6th International Forum on Socialism Held in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 4

On May 4, 2018, the International Symposium Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Karl Marx and the 6th International Forum on Socialism were held at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (the Central Party School of the Communist Party of Vietnam) in Hanoi, Vietnam. The theme of this session was “Marx’s Intellectual Legacy and Its Significance for the Times.” Nguyen Xuan Thang, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, delivered the keynote speech. Dozens of leaders from major Vietnamese Party and government institutions, along with representatives from the Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Central Theoretical Council of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Central Party School of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, and other research institutions, as well as over 300 experts and scholars from China and Laos, attended the conference. Jin Minqing, Researcher and Vice President of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, spoke on behalf of the Chinese delegation, and more than 20 Chinese scholars participated in the symposium. Over ten experts delivered reports at the conference.

2018年5月4日，纪念马克思诞辰200周年国际研讨会暨第六届社会主义国际论坛在越南河内胡志明国家政治学院（越共中央党校）举行。本届会议的主题为“马克思的思想遗产与时代意义”。越共中央书记处书记、中央理论委员会主任、胡志明国家政治学院院长阮春胜做了主旨演讲。数十名越南主要党政机构的领导和来自越共中央宣教部、越共中央理论委员会、越共中央党校、越南社会科学翰林院和其他研究机构的代表以及来自中国、老挝学界的300多名专家学者出席了本次会议，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院副院长金民卿研究员代表中国代表团发言，中方20多名学者参加了研讨会。共有10多名专家在会上做了报告。

Conference podium

大会主席台

Nguyen Xuan Thang delivered a speech on behalf of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of Vietnam, highly affirming the theoretical value of Marx’s intellectual legacy. He pointed out that Marx, as a genius theoretician and revolutionary, left us a rich and vast intellectual legacy, making contributions in various fields such as philosophy, sociology, history, and economics. The materialist conception of history and the theory of surplus value, as Marx’s two great discoveries, scientifically revealed the laws of human historical development. Lenin affirmed that Marx’s thought is a scientific and revolutionary doctrine, and supplemented and developed it in conjunction with the revolutionary and construction practices of the world’s first socialist state established after the victory of the October Revolution, forming Marxism-Leninism. Marxism-Leninism has become the theoretical weapon of the world’s working class. In practical application, it needs to be combined with specific historical conditions, applied flexibly and in line with reality, and innovated and developed through creative application. In the case of Vietnam, President Ho Chi Minh absorbed, applied, and developed Marxism-Leninism, giving rise to Ho Chi Minh Thought. Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought have become the ideological foundation and guide to action of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

阮春胜代表越共中央党校致辞，他高度肯定了马克思思想遗产的理论价值。他指出，马克思作为天才理论家和革命家，留给我们丰富而庞大的思想遗产，在哲学、社会学、历史学、经济等各个领域方面做出了贡献。唯物史观与剩余价值学说作为马克思的两大发现，科学地揭示了人类历史的发展规律。列宁肯定了马克思思想是科学的、革命的学说，并结合十月革命胜利后建立的世界上第一个社会主义国家的革命与建设实践对马克思思想进行补充和发展，形成了马克思列宁主义。马克思列宁主义业已成为世界工人阶级的理论武装在现实运用中，需要与具体的历史条件相结合，符合实际并且灵活运用，在创造性地应用中得以创新和发展。就越南而言，胡志明主席吸收、运用和发展了马克思列宁主义，产生了胡志明思想。马克思列宁主义和胡志明思想成为了越南共产党的思想基础和行动指南。

Nguyen Xuan Thang, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics

越共中央书记处书记、中央理论委员会主任、胡志明国家政治学院院长阮春胜

History has proven that Marxism-Leninism’s assessment of capitalist society and its beautiful vision of socialism are both correct, laying a theoretical foundation for practice. To this end, we must first affirm the value of Marx’s intellectual legacy; second, when evaluating and applying Marxism-Leninism, we should avoid dogmatism, paying special attention to continuing the struggle while adhering to Marxism-Leninism, opposing and criticizing erroneous views; third, we should continue to supplement and develop Marxism through flexible application, innovatively developing Marxism; fourth, we must continue to use Marxism to solve new problems.

