The new era calls for new theories, and new theories guide new practices.There is no end to practice, and there is no end to innovation.The development of Chinese and foreign history shows that without the innovation of concepts and the guidance of theories, there will be no progress in society and no development for mankind.In contemporary times, reform and innovation are also the core of the socialist zeitgeist. Persisting in proceeding from reality in everything, integrating theory with practice, seeking truth from facts, and testing and developing truth in practice are the most important theoretical qualities of Marxism.This theoretical quality of advancing with the times is the key to the vigorous vitality of Marxism for more than 150 years.

160 years ago, the "Communist Manifesto" came out.Although the original German edition has only 23 pages, it is the greatest ideological emancipation and theoretical innovation in human history.Like a bolt of lightning, it tore through the dense night sky over Europe.A specter, the specter of communism, haunts the globe ever since.It is a power, a thought, a hope, a power that shakes the world and makes mankind sober.Throughout the ages, there has never been a kind of thought that has brought about such great changes in human society like it; nor has there been a thought like it that has scientifically revealed the laws of human society for the first time.

In China, the theoretical innovation of Marxism is the Sinicization of Marxism. In September 1938, Mao Zedong made a political report entitled "On the New Stage" at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.Mao Zedong emphasized in his report: "The great strength of Marxism-Leninism lies in its connection with the specific revolutionary practice of each country. For the Chinese Communist Party, it is necessary to learn to apply the theory of Marxism-Leninism to the specific situation in China. The environment. The Communist Party members who have become part of the great Chinese nation and are closely related to this nation, talk about Marxism without Chinese characteristics, which is just an abstract and empty Marxism.” Mao Zedong said, “Learn to apply the theory of Marxism-Leninism China’s specific environment” means insisting on combining the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete reality of the Chinese revolution and socialist construction, carefully analyzing the domestic and foreign situations, correctly grasping the objective laws of economic and social development of the times, and making new Theoretical understanding and theoretical generalization, put forward new theoretical guidance for practice.Therefore, the process of Sinicization of Marxism is also the process of theoretical innovation.

In China, theoretical innovation is to oppose bookishism.Mao Zedong said: "The 'books' of Marxism must be studied, but they must be combined with the actual situation in our country. We need 'books', but we must correct the bookism that is out of touch with the actual situation." Deng Xiaoping also said: "In Things like building socialism in China cannot be found in Marx's books, nor can they be found in Lenin's books." In the 86 years since the founding of the party, the reason why the Chinese Communists have been able to stand up from the pool of blood, come out of the ruins, wake up from mistakes, grow from small to large, from weak to strong, and lead the people of all ethnic groups in the country from victory to victory is entirely due to Relying on the guidance of correct theory and continuous theoretical innovation.Practice has proved that the Chinese Communist Party is a revolutionary political party that is good at theoretical innovation, and through theoretical innovation, it is constantly gaining new life, constantly enriching, improving and developing itself, and constantly leading New China to prosperity and strength.

Under the current international and domestic situation, my country's development is facing unprecedented opportunities and unprecedented challenges.There are many favorable conditions, but also many unfavorable factors.At this time, it is even more necessary for the Chinese Communists and the broad masses of the Chinese people to pioneer and innovate with ever-burning passion. At present, on the issue of theoretical innovation, we should not only oppose the dogmatic treatment of Marxism, but also oppose the dogmatic copying of Western theories.As far as the current situation is concerned, the latter is more important than the former.Because, in actual theoretical research, there are indeed problems of being too superstitious and blindly worshiping Western academic viewpoints, and there are indeed new dogmatism and bookishism that copy Western concepts to explain, understand, and even guide my country's modernization drive.Some people just open their mouths to say what they mean, and they must call it the West.For Western theories, they know a thing or two at most, but they don’t seek a deep understanding, and they have no intention of deeply understanding and studying the specific situation in China. They neither figure out the "what" nor do they want to work hard on the "why". Things can certainly work in China.They even look at China's reform and opening up and China's economic and social development with colored glasses.

