Adhering to the Party's cultural leadership is a major event related to the future and destiny of the Party and the country.

The Communist Party of China has always attached great importance to the use of culture to lead the way forward, gather the strength of struggle, unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country to constantly promote the cause of the party and the people with new ideological and cultural awakening, theoretical creation of new achievements, and new achievements in cultural construction. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly understood the status and role of propaganda, ideological and cultural work in the new era, scientifically grasped the basic laws of ideological work, and made systematic plans and arrangements for propaganda, ideological and cultural work from an overall and strategic perspective. it is clearly proposed to uphold and strengthen the party's leadership over propaganda, ideological and cultural work, and adhere to the party's cultural leadership. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on upholding the party's cultural leadership is an important part of Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts. It profoundly clarifies the extreme importance of the party's leadership for propaganda, ideological and cultural work, and continues to promote cultural prosperity from a new starting point. The fundamental political guarantee that must be adhered to in building a cultural power and building a modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

Adhering to the party's cultural leadership is the most important regular understanding derived from a profound summary of historical experience and insight into the general trend of the development of the times.

The leadership of a political party is not only reflected in economic, political and military aspects, but also includes cultural leadership with ideology as the core. Establishing and consolidating cultural leadership is crucial for both a revolutionary party and a ruling party. Marxism emphasizes that social existence determines social consciousness, and people's material conditions and class status determine their ideological status. In class society, "the class that dominates the material means of production also dominates the spiritual means of production". Lenin opened the process of conscious transformation from ideology as "ideological system" to ideology as "social practice", emphasizing that "without revolutionary theory, there will be no revolutionary movement" and "only the party guided by advanced theory can realize the role of advanced soldiers". Looking back on the party's more than a hundred years of struggle, in the various historical periods of revolution, construction, and reform, our party has always put the construction of cultural leadership in an important strategic position, combined with the conditions of the times and around the party's central task, put forward cultural programs, cultural goals, and cultural policies, and unremittingly promoted cultural construction, which effectively promoted the development of the cause of the party and the people. During the period of the new democratic revolution, the party proposed that it must "fight for the leadership of the proletariat of the cultural movement". Comrade Mao Zedong emphasized: "Because the current Chinese revolution cannot leave the leadership of the Chinese proletariat, the current Chinese new culture cannot leave the leadership of the Chinese proletarian cultural ideology, that is, it cannot leave the leadership of communist ideology." In his speech at the Yan'an Forum on literature and art, Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out: "what belongs to the real masses of the people must now be led by the proletariat." After the founding of New China, the Communist Party of China began to govern in an all-round way and became the leader of socialist cultural construction. In promoting the development of cultural undertakings, the CPC Central Committee has set up party groups or party committees in the government and its cultural departments, further strengthening the party's leadership over cultural work, and actively striving for all patriotic intellectuals to devote themselves to the cause of cultural construction. explore the direction of socialist cultural development.

Entering the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, Comrade Deng Xiaoping creatively unified the construction of the cultural leadership of the Communist Party of China with the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, and proposed that the construction of our party "become the leader of the people of the whole country in socialist material civilization and spiritual civilization. The strong core of construction". In the process of exploring the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, the party adheres to both material civilization and spiritual civilization, and constantly improves and perfects the party's leadership over cultural work, which promotes the prosperity and development of socialist culture, inspires the national spirit and condenses National strength.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the world's unprecedented changes in a century have accelerated, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical period. The party's propaganda, ideological and cultural work is facing new situations and new tasks. From a domestic perspective, to achieve the first centenary goal and embark on a new journey to achieve the second centenary goal, there is an urgent need to unify thinking, gather strength, and strengthen confidence, so as to encourage the whole party and the people of the whole country to unite and strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. From an international point of view, under the century-old changes, it is urgent to strengthen cultural soft power and international discourse power and enhance the influence of the communication power of Chinese civilization. From the perspective of ideology, in the face of the diversity and variety of social ideology and the biggest variable of the Internet, there is an urgent need to effectively control the ability of new technologies and emerging media, firmly grasp the right to guide public opinion, and better build consensus and win people's hearts. From the perspective of propaganda, ideological and cultural work, the level of propaganda, ideological and cultural work has been continuously improved, but there is still a gap compared with the requirements of the party, the expectations of the people, and the development of the situation. There are still problems that cannot keep up with the pace of the times and do not meet the requirements of practice. There is an urgent need to adhere to integrity and innovation, actively recognize changes and seek changes, and continuously reach new levels in timely answers and promote practical progress. In the face of a series of new situations, new tasks and new challenges, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core clearly put forward that "adhering to the party's leadership is a directional issue", emphasizing "adhering to and strengthening the party's overall leadership of propaganda, ideological and cultural work", and putting culture Construction is placed in an important position in the overall work, raising the flag and planning the layout, clarifying the source, keeping the right and innovating, and making a series of major decisions on propaganda and cultural work, we have made historic achievements in propaganda, ideological and cultural undertakings in the new era, and the situation in the ideological field has undergone overall and fundamental changes.

