To be at the forefront of the times, a nation cannot be without theoretical thinking and correct ideological guidance for a moment.
In October 2023, Xi Jinping's cultural ideology was officially proposed at the National Conference on Propaganda, Ideology, and Cultural Work. Xi Jinping's cultural ideology is characterized by its clear and practical application, as well as the integration of physical and practical aspects. This marks a new height in our party's understanding of the laws of socialist cultural construction, indicating that our party's historical and cultural confidence has reached a new height. It provides a powerful ideological weapon and scientific action guide for doing a good job in propaganda, ideological and cultural work in the new era and new journey, and undertaking new cultural missions.
Raise the flag, clarify the direction, uphold the right path, and open up a new chapter.
Over the past year, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's cultural ideology, excellent traditional Chinese culture, revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture have been integrated and stimulated in the great practice of the new era, providing strong ideological guarantees and spiritual impetus for the development of the Party and the country's cause.
Guiding new directions for cultural development
The autumn sky in Beijing is as clear as water, and the broad Chang'an Avenue is bathed in sunshine. Located on the extension of West Chang'an Avenue, Jingxi Hotel is quiet and solemn.
A year ago, the National Conference on Propaganda, Ideology and Culture was held here, during which important instructions from General Secretary Xi Jinping were conveyed. General Secretary Xi Jinping, from a global and strategic perspective, has pointed out the responsibilities and missions of propaganda, ideological and cultural work:
Fully stimulate the vitality of cultural innovation and creation of the whole nation, continuously consolidate the common ideological foundation of the unity and struggle of the whole Party and all ethnic groups in the country, continuously enhance the national cultural soft power and the influence of Chinese culture, and provide strong ideological guarantees, strong spiritual strength, and favorable cultural conditions for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modernized country and the comprehensive promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
Examining the important role of culture in promoting human civilization progress in the long river of history, grasping the important role of culture in leading social change in the tide of the times, recognizing the important influence of culture in shaping comprehensive national strength in the world, and playing an important role in creating a better life through culture in the comprehensive development of people, General Secretary Xi Jinping has guided the new direction of cultural development.
A few days later, after the National Conference on Propaganda, Ideology and Cultural Work, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Jiangxi and Jingdezhen for the first local inspection, making cultural inheritance and development a key focus of his visit.
General Secretary talked about the combination of the basic principles of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture from the perspective of ceramic culture. We must continue to hold onto the excellent traditional culture passed down from our ancestors, keep up with the times, and promote it. General Secretary Xi Jinping is committed to creating a new culture that belongs to our era and has high expectations for it.
Over the past year, General Secretary Xi Jinping's cultural footprint has spread across the north and south of China. Through systematic planning and practical actions, he has guided the propaganda, ideological and cultural undertakings to uphold integrity, innovate, and forge ahead, opening up a new chapter.
Promote the nation through culture and fully leverage the role of culture in governing the country——
Xining Hongjue Temple, a millennium old temple, witnessed the magnificent prosperity of the Tang Tibetan ancient road, listened to the chariots and horses of the Silk Road, and engraved the history of ethnic integration and unity.
In June 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection here: "We must protect this precious historical and cultural heritage and make new contributions to forging a sense of community for the Chinese nation and promoting national unity and progress
From history to the future, from diversity to unity, cultural identity has always been the root of national unity.
By exerting cultural effects, General Secretary Xi Jinping has integrated it into the great practice of governing the country with strong cultural consciousness and historical responsibility
To build a strong financial country, we propose to actively cultivate a financial culture with Chinese characteristics, clarify the five practical requirements of "seeking benefits with righteousness, not just profit", and inject cultural cultivation into the high-quality development of finance;
Promote the rule of law, emphasize "actively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional legal culture", and add impetus to the rule of law to promote Chinese path to modernization;
Around the construction of the Party, it is clear to strengthen the construction of a clean and honest culture in the new era, and promote the formation of a strong atmosphere of promoting integrity through culture.
