The Socialist core value

In the report of the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, it was proposed to promote prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness, and cultivate and practice the core values of socialism. The “Opinions on Cultivating and Practicing Socialist core value” issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee in December 2013 clearly defined these 24 characters as the basic content of Socialist core value for the first time. Since the Reform and Opening-up, especially in the new century, in order to adapt to the development of the socialist market economy and respond to the challenge of China’s further integration into economic globalization on ideological and moral construction, the Communist Party of China has continuously made new explorations in the construction of socialist ideology, and put forward importance arguments ranging from the “socialist concept of honor and disgrace”, “building a Socialist core value system”, and then to “actively cultivating and practicing the Socialist core value”. In March 2006, the CPC Central Committee proposed the socialist concept of honor and disgrace of “Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces”, deepening 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 major proposition and strategic task of “building a Socialist core value system” for the first time, and clarified its basic content. In November 2012, the report of the 18th CPC National Congress put forward “three advocacies”, namely “advocate prosperity, democracy, civilization and harmony, advocate freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, and advocate patriotism, dedication, integrity and friendliness, and actively cultivating the Socialist core value”, foreshadowing the condensing of the core values of socialism. In December 2013, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee issued the “Opinions on Cultivating and Practicing the Socialist core value”, which clearly proposed that the Socialist core value based on the “three advocacies” are in line with the development requirements of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and compatible with the excellent Chinese traditional culture and the outstanding achievements of human civilization. It is an important argument made by consolidating the value consensus of the whole Party and the whole society, and provides a basic follow for cultivating and practicing the Socialist core value.

Among them, “prosperity, democracy, civilization, and harmony are the value goals at the national level, freedom, equality, justice, and the rule of law are the value orientations at the social level, and patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness are the value criterion at the individual level of citizens”. On the basis of the Socialist core value system, the Socialist core value emphasize the core elements and strengthen the practice orientation. It is a highly condensed and concentrated expression of the Socialist core value system. It integrates the value appeals of the state, society, and citizens with the value requirements of the state, society, and citizens, embodies the essential requirements of socialism, and the qualitative stipulations of the socialist system at the ideological and spiritual level, condenses the essence of socialist advanced culture, and is the value expression of the socialist road, theoretical system and system with Chinese characteristics. At the same time, it has inherited the spirit of Chinese excellent traditional culture, absorbed the beneficial results of the development of world civilization, reflected the spirit of the times, and answered the major questions of what kind of country and society we want to build, and what kind of citizens we want to cultivate. Actively cultivating and practicing Socialist core value, expanding the influence of mainstream values, improving the country’s cultural soft power, and effectively integrating social awareness, can effectively promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, and help consolidate the common ideological foundation for the unity and struggle of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups, and gather the Chinese forces to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.