The Scientific Nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture and Its Multidimensional Aspects

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture possesses a distinct scientific nature, whose scientific character lies in its revelation of the essence and laws of cultural construction and development in the New Era, and its answering and resolving of the major issues of the times concerning cultural construction and development in the New Era. The scientific nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is embodied in its multidimensional aspects, such as its scientific thinking, scientific method, scientific stance, scientific attitude, and scientific structure. It deepens our Party’s understanding and grasp of the laws governing socialist cultural construction and development, especially those of socialist cultural construction and development with Chinese characteristics, and provides a scientific guide for promoting cultural construction and development in the New Era. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, new progress, new achievements, and new breakthroughs have been made in the construction and development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is a scientific system of thought that has been proven by practice.

习近平文化思想具有鲜明的科学性，其科学性在于揭示了新时代文化建设发展的本质和规律，回答和解决了新时代文化建设发展的重大时代课题。习近平文化思想的科学性体现在其科学思维、科学方法、科学立场、科学态度、科学结构等多维向度，深化了我们党对社会主义文化建设发展规律，特别是中国特色社会主义文化建设发展规律的认识和把握，为推动新时代文化建设发展提供了科学指南。党的十八大以来，中国特色社会主义文化建设发展取得了一系列新进展新成就新突破，习近平文化思想是经实践证明了的科学思想体系。

I. The Scientific Nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture Lies in Its Revelation of the Essence and Laws of Cultural Construction and Development in the New Era

一、习近平文化思想的科学性在于揭示了新时代文化建设发展的本质和规律

The scientific nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture lies precisely in its thorough revelation of the essence of cultural construction and development in the New Era, its grasp of the laws of cultural construction and development in the New Era, and its answering and resolving of the issues of the times concerning cultural construction and development in the New Era.

习近平文化思想的科学性，就在于它彻底地揭示了新时代文化建设发展的本质，把握了新时代文化建设发展的规律，回答和解决了新时代文化建设发展的时代课题。

The scientific nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture lies first in its revelation of the essence of cultural construction and development in the New Era, namely, that cultural construction and development in the New Era is a spiritual production activity rooted in the New Era and serving the New Era. This activity is determined by the practice of the New Era, driven by the people of the New Era, and in turn serves the practice of the New Era. Marx held that “the dissolution of a definite form of consciousness would be sufficient to destroy an entire epoch.” [1]1 Karl Marx, “The German Ideology,” in Marx and Engels, Collected Works, vol. 5 (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976), p. 52. The original passage reads: “The dissolution of a definite form of consciousness would be sufficient to destroy an entire epoch.” Although the economic situation is the foundation, the determining role of the economic base does not exclude the superstructure from exerting a counteractive influence, affecting the course of history and, in many cases, determining the form of historical struggle, “there are also the various elements of the superstructure.” [2]2 Friedrich Engels, “Letter to Joseph Bloch,” 21–22 September 1890, in Marx and Engels, Selected Correspondence (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1975), p. 394. The original passage reads: “there are also the various elements of the superstructure: political forms of the class struggle and its results, to wit: constitutions established by the victorious class after a successful battle, etc., juridical forms, and even the reflexes of all these actual struggles in the brains of the participants, political, juristic, philosophical theories, religious views and their further development into systems of dogmas.” It can be said that while cultural development is determined by the economic base, it also exerts a powerful counteractive influence on the economic base. The “culture” emphasized in Xi Jinping Thought on Culture focuses on the spiritual wealth created by the people, referring to various spiritual phenomena, activities, and products relative to the economy and politics, falling within the category of the superstructure. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “Once advanced thought and culture are grasped by the masses, they are transformed into a powerful material force; conversely, if backward and erroneous concepts are not eradicated, they become fetters on social development and progress.” [3]3 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Conference Celebrating the 95th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China,” 1 July 2016, in Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, vol. 2 (Beijing: Entering the New Era, the principal contradiction in Chinese society has undergone a transformation. It is necessary to base ourselves on this objective reality of the transformation of the principal contradiction in Chinese society and develop a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics that is compatible with the New Era, thereby meeting the people’s growing needs for spiritual life. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “Socialist culture with Chinese characteristics is derived from the fine traditional Chinese culture nurtured over more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, forged from the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture created by the Party leading the people in revolution, construction, and reform, and rooted in the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics.” [4]4 The Two Centenary Goals are the strategic objectives of the CPC: to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the centenary of the CPC in 2021, and to build a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China in 2049. Undoubtedly, cultural construction and development in the New Era requires inheriting and innovating, transforming and developing, and continuously elevating itself while grasping the dialectical relationship among fine traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture, thereby providing a powerful spiritual driving force for the development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era. At the same time, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture emphasizes that cultural construction and development in the New Era must be rooted in the foundation of the practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the people of the New Era, forge new brilliance in socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, and thereby advance new victories in the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era.

习近平文化思想的科学性首先在于它揭示了新时代文化建设发展的本质，即新时代文化建设发展是立足于新时代又服务于新时代的精神生产活动，这一活动由新时代实践决定，由新时代人民推动，又服务于新时代实践。马克思认为：“一定的意识形式的解体足以使整个时代覆灭”，虽然经济状况是基础，但经济基础的决定性作用并不排斥上层建筑发挥反作用，影响历史的进程以及在许多情况下决定历史斗争形式的“还有上层建筑的各种因素”。可以这么说，文化发展虽然决定于经济基础，但对经济基础也有强大反作用。习近平文化思想强调的“文化”侧重于人民创造的精神财富，是相对于经济、政治而言的各种精神现象、活动及产品，属于上层建筑范畴。习近平总书记强调：“先进的思想文化一旦被群众掌握，就会转化为强大的物质力量；反之，落后的、错误的观念如果不破除，就会成为社会发展进步的桎梏。”进入新时代，我国社会主要矛盾发生转化，要立足于我国社会主要矛盾发生转化这一客观实际，发展与新时代相适应的中国特色社会主义文化，从而满足人民日益增长的精神生活需要。习近平总书记指出：“中国特色社会主义文化，源自于中华民族五千多年文明历史所孕育的中华优秀传统文化，熔铸于党领导人民在革命、建设、改革中创造的革命文化和社会主义先进文化，植根于中国特色社会主义伟大实践。”毋庸置疑，新时代文化建设发展需要在把握中华优秀传统文化、革命文化和社会主义先进文化的辩证关系中继承创新、转化发展和不断升华，为新时代中国特色社会主义事业发展提供强大精神动力。同时，习近平文化思想强调新时代文化建设发展要立足于新时代中国特色社会主义实践之基，激发新时代人民的文化创新创造活力，铸就新时代中国特色社会主义文化新辉煌，进而推进新时代中国特色社会主义伟大事业的新胜利。

The scientific nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture also lies in its grasp of the laws of cultural construction and development in the New Era. The laws of cultural construction and development in the New Era are multi-layered and multifaceted, but the most important law is to base oneself on the new practice of the New Era and adhere to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics. Cultural construction and development in the New Era must be rooted in the New Era and adhere to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics—this profoundly answers the question of what banner to hold and what path to follow in cultural construction and development in the New Era, and also ensures that cultural construction and development in the New Era proceeds steadily and far along a scientific and correct path. Specifically, this law is mainly reflected in the guiding ideology, leading force, basic driving force, and criteria for evaluation of cultural construction and development in the New Era. First, cultural construction and development in the New Era takes Marxism as its fundamental guiding ideology. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for our Party and country.” [5]5 The New Three-Step Strategy is a development plan for the period from 2020 to the mid-21st century, dividing the process of building a modern socialist country into three stages: achieving basic modernization by 2035, reaching the level of a moderately developed country by around 2045, and becoming a fully modern socialist country by the middle of the century. Only by adhering to the fundamental guiding ideology of Marxism, basing ourselves on the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, continuously promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, while also focusing on the inheritance and promotion of revolutionary culture and the sustained development of advanced socialist culture, can we truly advance the construction and development of culture in the New Era. Second, the core leading force of cultural construction and development in the New Era is the Communist Party of China. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “The Party’s leadership must be comprehensive, systematic, and holistic,” [6]6 These are numbered slogans and policy frameworks from the 20th National Congress of the CPC and related documents. The "Nine Insistences" (九个坚持) refer to nine principles for cultural work; the "Fourteen Emphases" (十四个强调) are fourteen key points on cultural development; the "Two Integrations" (两个结合) is the integration of Marxism's basic tenets with China's specific realities and with fine traditional Chinese culture; and the "Seven Focal Points" (七个着力) are seven areas of focus for cultural work. and must be implemented in all aspects of the Party and state affairs. Cultural construction and development in the New Era is a key link in the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Once Party leadership is lacking or weakened, cultural construction and development in the New Era will deviate from the socialist direction and the orientation of serving the people, thereby harming the cause of the Party and the state. There is no doubt that the reason why cultural construction and development in the New Era can always maintain the socialist direction and the orientation of serving the people without wavering lies precisely in the fundamental leading force of the Communist Party of China. It is necessary to ensure that the Party firmly grasps the leadership over cultural work and strengthen the Party’s leadership over propaganda, ideology, and cultural work. Finally, the people are both the main driving force of cultural construction and development in the New Era and the subjects who enjoy and judge it. “The people are the creators of history and also the creators of the times.” [7]7 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Symposium on Education, Culture, Health, and Sports Experts” (September 22, 2020), in Xi Jinping, *Selected Readings from Xi Jinping’s Works*, vol. 2 ( The people are the creators of the New Era and, moreover, the builders of the culture of the New Era. In the process of cultural construction and development in the New Era, the people are always the main subjects of construction and development. Therefore, the broad masses of the people play the role of the main driving force of cultural construction and development. Without the people, cultural construction and development in the New Era will lose its fundamental driving force. Cultural construction and development in the New Era adheres to the people’s standpoint, emphasizing that the people are the main force of cultural construction and development in the New Era, and at the same time, the subjects who enjoy and judge it. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “The people are the highest judges and final evaluators of our Party’s work.” [8]8 Xi Jinping, “Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects – Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,” October 16, 2022. Whether cultural construction and development in the New Era is good or not depends on whether the people are satisfied and happy, and whether it meets the people’s needs for a rich spiritual life.