Over the past year, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has regarded culture as an important resource for governing the country, opening up new cultural paths and expanding new cultural spaces for continuing to promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.
Forge the soul and educate people, consolidate the foundation and cultivate the essence for the new journey of progress, and unite the heart and strength——
On September 29, 2024, in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Accompanied by the majestic and passionate melody of 'Salute to the Heroes of the Motherland', General Secretary Xi Jinping personally awarded medals to the recipients of national medals and honorary titles, and warmly shook hands with them to express congratulations.
Medal after medal, bearing in mind the indelible contributions, inspiring the footsteps of the new era's fighters, and gathering the spiritual strength of the whole society to make achievements and forge ahead with high spirits.
National rejuvenation requires spiritual guidance, and national development requires value navigation.
From pointing out during the inspection in Shanghai that "we should make good use of the red resources such as the site of the First National Congress and promote the great spirit of building the Party", to educating and guiding party members and cadres at the New Fourth Army Memorial Hall in Yancheng, Jiangsu to "inherit and carry forward the spirit of fearlessness, fearlessness of difficulties, courage to struggle, and courage to win", to emphasizing the normalization and institutionalization of ideal and belief education at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping insists on using cultural talents to focus on solving the overall switch issues of worldview, outlook on life, and values.
Noble beliefs and firm convictions do not spontaneously arise. To cultivate the "indestructible body of a diamond", we must arm our minds with scientific theories and constantly cultivate our spiritual home.
Calling on Party members to "adhere to the study of the Party's innovative theories, understand the laws, clarify the direction, learn methods, and increase wisdom", urging young cadres to "effectively enhance the level and application ability of Marxist theory", and requiring the construction of ideological and political courses to "synchronize with the Party's innovative theoretical armament"... General Secretary Xi Jinping leads the whole Party to lay a solid theoretical foundation and forge the "soul" of ideology, embarking on a new journey and creating new great achievements with unified thinking, firm will, coordinated actions, and strong combat effectiveness.
Continuing the cultural heritage, preserving the roots, and safeguarding the cultural treasures of the Chinese nation——
The central axis of Beijing, known as the 'cultural spine', has stood the test of time. This world's longest city axis, which was built in the 13th century and runs through the north and south of the old city of Beijing, embodies the traditional Chinese capital planning theory and the philosophical ideas of "Zhong" and "He", and has become an important symbol of the prominent characteristics of Chinese civilization.
In July 2024, the 46th UNESCO World Heritage Conference passed a resolution to include "the central axis of Beijing - a masterpiece of the order of China's ideal capital" in the The World Heritage List.
We should take this successful application for World Heritage as an opportunity to further strengthen the overall and systematic protection of cultural and natural heritage, effectively improve the ability and level of heritage protection, and safeguard the cultural and natural treasures of the Chinese nation. Shortly after the World Heritage Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on strengthening the protection, inheritance, and utilization of cultural and natural heritage, and put forward new requirements.
Protecting and inheriting cultural heritage is responsible to history and the people.
September 2024, Baoji Bronze Museum, Shaanxi. Standing in front of He Zun, the treasure of the town courtyard, General Secretary Xi Jinping pondered for a long time: "The 5000 years of Chinese civilization still need to be further excavated, deeply studied, and interpreted for its connotation and spirit, and the great wisdom contained therein should be well publicized, so as to make everyone more respected and loved, enhance their pride in Chinese civilization, promote the spirit of patriotism, and pass on the excellent traditional Chinese culture from generation to generation
Not forgetting the past can better open up the future. Under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the Chinese cultural heritage has blossomed and flourished, with a magnificent scene and a stirring atmosphere of rejuvenation.
Creating a new era of cultural development
The magnificent China has a long history and a vast civilization, which is the foundation of our confidence and the source of our strength
General Secretary Xi Jinping's words are close and far-reaching. It is the power of culture that gives us the determination to adhere to the right path, the drive to forge ahead, and the vitality to reform and innovate.
