Xinhua News Agency, June 15th, Beijing An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on strengthening cultural confidence and developing a great socialist culture in China will be published on May 16th in the 12th issue of the Qiushi Journal this year.
The article stressed that culture is a country and nation’s soul. Our country will thrive only if our culture thrives, and our nation will be strong only if our culture is strong. Without full confidence in our culture, without a rich and prosperous culture, the Chinese nation will not be able to rejuvenate itself. It is essential to develop a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, inspire the cultural creativity of our whole nation, and develop a great socialist culture in China.
The article pointed that cultural confidence, as basic, extensive and deep confidence, represents a fundamental, and profound force that sustains the development of a country and a nation. Basically, we must stick to cultural confidence so as to fortifying confidence in the socialist path, theories and system with Chinese Characteristics as cultural it holds the key to the prosperity of a nation, cultural safety and independence of national spirits.
The article noted that culture is an important force for a nation to survive and develop. The Chinese nations has weathered through numerous difficulties and obstacles throughout thousands years of vicissitudes due to the unique and profound Chinese culture nurtured and developed by the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation over generations, It provides Chinese nation with strong spiritual support to remove obstacles and survive eternally.
Socialist culture with Chinese characteristics is derived from China’s fine traditional culture, which was born of the Chinese civilization and nurtured over more than 5,000 years; it has grown out of the revolutionary and advanced socialist culture that developed over the course of the Chinese people’s revolution, construction, and reform under the Party’s leadership; and it is rooted in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics. To develop socialist culture with Chinese characteristics means to develop a socialist culture for our nation—a culture that is sound and people-oriented, that embraces modernization, the world, and the future, and that both promotes socialist material well being and raises socialist cultural-ethical standards. In developing this culture, we must follow the guidance of Marxism, base our efforts on Chinese culture, and take into account the realities of contemporary China and the conditions of the present era. We should ensure that this culture serves the people and serves socialism. We should follow the principle of letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, and encourage creative transformation and development, so as to add new luster to Chinese culture.