Why is the Communist Party of China “able”? In-depth research and scientific answers to this major issue are of great significance for always adhering to the leadership of the Communist Party of China and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization.
Mao Zedong said in "On the Strategy of Opposing Japanese Imperialism": "There are three-year-old children among people. Many three-year-old children are right, but they cannot be allowed to take care of the major affairs of the world because they are not yet Understand the principles of the world and the country. "Exploring the way for the Chinese Communist Party to grasp the principles of the world and the country, and constantly unite and lead the people from victory to victory, constitutes the common basis of the political thinking of the famous political scholar Professor Lin Shangli in recent years. The crystallization of these thoughts has become New book "The Principles of the World and the Country - The Success of the Chinese Communist Party". The new book takes "all nations under heaven" as its core category and basic theory, and explores how the Chinese Communist Party has successfully brought the Chinese civilization with a history of more than 5,000 years into a new world of modern human civilization, turning its creative practice into a rooted and effective source, a new civilization that conforms to the direction of human development and the requirements of the times.
April this year, this book was selected into the "China Good Book" in 2023. The author said in the preface: "The biggest wish of this book is to serve as an introductory guide for people to understand this big book of the Communist Party of China." In fact, this book is very political, academically rational, and innovative, and provides a good guide for people to understand. We provide academic support by promoting the Party’s innovative theories, telling the story of the Chinese Communist Party, and telling the story of Chinese modernization well. Recently, Professor Lin Shangli accepted an exclusive interview with our reporter.
Lin Shangli Doctor of Laws, member of the Communist Party of China, professor. Distinguished professor of the "Changjiang Scholars Award Program", expert member of the National Teaching Materials Committee, and special government allowance approved by the State Council in 2001. He is currently the president and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University of China.
main research fields: political theory, Chinese politics, and comparative politics. He has presided over many national, provincial and ministerial level scientific research projects such as the major project of the National Social Science Fund "Research on the Governing System of the Communist Party of China". Published "Domestic Intergovernmental Relations", "Party Politics and Modernization", "The Logic of Politics - Principles of Marxist Political Science" (co-author), "Research on Contemporary Chinese Political Forms", "The Communist Party of China and National Construction", "Contemporary Chinese Politics: Foundations and Development" and many other academic works, and published hundreds of academic papers.
[Upholding the principle of serving the world for the common good is the value prerequisite for grasping the principle of the world and the country; basing oneself on the principle of the world and the country is the practical basis for practicing the principle of the world for the commonwealth]
Wenhui Po: You are in the new book "The principle of the world and the country - the way to success of the Chinese Communist Party" The preface emphasizes that following the principles of the world and the country, striving to realize the happiness of the people, and working to ensure the prosperity of the country and the people are the key to the success of the Communist Party of China. How to understand "the principles of the world and the country are the right way of the world"?
Lin Shangli: Avenue, the world is the public. Upholding the principle of "the world is for the common good" is the value prerequisite for grasping the principle of "the world is for the commonwealth"; basing oneself on the "world for the commonwealth" is the practical basis for practicing the "the world is for the common good". Man stands between heaven and earth, and the world created by the interaction between man and heaven and earth, and the interaction between man and man, is the world. In Chinese culture, the world is a world of people, a world of people, and a public world; people are the main body, the people are the foundation, the family is the unit, and the country is the structure. As Mencius said: "People have constant words. , they all say, "The foundation of the world is the country, the foundation of the country is at home, and the foundation of the family is the body." It can be seen that the foundation of the world is a community of coexistence of heaven, earth, country and people, and it is the unity of cultivating one's family and governing the country. body. The so-called principle of the world and the state is the right way of the world to create a symbiotic community of good weather, favorable location, and people, and the great way of the world to create a unified world of national peace and prosperity for the people of the world, with self-cultivation, family harmony, national governance, and world peace.
