Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with the Supreme Leader as the main representative, have persisted in combining the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of China and the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and created the Supreme Leader’s New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought. The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era is contemporary China Marxism and 21st century Marxism, which is the essence of Chinese culture and China spirit, and has achieved a new leap in the China of Marxism. We should combine the process of historic achievements and changes in the cause of the Party and the state since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, profoundly study and understand the Party’s innovation theory in the new era, strive to master the positions, viewpoints, methods, theories and philosophies contained therein, and persistently arm our minds, guide practice and promote work with the latest achievements of the Party’s innovation theory.
Broad and profound ideological system
The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era covers reform, development and stability, internal affairs, foreign affairs and national defense, running the party, country and army, etc. It runs through Marxist philosophy, political economy and scientific socialism, integrates Chinese excellent traditional culture and outstanding achievements of human civilization, coordinates the two overall situations at home and abroad, systematically answers major issues of the times from the combination of theory and practice, and deepens the understanding of communist party’s ruling law, socialist construction law and human social development law with a brand-new vision.
Scientifically answer the question of what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and how to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The most essential feature of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership, and the greatest advantage of Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership. The overall layout of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s cause is five in one: economic construction, political construction, cultural construction, social construction and ecological civilization construction. The strategic layout is four in one: building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, deepening reform in an all-round way, ruling the country according to law in an all-round way and strictly administering the party in an all-round way. It is necessary to promote the overall layout of "five in one" and the strategic layout of "four in one" in a coordinated way.
Scientifically answer the questions of the times about what kind of socialist modernization power to build and how to build a socialist modernization power. To uphold and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the overall task is to realize socialist modernization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. On the basis of building a well-off society in an all-round way, we will build a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modernization power in the middle of this century in two steps, and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization. Chinese-style modernization is a modernization with a huge population, the common prosperity of all people, the coordination of material civilization and spiritual civilization, the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and the modernization of peaceful development.
Scientifically answer the issue of the times about what kind of Marxist political party to be in power for a long time and how to build it. Adhere to and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, adhere to the Party’s management of the Party, strictly manage the Party in an all-round way, comprehensively promote the Party’s political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, work style construction and discipline construction, run through the system construction, deepen the anti-corruption struggle, continuously improve the quality of Party building, and build the Party into a Marxist ruling party that is always in the forefront of the times, wholeheartedly supported by the people, brave in self-revolution, able to withstand all kinds of storms and tests, and lead the great society with great self-revolution.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Resolution on the Great Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party’s Hundred Years’ Struggle, which was adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, systematically summarized the core content of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era with "Ten Definitions", showing that this thought is a scientific system with strict logic, rich connotation and profound knowledge.
Deep and lasting people’s feelings
The people’s nature is the most distinctive character of Marxism, and the people’s position is the fundamental political position of our party. The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era makes it 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, develop people’s democracy in the whole process, promote people’s all-round development and make more obvious substantive progress in the common prosperity of all people, and show profound and lasting people’s feelings.
Take the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal. When meeting with Chinese and foreign journalists in the 18th The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward: "The people’s yearning for a better life is our goal." In the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "The initial intention and mission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people is to seek happiness for the people of China and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation." At the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized: "Jiangshan is the people, and the people are Jiangshan. Fighting and defending Jiangshan is the people’s heart. The Communist Party of China (CPC) is based on the people, the blood is in the people, and the strength is in the people. " These important expositions have fundamentally answered the question of "for whom" and vividly interpreted the fundamental position of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people and the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly.
Adhere to the historical materialism that the people are real heroes. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "the Chinese dream is the people’s dream in the final analysis, and it must be realized closely by the people, and it must continue to benefit the people." "We must put the people’s interests first, and at any time and under any circumstances, our position of sharing the same destiny with the people cannot be changed, the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly cannot be forgotten, and the historical materialism view of firmly believing that the people are real heroes cannot be lost." "Forgetting the people, divorced from the people, we will become water without resources. These important expositions have fundamentally answered the question of "who to rely on" and fully reflected that the people are real heroes, the people are the fundamental force that determines the future and destiny of the party and the country, and we must rely on the people to create great historical achievements.
Carry out the mass line in all activities of governing the country. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out, "In the past, present and future, we must persist in doing everything for the masses, relying on the masses, coming from the masses and going to the masses, turning the Party’s correct ideas into the conscious actions of the masses, and implementing the mass line in all activities of governing the country." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has adhered to the mass line, led the people forward by putting forward and implementing correct theories, lines, principles and policies, improved policy propositions from the people’s practical creation and development requirements, and sought solutions and methods from the masses, so that the decisions made and the implementation of the decisions can fully reflect the people’s opinions and effectively solve the most direct and realistic interests of the people.
Effective practice of great power
Great times produce great ideas, and great ideas lead great times. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has promulgated a series of major principles and policies, launched a series of major measures, pushed forward a series of major work, overcame a series of major risk challenges, solved many long-term unsolved problems, and accomplished many major events that were attempted but failed in the past, which promoted the historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the country. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era has exerted great power in guiding and promoting practice.
