Rational, Powerful, Effective, Useful

General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed: “Why the Communist Party of China can succeed and why socialism with Chinese characteristics can work is ultimately because Marxism works.” Like a magnificent sunrise, Marxism illuminated the world and China as soon as it was born, greatly advancing the process of human civilization and opening up a new realm, a new horizon, and a new epoch in human history, the proletarian revolution, and socialist construction. History and reality have repeatedly verified the truth power and practical might of Marxism.

习近平总书记多次强调指出：“中国共产党为什么能，中国特色社会主义为什么好，归根到底是马克思主义行。”犹如壮丽的日出，马克思主义一经诞生，就照亮着世界和中国，极大推进了人类文明进程，开辟了人类历史、无产阶级革命和社会主义建设的新境界、新天地、新纪元。历史和现实一再验证着马克思主义的真理力量和实践伟力。

The Qualities That Make Marxism Work

马克思主义何以行的特质

Scientificity endows Marxism with the power of truth. Marxism is, in essence, truth and science. It is a scientific theory and scientific belief based on facts, taking laws as its object and practice as its criterion of verification. It takes the outstanding achievements of human civilization as its solid theoretical foundation, correctly reflects the general laws of nature, society, and human thought, and scientifically reveals the laws of human historical development, the laws of socialist development, and the laws governing the exercise of power by a proletarian party. Precisely because of this, Marxism has discarded idealism, metaphysics, dogmatism, and empiricism, displaying vigorous and powerful vitality, combat effectiveness, and innovative capacity. Thus, although more than 170 years have passed and human society has undergone enormous and profound changes, Marxism still shines with the brilliance of truth. This is why Marx has been honored as the foremost thinker of the millennium and the greatest philosopher of all time. This is also the best manifestation of the scientificity of Marxism.

科学性使马克思主义具有真理伟力。马克思主义从本质上来讲是真理、是科学，它是以事实为依据，以规律为对象，以实践为检验标准的科学理论和科学信仰，以人类文明的优秀成果为坚实的理论基石，正确反映自然、社会、人类思维的一般规律，科学揭示了人类历史发展规律、社会主义发展规律和无产阶级政党执政规律。正源于此，马克思主义摒弃了唯心主义、形而上学、教条主义、经验主义，展现出旺盛而强大的生命力、战斗力和创新力。所以，尽管170多年过去了，人类社会发生了巨大而深刻的变化，但马克思主义依然闪耀着真理的光辉，马克思才会荣获千年第一思想家、古今最伟大哲学家等殊荣。这也正是马克思主义科学性的最好体现。

People-centeredness gives Marxism the greatest confidence to overcome all difficulties. The people who create history are the greatest force. All human activity encompasses both conformity to laws and conformity to purposes. Marxism not only scientifically reveals the objective laws of the development of the entire world and human society but also clearly stands on the side of the proletariat, representing the fundamental interests of the working people, and thereby serves the cause of the proletarian revolution and liberation, “serving the thousands upon thousands of working people.” Marxism takes the fundamental interests of the proletariat as its starting point for construction, achieving the unity of conformity to laws and conformity to purposes. This is also as Marx pointed out: “If we have chosen the profession in which we can best work for the welfare of mankind... our happiness will belong to millions of people.” That is to say, the scientificity and truth of Marxism are unified with its revolutionary character and class character, endowing Marxism with both the power of truth and the power of the people and of morality. As Lenin pointed out: “The irresistible attraction of this theory for socialists of all countries lies precisely in the fact that it combines strict and supreme scientificity (being the latest achievement of social science) with revolutionary character, and it does so not accidentally, because of the founder’s personal qualities as both a scholar and a revolutionary, but intrinsically and inseparably within the theory itself. In fact, the task of theory, the goal of science, is directly set here as helping the oppressed class in the economic struggle they are already actually waging.” Therefore, as a scientific theory closely linked to the fundamental interests, real interests, revolutionary practice, and historical destiny of the proletariat and its working people, Marxism inevitably possesses the broadest mass and social base, a solid class base, and a profound historical base, becoming a powerful spiritual weapon for the masses in the process of criticizing the old world and building a new world.