习近平文化思想的科学性还在于其把握了新时代文化建设发展的规律。新时代文化建设发展的规律是多层次多方面的，但最主要的一条规律就是立足新时代新实践，坚持走中国特色社会主义文化发展道路。新时代文化建设发展必须立足新时代，坚持走中国特色社会主义文化发展道路——这深刻回答了新时代文化建设发展举什么旗帜、走什么道路的问题，也确保了新时代文化建设发展沿着科学正确的道路行稳致远。具体来讲，这一规律又主要体现在新时代文化建设发展的指导思想、领导力量、基本动力以及评判标准等方面。首先，新时代文化建设发展以马克思主义为根本指导思想。习近平总书记强调：“马克思主义是我们立党立国的根本指导思想。”只有坚持马克思主义根本指导思想，立足新时代中国特色社会主义伟大实践，不断推动中华优秀传统文化的创造性转化和创新性发展，同时又注重革命文化的传承弘扬和社会主义先进文化的持续发展，才能真正推进新时代文化的建设发展。其次，新时代文化建设发展的核心领导力量是中国共产党。习近平总书记指出：“党的领导必须是全面的、系统的、整体的”，必须贯彻到党和国家事业的方方面面。新时代文化建设发展是中国特色社会主义伟大事业的关键一环，一旦缺失或弱化了党的领导，新时代文化建设发展就会偏离社会主义方向、偏离服务人民的导向，进而损害党和国家的事业。毫无疑问，新时代文化建设发展之所以能够始终保持社会主义方向以及服务人民的导向不动摇，关键在于中国共产党这一根本领导力量，要确保党牢牢把握文化工作领导权，加强党对宣传思想文化工作的领导。最后，人民既是新时代文化建设发展的主要动力，又是新时代文化建设发展的享用主体和评判主体。“人民是历史的创造者，也是时代的创造者。”人民是新时代的缔造者，更是新时代文化的建设者。在新时代文化建设发展过程中，人民始终是建设发展主体，因此广大人民群众扮演了文化建设发展主要动力的角色，离开了人民，新时代文化建设发展将失去其根本动力。新时代文化建设发展坚持人民立场，强调人民是新时代文化建设发展的主体力量，同时也是新时代文化建设发展的享有主体和评判主体。习近平总书记强调：“人民是我们党的工作的最高裁决者和最终评判者。”新时代文化建设发展得好不好，关键在于人民满不满意、高不高兴，关键在于其是否满足了人民丰富的精神生活需要。

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture answers and resolves the issue of the times: “What kind of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics should be built and developed in the New Era, and how should socialist culture with Chinese characteristics be built?” Centering on this issue of the times, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture provides answers from various aspects, offering a scientific guide for promoting cultural construction and development in the New Era. Rooted in the New Era, continuing to promote cultural prosperity, build a strong cultural country, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation from a new historical starting point—this points out the tasks and goals of cultural construction and development in the New Era. It is necessary to strengthen cultural confidence, uphold openness and inclusiveness, and adhere to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground—this points out the principles to be adhered to in cultural construction and development in the New Era. Understanding the substance and applying it, integrating substance and application, [9]9 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Conference on Cultural Heritage and Heritage Work,” *People’s Daily*, August 25, 2023. demonstrates new thinking for cultural construction and development in the New Era. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture also makes deployments for specific areas of cultural construction and development in the New Era, such as making new plans for the development of philosophy and social sciences, making new arrangements for news and public opinion work, and making new orientations for the development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture profoundly reveals the essence and laws of cultural construction and development in the New Era, answers the major issues of the times concerning cultural construction and development in the New Era, and deepens our Party’s understanding and grasp of the laws governing socialist cultural construction and development, especially those of socialist cultural construction and development with Chinese characteristics. This is precisely where the scientific nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture lies.

习近平文化思想回答和解决了“新时代建设发展什么样的中国特色社会主义文化、怎么建设中国特色社会主义文化”的时代课题。围绕这一时代课题，习近平文化思想从各个方面进行了解答，为推动新时代文化建设发展提供了科学指南。立足新时代，在新的历史起点上继续推动文化繁荣、建设文化强国、建设中华民族现代文明，这指明了新时代文化建设发展的任务及目标。要坚定文化自信、秉持开放包容、坚持守正创新，这指出了新时代文化建设发展要坚守的原则。眀体达用、体用贯通，展现了新时代文化建设发展的新思路。习近平文化思想对于新时代文化建设发展的具体领域也作出部署，比如对哲学社会科学发展作出新规划、对新闻舆论工作作出新布局、对文化事业和文化产业发展作出新定位等。习近平文化思想深刻揭示了新时代文化建设发展的本质和规律，回答了新时代文化建设发展的重大时代课题，深化了我们党对社会主义文化建设发展规律，特别是中国特色社会主义文化建设发展规律的认识和把握。这也是习近平文化思想的科学性之所在。

II. The Multidimensional Aspects of the Scientific Nature of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture

二、习近平文化思想科学性的多维向度

Xi Jinping’s cultural thought reveals the essence and laws of cultural construction and development in the New Era, and answers the epochal questions of cultural construction and development in the New Era. Its scientific nature is embodied in multiple dimensions. Xi Jinping’s cultural thought contains rich and profound scientific thinking, adopts the scientific method of seeking truth from facts, steadfastly upholds the scientific stance of putting the people first, embraces an open and inclusive scientific attitude, possesses a rigorous and complete scientific structure, and is a scientific ideological theory.

习近平文化思想揭示了新时代文化建设发展的本质和规律，解答了新时代文化建设发展的时代课题，它的科学性体现在多维向度。习近平文化思想内蕴丰富深刻的科学思维，采取实事求是的科学方法，始终坚定人民至上的科学立场，秉持开放包容的科学态度，具有严密完整的科学结构，是科学的思想理论。

1. Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought Contains Rich and Profound Scientific Thinking

1.习近平文化思想内蕴丰富深刻的科学思维

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “We must be adept at using the Marxist stance, viewpoint, and method to discern research directions and master scientific thinking.” Xi Jinping’s cultural thought contains extremely rich scientific thinking—it encompasses not only strategic thinking, historical thinking, and dialectical thinking, but also systemic thinking, innovative thinking, law-based thinking, and bottom-line thinking. Xi Jinping’s cultural thought insists on using scientific thinking to promote cultural prosperity and development in the New Era.

习近平总书记强调：“要善于运用马克思主义立场、观点、方法去辨明研究方向、掌握科学思维”。习近平文化思想内蕴极其丰富的科学思维——既蕴含战略思维、历史思维和辩证思维，又包含系统思维、创新思维、法治思维和底线思维。习近平文化思想坚持运用科学思维推动新时代文化繁荣发展。

The strategic thinking contained in Xi Jinping’s cultural thought refers to a mode of thinking that, on the basis of grasping the essence and laws of cultural construction and development, makes strategic decisions and deployments with a view to the overall situation and long-term goals of cultural construction and development in the New Era. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “Strategic issues are fundamental issues for a political party and a country.” We must “advance all work while grasping the strategic overall situation.” Xi Jinping’s cultural thought uses strategic thinking to plan the top-level design of cultural construction and development in the New Era, clarify strategic goals, grasp strategic priorities, and maintain strategic resolve. The historical thinking of Xi Jinping’s cultural thought refers to a mode of thinking that, from a historical dimension, summarizes, analyzes, and grasps the historical experience, historical laws, and historical lessons of cultural construction and development, and excavates and utilizes past historical and cultural achievements to construct and develop culture in the New Era. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “History, reality, and the future are interconnected,” and “We must use history to illuminate reality and look far into the future.” In the practical exploration of cultural construction and development in the New Era, we must insist on analyzing issues of cultural construction and development from a historical perspective, fully study, summarize, and draw on the historical experience of past cultural construction and development, and follow the historical logic of cultural construction and development; we must respect the excellent traditional culture deposited over a long history, promote the integration of the fundamental tenets of Marxism with China’s excellent traditional culture, and strive to create a brand-new future for cultural construction and development in the New Era.

习近平文化思想蕴含的战略思维是指在把握文化建设发展本质和规律的基础上，着眼于新时代文化建设发展全局与长远目标而作出战略决策及部署的思维方式。习近平总书记强调：“战略问题是一个政党、一个国家的根本性问题。”我们要“在把握战略全局中推进各项工作”。习近平文化思想以战略思维谋划了新时代文化建设发展的顶层设计，明晰了战略目标，抓住了战略重点，保持了战略定力。习近平文化思想的历史思维是指从历史维度对文化建设发展的历史经验、历史规律和历史教训进行总结、分析、把握，挖掘和利用以往历史文化成果来建设发展新时代文化。习近平总书记强调：“历史、现实、未来是相通的”，“我们要用历史映照现实、远观未来”。在新时代文化建设发展的实践探索过程中，要坚持以历史眼光分析文化建设发展问题，充分学习、总结及借鉴以往文化建设发展历史经验，遵循文化建设发展历史逻辑；要尊重漫长历史沉积的优秀传统文化，推动马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合，奋力开创新时代文化建设发展崭新未来。

The dialectical thinking contained in Xi Jinping’s cultural thought refers to a mode of thinking that uses materialist dialectics to correctly analyze, understand, and grasp cultural construction and development in the New Era. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “The more our cause advances in depth, the more we must continuously enhance our capacity for dialectical thinking.” Xi Jinping’s cultural thought uses dialectical thinking to correctly handle the relationship between economic development and cultural development, properly manage various major relationships in cultural construction and development such as key points and non-key points, the partial and the overall, the short-term and the long-term, and dialectically grasp the relationship between cultural exchange and cultural security. Xi Jinping’s cultural thought contains systemic thinking. This thinking refers to a mode of thinking that regards cultural construction and development in the New Era as a system, pays attention to the interconnections and interactions between the system and its elements, between elements, and between the system and its environment, so as to accurately grasp the integrity and interrelatedness of cultural construction and development. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “We must use a connected and developmental perspective to look at problems, and enhance strategic and systemic thinking.” The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core uses systemic thinking to accurately analyze and properly handle the relationships among various elements in cultural construction and development in the New Era, such as the coordinated development of cultural industries and cultural undertakings, urban culture and rural culture, and the coordination and linkage among departments and institutions for cultural construction and development.

习近平文化思想蕴含的辩证思维是指运用唯物辩证法正确分析、认识和把握新时代文化建设发展的思维方式。习近平总书记强调：“我们的事业越是向纵深发展，就越要不断增强辩证思维能力。”习近平文化思想运用辩证思维，正确处理经济发展与文化发展的关系，妥善处理重点与非重点、局部与全局、短期与长期等文化建设发展中的各类重大关系，辩证把握文化交流与文化安全的关系等。习近平文化思想蕴含系统思维。这一思维是指其将新时代文化建设发展看作一个系统，注重系统与要素、要素与要素以及系统与环境之间的相互联系与相互作用，以准确把握文化建设发展整体性以及关联性的思维方式。习近平总书记强调：“要坚持用联系的发展的眼光看问题，增强战略性、系统性思维”。以习近平同志为核心的党中央运用系统思维，准确分析和妥当处理新时代文化建设发展中各要素之间的关系，比如文化产业和文化事业、城市文化和乡村文化的协同发展，文化建设发展部门以及机构之间的协调联动等。

The innovative thinking contained in Xi Jinping’s cultural thought refers to a mode of thinking that, from a unique perspective and with new ideas, discovers, analyzes, and solves problems, thereby proposing a series of new viewpoints, new ideas, and new plans for cultural construction and development. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “Innovation is the primary driving force for development.” Only by placing innovation in the primary position and implementing it throughout the entire process of cultural construction and development in the New Era can we grasp the “bull’s nose” [4]4 The Two Centenary Goals are the strategic objectives of the CPC: to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the centenary of the CPC in 2021, and to build a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China in 2049. of the overall situation of cultural construction and development. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously promoted cultural innovation, putting forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new measures for cultural construction and development. For example, incorporating cultural confidence into the Four Confidences, proposing the important thesis of the Second Integration, and building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Xi Jinping’s cultural thought uses innovative thinking to promote innovations in all aspects needed for cultural prosperity and development, enabling cultural construction and development in the New Era to reach a new level. Xi Jinping’s cultural thought also contains law-based thinking, emphasizing the use of law-based thinking to advance various tasks of cultural legislation, cultural law enforcement, and cultural law-abiding, forming a sound legal environment for cultural construction and development in the New Era. Bottom-line thinking is another scientific thinking contained in Xi Jinping’s cultural thought, emphasizing the need to take precautions against potential dangers, predict the worst possible outcomes that may arise in cultural construction and development, but still be proactive and take action to strive for the best results. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, China’s propaganda, ideological, and cultural work has achieved breakthrough progress, but we must soberly recognize that cultural construction and development in the New Era still faces many risks and challenges, especially risks to ideological security. Therefore, the bottom-line thinking contained in Xi Jinping’s cultural thought requires us to enhance risk awareness and a sense of urgency, and effectively prevent and resolve various possible risks.

