The Powerful Ideological Weapon and Scientific Action Guide for Shouldering the New Cultural Mission

Propaganda, ideology, and cultural work concerns the future and destiny of the Party, concerns the long-term stability and security of the country, and concerns the cohesion and centripetal force of the nation; it is an extremely important task. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has coordinated the strategic whole of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the changes unseen in a century in the world, accurately grasped the trends of the mutual agitation of ideologies and cultures worldwide and the profound changes in social ideas within our country, and made systematic plans and deployments for propaganda, ideology, and cultural work from an overall and strategic height. General Secretary Xi Jinping has placed propaganda, ideology, and cultural work in an important position in governing the country, put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments on cultural construction in the New Era, which constitute the cultural chapter of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and form Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought. The National Conference on Propaganda, Ideology, and Cultural Work formally proposed and systematically expounded Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought, which is a milestone in the history of the development of the Party’s propaganda, ideology, and cultural work. Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought enriches and develops Marxist cultural theory, providing a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide for doing a good job in propaganda, ideology, and cultural work on the new journey of the New Era and shouldering the new cultural mission.

宣传思想文化工作事关党的前途命运，事关国家长治久安，事关民族凝聚力和向心力，是一项极端重要的工作。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央统筹中华民族伟大复兴战略全局和世界百年未有之大变局，准确把握世界范围内思想文化相互激荡、我国社会思想观念深刻变化的趋势，从全局和战略高度对宣传思想文化工作作出系统谋划和部署。习近平总书记把宣传思想文化工作摆在治国理政的重要位置，围绕新时代文化建设提出一系列新思想新观点新论断，构成了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的文化篇，形成了习近平文化思想。全国宣传思想文化工作会议正式提出和系统阐述习近平文化思想，在党的宣传思想文化事业发展史上具有里程碑意义。习近平文化思想丰富和发展了马克思主义文化理论，为做好新时代新征程宣传思想文化工作、担负起新的文化使命提供了强大思想武器和科学行动指南。

Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought is the theoretical summary of the practical experience of the Party’s leadership in cultural construction in the New Era

习近平文化思想是新时代党领导文化建设实践经验的理论总结

Culture is an important force for the survival and development of a nation. From the day of its founding, the Communist Party of China has been both an active leader and practitioner of China’s advanced culture and a faithful inheritor and promoter of China’s excellent traditional culture. The Party’s more than one hundred years of struggle are interwoven with the history of China’s cultural endeavor. In the great course of leading revolution, construction, and reform, our Party has always attached great importance to using culture to lead the direction of progress and gather the strength of struggle, uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups across the country to continuously push forward the cause of the Party and the people with new awakenings in ideology and culture, new achievements in theoretical creation, and new accomplishments in cultural construction. As early as the period of the New Democratic Revolution, our Party deeply recognized that “culture is indispensable; no society can be built without culture” and clearly proposed the establishment of a national, scientific, and mass new culture. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, our Party proposed that “letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend” is the policy for promoting the flourishing of socialist culture. During the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, our Party insisted on grasping material progress with one hand and cultural-ethical progress with the other, promoting the flourishing and development of socialist culture, invigorating the national spirit, and consolidating national strength. Cultural work has played an irreplaceable and important role in promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in every historical period.

文化是民族生存和发展的重要力量。中国共产党从成立之日起，既是中国先进文化的积极引领者和践行者，又是中华优秀传统文化的忠实传承者和弘扬者。党的百余年奋斗凝结着我国文化奋进的历史。在领导革命、建设、改革的伟大历程中，我们党始终高度重视运用文化引领前进方向、凝聚奋斗力量，团结带领全国各族人民不断以思想文化新觉醒、理论创造新成果、文化建设新成就推动党和人民事业向前发展。早在新民主主义革命时期，我们党就深刻认识到“文化是不可少的，任何社会没有文化就建设不起来”，鲜明提出要建立民族的科学的大众的新文化。在社会主义革命和建设时期，我们党提出“百花齐放、百家争鸣”是促进社会主义文化繁荣的方针。在改革开放和社会主义现代化建设新时期，我们党坚持一手抓物质文明、一手抓精神文明，推动社会主义文化繁荣发展，振奋了民族精神，凝聚了民族力量。文化工作在各个历史时期都为推进中华民族伟大复兴发挥了不可替代的重要作用。