人民性使马克思主义具有战胜一切困难的最大底气。人民群众是创造历史的最大力量。人的全部活动，包括合规律性与合目的性两个方面。马克思主义既科学地揭示了整个世界和人类社会发展的客观规律，又鲜明地站在无产阶级的立场上，代表劳动人民的根本利益，进而为无产阶级的革命和解放事业服务，“为千千万万的劳动人民服务”。马克思主义以无产阶级的根本利益为建构起点，实现了合规律性与合目的性的统一。这也正如马克思所指出的那样，“如果我们选择了最能为人类福利而劳动的职业……我们的幸福将属于千百万人”。也就是说，马克思主义的科学性、真理性同革命性、阶级性统一起来，使马克思主义既有真理的力量，又有人民的力量和道义的力量。正如列宁所指出的：“这一理论对世界各国社会主义者所具有的不可遏止的吸引力，就在于它把严格的和高度的科学性（它是社会科学的最新成就）同革命性结合起来，并且不仅仅是因为学说的创始人兼有学者和革命家的品质而偶然地结合起来，而是把二者内在地和不可分割地结合在这个理论本身中。实际上，这里直接地提出理论的任务、科学的目的就是帮助被压迫阶级去进行他们已在实际进行的经济斗争。”因此，马克思主义作为同无产阶级及其劳动人民的根本利益、现实利益和革命实践、历史命运紧紧联系在一起的科学理论，它必然具有最广泛的群众和社会基础、坚实的阶级基础、深厚的历史基础，成为人民群众在批判旧世界和建设新世界过程中强大的精神武器。

Practicality endows Marxism with the powerful might to transform the world. Marx’s statement, “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it,” reveals that the greatest difference from all previous social doctrines is that Marxism attaches great importance to transforming the world, not merely understanding it. Marxism is not a self-indulgent study confined to the study, not a theoretical preference or academic interest of some people in secluded solitude, self-enclosure, and self-reflection, not something relying on so-called genius discoveries and moral indignation, not pure logical speculation, and even less personal likes, dislikes, or interests. Rather, in great social practice, it absorbs the essence of the times, making itself richer and stronger. It can be said that the widespread dissemination and deep-rooted acceptance of Marxism are not because Marxism provides various standard answers, detailed strategies, or a panacea for all ills, but because of the immense power of Marxism in practice, meeting the theoretical needs of social development and the progress of the times.

实践性使马克思主义具有改造世界的强大威力。马克思的“哲学家们只是用不同方式解释世界，而问题在于改变世界”，道出了与以往一切社会学说的最大不同在于，马克思主义高度重视改造世界，而不仅仅是认识世界。马克思主义不是纯粹书斋里的自我玩赏的学问，不是一些人的幽静孤寂、闭关自守并醉心于自我省思的理论偏好和学术兴趣，不是靠所谓天才的发现和道德的义愤，也不是靠纯粹的逻辑思辨，更不是个人的好恶和利益取舍，而是在伟大社会实践中，吸收时代的精华，使自己更加丰盈和强健。可以说，马克思主义的广泛传播和深入人心并不是因为马克思主义提供了各种标准答案、详尽方略和包治百病的万能药方，而是马克思主义在实践中的巨大威力，满足了社会发展和时代进步的理论需要。

Openness enables Marxism to continuously maintain vigorous vitality and strong combat effectiveness. Marxism is not a static, closed, or rigid system but a constantly innovating and open system. The classical Marxist writers always emphasized enriching and developing their doctrines in accordance with the development of practice and the changes of the times, discovering the new world in the relentless critique of the old world. Marx and Engels themselves repeatedly stressed that their theory was a theory of development. This assertion contains at least three layers of meaning: First, Marx and Engels themselves continuously developed, enriched, and perfected their theory during their lifetimes. Second, contemporaries of Marx and Engels also developed Marxist theory. Third, the believers and successors of Marxism have carried forward and continued to develop Marxist theory. Based on a scientific grasp of capitalism entering the monopoly stage, Lenin developed Marxism, put forward the theory of imperialism and the theory of the possibility of socialism winning in one country, and advanced Marxism to the stage of Leninism. After Marxism was introduced into China, Chinese Communists developed Marxism while adhering to it, better adhered to Marxism through development and innovation, and, in the process of adeptly using the excellent resources of traditional Chinese culture and foreign cultures to further enrich and perfect themselves, achieved an organic combination of not forgetting the original, absorbing the foreign, and facing the future. The Sinicization of Marxism has continuously opened up new realms, forming Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of the “Three Represents,” the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. In the New Era, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era guides the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics to ride the wind and waves, advancing towards the realization of the great dream.