习近平文化思想蕴含的创新思维是指以独特的视角、崭新的思路，发现、分析及解决问题，进而提出一系列文化建设发展的新观点新想法新方案的思维方式。习近平总书记指出：“创新是引领发展的第一动力。”只有将创新摆在首要位置并贯彻落实在新时代文化建设发展的全过程，才能抓住文化建设发展全局的“牛鼻子”。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央不断地推进文化创新，提出了一系列文化建设发展的新思想、新观点、新举措。如将文化自信纳入“四个自信”，提出“第二个结合”重要论断和建设中华民族现代文明等。习近平文化思想运用创新思维推动了文化繁荣发展所需要的各方面创新，使得新时代文化建设发展迈上新台阶。习近平文化思想也蕴含法治思维，强调运用法治思维，推动文化立法、文化执法及文化守法的各项工作，形成新时代文化建设发展的良好法治环境。底线思维是习近平文化思想蕴含的另一科学思维，强调要防患未然，预测到文化建设发展中可能出现的最坏结果，但仍然要积极主动、有所作为，争取获得最好结果的思维方式。党的十八大以来，我国宣传思想文化工作取得了突破性进展，但我们要清醒地认识到新时代文化建设发展过程中仍面临不少风险与挑战，尤其是意识形态安全风险。因此，习近平文化思想蕴含的底线思维要求我们增强风险意识和忧患意识，有效防范化解各类可能出现的风险。

2. Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought Adopts the Scientific Method of Seeking Truth from Facts

2.习近平文化思想采取实事求是的科学方法

General Secretary Xi Jinping points out that seeking truth from facts is not only a magic

习近平总书记指出，实事求是既是中国共产党领导人民取得胜利的法宝，又是“我们党的基本思想方法、工作方法、领导方法”。习近平文化思想作为科学的理论，实事求是是其灵魂，也是新时代文化建设发展的法宝。

In General Secretary Xi Jinping’s view, thinking about problems and making decisions must not proceed solely from books and dogmas, but must proceed from reality. Relying only on books and dogmas leads to abstract metaphysics. In fact, the development of cultural construction in the New Era is a concrete practical process of constant change. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is grounded in the changing facts of the New Era, proceeds from the cultural needs of the people and from the cultural practice of the people, and takes the greatest reality—the cultural needs of the masses and the cultural practice of the masses—as the starting point for the development of cultural construction in the New Era. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture closely links the reality that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a New Era and that the principal contradiction in society has undergone a major transformation, clarifies the goals of the Two Centenary Goals[4]4 The Two Centenary Goals are the strategic objectives of the CPC: to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the centenary of the CPC in 2021, and to build a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China in 2049. and the strategic goals of the New Three-Step Strategy[5]5 The New Three-Step Strategy is a development plan for the period from 2020 to the mid-21st century, dividing the process of building a modern socialist country into three stages: achieving basic modernization by 2035, reaching the level of a moderately developed country by around 2045, and becoming a fully modern socialist country by the middle of the century., summarizes the practical experience of cultural construction and development in the New Era, and scientifically guides the further advancement of cultural construction and development in the New Era. Therefore, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is not a rigid dogma, nor a metaphysics that has lost its vitality and life force, but a rich, vivid, and reality-connected science.

在习近平总书记看来，想问题、做决策不能只从本本和教条出发，要从实际出发。只依据本本和教条就走上了抽象的形而上学，实际上，新时代文化建设发展是不断变化的具体实践过程。习近平文化思想立足于新时代变化着的事实，从人民群众的文化需求出发，从人民群众的文化实践出发，把群众文化需求、群众文化实践的最大实际作为新时代文化建设发展的出发点。习近平文化思想紧密联系中国特色社会主义进入新时代和社会主要矛盾发生重大转变的实际，明晰“两个一百年”奋斗目标和“新三步走”战略目标，总结了新时代文化建设发展实践经验，科学指导了新时代文化建设发展的进一步推进。所以，习近平文化思想不是僵化的教条，也不是失去活力与生命力的形而上学，而是丰富的、生动的、联系实际的科学。

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture accurately and scientifically grasps China’s basic national conditions. Since reform and opening up, China’s economic development has made considerable progress, but the construction and development of spiritual culture still remains somewhat insufficient. First, China has a large population base, with a total population of over 1.4 billion people. It is necessary to clearly recognize the reality that China is a major country in terms of world population and to grasp the current situation where the per capita acquisition of cultural resources remains at a relatively low level. Second, the foundation of China’s cultural construction and development is weak: the cultural management system and mechanisms are not yet fully sound, there are still some loopholes in the development of the cultural market, and the construction of cultural infrastructure also needs improvement. Finally, cultural development is unbalanced. At present, the phenomenon of unbalanced and inadequate cultural development in China is still relatively obvious; compared to cities, rural areas lag behind in the level of cultural construction and development, and compared to the eastern region, the central and western regions lag behind.

习近平文化思想准确科学地把握了我国的基本国情。改革开放以来，我国经济发展取得了长足的进步，但精神文化的建设发展仍稍显不足。首先，中国的人口基数大，总人口已经多达14亿多人，必须清醒认识中国是世界人口大国的实际，把握人均文化资源的获得量仍然处于较低水平的现状；其次，中国文化建设发展的底子薄，文化管理体制机制还不够健全、文化市场发展还有一些漏洞，文化基础设施建设等也有待于提升；最后，文化发展不平衡。当前我国文化发展不平衡不充分现象还较为明显，农村相较于城市、中西部相较于东部，文化建设发展水平相对滞后。

The greatest practical reality facing cultural development in the New Era is the scarcity of per capita cultural resources, a weak foundation for cultural development, and the unbalanced and inadequate development of culture. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is a result of “seeking truth from facts” [1]1 Karl Marx, “The German Ideology,” in Marx and Engels, Collected Works, vol. 5 (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976), p. 52. The original passage reads: “The dissolution of a definite form of consciousness would be sufficient to destroy an entire epoch.” grounded in the actual conditions of cultural construction and development in the New Era. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is a scientific theory formed through the continuous exploration of the Party leading the people in the practice of cultural construction and development in the New Era, revealing the essence and inherent laws of cultural construction and development in the New Era. At the same time, as a scientific ideological theory, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture further provides a scientific guide for cultural construction and development in the New Era.

人均文化资源少、文化发展底子薄和文化不平衡不充分的发展，这就是新时代文化建设发展面临的最大实际。习近平文化思想就是立足于新时代文化建设发展实际的“求是”的成果。习近平文化思想是中国共产党带领人民群众在新时代文化建设发展实践中不断探索形成的科学理论，揭示了新时代文化建设发展的本质和内在规律。同时，作为科学的思想理论，习近平文化思想也进一步为新时代文化建设发展提供了科学指南。

3. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture Firmly Adheres to the Scientific Stance of Putting the People First

3.习近平文化思想坚定人民至上的科学立场

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture clearly points out that the subject of constructing, enjoying, and judging culture in the New Era is the people, scientifically answering basic questions such as what kind of New Era culture to construct and develop, how to construct and develop New Era culture, and for whom to construct and develop New Era culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “The people are the main force in historical development and social progress.” [2]2 Friedrich Engels, “Letter to Joseph Bloch,” 21–22 September 1890, in Marx and Engels, Selected Correspondence (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1975), p. 394. The original passage reads: “there are also the various elements of the superstructure: political forms of the class struggle and its results, to wit: constitutions established by the victorious class after a successful battle, etc., juridical forms, and even the reflexes of all these actual struggles in the brains of the participants, political, juristic, philosophical theories, religious views and their further development into systems of dogmas.” The construction and development of New Era culture cannot be separated from the people as the subject. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture adheres to the scientific stance of putting the people first, regarding the people as the subject of cultural construction, the subject of cultural enjoyment, and the subject of cultural judgment.

习近平文化思想鲜明地指出了建设、享用以及评判新时代文化的主体是人民，科学地回答了建设发展什么样的新时代文化、怎样建设发展新时代文化、为了谁建设发展新时代文化等基本问题。习近平总书记强调：“人民群众是历史发展和社会进步的主体力量。”新时代文化的建设发展离不开人民这一主体，习近平文化思想坚持人民至上的科学立场，将人民作为文化的建设主体、享用主体和评判主体。

First, the people are the subject of constructing New Era culture. The people are the main force in cultural construction and development; the flourishing development of culture is inseparable from the people as the subject of construction. From the perspective of genesis, cultural and artistic forms such as songs, dances, and operas mostly originate from among the people, from the creations of the masses, including Peking Opera, hailed as the “national essence,” which is essentially a cultural fruit created by the people. The cultural activities of the people—the subject of cultural construction—can be broadly divided into two categories: one is repetitive cultural activities, and the other is creative cultural activities. In repetitive cultural activities, the subjectivity of the people is often manifested as repetitive subjectivity, while in creative cultural activities, the subjectivity of the people is manifested as creative subjectivity. Repetitive cultural activities are a form of simple reproduction, reproducing existing cultural products according to their original cultural form. Repetitive cultural activities are also a form of subjective activity of the people, a prerequisite for maintaining unity and relative stability between the people and society. Creativity in creative activities is the unique subjectivity of humans displayed in the process of activity. Engels believed that animals gather, “while humans engage in production,” which is the essential difference between humans and animals, between human society and the animal kingdom. [3]3 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Conference Celebrating the 95th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China,” 1 July 2016, in Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, vol. 2 (Beijing: The “production” Engels refers to here undoubtedly refers more to human creative production activities. Cultural activities in cultural construction and development usually refer to creative cultural production activities, prominently reflecting human productivity. Productivity is not only the ability to utilize external forces but also the ability to realize the potential and manifestation of external forces; human productivity can create material wealth and spiritual wealth. In cultural construction and development, sublating repetitive cultural production activities and strengthening creative cultural production activities, sublating repetitive subjectivity and manifesting creative subjectivity are the basic principles of cultural construction and development in the New Era, and also the primary task, namely, “to stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation.” [4]4 The Two Centenary Goals are the strategic objectives of the CPC: to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the centenary of the CPC in 2021, and to build a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China in 2049.

