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Post by blindpig » Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:14 pm

China Is Nationalizing Its Tech Sector
The government wants control of a booming new industry.
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As Bloomberg News reported this week, a key stumbling block in trade negotiations between China and the U.S. has been Beijing's extensive support for its technology firms. But if President Donald Trump's administration thinks that will change any time soon, it hasn't been paying attention: Far from reducing support for the tech sector, China is on the verge of nationalizing it.

By many measures, China's tech companies seem unstoppable. Private equity and venture capital investment grew from $14 billion in 2012 to $120 billion in 2017. Last year, 34 Chinese companies joined the elite ranks of startups valued at more than $1 billion, second only to the U.S. From health care to bike-sharing, Chinese companies are improving on ideas from overseas and innovating in their own right.

And it's not just startups. China's established tech firms -- notably Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, or the BATs -- are experiencing enormous growth as well. Tencent Holdings Ltd., with nearly 1 billion users, reported that its net income almost doubled in the last quarter, to $3.3 billion. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., which dominates online retail, is expecting growth of 55 percent this year. Investors may worry about Chinese debt, but they're giddy about Chinese tech.


At first glance, this rapid growth would seem to dovetail with the government's efforts to prove its market bona fides. China regularly pushes for recognition as a market economy at the World Trade Organization, while touting the benefits of "supply-side reform" at home. In a speech at the most recent Communist Party Congress, President Xi Jinping pledged to "support the growth of private businesses."

Look beyond such rhetoric, though, and a very different picture emerges.

Communist Party committees have been installed at many tech firms, reviewing everything from operations to compliance with national goals. Regulators have been discussing taking a 1 percent stake in some giants, including Alibaba and Tencent, along with a board seat. Tech companies have been widely encouraged to invest in state-owned firms, in the hopes of making them more productive. The common denominator of all these efforts is that the government wants more control.

An executive at a Chinese search engine recently summed up the new dynamic:

We're entering an era in which we'll be fused together. It might be that there will be a request to establish a Party committee within your company, or that you should let state investors take a stake, you know, as a form of mixed ownership. If you think clearly about this, you really can resonate together with the state. You can receive massive support. But if it's your nature to want to go your own way, to think that your interests differ from what the state is advocating, then you'll probably find that things are painful, more painful than in the past.

This quasi-nationalization applies to China's startup scene, too. One recent report found that 60 percent of Chinese unicorns have either direct or indirect investment from the BATs. China's venture-capital sector is dominated not by traditional tech dealmakers but by the state: There are more than 1,000 government-owned VC firms in China, controlling more than $750 billion.

All this has direct consequences for the trade dispute with the U.S. A recent research note from Natixis SA found that 70 percent of the products targeted by the Trump administration in its initial tariff list fall under the China Manufacturing 2025 initiative, which aims to support Chinese companies in 10 high-tech sectors, including robotics and biotechnology. If Beijing insists on protecting those industries -- as it gives every indication of doing -- significant progress on trade talks seems unlikely.


Perhaps a bigger worry for China, though, is that this creeping nationalization could harm its most dynamic companies. Lavishing the new national champions with handouts -- such as cheap loans and employment subsidies -- could turn them into rent-seekers. More bureaucracy could mean less efficiency and growth. Firms may start currying government favor rather than taking risks and innovating. Tech could become the new coal.

And that wouldn't be in anyone's interest.

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And that wouldn't be in anyone's interest
If that ain't worth a 'Bwahaha' dunno what is.

Yep that's what 'capitalist-roaders would do.
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Post by blindpig » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:10 pm

China issues report on U.S. human rights
Source: Xinhua| 2018-04-24 19:23:05|Editor: Xiang Bo

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Graphics shows China publishes a report on the United States' human rights situation on April 24, 2018. (Xinhua/Meng Lijing)

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China Tuesday published a report on the United States' human rights situation.

The report, titled "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017," was released by the Information Office of the State Council, China's cabinet, in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017 issued by the U.S. State Department on April 20 local time.

A Chronology of Human Rights Violations of the United States in 2017 was also released by the office Tuesday.