开放性使马克思主义不断保持旺盛的生机活力和强大的战斗力。马克思主义不是一个静态、封闭和僵化的体系，而是一个不断创新和开放的体系。马克思主义经典作家总是强调要根据实践的发展和时代的变化来丰富和发展自己的学说，在对旧世界的无情批判中发现新世界。马克思恩格斯生前一再强调，自己的理论是发展的理论。这个论断至少包含三层意思：一是马克思恩格斯生前也在不断发展和丰富完善自己的理论；二是马克思和恩格斯的同时代人也在发展马克思主义理论；三是马克思主义的信仰者、继承者薪火相传继续发展马克思主义理论。列宁基于对资本主义进入垄断阶段的科学把握，发展了马克思主义，提出了帝国主义论和一国胜利论，把马克思主义推进到列宁主义阶段。马克思主义传入中国后，中国共产党人在坚持中发展马克思主义，在发展创新中更好地坚持马克思主义，在善于用中国传统文化和外来文化中的优秀资源来进一步丰富和完善自身过程中，实现不忘本来、吸收外来、面向未来的有机结合，马克思主义中国化不断开辟新境界，形成了毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、“三个代表”重要思想、科学发展观、习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想。在新时代，习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想指引中国特色社会主义伟大事业乘风破浪，向实现伟大梦想奋进。

It should be pointed out that Marxism also possesses characteristics such as revolutionary character, timeliness, truth, and holism. These characteristics, together with scientificity, people-centeredness, practicality, and openness, mutually reinforce each other, highlighting the distinctive qualities of Marxism.

需要指出的是，马克思主义还具有革命性、时代性、真理性、整体性等特点，这些特点与科学性、人民性、实践性、开放性相互辉映，彰显了马克思主义的鲜明品格。

Marxism Has Profoundly Changed the World

马克思主义深刻改变了世界

From the perspective of the history of human development, Marxism has greatly advanced the process of human civilization and opened a new epoch in human history. When the Great Way prevails, the world is for the common good. [1]1 “When the Great Way prevails, the world is for the common good” (大道之行，天下为公) is a classical Chinese phrase from the *Book of Rites* (《礼记》), describing an ideal society of great harmony (大同). The unremitting pursuit and ideal society constructed by Marxism are socialist and communist societies, dedicated to the liberation of the proletariat and all humanity. Unlike previous revolutions and the dynastic changes of history, the purpose of the socialist revolution advocated by Marxism is for the proletariat to smash the old world and build a new one, opening a new epoch in human history. Countless revolutions have occurred in world history, but their outcomes were always the replacement of one exploitative system by another, with a minority oppressing the majority. The victory of the socialist revolution, however, established the political power of the proletariat and the working people, achieved a fundamental transformation from the capitalist system to the socialist system, and brought about a qualitative leap in the world socialist movement.

从人类发展史看，马克思主义极大地推进了人类文明进程，开辟了人类历史新纪元。大道之行，天下为公。马克思主义的不懈追求、构建的理想社会是社会主义和共产主义社会，致力于无产阶级和全人类解放。与以往的革命和历史王朝的改朝换代不同，马克思主义所倡导的社会主义革命目的是无产阶级打碎旧世界建设新世界，开辟了人类历史的新纪元。世界历史上曾发生过无数次革命，其结局都是由一种剥削制度代替另一种剥削制度，少数人压迫多数人。社会主义革命胜利则建立了无产阶级和劳动人民的政权，实现了从资本主义制度到社会主义制度的根本转变，使世界社会主义运动出现了质的飞跃。

