An Action Guide for Composing the "Cultural Scroll" of Chinese Modernization

"Culture is prosperous, culture is strong and the nation is strong". Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints and new thesis on propaganda, ideological and cultural work, forming Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts, and shouldering new cultural missions for the Chinese Communists in the new era. Composing the "cultural scroll" of Chinese-style modernization and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation provides a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide. In-depth study and understanding of Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts from the three dimensions of theoretical height, distinctive characteristics, and mission significance will help us face the new situation and new tasks in the cultural field on the new journey, and continue to write a new chapter in the propaganda, ideological and cultural undertakings in the new era.

　Deeply Understanding Xi Jinping's Cultural Thought from the Theoretical Height Dimension
"The more you know, the more you act, and the more you act, the better you know." Xi Jinping's cultural thought carries out the overall layout and comprehensive deployment of the party's cultural work in terms of practical experience, and innovates and breakthroughs in Marxist cultural theory in the cognition of laws. It is not only a powerful expression of the historical confidence and cultural confidence of the Communist Party of China to reach a new height, but also a concentrated expression of the party's understanding of the law of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics to a new height.
Reach a new height of historical and cultural self-confidence in the transformation of practice. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has placed propaganda, ideological and cultural work in an important position in governing the country, made systematic plans and deployments from an overall and strategic perspective, and achieved historic achievements. Xi Jinping's cultural thought is not only a summary of the practical experience of the party's leadership in cultural construction, but also the party's thought of guiding the development of cultural undertakings in the new era. In the benign interaction between practice and theory, it embodies the historical confidence and cultural confidence of the Communist Party of China in the new era.
The guiding ideology is to arm the whole party and educate the masses with Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, which is contemporary Chinese Marxism, to form a high degree of political identity, ideological identity, theoretical identity and emotional identity of the whole party and society; from a world perspective, the construction of a socialist cultural power has been fruitful, and cultural soft power and Chinese cultural influence have been enhanced. Attach great importance to the civilized subject and outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture; in spiritual pursuit, vigorously promote the prosperity of literary and artistic creation with the people as the center, and better meet the cultural needs of the people; in the construction of positions, improve the propaganda methods in the complex public opinion environment, and stick to it Live in the high ground of public opinion and propaganda position; in terms of value guidance, it expands the influence of mainstream values represented by socialist core values, it has accumulated great spiritual strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Reach a new height of law understanding in the deepening of theory. Xi Jinping's cultural thought constantly adapts to the needs of propaganda, ideology and culture at the new historical starting point, develops Marxist cultural view and the party's theory of cultural construction, and becomes the theoretical expression of the party's understanding of the law of socialist cultural construction with Chinese characteristics to a new height. Marxism believes that culture is determined by and restricted by the economic foundation, and the superstructure such as culture and art has a dynamic reaction to the economic foundation. The Communist Party of China inherits the Marxist view of culture and has been deeply aware of the important role of culture since its founding. During the revolutionary period, it pointed out that culture should serve the revolutionary struggle and put forward the task of developing a national, scientific and popular anti-imperialist and anti-feudal new democratic culture. After the founding of New China, the basic policy of "literature and art serving the people, first serving the workers, peasants and soldiers" and the guiding policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom" a hundred schools of contend; after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, it was proposed that spiritual civilization is an important feature of socialism, and the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics provides ideological guarantee, spiritual motivation and intellectual support for the cause of reform, opening up and modernization.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought formed at the new historical starting point of the new era is a new cultural theoretical system that combines the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Based on China and looking at the world, it deeply promotes the construction of modern civilization of the Chinese nation and the construction of China's academic discourse system, clearly puts forward the primary political task of ideological and cultural propaganda work and the main line of work of new cultural mission, and examines contemporary Chinese culture in the grand historical view of human civilization and broad vision, further deepen the understanding of the regularity of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the accelerated evolution of major changes unseen in a century and the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Deeply Grasp Xi Jinping's Cultural Thought from Distinctive Feature Dimension
"Rich is called great cause, and new day is called Shengde". As a cultural chapter of Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, Xi Jinping's cultural thought has put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints and new judgments around the cultural construction in the new era, and has made outstanding original contributions in the cultural field. Through its distinctive characteristics of scientificity, openness and guidance, its theoretical character shows the great power of the party to lead the socialist cultural construction of our country.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought is scientific and a scientific theoretical system. In essence, Xi Jinping's cultural thought highlights the fundamental task of the Party's ideological construction and the fundamental system of adhering to the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field with the primary political task; clarifies the main line of propaganda, ideology and culture in the new era with the new cultural mission; and sorts out the underlying logic of propaganda, ideology and culture in the new era in a methodological sense with the principles of cultural self-confidence, openness and tolerance; with the practical requirements of "seven efforts", we should grasp the major issues of how to do a good job in propaganda, ideological and cultural work in the new era from many aspects and fields. In terms of theoretical system, Xi Jinping's cultural thought connects theory and practice, connects history and reality, combines international and domestic, and expounds the ideological background and concrete plan of cultural construction in the new era with theoretical integrity and internal logic. It clarifies the vague understanding, clears the fog of thought and clarifies the principle position on many fundamental issues, forming an organic theoretical whole with rich connotation and profound discussion.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought contains openness and is an unfolding ideological system. On the one hand, Xi Jinping's cultural thought is the open development of Marxism in China. For more than a hundred years, the reason why the Communist Party of China has been able to accomplish arduous tasks that other political forces cannot accomplish is that it insists on combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality, combining with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and using new theories to guide New practice. Xi Jinping's cultural thought adheres to the modernization of Marxism in China, and profoundly summarizes the experience of party leadership in cultural construction in the new era based on the great historical practice and contemporary practice of the Chinese nation. it has become a concentrated embodiment of the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with the excellent traditional Chinese culture in the field of culture. On the other hand, Xi Jinping's cultural thought is not a closed theoretical system and will be further enriched in practical development. The achievement of the new cultural mission in the new era cannot be simply continued, and the existing models and solidified paths cannot be simply applied. Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts continue to think and elaborate on major theoretical and practical issues in the cultural field, and continue to form new ideas for cultural construction., Explore new mechanisms for cultural construction, and promote the deepening of the modernization of Marxism in China in practice.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought is deeply instructive and is a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide for undertaking new cultural missions in the new era and new journey. To unite the joint forces of cultural construction, the Communist Party of China is the largest Marxist ruling party in the world, and Chinese civilization is a broad and profound civilization with a long history of five thousand years. The Communist Party of China leads the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups to complete the new cultural mission of the new era. It needs strong action force and theoretical and cognitive guidance in line with the essence and law of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Taking Xi Jinping's cultural thought as a theoretical weapon to form a unified understanding of the whole party in the cultural field, it gives the party's propaganda, ideological and cultural work a huge force for action. To provide cultural construction to follow, Xi Jinping's cultural thought is the road map and task book for cultural construction in the new era, which clarifies what banner and path the party's cultural construction in the new era will take, in what direction, and how the final value will be reflected. In the face of propaganda, ideological and cultural issues, help the whole party to distinguish right from wrong and clear the fog, in order to better consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, consolidate the common ideological foundation of the unity and struggle of the whole party and the people, and promote the new cultural mission of the new era Construction provides theoretical basis and fundamental follow.