China's report said the United States posed once again as "the guardian of human rights" and a self-styled "human rights judge" while its own human rights record remained tarnished and showed a continued deterioration tendency.

The report accused the United States of serious infringement on citizens' civil rights, systematic racial discrimination, severe flaws in the American-style democracy, widening rich-poor divide, discrimination and assault against some specific groups such as women, children and people with disabilities as well as its continued violations of human rights in other countries.

The report noted that on the evening of October 1, 2017, almost 60 people were killed and more than 800 injured in a mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

It also quoted some reports of polls of American academics as saying that the respondents believed that American democracy is "drowning in money."

According to the report, the US-led military operations in other countries have caused heavy civilian casualties. The Guantanamo Bay detention camp continued to detain and torture foreigners. The United States also made cyber warfare tools, hacking and spying foreign networks.

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Post by blindpig » Sun Apr 29, 2018 1:53 pm

Fidel Castro says China is socialist - and he should know.
Hu Jintao Fidel Castro - Chinese president makes landmark visit to Cuba

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"If you want to talk about socialism, let us not forget what socialism achieved in China. At one time it was the land of hunger, poverty, disasters. Today there is none of that. Today China can feed, dress, educate, and care for the health of 1.2 billion people.

I think China is a socialist country, and Vietnam is a socialist nation as well. And they insist that they have introduced all the neces
sary reforms in order to motivate national development and to continue seeking the objectives of socialism.

There are no fully pure regimes or systems. In Cuba, for instance, we have many forms of private property. We have hundreds of thousands of farm owners. In some cases they own up to 110 acres. In Europe they would be considered large landholders. Practically all Cubans own their own home and, what is more, we welcome foreign investment.

But that does not mean that Cuba has stopped being socialist."

-Fidel Castro

... but apparently the teeming hundreds of the western "revolutionary" left seem to believe they know better about what socialism in a third world country should look like than Fidel does.
So whose opinion would you trust on this one? - Not A Dinner Party
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Post by blindpig » Fri May 04, 2018 10:59 am



"Marxism does not only exist in the study room; it's purpose is to change people's fates [...] realize liberation, enrich, develop."

LIVE | Xi Jinping speaking at the Great People's Hall to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth

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Post by blindpig » Fri May 04, 2018 11:09 am

Narratives of Betrayal: A ‘Western’ Trope
Posted by stalinsmoustache under Engels, Lenin, Mao Zedong, Marx, marxism, Stalin | Tags: betrayal, Western Marxism |

A characteristic feature of European-derived, or North Atlantic[1] approaches to communism is the narrative of betrayal: at some point, a communist revolution was betrayed by someone, betrayed itself, ran into the mud, ‘failed’.

I was first struck by this narrative some years ago when I was working intensely on Lenin.[2] And it was inescapable in much of the secondary literature when I was engaging deeply with Stalin.[3] Recently, it has struck me once again while delving into the theory and practice of the socialist state. Let me be clear: the betrayal narrative is one found mostly in European-derived traditions. Although Marxists in these parts are fond of the narrative, it is also common among liberals and conservatives. One can find stray examples other parts of the world too, in the mouths of one or two who have been unduly influenced by this narrative. In what follows, I outline some examples of the narrative, before turning to consider the closely related dimension of pristine origins.

Betrayals, Betrayals Everywhere
If you hold to this type of story, a betrayal can be found almost everywhere you look. The initial example is that Engels betrayed Marx. Being of lesser intellect and not adequately trained – or so the story goes – Engels did not understand Marx. So Engels ‘glossed’ and ‘distorted’ what Marx said, especially in work that he produced on his own or after Marx’s death. It may have been Engels’s immense efforts in editing the second and third volumes of Capital, or his Dialectics of Nature (1873-82) and Anti-Dühring (1877-78) from which Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (1880) was drawn. Thus, the editing efforts botched Marx’s work, while the effort to extend dialectical materialism into the natural sciences was fatally flawed. Given the profound influence of Anti-Dühring on the subsequent tradition – every Marxist of the second and third generations studied this text closely – that tradition was impossibly betrayed at the hand of Engels. It is relatively easy to refute this narrative, but this is not my task here.

