Learn from him-strengthen cultural self-confidence and inspire national spirit.

　　CCTV News:Culture is the ideological guidance, spiritual support, moral education and knowledge nurturing of a country and a nation, and it is also an important symbol that distinguishes a country and a nation from other countries and nations. Extensive and profound excellent traditional culture, distinctive and unique revolutionary culture, and advanced socialist culture have consolidated the foundation of cultural construction and laid a strong foundation for cultural self-confidence.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has mentioned "cultural self-confidence" many times, and made many profound expositions from the overall situation of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s cause, which has injected more basic, deeper and more lasting power into the great cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Supreme Leader’s exposition on cultural self-confidence is very rich, profound and incisive, which is an organic part of Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. Today, we have specially compiled the important exposition of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on cultural self-confidence for everyone to learn.

　　fine traditional Chinese culture

　　[From, casting, rooting]

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture, which originated from the excellent traditional Chinese culture nurtured by the 5,000-year civilization history of the Chinese nation, was cast in the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture created by the Party leading the people in revolution, construction and reform, and was rooted in the great practice of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

　　— — On October 18, 2017, the report was published in The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

　　On October 18, 2017, the Supreme Leader made a report at the The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

　　"Very proud, very confident"

　　In every historical period, the Chinese nation has left countless immortal works. From the Book of Songs, Chu Ci, Han Fu, to Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, Ming and Qing novels, etc., they have jointly created a splendid star river of China’s literary history. The Chinese nation’s literary and artistic creativity is so strong and its achievements are so brilliant. The Chinese nation is known for its cultural self-confidence. We should be extremely proud of it and feel extremely confident about it.

　　— — On November 30, 2016, he delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th National Congress of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 9th National Congress of China Writers Association.

　　[Important basis, content and contribution]

　　A large number of great works in ancient China contain rich contents of philosophy and social sciences and wisdom of governing the country, which provides an important basis for the ancients to understand and transform the world, and also provides important contents for Chinese civilization and makes great contributions to human civilization.

　　— — Speech at the Symposium on Philosophy and Social Sciences on May 17, 2016

　　[Creation and Continuation, Roots and Soul]

　　China has a long history and a broad civilization. The excellent Chinese traditional culture created and continued by the Chinese nation in thousands of years of history is the root and soul of the Chinese nation.

　　— — On December 20, 2014, speech at the celebration of the 15th anniversary of Macao’s return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the fourth government of Macao Special Administrative Region.

　　Revolutionary culture

　　[Maintain revolutionary spirit and revolutionary fighting spirit]

　　To achieve the prosperity and long-term stability of the Party and the country, all comrades in the Party must maintain the revolutionary spirit and fighting spirit, and have the courage to carry forward the great social revolution that our Party led the people for 97 years. We must never be proud of victory, never slack off because of achievements, and never shrink back because of difficulties, and strive to make Socialism with Chinese characteristics show a stronger and more convincing force of truth.

　　— — On January 5, 2018, he delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of the seminar on studying and implementing the spirit of the 19 th Party Congress

　　[Inheriting the Red Gene]

　　We must inherit the red genes of the people’s army, strive to cultivate revolutionary soldiers with soul, ability, blood and morality in the new era, and always maintain the nature, purpose and true colors of the people’s army. We should inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition and historical experience of our party and people’s army, and make continuous progress on the road of upholding and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

　　— — Speech during the inspection tour in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province from December 12 to 13, 2017

　　From December 12 to 13, 2017, the Supreme Leader visited Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. On the afternoon of the 12th, the Supreme Leader cordially visited workers’ representatives such as model workers and technical experts in Xugong Group Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd., and encouraged them to strive for everyone’s brilliance in the struggle to realize the Chinese dream.

　　[Roots of our Party]

　　The Red Boat in Nanhu, Jiaxing, a major meeting place of the Party in Shanghai, is the place where our Party dreams to set sail. Our party was born here, went to war here, and came to power throughout the country from here. This is the root vein of our party.

　　— — On October 31, 2017, I gave a speech when I visited the site of the First Congress of the Communist Party of China.

　　[Infiltrate into blood and heart]

　　An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of blood, a hot land and a soul. Looking back on the past bonfire years, the people of Jinzhai have made great contributions to the revolutionary cause of China with fearless sacrifice. We will continue to follow the footsteps of the revolutionary predecessors and pass on the red mountains and rivers from generation to generation. Revolutionary traditional education should start with dolls, pay attention to both knowledge infusion and emotional cultivation, so that the red gene can seep into the blood and heart, and guide the majority of teenagers to establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values.

　　— — On April 24, 2016, I made a speech during my investigation in Anhui.

　　advanced socialist culture

　　[Culture makes the country prosperous and the nation strong]

　　Culture is the soul of a country and a nation. Culture makes the country prosperous and the nation strong. Without a high degree of cultural self-confidence and cultural prosperity, there would be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We should adhere to the road of cultural development in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation, and build a socialist cultural power.

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture, which originated from the excellent traditional Chinese culture nurtured by the 5,000-year civilization history of the Chinese nation, was cast in the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture created by the Party leading the people in revolution, construction and reform, and was rooted in the great practice of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. To develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture is to take Marxism as a guide, stick to the Chinese cultural stance, base on the reality of contemporary China and combine the conditions of the present era to develop a national, scientific and popular socialist culture facing modernization, the world and the future, and promote the coordinated development of socialist spiritual civilization and material civilization. We must persist in serving the people and socialism, let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend, and persist in creative transformation and innovative development, and constantly create new glories of Chinese culture.

　　— — On October 18, 2017, the report was published in The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

　　[The most reason to be confident]

　　To persist in Do not forget your initiative mind and continue to advance, we must adhere to Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence, unswervingly adhere to the Party’s basic line, and constantly push forward the great cause of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

　　The whole party should be confident in road, theory, system and culture. In today’s world, if any political party, country or nation can be confident, the Communist Party of China (CPC), People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Chinese nation have the most reasons to be confident. With the courage of "self-confidence in life for 200 years, we will be able to hit three thousand miles with water", we can face all difficulties and challenges without fear, and we can unswervingly open up new horizons and create new miracles.

　　— — On July 1, 2016, speech at the conference to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

　　[Strengthening cultural self-confidence and inspiring national spirit with literature and art]

　　I hope everyone will strengthen their cultural self-confidence and inspire the national spirit with literature and art. To realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must strengthen Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road confidence, theoretical confidence, institutional confidence and cultural confidence. To create excellent works with distinctive national characteristics and personality, we must have a deep understanding of the profound Chinese culture and a high degree of cultural self-confidence. The vast number of literary and art workers should be good at extracting the essence and energy from the treasure house of Chinese culture, maintain high confidence in their own cultural ideals and values, maintain high confidence in their own cultural vitality and creativity, and make their works become spiritual forces that inspire the people of China and the Chinese nation to keep moving forward.

　　— — On November 30, 2016, he delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 10th National Congress of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 9th National Congress of China Writers Association.

　　Producer/Zhen Chen　

　　Editor/Tang Jinggang

　　Editor/Zhao Jin

　　American editor/Wu Yanni

　　Editor/Cui Qi

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