On the Logical Framework, Practical Strategy, and Major Significance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture

Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture adheres to dialectical materialism and historical materialism, inherits and carries forward the fine traditions and valuable experience of the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda and cultural work over the past century, aligns with the trends of historical development and the practical requirements of the New Era, and is rich, comprehensive, and profound in content. It serves not only as a scientific guide and action program for cultural construction on the new journey of building a strong country and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also as the fundamental principle for building a modern civilization of the Chinese nation that comprehensively and coordinately develops material civilization, cultural-ethical progress, political civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization.

习近平文化思想坚持辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义，继承和弘扬中国共产党百余年来宣传文化工作优良传统与宝贵经验，契合历史发展潮流和新时代实践要求，内涵丰富、全面、深刻，既是强国建设、复兴伟业新征程上文化建设的科学指南与行动纲领，也是建设中华民族物质文明、精神文明、政治文明、社会文明和生态文明全面协调发展的现代文明的根本遵循。

The overall and strategic role of culture in building a strong country and national rejuvenation

文化在强国建设、民族复兴中的全局性、战略性作用

From the definition of “culture,” culture in a broad sense includes all material and spiritual wealth created by humanity in the process of understanding and transforming the world; in a narrow sense, “a certain culture (as a form of ideology) is a reflection of the politics and economy of a certain society” and is the core content of the ideological superstructure. The “culture” in Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture includes both culture in the narrow sense, i.e., ideological culture or spiritual culture as the core content of the ideological superstructure, and “Chinese culture” in the broad sense, which integrates institutional culture, spiritual culture, ecological culture, and others into one. Therefore, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture is both the guiding ideology for “cultural” construction in the New Era and the fundamental principle for comprehensively and coordinately advancing the construction of a modern civilization of the Chinese nation, including material civilization, cultural-ethical progress, political civilization, social civilization, and ecological civilization.

从“文化”的定义来看，广义的文化包含了人类在认识世界和改造世界过程当中所创造的全部的物质财富、精神财富；狭义上“一定的文化（当作观念形态的文化）是一定社会的政治和经济的反映”，是观念上层建筑的核心内容。习近平文化思想中的“文化”，既包含狭义上的文化，即作为观念上层建筑核心内容的思想文化或者精神文化，同时也包含广义上将制度文化、精神文化、生态文化等熔于一炉的“中华文化”。因此，习近平文化思想既是新时代“文化”建设的指导思想，也是全面协调推进包含物质文明、精神文明、政治文明、社会文明和生态文明等文明要素在内的中华民族现代文明建设的根本遵循。

From the relationship between culture and civilization, culture is a reflection of the politics and economy of a certain society in ideological form; civilization is a marker of the state of human progress and enlightenment, and civilization is the goodness of culture. Through a long historical evolution, Chinese civilization has ultimately formed a pluralistic and integrated pattern of civilization and a national pattern of the Chinese national community. Chinese civilization, being inclusive and enduring through innovation, is a valuable intellectual asset for us to promote cultural inheritance and development and the continuation and innovation of civilization at a new stage of historical development.

从文化与文明的关系来看，文化是一定社会的政治和经济在观念形态上的反映；而文明是人类进步开化状态的标志，文明是文化之善。中华文明经过漫长历史演变最终形成了多元一体的文明格局和中华民族共同体的民族格局。中华文明兼收并蓄、历久弥新，是我们在新的历史发展阶段推进文化传承发展、文明赓续创新的宝贵思想财富。

From the characteristics of culture, culture plays a crucial role in social development, national governance, and civilizational progress. If ideological culture fails to keep pace with the times, the result will inevitably be disastrous; at the same time, if the inheritance and development of culture are neglected and national traditional culture is abruptly severed, the result will also be disastrous. In this sense, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes that to achieve the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese culture, it is necessary to summarize laws from the process of historical development and practical experience, and to build a modern civilization of the Chinese nation by being both adept at inheritance and bold in innovation.

