Shouldering the New Cultural Mission at the New Historical Starting Point

Culture thrives when the nation thrives; culture is strong when the nation is strong. The rise of every country and nation is preceded and underpinned by cultural innovation and civilizational progress. Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued an important directive on propaganda, ideology, and cultural work, emphasizing that “we must, around the new cultural mission of continuing to promote cultural prosperity, build a strong cultural country, and construct the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at the new historical starting point, strengthen cultural confidence, uphold openness and inclusiveness, and adhere to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground.” This important directive profoundly elucidates the strategic tasks and practical requirements of the new cultural mission in the New Era, possessing strong political, ideological, and guiding significance, and pointing the way for doing a good job in propaganda, ideology, and cultural work in the New Era. On the new journey, we must take the opportunity of studying and implementing the spirit of the National Conference on Propaganda, Ideology, and Cultural Work to further deeply study and thoroughly understand Xi Jinping’s cultural thought, enhance historical consciousness, strengthen cultural confidence, better shoulder the new cultural mission, continuously open up new prospects for cultural construction work in the New Era, and make new and greater contributions to building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation.

文化兴国运兴，文化强民族强。一切国家和民族的崛起，都以文化创新和文明进步为先导和基础。近日，习近平总书记对宣传思想文化工作作出重要指示强调，“围绕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一新的文化使命，坚定文化自信，秉持开放包容，坚持守正创新”。这一重要指示深刻阐明了新时代新的文化使命的战略任务和实践要求，具有很强的政治性、思想性、指导性，为做好新时代宣传思想文化工作指明了方向。新征程上，我们要以学习贯彻全国宣传思想文化工作会议精神为契机，进一步学深悟透习近平文化思想，增强历史自觉、坚定文化自信，更好担负起新的文化使命，不断开创新时代文化建设工作新局面，为强国建设、民族复兴作出新的更大贡献。

1. The new cultural mission is an inevitability of history, an inevitability of the era, and an inevitability of practice

1.新的文化使命是历史的必然、时代的必然和实践的必然

Culture is the soul of a country and a nation. Without a high degree of cultural confidence and without cultural prosperity and flourishing, there can be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Entering the New Era, the role of culture in the development of the Party and the state’s undertakings is increasingly prominent. Shouldering the new cultural mission is a call of history, an inevitability of the era, and a requirement of practice.

文化是一个国家、一个民族的灵魂。没有高度的文化自信，没有文化的繁荣兴盛，就没有中华民族的伟大复兴。进入新时代，文化在党和国家事业发展中的作用日益凸显。担负起新的文化使命，这是历史的呼唤，也是时代的必然，更是实践的要求。

The new cultural mission is the historical responsibility of continuing the long-standing Chinese cultural lineage. Only by not forgetting the past can we open up the future; only by being good at inheritance can we better innovate. The Chinese nation has a splendid civilization history of over five thousand years, nourishing the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. Since modern times, with the strong spread of Western culture, traditional Chinese culture has been strongly impacted by Western civilization, especially capitalist culture. Since its birth, the Communist Party of China has been both a faithful inheritor and promoter of fine traditional Chinese culture and an active advocate and developer of China’s advanced culture. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, standing at the strategic height of the sustainable inheritance of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization, has promoted the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture. At the new historical starting point, the challenges facing the inheritance and development of fine traditional Chinese culture are more complex; we must shoulder the new cultural mission with a new atmosphere and new achievements, so that the Chinese cultural lineage is carried forward and glorified through continuous inheritance.

新的文化使命是赓续中华悠久文脉的历史责任。不忘本来才能开辟未来，善于继承才能更好创新。中华民族具有五千多年辉煌灿烂的文明史，滋养着中华民族永续发展。近代以来，随着西方文化的强势传播，中华传统文化受到西方文明尤其是资本主义文化的强烈冲击。中国共产党自诞生之日起，既是中华优秀传统文化的忠实传承者和弘扬者，又是中国先进文化的积极倡导者和发展者。特别是党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央站在中华民族和中华文明永续传承的战略高度，推动中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展。新的历史起点上，传承和发展中华优秀传统文化面临的挑战更加复杂，必须以新气象新作为担负起新的文化使命，使中华文脉在赓续传承中弘扬光大。

The new cultural mission is the requirement of the era for the flourishing and development of socialist culture. Every culture is a product of its specific era, bearing profound imprints of the times and fully manifesting the spirit of the era. In the course of its struggle spanning over a hundred years, the Communist Party of China has always planned cultural construction at the strategic height of the development of the Party and the people’s cause, and has continuously made new arrangements according to the changes and developments in Chinese society, opening up a path of cultural development different from other countries and nations in the world—that is, the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics. Entering the New Era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has insisted on integrating the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with fine traditional Chinese culture, promoting the integration and vibrant development of fine traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture in the New Era, continuously forging new brilliance in socialist culture. On the great journey of comprehensively advancing Chinese-path modernization, we must resolutely shoulder the new cultural mission, providing a strong ideological guarantee, a powerful spiritual force, and favorable cultural conditions for comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This is the call of the era and the inevitability of the era.

