "eight explicits" summarized in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: clearly upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics, with the overall task of realizing socialist modernization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and building a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modernization power in the middle of this century in two steps on the basis of building a well-off society in an all-round way; It is clear that the main contradiction in our society in the new era is the contradiction between the people’s growing need for a better life and the unbalanced development. We must adhere to the people-centered development thought and constantly promote the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all people. It is clear that the overall layout of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s career is "five in one" and the strategic layout is "four comprehensive", emphasizing firm road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence; It is clear that the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform is to improve and develop the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity; It is clear that the overall goal of comprehensively promoting the rule of law is to build a legal system in Socialism with Chinese characteristics and a socialist country ruled by law; It is clear that the party’s goal of strengthening the army in the new era is to build a people’s army that listens to the party’s command, can win battles and has a good style of work, and build the people’s army into a world-class army; It is clear that the diplomacy of a big country with China characteristics should promote the construction of new international relations and the building of a community of human destiny; It is clear that the most essential feature of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership.The greatest advantage of Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership, and the Party is the highest political leading force. This paper puts forward the general requirements for Party building in the new era and highlights the important position of political construction in Party building.
These "eight explicits" clearly and concisely explain the main contents of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, and constitute a scientific system with complete system, strict logic and internal unity.
Iii. A guide to action for the whole Party and the people of the whole country to strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The sinicization of Marxism is to use the "vector" of Marxism to shoot the "target" of China and solve the practical problems in China. With Socialism with Chinese characteristics entering a new era, China’s social productivity level has improved significantly, and its social productivity has entered the forefront of the world in many aspects. The Chinese nation is standing in the east of the world with a brand-new attitude.
As Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out in those years, "the problems after development are no less than when they are not developed", and may even be more complicated and intractable. For example, entering the new normal of economic development means that the well-used methods that we have been familiar with in the past may no longer work and can no longer be used. It is not only impossible to achieve effective development but also bring severe economic problems, environmental problems and even social and political problems. For example, when the reform entered the critical period and the deep water area, all the delicious meat was eaten, and the rest were hard bones. To deepen the reform in an all-round way, we must resolutely get rid of all the outdated ideological concepts and institutional mechanisms and break through the barriers of solidification of interests; For example, the "four major tests" faced by the party are long-term and complicated, and the "four dangers" faced are sharp and severe, and so on. These are all new and difficult problems before the Communist Party of China (CPC).
How to effectively cope with major challenges, resist major risks, overcome major obstacles and resolve major contradictions, and push Socialism with Chinese characteristics forward in the new era requires that there should be a strategy to follow, a program of action, and the new practice should be based on the economy, politics, the rule of law, science and technology, culture, education, people’s livelihood, nationality, religion, society, ecological civilization, national security, national defense and the army, "one country, two systems" and the motherland. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the basic strategy of upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era around the implementation of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, and summarized it as "14 Persistences". Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era is an expression of the guiding ideology, which is called the basic strategy of Socialism with Chinese characteristics at the level of the action program.
The basic strategy not only embodies the core, key and most important content of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era in the overall framework, but also embodies the overall grasp of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s law in the new era. For example, it fully embodies Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s "five in one" overall layout and "four comprehensive" strategic layout. For example, it is emphasized that "development must be scientific development, and we must unswervingly implement the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing" and "we must uphold and improve China’s socialist basic economic system and distribution system". For example, it emphasizes that "the Party is the leader in everything, east, west, north and south", and requires the whole party to strengthen the "four consciousnesses", consciously safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee and centralize and unify leadership, consciously maintain a high degree of consistency with the CPC Central Committee in ideological and political actions, improve the system and mechanism of adhering to the party’s leadership, improve the party’s ability and determination to take the direction, seek the overall situation, formulate policies and promote reform, and ensure that the party always takes the overall situation and coordinates all parties. For example, it is profoundly clarified that "the people are the creators of history and the fundamental force that determines the future and destiny of the party and the country" and that "improving people’s livelihood and well-being is the fundamental purpose of development", which profoundly shows our party’s political stance, relying on strength and development purposes in governing the country, and so on.
In short, the basic strategy embodies the achievements of our party’s theoretical innovation, practical innovation and institutional innovation since the 18th National Congress, and it is the party’s ideological, strategic, forward-looking and guiding action program in the new era. We must fully implement the party’s basic theory, basic line and basic strategy to better lead the development of the party and the people.
(Author: Xin Ming, Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory System Research Center of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China)
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