A New Height in Understanding the Laws of Socialist Cultural Development

In October 2023, the National Conference on Propaganda, Ideology and Cultural Work formally proposed and systematically elaborated Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. As the cultural chapter of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture is a theoretical summation of the Party’s practical experience in leading cultural construction in the New Era, a major achievement in adhering to the Two Integrations and advancing the innovation of Marxist cultural theory. It encompasses both innovative breakthroughs in cultural theory and the layout and deployment of concrete work. It is a scientific system rich in content and integrating substance and function, marking that our Party’s understanding of the laws of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics has reached a new height. The *Study Outline for Xi Jinping Thought on Culture*, compiled by the Central Propaganda Department, systematically elucidates the core essence, spiritual substance, rich connotations, and practical requirements of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. To deeply study and understand Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, it is necessary to grasp, from an overall perspective, the scientific methods embedded in this thought, with a focus on its principled achievements and practical requirements.

2023年10月，全国宣传思想文化工作会议正式提出并系统阐述了习近平文化思想。作为习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的文化篇，习近平文化思想是对新时代党领导文化建设实践经验的理论总结，是坚持“两个结合”、推进马克思主义文化理论创新的重大成果，既有文化理论的创新突破，又有具体工作的布局部署，是一个内涵丰富、体用贯通的科学体系，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。中央宣传部组织编写的《习近平文化思想学习纲要》，对习近平文化思想的核心要义、精神实质、丰富内涵、实践要求作了系统阐释。深入学习理解习近平文化思想，需要从总体上掌握这一思想蕴含的科学方法，重点把握其中的原理性成果和实践要求。

Cultural Theory Innovation Based on Historical Materialism and Dialectical Materialism

基于唯物史观和唯物辩证法的文化理论创新

Adhere to the Marxist view of history. Historical materialism reveals the laws of cultural development, scientifically explains the relationship between ideology, human spiritual production, and the economic base, and points out that culture is a reflection of a given society’s politics and economy, while also influencing and acting upon that society’s politics and economy. Marx and Engels emphasized that the mode of production of material life conditions the overall process of social, political, and spiritual life, while also noting that cultural development has a positive effect on economic development. “The development of politics, law, philosophy, religion, literature, art, etc., is based on economic development. But they all also react upon one another and upon the economic base.” [1]1 This is a paraphrase of a passage from Engels’s letter to Joseph Bloch (1890), often cited in Marxist discussions of the relative autonomy of the superstructure.

坚持马克思主义唯物史观。历史唯物主义揭示了文化发展的规律，科学阐释了意识形态、人类精神生产与经济基础的关系，指出文化是一定社会的政治和经济的反映，又影响和作用于一定社会的政治和经济。马克思、恩格斯强调物质生活的生产方式制约着整个社会生活、政治生活和精神生活的过程，同时指出文化发展对经济发展具有积极作用。“政治、法、哲学、宗教、文学、艺术等等的发展是以经济发展为基础的。但是，它们又都互相作用并对经济基础发生作用。”

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture adheres to the basic principles of Marxism, is grounded in the new practices and new tasks of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New Era, and scientifically elucidates the relationship between economic construction, cultural construction, and ideological work within the framework of historical materialism. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out, “Economic construction is the Party’s central work, and ideological work is an extremely important task for the Party.” [2]2 This is a standard formulation from Xi Jinping’s speeches, first articulated at the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work in August 2013. Taking economic construction as the central task is the key to rejuvenating the country, and development remains the key to solving all of China’s problems; however, ideological work cannot be neglected because of the central task. Propaganda, ideology, and cultural work concern the future and destiny of the Party, the long-term stability and security of the state, and the cohesion and centripetal force of the nation. Comrade Xi Jinping once pointed out in *Zhejiang New Journal* that the power of culture “always integrates ‘moistening things silently’ into economic power, political power, and social power, becoming the ‘booster’ of economic development, the ‘navigation light’ of political civilization, and the ‘adhesive’ of social harmony.” [3]3 *Zhejiang New Journal* (*Zhijiang Xinyu*) is a collection of In comprehensively advancing the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and coordinating the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, culture is an important component; in promoting high-quality development, culture is an important fulcrum; in meeting the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life, culture is an important factor; in overcoming various risks and challenges on the path forward, culture is an important source of strength. Every leap forward in human society and every elevation of human civilization is accompanied by the historic progress of culture. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture reveals the general laws of cultural development, expands the cultural dimension of historical materialism, deepens the understanding of the laws of socialist cultural development, and opens a new realm in adapting Marxist cultural theory to the Chinese context and the needs of the times.

