(Authorized to publish) Xi Jinping: Speech at the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Tenth National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 14th
Speech at the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association
(December 14, 2021)
Xi Jinping
Distinguished delegates, comrades and friends:
Today, we are here to hold the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association to discuss the prosperity and development of my country's literature and art.
First of all, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to the convening of the conference!
I extend my sincere greetings to all the representatives, and through you, to the majority of artists and artists throughout the country!
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
The hundred-year journey has been magnificent, and the heart of the century has become stronger with time.
The Communist Party of China is a party with a high degree of cultural awareness. The party's centuries of struggle have condensed the history of cultural advancement in our country.
Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has taken the construction of a national, scientific and popular new culture of the Chinese nation as its mission, and has actively promoted cultural construction and the prosperity and development of literature and art.
Comrade Mao Zedong said in "On New Democracy": "To establish a new culture of the Chinese nation, this is our goal in the cultural field." For one hundred years, under the leadership of the party, the majority of literary and art workers have persisted in keeping up with the times. Step forward, breathe with the people, share destiny, and heart-to-heart, hold the torch of the national spirit, sound the clarion call for the advancement of the times, unswervingly devote itself to revolution, construction, and reform, using a wealth of literary and artistic forms to inspire exploited and oppressed labor The masses fight blood and perseverance, inspire the Chinese people who have stood up to be self-reliant and vigorous, inspire hundreds of millions of people in the tide of reform and opening up to emancipate their minds and forge ahead, and inspire the Chinese people in the new era to be confident, self-reliant, upright and innovative, in order to strengthen the people's power, Inspiring the national spirit played an important role.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the majority of literary and art workers have been with the party and the people in the same direction, focusing on the center, serving the overall situation, listening to the sonorous voice of the development of the times, vividly singing the fiery practice of reform and innovation, in literary creation, literary activities , Literature and art to benefit the people and other aspects to make positive contributions and achieve fruitful results.
In particular, it focuses on commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, celebrating the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ mission to resist the U.S. and aid Korea. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and other major party and state events, focusing on major themes such as decisive battles against poverty and decisive victory in building a well-off society in all respects, focusing on major risks and challenges such as fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, focusing on realizing the people’s yearning for a better life and realizing the greatness of the Chinese nation In the revival of the Chinese Dream, the majority of literary and art workers devoted themselves and created a lot of excellent works and carried out a series of literary and artistic activities, which played a role in gathering people's hearts, warming people's hearts, and strengthening confidence.
Great progress has been made in the fields of literature, drama, film, television, music, dance, fine arts, photography, calligraphy, folk art, acrobatics, folk literature, literature and art criticism, mass literature and art, and art education. my country's literature and art undertakings are flourishing and flourishing. scene.
In the past 100 years, the party led the continuous exploration and practice of the literary and art front, and embarked on a road of literary development guided by Marxism, in line with China's national conditions and cultural traditions, and admiring the people's character, and pointed out the direction for the prosperity and development of my country's literature and art.
Practice has fully proved that the cause of literature and art is an important undertaking of the party and the people, and that the literary and art front is an important front of the party and the people. The majority of literary and art workers are worthy of the expectations and demands of the party and the people.
The party and the people need you, trust you, and thank you!
Distinguished delegates!
Comrades, friends!
If the culture is prosperous, the country will be prosperous, and if the culture is strong, the nation will be strong.
In contemporary China, the country is magnificent, the people are heroic, and the future is great.
The times have provided an unprecedented broad stage for the prosperity and development of my country's literature and art.
To promote the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art and build a socialist cultural power, the majority of literary and art workers are obliged to shoulder heavy responsibilities and have a lot to do.
The majority of literary and art workers must increase their cultural awareness and strengthen their cultural self-confidence, actively participate in the construction of a socialist cultural power with a strong historical initiative, adhere to the direction of serving the people and socialism, adhere to the policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend, and adhere to creative transformation and innovation. Sexual development, focusing on the mission and tasks of raising the banner, gathering people’s hearts, cultivating new people, invigorating culture, and exhibiting the image, showing new responsibilities in casting the soul of Bacon, realizing new deeds in keeping integrity and innovation, showing a new look in Mingde Xiu, and constantly striving for self-improvement. , Virtuous cultural creations, show the new atmosphere of Chinese literature and art, create new glories of Chinese culture, and provide a strong value guiding force, cultural cohesion, and spiritual promotion for the realization of the second centenary goal and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation force.