新的文化使命是繁荣发展社会主义文化的时代要求。每一种文化都是特定时代的产物，打上了深刻的时代烙印，是时代精神的充分展现。在百余年奋斗历程中，中国共产党始终把文化建设置于党和人民事业发展的战略高度来谋划，并根据中国社会发展变化不断做出新的安排，开辟出一条有别于世界其他国家、民族的文化发展道路，即中国特色社会主义文化发展道路。进入新时代，以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚持把马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际相结合、同中华优秀传统文化相结合，推动中华优秀传统文化、革命文化、社会主义先进文化在新时代融会贯通、生机勃勃，不断铸就社会主义文化新辉煌。在全面推进中国式现代化伟大征程上，必须坚决担负起新的文化使命，为全面建设社会主义现代化国家、全面推进中华民族伟大复兴提供坚强思想保证、强大精神力量、有利文化条件。这是时代的呼唤，也是时代的必然。

The new cultural mission is the inexhaustible driving force for constructing the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. The best inheritance of history is to create new history; the greatest respect for human civilization is to create new forms of human civilization. In the practice of its century-long struggle, the Communist Party of China has always adhered to taking the construction of a national, scientific, and mass-oriented new culture of the Chinese nation as its mission, promoting the continuous cultural progress of the Chinese nation amidst historical progress. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has insisted on rooting itself in its own cultural soil while continuously promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, promoting the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Stepping onto the new cultural journey, the trends of cultural exchange, integration, and confrontation are unprecedented; we must base ourselves on the great historical practice and contemporary practice of the Chinese nation, better shoulder the new cultural mission, in order to promote the steady and enduring construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

新的文化使命是建设中华民族现代文明的不竭动力。对历史最好的继承，就是创造新的历史；对人类文明最大的礼敬，就是创造人类文明新形态。在百年奋斗实践中，中国共产党始终坚持把建设民族的科学的大众的中华民族新文化作为自己的使命，推动中华民族在历史进步中不断实现文化进步。特别是党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚持在扎根自身文化土壤的同时，不断推动中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展，推动建设中华民族现代文明。踏上新的文化征程，文化交流、交融、交锋之势前所未有，必须立足中华民族伟大历史实践和当代实践，更好担负起新的文化使命，才能推动建设中华民族现代文明行稳致远。

2. The new cultural mission clarifies the roadmap and task book for cultural construction in the New Era

2.新的文化使命明确了新时代文化建设的路线图和任务书

Culture molds the soul, moistening things silently. Currently, changes unseen in a century are accelerating, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical period, strategic opportunities and risks and challenges coexist, and cultural work faces new situations and new tasks, requiring a new atmosphere and new achievements. A nation with cultural confidence can stand firm, remain stable, and go far. The new cultural mission clarifies the roadmap and task book for cultural construction in the New Era, providing a scientific guide for action for propaganda, ideology, and cultural work in the New Era.

文化铸魂，润物无声。当前，世界百年未有之大变局加速演进，中华民族伟大复兴进入关键时期，战略机遇和风险挑战并存，文化工作面临新形势新任务，必须要有新气象新作为。有文化自信的民族，立得住、站得稳、行得远。新的文化使命明确了新时代文化建设的路线图和任务书，为新时代宣传思想文化工作提供了科学行动指南。