Simply put, the principle of the world is to benefit the people, use the laws of development of things, and pay attention to the most basic issues of the country and the nation with the sentiment of the world as a common people, to solve the basic problems in the development process, so as to realize our struggle. The goal. At the end of 1935, as soon as Mao Zedong led the party and the Central Red Army to complete the 25,000-mile Long March, he clearly proposed the political idea of establishing an anti-Japanese national united front, laying the foundation for the Chinese Communist Party's subsequent victory in the new-democratic revolution. The principle followed is the principle of the world. Four years later, Mao Zedong pointed out in the article "The Communists" published in October 1939: "Eighteen years of experience have enabled us to understand that the united front, armed struggle, and party building are the core values of the Communist Party of China in the Chinese revolution. Three magic weapons to defeat the enemy, three main magic weapons. "These three magic weapons follow the principles of the world. The national principles of
are actually based on the grasp of scientific theory, based on the understanding of the laws of things, and based on the scientific judgment of the time and momentum of the entire development. This reflects that the Communist Party of China combines scientific theory with China's reality, and combines the scientific theory of Marxism with Chinese culture and Chinese wisdom, thereby grasping the effective path, scientific method and reasonable strategy for revolution, construction and reform in China. . But more importantly, it is based on very high values. This value is based on the development of mankind, the liberation of the people, the independence of the nation, and the progress of the country. With the highest values, scientific theories, and a pragmatic attitude, we can then form a reasonable strategy and gather the power of the entire society to open up a new path, create a new world, and create a great cause. This is the principle of the world and the country.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “For a hundred years, our party has been committed to seeking happiness for the Chinese people, rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, progress for mankind, and harmony for the world. The world is for the common good and the world is right. This is our party. The greatest confidence in the party’s historical confidence is the historical confidence that our party has been in power and has been in power for a long time in China, and it is also the historical confidence that our party has in uniting and leading the people to move forward.” Throughout the more than 100 years of struggle of the Communist Party of China, this historical confidence is evident. It is inseparable from the Party’s profound historical insight, superb strategic judgment and strong political execution on the principles of the development of the world and the principles of governing the country. The basis of all this lies in the Party’s deep understanding and systematic understanding of the principles of the world and the country. Grasp and use effectively.
[The confidence of self-confidence, the courage to reform, and the ambition to develop, these three converge to form an immeasurable force in promoting China's future development]
Wen Wei Po: In the book, you pointed out that the Communist Party of China "ignited the Chinese nation with the great atmosphere of changing the world and the world." "Spiritual World", this is not only reflected in the revolutionary era when the Chinese Communist Party awakened the people to save the nation; it is also reflected in the fact that through reform and opening up, the spirit of the country has always been maintained in a state of vitality. Reform and opening up is "the Chinese nation's ability to settle down and live in the modern world." spirit and temperament”. When summarizing the success of the Chinese Communist Party, why do you particularly emphasize such a spiritual power?
Lin Shangli: I start with a simple example. After the Revolution of 1911, Sun Yat-sen said that Chinese society was "a mess." But more than 40 years later, we achieved victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. What did we rely on? The defeat of the United States was due to "more steel and less gas", while China's victory was due to "less steel and more gas". Therefore, Mao Zedong's words are very important: "Since the Chinese people learned Marxism-Leninism, the Chinese people have turned from passive to active spiritually." In just over 40 years, the nation has become a nation with strong cohesion and combat effectiveness. The reason for the success of the nation is that when the nation and country fell into a serious spiritual crisis, the Communist Party of China successfully used scientific theories to awaken the Chinese people and reunite the spirit of the Chinese nation. themselvesFor more than 100 years, the Communist Party of China has always regarded the spiritual power of the people as the key force to promote social progress and development, and has used continuous social progress and development to enrich and enhance the spiritual realm and inner strength of the people. With the continuous victory of revolution, construction, and reform, the spiritual world of the Chinese people has also experienced a development process of awakening, awareness, self-esteem, self-reliance, self-confidence, and self-improvement. While constantly activating the spiritual power of the Chinese nation shaped by more than 5,000 years of civilization, , and continue to gain new and more powerful strength from the spiritual pedigree of the Communist Party of China forged by the struggle of the party and the people. The continuous growth of this spiritual power is not only a concrete manifestation of China's rise, but also an intrinsic support for China's rise. For more than 40 years of reform and opening up in
, why can we continue to create historic achievements? A very important point is that reform and opening up has unleashed the vitality and creativity of the entire Chinese people, integrating individual struggle with social progress, national progress and national rejuvenation. The Communist Party of China has not sanctified or dogmatized anything of its own. Instead, it is based on perfection in development and development in perfection. This is the way to success of the Communist Party of China. It is full of confidence in its own path, theory, system, and culture. , and at the same time be able to face the challenges faced in the development process and take the initiative to change and improve. The confidence of self-confidence, the courage to reform, and the ambition to develop. Together, these three constitute an immeasurable force in promoting China's future development.
