Strive to master the Marxist standpoints and viewpoints that run through it

2. Strive to master the Marxist standpoints and viewpoints that run through it

How can we learn and implement Xi Jinping Thought?

1. Adhere to the fundamental position of people-centeredness.

The people’s stand is the fundamental political stand of Marxism. Always standing on the people’s standpoint, not departing from this position, and not wavering is a major issue in mastering the Marxist world outlook, and it is also a major issue to be solved in studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. As contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st century Marxism, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, on the basis of adhering to the fundamental position of Marxism, explains the value purpose of “people- centered”, which is the inheritance and development of Marxist value pursuit, and a clear expression of the Chinese communists’ never forget their original intention and remember their mission. In terms of values, this idea puts the “people” in the highest position in governing the country, and is epitomized as putting the people first, for the people, relying on the people, and judging by the people. In terms of strategic layout, this idea has always adhered to the standpoint of the people and carried out strategic planning: to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, “the people’s living standards and quality of life will be generally improved” as one of the basic goals;

The starting point and foothold of comprehensively deepening reform is to promote social fairness and justice and improve the well-being of the people; Comprehensively governing the country according to law emphasizes the need to let the people feel fairness and justice in every judicial case; comprehensively administering the party strictly, focusing on solving the virus that erodes the healthy body of the party and the prominent problems that the people strongly resent, and further consolidating and deepening the flesh-and-blood ties between the party and the people.

On the path of implementation, this idea firmly grasps the people’s yearning for a better life, and implements the people-centered development thinking in the entire process and all aspects of socialist modernization: economic construction pays more attention to improving the people’s material living standards, political construction pays more attention to ensuring that the people are masters of the country with a sound system and system, and cultural construction pays more attention to satisfying the people’s multifaceted and multifaceted needs. Multi-level spiritual and cultural needs, social construction pays more attention to ensuring and improving people’s livelihood, and ecological civilization construction pays more attention to meeting people’s needs for a beautiful ecological environment.

2. Adhere to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts.

Seeking truth from facts is the fundamental viewpoint of Marxism, the fundamental requirement for Chinese communists to understand and transform the world, and the basic ideological method, work method, and leadership method of our party. The ideological line of seeking truth from facts embodies the world outlook and methodology of Marxist philosophy, and its theoretical basis is the “principle of the unity of the world’s material” and “the principle of dialectical unity of human understanding and practice.”

“Facts” are all things that exist objectively, “is” is the internal relationship of objective things, that is, objective laws, and “seeking” means exploring and studying. Comrade Xi Jinping profoundly expounded the great significance of adhering to seeking truth from facts, profoundly expounded the relationship between seeking truth from facts as the fundamental ideological method of our party and Marxist philosophy, and emphasized that “we must consciously strengthen the belief in seeking truth from facts, enhance the ability to seek truth from facts, and always and everywhere keep seeking truth from facts in mind and put it into practice.”1

The basis for persisting in seeking truth from facts lies in understanding “facts,” that is, understanding reality and grasping the facts. In the face of the complex and ever-changing domestic and international situations and new problems that are emerging one after another, the most fundamental requirement for persisting in seeking truth from facts is to persist in proceeding from reality in everything. The biggest national condition and reality of contemporary China is that China is still in the primary stage of socialism, which is the objective basis for us to understand the present, plan for the future, formulate policies, and promote the cause, and is the general basis for building socialism with Chinese characteristics. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out: “When we think about problems, make decisions, and do things, we must not forget or ignore the basic national conditions and basic characteristics of the primary stage of socialism in our country.“2 “Under all circumstances, we must firmly grasp this maximum national condition, and promote reform and development in all aspects must be firmly based on this greatest reality.” We must always keep in mind the primary stage not only in economic construction, but also in political, cultural, social and ecological civilization construction; not only when the economic aggregate is low, but also after the economic aggregate is improved, we must still keep in mind the primary stage;

Not only should we base ourselves on the initial stage when planning for long-term development, but we must also keep the initial stage in mind in our daily work.1 At the same time, objective reality is not static, but constantly evolving. Proceeding from reality, we must also accurately grasp the phased characteristics of China’s economic and social development, accurately grasp the new changes and new characteristics of different stages of development, and make the subjective world better conform to the objective reality of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

The key to persisting in seeking truth from facts lies in “seeking truth”, that is, exploring and mastering the law of the development of things. Law is the intrinsic, essential, and inevitable connection of things themselves, and it is the inevitable trend of development. Respecting the law, following the law, and constantly deepening the understanding and grasp of the law are a major feature of the governance of the country by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era itself is the result of scientifically grasping objective laws, and it is “sought” by exploring the “facts” of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. This ideology upholds the organic unity of governing the country with party building and deepens the understanding of the law governing the Communist Party; upholds the basic principles of scientific socialism with the reality of China and the characteristics of the times and deepens the understanding of the law governing socialist construction; upholds the organic unity of China’s development and the development of human society, and deepens the understanding of the law governing the development of human society. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era epitomizes our party’s new understanding of the “three laws”, provides a fundamental basis for adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and is the action guide for the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to strive for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

3. Adhere to materialist dialectics.

Materialist dialectics reveals the characteristics of the universal connection and eternal development of the material world, requires people to fully use dialectical methods to observe and deal with problems in the process of understanding the world and transforming the world, and is the basic method for us to observe the world, judge the situation, and understand problems. The essence and core of materialist dialectics is the law of unity of opposites, that is, to recognize contradictions, analyze contradictions, resolve contradictions, grasp unity in opposition, grasp opposition in unity, so as to achieve the purpose of analyzing and solving problems.

Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized: “Learn to master the fundamental method of materialist dialectics, continuously enhance the ability of dialectical thinking, and improve the ability to control complex situations and deal with complex problems.”

