Scientifically Answering Major Issues of Cultural Construction (Deeply Studying and Implementing Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of Supreme Leader in the New Era)

　　Core reading

　　The supreme leader’s cultural thoughts are profound and profound, and he gave correct answers to a series of important topics in cultural construction that meet the requirements of China’s reality and the times, and obtained scientific understanding that conforms to objective laws, which provided a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide for doing a good job in propaganda and ideological and cultural work in the new era and new journey and shouldering new cultural missions.

　　Propaganda and ideological and cultural work is related to the future and destiny of the party, the long-term stability of the country, the national cohesion and centripetal force, and it is an extremely important work. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints and new theories on cultural construction in the new era, which enriched and developed Marxist cultural theory, constituted the cultural chapter of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, and formed the cultural thought of the Supreme Leader. The supreme leader’s cultural thoughts are profound and profound, and he gave correct answers to a series of important topics in cultural construction that meet the requirements of China’s reality and the times, and obtained scientific understanding that conforms to objective laws, which provided a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide for doing a good job in propaganda and ideological and cultural work in the new era and new journey and shouldering new cultural missions.

　　Answering the major issues of cultural construction from the height of national rejuvenation

　　Culture is the soul of a country and a nation. Culture makes the country prosperous and the nation strong. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "Without the prosperity of Chinese culture, there would be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of China people in modern times, which requires not only a solid material foundation, but also strong cultural support and spiritual strength. At present, we are promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way with Chinese modernization. The task of reform, development and stability is arduous and arduous, and all kinds of traditional and non-traditional, predictable and unpredictable risk challenges are unprecedented. The propaganda and ideological and cultural work is facing new situations and new tasks. Chinese-style modernization is a modernization in which material civilization and spiritual civilization are coordinated. How to promote the coordinated development of "two civilizations" and provide strong ideological guarantee, strong spiritual strength and favorable cultural conditions for the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation is a major issue that needs to be answered urgently.

　　Time is the mother of thought and practice is the source of theory. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has focused on the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation, placed cultural construction in a prominent position in governing the country, and constantly deepened his understanding of the regularity of cultural construction. He has twice attended the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work, presided over meetings and delivered a series of important speeches on literary and artistic work, the party’s news and public opinion work, network security and informatization work, philosophy and social science work, ideological and political work in colleges and universities, and cultural inheritance and development. He presided over the The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) Conference for many times, and Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party deliberated and adopted a series of plans and schemes to publicize the reform and development of ideological and cultural work, inspected various cultural inheritance and development projects in various places and put forward a series of requirements, creatively put forward major conclusions such as "two combinations", and systematically answered a series of major theoretical and practical questions about cultural construction in the new era. The cultural thought of the supreme leader adheres to the soul vein of Marxism and the root vein of Chinese excellent traditional culture, constantly promotes theoretical innovation, guides the practice of national rejuvenation with theoretical achievements that keep pace with the times, and leads the cultural construction in the new era to achieve historic achievements and changes. As a scientific theory that has been repeatedly tested by practice, the cultural thought of the supreme leader will surely lead the Chinese nation to make new achievements in the construction of modern civilization, constantly consolidate the common ideological foundation of the United struggle of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups, and provide inexhaustible forge ahead for the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation.

　　Answering Major Issues of Cultural Construction from the Perspective of Global Civilization

　　The diversity of human civilization is one of the basic characteristics of the world. Civilization is colorful because of communication and enriched because of mutual learning. More than 200 countries and regions and more than 2,500 nationalities in the world have different histories, different national conditions and different cultures, which have nurtured colorful civilizations and painted colorful and vibrant pictures of human civilization. At present, the world’s great changes, which have never happened in a century, are accelerating their evolution. The changes of the world, the times and the history are unfolding in an unprecedented way, and various cultural trends of thought are stirring each other. Some western politicians instigated ideological opposition and camp confrontation, the cold war mentality lingered, and arguments such as "clash of civilizations" and "superiority of civilizations" emerged, which not only hindered the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations among countries, but also aggravated the peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit and governance deficit, making human society face unprecedented risk challenges. Facing the question of "What’s wrong with the world? What should we do?", General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stood at the height of the development process of human history, and with a broad vision of the world, successively put forward the concept of building a community of human destiny, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, etc., in order to contribute China’s wisdom and provide China’s plan for promoting the progress of human civilization and building a better world.