The core task of upholding the party's cultural leadership is to uphold and consolidate the party's leadership over ideological work and consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field.

Ideology determines the direction and development path of culture. Any kind of culture has a position and principles. This position and principle determine the fundamental problem of "why people serve" in culture. To adhere to the Party's cultural leadership, we must first of all unswervingly adhere to the guiding position of Marxism.

Firmly grasp the leadership, management and discourse power of ideological work. Both history and reality warn us that once the ideological and public opinion positions are broken, it will be difficult to defend other lines of defense. Entering the new era, the profound changes in the international and domestic situation have made my country's ideological field face an unprecedentedly complex situation. How to improve the ability to integrate social ideology, culture and values, expand the influence of mainstream values, and master the initiative in the field of values. Dominance and discourse power have become major issues that our party must solve. Facing the increasingly complex and acute struggle environment in the ideological field, General Secretary Xi Jinping placed ideological work at the strategic height of whether he can adhere to the leadership of the party, adhere to and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics, and emphasized that "while concentrating on economic construction At the same time, ideological work cannot be relaxed or weakened for a moment. The leadership, management, and discourse power of ideological work must be firmly in hand, and it cannot be left behind at any time, otherwise, we will make irreparable historical mistakes." We must "firmly grasp the party's leadership over ideological work, fully implement the responsibility system for ideological work, and consolidate and strengthen the mainstream ideological and public opinion in the new era".

and consolidate the guiding position of marxism in the ideological field. "All the experience of modern history... proves indisputably that only the Marxist world outlook correctly reflects the interests, views and culture of the revolutionary proletariat." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "On the fundamental issue of adhering to the guiding position of Marxism, we must be unswerving, and we must not waver at any time and under any circumstances." To promote the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, we must adhere to the fundamental system of the guiding position of Marxism in the field of ideology, promote the modernization of Marxism in China, and build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leadership, so that all people are in ideals, beliefs and values., Moral concepts are closely united. The key to the overall and fundamental change of China's ideological situation in the new era lies in the party's clear mission and task of raising the banner, gathering people's hearts, cultivating new people, promoting culture and developing image of propaganda and ideological work in the new era; the fundamental task of "two consolidation" of propaganda and ideological work is to consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, Consolidate the common ideological basis of the unity and struggle of the whole Party and the people.

The fundamental principle of adhering to the party's cultural leadership is to adhere to the unity of party spirit and people's character, adhere to the correct political direction and stand firm in political position

Adhering to the unity of party spirit and people's character with a clear-cut stand is a fundamental principle for strengthening the party's overall leadership and doing a good job in propaganda, ideological and cultural work. In the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, we should adhere to the principle of being responsible to the party and to the people, and unify the embodiment of the party's ideas and the reflection of the people's aspirations, so as to better and more comprehensively reflect the people's wishes from the party's standpoint, and truly reassure the party and satisfy the people.

The party spirit and the people's character have always been consistent and unified. The unity of the party spirit and the people's character of the Communist Party is a basic viewpoint of Marxism. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the Communist Party of China is a Marxist party that "serves the people wholeheartedly", "represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people" and "comes from the people and for the people. To adhere to the party spirit is to adhere to the people's nature, to adhere to the people's nature is to adhere to the party spirit, the party spirit is in the people's nature, there is no party spirit divorced from the people's nature, and there is no people's nature divorced from the party spirit. Only by adhering to the party spirit can the propaganda, ideological and cultural work have a clear position and direction; only by adhering to the people's nature can the propaganda, ideological and cultural work obtain the source of vitality and the foundation of power.

To do a good job in propaganda, ideology and culture, we must stress party spirit. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: "to adhere to the party spirit, the core is to adhere to the correct political direction, stand a firm political stand, firmly publicize the party's theory, line, principles and policies, and firmly publicize the major work arrangements of the Central Committee." firmly publicize the Central Committee's major analysis and judgment on the situation, resolutely maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee, and resolutely safeguard the authority of the Party Central Committee." No matter how the times evolve and how the environment for the dissemination of public opinion changes, no matter when and under what circumstances, the principle of party spirit must not be lost or forgotten, and there must be no ambiguity, deviation or wavering. It is necessary to enhance the party's consciousness, serve the cause of the party and the people with due diligence, adhere to what we insist on, oppose what we say, and do what we do, we must meet the requirements of the party, and truly achieve the goal of "staying strong after thousands of blows, and letting the east, west, north and south wind".