Lenin’s putative betrayal is more contested ground, with some seeing Lenin as a purveyor of distorted Marxism from the beginning, others that Lenin betrayed the revolution after October 1917, or that Stalin was responsible for the betrayal. But what is meant by ‘betrayal’ in this case? Let me take the example of Lenin’s betrayal of himself, for this is consistent with the role of Stalin in this case. According to this story, Lenin held to some form of ‘democratic’ position, envisaging the soviets as versions of the Paris commune. The model may have been updated and reshaped a little in light of circumstances, but it held to ‘democratic participation’ by workers and peasants at local and national levels, open and free-wheeling debate within the communist party, and would form the basis of socialism after the revolution. However, what happened very rapidly was an authoritarian move, hollowing out the soviets in the name of the dictatorship of the proletariat, if not replacing the proletarian dictatorship with the dictatorship of the party. In short, Lenin moved from a ‘democratic’ commune model to an authoritarian approach. Stalin merely carried this through to its logical conclusion. The examples could be multiplied: economically, ‘state capitalism’ was gradually introduced, a global revolution was abandoned for the sake of socialism in one country, the ‘withering away of the state’ was replaced with an authoritarian state characterised by the secret police, the self-determination of minority nationalities turned into their forced assimilation, and so on. The only difference is where one draws the line, whether within Lenin’s own thought and practice or between Lenin and Stalin. The latter is, of course, the one who began to be systematically demonised not long after he died.[4]

These days, I am most interested in the way a betrayal narrative has been constructed and is now assumed by many in the case of Chinese socialism. I am less interested in the hypothesis that Mao betrayed Marxism himself, whether because he took over unreconstructed Soviet Marxism of the 1930s or whether he did so of his own initiative. I am more interested in how the betrayal narrative has been deployed by self-confessed ‘Maoists’ and how this has influenced a wider misperception from conservatives to radicals.

According to this version, Mao was indeed a true communist, developing a breath-taking version adapted for Chinese conditions. The culmination of Mao’s vision was the ‘Great Cultural Revolution’ in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Here was full collectivisation, public property, equality in pay and even clothes, idealism, the beginnings of socialist culture …. However, waiting in the wings was Deng Xiaoping, the ‘capitalist roader’. Rising high, deposed, then returning on Mao’s death and dispensing with the ‘Gang of Four’, Deng began – so it is asserted – the process of turning China from a socialist country into a capitalist one. All of this is embodied in the ‘reform and opening up’ from 1979. And Deng began the process of using coded language to indicate the shift: ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics’ was and is a code for rampant capitalism; a ‘socialist market economy’ does equal service; ‘core socialist values’ means liberalism. All this was extremely clever, it is suggested, since the CPC could not give up on the rhetoric of Marxism, so it emptied Marxism of any meaning (perhaps replacing it with nationalism. The purpose: to keep the CPC firmly in power.

This story continues: subsequent presidents – Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao – played the same game. Now we find the destruction of the ‘iron rice bowl’ (Chinese welfare state), the rise of a ‘middle class’, the ‘suppression’ of the working class – all with a nod and wink while speaking of Marxism. And Xi Jinping has produced his own collection of terms: the ‘Chinese Dream’, the ‘two centenary goals’ and revitalised the term ‘moderately prosperous’ society, all the while clamping down on ‘dissent’ and ‘freedom of speech’ to enhance his hold on power. A communist party has – according to this spectacular story – enabled the transition not from capitalism to socialism, but from socialism to capitalism.

The pieces of this narrative have been laid carefully for two or three decades, trading on half-truths, wilful ignorance and sheer twisting of the facts. Apart from the fact that it faces enormous difficulties in understanding the role of Marxism in Chinese socialism, all the way from culture and education, through society and politics, to economics, it usually entails a pre-judgement that means one does not even need to bother with Marxism as such in China. After all, no-one ‘believes’ in it anymore, do they?