Here, let me give you some hopes.
First, I hope that the majority of literary and art workers will be concerned about the great cause of national rejuvenation and enthusiastically portray the magnificent atmosphere of the new era and new journey.
Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation in modern times.
For one hundred years, the Communist Party of China has combined the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific reality and with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. It has united and led the Chinese people to paint a magnificent and magnificent picture in the history of human development. The most magnificent epic in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.
Now, the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process. We are closer, more confident and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history. At the same time, we must be prepared to pay more arduous and hard work. s hard work.
Culture is the spiritual lifeline of a nation, and literature and art are the clarion call of the times.
The ancients said: "A writer is a tool to pass Tao." A new era and a new journey is the historical position of contemporary Chinese literature and art.
The majority of literary and art workers must deeply grasp the theme of the era of national rejuvenation, and closely integrate the pursuit of life and artistic life with the future of the country, the destiny of the nation, and the aspirations of the people. , To write the creation of literature and art in the history of national rejuvenation and in the journey of the people's struggle.
For one hundred years, the Chinese Communist Party has led the Chinese people through tenacious struggles and ushered in a great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong, ushering in a great leap from backwardness, keeping up with the times and leading the times, creating A great historical drama in human history.
The majority of literary and art workers must establish a big history and a big era, see thousands of rivers in their eyes, raise a million soldiers in their hearts, grasp the historical process and the general trend of the times, reflect the great changes of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, reveal the righteous way of China in the past century, and promote patriotism. The national spirit at the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation at the core promote the great party-building spirit and sing the vigorous theme of the times.
The new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics is an era in which the Chinese people create a bright future amid new tests and challenges, and it is also an era in which the Chinese people strive to create a better life.
"Climbing a height makes people feel relaxed, and coming to life makes people feel far-sighted." The majority of literary and art workers must keep up with the pace of the times, perceive the pulse of art from the pulse of the times, and open artistic creation to the great struggle of hundreds of millions of people and to a colorful society. Open life, extract themes and themes from the changes of the times, the advancement of China, and the call of the people, show the beauty of Chinese history, the beauty of mountains and rivers, and the beauty of culture, express the Chinese people's aspirations, creativity, and fruits of development, all-round The panoramic view shows the spirit of the new era.
Second, I hope that the majority of literary and art workers will stick to the people's stand and write an everlasting epic of the people.
Originating from the people, for the people, and belonging to the people is the fundamental position of socialist literature and art, and it is also the driving force for the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art.
The majority of literary and art workers must adhere to the people-centered creation orientation, put the people at the highest position, regard people's satisfaction or dissatisfaction as the highest standard for testing art, and create more excellent works that meet the people's cultural needs and strengthen the people's spiritual power. Let the hundred gardens of literature and art bloom for the people forever.
The people are the creators of history and the creators of the times.
In the magnificent struggle of the people, the fiery chapters of making history are throbbing everywhere, and together it is an epic of the people.
The people are the mother of literature and art.
The growth of literature and art is inseparable from the nourishment of the people. The people have abundant sources of inexhaustible and inexhaustible literature and art.
Literature and art should give the most enthusiastic praise to the great process of the people's creation of history, and give the most affectionate praise to all those who fight for the greatness and excitement of the Chinese nation, and all the heroes who sacrifice for the people.
Mao Dun once said: "A person who writes a novel must not only have extensive life experience, but also must have a trained mind to analyze complex social phenomena." The Russian writer Tolstoy once said: "Art is not a skill, it It is the expression of the feelings experienced by the artist. "Life is the people, and the people are life.
The people are real, realistic, and simple. You cannot use fictitious images to fictional the people, you cannot ridicule the people with a ridiculous attitude, and you cannot use ugly brush strokes to vilify the people.
