Strengthen cultural self-confidence and build a cultural power ■ Yan Xu Cultural self-confidence is a more basic, deeper and lasting force in the development of a country and a nation. one Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in the historical process of leading the whole party, the army and the people of all ethnic groups to promote the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, President Xi Jinping has attached great importance to the issue of cultural self-confidence and delivered a series of important speeches on why and how to strengthen cultural self-confidence. In february2014, when presiding over the 13th collective study of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee, President Xi put forward cultural self-confidence for the first time, stressing that "it is necessary to clarify the historical origin, development context and basic trend of China's excellent traditional culture, clarify the unique creation, values and distinctive characteristics of Chinese culture, and enhance cultural self-confidence and values self-confidence". In november2016, in his important speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th National Congress of the China Federation of literary and art circles and the 9th National Congress of the China Writers' Association, President Xi deeply pointed out that "strengthening cultural self-confidence is a major issue related to the rise and fall of the national fortune, cultural security and the independence of the national spirit." The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China incorporated cultural self-confidence into the basic strategy of "adhering to the socialist core value system" and wrote it into the party constitution, reflecting the common will of the whole party, the army and the people of all ethnic groups. In September, 2020, President Xi Jinping made a comprehensive and systematic discussion on cultural self-confidence in his important speech at the Symposium of expert representatives in the field of education, culture, health and sports, emphasizing that "we should strengthen cultural self-confidence, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, inherit revolutionary culture, develop socialist advanced culture, constantly create new brilliance of Chinese culture and build a socialist cultural power". In November, 2021, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China systematically summarized the major achievements China has made in cultural construction in the new era, and regarded "significantly enhanced cultural self-confidence" as a prominent achievement in cultural construction in the new era, reflecting a high degree of cultural consciousness. In practice, President Xi Jinping has put a firm cultural self-confidence into all aspects of governance. For example, in the congratulatory letter to the 80th anniversary of the publication of Ci Hai and the first page of Ci Hai, President Xi hoped that the majority of experts and scholars would "strengthen their cultural self-confidence, adhere to reform and innovation, and create a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation". In his important speech at the seventh plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, President Xi stressed: "leading cadres must strengthen their cultural self-confidence if they do not forget their original intentions and stick to the right path." In his congratulatory letter to the 120th anniversary of the discovery and research of oracle bone inscriptions, President Xi put forward ardent expectations for the strong cultural self-confidence of the majority of researchers, hoping that they "carry forward the feelings of home and country and the fine style of study of the older generation of scholars, deeply study the historical ideas and cultural values of oracle bone inscriptions, and promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning". In his reply to the teachers and students of the Chinese Academy of traditional opera, President Xi stressed the need to "guide the majority of teachers and students to strengthen their cultural confidence, carry forward their fine traditions, adhere to integrity and innovation, explore the true meaning of art in teaching and learning, temper their original intention of art in serving the people, and make new and greater contributions to inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture and building a socialist cultural power". The CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping attached great importance to and vigorously promoted cultural self-confidence, led the cause of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era to achieve historic achievements, significantly improved the national cultural soft power and the influence of Chinese culture, significantly enhanced the cultural self-confidence of the whole party, the army and the people of all ethnic groups, and unprecedented cohesion and excitement among the party, the army and the people. two Cultural self-confidence is the full affirmation of a country, a nation and a political party on their own cultural values and the firm belief in their own cultural vitality. A firm stand on Chinese culture. Chinese culture is the common spiritual home of the Chinese nation, a unique spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation, and an important perspective for the world to understand and observe China. In the congratulatory letter to the 22nd International Congress of historical sciences, President Xi pointed out: "China has a civilization history of more than 5000 years of continuous development. Observing historical China is an important angle to observe contemporary China. Without understanding Chinese history and culture, especially the Chinese history and culture since modern times, it is difficult to fully grasp the social conditions of contemporary China, the aspirations and dreams of the contemporary Chinese people, and the development path chosen by the Chinese people." On the issue of looking at Sino foreign cultural relations, President Xi repeatedly stressed that in the cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, we should adhere to the principle of making foreign countries serve China and make dialectical choices, and resolutely oppose the cultural inferiority complex of "respecting foreign countries", "making foreign countries beautiful", "following only foreign countries" and "de Sinicization", "de historization" and "de mainstreaming". These views and expositions fully demonstrate the clear-cut cultural position of the Communist Party of China under the background of world cultural exchanges and exchanges. Strong national cultural feelings. Culture is the most emotional and can best reflect feelings. In his reply to the students of the middle school