International Academic Symposium Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War Held in Beijing

China Social Sciences Net News (Reporter Sun Meijuan) On September 2, the International Academic Symposium Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, jointly sponsored by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Academy of Military Sciences of the People’s Liberation Army, was held in Beijing. Qu Qingshan, President of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Gao Xiang, President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; and General Ling Huanxin, Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences of the People’s Liberation Army, attended the meeting and delivered keynote speeches. Zhao Rui, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, presided over the opening ceremony.

中国社会科学网讯（记者 孙美娟）9月2日，由中共中央党史和文献研究院、中国社会科学院、中国人民解放军军事科学院联合主办的“纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年国际学术研讨会”在京召开。中共中央党史和文献研究院院长曲青山、中国社会科学院院长高翔、中国人民解放军军事科学院上将政治委员凌焕新出席会议并作主旨发言。中国社会科学院副院长赵芮主持会议开幕式。

Photo of the symposium venue, taken by Wang Zhou of China Social Sciences Net

会议现场 中国社会科学网记者王宙/摄

Qu Qingshan pointed out that the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was a great victory in which the Communist Party of China played the role of the mainstay. This is a major historical conclusion, a correct summation of the 14-year history of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression; it is an irrefutable great truth that profoundly reveals the key to the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The Communist Party of China was the earliest propagandist, mobilizer, organizer, and fighter of the Chinese people against Japanese militarist aggression; the Communist Party of China was the advocate, organizer, consolidator, and defender of the Chinese united front of resistance against Japan, and the firm political leadership core of the whole nation’s united resistance; the Communist Party of China implemented the line of total resistance and put forward the general strategic policy of protracted war, and was the proposer, guide, leader, and practitioner of the correct strategy and tactics of the War of Resistance; the vast enemy-occupied areas opened up by the Communist Party of China gradually rose to become the main battlefield of the War of Resistance, and the people’s anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Communist Party of China played a decisive role in winning the War of Resistance; the great spirit of resistance forged by the Communist Party of China uniting and leading the people provided a powerful spiritual support for winning the War of Resistance. In commemorating the great victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the most fundamental point is to remember that the CPC’s role as the mainstay was the key to the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. History teaches us that the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the foundation and lifeline of the Party and the country, and the interests and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups in the country.

曲青山指出，中国人民抗日战争胜利是中国共产党发挥中流砥柱作用的伟大胜利。这是一个重大历史结论，是对中国人民抗日战争14年历史所作的正确总结；这是一条颠扑不破的伟大真理，深刻揭示了中国人民抗日战争胜利的关键所在。中国共产党是中国人民反抗日本军国主义侵略的最早宣传者、动员者、组织者、抗击者；中国共产党是抗日民族统一战线的倡导者、组织者、巩固者、维护者，是全民族团结抗战的坚强政治领导核心；中国共产党实行全面抗战路线并提出持久战战略总方针，是抗日战争正确战略战术的提出者、指导者、引领者、践行者；中国共产党开辟的广大敌后战场逐步上升为抗日战争主战场，中国共产党领导的人民抗日武装为夺取抗战胜利发挥了决定性作用；中国共产党团结带领人民铸就的伟大抗战精神，为夺取抗战胜利提供了强大精神支撑。我们纪念中国人民抗日战争的伟大胜利，最根本的一条，就是要牢记中国共产党的中流砥柱作用是中国人民抗日战争胜利的关键。历史启示我们，中国共产党的领导是党和国家的根本所在、命脉所在，是全国各族人民的利益所系、命运所系。

Gao Xiang pointed out that the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was a great victory of the Chinese people fighting side by side with the anti-fascist allied nations and the people of all countries, and a great victory that opened up a bright prospect for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and promoted long-term world peace and common development. Looking back at history, China was the first to expose the aggressive nature of fascism, raising the first banner of justice for the World Anti-Fascist War at the cost of enormous national sacrifice; China opened up and sustained the Eastern main battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist War, becoming the Eastern pillar in the overall strategic situation of the anti-fascist alliance; China actively promoted the establishment of an international anti-fascist united front, rallying global forces of justice to resist aggression. From the very beginning, the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had the major significance of saving human civilization and defending world peace; it was an important part of the World Anti-Fascist War and made indelible contributions to completely smashing the fascist scheme for global domination and securing the ultimate victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. At the same time, China had already begun to actively participate in the reconstruction of the international order during the war, and has always been committed to maintaining world peace and promoting common development; it is a builder of the post-war international order, a defender of post-war world peace, and a contributor to post-war global development. Facing the current endless global challenges, Gao Xiang put forward three proposals to the broad international academic community for deepening research on the history of the War of Resistance and World War II, and striving to contribute the strength of philosophy and social sciences to the cause of human peace: safeguard justice, and jointly interpret a correct view of World War II history; move forward hand in hand, and jointly uphold the post-war international order; pool strength, and jointly deepen the theoretical support for a community with a shared future for mankind.