Only by going deep into the masses, understanding the people’s hard work, and perceiving the people’s joys, sorrows and joys can the majority of literary and art workers gain insight into the essence of life, grasp the pulse of the times, comprehend the voice of the people, and make literary creation possess profound power and timeless charm.
The majority of literary and art workers must not only let the people become the protagonists of their works, but also integrate their own ideological tendencies and emotions with the people, sink their hearts, feelings, and thoughts into the people, and feel the pulse of the times and life together with the people. Brilliant, sing for the times and the people.
Literature and art win with their image, and the classic image of literature and art will become an important symbol of the era of literature and art.
All artistic and artistic workers with aspirations and abilities should improve their ability to read life, constantly discover more new phenomena and characters that represent the spirit of the times, and use artistic creation that originates from life but is higher than life, and combines realism and romanticism. The aesthetic style of the company creates more attractive, inspiring and moving artistic images, and leaves an unforgettable artistic classic for the times.
"The way of writing is the only word and meaning." Art and literature can only become the clarion call of the times if they are upwards and benevolent.
Stop at the perfection, and then achieve the perfection.
The majority of literary and art workers should carry forward the fine tradition of Chinese literature and art that pursues upward and good, lively and vividly embody the core socialist values in literary creation, show what is strong, moral, and warm, advocate healthy culture and fashion, and abandon it. Abnormal aesthetic tendency, nourish the people's aesthetic values with profound, fresh, simple, robust and powerful works, so that the people's spiritual life will be more enriched.
Third, I hope that the majority of literary and art workers will persist in keeping up with integrity and innovation, and open up a new realm of literary art with masterpieces that keep up with the times.
The final measurement of the literary and artistic achievements of an era depends on the works, and the measurement of the life value of writers and artists also depends on the works.
The majority of literary and art workers must strive for perfection, be brave in innovation, and strive to create excellent works worthy of our great nation and great era.
Throughout the ages, outstanding literary and artistic works must be the result of the organic unity of ideological content and artistic expression.
As the saying goes, "the argument of reason is straightforward, the straightforward is the prosperous speech, and the prosperous speech is the writing."
Only when the value of beauty is injected into the art of beauty, can the work have a soul, thought and art can complement each other, and the work can be passed on for a long time.
Quality improvement must be regarded as the lifeline of literary and artistic works. The selection of content must be strict, ideological exploration must be deep, artistic creation must be refined, and the spiritual energy, cultural connotation, and artistic value of the work must be continuously improved.
Innovation is the life of literature and art.
The writer Liu Qing said, "A writer, when he completely gets rid of imitation, he begins to become a real writer", "The literature of every era has a new way of writing."
The majority of literary and art workers must have the heart to learn from their predecessors, and to surpass their predecessors to win, strengthen the courage to break through, resist copying to follow the trend, clone copycats, and move towards a broader creative world.
The broad and profound Chinese civilization is the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, the foundation of contemporary Chinese literature and art, and the treasure of literary innovation.
Chinese culture has always admired "collecting the ancient essays of hundreds of generations and collecting the rhymes of thousands of years."
It is necessary to dig out the ideological concepts, humanistic spirit, and ethics of Chinese excellent traditional culture, integrate artistic creativity and Chinese cultural values, and combine the Chinese aesthetic spirit with contemporary aesthetic pursuits, and activate the vitality of Chinese culture.
So self-proclaimed, Chen Chenxiang didn't talk about it, cut off the blood, and made it out of thin air can not be regarded as innovation.
It is necessary to grasp the relationship between inheritance and innovation, learn from the past without breaking the past, breaking the law without breaking the law, and let the excellent Chinese traditional culture become an important source of literary innovation.
Today, various art categories are interoperable, and various forms of expression are cross-integrated. The Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, etc. have given birth to innovations in literary and artistic forms, and broadened the literary space.
We must understand the truth that all creative techniques and methods are for content.
Technological development and technological innovation can bring new ways of artistic expression and rendering, but the abundance of art always depends on life.
It is necessary to correctly use new technologies and new methods to stimulate creative inspiration, enrich cultural connotations, and express thoughts and emotions, so that literary and artistic creation can present a new realm with more connotation and potential.
