Powerful ideological weapon for China’s revolutionary construction and reform.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Marxism has provided a powerful ideological weapon for China’s revolution, construction and reform, and made China, an ancient oriental country, create an unprecedented development miracle in human history.". Under the guidance of Marxism, the Communist Party of China (CPC) United and led the people of China to forge ahead and make unremitting efforts, and achieved great victories and brilliant achievements in revolution, construction and reform. Practice has fully proved that adhering to the guiding position of Marxism is the choice of history and people.

　　Marxism is a scientific theory.

　　History and people choose Marxism because Marxism is a scientific world outlook and methodology. The scientific and revolutionary nature of Marxist theory stems from the scientific world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, which provides us with a powerful ideological weapon to understand and transform the world and points out the correct direction for world socialism.

　　Marxism profoundly reveals the universal laws of the development of nature, human society and human thinking, points out the direction for the development and progress of human society, and provides us with a scientific understanding tool for observing the world, analyzing problems and solving contradictions. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "In the history of human thought, no ideological theory can reach the height of Marxism in terms of scientificity, truth, influence and communication, and no theory can have such a huge impact on the world like Marxism." Although the era we live in has undergone tremendous and profound changes compared with that of Marx, from the perspective of 500 years of world socialism, we are still in the historical era pointed out by Marxism. No matter how the world changes, Marxism still occupies the commanding heights of truth and morality, and it is still an ideological system and discourse system with great international influence.

　　Marxism can take root in the land of China and the hearts of the people of China, and become the fundamental guiding ideology of the cause of the party and the country, relying on the power of scientific truth. Under the guidance of Marxism, the Communist Party of China (CPC) people led the people of China to complete the new-democratic revolution, realize national independence and people’s liberation, completely end the history of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in old China and open a new historical era; Completing the socialist revolution, establishing the basic socialist system and promoting socialist construction have laid a solid foundation for China’s prosperity, strength, development and progress; Carry out the new great revolution of reform and opening up, create, persist in and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics, greatly liberate and develop social productive forces, greatly enhance the vitality of social development, and achieve great achievements in socialist modernization. All these have confirmed the scientificity and truth of Marxism.

　　Marxism is the theory of the people.

　　History and people choose Marxism because Marxism is the theory of the people. Marxism explores the road of human freedom and liberation from the standpoint of the people, emphasizing relying on the people to advance history and promote human liberation, which points out the direction for the ultimate establishment of an ideal society without oppression, exploitation, equality and freedom for all.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "Marxism is profound and profound. In the final analysis, it is a sentence, seeking liberation for mankind." The question of why people are a fundamental and principled one. Adhering to the people’s position, representing the people’s interests and standing on the people’s side are the fundamental positions of Marxism. Marxism can be carried forward, full of vitality and have a wide and profound impact in China. One of the important reasons is that this scientific theory always adheres to the people’s position and takes the pursuit of the liberation of all mankind, including the people of China, and the free and all-round development of human beings as its own responsibility. Over the past 100 years, in the historical process of seeking happiness for the people of China and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, our party has firmly established the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly and has always taken the people’s position as its fundamental political position; Carry out all the mass line of serving the masses, relying on the masses, coming from the masses and going to the masses; Adhere to the people-oriented, ruling for the people concept; Take the people’s support, disapproval, happiness and disapproval as the fundamental criterion to measure the gains and losses of all work; Wait a minute.

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "It is the initial intention of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to seek happiness for the people. We must always remember this initial heart and always take the people’s yearning for a better life as our goal. " Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has persisted in taking the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal, adhering to the people-centered development thought, and persisting in the initial intention and mission of seeking happiness for the people of China and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. On the basis of continuing to promote development, it has made great efforts to solve the problem of insufficient development imbalance, vigorously improve the quality and efficiency of development, and better meet the growing needs of the people in economic, political, cultural, social and ecological aspects. Grasping the most direct and realistic interests that the people are most concerned about, constantly safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood, promoting social fairness and justice, achieving at a higher level education for young children, learning and teaching, income from labor, medical care for the sick, support for the old, shelter and support for the weak, making people’s sense of well-being, happiness and security more substantial, more secure and more sustainable, and making continuous progress towards achieving common prosperity for all people, vividly explaining.

　　Marxism is a practical theory.

　　History and people choose Marxism because Marxism is a practical theory. The foundation and motivation of truth knowledge is practice, and the standard for testing truth is practice in the final analysis. Marx said: "The degree to which theory is realized in a country always depends on the degree to which theory meets the needs of this country." History and people choose Marxism precisely because Marxism meets the practical needs of China and has stood the test again and again in practice.