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[Based on self-compatibility, the sinicization of Marxism has actually become the characteristics, content and form of the modern development of Chinese culture]
Wenhui: At the conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Marx, General Secretary Xi Jinping Emphasize that Marxism is a scientific theory, a people's theory, a practical theory, and an open theory that is constantly developing. You pointed out in your book that by comparing these four theoretical characteristics with the Chinese civilization with a history of more than 5,000 years, you can find that three of them are highly consistent with the characteristics of China's excellent traditional culture, namely "people's nature" and "practicality" "Openness". How to understand these three "inherent compatibility" between Marxism and China's excellent traditional culture?
Lin Shangli: first look at "people's nature". In traditional Chinese thought and culture, "people" and "people" are two concepts. "People" are relative to heaven and earth, and "people" are relative to the country. Between heaven and earth, Laozi believes that people are higher than things and are the same as heaven and earth. "Therefore, the Tao is big, the sky is big, the earth is big, and people are also big." Confucianism believes that "people are the heart of heaven and earth." In the country, Mencius emphasized that "the people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least important"; Both "people" and "people" are highly recognized in the Chinese ideological system, and they not only determine the country and the country, but also determine all things in the world. Therefore, in traditional Chinese culture, "Cathay" and "people's security" are integrated, and national development must ultimately be implemented in the issue of benefiting the people and settling down. The starting point of the entire Chinese history and culture is the people, which is highly consistent with Marxism. Marx's entire theory also starts from real human life. The purpose of the entire history is to allow people to truly achieve full development and realize human freedom and liberation. The second is "practicality". The Chinese people's life is based on practice, and their lifelong struggle is based on the world interacting with heaven and earth, based on the practice of self-improvement, and based on self-cultivation, family governance, country governance, and world peace. This is why the spirit of seeking truth from facts is China’s cultural tradition, which is consistent with the Marxist theory of historical materialism based on practice. The third is "openness", which is closely connected with "practicality". Openness reflects cultural autonomy. Chinese culture is independent and self-contained, and is highly inclusive. Openness is also an important path to tempering cultural autonomy. The openness of Marxism lies in its scientific nature and its ability to criticize and absorb all outstanding civilizational achievements created by mankind.
The popular nature, practicality and openness of China's excellent traditional culture have enabled the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people to accept and believe in Marxism. Not only do they not have too many cultural barriers and ideological barriers, but they can also correspond to each other in many aspects. , or even directly connected, such as seeking truth from facts, world harmony, people-oriented, etc. Today, when the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people are based on cultural self-confidence and have the ability to reflect on and grasp the inherent compatibility between Chinese civilization and Marxism from the height of cultural consciousness, this compatibility has gradually risen from the original free compatibility to the natural fit. for fit. Based on self-compatibility, the sinicization of Marxism not only has the value and significance of theoretical innovation and development, but also has the value and significance of promoting the creative development of Chinese culture, and has actually become the characteristics, content and significance of the modern development of Chinese culture. form.
