Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 15th. The 8th issue of "Qiushi" magazine published on April 16 will publish an important article by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, "Accelerating the Construction of a Cultural Power".

The article emphasizes that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have insisted on putting cultural construction in a prominent position in governing the country, made a series of major arrangements, formed the cultural thought of socialist with Chinese characteristics in the new era, promoted cultural construction to achieve historic achievements in rectifying the source and upholding the truth and innovating, and took solid steps to build a socialist cultural power.

The article points out that building a cultural power is related to the overall situation of Chinese-style modernization, the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the improvement of international competitiveness. We must anchor the strategic goal of building a cultural power by 2035, adhere to the fundamental guiding ideology of Marxism, root in the profound Chinese civilization, adapt to the trend of information technology development, and continuously develop a new era of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics with strong ideological leadership, spiritual cohesion, value appeal, and international influence, continuously enhance the spiritual strength of the people, and build a solid cultural foundation for building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

The article makes arrangements for accelerating the construction of a cultural power from five aspects. First, unswervingly follow the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics. The most essential feature of this path is to uphold the leadership of the Party. The principles of the Party managing propaganda, ideology, media, and Internet must be implemented in place, to improve the governance capabilities of the cultural field under information conditions, and to build a solid ruling foundation and mass foundation of the Party in terms of ideology, spirit and culture. We must uphold the fundamental system of Marxism's guiding role in the ideological field, fully implement the socialist cultural thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and develop a national and scientific socialist culture that is oriented towards modernization, the world, and the future. Focus on building a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leadership, adhere to the guidance of the socialist core values, and continuously build the Chinese spirit, Chinese values, and Chinese strength, and develop and strengthen mainstream values, mainstream public opinion, and mainstream culture.

Second, strive to stimulate the vitality of cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation. The vitality of culture lies in innovation and creation. We must implement the deployment of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, insist on putting social benefits first and unifying social benefits and economic benefits, stimulating innovation and creativity as the central link in deepening the reform of the cultural system and mechanism, and accelerate the improvement of the cultural management system and production and operation mechanism. Improve the service, guidance and organizational work mechanism of literary and artistic creation and production, and nurture a number of classics of the times that are deeply rooted in people's hearts. Actively create a good cultural ecology and promote the continuous burst of cultural innovation and creativity. Explore effective mechanisms for the integration of culture and technology to achieve digital empowerment and information transformation of cultural construction.

Third, always adhere to cultural construction focusing on people and ending in people. The "strong" of a culturally powerful country must ultimately be reflected in the people's ideological realm, spiritual state, and cultural cultivation. We must improve the supply capacity of cultural services and cultural products, and enhance the people's sense of cultural gain and happiness. Attach importance to the role of culture in cultivating the mind and educating sentiment, and cultivate the spirit and temperament of the whole nation. Taking educating talents and building a team as an important and urgent strategic task, and build a high-level cultural talent team with a large scale, reasonable structure and innovative spirit.

Fourth, continue the Chinese cultural context in creative transformation and innovative development. It is the historical responsibility and sacred mission of contemporary Chinese Communists to uphold the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation and protect, promote and develop the treasures of Chinese civilization left over from vicissitudes. We must adhere to the use of the past for the present and introduce new things, adhere to creative transformation and innovative development, deeply explore and expound the spiritual connotation of China's excellent traditional culture, use Marxism to activate excellent factors in Chinese traditional culture and give them new connotations of the times, and develop socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Uphold the awe of history and love culture, adhere to the principles of protection first, rational use and minimal intervention, and promote the systematic protection and unified supervision of cultural heritage. Improve the system and mechanism for the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage.

Fifth, continuously enhance the country's cultural soft power and Chinese cultural influence. At present, the world's century-long changes are accelerating, and the competition for national cultural influence is becoming increasingly fierce. As a responsible major country, we must be more proactive in promoting China's propositions, spreading Chinese culture, and displaying China's image. We must promote the reconstruction of the international communication pattern and build a multi-channel and three-dimensional external communication pattern. Strengthen the concept of dialogue with the world with culture and widely carry out diverse forms of international cultural exchanges and cooperation. We will learn more actively and actively learn from all the excellent achievements of mankind and create a batch of cultural achievements that have been integrated into ancient and modern times and connect China and abroad.

The article points out that building a cultural power is the common task of the whole party and society. We must strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee on propaganda, ideology and cultural work, and improve the leadership and management system and mechanism for cultural construction. Party committees and governments at all levels should place cultural construction in a prominent position, effectively strengthen organizational leadership, and gather a strong synergy to build a cultural power.