At the National Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work Conference held in October 2023, the Party Central Committee formally proposed and systematically elaborated on Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts. This major ideological connotation is rich and the discussion is profound, including the important content of “forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and building a spiritual home shared by the Chinese nation.” Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has laid a solid spiritual and cultural foundation for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and has elevated the construction of the spiritual home of the nation to a strategic task. He has put forward a series of new ideas, new views and new conclusions on building a modern civilization of the Chinese nation, promoting the coordinated development of material and spiritual civilization, strengthening the construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese nation, cultivating and practicing the core socialist values, doing a good job in the protection and inheriting of historical and cultural heritages of all ethnic groups, and telling the stories of the Chinese nation well. He has formed General Secretary Xi Jinping’s “building the shared spirit of the Chinese nation”. drawThe important statement of the God’s Homeland. Understanding and implementing this important statement is the necessary meaning of learning and implementing Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts, and it is also an inevitable requirement for doing a good job in ethnic work in the new era.
Deeply grasp the diverse and integrated pattern of Chinese civilization, and focus on building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at the symposium on cultural heritage and development held in June 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace. These outstanding characteristics demonstrate the diversity and unity of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. The long-term unified tradition of Chinese civilization has formed a unity of diversity, unity and centralization. The pursuit of unity of “convergence inward” is the continuous front of civilizationPromote and result. At the same time, Chinese civilization never replaces multicultural culture with a single culture, but gathers multiple cultures into common culture, resolve conflicts and build consensus. The diverse and integrated pattern of Chinese civilization fundamentally determines the integration of cultures of all ethnic groups in the Chinese nation, and also determines the historical orientation of exchanges and integration of the Chinese nation, and also determines that a strong and unified country is bounded by the fate of the people of all ethnic groups. These outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization have given the most basic cultural imprint and spiritual genes of the Chinese nation, become a unique spiritual symbol that distinguishes the Chinese nation from other nations, are the spiritual bonds that maintain all ethnic groups in the Chinese nation, and are also the treasure for cultural innovation of all ethnic groups in the Chinese nation. At the symposium on cultural heritage and development, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the major proposition of “building modern civilization of the Chinese nation” and systematically elaborated on it. Building modern civilization of the Chinese nation is a heroic feat of a country with a diverse and integrated civilization history like ours, and it is also an inherent requirement for building a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation. We must deeply understand and grasp the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization and the diverse and integrated pattern of Chinese civilization, adapt to the development trend of the Chinese nation from history to the future, from tradition to modernity, and from diversity to unity, and strive to build modern civilization of the Chinese nation and create a new form of human civilization.
Firstly grasp that cultural identity is the deepest level of identity, and promoting the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization is the Chinese characteristics of Chinese modernization and an important part of Xi Jinping’s cultural thought. Correctly grasping the relationship between material and spirituality, and emphasizing the correct handling of the relationship between material civilization and spiritual civilization from a dialectical, comprehensive and balanced perspective is the cultural stance that our party has always adhered to, and it is also a pair of relationships that need to be focused on when doing a good job in ethnic work in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the 2014 Central Ethnic Work Conference: “The promotion of ethnic work depends on two forces, one is material force and the other is spiritual force.” Over the past period, our use of material force has been stronger and our use of spiritual force has been weaker. History and reality tell us that to solve the national problem well, the material problems should be solved, and spiritual problems should be solved. If any problem is not solved well, more problems will arise. Material and spiritual power each have their own functions and are largely irreplaceable to each other. One key opens the other, and the mental problems must be solved by strengthening the spiritual power. therefore,Solving the problem of national unity is inseparable from the power of identity, and long-term and fundamentally depends on enhancing cultural identity. As General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized, “Cultural identity is the deepest level of identity, the root of national unity and the soul of national harmony.” In the process of comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation, we must focus on realizing the modernization of coordinated material civilization and spiritual civilization. While attaching importance to the economic and social development of ethnic minorities and ethnic areas, we must give all reform and development to demonstrate the significance of the sense of community of the Chinese nation, maintain unity and oppose division, and improve people’s livelihood and unite people’s hearts.
Based on grasping the fundamental requirements of “two combinations”, strengthening the construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese nation community
Our party has always attached great importance to theoretical construction and theoretical research, and through theoretical maturity and firmness, it has continuously enhanced the dominance and discourse power in the ideological field. During the ninth collective study of the 20th Central Political Bureau, General Secretary Xi Jinping creatively proposed “combining Marxist national theory with China’s specific reality and with China’s excellent traditional culture”, which provided a fundamental guideline for the innovation of national theory in the new era. In particular, the “second combination” is based on the long history of the Chinese nation, combining Marxist national theory with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, following the historical and theoretical logic of the development of the Chinese nation, and scientifically revealing the principles, academics and philosophy of the formation and development of the Chinese nation, providing scientific methods for building a theoretical system for the construction of the Chinese nation community. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “To strengthen the construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese nation, we must optimize the discipline setting, strengthen discipline construction, accurately determine the research direction, deepen the research on major basic issues of the Chinese nation community, and accelerate the formation of China’s independent historical materials system, discourse system, and theoretical system of the Chinese nation community.” The construction of the theoretical system and knowledge system of the Chinese nation community involves multiple disciplines and multiple fields, and the vast number of philosophy and social science workers are important new forces. We must focus on stimulating the enthusiasm and creativity of experts and scholars, strengthen the cultivation of young experts and scholars, set a good direction for them, build a platform, create opportunities, encourage them to study hard and accumulate strength, and launch original and innovative theoretical achievements based on Chinese history, interpret Chinese practice, and answer Chinese questions.
