The System of The Socialist core value

It is proposed in the “Decisions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues of Building a Socialist Harmonious Society” adopted at the 6th Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee in October 2006. Its basic contents are: the guiding ideology of Marxism, the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, and the socialist concept of honor and disgrace. The Socialist core value system is the essential embodiment of socialist ideology. In this organic whole, the guiding ideology of Marxism is the soul; the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the theme; the national spirit and the spirit of the times are the essence; and the socialist concept of honor and disgrace is its embodiment in the ideological and moral field. The four aspects are interrelated and complementary. From the founding of New China to the basic completion of socialist transformation, China has gradually established a socialist basic economic system, a basic political system, and a socialist ideology with Marxism as the guiding ideology, laying the political premise and material basis for the construction of the Socialist core value system. In the new period of Reform and Opening-up, the Communist Party of China has proposed the strategic task of promoting socialist cultural and ideological progress. With the deepening of Reform and Opening-up, values have become diversified. In order to further establish the dominant values of socialism, in March 2006, the Communist Party of China proposed the socialist concept of honor and disgrace of “Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces”, and deepened the understanding of the laws of socialist moral construction.

In October 2006, the 6th Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee clearly put forward the strategic task of “building a Socialist core value system” for the first time. In 2007, the 17th CPC National Congress included “building a Socialist core value system” into the report, expounding its specific content, and putting forward the need to effectively integrate the Socialist core value system into the whole process of national education and promoting socialist ideological and ethical progress, and transform it into the conscious pursuit of the people, actively explore effective ways to use the Socialist core value system to lead social thoughts, and enhance the attractiveness and cohesion of socialist ideology. In October 2011, the 6th Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee emphasized that the Socialist core value system is the “soul of rejuvenating the country”, and that building a Socialist core value system is the fundamental task of promoting cultural development and prosperity. The report of the 18th CPC National Congress made new deployments for the construction of the Socialist core value system, emphasizing that “it is necessary to carry out in-depth study and education on the Socialist core value system, and use the Socialist core value system to guide social thoughts and build social consensus”. Adhering to integrating the Socialist core value system into all aspects of modernization and using it to lead social thoughts is of great significance to promoting scientific development, promoting social harmony, and achieving the strategic goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way.