习近平文化思想坚持马克思主义基本原理，立足新时代中国特色社会主义新实践新任务，在唯物史观框架下科学阐释经济建设与文化建设和意识形态工作的关系。习近平总书记指出，“经济建设是党的中心工作，意识形态工作是党的一项极端重要的工作”。以经济建设为中心是兴国之要，发展仍是解决我国所有问题的关键，但不能因为中心工作而忽视意识形态工作。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。习近平同志在《之江新语》中曾指出，文化的力量“总是‘润物细无声’地融入经济力量、政治力量、社会力量之中，成为经济发展的‘助推器’、政治文明的‘导航灯’、社会和谐的‘黏合剂’”。统筹推进“五位一体”总体布局、协调推进“四个全面”战略布局，文化是重要内容；推动高质量发展，文化是重要支点；满足人民日益增长的美好生活需要，文化是重要因素；战胜前进道路上各种风险挑战，文化是重要力量源泉。人类社会每一次跃进，人类文明每一次升华，无不伴随着文化的历史性进步。习近平文化思想揭示了文化发展的一般规律，拓展了历史唯物主义的文化维度，深化了对社会主义文化发展规律的认识，开辟了马克思主义文化理论中国化时代化的新境界。

Adhere to a problem-oriented approach. Dialectical materialism holds that problems are the manifestation of contradictions in things. Theoretical innovation begins with problems, and problems arise from the times and from practice. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, changes unseen in a century have accelerated, various ideologies and cultures from around the world interact intensely, and the status and role of culture in comprehensive national power competition have become more prominent. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical period, the struggle in the ideological sphere is complex and acute, and the risks to national cultural security are rising. How to achieve civilizational rejuvenation and cultural progress in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and how to promote civilizational renewal and create new forms of human civilization on the basis of a civilization spanning over 5,000 years, have become new epochal questions facing our Party.

坚持问题导向。辩证唯物主义认为，问题是事物矛盾的表现形式。理论创新是从问题开始的，问题是从时代和实践中提出来的。党的十八大以来，世界百年未有之大变局加速演进，世界范围内各种思想文化互相激荡，文化在综合国力竞争中的地位和作用更加凸显。中华民族伟大复兴进入关键时期，意识形态领域的斗争复杂尖锐，国家文化安全面临的风险上升。如何在中华民族伟大复兴的历史进程中实现文明复兴、文化进步，如何在5000多年中华文明基础上推动文明更新、创造人类文明新形态，成为我们党面临的新的时代课题。

The leap in theory is manifested in answering practical questions and leading practical development. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture profoundly grasps the epochal characteristics of the interweaving of the “two overall situations” [4] and the new features presented by social ideology and culture, directly confronts the new questions and new tasks raised by the development of Chinese civilization and the construction of a cultural power, and systematically and scientifically answers the major questions of what kind of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics to uphold and develop in the New Era and how to uphold and develop it, providing ideological guidance for Chinese-path modernization.

理论的飞跃体现在回答实践问题、引领实践发展上。习近平文化思想深刻把握“两个大局”相互交织的时代特征和社会思想文化呈现的新特点，直面中华文明发展和文化强国建设提出的新课题新任务，系统科学回答了新时代坚持和发展什么样的中国特色社会主义文化、怎样坚持和发展中国特色社会主义文化的重大课题，为中国式现代化提供了思想指引。

Adhere to the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with the fine traditional Chinese culture. The fine traditional Chinese culture, formed over more than 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, contains rich philosophical thought, humanistic spirit, educational ideas, and moral concepts. Among these are ideas concerning conveying the Way through literature and transforming people through culture, concerning national righteousness and the feelings for family and country, concerning moral education and ethical norms, concerning humanistic cultivation and aesthetic spirit, and concerning cultural exchange and the coexistence of civilizations. These can provide beneficial enlightenment for understanding and transforming the world and useful insights for governance. These ideas and concepts possess enduring epochal value, are compatible with Marxism, and provide rich intellectual resources for Xi Jinping Thought on Culture.

