Enhancing Capacity to Build an Advanced Culture and Strengthening Cultural Self-Confidence: Forging a New Splendor for Socialist Culture in the New Era

Abstract

The 20th Party Congress has put the promotion of cultural self-confidence and self-improvement and the forging of a new glory of socialist culture in front of the whole Party as an important task for the comprehensive construction of a modernized socialist country and the strengthening of the Party’s ability to govern. Under the new situation of new opportunities and challenges in the new era, if we want to build a modern socialist country in all aspects, we must adhere to the road of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, enhance cultural self-confidence, build a strong socialist culture around raising the flag, gathering the people’s hearts, educating new people, promoting culture and displaying the image of a socialist cultural powerhouse, develop a socialist culture that is modernized, scientific and popular among the nation and the people, and stimulate the creative power of national cultural innovation and enhance the ability to realize the goals of a modernized, scientific and popular socialist culture. The development of a modern, world-oriented and future-oriented national, scientific and popular socialist culture will stimulate the cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation and enhance the spiritual strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Therefore, it is necessary to have an accurate position in understanding, at least grasp three aspects: firstly, we should accurately grasp what culture and advanced culture are; secondly, we should recognize the necessity of continuously improving the ability to build advanced socialist culture and enhancing cultural self-confidence; and thirdly, we should continuously improve the ability to build advanced socialist culture and enhance the key point of cultural self-confidence. Only by grasping these three aspects can we continue to enhance the soft power of national culture and the influence of Chinese culture on the new journey of building a modern socialist country.