The important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China has provided us with important guidelines for persisting in building the party ideologically and strengthening the party theoretically. To continue to promote the Sinicization of Marxism, it is necessary to timely sublimate the new understanding of the Chinese Communists in emancipating their minds, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, fully respecting the new creations of the people in practice, and exploring and answering new issues raised by the development of the times. Extensively absorb the new achievements of the treasure house of human civilization.
The history of our party is a history of continuously advancing the sinicization of Marxism, a history of continuously advancing theoretical innovation and theoretical creation. At the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “To learn from history and create the future, we must continue to promote the Sinicization of Marxism.” This is not only a summary of the theoretical innovation of a century-old party, but also a solemn declaration of the latest achievements in promoting the integration of Marxism with the concrete reality of contemporary China’s development and continuously enriching and developing Marxism in China. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech on July 1st, shining with the brilliance of Marxist truth throughout, is a programmatic document that leads us to continue to advance the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and comprehensively promote the great new project of party building. We must persist in building the party ideologically and strengthening the party theoretically, boldly explore in practice, and constantly make breakthroughs in theory, so that contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st century Marxism will radiate more brilliant truths.
Persist in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for our party and the country, and is the soul and banner of our party.” Marxism is a theory rooted in practice, so it can maintain vitality forever with the development of practice. To continue to promote the Sinicization of Marxism, we must master the positions, viewpoints and methods contained therein, persist in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, and striving to draw new conclusions, form new understandings, and refine new theories.
The Chinese Communists insist on treating science with a scientific attitude and pursuing truth with the spirit of truth, constantly endowing Marxism with new connotations of the times, and using developing Marxism to guide developing practice. Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out: “We must learn to apply Marxist-Leninist theories to China’s specific environment” and “make Marxism concrete in China, so that it will carry the necessary Chinese characteristics in every manifestation.” Over the past 100 years, our party has continuously opened up new realms of Marxism, founded Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, formed the important thinking of the “Three Represents”, the scientific development concept, and established Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, serving the party and the people. Development provides scientific theoretical guidance. This series of major theoretical achievements was formed and developed by the Chinese Communists in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, and has greatly enriched and developed Marxism, and at the same time is guiding the practice of Chinese revolution, construction, and reform. China has profoundly changed China.
Facing the future, we must always persist in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, and consciously freeing our thinking and understanding from the shackles of untimely concepts, practices, and systems, and from being wrong and dogmatic about Marxism. Liberated from understanding, liberated from the shackles of subjectivism and metaphysics, promote the party’s theoretical innovation based on the new stage of development, and continuously deepen the understanding of the laws of the Communist Party’s governance, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of the development of human society. Based on the profoundly changed conditions of the times and China’s new reality, it has made new and original contributions to the development of Marxism by the Chinese Communists.
Fully respect the new creation of the people in practice
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The foundation of the Communist Party of China lies in the people, the blood lies in the people, and the strength lies in the people.” The people are the creators of history and the true heroes. Respecting the people’s practice, absorbing ideological nutrition from the people’s great creation and elevating them to theory are the inexhaustible source of our party’s theoretical innovation. Continuing to promote the Sinicization of Marxism is essentially the Chinese Communists embodies the new will, proposition, and wisdom of the people into the theoretical innovation and theoretical creation of Marxism. Coming from the masses and going to the masses is a spiral process of practice, recognition, re-practice, and re-recognition. It is the source of the innovative development of Marxism along with the development and change of practice.
Over the past 100 years, Chinese Communists have always stood on the people’s side, deeply rooted in the people’s great practice of the growth of political wisdom and governance capabilities, and deeply reflected and firmly safeguarded the people’s efforts in the historical process of advancing the sinicization of Marxism. Interest demands, scientific summary and sublimation of the fresh experience created by the people in practice. For example, at the beginning of the reform and opening up, the rural areas of Anhui started to contract production to households and households to households, and Comrade Deng Xiaoping attached great importance to it. With his support, in less than three to four years, rural reforms with the household contract responsibility system as the main content spread throughout the country, opening the prelude to the entire economic system reform. On the eve of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Deng Xiaoping said while reading the report for soliciting opinions: “Many things in the reform and opening up are put forward by the masses in practice.” The right to invention belongs to the peasants.”