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, facing new situations, new tasks, and new challenges, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, in the practice of leading the Party and the people in governing the country, has placed cultural construction in an important position in overall work, holding high the banner and charting the course, laying out the overall plan, rectifying the source and restoring order, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground. Centering on the new cultural mission of continuing to promote cultural prosperity, build a strong cultural country, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at the new historical starting point, it has made a series of major decisions and deployments for propaganda, ideology, and cultural work, promoting historic achievements in the cause of propaganda, ideology, and culture in the New Era, and bringing about overall and fundamental changes in the situation in the ideological sphere. In the New Era, the Party’s innovative theory has taken deep root in people’s hearts, the core socialist values have been widely disseminated, the creative transformation and innovative development of China’s excellent traditional culture have been continuously advanced, the cultural industry and cultural undertakings have become increasingly prosperous, the online ecosystem has continued to improve, the cultural confidence of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country has significantly increased, their mental outlook has become more vigorous and uplifted, they have radiated a stronger historical consciousness and proactive spirit, and they are confidently writing the great history of China’s development in the New Era, injecting a more proactive spiritual force into realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

党的十八大以来，面对新形势新任务新挑战，以习近平同志为核心的党中央在领导党和人民推进治国理政的实践中，把文化建设摆在全局工作的重要位置，举旗定向、谋篇布局，正本清源、守正创新，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，对宣传思想文化工作作出一系列重大决策部署，推动新时代宣传思想文化事业取得历史性成就，意识形态领域形势发生全局性、根本性转变。新时代党的创新理论深入人心，社会主义核心价值观广泛传播，中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展不断推进，文化事业和文化产业日益繁荣，网络生态持续向好，全党全国各族人民文化自信明显增强、精神面貌更加奋发昂扬，焕发出更为强烈的历史自觉和主动精神，正在信心百倍书写着新时代中国发展的伟大历史，为实现中华民族伟大复兴注入了更为主动的精神力量。

Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought was formed and continuously enriched and developed on the basis of inheriting and developing the exploratory achievements and valuable experience of the Party’s leadership in cultural construction since its founding, and in the great practice of cultural construction in the New Era. It is the theoretical summary of the practical experience of the Party’s leadership in cultural construction in the New Era.

习近平文化思想正是在继承发展党成立以来领导文化建设探索成果和宝贵经验的基础上，在新时代文化建设的伟大实践中形成并不断丰富发展的，是新时代党领导文化建设实践经验的理论总结。

Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought is a major achievement of the Two Integrations

习近平文化思想是“两个结合”的重大成果

On the deep foundation of more than five thousand years of Chinese civilization, the only way to open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics is to combine the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with China’s excellent traditional culture. This is the regular understanding we have gained in exploring the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is the greatest magic weapon for our success. The Second Integration is another ideological emancipation, allowing us to fully utilize the precious resources of China’s excellent traditional culture in a broader cultural space and explore theoretical and institutional innovations oriented toward the future. Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought adheres to the soul vein of Marxism and the root vein of China’s excellent traditional culture, effectively linking the essence of Marxist thought with the essence of China’s excellent traditional culture, writing a new chapter in the development of Marxist cultural theory, and is a major achievement of the Two Integrations.

在五千多年中华文明深厚基础上开辟和发展中国特色社会主义，把马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际、同中华优秀传统文化相结合是必由之路。这是我们在探索中国特色社会主义道路中得出的规律性认识，是我们取得成功的最大法宝。“第二个结合”是又一次的思想解放，让我们能够在更广阔的文化空间中，充分运用中华优秀传统文化的宝贵资源，探索面向未来的理论和制度创新。习近平文化思想坚守马克思主义这个魂脉和中华优秀传统文化这个根脉，有效把马克思主义思想精髓同中华优秀传统文化精华贯通起来，谱写了马克思主义文化理论发展新篇章，是“两个结合”的重大成果。

Marxist cultural theory takes human practice as its starting point, emphasizing that humans transform nature and create themselves through labor, forming human civilization. It insists that culture originates from human production and life practice and in turn has a counter-effect on human practice; insists that culture is essentially a manifestation of social consciousness, and that humans are the cause and driving force of the emergence and development of culture; insists that only progressive and advanced culture can have a promoting effect on social and historical development, and thus be inherited and developed; insists that the objective world changes continuously with the development of practice, and that culture must also develop continuously with the development of practice and the times; and so on. The series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments of Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought enrich and develop Marxist cultural theory.