From the perspective of the history of socialist development, Marxism has continuously enriched and developed socialism in terms of theory, movement, and system, constantly opening up new realms for socialism. Marxism has guided and propelled the surging waves of the world socialist movement and the international communist movement forward. More than 30 years after the publication of the *Communist Manifesto*, Marxism had achieved a dominant position within the international workers’ movement, with working-class parties universally established across Europe and the United States, and the workers’ movement advancing by leaps and bounds. Approximately 70 years after the publication of the *Communist Manifesto*, socialism became a systemic reality in Russia. The October Revolution was the first victorious socialist revolution of the Russian proletariat, establishing the first socialist state regime in the world and breaking the system of capitalist global domination. About 100 years after the publication of the *Communist Manifesto*, socialism expanded from one country to many, forming a socialist camp. After the drastic changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, world socialism fell into a low ebb. China steadfastly pursued reform and opening up, firmly took the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and held high the banner of scientific socialism, upholding and developing Marxism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has continuously achieved major successes, becoming the mainstay of world socialism, creating the two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and increasingly moving toward the center of the world stage. This signifies that the Chinese nation, which endured so much hardship in modern times, has achieved a great leap from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong, and has ushered in the bright prospect of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; it signifies that scientific socialism is brimming with vigorous vitality in 21st-century China, and has held high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the world; it signifies that the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics have continuously developed, expanding the pathways for developing countries to achieve modernization, providing a new choice for those countries and nations that wish to accelerate development while maintaining their independence, and contributing Chinese wisdom and a Chinese approach to solving human problems.

从社会主义发展史来看，马克思主义使社会主义在理论、运动、制度方面不断丰富和发展，不断开辟社会主义新境界。马克思主义指引和推动世界社会主义运动和国际共产主义运动浪潮奔涌向前。《共产党宣言》发表30多年后，马克思主义在国际工人运动中占据了统治地位，工人阶级政党在欧美各国普遍建立，工人运动突飞猛进地发展。《共产党宣言》发表约70年后，社会主义在俄国变成制度现实。十月革命是俄国无产阶级第一次取得了胜利的社会主义革命，在世界上建立了第一个社会主义国家政权，打破了资本主义独霸世界的体系。《共产党宣言》发表约100年后，社会主义从一国发展到多国，形成了社会主义阵营。苏东剧变后，世界社会主义陷于低潮，中国坚定改革开放，坚定走中国特色社会主义道路，高高举起了科学社会主义旗帜，坚持和发展了马克思主义，中国特色社会主义不断取得重大成就，成为世界社会主义的中流砥柱，创造了经济快速发展和社会长期稳定两大奇迹，日益走近世界舞台的中央，意味着近代以来久经磨难的中华民族迎来了从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃，迎来了实现中华民族伟大复兴的光明前景；意味着科学社会主义在21世纪的中国焕发出强大生机活力，在世界上高高举起了中国特色社会主义伟大旗帜；意味着中国特色社会主义道路、理论、制度、文化不断发展，拓展了发展中国家走向现代化的途径，给世界上那些既希望加快发展又希望保持自身独立性的国家和民族提供了全新选择，为解决人类问题贡献了中国智慧和中国方案。

From the perspective of the world national liberation movement, Marxism has opened up new horizons for national liberation across the globe. Under the guidance of Marxism, the socialist revolution opened up new realms for the national liberation movement, driving forward the liberation struggles of oppressed peoples and nations worldwide. A vast number of people in colonial and semi-colonial countries and regions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America subsequently launched revolutionary struggles that surged wave after wave until they achieved complete liberation.

从世界民族解放运动来看，马克思主义开辟了全世界民族解放的新天地。在马克思主义指导下，社会主义革命开辟了民族解放运动的新天地，推动了世界被压迫人民和民族的解放斗争，亚非拉大批殖民地、半殖民地国家和地区的人民从此掀起了一浪高于一浪的革命斗争，直至取得完全解放。

From the perspective of the history of human thought, Marxism has composed the most brilliant new chapter. In the history of human thought, in terms of scientificity, truth, influence, and reach, no other ideological theory has attained the heights of Marxism, and no other doctrine has had such a tremendous impact on the world as Marxism. This reflects the immense power of Marxist truth and its strong vitality, demonstrating that Marxism still plays an irreplaceable role in helping humanity understand and transform the world, and in driving social change and human progress. Marxism is profound and extensive, a monument in the history of human thought. The power and vitality of Marxism are not self-proclaimed, nor are they like flowers in a greenhouse; rather, they have continuously grown and strengthened through confrontation, collision, and struggle with various trends of thought and viewpoints. In its struggles against various erroneous ideologies such as Proudhonism, Bakuninism, Lassalleanism, trade unionism, Bernstein revisionism, Kautskyism, populism, and the “left-wing” infantile disorder, Marxism has verified and demonstrated its correctness and combat effectiveness, turning the theory of proletarian revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat into reality.