The history of the Sinicization of Marxism tells us that the people on the front line of practice grasp the pulse of the times most truly, perceive the call of practice the most keenly, and can provide rich and fresh nourishment for the innovation and development of Marxism based on the development of practice. The latest achievements of Sinicization of Marxism start from the realization, maintenance and development of the fundamental interests of the majority of the people, reflect the wishes of the masses, and concentrate the wisdom of the masses. Therefore, it has become a practical creation derived from the masses of the masses, runs through the pioneering spirit of the masses, and is powerful. The scientific theory of vitality and affinity. To fulfill the original mission of the new era, party members and cadres must adhere to the people-centered approach, fully reflect the interests and aspirations of the people, gather the wisdom and creativity of the people, and promote the new development of Marxism.
Explore and answer new issues raised by the development of the times
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “On the new journey, we must adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the’Three Represents’, and the scientific development concept, fully implement the socialist thinking with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and insist on integrating Marxism. The basic principles are combined with China’s specific reality and with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. We use Marxism to observe, grasp, and lead the era, and continue to develop contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st century Marxism!”
Over the past 100 years, generations of Chinese Communists have regarded solving major issues encountered in the revolution, construction, and reform practices as the growth point and breakthrough point of theoretical innovation, and have continuously promoted the innovation and development of Marxism while answering one “question of the times”. After our party was founded, it faced a semi-colonial and semi-feudal backward agricultural country. The Chinese Communists have overcome all obstacles and forged ahead, explored the revolutionary path of encircling the cities in the countryside and seizing power by armed forces, creatively solved the extremely complex problems in the revolutionary process, and led the Chinese revolutionary ship to break through the waves. After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, the Chinese Communists have creatively explored and answered what is Marxism, how to treat Marxism, and what is socialism in response to the changes of the times, the forefront of the times, and the forerunners of the times. , How to build socialism, what kind of party to build, how to build a party, what kind of development to achieve, how to develop and other major theoretical and practical issues. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, faced with the various contradictions encountered in the process of the country’s development from big to strong and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has systematically answered the new questions from the combination of theory and practice. What kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the era, and how to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics is a major issue of the times, and promote the Sinicization of Marxism to a new height.
New problems encountered in the development of practice are endless, and theoretical innovation is endless. We must take problem-solving as the orientation of theoretical innovation, focus on problems, follow them, and take resolving contradictions and solving problems as the focus of promoting theoretical innovation and practical innovation. Be good at looking at the essence through phenomena, grasping the regularity of things from complicated problems, discovering the tendency of things from emerging problems, and revealing the inevitability of things from accidental problems, so that our party’s theoretical innovation can reveal new laws and lead new ideas. development of.
Extensively absorb new achievements in the development of human civilization
The establishment of Marxism by Marx and Engels and the opening of a new era of human thought are inseparable from the extensive acquisition of human civilization. To continue to promote the Sinicization of Marxism, we must absorb all the outstanding achievements of civilization created by mankind to the maximum on the basis of adhering to the Marxist standpoint, viewpoints and methods.
In the past 100 years, generations of Chinese Communists have not only adhered to the basic principles of Marxism, but also widely absorbed the outstanding achievements of human civilization in the process of advancing the sinicization of Marxism. In the late 1970s, peace and development became the theme of the times, and our party changed the theme of Marxist theory into building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Under the leadership of the new theoretical themes, our party has made major theoretical breakthroughs one after another and formed many new understandings. For example, there is no fixed model for the development of socialist production relations; socialism is not equal to a planned economy; rigid and closed systems cannot develop socialism, and copying foreign countries cannot develop socialism; and so on. This change in theoretical themes and the theoretical breakthroughs brought about by it have given socialism with Chinese characteristics a new look, new temperament, and new style. At the same time, Chinese Communists have continuously enhanced their ambition, backbone, and confidence to be Chinese, adhere to the line of ideological defense, continue to consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, and consolidate the common ideological foundation of the unity and struggle of the whole party and the people of the country.
In today’s world, information technology is changing with each passing day, and digitization, networking, and intelligence are developing in depth. In the face of many new achievements in new fields, only tolerance and absorption can further demonstrate the vitality of Marxism. We must use the broad-mindedness and magnificence of being open-minded and learning from others to learn scientifically from all the outstanding achievements of civilization created by human society in this era, continue to learn from the good things of others, and turn the good things of others into our own. Persist in proceeding from the reality of the country and the nation, insist on learning from each other’s strengths, choosing the best, and enriching and developing the ideological and theoretical treasures of the Chinese Communists by continuously absorbing all kinds of civilized nutrients, so that contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st century Marxism will become more powerful. The power of truth and the power of practice.
(The author is the deputy director of the Office of the Research Center for the Study of Jinping Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era of the National Defense University)