On March 25th, 2015, the theme community of socialist core values appeared in Hefei, Anhui. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Xie Chen)
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 27th Title: Focus on cultivating and practicing socialist core values — — A review of the series of in-depth study and implementation of the supreme leader’s cultural thoughts (VI)
Xinhua News Agency reporters Huang Yue, Dong Boting and Qi Qi
In October, 2023, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important instructions on propaganda and ideological and cultural work, emphasizing "focusing on cultivating and practicing socialist core values".
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has taken the cultivation and practice of socialist core values as the basic project to unite the spirit of China, the value of China and the strength of China from the strategic height of consolidating the common ideological foundation of the United struggle of the whole party and the people of all nationalities and consolidating the party’s ruling position, and is determined to promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Concentrate on the core values of socialism
In the spring of 2014, on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the May 4th Movement, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader walked into the campus of Peking University and pointed out during a discussion with teachers and students: "The history of the development of human society shows that for a nation and a country, the most lasting and deepest strength is the core value recognized by the whole society."
核心价值观是一个民族赖以维系的精神纽带，是一个国家共同的思想道德基础。
“富强、民主、文明、和谐，自由、平等、公正、法治，爱国、敬业、诚信、友善”，24字要求明确了社会主义核心价值观的基本内容，凝结为当代中国的价值公约数。
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为民族复兴凝聚更为主动的精神力量——
一个民族、一个国家的核心价值观必须同这个民族、这个国家的历史文化相契合，同这个民族、这个国家的人民正在进行的奋斗相结合，同这个民族、这个国家需要解决的时代问题相适应。
中国梦意味着“中国人民和中华民族的价值体认和价值追求”。实现中国梦必须弘扬中国精神，而“中国精神必须在坚持社会主义核心价值体系的前提下，积极深入中华民族历久弥新的精神世界，把长期以来我们民族形成的积极向上向善的思想文化充分继承和弘扬起来”。
Only with value can we gather strength, and only with strength can we pursue our dreams.
Rooted in Chinese excellent traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture, and based on the successful practice of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, the socialist core values, which contain the national spirit and the spirit of the times, are the concentrated expression of China spirit and become the spiritual support for realizing the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.
Provide a common ideological and moral foundation for national rejuvenation — —
On November 26, 2013, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out during his visit to Confucius Institute and Confucius Institute in Qufu, Shandong Province: "As long as the Chinese nation pursues a beautiful and lofty moral realm from generation to generation, our nation will always be full of hope."
Core values are a kind of virtue, which is not only personal virtue, but also great virtue, that is, national virtue and social virtue.
An important reason why the prospect of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is becoming more and more clear and tangible lies in the firm pursuit and active practice of the people of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China against the virtues of others, strengthening the Party and rejuvenating the country.
Today, if the Chinese nation wants to continue to advance, it must inherit and carry forward China’s excellent traditional culture and traditional virtues, cultivate and practice socialist core values, guide people to stress morality, respect morality, keep morality, pursue noble moral ideals, and constantly consolidate Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s ideological and moral foundation.
Cultivating Socialist Core Values with Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture
Socialist core values are not rooted, but rooted.
On February 24th, 2014, when the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the 13th collective study in the 18th the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, he profoundly pointed out: "We should earnestly absorb the ideological essence and moral essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture, vigorously carry forward the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, and deeply explore and explain the times values of Chinese excellent traditional culture, such as caring for the people, upholding integrity, worshiping justice, respecting harmony and seeking common ground, so as to make Chinese excellent traditional culture become the core values of conserving socialism.
On July 30th, 2022, the audience visited the Wenhan Hall of the Central General Pavilion of China National Edition Pavilion. On the same day, the opening ceremony of China National Edition Pavilion and the opening ceremony of the exhibition were held in the Central General Pavilion of China National Edition Pavilion. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin photo
Cultivating and practicing socialist core values cannot be separated from the rich nourishment of Chinese excellent traditional culture.
On March 29th, 2014, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader held a discussion with German sinologists, representatives of Confucius Institute teachers and representatives of students studying Chinese in Berlin, stressing: "The excellent Chinese cultural tradition has become the gene of China culture, rooted in Chinese’s heart, and exerted a subtle influence on Chinese’s behavior. We are building socialist core values, some of which are derived from Chinese culture. "
"Prosperity and democracy" connects the simple ideal of "the people are the foundation of the country, the foundation is the foundation of the country" and "the people are the most valuable";
"Justice and rule of law" draws on the idea that "the country is strong when the law is served, and the country is weak when the law is served";
"Honesty and friendliness" absorbs the value pursuit of "people without trust, not knowing what they can do" and "benevolent people love others";
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Every key word of socialist core values embodies the absorption and application of the ideological essence and moral essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Finding spiritual genes from tradition and drawing ambition from culture, socialist core values show profound cultural self-confidence and glow with strong vitality and influence.
