Consolidate the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community and promote the high-quality development of the party's ethnic work in the new era

Build a strong sense of the Chinese nation’s community and promote the high-quality development of the party’s national work in the new era※

Xi Jinping

　　Today is the ninth collective study session of the 20th Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, which aims to build a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. The purpose of arranging this collective study is to summarize the major achievements of ethnic work since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially since the new era, analyze the new situation and new challenges faced by the current ethnic work, and study how to further strengthen the consciousness of the Chinese nation community and promote the party's ethnic development in the new era. The issue of high-quality work development.

　　Since ancient times, people of all ethnic groups in our country have jointly created the dazzling Chinese civilization and forged the great Chinese nation. Since its establishment, our party has attached great importance to ethnic issues and work and correctly handled ethnic relations. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Party established ethnic theory and ethnic work principles and policies with ethnic equality, ethnic unity, regional ethnic autonomy, and common prosperity of all ethnic groups as the main content. All ethnic groups have achieved equality and unity in the true sense under the socialist system. progress. In the new era of reform and opening up, our party has insisted that all ethnic groups work together for common prosperity and development, adopted a series of major measures to support the economic and social development of ethnic minority areas, and achieved remarkable results. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has emphasized the concepts of the big family of the Chinese nation, the community of the Chinese nation, building a strong sense of the Chinese nation’s community, and promoting the construction of the Chinese nation’s community. It has clearly proposed that building a strong sense of the Chinese nation’s community should be the party’s national work in the new era. As the main line of all work in ethnic areas, we further expanded the correct path to solve ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, formed the Party’s important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work, opened up a new realm of adapting Marxist ethnic theory to the times, and the Party China's ethnic work has achieved new historic achievements.

From August 27 to 28, 2021, the Central Ethnic Work Conference was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Pang Xinglei/

　　To build a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is to guide people of all ethnic groups to firmly establish the concept of a community that shares weal and woe, honor and disgrace, life and death, and destiny. Taking the building of a strong sense of the Chinese nation's community as the main line of the party's ethnic work and all work in ethnic areas in the new era is our party's insistence on "two combinations" and focusing on the "two overall situations", profoundly summarizing the experience and lessons of ethnic work at home and abroad, and profoundly Gain insight into the development trend of the Chinese nation community and achieve significant theoretical and practical results. This major concept has enriched and developed Marxist ethnic theory, consolidated and expanded the correct path for solving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, and pointed out the direction of the party's ethnic work.

　　After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, people of all ethnic groups across the country have embarked on a new journey to comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization. The party's ethnic work is facing new situations and tasks. To build a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way, no nation can be left behind. We must vigorously promote the common unity and struggle of all ethnic groups and gather great strength for the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation; we must comprehensively realize the common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups and allow people of all ethnic groups to share the great glory of building a strong country and national rejuvenation. It is necessary to fully implement the deployment of the 20th National Congress of the Party, accurately grasp the new stage characteristics of the Party's ethnic work, consolidate the good situation, resolve the contradictions and problems existing in actual work, continuously strengthen and improve the Party's ethnic work, and solidly promote the progress of ethnic unity cause.

First, based on the long history of the Chinese nation, we should strengthen the construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese nation community.

Theory is the cornerstone of ideology. The deeper the theoretical research, the stronger the support for ideology. To solidify the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community, we need to build a scientific and complete theoretical system of the Chinese nation's community. The Chinese nation has its own unique history. To analyze the history of the Chinese nation, we cannot apply Western ethnic theories. To build a theoretical system for the community of the Chinese nation, we must base ourselves on the long history of the Chinese nation, combine Marxist national theory with China's specific reality, combine it with China's excellent traditional culture, follow the historical logic and theoretical logic of the development of the Chinese nation, and scientifically reveal the formation of the Chinese nation. and the principles, academic theories and philosophies of development.

　　We must always adhere to the correct path of solving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, and use the Party’s important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work to guide and guide the construction of the theoretical system of the Chinese nation community. It is necessary to optimize the subject setting, strengthen subject construction, determine the correct research direction, deepen the research on major fundamental issues of the Chinese nation community, strive to solve the problems that exist in my country’s ethnological research that are influenced by Western ethnic theoretical ideas and discourse systems, and accelerate the formation of China’s independent The historical material system, discourse system and theoretical system of the Chinese nation community. Continue to promote the compilation of the general history of the Chinese nation and the history of exchanges, exchanges and integration of the Chinese nation, compile and make good use of textbooks such as "Introduction to the Community of the Chinese Nation", and do a good job in the excavation, arrangement and utilization of cultural relics and ancient books. Pay attention to stimulating the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of experts and scholars, strengthen the training of young experts and scholars, provide them with good directions, build platforms, create opportunities, encourage them to study with concentration, accumulate experience, and launch research based on Chinese history, interpret Chinese practices, and answer Chinese questions. Original theoretical results.

Second, focus on building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation and continuously build a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation.