坚持马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合。在5000多年中华文明发展史中形成的中华优秀传统文化，蕴含着丰富的哲学思想、人文精神、教化思想、道德理念。其中关于文以载道、文以化人，关于民族道义、家国情怀，关于道德教化、伦理规范，关于人文素养、美学精神，关于文化交流、文明共生等，可以为认识和改造世界提供有益启迪，为治国理政提供有益启示。这些思想理念具有历久弥新的时代价值，与马克思主义相契合，为习近平文化思想提供了丰厚的思想资源。

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture attaches great importance to integrating the basic principles of Marxism with the fine traditional Chinese culture, emphasizing adherence to the guidance of Marxist theory, deeply excavating and elucidating the spiritual connotations of the fine traditional Chinese culture, using Marxism to activate the excellent factors in traditional Chinese culture and endowing them with new epochal connotations, injecting the great spirit and rich wisdom of the Chinese nation into Marxism at a deeper level, continuously developing socialist culture with Chinese characteristics for the New Era that possesses strong ideological guidance, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence, strengthening the people’s spiritual strength, and consolidating the cultural foundation for building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture integrates the essence of Marxist thought with the essence of the fine traditional Chinese culture, and, combined with contemporary Chinese reality, innovatively develops the Marxist cultural theory adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, elevating our Party’s understanding of the laws of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics to a new height.

习近平文化思想高度重视把马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合，强调坚持以马克思主义理论为指导，深入挖掘和阐发中华优秀传统文化的精神内涵，用马克思主义激活中华传统文化中的优秀因子并赋予其新的时代内涵，将中华民族的伟大精神和丰富智慧更深层次地注入马克思主义，不断发展具有强大思想引领力、精神凝聚力、价值感召力、国际影响力的新时代中国特色社会主义文化，增强人民精神力量，筑牢强国建设、民族复兴的文化根基。习近平文化思想融通马克思主义思想精髓与中华优秀传统文化精华，并结合当代中国实际，创新发展中国化时代化的马克思主义文化理论，把我们党对中国特色社会主义文化建设规律的认识提升到新高度。

Profoundly Comprehend the Foundational and Original Views Contained Within

深刻领悟蕴含其中的基础性原创性观点

Cultural construction is a historical and overarching proposition. In the historical process of leading the people in revolution, construction, and reform, the Communist Party of China has integrated the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the fine traditional Chinese culture, unremittingly explored the path of saving the nation through culture, building the nation through culture, rejuvenating the nation through culture, and strengthening the nation through culture, and continuously promoted ideological and cultural awakening and the innovation and creation of cultural theory. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture was formed in the historical process of the profound interaction between theoretical innovation and practical innovation in the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. It possesses rich theoretical connotations and contains a series of original viewpoints. To deeply study and understand Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, it is necessary to grasp its foundational and principled theoretical achievements.

文化建设是一个历史的、总体性的命题。中国共产党在领导人民进行革命、建设、改革的历史进程中，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，坚持不懈探索文化救国、文化立国、文化兴国和文化强国道路，不断推动思想文化觉醒和文化理论创新创造。习近平文化思想是在中国特色社会主义文化建设理论创新和实践创新深刻互动的历史进程中形成的，具有丰富的理论内涵，蕴含一系列原创性观点。深入学习和理解习近平文化思想，需要把握其中的基础性、原理性理论成果。

First, adhere to the Party’s cultural leadership. Consolidate ideological unity across the entire Party and the whole society, and strengthen the Party’s governing foundation and mass base in terms of ideology, spirit, and culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping points out that, in the face of the complex situation of reform, development, and stability, the diversity of social ideologies, and profound changes in the media landscape, while concentrating on economic construction, ideological work must not be relaxed or weakened for a single moment. The leadership, management, and discourse power of ideological work must be firmly held in our hands and must not be lost at any time; otherwise, irreparable historical mistakes will be made.