Continuing to promote cultural prosperity is the foundational support for building a strong cultural country. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will inevitably be accompanied by the development and prosperity of Chinese culture; a strong cultural country is an important component of building a strong modern socialist country. Realizing the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up and growing rich to becoming strong will inevitably be accompanied by the great development and great prosperity of Chinese culture, and will inevitably call for building a socialist cultural power. Building a socialist cultural power is an important goal our Party has long strived for by uniting and leading the people, and is a strategic task for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. The 20th National Congress of the CPC, standing at the new historical starting point of comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, when further outlining the grand blueprint for comprehensively building a modern socialist country, made building a strong cultural country and enhancing national cultural soft power important goals for basically realizing modernization, emphasizing the need to “promote cultural confidence and self-strengthening, and forge new brilliance in socialist culture.” Stepping onto the new journey of building a strong cultural country, focusing on the primary political task of arming the entire Party and educating the people with the Party’s innovative theories, and focusing on the mission of holding high the banner, gathering the people’s hearts, cultivating new generations, promoting culture, and displaying the image, we must adhere to upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, more consciously and proactively use the truth power of Marxism to activate the vitality of fine traditional Chinese culture, better promote the continuous flourishing and development of Chinese culture, so that we can forge ahead and realize glorious dreams on the journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

继续推动文化繁荣是文化强国建设的基础支撑。中华民族伟大复兴必然伴随着中华文化的发展繁荣，文化强国是社会主义现代化强国建设的重要组成部分。实现中华民族从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃，必然伴随着中华文化的大发展大繁荣，必然召唤着建设社会主义文化强国。建设社会主义文化强国是我们党团结带领人民长期奋斗追求的重要目标，是全面建设社会主义现代化国家的战略任务。党的二十大站在全面推进中华民族伟大复兴新的历史起点上，进一步擘画全面建设社会主义现代化国家宏伟蓝图时，把建成文化强国、增强国家文化软实力作为基本实现现代化的重要目标，强调要“推进文化自信自强，铸就社会主义文化新辉煌”。踏上文化强国建设的新征程，聚焦用党的创新理论武装全党、教育人民这个首要政治任务，聚焦举旗帜、聚民心、育新人、兴文化、展形象的使命任务，必须坚持守正创新，更加自觉、更加主动地用马克思主义真理力量激活中华优秀传统文化生命力，更好推动中华文化不断繁荣发展，才能在全面建设社会主义现代化国家、全面推进中华民族伟大复兴征程中砥砺前行，实现光荣梦想。

Building a strong cultural country is an inherent part of composing the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. The rejuvenation of a nation requires both strong material forces and strong spiritual forces. Constructing the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is the mission and pursuit of building a socialist cultural power, and also the direction and goal of the future development of Chinese civilization. Over the ten years of the New Era, the style and charm of fine traditional Chinese culture, the vigor and intensity of revolutionary culture, and the prosperity of advanced socialist culture have merged into one in the great practice of the New Era, laying a solid foundation for solidly advancing the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. “Building a socialist cultural power” should be encompassed within the process of “constructing the modern civilization of the Chinese nation,” laying the foundation and accumulating experience for the latter. “Constructing the modern civilization of the Chinese nation” is a more long-term and grander goal following “building a socialist cultural power.” Stepping onto the new journey of constructing the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, we must unswervingly follow the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, continuously deepen the understanding of the laws governing the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation, actively promote exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations, continuously write new chapters of socialist cultural brilliance, and greatly enrich the garden of world civilizations.

建设文化强国是谱写中华民族现代文明的题中之义。一个民族的复兴需要强大的物质力量，也需要强大的精神力量。建设中华民族现代文明是社会主义文化强国建设的使命和追求，也是中华文明未来发展的方向和目标。新时代十年来，中华优秀传统文化的风骨神韵、革命文化的刚健激越、社会主义先进文化的繁荣兴盛在新时代伟大实践中融为一体，为扎实推进中华民族现代文明建设奠定坚实基础。“建设社会主义文化强国”应涵括在“建设中华民族现代文明”进程之中，为后者奠定基础并积累经验。“建设中华民族现代文明”是继“建设社会主义文化强国”后更为长远且更为宏大的目标。踏上建设中华民族现代文明的新征程，必须坚定不移走中国特色社会主义文化发展道路，不断深化对建设中华民族现代文明的规律性认识，激发全民族文化创新创造活力，积极推动世界文明交流互鉴，不断续写社会主义文化新辉煌，极大丰富世界文明百花园。

Composing a modern civilization of the Chinese nation is an inevitable requirement for advancing Chinese-path modernization. Civilization is the rich accumulation of a country’s and a nation’s past exploration and creation, and also the deep guidance for a country’s and a nation’s future survival and development. Chinese-path modernization is deeply rooted in fine traditional Chinese culture, embodies the advanced nature of scientific socialism, draws on and absorbs all outstanding achievements of human civilization, represents the direction of progress in human civilization, and presents a new picture different from the Western model of modernization; it is a completely new form of human civilization. The modern civilization of the Chinese nation is internally generated in the process of Chinese-path modernization and is an important component of the construction of socialist cultural-ethical progress. Chinese-path modernization endows Chinese civilization with modern power, while Chinese civilization endows Chinese-path modernization with profound heritage; the two are mutually integrated and achieve each other. Embarking on the new journey of Chinese-path modernization, to build a modern civilization of the Chinese nation, we must achieve spiritual independence and self-reliance in firm cultural confidence, continue the historical lineage and write contemporary chapters by upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, jointly promote the development and progress of human civilization by adhering to mutual learning among civilizations, make the light of Chinese civilization shine even more brightly, and inject new and powerful vitality into Chinese-path modernization.