　　The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Marxism is not a study, but was founded to change the historical destiny of the people, formed in the practice of people’s liberation, and enriched and developed in the practice of people’s liberation, providing a powerful spiritual force for people to understand and transform the world." Marxism not only looks at and explains the world from the viewpoint of practice, but also emphasizes changing the world with practice. The viewpoint of practice and the viewpoint of life are the basic viewpoints of Marxist epistemology, and practicality is the remarkable feature that distinguishes Marxist theory from other theories. As Marx said, "All social life is practical in essence" and "Philosophers only interpret the world in different ways, and the problem is to change the world". To grasp the practical characteristics of Marxism, we should link Marxism with the historical practice in China since modern times, especially with the practice in Socialism with Chinese characteristics. Under the guidance of Marxism and the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese nation has made a great leap from the sick man of East Asia to the station, from standing up to becoming rich, and from becoming rich to becoming strong, which fully demonstrates the practical power of Marxism.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in the face of the weak recovery of the world economy, frequent local conflicts and turmoil, and intensified global problems, and a series of profound changes in China’s economic and social development, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has adhered to Marxism as the guidance, constantly promoted theoretical innovation based on practice, put forward a series of new ideas, new ideas and new strategies, promulgated a series of major principles and policies, and launched a series of major initiatives. We have promoted a series of major tasks, solved many long-term unsolved problems, accomplished many major events that we wanted to do in the past but failed to do, promoted historic changes in the cause of the party and the state, demonstrated the theoretical quality of China-based Marxism, systematically answered the important issues of what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and how to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era from the combination of theory and practice, and opened up a new realm of Marxist development.

　　Marxism is a developing and open theory.

　　History and people choose Marxism because it is an open and developing theory. Marxism is an open theoretical system that develops with the development of times, practice and science. It does not end the truth, but opens the way to the truth. Marxism has profoundly changed China, and China has also greatly enriched Marxism, and the two have developed through interaction. It is the source of Marxism’s eternal vitality to unify the persistence and development of Marxism and constantly create new theories in combination with new practice.

　　Based on the foundation of the times. Marxism was born to meet the needs of the times, always keeping pace with the times and sharing the destiny with the people. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "After long-term efforts, Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, which is a new historical orientation for China’s development." This important political conclusion endows the historical mission, theoretical follow-up, objectives and tasks of the Party with new connotation of the times, and provides us with time coordinates and basic basis for profoundly grasping the new stage and new characteristics of the development of contemporary China and scientifically formulating the Party’s line, principles and policies. In the new era, the principal contradictions in our society have changed, the theoretical innovation of the Party has made a new leap, the cause of the Party and the country has set new goals, the relationship between China and the world has opened up a new situation, and the Communist Party of China (CPC) has taken on a new look. To uphold and develop Marxism, we must base ourselves on the foundation of the times, grasp the pulse of the times, listen to the voice of the times, embody the times, grasp the regularity and be creative, and guide new practice with developing Marxism and China Marxism.

　　Answer the question of the times. The key to Marxism’s eternal youthful vitality lies in constantly answering new topics raised by the development of the times and responding to new challenges faced by human society. A history of Marxist development is a history in which Marx, Engels and their successors constantly develop according to the times, practice and understanding, and it is a history in which all outstanding ideological and cultural achievements in human history are constantly absorbed to enrich themselves. A history of Marxism in China is a history of guiding new practice with developing Marxism. To uphold and develop Marxism, we must answer the questions of the times in studying and solving problems, combine the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of China in the new era, constantly explore and answer the new topics raised by the development of the times, respond to the new challenges faced by human society, clear up the ideological fog that puzzles and restricts the development of practice, constantly promote the modernization and popularization of Marxism in China, and constantly open up a new realm of Marxist development.

　　Lead the change of the times. The world today is experiencing a great change that has never happened in a century. The international structure and system are undergoing profound adjustments, the global governance system is undergoing profound changes, the international power balance is undergoing the most revolutionary changes in modern times, and there is a major trend that affects the historical process and trends of mankind around the world. Contemporary China is experiencing the most extensive and profound social changes in China’s history, and is also carrying out the most grand and unique practical innovation in human history. We have unimaginably good conditions for development in the past, but we are also faced with all kinds of foreseeable and unpredictable difficulties and challenges. The situation and environment are changing rapidly, the tasks of reform, development and stability are heavy, and the challenges of contradictions and risks are numerous, which is an unprecedented test for our party’s governance. To uphold and develop Marxism, we must lead the changes of the times, profoundly grasp the dialectical relationship between the great changes in the world that have never happened in a hundred years and the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation, base ourselves on the overall situation, coordinate the overall situation, lead the changes, create new ones, achieve progress in change, break through in change, win in change, and lead the great changes in the world in a direction that is conducive to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and world peace and progress.

　　(The author is a professor of philosophy at Peking University)