历史已经证明，马克思列宁主义对于资本主义社会评价和对社会主义美好设想都是正确的，为实践奠定了理论基础。为此，我们一是要肯定马克思思想遗产的价值；二是在评价和运用马克思列宁主义时，应避免教条主义，特别注意的是需要在坚持马克思列宁主义的前提下继续斗争，反对和批判错误的观点；三是应继续在灵活运用中补充和发展马克思主义，创新性发展马克思主义；四是要继续用马克思主义来解决新的问题。

Jin Minqing, Researcher and Vice President of the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院副院长金民卿研究员

Jin Minqing first introduced the background of the 6th International Forum on Socialism. The International Forum on Socialism was founded in 2013 and is an annual international academic forum on socialism hosted in rotation by the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the Institute of Philosophy of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), and the Lao Academy of Social Sciences (LASS). The Vietnamese side’s decision to hold the theoretical symposium commemorating the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth together with the 6th International Forum on Socialism fully demonstrates the high importance the Vietnamese comrades attach to this forum. Jin Minqing informed the conference that in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was solemnly convening a conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth. Comrade Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important speech, highly evaluating Marx and Marxism. The reason countries commemorate Marx is that he holds the most thorough, profound, broadest, and firmest people’s standpoint; because he possesses great power of truth, handing over the weapon for understanding the world to the whole world, especially the proletariat; because he possesses great practical power, providing the working class and the whole world with a guide to action; because the Marxism he founded has great world-historical significance, persistently guiding the development of human history.

金民卿首先对第六届社会主义国际论坛的背景进行了介绍。社会主义国际论坛创办于2013年，是由中国社会科学院（CASS）马克思主义研究院、越南社会科学翰林院（VASS）哲学研究所和老挝社会科学院（LASS）轮流主办的年度社会主义国际学术论坛；本次论坛越方将纪念马克思诞辰200周年理论研讨会和第六届社会主义国际论坛会议放在一起举行，充分证明了越南同志对这个论坛的高度重视。金民卿向大会介绍，在中国北京人民大会堂，中共中央正在隆重召开纪念马克思诞辰200周年大会，中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平同志出席大会并发表重要讲话，高度评价马克思和马克思主义。各国之所以纪念马克思，就是因为他有最彻底的、最深厚的、最广泛的、最坚定的人民立场；是因为他具有伟大的真理力量，把认识世界的武器交给了全世界，尤其是无产阶级；是因为他有伟大的实践力量，给工人阶级和全世界提供了行动的指南；是因为他创立的马克思主义具有伟大的世界历史意义，持久地指引了人类历史发展。

Subsequently, Jin Minqing focused on introducing the connotation and basic characteristics of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context. He argued that adapting Marxism to the Chinese context is a process of integration involving the interaction of multiple elements and autonomous creativity. First, adapting Marxism to the Chinese context is a dynamic process involving the interaction of multiple elements, including the development subject, Marxist theory, Chinese reality, the integration process, and the results of integration. Second, adapting Marxism to the Chinese context is an independent and creative process of integration, a process of learning, absorbing, merging, regenerating, breaking through, and innovating. Marxism with Chinese characteristics is essentially a regenerated form of Marxism. Third, adapting Marxism to the Chinese context is an active integration based on a scientific methodology. Through the efforts of the Communist Party of China, the historical process of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context has continuously advanced. Through development, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a New Era. At the advent of the New Era, contemporary Chinese Communists have established Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, which is the latest theoretical achievement of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context. This thought profoundly answers major questions such as where the Communist Party of China is headed, where socialism with Chinese characteristics is headed, and where the contemporary world is headed, adding many original new contents to Marxism and making Marxism in the 21st century radiate even more brilliant truth.

随后，金民卿重点介绍了马克思主义中国化的内涵和基本特点。他认为，马克思主义中国化是多要素互动的、自主创造性的结合过程。第一，马克思主义中国化是包含着发展主体、马克思主义理论、中国实际、结合过程、结合成果等多要素互动的动态过程。第二，马克思主义中国化是独立自主的、创造性的结合过程，是一个学习、吸收、融合、再生、突破、创新的过程，中国化马克思主义在本质上是一种再生形态的马克思主义。第三，马克思主义中国化是建立在科学方法论基础上的能动性的结合。在中国共产党的努力下，马克思主义中国化的历史进程不断向前发展。经过发展，中国特色社会主义进入了新时代。在新时代到来之际，当代中国共产党人创立了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想，这是马克思主义中国化的最新理论成果。这个思想深刻回答了中国共产党向何处去、中国特色社会主义向何处去、当代世界向何处去等重大问题，为马克思主义增添了许多原创性的新内容，让21世纪的马克思主义展现出更加灿烂的真理光芒。

