The Academy of Marxism Conveys and Studies the Spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC

On November 21, the Academy of Marxism held a general staff meeting to convey and study the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC, and to make arrangements for the Academy’s work in studying, propagating, and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session. In accordance with the work arrangements of the Party Committee of the Academy of Marxism, Vice President Xin Xiangyang presided over the meeting and delivered a report explaining the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC.

11月21日，马研院召开全体工作人员大会，传达学习党的十九届四中全会精神，并对马研院学习宣传贯彻十九届四中全会精神工作进行部署。根据马研院党委工作安排，副院长辛向阳主持会议，并就党的十九届四中全会精神做宣讲报告。

The meeting pointed out that, in line with the “Work Plan of the Academy of Marxism for Studying, Propagating, and Implementing the Spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC,” the Academy of Marxism should fully leverage its disciplinary advantages, treat the study, propagation, and implementation of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session as an important political task for the current and future period, and earnestly carry out the work of studying, researching, and propagating the spirit of the plenum. First, organize study and training. Through meetings of the theoretical study center group of the Party Committee (expanded), expert guidance, and selecting institute- and bureau-level leaders to participate in training, accurately grasp the spirit of the plenum and quickly unify thinking with the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC. Second, vigorously propagate and explain. Encourage the Academy’s experts and scholars to combine their own research directions, widely propagate the spirit of the plenum, publish theoretical articles, and actively introduce and explain the spirit of the plenum during foreign academic exchanges. Platforms such as the Marxism Research Network, WeChat, and Weibo should set up special columns, or use forms such as interviews with renowned scholars, to intensively propagate the spirit of the plenum and create a favorable atmosphere. Third, strengthen theoretical research and interpretation. Leverage disciplinary advantages and make the spirit of the plenum an important theme for various academic forums, academic conferences, and seminars. The journal *Marxism Research* should set up a special column, invite renowned experts to contribute, and produce a batch of high-quality results. Encourage and support researchers to apply for projects around the major theoretical and practical issues raised by the plenum, especially the new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments put forward by the plenum, conduct scientific research, and deeply study the theoretical foundations behind the major theoretical viewpoints.

会议指出，根据《马克思主义研究院学习宣传贯彻党的十九届四中全会精神工作方案》，马研院要充分发挥自身学科优势，把学习宣传贯彻党的十九届四中全会精神作为当前和今后一个时期的重要政治任务，认真做好全会精神的学习、研究和宣传工作。一是组织开展学习培训。通过党委理论学习中心组（扩大）会议、专家辅导、选派所局级领导参加培训等方式，准确把握全会精神，迅速把思想统一到党的十九届四中全会精神上来。二是大力宣传宣讲。鼓励本院专家学者结合自身研究方向，广泛宣讲全会精神，发表理论文章，并在对外学术交流时积极宣介全会精神。马克思主义研究网、微信微博等平台要开设专栏，或通过名家访谈等形式，集中宣传全会精神，形成良好氛围。三是加强理论研究阐释。要发挥学科优势，把全会精神作为各类学术论坛、学术会议、研讨会的重要主题。《马克思主义研究》杂志要开设专栏，邀请知名专家撰稿，推出一批高质量成果。鼓励和支持科研人员围绕全会提出的重大理论和实践问题，特别是全会提出的新思想、新观点和新论断，申报项目，进行科研攻关，深入研究重大理论观点背后的学理基础。

Xin Xiangyang, from the perspectives of combining history and reality, theory and practice, and China and the world, provided a comprehensive, in-depth, and vivid interpretation of the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC. He pointed out that the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC was a groundbreaking and milestone meeting, which will inevitably have a major and far-reaching impact on making the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics more mature and well-defined, and on better transforming China’s institutional advantages into advantages in national governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the plenum was insightful, profound in thought, and rich in content, answering a series of major political questions about “what to uphold and consolidate, and what to improve and develop,” strengthening confidence in the system, pointing out the direction forward, and marking a new height, new vision, and new level in our Party’s understanding of the national system and national governance system. The “Decision of the Central Committee of the CPC on Upholding and Improving the System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Advancing the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity” (hereinafter referred to as the “Decision”) made at the plenum is a programmatic document of Marxism, a political manifesto for advancing the construction of the national system and governance system in the New Era, and a strategic task document for advancing institutional construction in all fields and aspects of the Party and state affairs. The “Decision” centrally embodies the major theoretical and practical innovations in institutional construction since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, highlights the Party’s leadership as the most essential feature and greatest advantage, grasps the key and foundation of national governance, constructs a reliable institutional edifice for our Party to lead the people of all ethnic groups in the country toward the future and win the future, and also provides a fundamental guarantee from the institutional level for implementing the Party’s basic strategy proposed at the 19th National Congress of the CPC, contributing Chinese wisdom and a Chinese approach to human political civilization.

