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What is the core of the spirit of China

Patriotism, reform and innovation (the spirit of China is the spirit of the nation with patriotism at its core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation at its core) The spirit of China runs through the 5,000 years of the history of the Chinese nation and is embedded in the course of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the modern era, especially in the rapid emergence of China's spirit of the spirit of the nation's gathering, mobilizing and inspiring effect, and its meteorology, and it is an important display of the soft power of China's culture.

China's cultural soft power is an important indication of China's cultural strength.

The main content of the Chinese spirit

The national spirit with patriotism at its core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation at its core constitute the basic content of the Chinese spirit. To vigorously carry forward the Chinese spirit and cultivate a spiritual home for the Chinese nation*** with the same, it is necessary to vigorously carry forward both the great national spirit with patriotism at its core and the great spirit of the times with reform and innovation at its core.

①Patriotism as the core of the national spirit

a. The national spirit is the sum of values, ways of thinking, ethical norms, and spiritual temperament that a nation has formed in its long-term ****same life and social practice, and which is recognized by the majority of the members of the nation, and it is the spiritual pillar on which a nation relies for its survival and development.

b. With patriotism at its core, the national spirit also includes the great spirit of creation, the great spirit of struggle, the great spirit of unity and the great spirit of dream.

②The spirit of the times with reform and innovation at its core

a. The spirit of the times is a synthesis of the ideology, values, spirituality and social customs of a country and a nation formed and developed under the new historical conditions, embodying national characteristics and conforming to the trend of the times, and it is a kind of collective consciousness that has a positive influence on and promotes the development of society.

b. The spirit of reform and innovation is the core of the spirit of the times, which runs through all the practices of reform and opening up and is reflected in all aspects of the spirit of the times. The spirit of reform and innovation is not only the inheritance and promotion of the fine tradition of reform and innovation of the Chinese nation, but also the spiritual character and spiritual features embodied in the great practice of reform and opening up in contemporary China.

③Dialectical unity of the national spirit and the spirit of the times

a. The national spirit and the spirit of the times are closely related, and both are the spiritual support on which a nation relies for its survival and development. All national spirits used to be the spirit of the times which drove the trend, led the fashion and promoted the development of the society in a certain stage of history. At the same time, all the spirit of the times will be gradually integrated into the river of national spirit with the change of history, and constantly enrich and develop the connotation of the times of national spirit.

b. The spirit of the nation and the spirit of the age*** together constitute the Chinese spirit of the present age. The spirit of the nation gives the spirit of China a national character, which is an important guarantee that the spirit of the Chinese nation can be maintained; the spirit of the times gives the spirit of China a connotation of the times, which is an important source that the spirit of China leads the times forward and possesses a distinctive epochal character and strong vitality.