第一，人民是新时代文化的建设主体。人民是文化建设发展的主力军，文化的蓬勃发展离不开人民这一建设主体。从发生学看，歌曲、舞蹈以及戏曲等文化艺术形式大都源自民间，源于人民群众的创造，包括被誉为“国粹”的京剧，本质上也是由人民群众创造的文化果实。文化建设主体——人民的文化活动大致可以分为两类：一类是重复性文化活动，另一类是创造性文化活动。在重复性文化活动中，人民的主体性往往体现为重复的主体性，而在创造性文化活动中，人民的主体性表现为创造的主体性。重复性文化活动是一种简单再生产活动，它将已有的文化产品按照原有的文化形态进行再生产。重复性文化活动也是人民的一种主体性活动，是人民与社会保持统一性及相对稳定性的前提。创造性活动中的创造性是人在活动过程中所展现的特有的人的主体性。恩格斯认为，动物进行采集，“而人则从事生产”，这是人与动物、人类社会与动物界的本质区别。恩格斯在这里所指的“生产”，无疑更多的是指人类的创造性生产活动。文化建设发展中的文化活动通常是指文化创造性生产活动，突出地体现了人的生产性。生产性不仅是运用外界力量的能力，还是实现外界力量潜力迸发及展现的能力，人的生产性可以创造物质财富及精神财富。在文化建设发展中扬弃重复性文化生产活动而加强开展创造性文化生产活动，扬弃重复的主体性而彰显创造的主体性是新时代文化建设发展的基本准则，同时也是首要任务，即“激发全民族文化创新创造活力”。

Second, the people are the subject of enjoying New Era culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes that socialist culture must “meet the people’s growing spiritual and cultural needs.” [5]5 The New Three-Step Strategy is a development plan for the period from 2020 to the mid-21st century, dividing the process of building a modern socialist country into three stages: achieving basic modernization by 2035, reaching the level of a moderately developed country by around 2045, and becoming a fully modern socialist country by the middle of the century. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture firmly adheres to the scientific stance of putting the people first, consistently holding that cultural construction and development must rely on the people and be for the people, and the fruits of cultural construction and development must also be shared by the people. Public cultural services are the basic means to realize, maintain, and develop the people’s cultural rights and interests. Since entering the New Era, the *Public Cultural Service Guarantee Law of the People’s Republic of China* and the *Public Library Law of the People’s Republic of China* have been successively enacted and implemented, and national basic public service standards have also been formulated and issued. Governments at all levels have further formulated and implemented implementation standards or service catalogs to effectively guarantee the basic cultural rights and interests of the people. Cultural centers, libraries, and comprehensive cultural stations are spread across counties and townships, and a preliminary public cultural service facility network covering urban and rural areas and serving the masses has been formed. Urban residents can conveniently enjoy high-quality public cultural services in their community’s “city study rooms” and “cultural stations”; projects such as “sending opera to the countryside,” the rural film screening project, and the establishment of grassroots comprehensive cultural service centers have also made the leisure life of the vast rural masses more fulfilling, diverse, and positive; network resources such as the National Public Cultural Cloud Platform enable the broad masses in both urban and rural areas to simultaneously enjoy various public digital cultural products. Significant progress has been made in the standardization and equalization of public cultural services, vigorously promoting the process of common prosperity in the people’s spiritual life.

第二，人民是新时代文化的享用主体。习近平总书记强调，社会主义文化要“满足人民日益增长的精神文化需求”。习近平文化思想坚定人民至上的科学立场，始终认为文化建设发展必须依靠人民、为了人民，而文化建设发展的成果也必须由人民共享。公共文化服务是实现、维护和发展人民文化权益的基本途径。进入新时代以来，《中华人民共和国公共文化服务保障法》《中华人民共和国公共图书馆法》等相继颁布和实施，国家基本公共服务标准也制定出台，各级政府又进一步制定实施标准或服务目录，切实保障人民群众基本文化权益。文化馆、图书馆、综合文化站遍及各县、乡镇，覆盖城乡、服务群众的公共文化服务设施网络初步形成。广大市民们在所属社区的“城市书房”“文化驿站”就可以便利地享用优质的公共文化服务；“送戏下乡”、农村电影放映工程以及建立起来的基层综合性文化服务中心，也使得广大农民群众的业余生活更为充实多元且积极向上；国家公共文化云平台等网络资源更是使城乡广大群众可以同步地享用各类公共数字文化产品，公共文化服务标准化、均等化建设取得重大进展，大力推进了人民精神生活共同富裕的进程。

Third, the people are the subject of judging New Era culture. Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has always adhered to taking the people as the judging subject for “testing the effectiveness of all our work.” [6]6 These are numbered slogans and policy frameworks from the 20th National Congress of the CPC and related documents. The "Nine Insistences" (九个坚持) refer to nine principles for cultural work; the "Fourteen Emphases" (十四个强调) are fourteen key points on cultural development; the "Two Integrations" (两个结合) is the integration of Marxism's basic tenets with China's specific realities and with fine traditional Chinese culture; and the "Seven Focal Points" (七个着力) are seven areas of focus for cultural work. Socialist cultural construction and development relies on the people, is for the people, the fruits of development are shared by the people, and the effectiveness of development is judged by the people—this has always been the basic idea and principle of China’s cultural construction and development. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes that the creative activities of literary and art workers must be people-centered in everything, and to create excellent works that meet the people’s needs and strengthen the people’s spiritual strength, it is necessary to “take the people’s satisfaction or dissatisfaction as the highest standard for testing art.” [7]7 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Symposium on Education, Culture, Health, and Sports Experts” (September 22, 2020), in Xi Jinping, *Selected Readings from Xi Jinping’s Works*, vol. 2 ( The purpose of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is to meet the people’s aspirations and needs for a rich spiritual and cultural life. The level and achievements of cultural construction and development in the New Era are judged by the people; the people are the most qualified to judge. In summary, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture firmly adheres to the scientific stance of putting the people first, scientifically resolves the issues of the driving force and evaluation mechanism for cultural construction and development in the New Era, and highlights the scientific charm of Marxism inherent in Xi Jinping Thought on Culture.

第三，人民是新时代文化的评判主体。中国共产党自成立以来，始终坚持把人民作为“检验我们一切工作的成效”的评判主体。社会主义文化建设发展依靠人民、为了人民、发展成果由人民共享、发展成效由人民评判，这一直是我国文化建设发展的基本思路和原则。习近平总书记强调，广大文艺工作者的创作活动要一切以人民为中心，创作满足人民需求和增强人民精神力量的优秀作品就需要“把人民满意不满意作为检验艺术的最高标准”。习近平文化思想的宗旨就是满足人民对丰富精神文化生活的向往和需求，新时代文化建设发展水平的高低、成就大小由人民评判，人民最具评判的资格。总之，习近平文化思想坚定人民至上的科学立场，科学地解决了新时代文化建设发展的动力来源和评价机制问题，凸显了习近平文化思想所内蕴的马克思主义科学魅力。

4. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture Upholds the Scientific Attitude of Openness and Inclusiveness

4.习近平文化思想秉持开放包容的科学态度

A key point in whether an ideological system is scientific lies in whether it is open and inclusive. “Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is a continuously unfolding, open

思想体系是否科学的关键一点在于其是否开放包容。“习近平文化思想是一个不断展开的、开放式的思想体系”。习近平文化思想内蕴开放包容属性，它立足新时代不断发展变化着的实践，以与时俱进的“开放”姿态不断丰富、发展和完善；同时，它以“包容”的胸怀接纳和吸收人类社会古往今来一切先进的文化建设发展思想及理念。

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is an open system of thought. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is not a closed or rigid theoretical dogma, but a scientific theoretical system that continuously develops and improves as the times and practice evolve. Consistently maintaining an open attitude is a prerequisite for any theoretical system to remain at the forefront of the times, and is also a key factor in preserving the scientific nature of the theory. At present, the world situation faces many challenges and uncertainties, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is at a critical and important juncture, and cultural development in the New Era confronts new challenges and tasks. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture consistently stands at the forefront of the times, scientifically grasps and elucidates the basic laws of cultural development in the New Era, and creatively puts forward a series of important propositions. The introduction of a series of new ideas and concepts, such as the "Nine Insistences," the "Fourteen Emphases," the "Two Integrations," and the "Seven Focal Points," provides a scientific guide for action for China's cultural development in the New Era.[6]6 These are numbered slogans and policy frameworks from the 20th National Congress of the CPC and related documents. The "Nine Insistences" (九个坚持) refer to nine principles for cultural work; the "Fourteen Emphases" (十四个强调) are fourteen key points on cultural development; the "Two Integrations" (两个结合) is the integration of Marxism's basic tenets with China's specific realities and with fine traditional Chinese culture; and the "Seven Focal Points" (七个着力) are seven areas of focus for cultural work. As the practice of cultural development in the New Era continues to deepen, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture will also be continuously enriched and expanded. At the same time, openness implies contact with the external world, implying exchange and mutual learning. Cultural exchange is an important means of disseminating knowledge, values, and experience. The construction and development of culture in the New Era cannot be separated from the exchange and mutual learning of different countries, different nationalities, and different cultures and civilizations. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: "Civilizations become colorful through exchange, and civilizations become rich through mutual learning." Xi Jinping Thought on Culture consistently upholds an open attitude, advocates for exchange with advanced foreign cultures, and draws on and absorbs the positive and reasonable elements of cultural construction and development from other countries, thereby continuously developing and perfecting itself. This is also an important reason why Xi Jinping Thought on Culture can consistently maintain its scientific nature.

习近平文化思想是开放的思想体系。习近平文化思想不是封闭僵化的理论教条，而是随着时代和实践发展而不断发展完善的科学理论体系。始终保持开放的态度是一个理论体系始终站在时代最前沿的前提，也是始终保持理论科学性的关键因素。当前，世界局势面临诸多挑战和不确定性，中华民族伟大复兴正处于一个关键性的重要节点上，新时代文化建设发展面临着新的挑战和任务。习近平文化思想始终站在时代最前沿，科学地把握和阐释了新时代文化建设发展的基本规律，创造性地提出了一系列重要主张，“九个坚持”“十四个强调”“两个结合”“七个着力”等一系列新理念新思想的提出为我国新时代文化建设发展提供了科学的行动指南。随着新时代文化建设发展实践的不断深入，习近平文化思想也将不断得到丰富和拓展。同时，开放就意味着与外部世界的接触，意味着交流互鉴。文化交流是传播知识、价值和经验的重要方式。新时代文化的建设发展离不开不同国家不同民族不同文化文明的交流互鉴，习近平总书记强调：“文明因交流而多彩，文明因互鉴而丰富。”习近平文化思想始终秉持开放的态度，主张与国外先进文化进行交流，借鉴吸取其他国家文化建设发展的积极合理因素，从而不断发展完善自身，这也是习近平文化思想能够始终保持科学性的重要缘由。

Xi Jinping’s cultural thought is also an inclusive scientific system of thought. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “Civilizations are inclusive, and it is through inclusiveness that human civilizations gain the impetus for exchange and mutual learning.” Inclusiveness is a distinctive feature that distinguishes Chinese civilization from other civilizations. Adhering to the inclusive value concepts of “tolerance leads to greatness” and “harmony in diversity” [7]7 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Symposium on Education, Culture, Health, and Sports Experts” (September 22, 2020), in Xi Jinping, *Selected Readings from Xi Jinping’s Works*, vol. 2 ( inherent in fine traditional Chinese culture, Xi Jinping’s cultural thought is likewise an inclusive scientific system of thought, stressing that all nations should respect one another, tolerate different cultural customs, religious beliefs, and lifestyles, and work together to build a flourishing garden of world civilizations. Since the New Era, inclusiveness has been vividly manifested in the exchange, integration, and mutual learning between Chinese culture and other cultures. In the exchange and mutual learning between Chinese culture and other cultures, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always emphasized respecting the cultural

习近平文化思想也是包容的科学思想体系。习近平总书记强调：“文明是包容的，人类文明因包容才有交流互鉴的动力。”包容性是中华文明区别于其他文明的鲜明特征。秉承中华优秀传统文化中有容乃大、和而不同的包容性价值理念，习近平文化思想也是一个包容的科学思想体系，强调主张各民族相互尊重、包容不同文化习俗、宗教信仰和生活习惯，携手共建繁荣的世界文明百花园。新时代以来，包容性生动地呈现在中华文化与其他文化的交流交融和互鉴之中。在中华文化与其他文化的交流互鉴中，习近平总书记始终强调尊重各国的文化差异，充分借鉴吸收其他一切优秀文化成果，兼收并蓄、博采众长。习近平总书记指出：“中华文化之所以如此精彩纷呈、博大精深，就在于它兼收并蓄的包容特性。”在他看来，生活于中华大地的各族人民共同创造了中华文化，中华文化的博大精深和它异彩纷呈的外在呈现，归根结底就在于其自身的包容属性。当前，随着经济全球化的推进和现代化的深入发展，中华文化已经被置于世界历史的宏大图景之中，习近平文化思想作为新时代赓续中华文化所形成的新文化思想，必然地承继了中华文化兼收并蓄的包容属性。习近平文化思想是中华文化在新时代的鲜活表达，包容性既是习近平文化思想的关键属性，也是习近平文化思想科学性的生动体现。

5. Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought Possesses a Rigorous and Complete Scientific Structure

5.习近平文化思想具有严密完整的科学结构

The scientific nature of Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought is also clearly manifested in its possession of a rigorous and complete scientific structure. From the overarching guidance of its theme and main line, to the leading and normative role of its objectives and principles, and then to the practical deployment in specific areas, Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought exhibits a rigorous and complete system of scientific structure.