从文化的特征来看，文化对社会发展、国家治理和文明进步具有至关重要的作用。如果思想文化不能与时俱进，其结果一定是灾难性的；同时，如果不注重文化的传承发展，断然割裂民族传统文化，其结果也是灾难性的。在此意义上，习近平总书记强调要实现中华文化创造性转化和创新性发展，必须从历史的发展与实践过程中总结规律，建设中华民族现代文明必须既善于继承，又敢于创新。

From the perspective of cultural soft power, cultural soft power is a country’s cohesion and appeal based on its culture, and it is the vitality of a nation and state rooted in the national bloodline. Currently, amid changes unseen in a century, competition in cultural soft power between countries is becoming increasingly fierce. Cultural competition is a struggle over destiny, path, direction, and even more so over values and people’s hearts, with its core being ideological competition. Ideology is the banner and soul of a political party, determining the direction of cultural progress and the path of development. Therefore, theoretical clarity is necessary for political firmness; by consolidating the value foundation of cultural confidence and self-reliance, the masses are armed with correct theory to guide practice.

从文化软实力来看，文化软实力是一个国家基于文化而体现出来的凝聚力、感召力，是根植于民族血脉的国家和民族的生命力。当前，在百年未有之大变局中，国家之间的文化软实力竞争愈发激烈。文化之争是命运之争、道路之争、方向之争，更是价值观念之争、人心之争，其内核就是意识形态的竞争。意识形态是政党的旗帜和灵魂，决定文化前进方向和发展道路。因此，理论上清醒才能政治上坚定，通过夯实文化自信自强的价值根基，用正确的理论武装群众指导实践。

From the origin and development of culture, culture is concrete and historical; the practice of a specific historical period is the source and driving force of culture. The great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era calls for a new culture and will inevitably produce and strengthen it. Culture is the mother of institutions and an important force for national survival and development. Currently, we are on the new journey of the great historical cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation; we must continuously strengthen cultural construction to provide strong spiritual motivation, intellectual support, and ideological guarantees for national development. It is in this sense that Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture grasps the endogenous laws of cultural development and meets the urgent needs of the people.

从文化的起源和发展来看，文化是具体的、历史的，特定历史时期的实践是文化的源泉和动力。中国特色社会主义新时代的伟大实践呼唤新文化，也必将产生和壮大新文化。文化是制度之母，是民族生存和发展的重要力量。当前，我们正处于强国建设、民族复兴历史伟业的新征程上，必须不断加强文化建设，为民族发展提供强有力的精神动力、智力支持和思想保证，正是在这个意义上，习近平文化思想把握文化发展内生性规律，符合人民群众的迫切需求。

The logical framework of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture

习近平文化思想的逻辑架构

Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture is both a theoretical worldview and a practical methodology; it is a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide for cultural construction in the New Era, and a task book and roadmap for undertaking new cultural missions and building a modern civilization of the Chinese nation on the new journey of building a strong country and realizing rejuvenation.

习近平文化思想既是理论形态的世界观，也是实践形态的方法论，是新时代文化建设的强大思想武器和科学行动指南，是强国建设、复兴伟业新征程上担负起新的文化使命、建设中华民族现代文明的任务书与路线图。

(I) The theoretical form of understanding the essence and applying it

（一）明体达用的理论形态

Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture creatively integrates the basic principles of Marxism with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, resolving the “ancient-modern and Chinese-Western debate,” and represents another ideological emancipation. [1]1 The “ancient-modern and Chinese-Western debate” refers to a long-standing intellectual controversy in modern China over how to reconcile traditional Chinese culture with modernity and Western influences.

习近平文化思想创造性地将马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合，破解了“古今中西之争”，是又一次思想解放。

First, in terms of basic stance, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture adheres to the people-centered fundamental stance, upholds the Chinese cultural identity, and insists on cultural confidence and self-reliance. Marxism, with practice as its intermediary and “liberating humanity” as its ultimate value, through adhering to the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese Communist Party has not only written the rise of China as “the most exciting event of the 21st century”—the “China story”—but has also forged and molded the great “Chinese spirit” in the more than century-long great struggle practice of uniting and leading the people.

