Vigorously carry forward the creative spirit in the whole society

　　Author: Zheng Wenbing (Associate Professor, School of Marxism, Huangshan University)

　　Report to the 20th CPC National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward that "the spirit of labor, struggle, dedication, creativity, diligence and thrift should be promoted in the whole society, and a new look of the times should be cultivated". The Chinese nation has been a great nation with creative spirit since ancient times. The Supreme Leader General Secretary pointed out that "the people of China are people with great creative spirit, great struggle spirit, great unity spirit and great dream spirit". If the people of China always carry forward the great creative spirit, they will certainly be able to create one miracle after another. On the new journey of comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization, we must vigorously carry forward the creative spirit in the whole society in order to achieve the goal of the second century and build a socialist modernization power in an all-round way.

　　　Creative spirit is the deepest national endowment of the Chinese nation.

　　Creative spirit is an important core of the Chinese national spirit, which is due to the spiritual tradition and cultural heritage of the Chinese nation’s hard work and self-improvement. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Since ancient times, Chinese civilization has been constantly developing through inheritance and innovation, constantly sublimating in response to changes in times, accumulating the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation, which is a rich nourishment for the Chinese nation’s endless development and growth." The Chinese nation has always attached great importance to self-improvement and advocated innovation, from "wealth means great cause, and newness means virtue" in The Book of Changes to "striving for newness, newness and newness" in The Book of Rites, from Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty to Liang Qichao in the late Qing Dynasty. Chinese civilization is the only civilization in the world that has never been interrupted. The Chinese nation can be passed down from generation to generation, which is closely related to the great creative spirit of the people of China. At the level of social transformation, "if it is beneficial to the people, it is not necessary to learn from the past; If you are too busy, you don’t have to follow the old. "The Chinese nation dares to constantly change and innovate, and has repeatedly promoted the reform of the social system. In the aspect of transforming nature, we uphold the idea of "harmony between man and nature" and "Taoism and nature".Give full play to people’s subjective initiative, and have contributed countless original achievements to the world in astronomy, calendar, arithmetic, agriculture, medicine, engineering and other fields. They have once created the most advanced productive forces and the most brilliant scientific and technological achievements in the world, and have also made Chinese civilization walk in the forefront of the development of human civilization for a long time.

　　Throughout the history of Chinese civilization, creative spirit has always been an inexhaustible motive force to promote social development and civilization progress in China. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "In the long history of thousands of years, the people of China have been working hard and inventing. China has produced world-famous great thinkers such as Laozi, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Mencius, Mozi, Sun Tzu and Han Feizi, invented great scientific and technological achievements such as papermaking, gunpowder, printing and compass, and created the Book of Songs, Chu Ci, Han Fu, Tang Poetry and Han Feizi. It has inherited King Gelsall, Manas, Jianger and other shocking great epics, and built magnificent and great projects such as Wan Li Great Wall, Dujiangyan, Grand Canal, Forbidden City and Potala Palace. " Generations of Chinese outstanding sons and daughters uphold this creative thinking characteristic and cultural endowment, creating a splendid Chinese civilization, which has enabled the Chinese nation to survive the vicissitudes of life and stand firm in the East of the world.

　　　Creative spirit is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s precious spiritual character.

　　Looking back on the glorious course of the Party for more than 100 years, it is inseparable from the great creative spirit of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people that the Communist Party of China (CPC) was able to overcome all difficulties, break through in progress and rise up in setbacks. During the period of the new-democratic revolution, the Communist Party of China (CPC) people combined the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of China, creatively opened up the correct revolutionary road of "encircling cities from rural areas and seizing political power by armed forces", founded Mao Zedong Thought, pointed out the correct direction for winning the victory of the new-democratic revolution, and after 28 years of bloody fighting, established People’s Republic of China (PRC), which declared that the people of China stood up from now on, and the development of China opened a new era. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, the Communist Party of China (CPC) people enriched and developed Mao Zedong Thought in light of the new reality, successfully completed the socialist transformation, established the socialist system, and carried out large-scale socialist construction in an all-round way, realizing the most extensive and profound social changes in the history of the Chinese nation, and realizing the great leap of the poor and populous eastern country into a socialist society; In the new era of reform, opening-up and socialist modernization, our party has adhered to and developed Marxism from the new practice and characteristics of the times, formed Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s theoretical system, achieved a new leap in the sinicization of Marxism, led the people to emancipate their minds, forge ahead with determination, and vigorously promoted reform, opening-up and socialist modernization, making China’s economic aggregate leap to the second place in the world and people’s life heading for a well-off society in an all-round way.It has promoted the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up to becoming rich; When Socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era, the Communist Party of China (CPC) people persisted in self-confidence, self-improvement and innovation. Under the correct guidance of the supreme leader Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, they promoted the overall layout of "five in one" and coordinated the promotion of "four comprehensive" strategic layouts, eliminated absolute poverty, built a well-off society in an all-round way, made historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the country, and the Chinese nation ushered in a great leap from standing up, becoming rich and becoming strong.