Since our party, as early as the period of the new democratic revolution and the early stage of socialist construction, suffered from bookishism, because of a simple, mechanical, rigid, and metaphysical understanding of Marxism, it has dogmatically copied it from its predecessors. The Soviet model caused a series of disastrous consequences to the Chinese revolution and construction; then, we should never repeat the mistakes of history. In China, theoretical innovation means having great courage.Throughout the ages, there has never been an innovative theory that has been widely favored and unanimously recognized by all living beings at the beginning of its germination.This is not only because creative thinking can only be understood by virtue of the non-creative elements contained in it, but also because creative thinking must first be sharpened and pinpointed before reaching self-maturity and self-improvement.So it is absolutely not and impossible for those creative ideas to appear otherworldly and beautiful as soon as they break ground.Therefore, the emergence of innovation theory and its initial application in practice cannot be smooth sailing.Its weak life may be strangled by opposing forces from all directions at any time.At this time, the persistence of pursuing the truth and adhering to the truth is very important.Here, the slightest hesitation and the slightest wavering mean that all previous efforts have been wasted.

Looking back at the history of the Communist Party of China, it is not difficult to find that every theoretical innovation was "forced".Judging from the actual situation at that time, this kind of "forced" means that the Chinese revolution and construction are in a situation where "there is no way out", and there is no other ready-made experience to "take" and use.This kind of "forced" is a huge pressure like a catastrophe.It is such an ordinary and unbearable huge pressure that inspired the will, courage and wisdom of the Chinese Communists to climb the cliff and climb the peak. realm.

History has proved and will continue to prove that the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups under its leadership have never been slaves to outdated theories, nor will they be intimidated by any pretentious theoretical authority.We have enough courage, enough wisdom and enough ability.Without such courage, without such wisdom, without such ability, without such a spirit of forging ahead and pioneering and innovating, there is no such thing as socialism with Chinese characteristics or a path of peaceful development! Of course, theoretical innovation does not mean overthrowing everything, denying everything, subverting tradition, and doing everything in reverse.On the contrary, theoretical innovation is to boldly absorb and learn from all the achievements of civilization created by human society.If we did not boldly absorb and learn from all the achievements of civilization created by human society, and did not absorb and learn from all the advanced management methods and management methods that reflect the laws of modern socialized production from all countries in the world today, including capitalist developed countries, there will be no China today. The revolutionary role outside the system is transformed into a participatory and constructive role in the pursuit of modernization goals within the world system, as Joshua Cooper Raimer, the author of "The Beijing Consensus," said , under the "shock" of "foreign ideas, capital and creativity", "enthusiastic peasants continued to flow to the city, factory buildings broke ground in remote places, and entrepreneurs released their long-suppressed desire like a spring. Capital vitality” and even “opening our country to a peaceful world that is globalizing, so as to find a shortcut to realize the dream of economic revival”.

In China, theoretical innovation also means the promotion of academic democracy.Deng Xiaoping said: "In the party and among the people, the more people who are willing to use their brains and think about problems, the more beneficial it will be to our cause. We must have a group of people who are brave in thinking, exploring, and Innovative breakthroughs. Without such a large number of breakthroughs, we will not be able to get rid of poverty and backwardness, and we will not be able to catch up, let alone surpass the international advanced level. We hope that party committees at all levels and every party branch will encourage and support party members and The masses have the courage to think, to explore, to innovate, and they all come to do the work of promoting the masses to emancipate their minds and use their brains." To promote academic democracy, there must be contention and debate within the scope of national laws and regulations.It is better to have contention than no contention.A debate is better than no debate.Multiple voices are better than one.At least you can say what you want, and tell the truth.At least you can listen to it and brainstorm.Conducive to less detours, less wrong way.A relaxed academic atmosphere is an indispensable external condition for theoretical innovation.In order to effectively prevent the dogmatic treatment of Western academic theories and effectively prevent the dogmatic treatment of Marxism, there must be an environment, a mechanism, and a set of procedures to ensure a certain degree of freedom to speak freely and express their opinions.Without the collision between this point of view and that point of view, without the confrontation between this point of view and that point of view, there will be no comparison and closeness between this position and that point of view.The independent innovation of theory cannot be achieved overnight, nor can it be an individual behavior.The more the merrier.Only with a sound mechanism that ensures the continuous communication, discussion, discussion, training, running-in, experimentation, summary, and feedback of multiple groups can a theoretical innovation be gradually completed.Only the innovative theory formed in this way can stand the test of practice and be beneficial to the healthy development of our cause.It is in this sense that we insist that where there is no debate, there can be no consensus.It is related to the line and the overall situation. What should be debated should still be debated, and what should be discussed should still be discussed.