首先，在基本立场上，习近平文化思想坚持以人民为中心的根本立场，坚守中华文化本位，坚持文化自信自强。马克思主义以实践为中介，以“为人类求解放”为终极价值，通过坚持把马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际相结合、同中华优秀传统文化相结合，中国共产党不仅书写了中国的崛起这个“21世纪最激动人心的大事”——“中国故事”，而且在百余年团结带领人民的伟大斗争实践中锻造和熔铸了伟大的“中国精神”。

Second, in terms of basic viewpoints, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture creatively proposes the view that “politics is the skeleton, economy is the flesh and blood, and culture is the soul,” both insisting that culture originates from material production practice and emphasizing culture’s active counter-effect on the economic base and social development. The subordinate and derivative nature of culture determines that a certain ideological culture necessarily contains certain values and specific interest demands; therefore, there is fundamentally no such thing as “de-ideologization,” “universal values,” or “cultural nihilism” in the world. [2]2 “Cultural nihilism” is a term used in Chinese political discourse to criticize the denial or devaluation of China’s traditional culture and revolutionary heritage. It is in this sense that General Secretary Xi Jinping points out that “propaganda, ideology, and cultural work concerns the future and destiny of the Party, the long-term stability and security of the country, and the cohesion and centripetal force of the nation; it is an extremely important task.”

其次，在基本观点上，习近平文化思想创造性地提出“政治是骨骼、经济是血肉、文化是灵魂”的观点，既坚持文化起源于物质生产实践，又强调文化对经济基础、社会发展能动的反作用。文化的从属性和派生性决定了一定的思想文化必然蕴含着一定的价值观念和特定的利益诉求，因此，世界上根本不存在所谓的“去意识形态化”“普世价值”“文化虚无主义”等幻想。正是在此意义上，习近平总书记指出，“宣传思想文化工作事关党的前途命运，事关国家长治久安，事关民族凝聚力和向心力，是一项极端重要的工作”。

Third, in terms of basic methods, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture insists on integrating the basic principles of Marxism with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, clarifying the proposition of “upholding the right without being conservative, respecting the ancient without restoring the old,” and creatively combining the basic principles of scientific socialism with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, endowing them with new characteristics of the times, making them important ideological and cultural resources for cultural construction and national governance in the New Era. Specifically, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture includes the following practical strategies: First, in terms of fundamental systems, it insists on the fundamental system of Marxism’s guiding position in the ideological field, adheres to serving the people and serving socialism, takes core socialist values as the guide, develops advanced socialist culture, promotes revolutionary culture, and inherits excellent traditional Chinese culture; second, in cultural education work, it focuses on cultivating new generations capable of undertaking the great task of national rejuvenation, proposing that the people have faith, the nation has strength, and the nation has hope; third, in news and public opinion work, it adheres to the principle of Party spirit, insists on the Party managing the media, and guides news and public opinion workers to be disseminators of the Party’s policies and propositions, recorders of the times’ trends, promoters of social progress, and guardians of fairness and justice; fourth, in the field of philosophy and social sciences, it constructs an independent knowledge system, academic system, and discourse system for Chinese philosophy and social sciences; fifth, in literary and artistic work, it clarifies that literature and art must not lose their direction in the tide of the market economy, insists on placing social benefits first and unifying social and economic benefits, and adheres to a work orientation of having righteousness in the heart, the people in mind, responsibility on the shoulders, and a grand vision in writing; sixth, in the field of internet governance, it expands mainstream public opinion positions, strengthens cyberspace governance, and promotes the in-depth development of media integration; seventh, at the level of values, it clearly opposes the so-called “universal values” of the West and jointly advocates the common values of all humanity; eighth, in international cultural exchange and dissemination, it aims to tell China’s story well and form an international discourse power commensurate with China’s comprehensive national strength and international status.