　　To solve the outstanding contradictions and problems facing mankind, we need to rely on both material means to overcome difficulties and spiritual strength to be sincere and upright. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Equal exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations will provide a powerful spiritual guide for mankind to solve the problems of the times and achieve common development." Chinese civilization has a long history and is eclectic. It is not only a civilization rooted in China, but also a civilization formed by absorbing and learning from other civilizations. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has complied with the trend of the times of tolerance, coexistence, exchange and mutual learning among different civilizations, based on China’s one-million-year human history, 10,000-year cultural history and 5,000-year civilization history, and regarded the creation of new forms of human civilization as one of the essential requirements of Chinese modernization. He not only plans to promote cultural prosperity, build a cultural power and build a modern civilization of the Chinese nation, but also draws a beautiful picture of promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and prospering human civilization. The cultural thought of the supreme leader runs through the essence of Marxism and the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and contains rich ideas such as "the world is for the common good", "the world is one" and "harmony without difference". It always stands on the right side of history and the side of human civilization progress, advocates the concept of civilization of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and tolerance, and promotes the common values of all mankind, such as peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom.It provides ideological guidance and spiritual motivation for promoting exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations, maintaining the diversity of global civilizations and promoting the building of a community of human destiny.

　　Answering major issues of cultural construction from a fundamental political standpoint

　　Jiangshan is the people, and the people are Jiangshan. The people are the creators of history, and the people’s position is the fundamental political position of our party. With the changes in the main social contradictions in our country, people’s demand for a better life is growing and becoming more and more extensive. They need not only a high-quality material life, but also a high-quality spiritual and cultural life. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has adhered to the fundamental position of taking the people as the center, made systematic plans and arrangements for propaganda, ideological and cultural work, armed people with scientific theories, guided people with correct public opinions, shaped people with noble spirit, inspired people with excellent works, promoted the vigorous development of cultural undertakings, colorful cultural industries, and universal and high-quality cultural public services, constantly met the people’s needs for high-quality and diversified spiritual and cultural life, and answered the question "For whom, for cultural construction".

　　The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "People’s nature is the essential attribute of Marxism, the Party’s theory comes from the people, for the people and for the benefit of the people, and the people’s creative practice is an inexhaustible source of theoretical innovation." The cultural thought of the supreme leader is a theory that comes from the people, for the people and for the benefit of the people. Adhering to the people’s supremacy is a red line that runs through it. The cultural thought of the supreme leader emphasizes that party spirit and people’s nature have always been consistent and unified; Emphasis is placed on establishing a people-centered work orientation, combining serving the masses with educating and guiding the masses, and combining meeting needs with improving literacy; Emphasis on adhering to the people-centered creative orientation and launching more outstanding works to enhance people’s spiritual strength; Adhere to the people-centered research orientation, establish the ideal of learning for the people, and strive to produce more research results that can stand the test of practice, people and history. The supremacy of the people is the theoretical basis, value fulcrum and practice origin of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. The Supreme Leader’s cultural thought has always adhered to the people’s position, deeply rooted in the people, and closely relied on the people. It is a theory loved, recognized and owned by the people, showing strong truth power and practical power, and rallying the majestic power of unity and struggle for building a socialist modern power in an all-round way.

　　Answering major issues of cultural construction from the perspective of cultural mission

　　Great times breed great thoughts, and great thoughts lead great times. At present, the great changes in the world that have never happened in a century are accelerating, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical period, strategic opportunities and risk challenges coexist, and the propaganda and ideological and cultural work is facing a new situation and new tasks. We must firmly shoulder the new cultural mission and answer the proposition of the times of writing a new chapter of modern Chinese civilization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has insisted on observing, interpreting and leading the times with Marxism, and constantly promoted the innovation and creation of cultural theories with extraordinary theoretical courage, profoundly answering the important topic of what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture and how to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture in the new era. The cultural thought of the Supreme Leader is the cultural chapter of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, and it is a theoretical summary of the practical experience of the Party’s cultural construction in the new era, which indicates that our Party’s understanding of the law of cultural construction in Socialism with Chinese characteristics has reached a new height, and provides a fundamental follow-up for the new era and new journey to consolidate the cultural subjectivity and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation with "two combinations".

　　The value of scientific theory lies in guiding practice. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward the new cultural mission of "continuing to promote cultural prosperity, build a cultural power and build a modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new starting point", and made deployment requirements for cultural work around this new cultural mission, emphasizing the primary political task of arming the whole party and educating the people with the Party’s innovative theory, emphasizing "strengthening cultural self-confidence, upholding openness and tolerance, and persisting in innovation" and putting forward the important requirements of "seven efforts". These important expositions are in line with the "Nine Persistences" put forward by the Supreme Leader General Secretary at the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work in August 2018 and the "Fourteen Emphases" on cultural construction defined at the Forum on Cultural Inheritance and Development in June 2023, with their own emphasis and integration. The supreme leader’s cultural thought is clear and practical, which not only has the innovation and breakthrough in cultural theory, but also has the deployment requirements of cultural work layout. It has both the overall observation of ontology and epistemology, and the specific guidance of practice and methodology. It not only deploys the task of "crossing the river" but also guides the solution of the problem of "bridge or boat", which fully embodies the combination of theory and practice and the unity of world outlook and methodology.It will surely lead us to better shoulder the new cultural mission and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

　　(The author is a special researcher at Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center, the supreme leader of Fujian Province.)