从人类思想史看，马克思主义谱写了最为辉煌的新篇章。在人类思想史上，就科学性、真理性、影响力、传播面而言，没有一种思想理论能达到马克思主义的高度，也没有一种学说能像马克思主义那样对世界产生如此巨大的影响。这体现了马克思主义的巨大真理威力和强大生命力，表明马克思主义对人类认识世界、改造世界、推动社会变革和人类进步事业仍然具有不可替代的作用。马克思主义博大精深，是人类思想史上的丰碑。马克思主义的威力和生机活力不是自封的，不是温室里的花朵，而是在与形形色色各种思潮和观点的交锋、碰撞和斗争中不断成长和壮大的。马克思主义在同蒲鲁东主义、巴枯宁主义、拉萨尔主义、工联主义、伯恩施坦修正主义、考茨基主义、民粹主义、“左派”幼稚病等各种错误思潮斗争中，验证和彰显了其正确性和战斗力，使关于无产阶级革命和无产阶级专政的理论变成了现实。

From the perspective of people’s lifestyles and modes of thinking, Marxism has become an indispensable part of people’s lives, opening up a new atmosphere in daily existence. Engels once pointed out: “The victory of Marxism in theory forces its enemies to disguise themselves as Marxists.” As a global presence, Marxism has been internalized as an organic component of various fields, including people’s political life, social daily life, and academic life, becoming a new culture, a new civilization, and a new way of life. Thus, as the times develop, it continuously radiates the brilliant light of truth, enabling people to constantly feel the power of Marxist truth, to base their faith, ideals, and convictions on a scientific foundation, and to carry forward and expand the great cause initiated by the founders of Marxism. British Marxist scholar David McLellan said: “It is not only in Marxist countries that Marx’s ideas have had an impact. Elsewhere in the world, he has changed the way people think. Whether we agree with Marx or not, he has shaped our conception of society. He established a system derived from philosophy, history, economics, and political science.”

从人民的生活方式和思维方式来看，马克思主义已成为人们生活不可缺少的一部分，开辟了人们生活的新气象。恩格斯曾经指出：“马克思主义在理论上的胜利，逼得他的敌人不得不装扮成马克思主义者。”马克思主义作为世界性的存在，已经内化成为人们政治生活、社会日常生活、学术生活等各个领域的有机组成部分，成为一种新文化、新文明、新生活方式，从而随着时代的发展不断焕发出灿烂的真理光辉，使人们不断感受到马克思主义真理的力量，使人们的信仰、理想和信念建立在科学的基础之上，使马克思主义创始人开创的伟大事业发扬光大。英国马克思主义研究者戴维·麦克莱伦说：“不仅仅是在马克思主义国家，马克思的思想产生了影响。在世界其他地方，他已经改变了人们的思维方式。不论我们是否赞同马克思，他都已经塑造了我们对社会的观念。他建立起了一个来源于哲学、历史、经济学和政治学的体系。”

From the perspective of the development of political parties worldwide, Marxism has become the guide to action for proletarian and socialist parties, bringing about a new leap in the development of global political parties. Marxism is imbued with the ideological charm and action power to lead human development and progress. The truths it reveals and the bright future of human society it envisions have inspired generations of Communists and working-class parties to strive and struggle unremittingly for a better life, thereby exerting a profound impact on the course of world history. Currently, there are about 100 countries with over 120 political parties that still retain their original names as communist parties or adhere to a Marxist nature, making significant contributions to world peace and the cause of human progress.