Adhere to and strengthen the overall leadership of the party and implement the strategic policy of comprehensively and strictly administering the party. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the authority of the CPC Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership have been strongly guaranteed, the leadership system of the Party has been continuously improved, the leadership style of the Party has become more scientific, the whole Party has become more unified ideologically, politically and in action, and the Party’s political leadership, ideological leadership, mass organization and social appeal have been significantly enhanced. Give full play to the role of political guidance and political guarantee of strictly administering the Party in an all-round way, the Party’s ability of self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement has been significantly enhanced, the loose and soft situation of managing the Party has been fundamentally reversed, the anti-corruption struggle has been overwhelmingly won and comprehensively consolidated, and the Party has become stronger in revolutionary forging.
Adhere to and improve the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee determined the overall goal, strategic focus, priority, main attack direction, working mechanism, promotion mode, timetable and road map for comprehensively deepening reform. The Party has made all-round efforts to promote the reform, made breakthroughs in many ways, and made steady and in-depth progress. From tamping the foundation platform and erecting columns and beams to all-round advancement and accumulation, and then to system integration, coordination and efficiency, the basic institutional framework in various fields has been basically established, and many fields have achieved historic changes, systematic reshaping and overall reconstruction. Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system has become more mature and stereotyped, the modernization level of the national governance system and governance capacity has been continuously improved, and the cause of the party and the state has given new vitality.
Achieve the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way as scheduled and solve the problem of absolute poverty that has plagued the Chinese nation for thousands of years. China has won a comprehensive victory in the fight against poverty, completed the arduous task of eliminating absolute poverty, and created another miracle in history. China’s economic strength, scientific and technological strength, comprehensive national strength and people’s living standards have leapt to a new level, becoming the world’s second largest economy, the largest industrial country, the largest commodity trading country and the largest foreign exchange reserve country. China’s economy has embarked on a road of higher quality, more efficiency, fairer, more sustainable and safer development.
Precious original contribution
Marxism has profoundly changed China, and China has greatly enriched Marxism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era clearly runs through Marxist standpoints and methods, embodies the theoretical character and spiritual essence of Marxism, shines with the brilliance of Marxist truth, and makes original contributions to the development of Marxism.
In the aspect of Marxist philosophy, it emphasizes that "the problem is the manifestation of the contradiction between things" and "we should be good at understanding and resolving contradictions as a breakthrough to open the work situation", which enriches and develops the Marxist theory of contradiction; Emphasizing that "system concept is a basic thought and working method", coordinating development and safety, coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, etc., developed Marxist system theory; It is emphasized that "historical development has its laws, but people are not completely passive in it", so we must grasp the laws and general trends of historical development, strengthen our historical self-confidence and grasp the historical initiative, which enriches and develops the idea of dialectical unity of historical laws and subjective initiative; Wait a minute.
In the aspect of Marxist political economy, it puts forward an important theoretical viewpoint of strengthening the party’s overall leadership over economic work, which enriches and develops the theory of Marxist political economy on the relationship between economy and politics; Put forward the people-centered development thought, which enriches and develops the theory of Marxist political economy on the essence of socialist economy; Put forward to establish and adhere to the new development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, and enrich and develop the theory of Marxist political economy on the principle of economic development; Put forward a major conclusion that China’s economy has turned from a high-speed growth stage to a high-quality development stage, enriching and developing the understanding of Marxist political economy on the stage of economic development; Put forward the important idea of promoting and perfecting the socialist market economic system, which enriches and develops the theory of Marxist political economy on market economy; Put forward the major policy of supply-side structural reform, which enriches and develops the theory of Marxist political economy on the relationship between production and demand; Put forward a major strategy to build a new development pattern, enriching and developing the theory of social reproduction in Marxist political economy; Put forward the important idea of promoting the healthy development of economic globalization, and enriched and developed the theory of Marxist political economy on the world economy.
In the aspect of scientific socialism, it is proposed that China has entered a new stage of development, enriching and developing the theory of socialist development stage; It is pointed out 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, which enriches and develops the theory of socialist social contradictions. Reveal the essence and characteristics of the new road of Chinese modernization, put forward the strategic deployment of building a socialist modernization power, and enrich and develop the theory of socialist modernization; Emphasizing strengthening the overall leadership of the party and strictly administering the party in an all-round way, and innovatively developing the Marxist theory of party building; Wait a minute.
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee emphasized that the Party’s establishment of the core position of the Party Central Committee and the whole Party, and the guiding position of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, reflected the common aspiration of the whole Party, the whole army and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, and was of decisive significance to the development of the cause of the Party and the state in the new era and the historical process of promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We should further study and understand Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought as the supreme leader in the new era, have a deeper understanding of the decisive significance of "two establishment", strengthen "four consciousnesses", strengthen "four self-confidences" and achieve "two maintenance", and forge ahead in unity and courage in the new era and new journey.
(This article Source: Economic Daily Author: China Academy of Social Sciences Supreme Leader New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center Author: Xin Xiangyang Chen Zhigang)
(Editor: Wu Xiaojuan)