马克思主义文化理论以人的实践为出发点，强调人在劳动中改造了自然、创造了自己，形成了人类文明。坚持文化来源于人的生产和生活实践，又对人的实践具有反作用；坚持文化本质上是社会意识的体现，人是文化发生发展的原因和动力；坚持只有进步的、先进的文化才会对社会和历史发展产生推动作用，从而被继承和发展；坚持客观世界是随着实践的发展不断变化的，文化也必然随着实践和时代的发展不断发展；等等。习近平文化思想的一系列新思想新观点新论断，丰富和发展了马克思主义文化理论。

Marxism and China’s excellent traditional culture have different origins, but there is a high degree of compatibility between them. Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought insists on combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s excellent traditional culture. On the one hand, it consciously uses China’s excellent traditional culture to enrich the cultural life of Marxism, promoting Marxism to show increasingly distinct Chinese style and Chinese manner, and promoting Sinicized Marxism to become the essence of the times of Chinese culture and the Chinese spirit. On the other hand, it consciously uses the light of Marxist truth to activate the vital and excellent factors in China’s excellent traditional culture and endow them with new contemporary connotations, so that the profound heritage of historical China and the new atmosphere of contemporary China are integrated, making Marxism Chinese and China’s excellent traditional culture modern, leading the development of Chinese culture to a new stage, consolidating our cultural subjectivity, and making the new culture formed through “integration” the cultural form of Chinese-path modernization, creating an organically unified new cultural life entity.

马克思主义和中华优秀传统文化来源不同，但彼此存在高度的契合性。习近平文化思想坚持把马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合，既自觉用中华优秀传统文化充实马克思主义的文化生命，推动马克思主义显示出日益鲜明的中国风格与中国气派，推动中国化马克思主义成为中华文化和中国精神的时代精华；又自觉用马克思主义的真理之光，激活中华优秀传统文化中富有生命力的优秀因子并赋予其新的时代内涵，使历史中国的深厚底蕴与现实中国的崭新气象相融通，让马克思主义成为中国的，中华优秀传统文化成为现代的，引领中华文化发展迈向新阶段，巩固了我们的文化主体性，让经由“结合”而形成的新文化成为中国式现代化的文化形态，造就了一个有机统一的新的文化生命体。

Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought manifests a high degree of cultural consciousness, profound cultural confidence, and courageous cultural responsibility. It is not only an important embodiment of our cultural subjectivity but also lays a profound theoretical foundation for us to adhere to the Chinese cultural standpoint, base ourselves on contemporary Chinese reality, combine with the conditions of the current era, construct a new atmosphere of Chinese culture and stir up new vitality of Chinese civilization while upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, continuously consolidate cultural subjectivity at a new starting point, actively develop new culture that reflects the requirements of the times and has the characteristics of the times, and develop the modern form of Chinese civilization.

习近平文化思想彰显了高度的文化自觉、深沉的文化自信、勇毅的文化担当，既是我们文化主体性的重要体现，也为我们坚守中华文化立场、立足当代中国现实、结合当今时代条件，在守正创新中构筑中华文化新气象、激扬中华文明新活力，在新的起点上不断巩固文化主体性，积极发展反映时代要求、具有时代特色的新文化，发展中华文明的现代形态，奠定了深厚的理论基础。

Xi Jinping’s Cultural Thought constitutes the cultural chapter of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era