再次，在基本方法上，习近平文化思想坚持将马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合，明确“守正不守旧、尊古不复古”的主张，创造性地将科学社会主义的基本原则同中华优秀传统文化结合起来，并赋以新的时代特点，使之成为新时代文化建设和治国理政的重要思想文化资源。具体而言，习近平文化思想包含以下实践方略：其一，在根本制度上，坚持马克思主义在意识形态领域指导地位的根本制度，坚持为人民服务、为社会主义服务，以社会主义核心价值观为引领，发展社会主义先进文化，弘扬革命文化，传承中华优秀传统文化；其二，在文化教育工作上，着力培养担当民族复兴大任的时代新人，提出人民有信仰、国家有力量、民族有希望；其三，在新闻舆论工作上，坚持党性原则，坚持党管媒体，引导广大新闻舆论工作者做党的政策主张的传播者、时代风云的记录者、社会进步的推动者，公平正义的守望者；其四，在哲学社会科学领域，建构中国哲学社会科学自主知识体系、学术体系和话语体系；其五，在文艺工作上，明确文艺不能在市场经济大潮中迷失方向，坚持把社会效益放在首位、社会效益和经济效益相统一，坚持胸中有大义、心里有人民、肩头有责任、笔下有乾坤的工作导向；其六，在互联网治理领域，壮大主流舆论场地，加强网络空间治理，推动媒体融合向纵深发展；其七，在价值观层面，旗帜鲜明反对西方所谓的“普世价值”，共同倡导全人类共同价值；其八，在国际文化交流传播上，要讲好中国故事，形成同我国综合国力和国际地位相匹配的国际话语权。

(II) The practical form of integrating essence and application

（二）体用贯通的实践形态

Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture breaks free from the rut of “separating essence from application,” greatly promotes cultural construction in the New Era, and points the way for the development of a modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

习近平文化思想破解“体用二分”的窠臼，极大促进了新时代文化建设，指明了中华民族现代文明的发展路向。

The cultural construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era has achieved historic accomplishments and undergone historic transformations in the course of setting the direction and rectifying the source, and has displayed a new atmosphere and embarked on a new journey through upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground and forging ahead with enterprise. This is concentratedly manifested in the following three aspects: First, in terms of the national cultural strategy, since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to ideological and cultural work, and China’s cultural soft power has been significantly enhanced; second, in terms of the quality of social civilization, the main theme of patriotism has taken deeper root in people’s hearts, the scientific and cultural quality and civilizational literacy of the people have been markedly improved, and modern public culture has been increasingly perfected; third, in terms of the national mindset, the Chinese people have become more high-spirited and upward, peaceful and rational, achieving a shift from the previous “looking up to the West” to “looking at the world on an equal footing.”

新时代中国特色社会主义文化建设在举旗定向、正本清源中取得历史性成就、发生历史性变革，在守正创新、开拓进取中展现新气象、迈向新征程。这集中体现在以下三个方面：第一，在国家的文化战略上，党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央高度重视思想文化工作，我国的文化软实力显著提升；第二，在社会文明素质上，爱国主义主旋律更加深入人心，国民科学文化素质和文明素养显著提升，现代公共文化日趋完善；第三，在国民心态上，中国人民更加地昂扬向上、平和理性，实现了从以往的“仰视西方”到“平视世界”。

From the perspective of the central task of the new journey of the New Era, Chinese-path modernization is a modernization in which material civilization and cultural-ethical progress are coordinated, requiring not only common prosperity at the material level but also common prosperity at the spiritual level. By arming people with scientific theory, guiding people with correct public opinion, shaping people with noble spirit, and inspiring people with excellent works, it continuously meets the spiritual and cultural needs of the people.

从新时代新征程的中心任务来看，中国式现代化是物质文明和精神文明相协调的现代化，既要物质层面共同富裕，也要精神层面共同富裕，通过以科学的理论武装人，以正确的舆论引导人，以高尚的精神塑造人，以优秀的作品鼓舞人，不断满足人民的精神文化需要。

From the perspective of the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, Xi Jinping’s cultural thought is both a practical summary and theoretical crystallization of cultural construction on the new journey of building a strong country and the great rejuvenation, and a fundamental guideline for comprehensively and coordinately advancing the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. It is rooted in the fertile soil of fine traditional Chinese culture, forged in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, marking that our Party’s understanding of the laws of cultural work has been elevated to a new height, and opening up a new realm of the Marxist view of culture and its practice.