习近平文化思想的科学性也鲜明体现在其具有严密完整的科学结构，从主题主线的贯穿统领到目标原则的引领规范，再到具体领域的实践部署，习近平文化思想展现出严密完整的科学结构体系。

First, the overarching guidance of the theme and main line. The theme and main line of “what kind of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics to build and develop in the New Era, and how to build and develop it” runs through and guides all the content of Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “During the period of the 14th Five-Year Plan, we must place cultural development in a prominent position within the overall work and earnestly grasp and implement it well.” [7]7 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Symposium on Education, Culture, Health, and Sports Experts” (September 22, 2020), in Xi Jinping, *Selected Readings from Xi Jinping’s Works*, vol. 2 ( General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that cultural development is undoubtedly a key task for the new period—from the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan to the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, from high-quality development to the people’s needs for a better life, culture is one of the most important factors and also the source of strength for smoothly achieving a series of goals and tasks in the new period. On the basis of fully recognizing the importance of cultural development and construction, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core carried out top-level design for “what kind of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics to build and develop in the New Era,” emphasizing that building and developing socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era means “promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, inheriting revolutionary culture, and developing advanced socialist culture.” On the basis of fully grasping all aspects and elements of the construction and development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core planned and laid out “how to build and develop socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era.” Since entering the New Era, our Party convened the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work in 2013 and 2018 respectively, and moreover convened the National Conference on Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work in 2023, with the conference name deliberately adding the word “cultural,” highlighting that the construction and development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era has been placed in a more prominent and more important position. At the 2013 “National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work,” the extreme importance of ideological work was emphasized, and the fundamental tasks, basic requirements, basic guidelines, work orientation, and talent team building for propaganda and ideological work in the New Era were clarified. Subsequently, at meetings such as the Forum on Literature and Art Work, the Forum on the Party’s News and Public Opinion Work, and the Forum on Cybersecurity and Informatization Work, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core made a series of deployments for specific areas of the construction and development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era. At the 2018 National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again made a series of major deployments for the Party’s propaganda and ideological work, proposing the “Nine Persistences” [8]8 Xi Jinping, “Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects – Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,” October 16, 2022. as principles for propaganda and ideological work, providing basic guidelines for further improving the Party’s propaganda and ideological work. At the 2023 National Conference on Propaganda, Ideological and Cultural Work, Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought was formally proposed and systematically expounded, clearly specifying the primary political task of propaganda, ideological and cultural work, the new cultural mission, the basic guiding principles, and the requirements of the “Seven Efforts.” [9]9 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Conference on Cultural Heritage and Heritage Work,” *People’s Daily*, August 25, 2023. This series of content, ranging from epistemology to methodology, from overall guidance at the macro level to practical pathways at the specific level, not only demonstrates the theoretical innovation and breakthroughs of Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought but also highlights its distinctive feature of “understanding the substance and applying it in practice, integrating substance and application.” [10]10 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the UNESCO Headquarters,” *People’s Daily*, March 28, 2014. In summary, Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought deepens the understanding of the laws governing the construction and development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era. The series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments it contains all closely revolve around the theme and main line of “what kind of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics to build and develop in the New Era, and how to build and develop it.” This theme and main line runs through and guides all the content of Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought.

首先，主题主线的贯穿统领。“新时代建设发展什么样的中国特色社会主义文化、怎样建设发展中国特色社会主义文化”的主题主线贯穿统领习近平文化思想全部内容。习近平总书记指出：“‘十四五’时期，我们要把文化建设放在全局工作的突出位置，切实抓紧抓好。”习近平总书记强调，文化建设无疑是新时期的重点工作——从“五位一体”总体布局到“四个全面”战略布局，从高质量发展到人民美好生活需要，文化是其中最为重要的因素之一，也是推动新时期一系列目标任务顺利达成的力量源泉。在充分认识到文化建设发展重要性的基础上，以习近平同志为核心的党中央对“新时代建设发展什么样的中国特色社会主义文化”进行了顶层设计，强调新时代建设发展中国特色社会主义文化，就是要“推动中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展，继承革命文化，发展社会主义先进文化”。在充分把握新时代中国特色社会主义文化建设发展各方面和各要素的基础上，以习近平同志为核心的党中央谋划布局“怎样建设发展新时代中国特色社会主义文化”。进入新时代以来，我们党分别在2013年和2018年召开全国宣传思想工作会议，更是在2023年召开全国宣传思想文化工作会议，会议名称特意增添了“文化”二字，凸显了新时代中国特色社会主义文化建设发展被置于更为突出、更为重要的位置。在2013年的“全国宣传思想工作会议”上，突出强调了意识形态工作的极端重要性，明确了新时代宣传思想工作的根本任务、基本要求、基本遵循、工作导向以及人才队伍建设等。之后，在全国文艺工作座谈会、党的新闻舆论工作座谈会、网络安全和信息化工作座谈会等会议上，以习近平同志为核心的党中央对新时代中国特色社会主义文化建设发展的具体领域作出系列部署。习近平总书记在2018年的全国宣传思想工作会议上，再次对党的宣传思想工作作出一系列重大部署，提出了“九个坚持”的宣传思想工作原则，为进一步做好党的宣传思想工作提出了基本遵循。在2023年的全国宣传思想文化工作会议上，正式提出并系统阐述了习近平文化思想，明确提出了宣传思想文化工作的首要政治任务、新的文化使命、基本遵循原则以及“七个着力”的要求，这一系列内容，从认识论到方法论，从宏观层面的整体指导到具体层面的实践路径，既彰显了习近平文化思想的理论创新与突破，又凸显了其明体达用、体用贯通的显著特征。总之，习近平文化思想深化了对新时代中国特色社会主义文化建设发展的规律性认识，其中包含的一系列新思想、新观点和新论断都紧紧围绕“新时代建设发展怎样的中国特色社会主义文化、怎样建设发展中国特色社会主义文化”的主题主线，这一主题主线贯穿统领了习近平文化思想的全部内容。

Second, the leading and normative role of objectives and principles. “Continuing to promote cultural prosperity, build a strong cultural country, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new starting point is our new cultural mission in the New Era.” [11]11 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the BRICS Leaders’ Meeting in Xiamen,” *People’s Daily*, September 5, 2017. This points out the objectives and tasks of China’s cultural construction and development in the New Era, and also guides the construction and development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era. Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought also proposes the main principles for cultural construction and development in the New Era. First, cultural confidence is the foundation of confidence for cultural construction and development in the New Era. Cultural prosperity and flourishing cannot occur without cultural confidence, and the advancement of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is also inseparable from cultural confidence. Cultural confidence is the fundamental principle for building and developing culture in the New Era, and it is precisely the foundation of confidence for cultural construction and development in the New Era. Second, cultural construction and development in the New Era must uphold openness and inclusiveness. Chinese civilization has always adhered to embracing the world with a broad mind, treating different civilizations with an open and inclusive attitude, and learning from and absorbing all outstanding achievements of human civilization. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has led the people to actively spread China’s voice, tell China’s stories, explain China’s concepts, profoundly expound on building a community with a shared future for mankind, propose the Global Civilization Initiative, promote the common values of all humanity, advocate a new pattern of civilizational development featuring mutual respect, exchange, and mutual learning among different civilizations, and promote the exchange, integration, and development of world civilizations. Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought itself is also an open and inclusive system; it maintains openness while being eclectic, and will inevitably continue to enrich and improve with the development of the times and practice, thereby continuously promoting and leading new breakthroughs in cultural construction and development in the New Era. Third, cultural construction and development in the New Era must adhere to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground. “Upholding fundamental principles” means adhering to truth and the right path, “upholding the fundamental system of Marxism’s guiding position in the ideological domain, upholding the fundamental requirement of the Two Integrations, and upholding the Party’s cultural leadership and the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation.” [12]12 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work,” *People’s Daily*, August 22, 2018. “Breaking new ground” means, based on the new needs and new problems of new practice in the New Era, continuously emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, and actively and innovatively innovating ideas, content, mechanisms, and forms, stimulating the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation in practice, and truly making the past serve the present, making foreign things serve China, and weeding through the old to bring forth the new. “Upholding fundamental principles” ensures that cultural construction and development in the New Era adheres to the right path and does not take detours; “breaking new ground” brings an inexhaustible driving force to cultural construction and development in the New Era. The two are dialectically unified and complement each other.

其次，目标原则的引领规范。“在新的起点上继续推动文化繁荣、建设文化强国、建设中华民族现代文明，是我们在新时代新的文化使命。”这指明了新时代我国文化建设发展的目标任务，也引领着新时代中国特色社会主义文化建设发展。习近平文化思想还提出了新时代文化建设发展的主要原则。其一，文化自信是新时代文化建设发展的底气所在。文化繁荣兴盛不能没有文化自信，中华民族伟大复兴的推进也离不开文化自信。文化自信是建设发展新时代文化的根本原则，更是新时代文化建设发展的底气所在。其二，新时代文化建设发展必须秉持开放包容。中华文明素来坚持胸怀天下，以开放包容的态度对待不同文明，借鉴吸收人类一切优秀文明成果。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央带领人民积极传播中国声音，讲述中国故事，阐释中国理念，深刻阐述构建人类命运共同体，提出全球文明倡议，弘扬全人类共同价值，倡导不同文明相互尊重、交流互鉴的文明发展新格局，推动了世界文明的交流交融和发展进步。习近平文化思想自身也是一个开放包容的系统，既保持开放，又兼容并蓄，必将随着时代和实践的发展而不断丰富和完善，从而不断推动引领新时代文化建设发展取得新突破。其三，新时代文化建设发展要坚持守正创新，“守正”就是要坚守真理和正道，“守的是马克思主义在意识形态领域指导地位的根本制度，守的是‘两个结合’的根本要求，守的是中国共产党的文化领导权和中华民族的文化主体性”。“创新”就是立足于新时代新实践的新需要和新问题，不断解放思想，实事求是，积极主动地创新思路、创新内容、创新机制、创新形式，在实践中激发全民族文化创新创造活力，真正做到古为今用、洋为中用、推陈出新。“守正”保证了新时代文化建设发展坚守正道、不走弯路，“创新”给新时代文化建设发展带来了不竭动力，两者辩证统一，相辅相成。

