How can leading cadres strengthen cultural self-confidence?

Accurately grasping the development context and basic trend of advanced socialist culture can provide us with practical guidance and paths to strengthen our cultural confidence.

First, we must learn from China’s excellent traditional culture. Culture is the blood and foundation of a nation. The time-honored Chinese traditional culture has provided rich nourishment for the Chinese nation’s endless growth and development. More than 2,000 years ago, hundreds of schools of thought put forward many concepts, such as filial piety, loyalty, etiquette, justice, integrity, benevolence, loving others, being kind to others, harmony between nature and man, Tao following nature, self-improvement, etc., which still have a profound impact on the lives of Chinese people today. The secret of the Chinese civilization’s enduring prosperity over thousands of years lies in the unique quality of Chinese traditional culture that adheres to its roots while constantly advancing with the times. Therefore, excellent traditional culture is the solid foundation for the Chinese nation to gain a firm foothold in the surge of world culture. And these cultural traditions and contexts that have lasted from ancient times to the present are basically our spiritual lifeblood.

The second is to inherit and carry forward the red revolutionary culture. Each country and nation has different historical traditions, cultural accumulation, and basic national conditions, and its development path must have its own characteristics. Whether it is the Jinggangshan spirit of "firm belief, hard work, seeking truth from facts, daring to break new roads, relying on the masses, and daring to win"; the Long March spirit of "perseverance, self-improvement, and courage to move forward"; or "emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts, and serve the people wholeheartedly" The Yan'an spirit of "dare to fight, dare to win, rely on the masses, unite and unite, guard against arrogance, guard against impetuosity, and work hard" is essentially the spirit of Chinese civilization in a specific way. The specific manifestations in historical time and space are the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture in different periods. The red revolutionary spirit is not only a link of unique epochal significance in the development of Chinese civilization over the past 5,000 years, but also a solid support for us to continuously enhance cultural confidence, stay true to our original aspirations, continue to move forward, and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The third is to develop advanced socialist culture. Whether it is China's excellent traditional culture or red revolutionary culture, they all have distinctive national characteristics and contemporary values. The socialist core values ??we advocate today are the inheritance, development, innovation and sublimation of these precious spiritual wealth. They are the in-depth expansion and concentrated display of Chinese excellent culture in contemporary China. They are also the theoretical expression and meaning construction of advanced socialist culture. It can be seen that to develop advanced socialist culture, we must first realize that core values ??are the focus of cultural soft power construction, the foundation for enhancing cultural self-confidence, and the deepest element that determines the nature and direction of culture. Generally speaking, a country’s cultural soft power fundamentally depends on the vitality, cohesion and charisma of its core values. Secondly, it is from this meaning that the key to developing advanced socialist culture lies in cultivating and practicing socialist core values. We must not only draw the ideological essence and moral essence from China’s excellent traditional culture, but also obtain it from red revolutionary culture. Nourish wisdom and sharpen the spirit.