高翔指出，中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争的胜利，是中国人民同反法西斯同盟国以及各国人民并肩战斗的伟大胜利，是开辟中华民族伟大复兴光明前景、推动世界长期和平和共同发展的伟大胜利。回望历史，中国最早揭露了法西斯主义的侵略本质，以巨大的民族牺牲为世界反法西斯战争树立起第一面正义旗帜；中国开辟并支撑了世界反法西斯战争的东方主战场，成为世界反法西斯同盟战略全局中的东方支柱；中国积极推动建立国际反法西斯统一战线，为抗击侵略凝聚全球正义力量。中国人民抗日战争，从一开始就具有拯救人类文明、保卫世界和平的重大意义，是世界反法西斯战争的重要组成部分，为彻底粉碎法西斯称霸全球的图谋、夺取世界反法西斯战争的最终胜利，作出了不可磨灭的贡献。同时，中国在战争期间就已开始积极参与国际秩序重建，始终致力于维护世界和平与促进共同发展，是战后国际秩序的建设者、战后世界和平的维护者、战后全球发展的贡献者。面对当前层出不穷的全球性挑战，高翔就深化抗战史、二战史研究，努力为人类和平事业贡献哲学社会科学力量，向广大国际学术界同仁提出三点倡议：守护正义，共同阐释正确二战史观；携手前行，共同维护战后国际秩序；凝聚力量，共同深化人类命运共同体的学理支撑。

Ling Huanxin pointed out that justice will prevail, peace will prevail, and the people will prevail are the great truths revealed by the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. They vividly expound the historical inevitability that “a just cause is one that no enemy can breach,” fully demonstrate the historical initiative that “peace is preserved by struggle, and lost by compromise,” and scientifically reveal the logic of victory that “it is the people, not one or two new weapons, that decide the outcome of a war.” In commemorating the great victory of this war, we must promote a correct view of World War II history, unequivocally oppose Cold War mentality, bloc confrontation, and hegemonic acts, defend historical justice, keep peace commitments, and pass the test of the people. Summing up the experience of the great victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the decisive factor was the great national spirit, the key was the strong and effective political leadership of the Communist Party of China, the important magic weapon was the total national resistance, the important condition was the international anti-fascist united front, and its essence is the “three certainties of victory.” [1]1 The “three certainties of victory” (三个必胜) refers to the slogans “justice will prevail, peace will prevail, and the people will prevail” (正义必胜、和平必胜、人民必胜), which are a standard formulation in Chinese commemorative discourse on the War of Resistance. Taking history as a mirror and facing the future, we must advance with history and develop with the trend of the times; we must firmly believe in the certainty of justice’s victory, and always stand on the side of historical correctness; we must firmly believe in the certainty of peace’s victory, and always stand on the side of human progress; we must firmly believe in the certainty of the people’s victory, and always stand on the side of the world’s people. The great truth of the “three certainties of victory” will surely and powerfully guide the Chinese nation in achieving its great rejuvenation, and is of extremely important significance for advancing the noble cause of world peace and development.

凌焕新指出，正义必胜、和平必胜、人民必胜，是中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利启示的伟大真理，生动阐释了“正义的事业是任何敌人也攻不破的”历史必然，充分彰显了“以斗争求和平则和平存、以妥协求和平则和平亡”的历史主动，科学揭示了“决定战争胜败的是人民，而不是一两件新式武器”的制胜逻辑。纪念这场战争的伟大胜利，必须弘扬正确二战史观，旗帜鲜明地反对冷战思维、阵营对抗和霸权行径，捍卫历史正义、信守和平承诺、通过人民鉴定。总结中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争取得伟大胜利的经验，决定因素是伟大民族精神，关键是中国共产党坚强有力的政治领导，重要法宝是全面的全民族抗战，重要条件是国际反法西斯统一战线，其精髓就是“三个必胜”。以史为鉴，面向未来，要坚持在历史前进中前进，在时代发展潮流中发展，必须坚定正义必胜的信念，始终站在历史正确的一边；必须坚定和平必胜的信念，始终站在人类进步的一边；必须坚定人民必胜的信念，始终站在世界人民的一边。“三个必胜”的伟大真理，必将有力引领中华民族实现伟大复兴，对推进世界和平与发展的崇高事业具有极其重要的意义。

Li Wentang, Vice President of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance); Dmitry Novikov, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and First Vice Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation; Zhang Shujun, President of the Chinese Society for the Study of CPC Historical Figures; George Katrougalos, former Foreign Minister of Greece and Professor at Democritus University of Thrace; Zhang Hongzhi, President of the Chinese Society for the Study of CPC Literature; Ishida Takashi, Associate Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Researcher at the Institute of International Peace Studies, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan; Major General Wang Peng, Director of the Political Work Department of the National Defense University of the People’s Liberation Army; and Wang Jianlang, President of the Chinese Society for the History of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, successively delivered speeches at the conference.

中共中央党校（国家行政学院）副校长（副院长）李文堂，俄罗斯共产党中央委员会副主席、俄罗斯国家杜马国际事务委员会第一副主席德米特里·诺维科夫，中国中共党史人物研究会会长张树军，希腊外交部前部长、色雷斯德谟克利特大学教授乔治·卡特鲁加洛斯，中国中共文献研究会会长张宏志，上海交通大学副研究员、日本明治学院大学国际和平研究所研究员石田隆至，中国人民解放军国防大学政治工作部少将主任王鹏，中国抗日战争史学会会长王建朗先后作大会发言。

During the symposium, Chinese and foreign scholars visited the relevant book achievements of the sponsoring units on the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Photo by Wang Zhou of China Social Sciences Net.

会议期间，中外学者参观主办单位关于中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利的相关图书成果 中国社会科学网记者王宙/摄

The theme of this symposium was “Remember history, cherish the memory of martyrs, treasure peace, and create the future.” More than 100 experts and scholars from the national Party history field, the social science and theoretical circles, institutions of higher learning, and the military system, as well as more than 30 experts and scholars from Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Somalia, Cameroon, Nigeria, and other countries, as well as from the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions, participated in the symposium.

本次会议主题是“铭记历史、缅怀先烈、珍爱和平、开创未来”。来自全国党史界、社科理论界、高等院校、军队系统的100多位专家学者和来自俄罗斯、英国、法国、德国、意大利、希腊、美国、阿根廷、巴西、日本、韩国、越南、新加坡、马来西亚、索马里、喀麦隆、尼日利亚等国家以及港澳台地区的30多位专家学者参加了研讨会。

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