In the conference summary, Nguyen Xuan Thang pointed out that experts and scholars from China, Laos, and Vietnam gathered together, affirming the theoretical value and significance of Marx’s intellectual legacy from various fields, paying tribute to Marx himself and his great thought through theoretical discussion. The conference speeches reached consensus on the following points: 1. Affirming Marx himself and his thought’s contribution to humanity, recognizing Marx as a genius theoretician and revolutionary, and his thought as a great and comprehensive doctrine that has made great contributions to human progress. 2. Marx’s thinking, methods, and dialectical historical materialism have provided theoretical guidance for solving various class and world problems. 3. The speeches affirmed from various aspects that Marx’s thought is the legacy of human thought, and the practice of each country needs to proceed from its own reality, flexibly applying Marx’s thought to solve practical problems of socialism. 4. Marxism faces new opportunities and challenges. 5. We continue to deeply study and develop Marxism. In addition, Nguyen Xuan Thang particularly affirmed the achievements and characteristics of the localization of Marxism in China, stating that China’s view of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context as a process and its proposal of the concept of “inclusive globalization” are worthy of study and emulation.

在大会总结中，阮春胜指出，中国、老挝、越南的专家学者们共聚一堂，从各个领域肯定了马克思思想的理论价值与时代意义，通过理论研讨形式向马克思本人及其伟大思想致敬。大会发言在以下方面达成共识：1.肯定了马克思本人及其思想对人类的贡献，认为马克思是天才的理论家和革命家，其思想是伟大而全面的学说，对于人类进步做出了伟大贡献。2.马克思的思维、方法和辩证历史唯物主义等已经为我们解决各种阶级和世界问题提供了理论指导。3.发言从各方面肯定了马克思的思想是人类思想的遗产，各国实践需要从本国实际出发，灵活运用马克思的思想解决社会主义实践问题。4.马克思主义面临新的机遇与挑战。5.我们继续深入研究和发展马克思主义。此外，阮春胜还特别对中国马克思主义本土化的成果和特点表示了肯定，认为中国将马克思主义中国化看成是一个过程，提出“包容性全球化”的观点等，值得学习和借鉴。

Group photo of Chinese scholars

中方学者合影

It is reported that this symposium received a total of 100 conference papers from experts and scholars. Among them, nearly 20 Chinese experts and scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Renmin University of China, Tsinghua University, China Agricultural University, Wuhan University, Zhengzhou University, and Guangxi University provided 16 papers. The scholars’ papers affirmed the scientific nature and contemporary value of Marx’s intellectual legacy, emphasized that various socialist countries today should flexibly apply and develop Marxism, affirmed the theoretical and practical achievements of China, Vietnam, and Laos in applying and developing Marxism in an innovative spirit, and particularly affirmed the new theoretical and practical achievements of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The Vietnamese side stated that the papers of all other participants would be compiled, translated into English by the conference organizers, and published in both English and Vietnamese.

据悉，本次研讨会共收到100篇专家学者的会议论文，其中，来自中国社会科学院、大连理工大学、中国人民大学、清华大学、中国农业大学、武汉大学、郑州大学和广西大学等近20名中国的专家学者提供了16篇论文。学者们的论文在肯定了马克思思想遗产的科学性和时代价值，强调当今各个社会主义国家要灵活应用和发展马克思主义，肯定了中国、越南、老挝本着创新精神应用和发展马克思主义所取得的理论与实践成就，特别是对中国特色社会主义所取得的新的理论与实践成就表示肯定。越方表示，其他所有参会者的论文将由会议主办方集结翻译为英文，以英文和越文两种语言出版。

After preliminary consultations among the three parties from China, Vietnam, and Laos, it was initially decided that the 7th International Forum on Socialism would be held in Dalian, China, in July 2019, with the provisional theme of “Party Building and Socialist Development in the New Era.”

经过中越老三方会议初步协商决定，第七届社会主义国际论坛将于2019年7月在中国大连召开，会议主题暂定为“新时代党的建设与社会主义发展”。

(Contributed by Pan Xihua)

（潘西华供稿）