从中华民族伟大复兴的战略全局来看，习近平文化思想既是强国建设、复兴伟业新征程上文化建设的实践总结和理论结晶，也是全面协调推进中华民族现代文明建设的根本遵循。它根植于中华优秀传统文化的沃土，熔铸于中国特色社会主义新时代的伟大实践，标志着我们党对文化工作的规律性认识提升到新高度，开辟了马克思主义文化观及其实践的新境界。

Practical strategy for advancing the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s cultural thought

以习近平文化思想为指导，推进建设中华民族现代文明的实践方略

(I) Strengthening cultural confidence: Grasping the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization and nurturing the modern civilization of the Chinese nation

（一）坚定文化自信：把握中华文明突出特性，涵养中华民族现代文明

Chinese civilization is the spiritual source of the Chinese nation’s unceasing vitality, self-confidence, and self-strengthening. First, Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity, which essentially determines that the Chinese nation must take its own path. Second, Chinese civilization has outstanding innovativeness; the Communist Party of China has led the Chinese people from standing up and growing rich to becoming strong, and the Chinese nation has precisely followed the enterprising spirit and innovative consciousness of “upholding fundamental principles without being conservative, respecting antiquity without restoring the old.” Third, Chinese civilization has distinct unity; a united, stable, strong, and unified country embodies a cultural form that shares common values and enhances the cohesion of people’s hearts. Fourth, Chinese civilization has outstanding inclusiveness; the Chinese nation is open, inclusive, and eclectic, enabling Chinese culture to learn from and innovate through exchanges among various ethnic groups and between East and West, forging the historical orientation of Chinese civilization’s exchange, integration, and interaction, and the harmonious pattern of diverse coexistence among all ethnic groups. Fifth, the peacefulness inherent in Chinese civilization fundamentally determines that China has always been a builder of peace, a contributor to development, and a defender of order.

中华文明是中华民族生生不息、自信自强的精神之源。其一，中华文明具有突出的连续性，这从本质上决定了中华民族必须走自己的路。其二，中华文明具有突出的创新性，中国共产党领导中华人民从站起来、富起来到强起来，中华民族正是依循“守正不守旧，尊古不复古”的进取精神和创新意识。其三，中华文明具有鲜明的统一性，团结安定、坚强有力的统一国家体现着共同价值、增进人心凝聚的文化形态。其四，中华文明具有突出的包容性，中华民族开放包容、兼收并蓄，使中华文化在各民族间和东西方交流中互鉴创新，铸就了中华文明交流交融交往的历史取向和各民族多元并存的和谐格局。其五，中华文明所内蕴的和平性，从根本上决定了中国始终是和平的建设者、发展的贡献者和秩序的维护者。

(II) Upholding openness and inclusiveness: All things are nurtured together without harming one another; the ways run parallel without contradicting each other

（二）秉承开放包容：万物并育而不相害，道并行而不相悖

The endogenous law of cultural development lies in advancing with the times and being inclusive and eclectic. Civilizations differ only in their varied splendor, not in superiority or inferiority; civilizations need exchange because of diversity, learn from each other through exchange, and develop through mutual learning. Since the New Era, China has upheld a view of civilization based on equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness, opening up a new form of human civilizational interaction and development.

文化发展的内生性规律就在于与时俱进、兼容并包。文明只有姹紫嫣红之别，并无高低贵贱之分，文明因多样而需要交流，因交流而互鉴，因互鉴而发展。新时代以来，中国秉承平等、互鉴、对话、包容的文明观，开辟了人类文明交往发展的新形态。

Currently, Western society harbors two theories regarding the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation: the “Thucydides Trap” and the “Kindleberger Trap.” Both use discursive hegemony to place China in a dilemma of being caught between two difficult alternatives. It is precisely based on this theoretical predicament and international situation that General Secretary Xi Jinping creatively proposed the scientific concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, which is of great value in breaking the outdated logic that a strong country must seek hegemony and transcending the clash of civilizations of zero-sum games. Civilizations with their own distinct characteristics and styles are not stumbling blocks in the process of human development; rather, they provide an “other” or “stones from other hills” [3]3 A line from the poem “To Shaoshan” (1959) by Mao Zedong, expressing revolutionary determination to transform the world. for those situated within different civilizations to reflect upon and learn from.