Over the past year, holding high the banner of Xi Jinping's cultural ideology, Chinese culture has been full of vitality, and the land of China has risen with a grand atmosphere of "lush and cultured".
Cultural confidence, self-improvement, shaping the soul of the country——
On the afternoon of August 20, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and warmly received all members of the Chinese sports delegation returning with honors from the 33rd Summer Olympics.
 
At the Paris Olympics, the Chinese sports delegation achieved the best result in China's history of participating in the Summer Olympics overseas, achieving both competition results and spiritual civilization. A confident and open new era of China is presented to the world.
Cultural confidence is constantly integrating into the spiritual temperament and cultural character of the entire nation, radiating a more proactive and powerful spiritual force.
Cultural confidence comes from our cultural subjectivity, reflected in our sincere love for Chinese culture, history, and traditions.
Yanqing, Beijing, the magnificent Great Wall winds through the towering mountains, and the Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area is crowded with visitors.
The Great Wall is a representative symbol of the Chinese nation and an important symbol of Chinese civilization, embodying the spirit of self-improvement and the patriotic sentiment of unity and perseverance of the Chinese nation. In May 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the villagers of Shixia Village, Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing, encouraging them to "pass on this precious wealth left by their ancestors for generations to come.
Protect the roots and inherit civilization.
Convene a symposium on the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, conduct the fourth national census of cultural relics... promote systematic protection of cultural heritage, build a comprehensive protection pattern, and continue the Chinese cultural heritage.
New progress has been made in the exploration of the origins of Chinese civilization and the major project of "Archaeology of China". New experiences have been explored in the overall protection and dynamic inheritance of historical and cultural blocks, villages and towns. A total of 139000 ancient books and special collections of documentary resources have been released nationwide... Continuously seeking the "code" of civilization, making the face of ancient civilization clearer.
The "cultural and museum fever" continues to heat up, "cultural and creative products" continue to sell well, and "poetry fever" is flourishing... The creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture have led to an increasing enthusiasm among the people for traditional culture.
Always adhering to the soul of Marxism and the root of excellent traditional Chinese culture, our party upholds integrity and innovation, carries forward the past and opens up the future, endows cultural development with new vitality and creativity with a high degree of cultural consciousness and cultural responsibility.
Building a Cultural Strong Country and Creating Brilliance——
In May 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection tour of Shandong: "We must promote the prosperity and development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, innovate and implement cultural projects that benefit the people, vigorously promote cultural digitization, and enable advanced socialist culture to add momentum and benefits to economic development, add internal meaning and charm to tourism and leisure, and add vitality to urban and rural society
Over the past year, the propaganda, ideological, and cultural front has consistently prioritized social benefits and integrated them with economic benefits, enhancing the sense of cultural gain and happiness among the masses through high-quality cultural supply
Focusing on improving the public cultural service network, China has built over 3200 public libraries and more than 12000 screens in township cinemas. All public libraries, cultural centers, art galleries, comprehensive cultural stations, and over 90% of museums are open for free.
Focusing on promoting high-quality literary and artistic creation, films and TV dramas such as "Hot and Hot" and "My Altay", Beijing opera "Returning to Song Dynasty with Earth", and drama "Spring Dawn on Sudi" vividly showcase the spirit and beauty of the new era and traditional culture.
Focus on detail and implementation, accurately match cultural supply content and supply methods. The "Village Evening", "Everyone Singing", and square dancing are full of vitality, and the cultural hall, rural library, and joyful stage have become spiritual "charging stations".
Promoting high-quality development of the tourism industry is essential to building a cultural powerhouse.
Let the tourism industry better serve a better life, promote economic development, build a spiritual home, showcase China's image, and enhance mutual learning of civilizations
In May 2024, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held its first important conference with tourism development as the theme - the National Tourism Development Conference. General Secretary Xi Jinping has given important instructions on tourism work, drawing up a beautiful picture of "poetry and distant places".
