Forum Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Engels’s Birth and the 13th National Forum of Marxist Deans Convened at Tianjin Normal University

From October 31 to November 2, the Forum Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Engels’s Birth and the 13th National Forum of Marxist Deans was held in Tianjin. This forum was jointly sponsored by the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Tianjin Normal University, and hosted by the School of Marxism of Tianjin Normal University. The forum’s theme was “Engels and Contemporary China.” Jiang Hui, member of the Leading Party Members Group of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Director of the Institute of Contemporary China Studies, and President of the Academy of Marxism, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote report. Chen Zhemin, member of the Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the CPC and Director of the Municipal Committee’s Propaganda Department, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

10月31日至11月2日，纪念恩格斯诞辰200周年暨第十三届全国马克思主义院长论坛在天津举行。本届论坛由中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院、天津师范大学共同主办，天津师范大学马克思主义学院承办，论坛主题为“恩格斯与当代中国”。中国社会科学院党组成员、当代中国研究所所长、马克思主义研究院院长姜辉出席开幕式作主旨报告。天津市委常委、市委宣传部部长陈浙闽出席开幕式并讲话。

Conference venue

会议现场

Jiang Hui attending the opening ceremony and delivering a keynote report

姜辉出席开幕式作主旨报告

Chen Zhemin attending the opening ceremony and delivering a speech

陈浙闽出席开幕式并讲话

The opening ceremony of the forum was presided over by Zhang Ling, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin Normal University. Gu Hailiang, Deputy Director of the Social Sciences Committee of the Ministry of Education and Boya Chair Professor at Peking University; Xin Xiangyang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of the Academy of Marxism of CASS; Hou Huiqin, former Secretary of the Party Committee of the Academy of Marxism of CASS and Director of the CASS Research Center for National Cultural Security and Ideological Construction; Li Xuyan, Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the CPC; Jing Hongyang, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Education Work Committee of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the CPC and Director of the Municipal Education Commission; Shi Fengyan, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Tianjin Federation of Social Sciences; and other responsible comrades from relevant units attended the opening ceremony. Zhong Yinghua, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Tianjin Normal University, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

论坛开幕式由天津师范大学党委书记张玲主持。教育部社会科学委员会副主任、北京大学博雅讲席教授顾海良，中国社科院马克思主义研究院党委书记、副院长辛向阳，中国社科院马克思主义研究院原党委书记、中国社科院国家文化安全与意识形态建设研究中心主任侯惠勤，天津市委宣传部副部长李旭炎，天津市委教育工委常务副书记、市教委主任荆洪阳，天津市社会科学界联合会党组书记石凤妍等有关单位负责同志参加开幕式。天津师范大学党委副书记、校长钟英华在开幕式上致辞。

In his report, Jiang Hui pointed out that in studying Engels’s conception of Marxism, one must deeply appreciate Engels’s defense and safeguarding of the scientific system of Marxism, thereby earnestly studying the classic works of Marxism and clearly and unequivocally upholding the fundamental principles, standpoints, and methods of Marxism. He also pointed out that in studying Engels’s conception of Marxism, one must deeply appreciate Engels’s scientific attitude toward Marxism and his innovative development of it, thereby enriching and developing Marxism in step with the times. He emphasized that in studying Engels’s conception of Marxism, one must deeply appreciate Engels’s creative practical application of Marxism, thereby consciously using scientific theory to guide new developments in practice. In his speech, Jiang Hui noted that this forum brings together deans of Marxist schools and experts and scholars from universities across the country to revisit Engels’s brilliant thought and the historical process of its dissemination and application in China, and to exchange and display the latest achievements in Marxist research. This is of great significance for deepening the study of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and for advancing the adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, its popularization, and its modernization.

姜辉在报告中指出，学习恩格斯的马克思主义观，要深刻体会恩格斯对马克思主义科学体系的维护捍卫，从而认真学习马克思主义经典著作，旗帜鲜明地坚持马克思主义基本原理和立场观点方法。他同时指出，学习恩格斯的马克思主义观，要深刻体会恩格斯对待马克思主义的科学态度和创新发展，从而与时俱进地丰富发展马克思主义。他强调，学习恩格斯的马克思主义观，要深刻体会恩格斯对马克思主义创造性地实际运用，从而自觉运用科学理论指导实践新发展。姜辉在讲话中指出本次论坛汇集全国各地高校马克思主义学院院长和专家学者，重温恩格斯光辉思想及其在中国传播运用的历史进程，交流展示马克思主义研究的最新成果，这对于深化习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究，推进马克思主义中国化、时代化、大众化具有十分重要的意义。

After the opening ceremony, Gu Hailiang, Deputy Director of the Social Sciences Committee of the Ministry of Education and Boya Chair Professor at Peking University, delivered a keynote report titled “Engels’s Thought, Spirit, and Style.” Hou Huiqin, former Secretary of the Party Committee of the Academy of Marxism of CASS and Director of the CASS Research Center for National Cultural Security and Ideological Construction, delivered a keynote report titled “Engels: The First Person to Uphold Fundamental Principles and Break New Ground in Marx’s Philosophy.” The keynote report session was presided over by Xin Xiangyang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of the Academy of Marxism of CASS.