As a final sample of this narrative of betrayal, let me return to Marx. In this case, it is the younger humanistic Marx who betrays the older scientific one. How so? It begins with the late publication of some key materials from the young Marx, such as ‘Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Law’ in 1927, ‘Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts’ in 1932, and The German Ideology, co-authored with Engels, in 1932. Here is a younger, more ‘humanistic’ Marx, which led and continues to lead some to emphasise this dimension of his thought as a counter to ‘Scientific Socialism’ (whether of the Soviet Union or in other forms). In response, Althusser in particular has argued that this earlier material – published later – was not the true Marx, who is to be found in his later, scientific works. This would have to be the most intriguing betrayal narrative of all, since it operates in reverse.

Pristine Origins
As I have already indicated, I focus here neither on how these specific accounts face immense hurdles on closer scrutiny, nor the motivation for them, but on the nature of the narrative of betrayal itself. Two points are relevant.

First, the story has profound resonances with the biblical story of the ‘Fall’ of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3. Here a ‘paradise’ – if somewhat flawed due to the forbidden tree(s) – is lost due to the wilful disobedience of the first human beings. Initially, it was a southwest Asian story that has overlaps with others from the same part of the world, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, but it eventually became a crucial story in European culture. The story in its biblical form has a distinct political setting, providing the eventual justification for a form of governance (monarchy) and control of wayward human beings (Thomas Hobbes comes to mind as an influential later version of this account). But it has come to be seen in much wider terms, speaking of the human condition, characterised by a mythical account of disobedience, sin and betrayal of an original ideal impulse. In this form, it became part of the wider foundations for European-derived cultures, shaping cultural assumptions, the nature of thought processes, if not historical reconstructions even of the modern variety. Thus, the narrative of Genesis, European assumptions concerning human nature, the way history is so often reconstructed, as well as narratives concerning Marxism seem to have a remarkably similar pattern.

Second and related, the account of betrayal trades on a notion of pristine origins. Time and again, I have found that a purveyor of one or another version of the story assumes a distinct idea of what socialism should be (never what actually exists). They base this idea on some texts of Marx. I write ‘some’ deliberately, for the texts selected form a ‘canon within the canon’: favoured texts that are meant to express the core of Marx’s position. Thus, socialism (which Marx did not distinguish from communism) appears in the Paris commune, concerning which Marx waxed lyrical in ‘The Civil War in France’ (1871). Here workers devolved the functions of parliament, army, police and judiciary to workers’ bodies that were directly elected and subject to recall. The commune was decentralised, removed repression and did away with the ‘state’. Or one may invoke parts of ‘Critique of the Gotha Programme’, especially in the higher stage of communism, when economic exploitation is removed, classes disappear, even divisions between town and country, if not between mental and physical labour, so that the biblically-derived communist slogan applies: ‘from each according to ability, to each according to need’.

Once you have these original and authentic definitions of socialism and/or communism, you can make an easy connection with a betrayal narrative.[5] Before a revolution, or perhaps for a while afterwards, the revolutionaries held to the ideal – think of Lenin in particular, but also Mao. But soon enough, they gave up on the ideal. It may have been force of circumstances, or a turn in the face of imminent failure, or simply a weakness of will. And if Lenin or Mao did not do so themselves, then Stalin or Deng were responsible for overturning the socialist ideal and destroying it. The outcome: socialism has never been realised as yet, for the true moment still awaits us.