Fourth, I hope that the majority of literary and art workers will tell the Chinese story with affection, and show the world a credible, lovely, and respectable image of China.
The Chinese people have always had deep feelings for the world, and contemporary Chinese literature and art should cast their sights on the world and mankind.
The majority of literary and art workers must have the confidence and ambition to inherit the generations of the generations and will be able to change today, creating more outstanding works that demonstrate Chinese aesthetics, spread contemporary Chinese values, and reflect the common value pursuit of all mankind.
The situation and destiny of people in different countries are vastly different, but the unremitting pursuit of a better life and the unyielding struggle to change their destiny are the same, and they are the easiest to resonate.
Marx said: "Anything a nation does as a nation is what they do for human society." In the arduous struggle, the Chinese people opened up China with unparalleled determination and will, with unprecedented wisdom and strength. The path of characteristic socialism has created two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, created a new form of human civilization, and greatly enhanced the soft power of Chinese culture.
The international community hopes to decode China’s development path and secrets of success, and to understand the changes in the lives of the Chinese people and their spiritual world.
People with culture can condense the soul better; with art through the heart, it is easier to communicate with the world.
The majority of literary and art workers should base themselves on the land of China, tell Chinese stories well, and use a deeper vision, a broader mind, and a more confident attitude to choose themes that best represent China’s reform and Chinese spirit, and perform artistic expressions. Create more Chinese cultural images recognized by the world, strive to show a vivid and three-dimensional China, and write a new chapter in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The national characteristics of literature and art reflect the cultural discrimination of a nation.
The majority of literary and art workers must adhere to the standpoint of Chinese culture and communicate with writers and artists from all over the world.
We must attach importance to the development of nationalized artistic content and forms, inherit and carry forward the traditions of national folk literature and art, expand styles, schools, and forms, and clearly establish a Chinese style and a Chinese style in the world of literature and art.
Fifth, I hope that the majority of literary and art workers will persist in advocating the right way and achieve the value of life in the pursuit of virtue and art.
"Zhi Gao means clean words, great ambition means devotion, and great ambition means eternal destiny." Literature and art bear the responsibility of becoming a Fenghua person.
The majority of literary and art workers must unify their personal moral cultivation, social image and the social effect of their works, adhere to artistic ideals, pursue both virtue and art, and strive to maintain integrity for history and promote beauty for the world with noble ethics and works of cultural quality. Virtue, keep a clear name for yourself.
Those who build morality must first establish themselves; those who cast soul and bacon must first establish themselves.
Those classics that have endured in the long history of history all reflect the integration of the minds and knowledge of writers and artists, the blending of morality and talent, and the unity of character and art.
As the saying goes, "Those who serve the world will be harmless, and those who don't serve the world will not make up for a chapter."
Literary and artistic creation is hard and creative work.
It is not a matter of day and night to develop a superb artistic level.
If you just want to take shortcuts, seek quick success, chase fame, fantasize about becoming famous overnight, and chase fortune overnight, you can only end up in smoke.
Literature and art should be popular, but it must not be vulgar, vulgar, or kitsch.
Literature and art want to live, but they must never become a maker, follower, or advocate of bad habits.
Literature and art must be innovative, but we must never engage in bizarre and ridiculous things.
Literature and art must be effective, but they must not be contaminated with the stench of copper and be a slave to the market.
Creation depends on hard work, performance depends on strength, image depends on shaping, efficiency depends on quality, and reputation depends on virtue and art.
Low-profile funny, bottomless indulgence, eyeball entertainment, unstoppable desire, are harmful to literature and art!
The majority of literary and art workers must have a sense of reverence for art and a sincere heart for professionalism, work hard, practice real skills, and have a reputation for seeking truth.
The self-cultivation of literary and art workers is not just a personal matter. The quality of literary and artistic style will affect the entire cultural field and even the ecology of social life.
Literati and artists have social influence, and every move will have an impact on society.
Everyone should cherish their social influence and seriously consider the social effects of works.
If a literary and artistic worker has bad conduct, the people will not accept it, and the times will not accept it!
