Socialist core values are an ideological and cultural system that integrates socialist guiding ideology, ideals and beliefs, national spirit, spirit of the times and concept of honor and disgrace. It is the essential embodiment of socialist ideology and a major theoretical innovation and strategic task of the Party in ideological and cultural construction. It clearly answered the important question of what kind of spiritual banner our party uses to unite and lead all the people to forge ahead and what kind of mental state the Chinese nation stands among the nations in the world under the new historical conditions. It provides a powerful spiritual motivation and ideological guarantee for the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which is of great significance.
The basic contents of socialist core values include the guiding ideology of Marxism, Socialism with Chinese characteristics's ideal of unity, the national spirit with patriotism as the core, the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, and the socialist concept of honor and disgrace. Among them, adhering to the guiding ideology of Marxism is the soul of socialist core values, establishing Socialism with Chinese characteristics's ideal of reunification is the theme of socialist core values, cultivating and carrying forward the national spirit and the spirit of the times is the essence of socialist core values, and establishing and practicing the socialist concept of honor and disgrace is the foundation of socialist core values.
When we study the socialist core values, the most important thing is to grasp their spiritual essence, so as to guide our reform and innovation practice and develop our Socialism with Chinese characteristics construction. In this regard, my personal understanding and experience are as follows, for your exchange and reference only.
First, adhere to Marxism and develop Marxism organically.
The reason why our Party and our country have written Marxism as the guiding ideology into the Constitution of party constitution is because Marxism is the greatest civilization achievement and the highest ideological system of mankind so far. Therefore, for Marxism, the first thing is to unswervingly adhere to Marxism as the guiding ideology of our party's construction of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. This is the soul of socialist core values, and it is a matter of principle about what kind of banner to hold, what kind of nature to stand on and what kind of road to take.
To adhere to the guiding ideology of Marxism, we must first know what Marxism is, second know what Marxism is, third know how to adhere to Marxism, and fourth know how to practice Marxism.
What is Marxism? Marxism is a scientific theoretical system about the most universal laws of nature, human society and thinking, which was founded by Marx and Engels and developed and innovated by Marxists all over the world. It is the ideological weapon of the proletariat to liberate all mankind. Marxism consists of three parts: Marxist philosophy, Marxist political economy and scientific socialism. Its essence is the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, materialist epistemology based on practice, surplus value theory and scientific socialism theory based on labor theory of value.
The most important thing for us to adhere to Marxism is to adhere to the spiritual essence of its theory, that is, to adhere to its scientific world outlook and methodology, to adhere to its analysis and judgment on the laws of social and historical development, rather than to adhere to Marx's individual conclusions and conclusions. Our party has suffered setbacks and failures in the history of its development, all of which are related to the dogmatic attitude of adhering to the individual conclusions and conclusions of Marxism-Leninism. And its victory and success are inseparable from the correct thinking method of seeking truth from facts.
To adhere to Marxism, we must organically combine persistence and development. On the basis of adhering to the essential core of the basic principles of Marxism, advancing with the times according to the changes of the times, and developing and innovating according to national characteristics and national conditions, Marxism has been constantly endowed with new vitality in practice and scientific development. Marxism is the outstanding achievement of criticizing and inheriting human civilization. Therefore, to adhere to Marxism, we must constantly absorb, draw lessons from and integrate all kinds of human ideological and cultural achievements (even outstanding achievements created by non-Marxists) while adhering to Marxist stand, viewpoint and method, enrich and develop the theoretical treasure house of Marxism, and realize theoretical and practical innovations. Advance in persistence and develop in innovation.
We practice Marxism to build a socialist cause with China characteristics. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a new socialist model founded by the Communist Party of China (CPC) people according to the requirements of the times and the trend of scientific development, as well as the national characteristics and national conditions of the Chinese nation. Building the cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics is not only conducive to realizing China's modernization, strengthening its national strength and improving people's living standards; It is also conducive to the development of Marxism in the world, the rise of the international workers' movement, the change of the world pattern and the improvement of China's international status. Therefore, it is the best practical action to practice Marxism to devote oneself to building political democracy, economic modernization and reviving cultural and educational undertakings in Socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Second, we should unify the establishment of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's ideal with the realization of personal ideal.
Socialism with Chinese characteristics's ideal is the theme of socialist core values, which solves the problems of which road to take and what goal to achieve.
* * * Ideal embodies people's yearning and pursuit for a better life, and is the spiritual driving force for a country and a nation to forge ahead. Without common ideals and beliefs, a country or a nation will lose its direction because of the lack of a banner, its motivation because of the lack of a spiritual pillar, and its cohesion because of the lack of a core. The ideal of * * * reunification that we want to establish is the ideal of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation by taking the Socialism with Chinese characteristics road under the leadership of China's * * * production party. This is an ideal that can represent the fundamental interests of the broad masses of the people and is widely recognized and accepted by all walks of life. With this ideal of unity, the people of the whole country can have a * * * synchronization, and in today's diversified social consciousness, they can effectively unite the wisdom and strength of all aspects and lay a solid ideological foundation for the United struggle of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country.
Ideal is also the goal and spiritual motivation for each individual to pursue a better life. The pursuit of the same ideal does not exclude social individuals from pursuing their own personal ideals. On the contrary, it is the premise and foundation of maximizing personal ideals. * * * Ideal is the condensation and sublimation of personal ideal. Only in line with the personal ideals of most people in society can it be truly transformed into the * * * ideal that people consciously agree with and fight for; Personal ideal is an integral part of the common ideal of * * *, and it can only be realized to the maximum extent if it meets the needs of the common ideal of society. Therefore, we should advocate the organic unity of ideal * * * and personal ideal, let ideal * * * cover personal ideal, closely link personal destiny with the destiny of the country and people, and open the way for the realization of ideal * * * with the realization of personal ideal, so as to truly realize the harmony between individuals and society.