Once again, this search for and latching onto a notion of pristine origins has resonances with Christian thought and practice. In this case, the authentic moment may be found somewhere in the biblical texts, preferably in the words of Jesus himself (the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ is a favoured location). Soon enough, these words and the community they envisaged was adulterated and betrayed. Here the line can be drawn at almost any point: between Jesus and the early church (the Apostle Paul); between the form of the early Christian community and the later betrayal by the institutional church; between the doctrine of justification by faith through grace and the doctrine of salvation by works …

The problem here is that one can find justification for a number of positions in the texts, for these texts are not uniform. So one has to choose some texts, downgrade or ignore the others that contradict one’s choice and then criticise those who latch onto precisely these downgraded texts. The history of Christianity reveals this process again and again. A group or a spokesperson emerges, argues that the institution as it exists has betrayed and sullied the original impulse, and begins a process of reform in the name of an authentic and original ideal based on a selection of texts. Sometimes, these movements were contained and channelled within the institution (think of the medieval orders in the Roman Catholic Church or monastic renewal in the Eastern Orthodox Church). At other times, they were brutally repressed and crushed, as many a radical religious movement in the European Middle Ages. And at other times, due to wider cultural, social and economic shifts, the reform effort became a whole new and enduring movement. The Protestant Reformation is the most notable example.

The analogies with European-derived Marxism should be obvious, if not the struggles between the varieties of socialist, communist and anarchist movements today (as Engels already noted in his ‘On the History of Early Christianity’ from 1895). But we can find it also among non-Marxists and even anti-Marxists. They too assume a certain definition of an ideal socialism, usually based on the very same texts used by Marxists, and then use those to dismiss the actual efforts to construct socialism.

Alternatives
I have focused on European-derived, or ‘Western’ Marxism due to its preference for betrayal narratives and ideas of pristine origins. It can also be found in Russian Marxism, given the comparable cultural dynamics of that part of the world (think of the long-running struggle between Stalin and Trotsky and what their names have come to signify).

Are there alternative approaches that may well do better than the one I have been analysing? Recently, I was having one of my many discussions with a Chinese comrade and we came to the topic in question. In fact, these reflections arose in part from that discussion. She is fully aware of the narrative of betrayal, having devoted much of her working life to studying ‘Western’ Marxism. But she also admitted to not understanding it; or rather, she finds it difficult to understand how it can make sense of actual tradition. Instead, she prefers a process of clarification of previously obscure or unresolved points in each subsequent development. Is that a more Chinese approach? I wondered. Yes, it is, she affirmed. How do mistakes arise, or is every statement a clarification? Mistakes do arise, such as when there is an effort to turn back the clock, to reassert an older and more obscure position that has subsequently been clarified. Or perhaps if someone moves to undermine and dispense with Marxism itself.

I am still working out the implications of this clarifying approach, particularly if it can also incorporate the following possibilities. One is to argue for interpretation in the spirit, rather than the letter of Marxism. Or: instead of invoking the letter of the original text and judging all in its light, one sees Marxism as a method for dealing with every new situation. As Lenin, Stalin and Mao were fond of saying, Marxism is not a dogma, but a guide to action.

The other approach is related but takes a different approach. Changing historical circumstances produce new problems that must be analysed and solved in new ways. These problems did not face Marx or Engels, while other problems did not face subsequent leaders. The circumstances have been and are many, ranging from unforeseen economic problems, through the development of policies in relation to minority nationalities, to what a socialist culture might actually be. Perhaps the two main changes in circumstances turn on the question of power. Marx and Engels were never in a position to exercise power after a successful communist revolution (as they well knew), so most of the developments in relation to socialism in power had to deal with issues that they simply had not experienced and could not foresee. And none of the previous experiences of socialism in power has prepared us for the moment when China becomes not merely the most powerful socialist country in human history (it already is), but the most powerful economic, political and cultural force in the world.

[1] Or ‘Western’, but this term is loose and impossible-to-pin-down. Chinese has an ideal term, meiou, using the first character for the USA (meiguo) and for Europe (ouzhou), but this is impossible to render into English, except perhaps as ‘Euro-American’. Even this term loses the specificity of the USA and replaces it with a term for the two continents of South and North America.

[2] See especially Roland Boer, “Before October: The Unbearable Romanticism of Western Marxism,” Monthly Review Magazine(2011), http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/boer081011.html; Roland Boer, “The ‘Failure’ of Communism: A ‘Fall’ Narrative,” Philosophers for Change(2014), http://philosophersforchange.org/2014/1 ... -narrative.

[3] Roland Boer, Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power (Beijing: Springer, 2017).