习近平文化思想构成了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的文化篇

Scientific theory always interacts and advances in tandem with great practice. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out: “Whether we Chinese Communists can uphold the Party’s leadership and uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in an increasingly complex domestic and international environment is a question that we Communists of each generation must continue to answer. The work of ideology and the work of propaganda and thought must be understood against this broad background.” [1]1 The “18th National Congress of the CPC” was held in November 2012, marking the beginning of the “New Era” under Xi Jinping’s leadership. In the course of the great practice of leading cultural construction in the New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping, with the historical initiative, extraordinary theoretical courage, outstanding political wisdom, and strong sense of mission of a Marxist politician, thinker, and strategist, has profoundly grasped the laws governing the exercise of power by the Communist Party, the laws governing the construction of socialism, and the laws governing the development of human society. He has vigorously promoted theoretical, practical, and institutional innovation in socialist cultural construction, and creatively put forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments that are rich in Chinese characteristics, embody the spirit of the times, and lead the development of human civilization, thereby forming Xi Jinping Thought on Culture.

科学的理论总是与伟大的实践相互激荡、共进同行。习近平总书记指出：“我们中国共产党人能不能在日益复杂的国际国内环境下坚持住党的领导、坚持和发展中国特色社会主义，这个还需要我们一代一代共产党人继续作出回答。做好意识形态工作，做好宣传思想工作，要放到这个大背景下来认识。”在领导新时代文化建设的伟大实践进程中，习近平总书记以马克思主义政治家、思想家、战略家的历史主动精神、非凡理论勇气、卓越政治智慧、强烈使命担当，深刻把握共产党执政规律、社会主义建设规律、人类社会发展规律，大力推进社会主义文化建设理论创新、实践创新、制度创新，创造性提出一系列富有中国特色、体现时代精神、引领人类文明发展的新思想新观点新论断，形成了习近平文化思想。

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the frequency of meetings convened by the Party Central Committee on propaganda, ideology, and cultural work, the comprehensiveness of the decisions and deployments made, and the richness, systematicity, profundity, and weight of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s expositions have been rare in the Party’s

党的十八大以来，围绕宣传思想文化工作，党中央召开的会议之密集、作出的决策部署之全面，习近平总书记论述之丰富系统、深刻厚重，在党的历史上是不多见的。习近平总书记先后出席一系列重要会议，围绕文艺工作、党的新闻舆论工作、网络安全和信息化工作、哲学社会科学工作、高校思想政治工作、文化传承发展等宣传思想文化工作各个领域，发表一系列重要讲话、作出一系列重要指示批示，多次主持召开中央政治局常委会会议、中央政治局会议审议通过一系列宣传思想文化工作改革发展方面的规划和方案，在各地考察各类文化传承发展项目并提出一系列要求，在多个重大国际场合阐明对全球文化、文明发展和交流互鉴的一系列中国立场、中国方案。2013年8月，在党的十八大后首次召开的全国宣传思想工作会议上，习近平总书记强调“要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”的根本任务。2017年10月，习近平总书记在党的十九大报告中首次提出“新的文化使命”这一重大命题。在2018年8月全国宣传思想工作会议上，习近平总书记用“九个坚持”高度概括了我们党对宣传思想工作的规律性认识。2021年7月，在庆祝中国共产党成立100周年大会上，习近平总书记首次提出“两个结合”的重大论断。2022年10月，习近平总书记在党的二十大报告中从五个方面重点部署文化建设工作，要求“推进文化自信自强，铸就社会主义文化新辉煌”。在今年6月文化传承发展座谈会上，习近平总书记明确了文化建设方面的“十四个强调”，鲜明提出坚持党的文化领导权、深刻理解“两个结合”、担负新的文化使命等重大创新观点，提出建设中华民族现代文明的重大任务。在这次对宣传思想文化工作作出的重要指示中，习近平总书记又对宣传思想文化工作提出“七个着力”的要求。这一系列重要论述深刻阐明了新时代文化建设的重大意义、丰富内涵、实践要求等重大问题，形成了系统完整、逻辑严密、相互贯通的科学理论体系。

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习近平文化思想内涵十分丰富、论述极为深刻，是新时代党领导文化建设实践经验的理论总结，丰富和发展了马克思主义文化理论。这一重要思想是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想在文化建设领域的具体展开和集中体现，构成了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的文化篇，标志着我们党对中国特色社会主义文化建设规律的认识达到了新高度，表明我们党的历史自信、文化自信达到了新高度。