谱写中华民族现代文明是推进中国式现代化的必然要求。文明是一个国家、一个民族过去探索和创造的丰厚积累，也是一个国家、一个民族未来生存和发展的深层指引。中国式现代化深深植根于中华优秀传统文化，体现科学社会主义的先进本质，借鉴吸收一切人类优秀文明成果，代表人类文明进步的发展方向，展现了不同于西方现代化模式的新图景，是一种全新的人类文明形态。中华民族现代文明内生于中国式现代化进程中，是社会主义精神文明建设的重要内容。中国式现代化赋予中华文明以现代力量，中华文明赋予中国式现代化以深厚底蕴，二者相互融通、彼此成就。踏上中国式现代化建设的新征程，建设中华民族现代文明，必须在坚定文化自信中实现精神上的独立自主，在坚持守正创新中赓续历史文脉、谱写当代华章，在坚持文明包容互鉴中共同推动人类文明发展进步，让中华文明之光更加闪耀，为中国式现代化注入新的强大活力。

3. Better Shouldering the New Cultural Mission, Striving to Write a New Chapter of the Modern Civilization of the Chinese Nation

3.更好担负起新的文化使命，奋力谱写中华民族现代文明新华章

Only by tracing the deepest history can we open up the longest future. Chinese culture has reached today through creation and development, and it must inevitably rely on creation and development to move toward the future. At the new historical starting point, we must take Xi Jinping Thought on Culture as our guide, better shoulder the new cultural mission with an indomitable striving posture, strive to forge new brilliance in Chinese culture, and strive to write a new chapter of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

溯源最深沉的历史，才能开启最长远的未来。中华文化依靠创造和发展走到今天，也必然要依靠创造和发展走向未来。在新的历史起点上，我们要以习近平文化思想为指引，以一往无前的奋斗姿态更好担负起新的文化使命，努力铸就中华文化新辉煌，奋力谱写中华民族现代文明新华章。

Strengthen the Party’s overall leadership over propaganda, ideology, and cultural work, providing a strong political guarantee for shouldering the new cultural mission. Party leadership is the greatest advantage of the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the fundamental guarantee for doing a good job in all work of the Party and the state. On the new journey of the New Era, we must take doing a good job in propaganda, ideology, and cultural work as a major political responsibility on our shoulders, strengthen political responsibility, and ensure that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee on cultural construction are implemented. Firmly grasp the Party’s leadership over ideological work, fully implement the responsibility system for ideological work, continuously consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, consolidate the common ideological foundation for the united struggle of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country, and build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leading power. Continuously enhance work capabilities, adhere to making education and training an important way to improve the quality and ability of cadres in propaganda, ideology, and culture, continuously strengthen the “foot strength, eye strength, brain strength, and pen strength” of cadres in propaganda, ideology, and culture, and strive to improve work quality and efficiency.

加强党对宣传思想文化工作的全面领导，为担负起新的文化使命提供坚强政治保证。党的领导是中国特色社会主义制度最大优势，是做好党和国家各项工作的根本保证。新时代新征程，必须把做好宣传思想文化工作作为重大政治责任扛在肩上，强化政治担当，确保党中央关于文化建设的决策部署落到实处。牢牢掌握党对意识形态工作领导权，全面落实意识形态工作责任制，不断巩固马克思主义在意识形态领域的指导地位、巩固全党全国人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础，建设具有强大凝聚力和引领力的社会主义意识形态。不断增强工作本领，坚持把教育培训作为提高宣传思想文化干部素质和能力的重要途径，不断增强宣传思想文化干部的“脚力、眼力、脑力、笔力”，着力提高工作质量效能。