If you don't respect yourself, you won't be respected!
The majority of literary and art workers must emphasize taste, style, and responsibility, consciously abide by the law, follow public order and good customs, consciously resist money worship, hedonism, and extreme individualism, and behave upright and innocently.
It is necessary to have the spirit of "hung eyebrows are cold to a thousand husbands, bow their heads willingly to be bullies" and sing the praises of truth, goodness and beauty, and pinpointing the false, evil and ugliness.
Dare to write songs about positive energy, be upright and upright.
You must dare to be angry and criticize ugly things, with awe-inspiring righteousness, and unyielding power.
It is necessary to promote ethics and ethics, establish a good social image in the literary and art world, and create an industry atmosphere of self-esteem and self-love, mutual learning and clear sky.
Distinguished delegates!
Comrades, friends!
To prosper and develop socialist literature and art and build a socialist cultural power, it is necessary to broadly unite and gather patriotic and dedicated literature and art workers under the leadership of the party, and cultivate a large number of writers and artists with both political integrity and ability.
The Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Chinese Writers Association are the bridge and tie between the party and the government to contact literary and artistic workers.
In the past five years, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Chinese Writers Association have closely followed the task of "being a human being", focusing on the central link of creating and producing excellent works, deepening reforms, optimizing their functions, and uniting and leading the majority of literary and art workers to listen to the party, follow the party, and prosper. It played an important role in creating and serving the people.
The Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Chinese Writers Association should give full play to the organizational advantages of the Literary Federation and Writers Association systems, innovate the work system, and do a good job in the education and guidance of new art organizations and new art groups, tilt towards grassroots art and art workers, use their careers to inspire talents, and make talents. Achieve career, extensively organize and mobilize literary and art workers in all fields and levels to join the party’s literary and artistic undertakings.
We must sincerely make friends with literary and art workers, do practical, problem-solving, and real things, so that they can feel the warmth of the "home of literary and art workers".
It is necessary to give full play to the professional advantages of people's organizations in the literature and art circles, guide writers and artists to improve their professional standards, build a more authoritative, credible, and influential literature and art evaluation system, strengthen industry services, industry management, and industry self-discipline, and in-depth promotion of style building.
Party committees at all levels must implement the party's theories, lines, principles, and policies, respect and follow the laws of literature and art, and form a vivid situation of constantly producing high-quality goods and talents through deepening reforms, improving policies, and improving systems.
It is necessary to select well-matched leading groups of literary and artistic units, and put cadres who are politically strong, have both political integrity and ability, who are familiar with literary and artistic work, and who can integrate with literary and artistic workers into leading positions.
It is necessary to increase support for literary and artistic creation and continuously expand the supply of high-quality literary and artistic works.
It is necessary to strengthen the construction of Marxist literature and art theory and criticism, enhance vigor and vigor, and play the role of guiding creation, launching fine works, enhancing aesthetics, and leading fashion.
We must adhere to the equal emphasis on education and guidance and comprehensive management, simultaneously implement innovations and comprehensively implement policies, and build a beautiful literary ecology.
Youth is the future of career.
Only when young literary and art workers become stronger can our literary and artistic undertakings form a vivid situation in which the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves forward.
It is necessary to recognize, love, respect and use talents, guide young literary and art workers to keep the right path and take the road, encourage them to innovate and produce high-quality goods, support them to take the lead and be the protagonist, and let contemporary Chinese writers and artists surge like springs. And come out, let the sky of Chinese literature and art even more brilliant.
Distinguished delegates!
Comrades, friends!
"The Dapeng rises with the same wind in one day and rises soaring for ninety thousand miles." This is a poem written by the great poet Li Bai when he traveled far away with a sword in his youth.
Today, the future of China, the Chinese people, and the Chinese nation is infinitely vast.
The new era needs literary and artistic masters, and it is completely capable of creating literary masters!
The new era needs a peak of literature and art, and it can also create a peak of literature and art!
We must strengthen this self-confidence!
I hope that the majority of literary and art workers will not forget their original aspirations, keep their mission in mind, live up to the times, live up to the people, and make new and greater contributions to the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!