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture Demonstrates Great Power in China’s Socialist Cultural Construction

习近平文化思想在我国社会主义文化建设中展现出强大伟力

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture has a broad contemporary background, a profound theoretical foundation, and a solid practical basis. It embodies firm cultural confidence, a broad historical perspective, and far-reaching strategic considerations. It reflects distinctive features such as the integration of theory and practice, the connection between history and reality, and the unity of epistemology and methodology. In promoting China’s socialist cultural construction, it demonstrates immense truth and powerful practical force, serving as a strong ideological weapon and scientific action guide for leading the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups in continuing to promote cultural prosperity, build a culturally strong country, and construct the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point.

习近平文化思想具有广阔时代背景、深厚理论基础和坚实实践基础，蕴含着坚定文化自信、宏阔历史视野、深远战略考量，体现了理论与实践相结合、历史与现实相贯通、认识论与方法论相统一等鲜明特点，在推动我国社会主义文化建设中展现出巨大真理力量和强大实践伟力，是指引全党全国各族人民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的强大思想武器和科学行动指南。

It has a distinct scientific character. The reason Marxism has such a far-reaching influence lies in its profound theoretical reasoning that reveals the truth of human social development and its complete system that demonstrates the scientific nature of its theory. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture adheres to the Marxist stance, viewpoint, and method, upholds and applies Marxist cultural theory, inherits and promotes the essence of fine traditional Chinese culture, and, in response to changes in the times and practical developments, puts forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints, and new judgments, forming a systematic and scientific theoretical system. This important thought both upholds the fundamentals and introduces many new propositions. It has made original contributions to enriching and developing Marxist cultural theory, historic contributions to inheriting and developing fine traditional Chinese culture, and global contributions to advancing the cause of human civilization progress. Its scientific nature and truth have been fully tested in practice.

具有鲜明的科学性。马克思主义之所以影响深远，在于其以深刻的学理揭示人类社会发展的真理性、以完备的体系论证其理论的科学性。习近平文化思想坚持马克思主义立场观点方法，坚持和运用马克思主义文化理论，继承弘扬中华优秀传统文化精华，根据时代和实践发展变化，提出一系列新思想新观点新论断，形成了系统科学的理论体系。这一重要思想既坚持了老祖宗，又讲了很多新话，为丰富发展马克思主义文化理论作出了原创性贡献，为传承发展中华优秀传统文化作出了历史性贡献，为推动人类文明进步事业作出了世界性贡献，其科学性和真理性已经在实践中得到了充分检验。

It has a distinct people-centered character. Any theory that is divorced from the people is pale and feeble, and any theory that does not benefit the people has no vitality. The people-centered character is the essential attribute of Marxism and also the fundamental political stance running through Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture emphasizes the unity of Party spirit and people-centered character, unifying the expression of the Party’s propositions with the reflection of the people’s voices; it emphasizes adhering to a people-centered work orientation, combining serving the masses with educating and guiding them; it emphasizes adhering to a people-centered creative orientation, prioritizing social benefits while integrating social and economic benefits, and producing more outstanding works that enhance the people’s spiritual strength; it emphasizes adhering to a people-centered research orientation, forming a theory that is loved, recognized, and owned by the people. This important thought is deeply rooted in the people; it is a theory that comes from the people, serves the people, and benefits the people, and it is a powerful ideological weapon guiding the people to continuously forge new brilliance in Chinese culture.

具有鲜明的人民性。一切脱离人民的理论都是苍白无力的，一切不为人民造福的理论都是没有生命力的。人民性是马克思主义的本质属性，也是贯穿习近平文化思想的根本政治立场。习近平文化思想强调坚持党性和人民性相统一，把体现党的主张和反映人民心声统一起来；强调坚持以人民为中心的工作导向，把服务群众同教育引导群众结合起来；强调坚持以人民为中心的创作导向，把社会效益放在首位、社会效益和经济效益相统一，推出更多增强人民精神力量的优秀作品；强调坚持以人民为中心的研究导向，形成为人民所喜爱、所认同、所拥有的理论。这一重要思想深深植根人民，是来自人民、为了人民、造福人民的理论，是指导人民不断铸就中华文化新辉煌的强大思想武器。