当前，西方社会对中华民族伟大复兴存在“修昔底德陷阱”与“金德尔伯格陷阱”两种理论，二者都以话语霸权使中国陷入左右为难、进退维谷的境地。正是基于这样的理论困境和国际情势，习近平总书记创造性地提出人类命运共同体的科学理念，对于打破国强必霸的陈旧逻辑、超越零和博弈的文明冲突具有重要价值。各具特色和风格的文明不仅不是人类发展进程中的绊脚石，而且为身处于不同文明之间的自身提供了一个可以反思和借鉴的“他者”或“他山之石”。

Entering the New Era, socialism with Chinese characteristics upholds the value concepts and behavioral modes of transcending civilizational estrangement through civilizational exchange, transcending civilizational conflict through civilizational mutual learning, and transcending civilizational superiority through civilizational coexistence. It upholds an attitude of civilizational mutual learning based on equal treatment, consciously discarding both self-centeredness and preventing national nihilism, thereby conveying Chinese values and Chinese discourse in the contemporary international society interwoven with different civilizations and cultures.

进入新时代，中国特色社会主义秉持以文明交流超越文明隔阂、文明互鉴超越文明冲突、文明共存超越文明优越的价值理念与行为方式，秉持平等相待的文明互鉴态度，既要自觉摒弃自我中心主义，也必须防止民族虚无主义，在不同文明和文化交织的当代国际社会中传递出中国价值和中国话语。

(III) Upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground: Adhering to the integration of the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the fine traditional Chinese culture

（三）守正创新：坚持把马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际相结合、同中华优秀传统文化相结合

Upholding fundamental principles prevents losing direction and committing subversive errors; breaking new ground enables grasping the times and leading

守正才能不迷失方向、不犯颠覆性错误，创新才能把握时代、引领时代。习近平文化思想既坚持老祖宗，又敢于讲新话。习近平文化思想是当代中国马克思主义、21世纪马克思主义的文化篇章，是中华文化和中国精神的时代精华。习近平文化思想坚持和发展了马克思主义人的全面自由发展的理论，提出中国人不但要在经济和政治上独立自主，也要在精神和文化上独立自主、自信自强。

General Secretary Xi Jinping has creatively elucidated the dialectical relationship between modernization and China’s excellent traditional culture: modernization by no means severs traditional culture; the CPC has always been a faithful inheritor and steadfast disseminator of China’s excellent traditional culture, consciously integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s excellent traditional culture. On the new journey, the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is a new form of civilization that faces modernization rather than being antiquated, faces the world rather than being closed, and faces the future rather than being revivalist. The modern civilization of the Chinese nation not only inherits the core of the splendid and brilliant excellent traditional Chinese culture but also contains the revolutionary culture of “daring to make the sun and moon shine in new skies” [3]3 A line from the poem “To Shaoshan” (1959) by Mao Zedong, expressing revolutionary determination to transform the world. and the vigorous advanced socialist culture. It is precisely by taking Marxism as its soul and China’s excellent traditional culture as its root that it can stand firm and flourish amid the turbulent currents of world cultures.

习近平总书记创造性地阐释了现代化与中国优秀传统文化的辩证关系，现代化绝非割裂传统文化，中国共产党始终是中华优秀传统文化的忠实继承者和坚定传播者，自觉将马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合。新征程上，中华民族现代文明是面向现代化的而非守旧的、面向世界的而非封闭的、面向未来的而非复古的新文明形态。中华民族现代文明既继承辉煌灿烂的中华优秀传统文化的内核，同时也蕴含“敢教日月换新天”的革命文化和蓬勃向上的社会主义先进文化，它正是以马克思主义作为魂脉，以中华优秀传统文化作为根脉，才能在世界文化激荡中站稳脚跟，根深叶茂。

(4) Adhere to the systems concept: implement the “seven focal points” of cultural construction in the New Era to exert systemic synergy

