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The Communist Party of China (CPC) has always been committed to promoting Chinese culture. To understand China and the CPC, it is necessary to appreciate how close is the bond between the Party and China's culture. From the past to the present and from theory to practice, this book traces the Party's endeavors in inheriting and promoting Chinese culture while pioneering revolution, reconstruction, and reform in the country. It describes how the CPC set out from a new point to build a prosperous and strong country, and explains why patriotism is still a powerful driver of China's national rejuvenation in the new era. The author expresses his firm belief that the CPC will stay true to its original aspiration -bringing happiness to the people and rejuvenation to the Chinese nation-on a new journey towards socialist modernization.
The century-old CPC has been able to maintain inexhaustible vitality because it takes root in the excellent culture of the Chinese nation, and because it is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, the Chinese people, and the Chinese nation, fighting wholeheartedly for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
About Author
Zheng Bijian, born in Fushun, Sichuan Province in 1932, joined the CPC in 1952 and completed his graduate studies at the Department of Political Economy of Renmin University of China in 1954. He has held the following positions: team leader of the Party Literature Research Center of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Research Office of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, political assistant to General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Hu Yaobang, deputy director-general of the Center for International Studies under the State Council, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of its Institute of Marxism and Leninism, executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, executive vice president of the School of the CPC Central Committee, and chairman of the China Forum on Reform and Opening Up. He was elected a member of the 14th and 15th central committees of the CPC. He is currently director of the Academic Committee of the School of the CPC Central Committee, and chairman of China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter One CPC-Born to Salvage China from Subjugation
I. Birth of the CPC: Two Vanguards
II. The CPC's Mission - Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation
III. Great Pioneers Leading the Chinese Nation Towards Rejuvenation
Chapter Two The CPC Emerged from a Period of Revolution, Reconstruction, Reform and Opening Up
I. Chinese Traditions and Civilization in the Party's Guiding Principles and Political Line
II. A Correct Understanding and Evaluation of the May 4thMovement
III. The Revolutionary Path of Encircling the Cities from the Countryside
IV. China's Ancient Military Thinking Provided Inspiration to the Party
V. The United Front and "Harmony in Diversity"
VI. The Party's Ideological Line and Working Method
VII. The Party's Fundamental Purpose and the Philosophy of "the People Are the Foundation of a State"
VIII. The Party's Revolutionary Spirit
IX. Admonitions on Becoming a Governing Party
X. The Holistic Approach and Ideas of Inclusiveness in Ancient China
XI. The Guiding Principle for Art and Literary Creation and Academic Culture During the 1950s and Its Historical Roots
XII. Seeking Truth from Facts Reestablished as a Guideline
XIII. Socialist Modernization, Moderate Prosperity and Great Harmony
XIV. Development of Productive Forces and "Governing and Benefitting the People"
XV. China's Socialist Reform and Wisdom in Changes
XVI. China's Opening Up and Its Advocacy of "Inclusiveness" and "Peace Among All Nations"
XVII. CPC's Self-Improvement and Rectification
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Chapter Three The CPC Starts a New Journey
Chapter Four Patriotism Remains a Powerful Source of Inner Strength Driving Us Towards National Rejuvenation in the New Era
Conclusion Remain True to Our Original Aspiration and Forge Ahead
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In the current world, people who admire China's notable achievements or those who try to restrict or prevent its development have focused their attention on the Communist Party of China (CPC). At this very moment, it becomes particularly important to build on our pride and confidence as Chinese. President Xi Jinping raised this issue in his reply letter to the editorial staff of the Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy on May 9, 2021. He wrote, To build on our pride and confidence as Chinese and better present China to the world, we should first have a full understanding of our culture and determine how to better follow the Chinese path, promote China's spirit, and pool our strength by combining history with the present, and theory with reality. This book explains that the CPC has done well in inheriting and carrying forward traditional Chinese culture by relating to its history, purpose and mission. It argues that the century-old CPC has been able to maintain inexhaustible vitality because it takes root in the excellent culture of the Chinese nation, and because it is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, the Chinese people, and the Chinese nation, fighting wholeheartedly for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
As President Xi Jinping wrote in his letter to foreign students studying at Peking University on June 21 this year, To understand contemporary China, you must understand the Communist Party of China. This is exactly what this book is for.