Finally, practical deployments in specific domains. The development of culture in the New Era is a vast and complex systemic project, and Xi Jinping Thought on Culture also provides concrete planning and practical deployments for specific domains of cultural development in the New Era. First, it has issued important directives and deployments for ideological work. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “Ideological work is an extremely important task for the Party.” [8]8 Xi Jinping, “Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects – Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,” October 16, 2022. Standing at the historical juncture of the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed the need to build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leading power, further consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological domain, deeply implement the Project of Marxist Theory Research and Development, improve the study systems at all levels such as the theoretical study center groups of Party committees (Party leadership groups), and implement the responsibility system for ideological work. It is necessary to promote the main theme and positive energy, shape a new pattern of mainstream public opinion, and consolidate and strengthen the mainstream ideological and public opinion that strives forward in the New Era. It is necessary to grasp the profound historical heritage, base ourselves on the present reality, look forward to a bright future, accelerate the construction of the Chinese discourse system, tell China’s stories well, and spread China’s voice well. Second, it has put forward new requirements for the Party’s news and public opinion work. At the 2016 Forum on the Party’s News and Public Opinion Work, General Secretary Xi Jinping made new deployments for the Party’s news and public opinion work, the most crucial point being to “firmly adhere to the Marxist view of journalism.” General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the Marxist view of journalism is the soul of news and public opinion work; if the Marxist view of journalism is discarded, news and public opinion work cannot play a correct guiding role in society. Third, it has pointed out a new direction for cybersecurity and informatization work. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “We must keenly seize the historical opportunity of informatization development… give play to the leading role of informatization in economic and social development.” On the one hand, strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee over cybersecurity and informatization work, improve the comprehensive network governance capacity, form a new comprehensive network governance pattern combining multiple means, establish a cybersecurity concept, and strengthen the construction, development, and governance of network-related domains; on the other hand, accelerate the breakthrough of core and key technologies in the field of network information. If core and key technologies are controlled by others, we will inevitably lose the initiative in development and fall into a passive and trapped situation. Therefore, it is necessary to adhere to self-reliance and self-strengthening, independent innovation, coordinate efforts from top to bottom to tackle core and key technologies, and drive the vigorous development of China’s cybersecurity and informatization undertakings with innovation. Finally, it has put forward new expectations for the development of the field of philosophy and social sciences. The fundamental marker that distinguishes contemporary Chinese philosophy and social sciences from other philosophy and social sciences is “adhering to the guidance of Marxism.” Philosophy and social sciences must have a critical spirit; this is an important manifestation of adhering to Marxism. As tools for people to understand and transform the world, philosophy and social sciences should be grounded in reality and a system that explains real social problems. “A country without a flourishing philosophy and social sciences cannot be at the forefront of the world.” Therefore, General Secretary Xi Jinping expects the vast number of philosophy and social science workers to base themselves on China, learn from foreign countries, excavate history, grasp the contemporary era, face the future, and accelerate the construction of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics. In addition, General Secretary Xi Jinping has also put forward new requirements and expectations for the development of literature and art in the New Era, clarified the new pursuits for the development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries in the New Era, and also issued important instructions on improving international communication capabilities, opening up new horizons for mutual learning among civilizations, and so on. This series of deployments and arrangements by General Secretary Xi Jinping provides a scientific guide for the construction and development of specific cultural domains in the New Era.

最后，具体领域的实践部署。新时代文化建设发展是一项庞大复杂的系统工程，习近平文化思想也对新时代文化建设发展的具体领域进行了具体谋划和实践部署。第一，对意识形态工作作出了重要指示和部署。习近平总书记强调：“意识形态工作是党的一项极端重要的工作。”站在新时代的历史方位，习近平总书记强调要建设具有强大凝聚力和引领力的社会主义意识形态，进一步巩固马克思主义在意识形态领域的指导地位，深入实施马克思主义理论研究和建设工程，完善党委（党组）理论学习中心组等各级学习制度，落实意识形态工作责任制。要弘扬主旋律正能量，塑造主流舆论新格局，巩固壮大奋进新时代的主流思想舆论。要把握深厚历史底蕴、立足切中当下现实，展望美好未来，加快构建中国话语体系，讲好中国故事、传播好中国声音。第二，对党的新闻舆论工作提出了新要求。习近平总书记在2016年党的新闻舆论工作座谈会上，对党的新闻舆论工作作出了新的部署，最为关键的一点就是要“牢牢坚持马克思主义新闻观”。习近平总书记指出，马克思主义新闻观是新闻舆论工作的灵魂，丢掉了马克思主义新闻观，新闻舆论工作就不能在社会中发挥正确的导向作用。第三，对网络安全和信息化工作指明了新方向。习近平总书记强调：“我们必须敏锐抓住信息化发展的历史机遇……发挥信息化对经济社会发展的引领作用”。一方面，加强党中央对网信工作的集中统一领导，提高网络综合整治能力，形成多种手段相结合的综合网络治理新格局，树立网络安全观，加强网络相关领域的建设、发展以及整治工作；另一方面，加快推进网络信息领域核心关键技术的突破。核心关键技术如果受制于人，必将在发展中失去主动权，处于被动受困局面。所以，要坚持自立自强、自主创新，上下联动、协同攻关关键核心技术，以创新引领驱动我国网信事业蓬勃发展。最后，对哲学社会科学领域发展提出了新期望。当代中国哲学社会科学与其他哲学社会科学相区别的根本标志就是“坚持以马克思主义为指导”，哲学社会科学要有批判精神，这是坚持马克思主义的重要体现。哲学社会科学作为人们认识世界和改造世界的工具，应该是接地气、解释现实社会问题的体系。“一个没有繁荣的哲学社会科学的国家也不可能走在世界前列。”因此，习近平总书记期望广大的哲学社会科学工作者要立足中国、借鉴国外，挖掘历史、把握当代、面向未来，加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学。此外，习近平总书记也对新时代文学艺术发展提出了新要求新期望，明确了新时代文化事业、文化产业发展的新追求，还对国际传播能力提升作出重要指示，打开了文明互鉴的新视野，等等。习近平总书记这一系列的部署安排，为新时代文化具体领域的建设发展提供了科学指南。

III. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture Is a Scientific Ideological System Proven by Practice

三、习近平文化思想是经实践证明了的科学思想体系

Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, socialist culture with Chinese characteristics has further flourished and developed in the New Era, new breakthroughs and progress have been made in building a culturally strong country, the people’s sense of cultural gain and the level of civility in the whole society have significantly improved, and China’s cultural soft power and the international influence of Chinese culture have been markedly enhanced, composing a new era chapter in cultural construction and development. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is a scientific ideological system proven by practice.

实践是检验真理的唯一标准。在习近平文化思想的科学引领下，新时代中国特色社会主义文化进一步繁荣发展，文化强国建设取得新突破新进展，人民群众文化获得感和全社会文明程度明显提升，中国文化软实力和中华文化国际影响力显著增强，谱写了文化建设发展的新时代华章。习近平文化思想是经实践证明了的科学思想体系。

1. The People’s Sense of Cultural Gain Has Been Enhanced, and Common Prosperity in Spiritual Life Has Been Steadily Advanced

1.人民群众文化获得感增强，精神生活共同富裕稳步推进

Since the New Era, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has firmly adhered to the people-centered scientific stance, taken multiple measures to solve the problem of insufficient and unbalanced cultural development, continuously met the people’s growing spiritual and cultural needs, greatly enhanced the people’s sense of cultural gain and happiness, and steadily advanced common prosperity in spiritual life.

新时代以来，在习近平文化思想的引领下，以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚定以人民为中心的科学立场，多措并举解决文化发展的不充分不平衡问题，不断满足人民群众日益增长的精神文化需求，大大增强了人民群众的文化获得感幸福感，精神生活共同富裕也稳步推进。

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Material abundance and spiritual enrichment are the fundamental requirements of socialist modernization.” The better life that the people pursue and aspire to includes not only a materially prosperous and abundant life but also a rich and colorful spiritual life. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “The people’s needs for spiritual and cultural

习近平总书记指出：“物质富足、精神富有是社会主义现代化的根本要求。”人民群众追求和向往的美好生活不仅包括了美好富裕的物质生活，还包含着丰富多彩的精神生活。习近平总书记强调：“人民对精神文化生活的需求时时刻刻都存在。”我们要想方设法破解文化发展中的不充分不平衡难题，创作高质量的精神文化产品，不断满足人民群众日益增长的精神文化需求。进入新时代，高质量精神文化产品供给的不平衡、不充分，成为制约人民不断增长的精神文化需求的主要因素。习近平总书记指出：“我国文化供给的主要矛盾已经不是缺不缺、够不够的问题，而是好不好、精不精的问题。”可见，文化高质量且平衡的发展是破解精神文化产品供需矛盾，更好满足人民日益增长的精神文化需要的必然要求。因此，新时代以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央强调，要持续深化文化领域供给侧结构性改革，把文化高质量发展和满足人民日益增长的精神文化需要紧密结合，努力在实现文化高质量发展的过程中，通过培育新型文化业态，构建优质高效、结构优化的精神文化产品供给体系，不断满足人民群众多层次、多样化的精神文化需求。同时，在习近平文化思想的引领下，以习近平同志为核心的党中央强调推动公共文化服务标准化和均等化，通过建设一批重大文化设施、文化中心，以及农村文化礼堂和公共图书馆、文化馆等基础文化单元，针对性、分层次地满足了广大人民群众对精神文化的不同需求。尤其关注特定人民群体的精神文化需求，比如举办系列儿童文化活动，推动妇女文化工作坊运行，建设社区老年文化活动专区以及建设农村文化礼堂等，为儿童、妇女、老年人和农民等特定群体提供了更为丰富多样的精神文化服务。

Since the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has not only continuously promoted common prosperity in material life for the entire people but has also placed the implementation of common prosperity in spiritual life for the entire people as an important task in a more prominent position. By guiding advantaged regions and advantaged groups to explore more diverse cultural products, further improving the driving mechanism, and enhancing the effect of spiritual “first to become prosperous” driving “those who become prosperous later,” this has vigorously promoted cultural coordination and cooperation between the eastern and western regions, advanced the docking of cultural resources between relatively developed regions and underdeveloped regions, facilitated the sharing of achievements in cultural construction and development, and further promoted common prosperity in spiritual life for the entire people.

新时代以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央不仅持续推进全体人民物质生活共同富裕，还将全体人民精神共同富裕的推进落实作为一项重要工作，放在更为突出的位置。通过引导优势地区和优势群体进行更多样的文化产品探索，进一步完善带动机制，提升精神“先富”带动“后富”的效应，这大力推进了东西部之间的文化协同合作，推动了较发达地区与欠发达地区的文化资源对接，促进了文化建设发展成果共享，进一步推动了全体人民精神生活共同富裕。

2. Core socialist values are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the level of civility in the whole society has improved.

2.社会主义核心价值观深入人心，全社会文明程度提高

General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly demanded in the report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC: “Extensively practice core socialist values.” [8]8 Xi Jinping, “Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects – Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,” October 16, 2022. Since the New Era, under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture, the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to cultivating and promoting core socialist values. Core socialist values have gradually become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the moral quality and moral level of citizens have continuously improved, and the level of civility in the whole society has been further enhanced.