Thoroughly study and deeply understand Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, providing rich spiritual nourishment for shouldering the new cultural mission. The light of thought illuminates the path forward. A new era inevitably produces new cultural forms, and new culture requires correct guidance from new theory. On the new journey of the New Era, we must comprehensively and systematically study and grasp the great significance, rich connotation, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, deeply grasp the worldview and methodology of this important thought, and ensure that our thinking, capabilities, and actions all keep pace with the needs of the development of cultural undertakings in the New Era. Adhere to thinking more and pondering more, studying deeply and understanding thoroughly, take studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Culture as a compulsory course, continuously strengthen the study, research, and interpretation of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, deeply comprehend the principles, theories, and philosophies contained within it, understand not only its words but also its meaning, not only its what but also its why, and ensure that learning reaches new realms and new achievements. Adhere to the unity of knowledge and action, apply what is learned, achieve the integration of learning, thinking, and application, and the unity of knowledge, belief, and action, consciously implement Xi Jinping Thought on Culture in all aspects and the entire process of cultural construction in the New Era, and better transform it into a vivid practice of building a socialist cultural power and a modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

学深悟透习近平文化思想，为担负起新的文化使命提供丰富精神滋养。思想之光照亮前行之路。新的时代必然产生新的文化形态，新的文化需要新的理论正确指引。新时代新征程，必须全面系统学习领会习近平文化思想的重大意义、丰富内涵和实践要求，深刻把握这一重要思想的世界观和方法论，确保思想、能力和行动都跟得上新时代文化事业发展的需要。坚持多思多想、学深悟透，把学习贯彻习近平文化思想作为必修课，持续加强对习近平文化思想的学习、研究、阐释，深刻领悟蕴含其中的道理、学理、哲理，做到知其言更知其义、知其然更知其所以然，确保学出新境界新成效。坚持知行合一、学以致用，做到学思用贯通、知信行统一，自觉将习近平文化思想贯彻落实到新时代文化建设工作各方面和全过程，更好转化为建设社会主义文化强国和中华民族现代文明的生动实践。

Promote the protection and inheritance of fine traditional Chinese culture, providing profound civilizational heritage for shouldering the new cultural mission. Excellent traditional culture is the foundation for the inheritance and development of a country and a nation; if it is discarded, the spiritual lifeline is severed. On the new journey of the New Era, we should adhere to the principles of protection first, rescue first, rational utilization, and strengthened management, firmly guard the spiritual lifeline of the Chinese nation, increase efforts to protect cultural relics and cultural heritage, and strengthen the protection and inheritance of urban and rural historical culture. Deeply study and interpret the historical origins, development context, and trends of fine traditional Chinese culture, strengthen the compilation of Party history, national history, and related archives, implement the project to survey Chinese cultural resources, establish a national cultural relic registration system, build a national strategic reserve of documents and a directory and big database of revolutionary cultural relics, consolidate the results of exploring the origins of fine traditional Chinese culture, and build an accurate, authoritative, open, and shared public data platform for fine traditional Chinese cultural resources. Following the principle of integration, segmentation by educational stage, and orderly advancement, comprehensively integrate fine traditional Chinese culture into all aspects of ideological and moral education, cultural knowledge education, artistic and sports education, and social practice education, strengthen the construction of disciplines related to fine traditional Chinese culture, and attach importance to the protection and development of “unpopular and unique studies” [3]3 “Unpopular and unique studies” (冷门绝学) refers to specialized, often endangered academic fields—such as ancient philology, paleography, or minority-language studies—that have limited practitioners but high cultural and scholarly value. with important cultural value and significance for inheritance.

推动中华优秀传统文化保护传承，为担负起新的文化使命提供深厚文明底蕴。优秀传统文化是一个国家、一个民族传承和发展的根本，如果丢掉了，就割断了精神命脉。新时代新征程，应坚持保护为主、抢救第一、合理利用、加强管理，牢牢守护中华民族精神命脉，加大文物和文化遗产保护力度，加强城乡历史文化保护传承。深入研究阐释中华优秀传统文化的历史渊源、发展脉络、趋势走向，加强党史国史及相关档案的编修，实施中华文化资源普查工程，建立国家文物登录制度，建设国家文献战略储备库、革命文物资源目录和大数据库，巩固中华优秀传统文化探源成果，构建准确权威、开放共享的中华优秀传统文化资源公共数据平台。按照一体化、分学段、有序推进的原则，把中华优秀传统文化全方位融入思想道德教育、文化知识教育、艺术体育教育、社会实践教育各环节，加强中华优秀传统文化相关学科建设，重视保护和发展具有重要文化价值和传承意义的“冷门绝学”。