　　Creative spirit is the precious spiritual wealth of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people. Throughout the history of the Party for more than a hundred years, the Communist Party of China (CPC), with great creative spirit, persisted in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, keeping pace with the times, seeking truth and being pragmatic, constantly promoted theoretical innovation, constantly wrote a new chapter in the modernization of Marxism in China, and guided the cause of the party and the people to create new opportunities. Creative spirit has not only pushed the Communist Party of China (CPC) from small to large, from weak to strong, and has gone through a glorious course of more than 100 years, forging the world’s largest ruling party that is ahead of the times and has great influence in the world, but also provided a powerful ideological weapon for leading the people of China in their great struggle, further stimulated the creative power of the people of China, and wrote the most magnificent chapter in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.

　　Vigorously carry forward the creative spirit on the new journey

　　Stepping into a new era and starting a new journey, we are engaged in the unprecedented creative cause of comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization. At present, the world’s great changes in the past century have accelerated its evolution, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation have developed in depth, international forces have been profoundly adjusted, uncertainties and unpredictable factors have increased, and domestic reform, development and stability are facing many deep-seated contradictions, which cannot be avoided and circumvented. All kinds of risk challenges and difficult problems are more severe and complicated than before, and we need to find ways and paths to solve problems with a more active historical responsibility and creative spirit. More than ever, we need to carry forward the creative spirit in the whole society.

　　First of all, we must adhere to the guidance of scientific theory. Theory is the forerunner of practice. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "the reason why the Communist Party of China (CPC) was able to accomplish the arduous task that various political forces could not accomplish in modern times lies in always taking Marxism as his guide to action and persisting in constantly enriching and developing Marxism in practice". The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era is the latest achievement of the modernization of Marxism in China. Only by firmly grasping the world outlook and methodology of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era, adhering to and making good use of the standpoints and methods running through it, continuously promoting theoretical innovation on the basis of practice, and constantly arming the mind with the Party’s innovative theory, can we put forward new ideas, new ideas and new methods to truly solve problems and provide powerful ideological weapons for promoting various undertakings of the Party and the country.

　　Secondly, we must cultivate an innovative culture in an all-round way. Report to the 20th CPC National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward that "cultivating innovative culture, carrying forward the spirit of scientists, cultivating excellent style of study and creating an innovative atmosphere". Innovation culture is fertile ground for creativity. We should actively create a strong atmosphere of respecting science and advocating innovation in the whole society through ideological education, public opinion guidance and mechanism guarantee, so that bold innovation, courage to innovate and inclusive innovation will become a common practice and truly form a social fashion that encourages innovation and creation. To cultivate innovative culture, we should pay special attention to promoting innovative education in an all-round way. "We should pay more attention to the independent cultivation of talents and the cultivation of scientific spirit, innovative ability and critical thinking." Education and teaching activities should be based on cultivating students’ innovative consciousness and creativity, guiding students to consciously set up ideas and concepts that dare to break through stereotypes and be brave in innovation and creation, focusing on improving students’ innovative thinking ability and encouraging students to actively participate in innovative practice.

　　Thirdly, we must lay a solid foundation for creation. "The quality of workers is crucial to the development of a country and a nation. The more knowledge and talents workers accumulate, the greater their creativity. " One of the important reasons why reform and innovation can bring forth the old and bring forth the new, put forward new ideas that have never been put forward by predecessors, and launch new creations that the world admires is that the creators of innovation have a solid creative foundation. Lack of deep professional knowledge and talent accumulation, blind pursuit of innovation and creation, is often unrealistic. To carry forward the creative spirit, we should start from laying a solid foundation and consolidating our ability. At present, it is particularly necessary to vigorously carry forward the spirit of model workers, labor spirit and craftsman spirit, advocate dedication and down-to-earth, enhance our ability to innovate and create in practical work, and build a strong foundation for our creative ability.

　　Finally, we must constantly optimize the creative mechanism. The creative spirit can’t be brought into play without certain historical conditions. Chinese modernization has provided unprecedented times conditions for fully stimulating the creative spirit. However, it should also be noted that there are still some problems and deficiencies in mechanisms and systems at present, which restrict the further promotion and play of the creative spirit in the whole society. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "our construction of democracy and the rule of law is still not fully adapted to the requirements of expanding people’s democracy and economic and social development. There are still some imperfections in the system, mechanism, procedures, norms and specific operation of socialist democratic politics, and there are still some deficiencies in safeguarding people’s democratic rights and giving play to people’s creative spirit, which must be continued to be improved. " To this end, we must base ourselves on the new development stage, implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern and promote high-quality development. By continuously improving and optimizing the creative mechanism, the vitality of creative development will be released to the maximum extent in the whole society, providing a steady stream of spiritual motivation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.