从世界政党发展来看，马克思主义成为无产阶级和社会主义政党行动的指南，形成了世界政党发展的新跃迁。马克思主义充满了引领人类发展进步的思想魅力和行动力量，所揭示的真理和人类社会的美好未来，鼓舞着一代又一代共产党人和工人阶级政党为了创造美好生活而不懈奋斗和斗争，从而对世界历史进程产生了深远影响。目前，世界上约有100个国家120多个仍保持原名的共产党和坚持马克思主义性质的政党，为世界和平和人类进步事业作出了巨大贡献。

From the perspective of the history of capitalist development, Marxism scientifically, historically, and comprehensively analyzes and reveals the historical development, shortcomings, crises, and contradictions of capitalism, as well as its inevitable historical fate of demise, shattering the myths propagated by the bourgeoisie. “Standing high, one’s voice carries far, not by relying on the autumn wind.” From its very birth, Marxism has stood at the commanding heights of theory, civilization, morality, truth, justice, and the path, criticizing and exposing everything that is unreasonable, unjust, and inhumane, especially its critique and exposure of capitalism. Marxism has conducted a profound, relentless, and serious analysis and critique of capitalism, playing an important role in building a just and rational world order and governance. It can be said that without Marxism, capitalism would be even more barbaric and unscrupulous, and world peace and development would be even more difficult.

从资本主义发展史来看，马克思主义科学、历史、全面地剖析和揭示了资本主义历史发展、弊端、危机和矛盾以及必然灭亡的历史命运，打破了资产阶级散布的神话。“居高声自远，非是藉秋风。”马克思主义从一诞生就站在理论、文明、道德、真理、道义、道路的制高点上，对一切不合理不公正不人道的东西进行批判和揭露，特别是对资本主义的批判和揭露。马克思主义对资本主义进行了深刻、无情、严肃的剖析和批判，对构建世界公正合理的秩序和治理发挥了重要作用。可以说，没有马克思主义，资本主义会更加野蛮和肆无忌惮、世界和平和发展会更加艰难。

The chaos in the West, the predicament of Western democracy, and the disorder, dysfunction, and failure of Western governance indicate that contemporary capitalism is facing a systemic crisis. Marxism’s systematic critique of capitalism and the solutions it proposes still shine with the brilliance of thought and truth, remaining a sharp weapon for analyzing contemporary capitalism and a scientific theory for leading humanity out of its predicament.

西方之乱、西方民主之困，以及西方治理的失序、失能和失效表明，当代资本主义正面临系统性的危机。马克思主义对资本主义的系统性批判和提出的解决方案，仍然闪耀着思想的光芒和真理的光辉，仍然是剖析当代资本主义的锐利武器和引领人类走出困境的科学理论。

Marxism has profoundly changed China, and China has not failed Marxism.

马克思主义深刻改变了中国，中国没有辜负马克思主义

After the Opium War, China gradually degenerated into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country, suffering from national humiliation, a devastated populace, a fragmented land, and internal and external troubles. The Chinese people were oppressed by the three great mountains [2]2 The “three great mountains” refers to imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat-capitalism, which Mao Zedong identified as the main oppressors of the Chinese people before the 1949 revolution.. Countless people of lofty ideals rose up, and various plans, trends of thought, and forces emerged one after another—peasant movements and uprisings, reforms and improvements, the Xinhai Revolution [3]3 The Xinhai Revolution of 1911 overthrew the Qing dynasty and ended over two thousand years of imperial rule in China, establishing the Republic of China.—all ending in failure. The founders of Marxism, Marx and Engels, paid close attention to the Chinese revolution, praised the Chinese people’s resistance struggles, and predicted that through arduous exploration and unremitting efforts, the Chinese nation would stand in the East with a completely new appearance.

鸦片战争以后，中国逐步沦为半殖民地半封建的国家，丧权辱国、民不聊生、山河破碎、内忧外患，中国人民深受三座大山的压迫，无数仁人志士奋起，各种方案、思潮、力量纷纷登场，农民运动和起义、变法和改良、辛亥革命等，均以失败告终。马克思主义创始人马克思和恩格斯高度关注中国革命，赞扬中国人民的反抗斗争，并预言：中华民族通过艰辛探索和不懈努力，必将以崭新的面貌屹立于东方。