[4] Domenico Losurdo, Stalin: Storia e critica di una leggenda nera (Rome: Carocci editore, 2008).

[5] This search for origins can also be manifested in the whole dynamic of ‘revisionism’ in Marxism itself (I have heard the charge levelled at someone only recently and with some vigour).

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Post by blindpig » Fri May 04, 2018 12:55 pm

Here's the entire Xi Jinping speech with subs:



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Post by blindpig » Sat May 05, 2018 11:37 am

Trying to find an English transcript of Xi's speech, in the meantime some succinct commentary from Phil Greaves:
I can still hear western Trots grinding their teeth and screeching at Xi's wonderful speech honouring Marx's 200 birthday, so I'm gonna spend all day posting choice quotes just for them ;)

But let's first ponder just how openly racist Trots are, in essence they claim 100 million CPC members are too stupid to understand 'True Marxism', too stupid to see the Evil Oriental Plot, where the nation's leaders openly laud Marxism but really it's a secret code for capital.

"Today, we commemorate Marx in order to pay tribute to the greatest thinker in the history of mankind and also to declare our firm belief in the scientific truth of Marxism." - Leader of 90 million-strong Communist Party of China, Xi-Jinping.

"Marxism has not only profoundly changed the world, but also China. There might be setbacks in the development of socialism, but the overall trend for human social development has never changed, and it will never change." - Xi Jinping.
It is that second paragraph that Phil wrote that really gnaws, who do these people think they are?
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Post by blindpig » Sun May 06, 2018 12:13 pm

On 1st glance the Google Translator did a good job.

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Xi Jinping's Speech at the 200th Anniversary of Marx's Birth (Full Text)
Research on Xi Jinping's Thought of Governing the State and Administering the State 2018-05-04
Speech at the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birthday

Xi Jinping

2018 Nian 5 Yue 4 Ri

Comrades:

Today, with great reverence, we have gathered here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth and to cherish memory of Marx’s great personality and historical achievements, and relive Marx’s lofty spirit and brilliant thoughts.

Marx is the revolutionary tutor of the proletariat and working people all over the world, the main founder of Marxism, the founder of Marxist political parties and the creator of international communism, and the greatest thinker of modern times. Two centuries have passed, and human society has undergone tremendous and profound changes. However , the name of Marx is still respected by people all over the world. Marx's doctrine still shines with dazzling rays of truth !

1818 Nian 5 Yue 5 days, a lawyer Marx was born in Trier, Germany City home. As early as in middle school, he established aspiration to work for the well-being of mankind. In the university era, Marx extensively studied philosophy, history, and law to explore the mysteries of human social development. During his work in the Rheinische Zeitung, Marx sharply attacked the authoritarian rule of the Prussian government and safeguarded the rights of the people. After emigrating to Paris in 1843 , Marx took an active part in the workers' movement. In the combination of revolutionary practice and theoretical exploration, he completed the transformation from idealism to materialism and from revolutionary democracy to communism. In 1845 , Marx and Engels co-authored the "German Ideology" and for the first time systematically expounded the basic principles of historical materialism. In 1848 , Marx and Engels co-wrote the "Communist Manifesto" and once it came out, it shook the world. Engels said that the "Communist Manifesto" is "the most widely propagated and most internationally written work in the entire socialist literature and is a universally recognized program for millions of workers from Siberia to California."

In 1848 , the bourgeois-democratic revolution that engulfed Europe broke out. Marx actively invested in and directed this revolutionary struggle. After the revolution failed, Marx profoundly summed up the lessons of the revolution and sought to systematically study political economy and reveal the nature and laws of capitalism. The "Das Kapital" which was published in 1867 is the most plentiful and richest book of Marxism, and is hailed as "The Bible of the Working Class." In his later years, Marx paid close attention to the new trends in the world's development and the new situation of the workers' movement, and tried to think about the development of human society from a more ambitious perspective.