一是坚持党的文化领导权。巩固全党全社会思想上的团结统一，在思想上、精神上、文化上筑牢党的执政基础和群众基础。习近平总书记指出，面对改革发展稳定复杂局面和社会思想意识多元多样、媒体格局深刻变化，在集中精力进行经济建设的同时，一刻也不能放松和削弱意识形态工作，必须把意识形态工作的领导权、管理权、话语权牢牢掌握在手中，任何时候都不能旁落，否则就要犯无可挽回的历史性错误。

To uphold the Party’s cultural leadership, it is necessary to build a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and guiding force. Ideological construction is a task that establishes the heart of the nation and the soul of the people, determining the direction of cultural progress and the path of development. It is essential to consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological domain and to consolidate the common ideological foundation for the united struggle of the entire Party and the people of the whole country. Efforts must be made to cultivate and practice the core socialist values, using them to consolidate spirit and energy, strengthen the foundation and the roots, and guide the system of cultural construction. It is necessary to master the dominant power of public opinion under the conditions of informatization, to enhance the communication, guidance, influence, and credibility of news and public opinion, and to consolidate and strengthen mainstream ideology and culture. We must persist in taking fostering virtue and nurturing people as the fundamental task, clearly and resolutely uphold Marxism’s guiding position in China’s philosophy and social sciences, and build an independent knowledge system for China.

坚持党的文化领导权，就要建设具有强大凝聚力和引领力的社会主义意识形态。意识形态建设工作是为国家立心、为民族立魂的工作，决定文化前进方向和发展道路。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。着力培育和践行社会主义核心价值观，以社会主义核心价值观凝魂聚气、强基固本和引领文化建设制度。掌握信息化条件下舆论主导权，着力提升新闻舆论传播力引导力影响力公信力，巩固壮大主流思想文化。坚持把立德树人作为根本任务，旗帜鲜明坚持马克思主义在我国哲学社会科学领域的指导地位，构建中国自主的知识体系。

Second, adhere to the people-centered value orientation. Marx and Engels pointed out that “people are the producers of their own conceptions, ideas, etc.” Through productive practice, workers not only create increasingly abundant material life for themselves but also gradually expand the broad space of spiritual life. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture inherits and develops Marxist cultural theory’s ideas on the essence of culture, the subject of cultural creation, and the value orientation of cultural production, emphasizing that cultural construction must adhere to a people-centered approach. It clearly proposes that culture can only be full of vitality if it conforms to the people’s will and reflects their concerns; the people, as the creators of history, are not only the creators of material wealth but also the creators of spiritual wealth; socialist literature and art, in essence, are the people’s literature and art; originating from the people, serving the people, and belonging to the people is the fundamental stance of socialist literature and art, and also the driving force for its flourishing development.

二是坚持以人民为中心的价值取向。马克思、恩格斯指出，“人们是自己的观念、思想等等的生产者”。劳动者通过生产实践不仅为自身创造日益丰富的物质生活，也逐步拓展着精神生活的广阔空间。习近平文化思想继承和发展了马克思主义文化理论关于文化本质和文化创造主体、文化生产的价值取向等思想，强调文化建设要坚持以人民为中心，鲜明地提出：文化只有顺应人民意愿、反映人民关切，才能充满活力；人民作为历史的创造者，不仅是物质财富的创造者，也是精神财富的创造者；社会主义文艺，从本质上讲，就是人民的文艺；源于人民、为了人民、属于人民，是社会主义文艺的根本立场，也是社会主义文艺繁荣发展的动力所在。

Chinese-path modernization is a modernization in which material civilization and cultural-ethical progress develop in coordination, requiring both material abundance and spiritual enrichment. Continuously meeting the people’s needs for spiritual and cultural life is the starting point and ultimate goal of socialist cultural construction. It is necessary to stimulate the cultural creativity and innovation vitality of the entire nation, enhance the capacity for original cultural creation, produce more high-quality cultural works that match the New Era, and use high-quality cultural supply to provide the people with more sufficient, richer, and more nutritious spiritual nourishment. This will continuously enhance the people’s sense of cultural gain, enrich their spiritual world, raise the level of civilization in the whole society, and promote the comprehensive development of individuals. Efforts must be made to promote the flourishing development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, improve the public cultural service system, increase the coverage and applicability of basic public cultural services, and safeguard the people’s cultural rights and interests.