With the salvoes of the October Revolution, Marxism-Leninism was brought to China, the Chinese people became spiritually proactive rather than passive, and the face of the Chinese revolution was completely transformed. The Chinese Communists have held high the banner of Marxism, integrated the basic tenets of Marxism and the fundamental principles of scientific socialism with China’s actual conditions, continuously advanced the adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, constantly opened up new horizons for the sinicization of Marxism, scientifically answered a series of major questions concerning China’s revolution, construction, reform, as well as Party building, scientific development, and modernization, waged earth-shaking struggles and endeavors, achieved world-moving accomplishments, brought about earth-shattering changes in China, enabled the Chinese nation to realize a great leap from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong, brought China ever closer to the center of the world stage, effected a major shift favorable to socialism in the contest between the two ideologies and the two social systems, and made tremendous contributions to safeguarding world peace, promoting global governance, and advancing human progress. The historical situation in which the country was subjected to humiliation, the people were subjected to suffering, and the civilization was subjected to dust is gone forever, greatly enhancing the ambition, backbone, confidence, and pride of the Chinese people. Especially since socialism with Chinese characteristics entered the New Era, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is the latest achievement in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context, is Marxism of contemporary China and Marxism of the twenty-first century, has made a series of original contributions to the treasure house of Marxist theory, has driven historic achievements and historic changes in the cause of the Party and the state, is the fundamental guideline and action guide for all work in the New Era, and is the guiding ideology we must uphold for the long term.

十月革命一声炮响，给中国送来马克思列宁主义，中国人在精神上由被动转为主动，中国革命的面貌焕然一新。中国共产党人高举马克思主义旗帜，把马克思主义基本原理、科学社会主义基本原则与中国实际相结合，不断推进马克思主义中国化时代化，不断开辟马克思主义中国化新境界，科学回答了中国革命、建设、改革，以及党的建设、科学发展、现代化建设等一系列重大问题，进行了惊天动地的斗争和奋斗，取得了感天动地的成就，使中国发生了翻天覆地的变化，使中华民族迎来了从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃，使中国日益走近世界舞台的中央，使两种意识形态、两种社会制度的较量发生了有利于社会主义的重大转变，为维护世界和平、促进全球治理、推动人类进步作出了巨大贡献，历史上那种国家蒙辱、人民蒙难、文明蒙尘的情形一去不复返了，极大增强了中国人民的志气、骨气、底气和豪气。特别是中国特色社会主义进入新时代，习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想是中国化马克思主义最新成果，是当代中国马克思主义、二十一世纪马克思主义，为马克思主义理论宝库作出了一系列原创性贡献，推动党和国家事业取得历史性成就、发生历史性变革，是新时代做好一切工作的根本遵循和行动指南，是我们必须长期坚持的指导思想。

Looking to the future, the immense truth-force and powerful vitality of Marxism will lead us to continuously write glorious chapters.

面向未来，马克思主义的巨大真理伟力和强大生命力引领我们不断谱写辉煌篇章

Truth is like flint; the more it is struck, the more brilliantly it shines. Since its emergence, Marxism has suffered countless attacks, doubts, slanders, and various erroneous and dogmatic interpretations, such as the theory of the failure of Marxism, the theory of Marxism as utopian socialism, the theory of Marxism being outdated, the theory of Marxism being superseded, the theory of pluralism in guiding ideology, the theory of pragmatism, the theory of transcending ideology, the deification and religionization of Marxism, the vulgarization of Marxism, the labeling of Marxism, the fragmentation of Marxism, and so on. In the face of facts, all these clichés, slanders, and attacks have ended in failure.

真理如燧石，受到的敲打越厉害，发射出的光芒就越灿烂。马克思主义产生后，遭受了无数的攻击、质疑、污蔑，以及各种错误的、教条式理解，诸如马克思主义失败论、马克思主义空想论、马克思主义过时论、马克思主义取代论、指导思想多元论、实用主义论、超越意识形态论、把马克思主义神圣化宗教化、把马克思主义庸俗化、把马克思主义标签化、把马克思主义割裂化，等等。在事实面前，各种陈词滥调、污蔑、攻击，都以失败收场。

Times change and society develops, but the basic tenets of Marxism remain scientific truth. Although the era we live in has undergone enormous and profound changes compared with the era in which Marx lived, from the broad perspective of 500 years of world socialism, we are still in the historical era indicated by Marxism. This is the scientific basis for our firm confidence in Marxism and our firm conviction in socialism. As Marx and Engels pointed out in the 1872 German edition preface to the *Communist Manifesto*, no matter how great the changes in circumstances, “the general principles of the *Manifesto* are, on the whole, as correct today as ever,” but the practical application of these principles “will, as always, depend on the historical conditions at the time.” The American scholar Robert L. Heilbroner, in his book *Marxism: For and Against*, stated that to explore the prospects for the development of human society, one must turn to Marx for guidance, and that human society still lives within the laws of development elucidated by Marx.