[The combination of traditional Chinese culture and Marxism jointly constructs the spiritual structure and thinking system of the Chinese nation in the modern sense]
Wenhuipao: In the book, you combine the Sinicized Marxist ideological system with the traditional Chinese culture dominated by Confucianism The ideological systems are juxtaposed, and it is believed that "the two major ideological systems have formed a chain of thoughts and ideals in the hearts of the Chinese people, connecting the modern thoughts and spirit of the Chinese people with the thoughts and spirit of the excellent traditional Chinese culture. ",why would you say so?
Lin Shangli: In the development of Chinese civilization for more than five thousand years, two major ideological systems have been formed: one is to grasp the survival, production, and life of China's original ecological society and form a traditional Chinese cultural ideological system dominated by Confucianism; the second is to grasp the survival, production, and life of China's original ecological society; The Sinicized Marxist ideological system formed by establishing a socialist society, system and country in China. Fundamentally speaking, these two ideological systems are endogenous to Chinese history, society and culture. The Chinese traditional cultural ideological system is the Chinese nation’s understanding and understanding of nature, society and the world; the Sinicized Marxist ideological system is the Chinese nation’s understanding and understanding of modern China, the modern world, and modern mankind. The former is thought's grasp of the past, and what it longs for is the most natural ideal life; the latter is the thought's grasp of the present and the future, and what it longs for is the freest ideal life. Although the orientations are different, based on the common concern for people, these two ideological systems have formed a chain of thoughts and ideals in the hearts of the Chinese people, opening up the continuous development of Chinese civilization with a history of more than 5,000 years in modern society. A bloodline that thrives.
Why should I emphasize this "Unicom"? In a certain sense, by combining with Marxism, Chinese people's thoughts have moved towards modernity and are connected with the achievements of the entire human civilization. At the same time, they have integrated the spiritual temperament and basic values upheld by the Chinese people with modern scientific theories. As a whole, it makes Chinese people's thinking more comprehensive, more scientific and more strategic. I have always believed that traditional Chinese culture has shaped the spiritual temperament of the Chinese people, and Marxism has shaped the modern thinking system of the Chinese people. The combination of the two has jointly constructed the spiritual structure and thinking system of the Chinese nation in the modern sense.
and the combination of these two, the Communist Party of China played a very important role. What Marxism has brought to the Chinese people and the Chinese nation is a grand, open ideological system that requires independent creation and practice. The greatness of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people is that they do not apply Marxist theory to transform China, but use China's historical logic and practical logic to grasp the theoretical logic of Marxism, so as to explore China under the guidance of the Marxist worldview and methodology. The path, practice and theory of revolution, construction and reform, and the formation of Marxism adapted to the times in China.The comprehensive progress and development of the Sinicization of Marxism has fundamentally solved the value crisis and identity conflict that have long plagued China's modernization development in modern times, and eliminated the ideological problems caused by the great strides into socialist society and the substantial transformation of Chinese society. and the inner tension of spirit, and have the historical confidence, theoretical confidence and cultural confidence to create ideas and culture based on the reality of socialism with Chinese characteristics, inherit the achievements of China's civilization of more than 5,000 years, and actively respond to the development of the times and changes in the world.
Wen Report: The great achievement of "Chinese rule" contains a deep "democratic password". How to grasp the significance of "Chinese-style democracy" to human political civilization?
Lin Shangli: Whether it is the people's democracy developed in China or the new socialist democracy pursued by Marxism, they are all based on the liberation of the people. What is the core of people's liberation? It refers to whether the people can grasp state power and become the masters of labor and production. For the Chinese, the core of socialist democracy is the people's control of state power, which is essentially different from liberal democracy. Liberal democracy is based on individual freedom, emphasizes limiting state power, and separating the state from society. Our democracy is based on realizing the liberation of the people and the people being the masters of the country. State power is used by the people, and the state must serve the people.