中国式现代化是物质文明和精神文明协调发展的现代化，既要物质富足，也要精神富有。不断满足人民的精神文化生活需求，是社会主义文化建设的出发点和落脚点。要激发全民族文化创新创造活力，提高文化原创能力，推出更多同新时代相匹配的文化精品，以高质量文化供给为人民提供更加充分、更为丰富、更有营养的精神食粮，不断增强人民的文化获得感，丰富人民精神世界，提高全社会文明程度，促进人的全面发展。要着力推动文化事业和文化产业繁荣发展，完善公共文化服务体系，提高基本公共文化服务的覆盖面和适用性，保障人民文化权益。

Third, strengthen cultural confidence and shoulder the cultural mission of the New Era. Cultural confidence is an original and iconic concept of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly pointed out that cultural confidence is a more fundamental, broader, and deeper confidence, and is the most basic, deepest, and most enduring force in the development of a country and a nation. Strengthening cultural confidence concerns the rise and fall of national fortunes, cultural security, and the independence of the national spirit. Without a high degree of cultural confidence and cultural prosperity and flourishing, there will be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s systematic exposition of the Two Integrations, especially the Second Integration, is a major theoretical creation of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, indicating that our Party’s historical confidence and cultural confidence have reached a new height. Strengthening cultural confidence means adhering to one’s own path, achieving spiritual independence and autonomy, while upholding the spirit of openness and inclusiveness, actively learning from and drawing on all outstanding achievements of human civilization, and creating a batch of cultural achievements that integrate the ancient and the modern, and connect China and the West.

三是坚定文化自信，担负新时代的文化使命。文化自信是习近平文化思想的原创性标识性概念。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记多次指出，文化自信是更基础、更广泛、更深厚的自信，是一个国家、一个民族发展中最基本、最深沉、最持久的力量。坚定文化自信，事关国运兴衰、文化安全、民族精神独立性，没有高度文化自信、没有文化繁荣兴盛就没有中华民族伟大复兴。习近平总书记对“两个结合”特别是“第二个结合”的系统阐述，是习近平文化思想的重大理论创造，表明我们党的历史自信、文化自信达到了新高度。坚定文化自信，就是坚持走自己的路，实现精神上的独立自主，同时秉持开放包容精神，积极主动学习和借鉴人类社会一切优秀文明成果，创造一批熔铸古今、汇通中西的文化成果。

To strengthen cultural confidence and self-reliance, it is necessary to shoulder the new cultural mission, unswervingly follow the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, and continue to promote cultural prosperity and build a culturally strong nation from a new starting point. Efforts must be made to continue the Chinese cultural lineage, inherit and promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture and promote its creative transformation and innovative development, and continuously develop socialist culture with Chinese characteristics for the New Era. It is necessary to strengthen the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage and safeguard the cultural treasures of the Chinese nation. Enhance cultural identity, build a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation, and forge the spiritual and cultural foundation of the sense of community for the Chinese nation.

坚定文化自信自强，就要担负起新的文化使命，坚定不移走中国特色社会主义文化发展道路，在新的起点上继续推动文化繁荣、建设文化强国。要着力赓续中华文脉，传承弘扬中华优秀传统文化并推动其创造性转化、创新性发展，不断发展新时代中国特色社会主义文化。加强文化遗产保护传承，守护好中华民族的文化瑰宝。增进文化认同，构筑中华民族共有精神家园，铸牢中华民族共同体意识的精神和文化根基。

Fourth, promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. In the long historical process of humanity, various ethnic groups have created civilizations with their own characteristics and identities. Any civilization is fluid and open. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture profoundly grasps the laws of the spread and development of civilizations, proposing that civilizations become colorful through exchange and rich through mutual learning. We should promote exchanges and integration among different civilizations, mutual learning, harmonious coexistence and mutual achievement, and jointly build a garden of civilizations where all beauties are shared. Addressing the common challenges facing humanity in the 21st century and solving the problems of the times cannot be done without the power of culture and civilization. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations are an important driving force for promoting the progress of human civilization and world peace and development. Exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations should not be premised on the exclusivity of one civilization or the denigration of another. We should uphold a view of civilization based on equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness, transcend civilizational estrangement through civilizational exchange, transcend civilizational conflict through civilizational mutual learning, and transcend civilizational superiority through civilizational coexistence, providing impetus for world civilizations to develop in a balanced, positive, and benevolent direction.