So, does this violate Deng Xiaoping's viewpoint of "no debate"?Deng Xiaoping did say: "As soon as the debate becomes complicated, all the time is lost, and nothing can be done." But Deng Xiaoping also said: "The current discussion on the issue of practice being the only criterion for testing truth is actually The debate on whether to emancipate the mind. Everyone thinks that it is necessary and meaningful to have this debate. Judging from the situation of the debate, it becomes more and more important when you look at it. A party, a country, and a nation, if everything starts from the books and the thinking is rigid, If superstition prevails, it cannot move forward, its vitality will stop, and the party and the country will perish. This is what Comrade Mao Zedong said repeatedly during the rectification movement. Only by emancipating the mind, insisting on seeking truth from facts, proceeding from reality in everything, and linking theory with practice , our socialist modernization drive can proceed smoothly, and the theories of our party's Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought can also develop smoothly. In this sense, the debate on the standard of truth is indeed an issue of ideological line, a political issue, and a Issues related to the future and destiny of the party and the country.” If these two passages are fully understood, it is not difficult to find that what Deng Xiaoping opposed was the endless debate after the decision-making, and he did not oppose and even supported the decision-making before the decision-making. Discussion and argumentation, because the endless debate after the decision-making will inevitably lead to confusion and nothing can be done, but the discussion and argumentation before the decision-making is to fight back the "principle of dialectical materialism and historical materialism" and "Mao Zedong The essence of thought" has been won back, the "correct political line" has been won back, and the "vivid political situation" has been won back.