习近平总书记在党的二十大报告中明确要求：“广泛践行社会主义核心价值观。”新时代以来，在习近平文化思想的指导下，党中央高度重视培育和弘扬社会主义核心价值观，社会主义核心价值观逐渐深入人心，公民道德素质和道德水平也不断提升，全社会文明程度得到进一步提高。

Core values are the deep kernel of culture, and the core socialist values are the core and soul of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, determining the direction and height of cultural construction and development in the New Era. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly made clear the requirement to focus on cultivating and practicing the core socialist values; to this end, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee specially issued the “Opinions on Cultivating and Practicing the Core Socialist Values.” [9]9 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Conference on Cultural Heritage and Heritage Work,” *People’s Daily*, August 25, 2023. These effective deployments by the Party Central Committee have pointed the direction and provided guidance for the widespread cultivation and practice of the core socialist values. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “We must truly integrate the core socialist values into every aspect of social life.” Through pathways and measures such as educational guidance, public opinion propaganda, cultural edification, and institutional guarantees, the core socialist values have gradually taken root in people’s hearts, being internalized in the mind and externalized in action by the broad masses of the people. First, make full use of red resources to deeply carry out education on the core socialist values. Red resources nationwide have been deeply explored and utilized in the cultural construction and development of the New Era. By combining red resources with tourism, leisure, and entertainment, and through various forms such as art, competitions, and participation, red resources have been “brought to life.” Red cultural resources have been used to conduct vivid patriotic education and revolutionary tradition education for Party members and cadres, especially for young people, fully promoting the spiritual lineage of Communists with the great founding spirit of the Party as its source. [10]10 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the UNESCO Headquarters,” *People’s Daily*, March 28, 2014. Second, education on ideals and beliefs has been persistently pursued. General Secretary Xi Jinping has issued important instructions on the study and education of the “Four Histories,” [11]11 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the BRICS Leaders’ Meeting in Xiamen,” *People’s Daily*, September 5, 2017. continuously advancing the propaganda and education work on the history of the Party, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development, guiding Party members, cadres, and the broad masses to understand history and love the Party and the country through history. The Marxist faith, communist ideals, and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics of Party members, cadres, and the people have been continuously consolidated. Third, attention has been paid to and the role of the core socialist values in forging souls and educating people has been implemented. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has continuously improved the ideological and political education work system and promoted the integrated construction of ideological and political education in universities, middle schools, and primary schools. A batch of key Marxist colleges have been successively established in universities nationwide, advancing the education and training of ideological and political talents, and strengthening and implementing the role of the core socialist values in forging souls and educating people. Finally, persist in combining law-based governance with rule-of-virtue governance, continuously integrating the core socialist values into China’s rule-of-law construction, social development, and the daily lives of the people.

核心价值观是文化的深层内核，社会主义核心价值观是中国特色社会主义文化的核心和灵魂，决定着新时代文化建设发展的方向和高度。习近平总书记多次明确要求，要着力培育和践行社会主义核心价值观，为此，中办专门下发《关于培育和践行社会主义核心价值观的意见》。党中央的这些得力部署，为广泛培育践行社会主义核心价值观指明了方向、提供了遵循。习近平总书记强调：“要切实把社会主义核心价值观贯穿于社会生活方方面面。”通过教育引领、舆论宣传、文化熏陶、制度保障等路径措施，社会主义核心价值观逐渐深入人心，被广大人民群众内化于心、外化于行。首先，充分利用红色资源，深入开展社会主义核心价值观教育。全国的红色资源在新时代文化建设发展中得到深入挖掘利用，红色资源与旅游休闲娱乐相结合，借助艺术、竞赛、参与等多种形式，让红色资源“活起来”，利用红色文化资源对党员干部，尤其是对青少年进行了生动的爱国教育以及革命传统教育，充分弘扬了以伟大建党精神为源头的共产党人精神谱系。其次，理想信念教育常抓不懈。习近平总书记就“四史”教育学习作出重要指示，持续推动了党史、新中国史、改革开放史和社会主义发展史的宣传教育工作，引导党员干部和广大人民知史爱党、知史爱国，党员干部和人民群众的马克思主义信仰、共产主义理想和中国特色社会主义共同理想不断巩固。再次，注重和落实社会主义核心价值观的铸魂育人作用。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央不断完善思想政治教育工作体系，推进了大中小学思想政治教育一体化建设。在全国高校陆续建立一批重点马克思主义学院，推进思政人才教育培养工作，强化落实了社会主义核心价值观的铸魂育人作用。最后，坚持依法治国和以德治国相结合，将社会主义核心价值观不断融入中国法治建设、社会发展和人民的日常生活之中。

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: “We must raise the people’s ideological awareness, moral standards, and cultural-ethical attainment, and raise the level of civility in the whole society.” Since the New Era, new progress has been made in the citizen moral construction project. Traditional Chinese virtues have been further promoted; the broad masses of the people not only identify with but also actively practice traditional Chinese virtues. New achievements have been made in the construction of families, family education, and family traditions; fine family traditions and education have been continuously formed and their influence in society has been expanding. The ideological and moral construction of minors has been continuously strengthened and improved, with a series of relevant laws and regulations promulgated to further consolidate and advance the ideological and moral construction of minors. At the same time, efforts have been actively made to promote the cultivation of civility, the practice of civility, and the creation of civility in both urban and rural areas, making up for the shortcomings in the construction of cultural-ethical progress in rural areas, promoting the integrated development of urban and rural cultural-ethical progress, and shaping a new urban and rural风貌 in the New Era. Since the New Era, the Party Central Committee has established and improved the national system of honors and awards for meritorious service, giving play to the spiritual leadership and exemplary role of role models, promoting the formation of a good social atmosphere of emulating the virtuous and striving to be pioneers, and further raising the level of civility in the whole society.

习近平总书记强调：“要提高人民思想觉悟、道德水准、文明素养，提高全社会文明程度。”新时代以来，公民道德建设工程取得了新进展。中华传统美德得到进一步弘扬，广大人民群众不仅认同而且积极践行中华传统美德。家庭、家教和家风建设取得新成效，优良家风、家教不断形成且在社会的影响范围不断扩大。未成年人思想道德建设不断得到加强和改进，颁布了一系列相关法律法规进一步巩固和推进未成年人思想道德建设。同时，积极在城乡统筹推进文明培育、文明实践和文明创建工作，弥补了农村精神文明建设的短板，推进城乡精神文明建设融合发展，塑造了新时代城乡新风貌。新时代以来，党中央建立健全党和国家功勋荣誉表彰制度，发挥了榜样的精神引领和典型示范作用，推动全社会形成了见贤思齐、争做先锋的良好氛围，进一步提高了全社会文明程度。

3. The flourishing development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries has significantly enhanced cultural soft power.

3.文化事业和文化产业繁荣发展，文化软实力显著提升

Since the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, successively formulating a series of outlines and plans. From the “Ministry of Culture’s ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ Period Cultural Reform and Development Plan” and the “Ministry of Culture’s ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ Period Cultural Industry Doubling Plan,” to the “National ‘13th Five-Year Plan’ Period Cultural Development and Reform Plan Outline” and the “‘13th Five-Year Plan’ Period Cultural Tourism Enhancement Project Implementation Plan,” and then to the “‘14th Five-Year Plan’ Cultural Development Plan,” the “‘14th Five-Year Plan’ Cultural Industry Development Plan,” and the “‘14th Five-Year Plan’ Culture and Tourism Development Plan,” all have scientifically planned and deployed the development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries in the New Era. The flourishing development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries in the New Era has greatly enhanced our country’s cultural soft power.

新时代以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央高度重视文化事业和文化产业发展，先后制定了一系列纲要规划，从《文化部“十二五”时期文化改革发展规划》《文化部“十二五”时期文化产业倍增计划》，到《国家“十三五”时期文化发展改革规划纲要》《“十三五”时期文化旅游提升工程实施方案》，再到《“十四五”文化发展规划》《“十四五”文化产业发展规划》和《“十四五”文化和旅游发展规划》，都科学规划和部署了新时代文化事业和文化产业的发展。新时代文化事业和文化产业的繁荣发展，大大提升了我国文化软实力。

Cultural undertakings are the most extensive and inclusive, and their flourishing development is of extraordinary significance for enhancing national cultural soft power. “Developing cultural undertakings is a basic way to meet the people’s spiritual and cultural needs and guarantee their cultural rights and interests.” Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has led the people to

文化事业最具广泛性和普惠性，文化事业的繁荣发展对于国家文化软实力提升具有非同寻常的重要意义。“发展文化事业是满足人民精神文化需求、保障人民文化权益的基本途径。”党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央带领人民继续推动文化事业的繁荣发展。其一，进一步加强对公共文化事业的扶持力度。加大对重要新闻媒体和社科研究机构的扶持力度，增加经费预算和提供各类配套支持，一批批高水准的重大文化项目立项实施，优秀民间艺术和重要文化遗产保护工作也在大力扶持中顺利开展。中华文化资源普查工程有序实施，文物资源管理制度和国家文化资源大数据库建立，考古发掘和文物保护利用进一步加强，提高了非物质文化遗产保护传承水平。其二，进一步健全现代公共文化服务体系。积极推进县级图书馆文化馆总分馆制度，加强乡镇综合文化站管理，健全基层公共文化设施网络。提升公共文化设施免费开放水平，推进国家公共文化服务体系示范区创新发展，促进了公共文化服务提质增效。注重发挥“群星奖”示范作用，利用春节等传统节日，广泛开展群众文化活动。同时，推广“互联网+公共文化”，统筹推进智慧图书馆、公共文化云服务体系建设，加快公共数字文化建设。其三，进一步完善文化事业的法律法规保障。进入新时代以来，党和国家加强了对文化事业相关的立法和规定。2016年，《中华人民共和国公共文化服务保障法》顺利通过，有力保障了城乡人民群众的基本公共文化权益。2021年，《关于进一步加强非物质文化遗产保护工作的意见》印发。这一意见规定的出台，进一步规范了非物质文化遗产保护工作，强化了非物质文化遗产保护力度。2023年，《关于在检察公益诉讼中加强协作配合 依法做好城乡历史文化保护传承工作的意见》印发，城乡历史文化保护传承工作得到进一步推进。党的十八大以来，在习近平文化思想的指导下，我国文化事业进一步繁荣发展，人民群众多层次、差异化、多样化的精神文化需求得到更好满足，广大人民群众的文化素养和才智能力也显著提高，这有力助推了我国文化软实力的提升。

The cultural industry is hailed as the “sunrise industry” of the 21st century. Since the New Era, the core position of the cultural industry in enhancing China’s cultural soft power has become increasingly prominent. It has become an important engine driving the transformation and upgrading of China’s economic structure and achieving high-quality development, as well as a crucial lever for safeguarding the people’s cultural rights and interests and meeting their rich spiritual and cultural needs. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, China’s cultural industry has achieved high-quality development and made significant accomplishments. First, a modern cultural industry system has been further established and improved. Since the New Era, the structure of China’s cultural industry has been optimized and upgraded, digital cultural industries have accelerated development, and new digital business forms have continuously emerged, promoting the diversification of digital cultural product supply. Coordinated development of regional and urban-rural cultural industries has been further advanced, forming cultural industry clusters such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Chengdu-Chongqing dual-city economic circle, and promoting the planning and construction of national cultural industry innovation experimental zones. Rural characteristic cultural industries have also been vigorously developed, and forms of interregional cultural industry cooperation have become more diverse. At the same time, cultural consumption has achieved a new leap. On the one hand, the consumption environment has been improved, consumption facilities have been perfected, and consumer rights and interests have been protected. On the other hand, the construction of demonstration cities and regional cultural and tourism cities has been promoted, embedding cultural consumption into various consumption venues, and cultivating new consumption growth points through activities such as consumption months. Second, a modern cultural and tourism market system has been further improved, and the integrated development of culture and tourism has been advanced. “We must adhere to shaping tourism with culture and highlighting culture through tourism, and promote the integrated development of culture and tourism.” [9]9 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Conference on Cultural Heritage and Heritage Work,” *People’s Daily*, August 25, 2023. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the modern cultural and tourism market system has been further improved, stimulating the vitality of various market entities, continuously expanding the scale of market entities, constructing a new type of regulatory system, strengthening industry management and services, issuing the “Measures for the Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement of the Cultural Market,” deepening the reform of comprehensive law enforcement in the cultural market, and advancing the construction of a safe cultural market. At the same time, the connotation of tourism has been continuously elevated. By deeply exploring cultural and cultural relic resources, tourism products have been cultivated, tourism taste has been enhanced, and a uniquely charming Chinese cultural tourism experience has been formed. Relying on tourism as a carrier, culture has been effectively disseminated. In particular, leveraging the broad coverage of tourism, through the full use of various tourism-related media, the excellent traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture have been widely disseminated and promoted. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has made strategic deployments for the development of the cultural industry, formulated a scientific development path, guided the cultural industry to achieve high-quality development in the New Era, and greatly enhanced the national cultural soft power.