Come to Guizhou to watch a vibrant "village supermarket", listen to a starry sky concert at the foot of Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang, and check in at popular filming locations while watching TV dramas... "Culture and Tourism+Hundred Industries" and "Hundred Industries+Culture and Tourism" will bring endless surprises. Traveling with performances, traveling with events, and traveling with movies and TV shows have become new fashion trends. Concerts, music festivals, and other forms of entertainment have become new "city business cards," and integrated formats such as cultural tourism, tourism, tourism, agriculture, culture, and tourism are thriving.
Data shows that in the first half of this year, the number of domestic tourists reached 2.725 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14.3%; Domestic tourists spent a total of 2.73 trillion yuan on travel, a year-on-year increase of 19.0%; In the first seven months of this year, more than 17 million foreigners came to China, and "China Travel" was popular all over the world.
Civilization exchange and mutual learning show charm——
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, the heads of state of the two countries once again engaged in in-depth strategic communication from the perspective of history and civilization at the Toulmale Pass in the southwestern Pyr é n é es department of France, continuing to write the beautiful story of "high mountains and flowing waters".
Although China and France belong to Eastern and Western civilizations with different values and social systems, they both attach great importance to cultural exchange and mutual learning. Both sides can make peace and differences, and through dialogue and cooperation, make new contributions to world peace, development, and human progress. General Secretary Xi Jinping's words have profound implications.
As the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation enters an irreversible historical process, the international community is increasingly concerned about China and hopes to understand Chinese culture.
At the closing ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the "Climbing Flowers to Give to Friends" showcased the Chinese farewell ceremony, while the "Harmony between the Netherlands and Guangxi" conveyed a sense of harmony and coexistence; The first domestically produced 3A game "Black Myth: Wukong" has been launched, allowing players around the world to share the charm of traditional Chinese culture; At the World Conference on Chinese Studies Shanghai Forum, guests discussed the rich connotations of Chinese culture and the global significance of China's path... Chinese civilization is constantly evolving through exchanges, mutual learning, and harmonious coexistence, and the world civilization garden is becoming more colorful and vibrant.
Living on the same planet, looking up at the same sky. Both far and near are family; you and I share the same fate... "Children from China and Africa walked onto the stage hand in hand, their singing like heavenly music refreshing their hearts.
This is a moving scene at the welcome banquet of the Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation on the evening of September 4, 2024. Performers from China and Africa danced gracefully and sang with abandon, expressing their beautiful hope of working together to build a better future.
As General Secretary Xi Jinping said at the welcoming banquet of the summit, "I believe that as long as the more than 2.8 billion Chinese and African people work together in the same direction, they will surely create brilliance on the path of modernization, lead the vigorous development of modernization in the global South, and make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind
The concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind is the modernization and modernization of China's excellent traditional cultural values and spiritual bloodline, forming the greatest common denominator for building a better world and leading the trend of the times and the direction of human progress.
Today, with a firm historical initiative and a broad global perspective, the "New Form of Human Civilization" depicts a new chapter of civilization for the development of human society, and a myriad of phenomena are displayed on the grand stage of the new era.
Draw a new picture of cultural reform
Opening the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese style Modernization", the "seven focuses" of further deepening reform have a clear direction, one of which is "focusing on building a socialist cultural power".
Based on the strategic height of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, and focusing on the major mission of inheriting the Chinese cultural context and promoting cultural prosperity, the Decision proposes the major task of deepening the reform of cultural system and mechanism, providing fundamental guidance and direction for the development of cultural reform in the new era and new journey.
The unprecedented changes in the world today are accelerating, and culture is increasingly becoming an important force in the competition of comprehensive national strength; The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered a critical period, and culture is increasingly becoming a powerful support for the construction of a strong country and the rejuvenation of the nation.
Embarking on a new journey, we must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping's cultural ideology, steadfastly deepen the reform of cultural systems and mechanisms, better meet the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people, and continuously enhance the spiritual strength to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Improve the responsibility system for ideological work, consolidate the common ideological foundation of unity and struggle——
In February 2024, the newly revised Regulations of the CPC on Patrol Work was publicly released, and "the implementation of the ideological work responsibility system" was included in the key inspection content of the patrol work, tightening the "clockwork" of performing duties.