时代在变化，社会在发展，但马克思主义基本原理依然是科学真理。尽管我们所处的时代同马克思所处的时代相比发生了巨大而深刻的变化，但从世界社会主义500年的大视野来看，我们依然处在马克思主义所指明的历史时代。这是我们对马克思主义保持坚定信心、对社会主义保持必胜信念的科学根据。正如1872年《共产党宣言》的德文版序言中马克思恩格斯指出的，不管情况“发生多么大的变化”，“《宣言》中所阐述的一般原理整个说来直到现在还是完全正确的”，但是这些原理的实际运用，“随时随地都要以当时的历史条件为转移”。美国学者海尔布隆纳在他的著作《马克思主义：赞成与反对》中表示，要探索人类社会发展前景，必须向马克思求教，人类社会至今仍然生活在马克思所阐明的发展规律之中。

The world remains unjust, and the value of critical spirit endures. The world has changed greatly, but the fundamental contradictions and nature of capitalism have not changed, the nature of the bourgeoisie has not changed, and capitalism has not eliminated class antagonism or the injustice of wealth distribution. Inequality, unfairness, and inhumanity still fill the world. Cold War mentality, hegemonism, power politics, unilateralism, and the like threaten world peace and development. Capitalism cannot solve global problems.

世界仍不公平，现实批判精神价值长存。世界发生了很大的变化，但资本主义的基本矛盾和本质没有变，资产阶级的本性没有变，资本主义并没有消除阶级的对立和财富分配的不公，不平等、不公平、不人道依旧充斥着世界。冷战思维、霸权主义、强权政治、单边主义等威胁着世界和平和发展，资本主义不可能解决全球性问题。

Although the world has entered a high-tech era of artificial intelligence and big data, contradictions remain numerous, conflicts continue, the divergence of interests is enormous, and the world is not beautiful. The revolutionary spirit and the spirit of struggle of Marxism are not only not outdated but possess remarkable contemporary significance. The key “predictions” of the classical Marxist writers have, in essence, not become outdated. “The two inevitables” [4]4 “The two inevitables” (两个必然) refers to the Marxist thesis that the bourgeoisie will inevitably fall and the proletariat will inevitably triumph. remain correct, and our cause will “eternally exert its influence.” [5]5 This phrase echoes the closing line of the 1848 *Communist Manifesto*: “The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!” The specific wording here is a paraphrase of Marx’s 1881 speech on the Paris Commune.

虽然世界已经进入人工智能和大数据的高科技时代，但矛盾依旧重重，冲突不断，利益诉求分野巨大，世界并不美好，马克思主义的革命精神和斗争精神不仅没有过时，而且具有显著的时代意义，马克思主义经典作家的关键性“预言”从本质上讲并没有过时，“两个必然”依然正确，我们的事业将“永恒发挥作用地存在下去”。

Forging ahead on the new journey, new thinking is all the more needed for armament. The scientific world outlook, methodology, epistemology, practice theory, and value theory of Marxism enable us to better understand the world, life, society, history, and the future. That is to say, Marxism is like a telescope, enabling us to see farther; like a microscope, enabling us to see more clearly; like an X-ray, enabling us to see more thoroughly; like protective goggles, enabling us to see better. In the New Era, only by constantly upholding, enriching, perfecting, developing, and innovating Marxism, and by continuously arming our minds with the latest achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context, can we continuously win advantages, win the initiative, win victories, and win the future.

奋进新征程，更加需要新思想武装。马克思主义的科学世界观、方法论、认识论、实践论和价值论，可以使我们更好地理解世界、生活、人生、社会、历史、未来。也就是说，马克思主义像望远镜，使我们看得更远；像显微镜，使我们看得更清；像透视镜，使我们看得更透；像护目镜，可以使我们看得更好。新时代，只有不断坚持、丰富、完善、发展和创新马克思主义，不断用马克思主义中国化最新成果武装头脑，我们才能不断赢得优势、赢得主动、赢得胜利、赢得未来。

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