It has a distinct practical character. The practical viewpoint is a basic viewpoint of Marxist epistemology, and practicality is a distinctive feature that distinguishes Marxist theory from other theories. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture adheres to the organic unity of Marxist scientificity and practicality, enriching and developing itself in the process of studying and solving problems, and maturing and perfecting itself in promoting and guiding practice. This important thought includes both innovations and breakthroughs in cultural theoretical viewpoints and deployment requirements in cultural work arrangements, achieving a unity of essence and application, and integrating substance and function. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the historic achievements in propaganda, ideological, and cultural work have been fundamentally due to General Secretary Xi Jinping’s leadership and guidance and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. In the great practice of cultural construction in the New Era, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, as the cultural chapter of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, has already demonstrated enormous explanatory power for reality and practical guiding force, fully manifesting its powerful practical force in transforming the objective world.

具有鲜明的实践性。实践的观点是马克思主义认识论的基本观点，实践性是马克思主义理论区别于其他理论的显著特征。习近平文化思想坚持马克思主义科学性和实践性的有机统一，在研究问题、解决问题中丰富发展，在推动实践、指导实践中成熟完善。这一重要思想既有文化理论观点上的创新和突破，又有文化工作布局上的部署要求，明体达用、体用贯通。党的十八大以来，宣传思想文化工作之所以取得历史性成就，最根本就在于有习近平总书记领航掌舵，有习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想科学指引。在新时代文化建设的伟大实践中，习近平文化思想作为习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的文化篇，已经展现出巨大的现实解释力和实践引领力，充分彰显出改造客观世界的强大实践伟力。

It possesses a distinct openness. Marxism is not an immutable dogma but develops continuously with the progress of the times.

具有鲜明的开放性。马克思主义不是一成不变的教条，而是随着时代的发展而不断发展。习近平文化思想站在时代前沿、把握时代脉搏，坚持用马克思主义观察时代、解读时代、引领时代，用宽广视野吸收人类创造的一切优秀文明成果，坚持在改革中守正出新、在开放中博采众长，探索时代课题、回应时代挑战，充分彰显出鲜明的时代性和开放性。新时代文化建设的实践创造是生动活泼的，理论创造也必然是生动活泼的。习近平文化思想是一个不断展开的、开放式的思想体系，必将随着实践深入不断丰富发展。

Great practice gives birth to great thought, and great thought guides great practice. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is highly political, ideological, and instructive. It has greatly deepened the understanding of the laws governing the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and serves as the fundamental guidance and action guide for doing a good job in propaganda, ideology, and cultural work. On the new journey of the New Era, 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 propaganda, ideology, and cultural work face new situations and new tasks, which must be met with new atmosphere and new achievements. We must deeply comprehend the decisive significance of the Two Establishments [6]6 The Two Establishments refer to the establishment of Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and the establishment of the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era., enhance the Four Consciousnesses [7]7 The Four Consciousnesses refer to the consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the central Party leadership., strengthen the Four Confidences [8]8 The Four Confidences refer to confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics., and achieve the Two Upholds [9]9 The Two Upholds refer to upholding Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.. We must deeply study, understand, and resolutely implement Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, consciously shoulder the new cultural mission, continuously consolidate the common ideological foundation for the united struggle of the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country, continuously enhance the country’s cultural soft power and the influence of Chinese culture, and provide a strong ideological guarantee, powerful spiritual strength, and favorable cultural conditions for comprehensively building a modern socialist country and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

伟大的实践孕育伟大的思想，伟大的思想引领伟大的实践。习近平文化思想具有很强的政治性、思想性、指导性，大大深化了对中国特色社会主义文化建设的规律性认识，是做好宣传思想文化工作的根本遵循和行动指南。新时代新征程，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，宣传思想文化工作面临新形势新任务，必须要有新气象新作为。我们要深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，增强“四个意识”、坚定“四个自信”、做到“两个维护”，深入学习领会、坚决贯彻落实习近平文化思想，自觉担负起新的文化使命，不断巩固全党全国各族人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础，不断提升国家文化软实力和中华文化影响力，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。

Online editor: Zhang Fujun

网络编辑：张福军