Always grasp patriotism isThe core of the Chinese nation’s spirit, deeply cultivating and practicing the core socialist values
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the symposium on literary and artistic work: “Core values are the spiritual bonds on which a nation depends for maintenance and the common ideological and moral foundation of a country. If there is no common core value, a nation and a country will have no place to live and act without a single soul. DrawReturn to the back. “Why can the Chinese nation continue to develop and develop for thousands of years? A very important reason is that we have a national spirit with patriotism as the core Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw and have a consistent value pursuit. The core socialist values determine the development direction of the Chinese nation’s shared spiritual home, and must be vigorously cultivated and practiced in the whole society and among all ethnic groups. We must strengthen the Party’s theory and line and policy education for people of all ethnic groups, strengthen publicity and education on the history of the Party, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, the history of socialist development, and the history of the development of the Chinese nation, and especially inherit and carry forward the great spirit of the Party’s leadership and other spiritual spectrums formed by the people in the struggle of various historical periods, and use common ideals and beliefs to unite the heart and forge the soul. To cultivate and practice the core socialist values, we must attach importance to strengthening ideological and political education in schools, and integrate the spirit of patriotism into the entire process of education at all levels and types of schools. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the 2014 Central Ethnic Work Conference that adolescence is a critical period for the formation of values, human outlook on life, the outlook on the motherland and the outlook on nation. Education is about blood and soul. It must be taken from childhood and from kindergarten.. We must grasp the lesson of patriotism education, bury the seeds of loving China deep in the hearts of every child, and let the core socialist values take root in the hearts of the next generation of the motherland. All ethnic groups should cultivate children to establish the awareness of being a member of the Chinese nation, and do not let children only know which ethnic group they are. First of all, they should know that they are the Chinese nation. This is the relationship between the moon Babaylan 1990 clothes draw and the stars. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the symposium on cultural heritage and development: “Chinese cultural identity transcends regional, blood lineage, religious belief, etc., integrates the vast and turbulent masses with great internal differences into a diverse and integrated Chinese nation. draw“The historical and cultural heritage of all ethnic groups in my country is a specific manifestation of Chinese cultural identity. Babaylan 1990 clothes draw is the current form, carrying the genes and blood of the Chinese nation and containing the historical memory shared by the Chinese nation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to the protection and inheritance of historical and cultural heritages of various ethnic groups. He has personally investigated and inspected many historical and cultural heritages of various ethnic groups, including Guangxi Ethnic Museum, Chifeng Museum, Heshun Ancient Town, Yungang Grottoes, Potala Palace, Bakhor Street, Chengde Summer Resort, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum, Xinjiang Corps Military Reclamation Museum, Jiaohe Ancient City, etc., and has also put forward clear requirements for the protection and inheritance of ethnic intangible cultural heritages of Hezhe ethnic group, “Gesar”, special Miao embroidery, hand-woven skills of Kaya Tibetan blanket, and “Manas”. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that Chinese civilization is rooted in a fertile land of harmonious and different multi-ethnic cultures. We must attach importance to the protection and inheritance of ethnic minority cultures and repeatedly tell the people of all ethnic groups that all ethnic groups have contributed to the formation and development of Chinese culture. Among the Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw Chinese project included in the “Representative Works of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”, ethnic minorities account for one-third. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the 2021 Central Ethnic Work Conference to promote all ethnic groupsCultural inheritance, protection and innovation should be carried out on the basis of enhancing the identity of Chinese culture, and should not be put before the horse. We must deeply explore the historical connotation of exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups contained in historical and cultural heritage and the ideological connotation of national unity and progress, and establish and highlight the symbols of Chinese culture and the image of the Chinese nation shared by all ethnic groups.
Comprehensively grasp the importance and regularity of ethnic propaganda, and vigorously promote the Chinese National Work. Ethnic work is a work that unites people’s hearts and gathers strength. Whether ethnic propaganda is done well is related to people’s hearts and the image of the party and the country. We must fully grasp the special importance and internal laws of publicity work in the ethnic field, firmly grasp the initiative and dominance of public opinion, innovate the dissemination methods of ethnic propaganda, enrich the dissemination content, and broaden the dissemination channels. General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed the “four vigorous publicity” at the ninth collective study of the 20th Central Political Bureau: vigorously publicize the history of the Chinese nation, vigorously publicize the theory of the Chinese nation, vigorously publicize the historic achievements made by the Party’s ethnic work in the new era, and vigorously publicize the beautiful vision of the Chinese nation and people of all countries in the world to build a community with a shared future for mankind. Telling a good story of the Chinese nation is an image summary of publicity work in the ethnic field. Regarding how to tell the story of the Chinese nation well, General Secretary Xi Jinping clarified the “four clarifications”: clarifying the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system are reliable guarantees for the common development and progress of all ethnic groups in our country, explaining the Chinese nation is a community with a shared future with strong recognition and cohesion, and explaining the obvious superiority of the correct path to solve ethnic problems with Chinese characteristics. While telling the story of the Chinese nation well through multiple channels and forms, we must also targetedly refute all kinds of false public opinion, negative public opinion, and harmful remarks. Adhere to the combination of “invite in” and “going out”, and actively promote exchanges and interactions between Chinese and foreign academic circles and civil groups.
A nation without spiritual strength is difficult to be self-reliant, and a cause without cultural support is difficult to last for a long time. The proposal of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts not only provides fundamental guidance for building a spiritual home shared by the Chinese nation, but also provides strong ideological guarantees and strong spiritual strength for strengthening the construction of the Chinese nation and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s cultural thought, we must firmly grasp the guidance of ideological work, strengthen and improve the Party’s overall leadership over ethnic work, further clarify the roadmap and task book for building a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation, and work hard, work hard for a long time, and continuously promote the Chinese nation toward a community with a shared future with higher recognition and stronger cohesion.
(Author’s unit: First Research Department of the Central Academy of Party History and Literature)