To the Chinese Communist Party, the people are not abstract, but concrete. Today, their main body is the socialist builders including the broad masses of working people. Compared with the development of Western society, which takes the individual as its main body and freedom as its core, China's social development, which takes the people as its main body and is centered on the people, has four major advantages that are difficult to match in Western society: First, it can inspire the whole society to the greatest extent. Strength includes the enthusiasm and creativity of individuals, as well as the enthusiasm and creativity of all people; second, it is able to ensure that the country is always in the hands of all the people and not controlled by a few people or a few interest groups; third, it is able to ensure that the country is always in the hands of all people Serve the people and protect the interests of the people; fourth, it can ensure the unity of the people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, laying a solid social foundation for national integration and stability.
"The people, and only the people, are the driving force for creating world history." This is what the Communist Party of China believes and practices. China's successful development of "all for the people and all relying on the people" has proved to the world that compared with The development of individual-centered capitalist society, which adheres to people-oriented and people-centered development, has stronger capabilities, faster speed, wider benefits, and greater stamina.
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[To create a new civilization, the development status, development form and development mentality have put forward unprecedented higher requirements for reform and opening up]
Wen Wei Po: The third session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held in July this year. Central Plenary Session. This will surely be a new historical starting point for my country's reform and opening up. Chinese-style modernization is a brand-new form of human civilization. In this regard, does shaping a new civilizational force also mean that it puts forward unprecedentedly higher requirements for reform and opening up?
Lin Shangli: The mission of socialism and the ideal of communism determine that always maintaining revolutionary reform and opening up is an inherent attribute of the development of contemporary China. For today's Communist Party of China and the Chinese people, reform and opening up is not a temporary policy. It has been sublimated into the inherent requirements and manifestations of Chinese modernization. It is the basic belief and common identity of all people and is the basis for the survival and development of the whole society. Tao - self-improvement of the national institutional system is formed through self-reform. Through self-reform, the forces generated by development always have matching institutional policies, so that productivity and production relations, economic base and superstructure always maintain a dynamic balance. . Reform is fundamentally about maintaining the continuous release of social productivity and social vitality. The continuous release of these two forces provides strong impetus for China's development and guarantees steady progress.Therefore, every major reform ushered in a major development; conversely, in order to achieve major development goals, an in-depth reform must be carried out, which has become the core mechanism of China's development.
html To this end, we should grasp three key issues while further deepening reform and opening up: First, the state of development means always adjusting and maintaining the spirit of the country in a state of vitality through reform and opening up. These include continuous self-improvement, emancipating the mind, seeking truth and being pragmatic, pioneering and innovative, taking responsibility for the mission, and serving the world for the common good. This state of development can be achieved and maintained only by always adhering to the people-oriented and people-centered approach, adhering to the mission of realizing national rejuvenation and the responsibility of promoting human progress, and shaping the overall pattern and realm of development.second, the development form is the development form of the highly intensive use of time, space, and resources through reform and opening up, that is, to create new development forms of comprehensive, intensive, sustainable, connected, and shared. This requires adhering to the new development concepts of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping, and comprehensively developing and effectively allocating resources such as value, organization, system and technology in a wider field and at a higher level. Create high-quality development and modern national governance, form a new development pattern and Chinese-style modernization that are completely different from Western countries, and create a new form of human civilization. The development mentality is to shape a healthy mentality in leading world development and human progress through reform and development. This includes not only the scientific world outlook, historical outlook, values, outlook on life, and outlook on development, but also the Chinese way of being a human being, doing things in the world, entrepreneurship, and cooperation. What the Chinese people have shown to the world is not only a powerful country, but more importantly, a great nation, a great nation that has made contributions in history and is responsible in reality. The above three points have put forward unprecedented higher requirements for reform and opening up. Only through reform and opening up can China become truly strong and become a great country that continues to contribute to history, the world, and mankind.
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