　A Profound Understanding of Xi Jinping's Cultural Thought from the Dimension of Mission Meaning
In the face of the common human problem of "what is wrong with the world and what should we do", Xi Jinping's cultural thought deeply thinks about the theoretical and practical issues in the cultural field, and uses the world outlook and methodology of Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics to observe the trend of the times and grasp the overall situation of the world from a cultural perspective, reflecting the CPC's high sense of responsibility and mission as a mission-oriented party to realize the great historical mission and new cultural mission, have a strong sense of historical subject and responsibility.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought answers the questions of China and the times, and promotes Chinese-style modernization with mission and responsibility to comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "culture is the soul of a country and a nation". The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is highly related to the prosperity of Chinese culture. Some time ago, under the background of profound economic and social changes and profound adjustments in the pattern of interests in China, the cultural and ideological fields were faced with risks and challenges, and some ideological trends tried their best to compete for ideological discourse power. try to challenge China's historical choice, cultural identity, common values and theoretical basis. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has made it clear that propaganda, ideological and cultural work is an extremely important task in the practice of leading the party and the people to promote governance. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical period, and it is very important to continuously enhance cultural self-confidence and unite the spiritual strength of the Chinese nation. Facing the new situation and new tasks, Xi Jinping's cultural thought stands in a new historical position, grasps the pulse of the times from the long history of a long period of time, and always maintains the soberness and firmness of solving the unique problems of the century-old party in the face of multiple shocks. It is clearly required to continue to complete the new cultural mission at the new historical starting point, and point out the corresponding basic principles and methods, it answers the major propositions of the times faced by the party in the cultural field from the level of what should be and what should be, so that the party can further grasp the historical initiative in cultural construction, promote the formation of a cultural organism of Chinese-style modernization, and inject vigor and vitality into the cultural field to promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Xi Jinping's cultural thought answers the questions of the people and the world, and takes on the mission to create a new form of human civilization. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "without the active guidance of advanced culture," it is impossible for a country or a nation to stand among the nations of the world." The community with a shared future for mankind has a common concern for culture. As a political party committed to the cause of human progress, the Communist Party of China actively faces a large number of theoretical and practical issues in the cultural field that need to be answered in the "two overall situations. Xi Jinping's cultural thought thinks deeply about cultural issues from the perspective of the world pattern and mankind, and recognizes that culture is the spiritual home of the people in terms of the people; in terms of subjectivity, it recognizes that countries and nations that have lost their own ideology and culture cannot stand in the world; in terms of diversity Recognize that the cultural innovation of the Chinese people is as much a contribution to human civilization as my country's new development model and path. Therefore, Xi Jinping's cultural thought attaches great importance to issues such as the inheritance of civilization and cultural construction, and points out that it is necessary to promote the continuous prosperity of cultural industries and undertakings with the people as the center, activate the inherent strong vitality of Chinese civilization in the long-term evolution process, and promote the generation and development of modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Develop, create colorful and rich Chinese culture to enrich world civilization, and provide correct spiritual guidance for mankind. At the same time, it summarizes the experience and theoretically refines the powerful path of adapting the cultural genes of the Chinese nation to contemporary Chinese culture and coordinating with modern society, and provides Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for the progress and development of various countries and national cultures in the world.

(The authors are professors of the School of Marxism, Renmin University of China, deputy dean of the Institute of Communist Party History and Party Building, and doctoral students of the School of Marxism, Renmin University of China)