文化产业被誉为21世纪的“朝阳产业”。新时代以来，文化产业在提升我国文化软实力中的核心要素地位愈加凸显，已经成为推动我国经济结构转型升级和实现高质量发展的重要引擎，也成为保障人民文化权益，满足人民丰富精神文化需求的重要抓手。党的十八大以来，在习近平文化思想的指导下，我国文化产业高质量发展，取得了重大成绩。首先，进一步建立健全现代文化产业体系。新时代以来，我国文化产业结构优化升级，数字文化产业加快发展，数字新业态不断涌现，促进了数字文化产品供给多样化。区域城乡文化产业进一步协调发展，形成京津冀、粤港澳大湾区、长三角和成渝双城等文化产业集群，推进了国家文化产业创新实验区等规划建设；乡村特色文化产业也得到大力发展，区域间文化产业合作形式更为多样。同时，文化消费也有了新跃升，一方面改善了消费环境，完善了消费设施，保障了消费者权益，另一方面推动了示范城市、区域文化和旅游城市的建设，把文化消费嵌入各类消费场所，通过举办消费月等活动培育了新的消费增长点。其次，进一步完善了现代文化和旅游市场体系，推进了文化旅游的融合发展。“要坚持以文塑旅、以旅彰文，推动文化和旅游融合发展”。党的十八大以来，现代文化和旅游市场体系进一步完善，激发了各类市场主体的活力，持续扩大市场主体规模，构建了新型监管体制，加强行业管理和服务，出台了《文化市场综合行政执法管理办法》，深化了文化市场综合执法改革，推进了平安文化市场建设。同时，旅游的内涵不断提升，通过深挖文化文物资源，旅游产品得到培育，旅游品味得以提升，形成了独具魅力的中华文化旅游体验。依托旅游这一载体，文化得以有效传播。特别是借助旅游覆盖面广的优势，通过充分利用旅游各类相关媒介，广泛传播弘扬了中华优秀传统文化、革命文化以及社会主义先进文化。以习近平同志为核心的党中央对文化产业发展作出战略部署、制定科学发展路径，指导新时代文化产业实现了高质量发展，大大提升了国家文化软实力。

4. New breakthroughs have been achieved in cultural exchange and development, and the international influence of Chinese culture has been enhanced.

4.文化交流发展取得新突破，中华文化国际影响力增强

Colorful cultures begin with exchange. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Culture becomes colorful through exchange.” [10]10 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the UNESCO Headquarters,” *People’s Daily*, March 28, 2014. The process of cultural exchange is a process of mutual influence and progress between cultures. Cultural exchange has promoted the development of Chinese culture and the common progress of world cultures. Since the New Era, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, China has always upheld an open and inclusive scientific attitude, strengthened Sino-foreign cultural exchanges and multi-level dialogue among civilizations, achieved new breakthroughs in cultural exchange and development, and greatly enhanced the international influence of Chinese culture.

多彩文化始于交流。习近平总书记指出：“文化因交流而多彩”。文化交流的过程是文化间互相影响进步的过程，文化交流促进了我国文化发展和世界文化共同进步。新时代以来，在习近平文化思想引领下，我国始终秉持开放包容的科学态度，加强中外文化交流和多层次文明对话，文化交流发展取得了新突破，中华文化国际影响力大大增强。

Since the New Era, the forms and paths of China’s cultural exchanges have become increasingly diverse and rich, preserving traditional forms and paths of cultural exchange while also pioneering other diverse forms and paths. First, vigorously promoting cultural diplomacy. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has written a splendid new chapter, and the unique charm of Chinese culture has been powerfully demonstrated. In the New Era, cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and various countries, governments, and international organizations have been continuously deepened. In particular, relying on multilateral cooperation mechanisms such as BRICS, the G20, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China has actively initiated and participated in the “World River Civilization Forum” and the “Forum of Ancient Civilizations,” strengthening exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese civilization and other world civilizations, and enhancing the international influence of Chinese culture. At the same time, relying on the Belt and Road Initiative, China has promoted high-quality tourism and cultural exchange and cooperation with countries along the route—the Belt and Road International Theater Alliance, Art Festival Alliance, Library Alliance, Museum Alliance, and Art Museum Alliance have been continuously established, and large-scale thematic festivals such as the Silk Road International Arts Festival, the Maritime Silk Road International Arts Festival, and the Dunhuang Tour·Silk Road International Tourism Festival have been held. Since entering the New Era, China has not only strengthened cultural exchange and cooperation with developing countries but also enhanced cooperation with international organizations such as UNESCO and the United Nations World Tourism Organization, deeply participating in the formulation of international cultural rules. Second, promoting multi-level foreign cultural exchanges. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the BRICS Leaders’ Meeting in Xiamen: “The key to state-to-state relations lies in the affinity between the people,” and countries should “strive to promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges.” [11]11 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the BRICS Leaders’ Meeting in Xiamen,” *People’s Daily*, September 5, 2017. Since the New Era, China’s non-governmental cultural exchange activities with other countries have flourished, and various entities such as foundations, enterprises, and industry associations have actively played a main role in non-governmental cultural exchanges. For example, the China Huaxia Cultural Heritage Foundation has actively played its role as a non-governmental diplomatic envoy, actively carrying out international cultural exchange activities, and through the display of intangible cultural heritage with unique “Oriental charm,” such as Chinese painting, kites, and paper-cutting, has brought Chinese culture to the world. The vast number of international students have also shouldered the mission of a new force in non-governmental diplomacy. The Sino-French Cultural Forum, the International Think Tank Forum, the 21st Century China Forum, and other non-governmental diplomatic activities they organized and planned have made important contributions to Sino-foreign cultural exchange and mutual learning. Undoubtedly, a series of cultural exchange activities led by the Chinese government still play a mainstay role in the exchange and mutual learning of civilizations. Since entering the New Era, we have continued to hold Chinese Culture Years, Chinese Culture Festivals, and Chinese Arts Festivals in various countries around the world, hold cultural activities such as the “Meet in Beijing” International Arts Festival and the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, and vigorously promote cultural brand activities such as “Happy Chinese New Year” and “Cultural China,” attracting the participation of a large number of foreign people, further enhancing the international influence of Chinese culture. At the same time, many cities in China have also relied on activities such as the “East Asian Culture City” and “Sister Cities” to conduct extensive and in-depth cultural exchange and cooperation with cities in other countries. Third, enhancing the international communication capacity of Chinese culture. “Strengthening the construction of international communication capacity” [12]12 Xi Jinping, “Speech at the Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work,” *People’s Daily*, August 22, 2018. will undoubtedly help enhance the communication power and influence of Chinese culture, thereby forming an international discourse power commensurate with China’s comprehensive strength and international influence. In the New Era, China takes telling China’s stories well and spreading China’s voice well as its focus, accelerating the construction of a Chinese discourse and narrative system, continuously improving the global layout of overseas Chinese cultural centers, and fully leveraging the role of Chinese cultural institutions abroad in disseminating and promoting Chinese culture. At the same time, Chinese media institutions such as China Media Group and Xinhua News Agency have gradually registered, certified, and operated accounts on overseas social media platforms and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, continuously creating hotspots for Chinese culture, strengthening the external promotion of Chinese culture, and effectively enhancing the international influence of Chinese culture.

新时代以来，我国文化交流的形式和路径越来越多元丰富，既保留了传统的文化交流形式路径，又开拓了其他多样文化交流形式路径。一是大力推动文化外交。党的十八大以来，中国特色大国外交谱写了异彩纷呈的新篇章，中华文化的独特魅力得到有力彰显。新时代，中国与世界各国、各政府及各类国际组织之间的文化交流与合作不断深化。特别是依托金砖国家、二十国集团、上合组织等多边合作机制，积极发起和参与“世界大河文明论坛”“文明古国论坛”，加强了中华文明与世界其他文明间的交流互鉴，增强了中华文化的国际影响力。同时，依托“一带一路”，我国高质量推动与沿线国家开展旅游和文化交流合作——“一带一路”国际剧院联盟、艺术节联盟、图书馆联盟、博物馆联盟、美术馆联盟不断建立，丝绸之路国际艺术节、海上丝绸之路国际艺术节和敦煌行·丝绸之路国际旅游节等主题节会也大规模举办。进入新时代以来，我国不仅与广大发展中国家加强了文化交流合作，还加强了与联合国教科文组织、联合国旅游组织等国际组织的合作，深度参与国际文化规则的制定。二是推动开展多层次对外文化交流。习近平总书记在出席金砖国家领导人厦门会晤时强调：“国之交在于民相亲”，各国要“致力于促进人文民间交流”。新时代以来，我国同其他国家的民间文化交流活动蓬勃开展，基金会、企业、行业协会等各类主体在民间文化交流中积极发挥了主体作用。比如，中国华夏文化遗产基金会积极发挥其民间外交大使的作用，积极开展国际文化交流活动，通过中国画、风筝、剪纸等独具“东方之韵”的非遗文化的展示，使中华文化走向了世界。广大留学生们也担当了民间外交生力军的使命，他们组织策划的中法文化论坛、国际智库论坛、21世纪中国论坛等民间外交活动为中外文化交流互鉴作出了重要贡献。毋庸置疑，我国政府主导的一系列文化交流活动仍在文明交流互鉴中发挥中流砥柱的作用。进入新时代，我们继续在世界各个国家举办中国文化年、中国文化节以及中国艺术节等，举办“相约北京”国际艺术节、中国上海国际艺术节等文化活动，大力推广“欢乐春节”和“文化中国”等文化品牌活动，吸引了大批国外民众的参与加入，进一步提升了中华文化的国际影响力。同时，我国不少城市也依托“东亚文化之都”“友好城市”等活动，与其他国家的城市进行广泛深入的文化交流合作。三是提高中华文化的国际传播能力。“加强国际传播能力建设”无疑将有助于中华文化传播力、影响力的提升，进而形成与我国综合实力及国际影响力相适应的国际话语权。在新时代，中国以讲好中国故事、传播好中国声音为着力点，加快构建中国话语和中国叙事体系，不断完善海外中国文化中心的全球布局，中国驻外文化机构的中华文化传播推广作用也得以充分发挥；同时，中央广播电视总台、新华社等中国媒体机构，已经逐步地在Facebook、Twitter、Instagram、YouTube等海外社交媒体平台和社交网站注册、认证账号并运营，以持续打造中华文化热点，加强中华文化对外推介力度，切实增强中华文化国际影响力。

The most important and critical criterion for verifying whether a thought or theory is scientific is the test of practice. The series of new breakthroughs and new achievements in China’s cultural construction and development since the New Era powerfully prove that Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is a scientific ideological system that has been tested by practice.

验证一种思想理论是否科学，最重要最关键的标准便是实践的检验。新时代我国文化建设发展取得的一系列新突破新成就，有力证明了习近平文化思想是经实践检验了的科学的思想体系。

Source: *Marxist Studies*, December 2, 2024

文章来源：《马克思主义研究》2024年12月2日

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