Third, unify the promotion of the national spirit and the spirit of the times.
National spirit is the sum of national consciousness, national psychology, national character and national temperament formed by a nation in long-term social practice. It is an inherent and continuous historical and cultural tradition in national culture and the most essential and concentrated embodiment of the nation. The Chinese nation has formed a great national spirit of unity, peace-loving, hard-working, courage and self-improvement in the 5,000-year historical development. This is the spiritual pillar of the self-confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement of millions of people in China, and it is also a powerful spiritual driving force for the Chinese nation to persevere, make continuous progress and grow stronger. Therefore, carrying forward the national spirit of the Chinese nation is one of the essences of socialist core values.
National spirit mainly emphasizes national individuality and national tradition. Today in the 2 1 century, with the modernization of science and technology and the development of economic, political and cultural internationalization, the trend of integration among countries in the world is becoming increasingly obvious. Therefore, while carrying forward the national spirit, we must also emphasize the spirit of the times. In the new era, in the process of self-reliance and self-improvement, the Chinese nation has accumulated and formed the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, which is eclectic, advancing with the times and pioneering. It is with this spirit that we have overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, withstood all kinds of severe tests, made brilliant achievements in reform, opening up and modernization, and opened a new historical period with the best development in a hundred years.
The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is inseparable from the promotion of the national spirit and the spirit of the times. We can only unify the national spirit with the spirit of the times, and adhere to the fine traditional national spirit such as "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", "wealth is not immoral, poverty is unshakable, and power is unyielding", "worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later"; Adhere to the fine traditions of the revolutionary period such as Jinggangshan spirit, Long March spirit, Yan 'an spirit, Anti-Japanese War spirit and Xibaipo spirit; Adhere to the fine traditions of Daqing spirit, Lei Feng spirit and "two bombs and one satellite" spirit during the construction period; Only by adhering to the pioneering spirit, the spirit of fighting floods, the spirit of fighting SARS, the spirit of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the spirit of manned space flight and the spirit of earthquake relief, and adhering to the fine tradition of the Beijing Olympic spirit lamp era, can we cast the steel soul of the Chinese nation and promote our cause to win one new victory after another.
Fourth, establish a socialist concept of honor and disgrace.
Only when you have rules can you become a square, and only when you know honor and disgrace can you keep etiquette. The concept of honor and disgrace is people's fundamental view and attitude towards honor and disgrace. Establishing a correct concept of honor and disgrace is an important basis for forming a good social atmosphere. Only by distinguishing right from wrong, honor and disgrace, good and evil, beauty and ugliness can a person form a correct value judgment and a society form a good moral trend.
In the tide of market economy, we have accelerated the process of economic modernization. But at the same time, we should also see that economic marketization also has its inevitable negative effects. It will lead to the marketization of social relations to a certain extent, thus distorting people's spiritual and moral customs. Therefore, General Secretary Hu Jintao put forward the socialist concept of "eight honors and eight disgraces" in time: "Be proud of loving the motherland and ashamed of endangering the motherland; Be proud of serving the people and ashamed of deviating from the people; Proud of advocating science and ashamed of ignorance; Proud of hard work, ashamed of leisure, and disgusted with work; Be proud of unity and mutual assistance, and be ashamed of harming others and benefiting themselves; Be proud of honesty and trustworthiness, and be ashamed of forgetting righteousness; Be proud of obeying the law and discipline, and be ashamed of violating the law and discipline; Be proud of hard work and be ashamed of arrogance and extravagance. "
The socialist concept of honor and disgrace is the embodiment of Marxist world outlook, outlook on life, basic values and code of conduct. It enriches the socialist moral norms, reflects the objective requirements of developing the socialist market economy, carries forward the essence of China's traditional morality, and establishes the moral scale of people's behavior, which is a comprehensive, systematic, accurate and popular expression of the socialist ideological and moral system. It inherits the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, carries forward the excellent revolutionary moral tradition of our party, summarizes the fresh experience of socialist ideological and moral construction, and embodies the spirit of the times and fashion formed since the reform and opening up. It covers the relationship between individuals, collectives and countries, designs all aspects of life attitude and social fashion, embodies patriotism, collectivism and socialist thoughts, embodies the combination of ruling the country by law and ruling the country by virtue, marks the deepening of our party's understanding of socialist ideological and moral construction, and will have a positive and far-reaching impact on strengthening socialist ideological and moral construction under the new situation.
Five, establish the socialist core values is a long-term and arduous task.
Establishing socialist core values belongs to the category of ideological and moral construction. We can't expect to finish this job once and for all through a decree or a campaign. It can only be done step by step through long-term publicity, education and edification. Therefore, it must have a long and lasting process and is a long and arduous task.
Establishing socialist core values depends not only on publicity and education, but also on the joint efforts of all parties. We must adhere to the system construction as the foundation, and establish and improve the evaluation mechanism, incentive mechanism, restraint mechanism and supervision mechanism that meet the basic requirements of socialist core values in accordance with the requirements of focusing on practical actions, perseverance and forming mechanisms, so as to form a long-term mechanism for practicing socialist core values.