affiliated to the Central University for nationalities, President Xi pointed out: "the colorful culture of all ethnic groups in China is an important part of Chinese civilization." In the congratulatory letter to the centenary of the discovery of Yangshao culture and the birth of Chinese modern archaeology, President Xi stressed the need to "better display the style of Chinese civilization and carry forward the excellent traditional culture of China". Such cultural feelings not only enable our party to take the initiative to assume the cultural responsibility of the faithful inheritors and promoters of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, but also consciously link socialism with Chinese characteristics with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, emphasizing that the excellent traditional Chinese culture is the cultural fertile land where socialism with Chinese characteristics is rooted, and an important source for nurturing the core values of socialism, Thus, it has endowed socialism with Chinese characteristics with more profound cultural heritage and Chinese excellent traditional culture with more important political significance. Broad world cultural vision. To occupy the cultural commanding heights in the globalization era of multi-cultural coexistence requires a broad world vision. In the congratulatory letter to "Rubens, van Dyck and Flanders painting school - Liechtenstein Royal Collection Exhibition", President Xi deeply pointed out: "the world is rich and colorful, and civilizations are diverse. Only through exchanges and mutual learning can human civilization be full of vitality." This important exposition profoundly reveals the evolution law of human civilization and the development law of world culture. With regard to world culture, President Xi Jinping has repeatedly pointed out that "stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade", stressing that we must pay more attention to learning and absorbing the outstanding achievements of civilization created by people all over the world, and learn from each other and complement each other's strengths with other countries in the world; As for our own culture, we emphasize that we should strengthen our cultural self-confidence and actively promote Chinese culture to go global. We should not only let the world know "China on the tip of the tongue", but also let the world know "China in academia", "China in theory", "China in Philosophy and Social Sciences", and so on. These important expositions are not only rooted in the great practice of the Chinese nation in exploring modernization, but also actively face all outstanding cultural achievements created by mankind, and reflect the cultural mind and vision of embracing all rivers and the world. three Without a high degree of cultural confidence and cultural prosperity, there will be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. For China, a large socialist country with profound historical and cultural heritage, which is approaching the center of the world stage, to build a cultural power, we must deal with the relationship between national culture and world culture, be more confident in identifying our own culture, and be more self-confident in containing foreign cultures. Identify with your own culture. Identity is the premise of self-confidence. Without cultural identity, there is no cultural self-confidence. In his reply to all the editors of the editorial department of literature, history and philosophy, President Xi deeply pointed out that "to enhance the backbone and confidence of the Chinese people and make the world better understand and understand China, we need to deeply understand the Chinese civilization". In today's China, ancient and modern cultures, Chinese and Western cultures, Marxist and non Marxist cultures interweave and coexist, presenting a complex cultural scene that has never been seen before. The great exchanges and exchanges of world cultures have injected great vitality into the development of Chinese culture. How to make the development of Chinese culture more directional under this background is becoming an increasingly urgent problem. It is precisely because of the high recognition of the excellent traditional culture of China that our party put forward the requirement that the basic principles of Marxism should be combined with the excellent traditional culture of China, and Marxism can also obtain profound cultural support and continuous development momentum in China; It is thanks to the high recognition of revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture that our party can effectively cope with the impact of multiculturalism and constantly write a new chapter in the development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. Inclusive of foreign cultures. An open and inclusive cultural attitude and a cultural mind that embraces all rivers can best reflect the degree of cultural confidence of a nation. In the congratulatory letter to the first Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, President Xi stressed the need to "adhere to the coexistence of diversity, mutual learning, cooperation and sharing, strengthen cultural exchanges, advocate cultural equality, protect cultural heritage, promote cultural innovation and strengthen cultural cooperation". The Chinese nation is known for its cultural self-confidence, which benefits not only from its brilliant cultural achievements, but also from its great cultural spirit. From the perspective of cultural development trend, in the era of globalization, no culture has complete universality. Any culture should develop in coexistence and innovate in sharing. Therefore, the more inclusive a culture is, the more it can gain lasting vitality and influence. In the past, when dealing with the relationship between national culture and foreign culture, our party emphasized not only not forgetting the original, but also absorbing foreign cultures, adhering to the combination of Chinese and Western cultures, and actively promoting cultural mutual learning, which greatly enhanced the influence of Chinese culture in the world. Today, the inclusion of foreign cultures is not only a manifestation of cultural self-confidence, but also a practical requirement to strengthen cultural self-confidence. We emphasize the cultivation of socialist core values, inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture, carry forward the Chinese spirit, and do not exclude learning from the world's excellent cultural achievements. Only by treating foreign cultures in an inclusive manner and realizing equal dialogue with foreign cultures can we manifest and develop ourselves in the exchange, blending and confrontation of world cultures and achieve real cultural self-confidence. (outlook new era)