Promote the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, providing surging innovative momentum for shouldering the new cultural mission. Chinese civilization continues the spiritual lifeline of our country and nation; it requires not only passing down the torch and guarding it from generation to generation, but also keeping pace with the times and discarding the outdated in favor of the new. On the new journey of the New Era, we must adhere to the “Two For” direction [4]4 The “Two For” direction (二为方向) refers to the principle that literature and art should serve the people and serve socialism. and the “Double Hundred” policy [5]5 The “Double Hundred” policy (双百方针) refers to the policy of letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, encouraging diversity in artistic and academic expression., actively promote cultural innovation, use modern scientific and technological means to continuously endow fine traditional Chinese culture with new contemporary connotations and modern forms of expression, and ensure that fine traditional Chinese culture always maintains vigorous vitality and exuberant vitality. Adhere to making the past serve the present, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, draw on the strengths of others and incorporate diverse elements while integrating China and foreign countries and connecting the ancient and the modern, fully stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the entire nation, and strive to create Chinese culture with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner. Adhere to the correct cultural stance, refine and display the spiritual symbols and cultural essence of Chinese civilization, correctly handle the relationships between tradition and modernity, nation and world, protection and development in the socialist cultural undertaking, actively develop new culture that reflects the requirements of the times and has the characteristics of the times, and accelerate the development of the modern form of Chinese civilization.

推进中华优秀传统文化创造性转化和创新性发展，为担负起新的文化使命提供澎湃创新动能。中华文明延续着我们国家和民族的精神血脉，既需要薪火相传、代代守护，也需要与时俱进、推陈出新。新时代新征程，必须坚持“二为”方向和“双百”方针，积极推进文化创新，运用现代科技手段不断赋予中华优秀传统文化新的时代内涵和现代表达形式，使中华优秀传统文化始终保持蓬勃生机和旺盛活力。坚持古为今用、守正创新，在融通中外、贯通古今中博采众长、兼收并蓄，充分激发全民族文化创新创造活力，努力创造具有中国特色、中国气派、中国风格的中华文化。坚守正确文化立场，提炼展示中华文明的精神标识和文化精髓，正确处理社会主义文化事业中传统与现代、民族与世界、保护与发展的关系，积极发展反映时代要求、具有时代特色的新文化，加快发展中华文明的现代形态。

Enhance the international communication capacity of Chinese civilization, providing strong communication effectiveness for shouldering the new cultural mission. Civilizations communicate because of diversity, learn from each other because of communication, and develop because of mutual learning. On the new journey of the New Era, we should strive to innovate the international communication path for Chinese civilization to go global, explore new models for the international communication and exchange of Chinese culture, comprehensively use methods such as mass communication, group communication, and interpersonal communication, build an all-round, multi-level, and wide-ranging pattern of Chinese cultural communication, and continuously enhance the communication power of Chinese civilization. Strengthen and improve external propaganda work, disseminate contemporary Chinese cultural innovation achievements with Chinese characteristics, embodying the Chinese spirit, and containing Chinese wisdom, tell China’s stories well, spread China’s voice well, explain China’s characteristics well, and display China’s image well, continuously enhancing the influence of Chinese civilization. Deeply conduct dialogues between Chinese and foreign civilizations, innovate methods of people-to-people and cultural exchanges, use Chinese culture to explain China’s practice, development philosophy, development path, and development achievements, fully demonstrate China’s stories and the ideological and spiritual power behind them, better understand, explore, and disseminate the world significance and contemporary value of Chinese culture, and continuously enhance the appeal and influence of Chinese civilization.

增强中华文明国际传播能力，为担负起新的文化使命提供强大传播效能。文明因多样而交流，因交流而互鉴，因互鉴而发展。新时代新征程，应努力创新中华文明走向世界的国际传播路径，探索中华文化国际传播与交流的新模式，综合运用大众传播、群体传播、人际传播等方式，构建全方位、多层次、宽领域的中华文化传播格局，不断增强中华文明传播力。加强和改进对外宣传工作，把具有中国特色、体现中国精神、蕴藏中国智慧的当代中国文化创新成果传播出去，讲好中国故事、传播好中国声音、阐释好中国特色、展示好中国形象，不断增强中华文明影响力。深入开展中外文明对话，创新人文交流方式，用中华文化阐释中国实践、发展理念、发展道路、发展成就，充分展现中国故事及其背后的思想力量和精神力量，更好认识、发掘和传播好中华文化的世界意义和时代价值，不断增强中华文明感染力影响力。

Online editor: Zhang Fujun

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