开幕式后，教育部社会科学委员会副主任、北京大学博雅讲席教授顾海良作《恩格斯的思想、精神与风范》主题报告。中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院原党委书记、中国社科院国家文化安全与意识形态建设研究中心主任侯惠勤作《恩格斯：马克思哲学守正创新第一人》主题报告。主题报告环节由中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院党委书记、副院长辛向阳主持。

Gu Hailiang delivering a keynote report

顾海良作主题报告

Gu Hailiang pointed out that, on the occasion of commemorating the 200th anniversary of Engels’s birth, reviewing Engels’s intellectual journey, revolutionary spirit, and lofty style has not only historical significance for the development of Marxism but also practical significance for the development of Marxism in the 21st century. He emphasized that Engels made unique contributions to the formation and development of Marxism. On the one hand, this is manifested in his co-founding of the basic theory of Marxism and its system together with Marx; on the other hand, it is highlighted by the many groundbreaking theoretical contributions Engels made after Marx’s death in the process of upholding and developing Marx’s thought. He particularly emphasized that Engels and his thought endure forever in the history of Marxism and the development of the era, and that Xi Jinping’s speech at the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth is also of particular significance for understanding and grasping Engels’s thought, spirit, and style.

顾海良指出，在纪念恩格斯诞辰 200 周年之际，回顾恩格斯的思想历程、革命精神和崇高风范不仅具有马克思主义发展的历史意义，更具有21世纪马克思主义发展的现实意义。他强调指出，恩格斯在马克思主义形成和发展中做出了独特贡献，一方面表现在与马克思共同创立马克思主义基本理论及其体系，另一方面凸显于马克思逝世后，恩格斯在坚持和发展马克思思想过程中作出的许多开创性的理论贡献。他特别强调，恩格斯及其思想永存于马克思主义历史和时代发展之中，习近平在纪念马克思诞辰200周年时的讲话对于理解和把握恩格斯的思想、精神与风范也有着特别重要的意义。

Hou Huiqin delivering a keynote report

侯惠勤作主题报告

Hou Huiqin pointed out that the birth of Marxist philosophy is the most magnificent sunrise in the history of human thought, and that Engels, as a collaborator, is truly the first person to uphold fundamental principles and break new ground in Marxist philosophy. He noted that Engels not only perfected the new materialism founded by Marx but also continuously pushed it forward as the world outlook of the proletarian party into practice. This is mainly reflected in three “linkages.” He linked ontology and epistemology, solved Kant’s riddle of the “thing-in-itself,” founded dialectics of nature, laid the foundation for materialist dialectics, and made unique contributions to the new materialism. He linked the ancient and modern history of philosophical thought, established the fundamental question of philosophy, and set an objective standard for correctly conducting philosophical ideological struggle. He linked classical German philosophy and Marxist philosophy, preventing classical German philosophy from turning into pure subjectivism and individualist philosophy, and prominently demonstrated that Marxist philosophy is the true inheritor of classical German philosophy.

侯惠勤指出，马克思主义哲学的诞生，是人类思想史上最壮丽的日出，恩格斯作为合作者是对马克思主义哲学守正创新当之无愧的第一人。他指出，恩格斯不仅完善了马克思创立的新唯物主义，而且将其作为无产阶级政党的世界观不断推向实践，主要体现在三个“打通”。打通了本体论和认识论，破解康德的“自在之物”之谜，创立自然辩证法，奠基唯物辩证法，对新唯物主义做出了独特贡献。打通了哲学思想史的古今，确立了哲学基本问题，为正确开展哲学思想斗争树立了客观标准。打通了德国古典哲学和马克思主义哲学，杜绝德国古典哲学转向纯粹的主观主义、个人主义哲学，突出论证马克思主义哲学是德国古典哲学真正的继承者。