辛向阳从历史和现实、理论和实践、中国和世界相结合的角度，对党的十九届四中全会精神作了全面、深入而又生动的解读。他指出，党的十九届四中全会是一次具有开创性、里程碑意义的重要会议，必将对推动中国特色社会主义制度更加成熟更加定型、把我国制度优势更好转化为国家治理优势产生重大而深远的影响。习近平总书记在全会上的重要讲话高屋建瓴、思想深邃、内涵丰富，回答了“坚持和巩固什么、完善和发展什么”一系列重大政治问题，坚定了制度自信，指明了前进方向，标志着我们党对国家制度和国家治理体系的认识升华到一个新高度、新视野、新水平。全会作出的《中共中央关于坚持和完善中国特色社会主义制度推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化若干重大问题的决定》（以下简称《决定》），是马克思主义的纲领性文献，是推进新时代国家制度和治理体系建设的政治宣言书，是推进党和国家事业各领域、各方面制度建设的战略任务书。《决定》集中体现了党的十八大以来关于制度建设的重大理论和实践创新成果，突出党的领导这个最本质的特征和最大优势，抓住了国家治理的关键和根本，为我们党带领全国各族人民走向未来、赢得未来构筑了可靠的制度大厦，也从制度上为贯彻落实党的十九大提出的党的基本方略提供了根本保障，为人类政治文明贡献了中国智慧和中国方案。

Xin Xiangyang emphasized that the reason the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC stressed the construction of the institutional system, and for the first time in the Party’s history used a single plenary session of the Central Committee to specifically study the national system and national governance issues and make a decision, is determined by the fact that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a New Era, is to realize the political design of Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour Talks [1]1 Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Tour Talks: A series of speeches delivered by Deng Xiaoping during his inspection tour of southern China (Wuhan, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shanghai, etc.) in early 1992, which reaffirmed the direction of reform and opening up and market-oriented economic reforms after the political turbulence of 1989., and is a fundamental requirement for pushing reform and opening up in the New Era forward.

辛向阳强调，党的十九届四中全会之所以强调制度体系建设，在党的历史上第一次用一次中央全会专门研究国家制度和国家治理问题并作出决定，这是中国特色社会主义进入新时代决定的，是为了实现邓小平南方谈话的政治设计，是把新时代改革开放推向前进的根本要求。

Xin Xiangyang pointed out that the “Decision” of the plenum made the major judgment of the “three is” regarding the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the national governance system, namely: “The system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the national governance system are a system and governance system that is guided by Marxism, rooted in China’s soil, has a deep foundation in Chinese culture, and is deeply supported by the people; it is a system and governance system with strong vitality and great superiority; and it is a system and governance system that can continuously promote the progress and development of a major country with a population of nearly 1.4 billion and ensure that the Chinese nation, with a civilization history of over 5,000 years, realizes the ‘Two Centenary Goals’ [2]2 The Two Centenary Goals: The strategic objectives of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the centenary of the CPC (founded 1921) and building a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China (founded 1949). and thereby achieves great rejuvenation.” This is a scientific summary of the nature and role of the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, a enrichment and development of Marxist state theory, and a development of human institutional civilization, holding significant meaning in the history of the development of Marxism, the history of the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the history of human institutional civilization.

辛向阳指出，全会《决定》作出中国特色社会主义制度和国家治理体系“三个是”的重大判断，即“中国特色社会主义制度和国家治理体系是以马克思主义为指导、植根中国大地、具有深厚中华文化根基、深得人民拥护的制度和治理体系，是具有强大生命力和巨大优越性的制度和治理体系，是能够持续推动拥有近十四亿人口大国进步和发展、确保拥有五千多年文明史的中华民族实现‘两个一百年’奋斗目标进而实现伟大复兴的制度和治理体系”，这是对中国特色社会主义制度性质与作用的科学概括，是对马克思主义国家学说的丰富和发展，也是对人类制度文明的发展，在马克思主义发展史、中国特色社会主义发展史、人类制度文明史上都有重要的意义。

Focusing on the important ideas of the “Decision,” Xin Xiangyang primarily interpreted “upholding and improving the Party leadership institutional system,” “the socialist market economy system becoming a basic socialist economic system,” and “upholding and improving the socialist rule-of-law system with Chinese characteristics.” He pointed out that upholding and improving the Party leadership institutional system is fundamentally determined by the Party’s nature, specifically manifested in the “three mosts,” namely: “The most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the CPC, the greatest advantage of the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the CPC, and the Party is the highest political leadership force.” Making the socialist market economy system a basic socialist economic system is a major theoretical innovation of the plenum, requiring our comprehensive understanding and grasp. Unswervingly following the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, establishing and improving a legal system for protecting property rights is crucial; it is necessary to form an atmosphere of respecting laws and institutions and to properly handle several issues in institutional improvement.

围绕《决定》的重要思想，辛向阳重点就“坚持和完善党的领导制度体系”、“社会主义市场经济体制成为社会主义基本经济制度”、“坚持和完善中国特色社会主义法治体系”作了解读。他指出，坚持和完善党的领导制度体系，根本是由党的性质决定的，具体表现在“三个最”，即“中国特色社会主义最本质的特征是中国共产党领导，中国特色社会主义制度的最大优势是中国共产党领导，党是最高政治领导力量”。把社会主义市场经济体制作为社会主义基本经济制度，这是全会的重大理论创新，需要我们全面理解和把握。坚定不移走中国特色社会主义法治道路，建立和完善保护产权制度的法律体系至关重要，要形成尊崇法律和制度的氛围，处理好制度完善中的若干问题。