Ideology is related to the banner, determining the direction and development path of culture.
History and practice have repeatedly proven that ideological work is an extremely important task of the Party. Only by consolidating the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field and consolidating the common ideological basis for the unity and struggle of the whole party and the whole people, can our party have combat effectiveness and our nation have cohesion.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "Whether we Chinese Communists can uphold the leadership of the Party and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the increasingly complex international and domestic environment still requires us to continue to answer generation after generation of Communists. To do a good job in ideological work and propaganda, we need to understand it in this context
On the new journey, we must adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, improve the ideological work responsibility system in strengthening the Party's innovative theoretical armed forces, building an independent knowledge system of Chinese philosophy and social sciences, constructing a work mechanism and evaluation system that adapts to all media production and dissemination, and strengthening the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage. We must continuously promote the normalization and institutionalization of ideal and belief education, further develop and strengthen mainstream values, mainstream public opinion, and mainstream culture, and stimulate the powerful force of unity and progress in the whole society.
Optimize the supply mechanism of cultural services and cultural products to better meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people——
"Volunteer Army: Heroes Attack" won the best film award, "Chang'an 30000 Miles" won the excellent film award... On the evening of August 4, 2024, the 37th Hundred Flowers Award Award for Popular Film was announced. These award-winning films, selected through public evaluation, reflect the voices of the people and promote Chinese culture through exciting stories of different themes, demonstrating the artistic pursuit of Chinese cinema to resonate with the times and empathize with the people.
The solid, rich and colorful cultural products are an important symbol of the cultural height of an era, and also the key to satisfying the spiritual and cultural life of the people.
In recent years, the production capacity of literary and artistic creation in China has significantly increased, and the supply of various cultural products and services has grown rapidly. The main contradiction in cultural supply has shifted from "enough" to "good".
In the further comprehensive deepening of reform, accelerating the establishment of a system and mechanism conducive to the continuous emergence of high-quality cultural products and services, adhering to the people-centered creative orientation, and launching more cultural achievements that blend ancient and modern, and integrate Chinese and Western cultures will better meet the new expectations of the people's spiritual and cultural life.
Establish a comprehensive network governance system and actively create new spaces for cultural construction——
"On August 28, at the main forum of the 2024 China Internet Civilization Conference, four groups of families demonstrated the achievements of family network civilization construction in the form of scenario interpretation on the four themes of" patriotism and family love "," love each other "," upward and good "and" co construction and sharing ", and issued the initiative of" promoting good family style and co construction of network civilization "to the whole society.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, "Wherever people are, the focus of propaganda and ideological work lies
Currently, China has nearly 1.1 billion internet users, forming the world's largest and most vibrant digital society.
Looking to the future, we need to focus on cultivating a positive, healthy, and positive online culture, strengthen the construction of the rule of law in cyberspace, improve the long-term mechanism of online ecological governance, and build cyberspace into a new cultural construction space with value recognition, humanistic care, and emotional belonging.
Building a more effective international communication system to enhance the influence of Chinese civilization——
 
President Xi Jinping's works have put forward many new ideas and viewpoints, which are of great value to countries around the world in the era of globalization... "Attendees generally believe that this work serves as the" door of thought "for the international community to understand China.
The development and prosperity of a great country inevitably require a significant increase in cultural dissemination and civilization influence.
We have the ability to do China's things well, but we don't have the ability to tell China's story well? We should have this confidence! "General Secretary Xi Jinping's words were resounding.
The more we create a good external environment to promote Chinese path to modernization, the more we need to improve the international communication system and mechanism. We need to accelerate the construction of Chinese discourse and narrative system, focus on creating new concepts, categories, and expressions that integrate China and foreign countries, tell the story of China in the new era well, continuously enhance the country's cultural soft power and influence of Chinese culture, and truly stand firm in the international cultural turbulence.
A new era painting, looking forward to new depictions.