The great national spirit with patriotism as the core formed in the long-term historical development of the Chinese nation and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core formed in the new historical period of reform and opening up are also deeply rooted in national consciousness, national character and national temperament.
From "the rise and fall of the world, everyone is responsible" to "the country is good, the nation is good, and everyone will be good", from "innovation" to "reform and innovation", the values that are in the same strain and keep pace with the times have become spiritual forces that support the Chinese nation.
Activate the vitality of Chinese excellent traditional culture with the spirit of the times, unify the inheritance and promotion of Chinese excellent traditional culture with the cultivation and practice of socialist core values, guide the people to establish and adhere to the correct view of history, nationality, country and culture, and enhance their backbone and confidence in being Chinese.
"We must adhere to the socialist core values as the guide, and persist in creative transformation and innovative development". In September, 2021, in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall in Suide County, Shaanxi Province, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized finding the connection point between traditional culture and modern life.
Clean government culture, self-cultivation wisdom and people-oriented thought are introduced into the work of building a clean and honest party style; Paying attention to family construction and family education style has become an important starting point for rectifying the party style and changing the people’s customs; Sincerity, awe, and stop, become the self-cultivation consciousness of party member cadres … …
The idea of ancient and modern communication shows continuity and stability because of its "same origin", and it continues to develop with the passage of time and the changes of the times.
Deeply explore and expound the value of the times of Chinese excellent traditional culture, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, strengthen self-confidence in values in firm cultural self-confidence, cast the soul of the nation, and take the road of rejuvenation.
Integrate socialist core values into all aspects of social development
Education Guidance, System Guarantee and Practice Cultivation … … Under the guidance of the Supreme Leader General Secretary, the whole party, the whole country and the whole society took action, internalized in the heart and externalized in the line, and the towering trees of socialist core values were deeply rooted and full of vitality.
At the end of December, 2023, the 139th activity of "Hundred Forum on Core Values" was held in Quanzhou, Fujian. The professor from the Central Party School (National School of Administration) preached strict discipline and laws based on the great achievements of the Party since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Deepen the education of patriotism, collectivism and socialism, and strive to cultivate new people of the times who are responsible for national rejuvenation; Incorporate socialist core values into the national education system, strengthen and improve the ideological and moral construction of minors and the ideological and political work of college students; Promote the normalization and institutionalization of ideal and belief education, and guide the people to know history, love the party and love the country … …
To cultivate and practice socialist core values, educational guidance is the foundation. Insist on cultivating people with socialist core values, so that all the people can firmly adhere to the "four self-confidences" and constantly enhance their confidence and determination to stick to their common ideals and realize their common dreams.
In the general principles of civil law implemented on October 1, 2017, the socialist core values were written into the first opening article, which became a vivid portrayal of the integration of core values into the rule of law.
From issuing the Guiding Opinions on Further Integrating Socialist Core Values into the Construction of the Rule of Law, to promoting the requirements of core values to be reflected in the reform and abolition of laws and regulations, to citizens’ conventions, village rules and regulations, students’ codes, group articles of association and rules and regulations of all walks of life, to promoting the improvement of policies and laws in the areas of being brave, building integrity and charitable donations … …
Laws and regulations are an important guarantee to promote the mainstream value of society. On the road of cultivating and practicing the socialist core values, we should transmit the correct value orientation to the society through laws and policies, and unite the "spirit" of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the whole society.
On February 24, 2023, students of Jinsha Primary School in Nantong, Jiangsu Province were creating paper-cut works with the theme of Lei Feng. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ji Chunpeng photo
In the general requirements of implementing the rural revitalization strategy, rural civilization ranks among them; Deepen the mass activities to create spiritual civilization, learn from Lei Feng’s voluntary service activities, and save morality and save the whole people … … With the in-depth development of a series of activities, the construction of socialist core values has formed a vivid situation in which everyone participates and the whole people acts.
The "key minority" takes the lead in setting an example, and the broad masses see the sage Si Qi and do good … … The vitality of socialist core values lies in practice. Only when they are refined, reduced and implemented, can they be deepened continuously, integrated into the blood of hundreds of millions of people and turned into conscious actions and beliefs.
On the new journey, focusing on cultivating and practicing socialist core values and making them the common value pursuit of all the people will certainly provide inexhaustible spiritual motivation for building a strong country and national rejuvenation.