Shortly after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, I proposed the important proposition of building a modern civilization for the Chinese nation. In June this year, I gave a preliminary explanation on this at the symposium on cultural inheritance and development. Building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is a heroic feat for a country with a civilization history of more than 5,000 years, and it is a necessary step to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. From the perspective of the party's ethnic work, the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation must conform to the general development trend of the Chinese nation from history to the future, from tradition to modernity, and from the integration of diversity into one. We must deeply understand and grasp the outstanding characteristics of the Chinese civilization, and in the new era From the historical starting point, we continue to build a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation and lay a solid spiritual and cultural foundation for the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community.

　　Building a spiritual home must take a long time. We must strengthen education on the Party's theory, lines, principles, and policies for people of all ethnic groups, strengthen publicity and education on the history of the Party, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, the history of socialist development, and the history of the development of the Chinese nation. We must unite our hearts and souls with common ideals and beliefs, and deeply cultivate and practice the core socialist values. Deeply implement the red gene inheritance project, vigorously promote the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, continuously enhance the sense of identity and pride in the Chinese nation, and inspire people of all ethnic groups to forge ahead on a new journey and make contributions in the new era. of spirit. Implement the inheritance and development project of China’s excellent traditional culture, study and excavate the excellent genes and contemporary value of Chinese traditional culture, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China’s excellent traditional culture, prosper and develop advanced socialist culture, build and apply the characteristics of Chinese culture and the Chinese nation spirit and the expression system of China’s national image, constantly enhancing the Chinese cultural identity of people of all ethnic groups. Comprehensively promote and popularize the national common spoken and written language, comprehensively promote the use of nationally compiled teaching materials, and promote the connection of souls and destiny through language communication.

From December 14 to 15, 2023, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected Guangxi. This is the morning of the 14th. When Xi Jinping inspected Panlong Community in Liangqing District, Nanning City, he had cordial exchanges with people of all ethnic groups in the community. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Yan/

Third, promote extensive exchanges, exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups and promote Chinese-style modernization through the great unity of the Chinese nation.

Exchanges, exchanges and integration are the only way to enhance national unity, solidify the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community, and promote the construction of the Chinese nation's community. The Chinese nation was forged in the exchanges, exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will surely be realized in the exchanges, exchanges and integration of all ethnic groups. The great unity of the Chinese nation is the premise and foundation for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization. The process of building a strong country and national rejuvenation must be a process of extensive exchanges, exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups. It must be a process of unity, struggle and common prosperity and development for all ethnic groups. the process of.

　　We must hold high the banner of the great unity of the Chinese nation and regard promoting all ethnic groups to work together to comprehensively build a modern socialist country as an important task of the party's ethnic work in the new journey. It is necessary to promote the mobility and integration of the population of all ethnic groups, build an inter-embedded social structure and community environment, create social conditions for people of all ethnic groups to live together, learn together, build and share, and work together to enjoy each other, and continue to deepen the creation of ethnic unity and progress. We should take improving people's livelihood and rallying people's hearts as the starting point and goal of the economic and social development of ethnic minority areas, promote the integration of ethnic minority areas into the new development pattern, achieve high-quality development, continuously improve the ability and level of public service guarantees, and promote development results to benefit people of all ethnic groups equitably. Uphold and improve the system of regional ethnic autonomy, improve the system of ethnic policies and laws and regulations, and promote the modernization of the ethnic affairs governance system and governance capabilities.

Fourth, tell the story of the Chinese nation well and vigorously promote the consciousness of the Chinese nation’s community.

Ethnicity work is a task that unites people's hearts and gathers strength. Whether ethnic-related propaganda is done well or not has a bearing on people's support and the image of the party and the country. We must strengthen the "four self-confidences", actively strengthen publicity and guidance, vigorously promote the history of the Chinese nation, vigorously promote the theory of the Chinese nation's community, vigorously promote the historic achievements of the party's national work in the new era, and vigorously promote the Chinese nation's connection with the people of all countries in the world. Join hands to build a beautiful vision of a community with a shared future for mankind.

　　It is necessary to innovate the communication methods of ethnic-related propaganda, enrich the communication content, broaden the communication channels, tell the story of the Chinese nation community, make it clear that the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system are reliable guarantees for the common development and progress of all ethnic groups in our country, and make it clear that the Chinese nation has A community with a shared future with strong identity and cohesion clearly illustrates the obvious superiority of the correct path to solving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics. Adhere to the combination of "invite in" and "go out" and actively promote exchanges and interactions between Chinese and foreign academic circles and civil society groups.

　　It is the common task of the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups to build a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation and promote the high-quality development of the Party’s ethnic work in the new era. Party committees and governments at all levels must adhere to the correct path of solving ethnic issues with Chinese characteristics, conscientiously implement the Party's various principles and policies on ethnic work, and promptly study and solve major issues related to ethnic work in their regions and units. Leading cadres at all levels must thoroughly study and implement the Party's important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work, improve their ability to do a good job in ethnic work, and make due contributions to promoting ethnic unity and progress.

　　※This is the main part of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s speech at the ninth collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee on October 27, 2023.