（四）坚持系统观念：落实好新时代文化建设“七个着力点”发挥系统合力

He who fails to plan for the whole is unfit to plan for a part. [4]4 A classical Chinese saying from the Qing dynasty text “The Art of War: A New Interpretation” (《韬略新编》), emphasizing the importance of a holistic perspective. Adhering to the systems concept is an important content and working method of the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. In cultural construction in the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that seven focal points should be implemented: First, focus on strengthening the Party’s leadership over ideological and cultural work; the leadership of the CPC occupies a commanding position in cultural construction in the New Era. Second, in building a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leading power, “China, as a civilization-state, has its political commanding power and cultural centripetal force resonate at the same frequency”; this is an important aspect that must be implemented and further developed in cultural construction in the New Era. Third, in cultivating and practicing the core socialist values, cultural construction in the New Era advocates and practices core socialist values that “seek the greatest common denominator and draw the largest concentric circle.” [5]5 A political metaphor used by Xi Jinping, meaning to find the broadest common ground and unite the greatest number of people. Fourth, in enhancing the communication power, leading power, influence, and credibility of news and public opinion, we must adhere to the correct orientation of public opinion and strengthen mainstream ideological public opinion. Fifth, in the creative transformation and innovative development of China’s excellent traditional culture, we must adhere to integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with China’s excellent traditional culture. Sixth, in promoting the flourishing development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, cultural undertakings must insist on placing social benefits first, while cultural industries must unify social benefits and economic benefits. Seventh, in strengthening the construction of international communication capacity and promoting cultural and civilizational exchanges and mutual learning, we must construct a knowledge system and discourse system that embodies the spiritual symbols and cultural essence of Chinese civilization.

不谋全局者，不足以谋一域。坚持系统观念是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想世界观和方法论的重要内容和工作方法。在新时代文化建设中，习近平总书记指出要落实好七个着力点：其一，坚持着力加强党对思想文化工作的指导，中国共产党的领导在新时代文化建设中居于统摄地位。其二，在建设具有强大凝聚力和引领力的社会主义意识形态方面，“中国作为一个文明型国家，其政治统摄力和文化向心力同频共振”，这是新时代文化建设中必须贯彻和继续发扬的重要方面。其三，在培育和践行社会主义核心价值观方面，新时代文化建设倡导和践行“寻求最大公约数、画出最大同心圆”的社会主义核心价值观。其四，在提升新闻舆论传播力、引领力、影响力和公信力方面，要坚持正确的舆论导向，壮大主流思想舆论。其五，在中华优秀传统文化创造性转化和创新性发展方面，坚持把马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际相结合、同中华优秀传统文化相结合。其六，在推动文化事业和文化产业繁荣发展方面，文化事业必须坚持将社会效益放在首位，文化产业要将社会效益和经济效益相统一。其七，在加强国际传播能力建设、促进文化文明交流互鉴方面，建构具有中华文明精神标识和文化精髓的知识体系和话语体系。

In short, this is a great era that must shoulder new cultural missions and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation; we cannot let this era down. “When tall buildings stand everywhere on the land of China, the edifice of the Chinese national spirit should also stand towering.” The best inheritance of history is to create new history, and the greatest respect for human civilization is to create new forms of human civilization. The road is long and arduous, but with action, it will be reached. [6]6 “The road is long and arduous, but with action, it will be reached” (道阻且长，行则将至) is a classical Chinese allusion from *The Book of Songs* (《诗经》), originally describing the difficulty of a journey and the determination to complete it. Here it is used metaphorically to emphasize perseverance in cultural construction. By adhering to Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture as the fundamental guide for building a culturally strong country in the New Era, upholding the centralized and unified leadership of the Communist Party of China, and fully unleashing the principal position and master’s spirit of the people as creators of spiritual wealth, we will surely have the confidence and the ability to forge new brilliance in Chinese culture and better shoulder the new cultural mission.

总之，这是一个需要担负起新的文化使命、建设中华民族现代文明的伟大时代，我们不能辜负这个时代。“当高楼大厦在中国大地上遍地林立时，中华民族精神的大厦也应该巍然耸立。”对历史最好的继承就是创造新的历史，对人类文明最大的礼敬就是创造人类文明新形态。道阻且长，行则将至，坚持以习近平文化思想作为新时代文化强国建设的根本遵循，坚持中国共产党的集中统一领导，充分发挥人民群众作为精神财富创造者的主体性地位和主人翁精神，我们必然有信心，也有能力铸就中华文化新辉煌，更好担负起新的文化使命。

Source: *Social Science Digest*, Issue 2, 2024

文章来源：《社会科学文摘》2024年第2期

Online editor: Jing Mu

网络编辑：静穆