To do a good job in propaganda, ideology and culture, we must stress the people's character. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "To adhere to the people's nature is to take the realization, maintenance, and development of the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the starting point and goal, and adhere to the people-oriented and people-oriented." Socialist cultural construction must have a solid starting point and end point, which is to solve the fundamental problem of "for whom, who to rely on, and who I am. This requires the establishment of a people-centered work orientation, combining serving the masses with education and guiding the masses, and combining meeting needs with improving literacy; resolutely overcome some propaganda reports that are divorced from life, not grounded, and not close enough to the masses The problem is to resolutely overcome the vulgarization phenomenon brought about by blindly catering to the market. At the same time, it should be seen that the people are concrete rather than abstract, and it is necessary to seriously study the ideological and cultural needs of different masses, constantly enrich the people's spiritual world, strengthen the people's spiritual strength, and meet the people's spiritual needs.

The key to upholding the party's cultural leadership is to uphold and strengthen the party's overall leadership over propaganda, ideological and cultural work.

Upholding and strengthening the party's overall leadership has a bearing on the future and destiny of the party and the country. All our undertakings are built on this foundation and are rooted in this most essential feature and greatest advantage. upholding the party's leadership over propaganda, ideological and cultural work is an important aspect of upholding the party's leadership. To shoulder the new cultural mission in the new era, the key lies in upholding and strengthening the party's overall leadership over propaganda, ideological and cultural work, and implementing the party's leadership in the whole process and all aspects of socialist cultural construction.

The cause of literature and art is an important cause of the party and the people, and the literary and art front is an important front of the party and the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "the leadership of the party is the fundamental guarantee for the development of socialist literature and art." "It is necessary to enhance cultural consciousness and cultural self-confidence from the height of building a socialist cultural power, put literature and art work on the important agenda, and implement the party's literature and art policies. Policy, grasp the correct direction of the development of literature and art". The work of literature and art in the new era closely relies on the vast number of literary and art workers, respects and follows the laws of literature and art, seeks truth from facts, and advances with the times to formulate literary and artistic lines and policies, go deep into life, take root in the people, and continuously promote the prosperity and development of literature and art.

The party's news and public opinion work is an important part of the party's work. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "doing a good job in the party's news and public opinion work is related to the banner and road, to the implementation of the party's theory, line, principles and policies, to the smooth promotion of various undertakings of the party and the state, to the cohesion and centripetal force of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, and to the future and destiny of the party and the country". The news and public opinion work in the new era adheres to the responsibility and mission of "holding high the banner, leading the orientation, centering on the center, serving the overall situation, uniting the people, boosting morale, becoming a moral person, concentrating efforts, clarifying fallacies, distinguishing right from wrong, connecting China and foreign countries, and communicating with the world", Continuously consolidate and strengthen mainstream public opinion, and gather a powerful spiritual force to strive to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

The cause of philosophy and social sciences is an important cause of the party and the people, and the front of philosophy and social sciences is an important front of the party and the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Strengthening and improving the party's leadership over philosophy and social sciences is the fundamental guarantee for the prosperity and development of my country's philosophy and social sciences." The work of philosophy and social sciences in the new era pays attention to strengthening ideological guidance, and always takes in-depth study, research and interpretation of Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the core content, and guides and promotes philosophy and social science workers to consciously improve their ability and level of applying the party's innovative theories. Accelerate the construction of the discipline system, academic system, and discourse system of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics, cultivate and strengthen the talent team of philosophy and social sciences, and form a vivid situation of prospering Chinese academics, developing Chinese theories, and spreading Chinese ideas.

To manage and use the Internet well, the key is to solve the problem of who will manage and how. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "adhere to the party's management of the Internet", "adhere to the Internet for the people" and "adhere to the way of governing the Internet with Chinese characteristics". The construction of a network power in the new era has always adhered to the mission and task of "holding the banner to gather people's hearts, preventing risks and ensuring safety, strengthening governance to benefit people's livelihood, increasing momentum to promote development, and seeking win-win cooperation", forming a good network ecology and firmly grasping the network Ideology work leadership.

What kind of people to train, how to train and for whom are the fundamental problems of education. To run China's higher education well, we must adhere to the party's leadership and firmly grasp the party's leadership over the work of colleges and universities. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Political leadership is to ensure the correct direction of running colleges and universities and to ensure that the party's leadership plays an all-round role in the work of colleges and universities; ideological leadership is to master the leading power of ideological and political work in colleges and universities, consolidate the leading position of Marxism in the ideology of colleges and universities, train people with scientific theories, and guide people with correct ideas. Ensure that colleges and universities always become a strong position for training builders and successors of socialist cause." In the construction of colleges and universities in the new era, we should adhere to the principle of "establishing morality" and "cultivating people" as the goal, adhere to the original intention of educating people for the party and the country, cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor, and cultivate talents who can be of great use and shoulder heavy responsibilities in the socialist modernization drive, so as to ensure that there are successors to the party's cause and the construction of the socialist modernization.