From the dispute between "two whatevers" and "practice is the only criterion for testing truth", to the dispute between "characteristics" and "non-characteristics" of socialist China, to the dispute between "planned economy" and "market economy", and then To the dispute between "science" and "non-science" in China's development and the dispute between "peace" and "non-peace" in China's rise, every Chinese who takes the world as his own responsibility has made and will continue to make his own answer .However, this does not mean that each of us has a clear-cut and exclusive answer. Academic disputes in the true sense do not engage in "one word". Academic disputes in the true sense are tolerant. Academic debates in the true sense are non-emotional. Whoever wants to make his judgment convincing should do so calmly and without prejudice. Now, let us calmly deal with the innovative theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.Hu Jintao has reminded us more than once: "Theoretical innovation must be premised on adhering to the basic principles of Marxism; Otherwise, Marxism will lose its vitality and cannot persist well; the great practice of the vast majority of the people to transform the world and create a happy life is the driving force and source of theoretical innovation, and if it is separated from the practice of the masses, theoretical innovation will become passive. Without water, it will not be able to appeal to the people and play a guiding role in practice." Hu Jintao's reminder is concise and meaningful.Having such a reminder is completely different from not having such a reminder.Only with such a reminder, can we have a comprehensive and profound understanding of the contemporary Chinese Communists "continuously promoting theoretical innovation based on the development of practice". The crystallization of contemporary Chinese Communists' "continuously promoting theoretical innovation based on the development of practice" is to open up, build, and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics.Hu Jintao clearly stated in the report to the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics is under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, based on the basic national conditions, centering on economic construction, adhering to the Four Cardinal Principles, adhering to reform and opening up, liberating and developing social productive forces, consolidating and improving the socialist system, and building socialism. Market economy, socialist democratic politics, socialist advanced culture, socialist harmonious society, building a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious socialist modern country. The reason why the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics is completely correct and why it can lead China's development and progress lies in our It not only adheres to the basic principles of scientific socialism, but also gives it distinctive Chinese characteristics according to the reality of our country and the characteristics of the times. In contemporary China, adhering to the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics means truly adhering to socialism.” Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, as defined by Zheng Bijian and others, are China's path of peaceful development. The road of China's peaceful development, as the strategic road of our country's development, is based on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Hu Jintao as the general secretary. After the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it scientifically summed up and inherited the successful experience of the Communist Party of China in creating, building, and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics since the reform and opening up. , incisively analyzing and grasping the domestic and international situation and major strategic opportunities China has faced since entering the 21st century, and solemnly put forward in response to the "China threat theory" and "China collapse theory" in international public opinion. On October 15, 2007, Hu Jintao said in the report of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "China will unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development. This is a strategy made by the Chinese government and people in accordance with the development trend of the times and their own fundamental interests. choice. The Chinese nation is a peace-loving nation, and China has always been a staunch force for world peace.” However, because "the possibility of China's inevitable rise to superpower is greater than before" in the eyes of Western politicians and commentators on international issues, innovation has more "world-historical significance" in the process of peaceful development. ".This is just as Shi Yinhong said in "Several Fundamental Conditions and Important "Platforms" for China's Peaceful Rise": "For China's peaceful rise, we must first consider how we can achieve very important innovations in economic, social and political development. Specifically, if we can achieve sustainable development and a well-off society with basic social justice in a country like China, establish a democratic and legal system with Chinese characteristics, and even gradually form a democratic and legal tradition, then we are becoming a great power The basic innovation necessary in the process.” From the perspective of the external environment, few countries have as many strong neighbors as China, and so many neighbors, large and small, that will become a headache if relations are not handled carefully.If China wants to develop peacefully, it must properly handle these relations.If a big country like China, which faces a very complex geopolitical environment, can do this, so as to maintain and strengthen China's basic security in a long-term peaceful way along with the overall improvement and development of China's military power, it will be another achievement. A major historical innovation. Obviously, in these aspects, our academic research is "relatively lagging behind".Since "there is no ready-made theory in the world that can explain why China was able to rise in a peaceful way"; then, why don't Chinese scholars "should come up with a new explanation" who are "duty to shirk their responsibilities"?Why can't our academic circles "respond to the challenges of the changing times, actively innovate, and put forward more forward-looking theories, theories, and viewpoints on threats, conflicts, and challenges through objective, fair discussions, and fully reasoned arguments, so as to serve China's foreign affairs?" strategy and policy provide intellectual support”? The opinions of Chinese scholars such as Luo Yuan and Wang Guifang are justified: "We should see that as a growing country, China must have a new national role at this stage. International concerns about China's rise and Worries should not be evaded, but positive, rational and active responses should be made. China needs to tell the world that China's unique culture, thinking and behavior determine that China's rise is not a "threat", but an "opportunity". Peaceful rise. Of course, the international community’s true understanding of China depends to a large extent on China’s actions and capabilities, not simply on the basis of policy strategies. On the contrary, if there is no announcement on policies, not only ordinary countries have doubts about China’s development direction Doubts, and some countries with ulterior motives will still analyze the 'China threat' from the level of action. No country evades its own strategic goals for the reaction of others, especially in the current transparent information society. If some countries are concerned about China's With unwarranted suspicions and unwarranted accusations, China can only ignore it and continue to go its own way.” Go your own way and let others say it, this is Marx's behest. I believe that as long as the Chinese Communist Party adheres to the "way of governing the party and the country" that is consistent and innovative, takes the practice of the overwhelming majority of the people as the source of theoretical innovation, takes the realization of the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the purpose of theoretical innovation, and uses the ever-burning Passion and infinite affection for the people, treat our cause, our motherland, our great nation and people; as long as we insist on combining inheriting tradition with reform and innovation, combining being based in China with facing the world, and actively building a harmonious China Combined with promoting the construction of a harmonious world; then, a China, a China that stands on its own among the nations of the world, can continue to promote the new splendor of Chinese civilization in the process of being connected with economic globalization instead of being separated, and strive to shape the Chinese civilization. The new image of the nation, thus promoting the great revival of a harmonious and energetic Chinese civilization that loves peace, promotes trust and repairs harmony, and harmonizes all nations.