Xin Xiangyang presiding over the keynote report

辛向阳主持主题报告

During the expert report stage, nearly 40 experts and scholars, including Xin Xiangyang, Xiao Guiqing, Sun Laibin, Tao Wenzhao, Wu Hongzheng, Lin Jinping, Hong Xiaonan, Zhang Shihai, Yan Lianfu, Liu Fengyi, Lin Jianhua, Yu Bin, Zhang Xinping, Cheng Jingwu, Zhang Zhongmin, Fu Huifang, Zhang Xinning, Wang Zengfu, Hu Lifa, Duan Hong, Wang Zongli, Wang Yong, Shen Yongfu, Tai Lihua, Tian Zhijian, Han Qiaosheng, Zhang Banghui, Zhang Youkui, Wang Qiang, He Bo, Bao Jin, Dai Rui, Chai Yanping, Duan Yan, Xiao Anbao, Liu Zhiming, He Lingling, and Yao Hongzhi, delivered speeches at the plenary session. At the same time, over 50 experts and scholars delivered speeches at parallel sessions. This forum included 126 units from 27 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, including CASS, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Fudan University, Beijing Normal University, Jilin University, Nankai University, Tianjin University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Shandong University, Lanzhou University, Dalian University of Technology, Tianjin Normal University, and Northeast Normal University. Among them, over 200 experts and scholars from CASS, 32 national key schools of Marxism, as well as *Marxist Studies*, *Teaching and Research*, *Studies on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics*, *Social Sciences Abroad*, *Exploration*, *Chinese Social Sciences Today*, and People’s Daily Online, participated in the conference.

在专家报告阶段，辛向阳、肖贵清、孙来斌、陶文昭、吴宏政、林进平、洪晓楠、张士海、燕连福、刘凤义、林建华、余斌、张新平、程京武、章忠民、傅慧芳、张新宁、王增福、胡立法、段虹、王宗礼、汪勇、沈永福、邰丽华、田芝健、韩桥生、张邦辉、张有奎、王强、何博、鲍金、戴锐、柴艳萍、段妍、肖安宝、刘志明、何玲玲、姚宏志等近40位专家学者进行大会发言，同时，50余位专家学者在分论坛发言。此次论坛共有包括中国社科院、北京大学、清华大学、中国人民大学、复旦大学、北京师范大学、吉林大学、南开大学、天津大学、中山大学、上海交通大学、西安交通大学、山东大学、兰州大学、大连理工大学、天津师范大学、东北师范大学等来自全国27个省、自治区、直辖市的126家单位到会。其中，中国社科院、32家全国重点马克思主义学院，以及《马克思主义研究》《教学与研究》《中国特色社会主义研究》《国外社会科学》《探索》《中国社会科学报》和人民网等200余位专家学者参加会议。

Zhang Ling presiding over the opening ceremony

张玲主持开幕式

Zhong Yinghua delivering a speech at the opening ceremony

钟英华在开幕式上致辞

The participating experts unanimously agreed that the convening of this forum commemorating the 200th anniversary of Engels’s birth and the Forum of Marxist Deans coincided with the successful conclusion of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC. [1]1 The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC, held in October 2020, adopted proposals for the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035. In an atmosphere where the whole nation is united in purpose and inspired, this forum has important practical significance for promoting the study of the thought of the classic Marxist writers and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deepening the study of the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC, and continuously advancing the adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, its popularization, and its modernization. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a New Era, the Chinese nation is ushering in the bright prospects of its great rejuvenation, and scientific socialism is increasingly demonstrating its strong vitality. Facing changes unseen in a century in the world, and facing the complex situation and arduous tasks of the contemporary world, we must persist in arming our minds with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, take practical action to devote ourselves to the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, march toward the second centenary goal, [2]2 The second centenary goal refers to building China into a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious by the middle of the 21st century, the centenary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. and continuously advance the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era.

与会专家一致认为，此次纪念恩格斯诞辰200周年暨马克思主义院长论坛的召开正值党的十九届五中全会胜利闭幕。在举国上下凝心聚力，振奋精神的氛围中，此次论坛对于推动马克思主义经典作家思想和习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究，深化学习党的十九届五中全会精神，不断推进马克思主义中国化时代化大众化，具有重要现实意义。中国特色社会主义进入新时代，中华民族迎来伟大复兴的光明前景，科学社会主义日益彰显出强大生机活力。面对世界百年未有之大变局，面对当今世界的复杂形势和艰巨任务，必须坚持用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想武装头脑，以实际行动投身全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程，向第二个百年奋斗目标进军，把新时代中国特色社会主义伟大事业不断推向前进。

On-site conference delegates

现场与会代表

The National Forum of Marxist Deans is a high-end forum founded by the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Having been held thirteen times to date, it has become a major platform for regular exchange among Marxist theoretical workers in China, an important window for displaying the latest research achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context, and a strong bastion for propagating and popularizing Marxism. This forum was the first time the National Forum of Marxist Deans was held in Tianjin.

全国马克思主义院长论坛是由中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院创办的高端论坛，迄今举办十三届，已成为国内马克思主义理论工作者定期交流的重大平台，展现马克思主义中国化最新研究成果的重要窗口，以及宣传和普及马克思主义的坚强阵地。本届论坛为全国马克思主义院长论坛首次在津举办。