“The deeper our career goes, the more we must continue to strengthen our ability to think critically.1 He grasped the most fundamental principle of materialist dialectics, the law of unity of opposites, paid attention to applying dialectical thinking to strategic planning, and persisted in observing things in a developmental rather than static, comprehensive rather than one-sided, systematic rather than piecemeal, and universally linked rather than single and isolated manner; properly handled the relationship between the local and the overall situation, the present and the long-term, and the key and non-key points, paid attention to grasping the critical issues related to the overall situation, long- term development, and the people’s well-being, and pursued advantages and avoided disadvantages in weighing the pros and cons. Make the most advantageous strategic choices. In practical application, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era not only emphasizes two points but also focuses on key points; it not only pays attention to overall planning, “playing the piano with ten fingers”, but also is good at highlighting key points, grasping key points, leading areas with points, and driving overall advancement and overall work with key breakthroughs, providing us with effective methods and “keys” for understanding problems, analyzing problems and solving problems. Methodology is the theoretical basis of the way of thinking, and the way of thinking is the specific application of methodology. Comrade Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the mastery and application of Marxist methodology, creatively combines Marxist methodology with traditional Chinese cultural wisdom and modern scientific thinking methods, and clarifies the basic connotations and principles of strategic thinking, historical thinking, dialectical thinking, innovative thinking, rule of law thinking, bottom-line thinking and other ways of thinking in the new era. Strategic thinking is a way of thinking that is far-sighted, takes charge of the overall situation, and is good at grasping the overall trend and direction of the development of things; historical thinking is a way of thinking that knows the past and learns from the present, and is good at using historical vision to understand the law of development, grasp the direction of progress, and guide practical work; dialectical thinking is to be good at grasping the key and pinpointing the key points, grasping the law of development of things in the process of the unity of opposites between the two sides of the contradiction, and preventing extreme and one-sided thinking methods; innovative thinking means breaking superstitions, transcending stereotypes, and being good at adapting measures to the times and conditions. Thinking about the rule of law is a way of thinking that enhances the awareness of respecting the law and abiding by the law and being good at using the rule of law to govern the country; bottom-line thinking is a way of thinking that objectively sets the lowest goal, bases itself on the lowest point, and strives for the greatest expectations.

In the practice of building a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way, Xi Jinping:

“Dialectical Materialism is the World View and Methodology of Chinese Communists”, Qiushi, No. 1, 2019.

Comrade Xi Jinping unified these scientific ways of thinking, emphasized strategic thinking to lay out the overall situation, historical thinking to view the general trend, dialectical thinking to grasp the fundamentals, innovative thinking to increase vitality, rule of law thinking to seek good governance, bottom-line thinking to make up for shortcomings, formed a new era of scientific thinking methodology, endowed the materialist dialectic ideological methods and working methods with new era connotation and practical value, and creatively elevated the application of Marxist methodology to a new realm.

4. Adhere to the practical concept of integrating understanding the world and transforming the world.

The practical perspective is the primary basic viewpoint of Marxist philosophy, and it is also the basic theoretical character of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Marxist philosophy is not only committed to explaining the world, but also to transforming it. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era was founded to change the historical destiny of the contemporary Chinese people and even mankind, and was formed in the great practice of the CCP in uniting and leading the people from prosperity to strength.

Highlighting problem-orientation is the realistic premise of the scientific outlook on practice. The practice of governing the country by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core is generally centered on analyzing and solving problems. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out: “We must have a strong sense of problems, be guided by major issues, grasp key issues for further research and thinking, and focus on promoting the resolution of a series of prominent contradictions and problems facing our country’s development.” We Chinese Communists have always engaged in revolution, construction, and reform for the purpose of solving China’s practical problems. 1 Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era takes what we are doing as the center, focuses on the major theoretical and practical issues facing our party, the practical problems of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, the hot and difficult issues that the people care about, and the issues of common concern to the international community, actively provides effective solutions to problems, and adheres to and develops the practical character of Marxist philosophy.

Promoting theoretical innovation on the basis of practice is an important connotation of the scientific outlook on practice. The understanding of the laws of objective things can only be done in practice. Practice determines understanding, is the source and driving force of understanding, is also the purpose and destination of understanding, and the fundamental thing is to rely on practice to produce true knowledge. Comrade Xi Jinping uses the Marxist outlook on practice, proceeding from the changing reality, and insists on summarizing and summarizing and sublimating the theory of fresh and rich practical experience;

He has continuously promoted theoretical innovation on the basis of practice, so that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has a solid practical foundation and practical support. At the same time, this idea has been tested in practice and has continued to develop, guiding the process of China’s reform and opening up and socialist modernization, and realizing the benign interaction between theoretical innovation and practical innovation. Persisting in doing solid work is the fundamental requirement of the scientific outlook on practice. Comrade Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed advocating practical work, vigorously avoiding empty talk, making one point of deployment and nine points of implementation, stepping on stones to leave a mark, and grasping iron with traces; clearly requiring that implementation be grasped in the spirit of nails and comprehensively enhancing the ability to pay close attention to implementation; vigorously advocating adhering to the unity of knowledge and action, taking the initiative to take action, doing in a down-to-earth manner, and walking in the forefront; clearly putting forward that happiness is achieved by struggle, and we must maintain the mental state of arduous struggle, unremitting struggle, and continuous struggle; and so on. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era flexibly uses the practical methodology that unifies theory and practice and unifies knowledge and action, and earnestly combines the party’s lofty goals and struggle program with down-to-earth and hard work. It is precisely in the vivid practice of leading the people to take charge of the great struggle, great project, great cause, and great dream that our party has “rolled up its sleeves and worked hard” with practical actions and handed over a satisfactory answer to history and the people.