四是促进文明交流互鉴。在人类漫长的历史进程中，各民族创造了各具特点和标识的文明。任何一种文明都是流动的、开放的。习近平文化思想深刻把握文明传播和发展规律，提出文明因交流而多彩，文明因互鉴而丰富。应推动不同文明交流交融、相互学习，和合共生、彼此成就，共建美美与共的文明百花园。应对21世纪人类面临的共同挑战，破解时代难题，离不开文化文明的力量。习近平总书记指出，文明交流互鉴是推动人类文明进步和世界和平发展的重要动力。文明交流互鉴不应该以独尊某一种文明或者贬损某一种文明为前提，应秉持平等、互鉴、对话、包容的文明观，以文明交流超越文明隔阂，以文明互鉴超越文明冲突，以文明共存超越文明优越，为世界文明朝着平衡、积极、向善的方向发展提供助力。

Chinese civilization is a civilization born on Chinese soil and an open system formed through continuous exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations. It has its own logic of civilizational development while also reflecting the general laws of the development of human civilization. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has gained rich nourishment through exchanges with other civilizations, and has also enriched the connotation of human civilization through its own creations, providing experience that can be shared with the world for the exchange, mutual learning, and coexistence of diverse civilizations and the creation of new civilizations. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of Chinese discourse and Chinese narrative systems, strengthen the capacity for international communication, more actively promote Chinese propositions, spread Chinese culture, and display China’s image, continuously enhancing the country’s cultural soft power and the international influence of Chinese culture.

中华文明是在中国大地上产生的文明，也是在同其他文明不断交流互鉴中形成的开放的体系，既有自身文明发展的逻辑，又体现了人类文明发展的一般规律。中国特色社会主义在与其他文明的交流中获得了丰富营养，也以自身的创造丰富了人类文明内涵，为多元文明的交流、互鉴、共存和新文明的创造，提供了可以向世界分享的经验。要加快构建中国话语和中国叙事体系，加强国际传播能力建设，更加主动地宣介中国主张、传播中华文化、展示中国形象，不断提升国家文化软实力和中国文化国际影响力。

The value of theory lies in guiding practice, and theory is enriched and developed in practice. Xi Jinping Thought on Culture has been formed and developed in the process of practice, understanding, re-practice, and re-understanding, and in the benign interaction between theoretical innovation and practical innovation. This thought is not only rooted in the practical innovation of contemporary China but also faces the broad future of the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. It is a continuously unfolding and open-ended ideological system that will inevitably be further enriched, developed, and perfected with the deepening and expansion of cultural construction practices in the New Era, demonstrating even greater truth power and practical power. On the new journey, it is necessary to deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, comprehensively grasp its basic spirit, basic content, and basic requirements, adhere to the primacy of practice, consciously use this important thought to guide the resolution of practical problems, and effectively achieve the integration of learning, thinking, and application, and the unity of knowledge, belief, and action.

理论的价值在于指导实践，理论在实践中丰富和发展。习近平文化思想是在实践、认识、再实践、再认识的过程中，在理论创新和实践创新的良性互动中形成和发展的。这一思想既植根于当代中国的实践创新，也面向中国特色社会主义文化建设的广阔未来，是一个不断展开的、开放式的思想体系，必将随着新时代文化建设实践的深入推进、不断拓展而进一步丰富、发展和完善，展现更为强大的真理力量和实践伟力。新征程上，要深入学习贯彻习近平文化思想，全面把握其基本精神、基本内容、基本要求，坚持实践第一，自觉用这一重要思想指导解决实际问题，切实做到学思用贯通、知信行统一。

(Source of this article: Economic Daily. Author Sun Daiyao is a Boya Distinguished Professor at Peking University and a researcher at the Beijing Research Center

（本文来源：经济日报 作者孙代尧系北京大学博雅特聘教授、北京市习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心研究员）

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