The practical requirement of adhering to the party's cultural leadership is to shoulder the new cultural mission with a high degree of political consciousness, upright and innovative spirit, indomitable will to struggle and excellent ability.

In the face of the new cultural mission of continuing to promote cultural prosperity, building a cultural power and building a modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new starting point, and in the face of the complex situation of diversified social ideas and cultural confrontation around the world under the condition of informatization, in the face of the strategic requirements and tasks put forward by the overall situation of the work of the party and the state on propaganda, ideological and cultural work, it is necessary to constantly improve political judgment, political understanding and political execution in practice, and constantly improve the party's ability and level in leading the building of socialist spiritual civilization.

Take on the new mission with a high degree of political consciousness. Propaganda, ideological and cultural work is political work, and politics comes first. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "it is necessary to keep a clear head, improve political acumen and political discrimination, not to be disturbed by noise, not to be confused by erroneous ideas, and to firmly grasp the correct political direction." let the party's banner fly high on the propaganda and ideological front ". To shoulder the new mission entrusted by the party and the people, the most important thing is to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and to effectively transform the learning results into a high degree of political awareness, firm "four self-confidence", and a clear people's stand. Strong responsibility and strong ability; the most important thing is to put propaganda, ideological and cultural work in an important position in the overall work, to do a good job in propaganda, ideological and cultural work as a major political responsibility, to ensure that the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment on cultural construction are implemented, and to provide a strong political guarantee for shouldering the new cultural mission.

Take on the new mission with the spirit of integrity and innovation. No matter how the times develop, we must inspire the spirit of integrity, innovation and courage to move forward. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "For cultural construction, keeping integrity can not lose oneself or lose direction, and innovation can grasp and lead the times." In the face of the new domestic and international situation, the new situation in the ideological field, and the new trend of information development, to promote cultural self-confidence and self-improvement, and to create a new glory of socialist culture, we must adhere to integrity and innovation. Keeping the right is the fundamental system of the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, the fundamental requirement of "two combinations", and the cultural leadership of the Communist Party of China and the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation. Innovation creates new ideas, new words, new mechanisms, and new forms. Under the guidance of Marxism, it is necessary to truly make the past serve the present, foreign things serve China, dialectically choose, and bring forth the new, so as to realize the organic connection between tradition and modernity.

and shoulder new missions with a tenacious will to struggle. Dare to struggle, dare to win, is the Chinese Communist Party invincible powerful spiritual force. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "If we do not occupy the propaganda and ideological positions, people will occupy them." "In the struggle in the ideological field, we have no room for compromise or concession, and we must win a complete victory." On a new journey, in the face of exchanges and exchanges between different ideological and cultural systems, the struggle in the ideological field is complex and sharp, and the pattern of national public opinion is more complex and changeable. We must enhance our awareness of struggle, take a clear-cut stand in the face of major right and wrong, and dare to speak out and fight on major issues of principle. We should not only carry forward the spirit of daring to struggle, take a clear-cut stand to support correct thinking and speech, and take a clear-cut stand to oppose and resist all kinds of erroneous views, but also enhance our ability to be good at struggle, grasp the laws of struggle, pay attention to the art of struggle, and study the strategies and methods of struggle. We should be unswerving on the major issues of right and wrong concerning the future and destiny of socialist cultural undertakings with Chinese characteristics, dare to face difficulties in promoting the reform, development, and stability of cultural undertakings, dare to face tit for tat in safeguarding national cultural security and interests, do not bow in the face of difficulties, do not shrink back in the face of challenges, do not trade with principles, and constantly open up a new situation of the party's leadership in propaganda, ideological and cultural work in a new era.

Take on the new mission with strong ability and skills. To adhere to the party's cultural leadership, we must constantly improve the party's ability and level of leading propaganda, ideological and cultural work. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, "It is necessary to focus on the center and serve the overall situation as the basic responsibility, keep the overall situation in mind, grasp the general trend, focus on major issues, and find the entry point and focus of work, so as to plan according to the situation, act in response to the situation, and follow the trend". To shoulder the new cultural mission and strive to strengthen the party's leadership over propaganda, ideological and cultural work, we must adhere to the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's cultural thought, constantly enhance the ability of work, improve the quality and efficiency of work, and make efforts to deepen theoretical arms. efforts should be made to improve the ability to guide public opinion, to improve the construction of innovative spiritual civilization, to promote cultural prosperity, and to enhance the effectiveness of international communication, efforts should be made to prevent and resolve ideological risks, and constantly show new atmosphere and achieve new achievements in the struggle and practice of leading the construction of a socialist cultural power and the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

(The author is the deputy dean of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China)