- Marx's life is a life with noble ideals and unremitting struggle for human liberation . In 1835 , the 17 -year-old Marx wrote in his high school essay, “Contemplation of Young People in Choosing a Career”: “If we choose the profession that can best work for humanity, then the burden cannot overwhelm us. Because this is a sacrifice for everyone. At that time, what we enjoy is not the poor, limited, selfish pleasure. Our happiness will belong to millions of people. Our business will quietly exist, but it will We will always play a role, and in the face of our ashes, noble people will shed tears of tears." Marx had experienced the hardships of displacement, poverty and sickness, but he was undifferentiated and unyielding, and was a lofty ideal for human liberation. Unremitting efforts to achieve a great life.

- Marx's life is a life that dares to climb the ideological peak for the pursuit of truth without fear of hardships . Marx once wrote: "There is no smooth road in science. Only those who do not dread the struggle of climbing along the steep mountains can hope to achieve the culmination of glory." For the creation of the scientific theory system, Marx paid the hardships that ordinary people could not imagine. Finally reached the brilliance of the brilliance. He has read a wide range of books and is widely involved. He not only thoroughly understands and studies the various disciplines of philosophy and social sciences, but also deeply understands and studies various natural science knowledge and strives to draw nourishment from all civilized achievements created by mankind. Marx worked for a lifetime and often worked 16 hours a day. In his letter to friends, Marx spoke of writing "Das Kapital," " I have always been on the verge of a grave. Therefore, I had to use my every moment of work to complete my work ." Even in his sickly old age, Marx continued to move toward new scientific fields and goals, writing large numbers of histories in history, anthropology, and mathematics. As Engels said: "Marx has unique discoveries in every field he studies and even in the field of mathematics. There are many fields in this field, and he does not try anything in any of these fields."

- Marx's life was a lifetime of fighting for the overthrow of the old world and the establishment of a new world . Engels said that "Marx was first a revolutionary" and that " fighting is an element of his life . Few people are as enthusiastic, perseverant, and productive as he is." The mission of Marx's life was to fight for the liberation of the people. In order to change the destiny of the people's exploitation and oppression, Marx has turned his back to the vigorous worker movement and always stands at the forefront of the revolutionary struggle. He led the creation of the world’s first proletarian party, the Communist League, led the world’s first international workers’ organization, the International Workers’ Association, and enthusiastically supported the revolution in the world’s first working class to seize power. The Paris Commune revolution was full of enthusiasm and perseverance in promoting the development of workers’ movements in various countries.

Marx is a great man who stands upright, but also an ordinary person with blood and flesh. He loves life, is sincere and simple, and he loves life. Marx and Engels’ revolutionary friendship lasted for 40 years. As Lenin said: “There are all kinds of very touching friendship stories in ancient legends”, but the friendship between Marx and Engels surpasses all the most touching legends of the ancients about human friendship. Marx selflessly funded the revolutionary cause, and even if his own life was extremely difficult, he still tried his best to help the revolutionary comrades. Marx and his wife, Yanni, were in distress and common, and they wrote a dream symphony of ideals and love.

Comrades!

The most valuable and influential spiritual wealth Marx has left for us is the scientific theory named after him, Marxism. This theory is like a magnificent sunrise, illuminating the way humans explore historical laws and seek their own liberation .

Marx has a famous saying: "Critical weapons certainly cannot replace the critique of weapons. Material forces can only be destroyed by material forces; but once theories are mastered by the masses, they can also become material forces." Marxism is mainly composed of philosophy and political economy. The composition of the three major components of scientific socialism. These three were part from German classical philosophy, English classical political economy, French utopian socialism, however, eventually elevated to the Marxist fundamental reason , Marx-depth study of the era in which the world and is Marx The deep understanding of the law of human society development. Marx said: "The theoretical principles of communists are by no means based on the ideas and principles invented or discovered by this or that world reformer." "These principles are nothing more than the true relationship between the existing class struggle and our immediate historical movement." General expression."

Only in the long history of human development can we see the essence of the historical movement and the direction of the development of the times. Marx’s scientific research, as Lenin said, “Everything created by human society, he has critically re-examined it, and he has not neglected the past at any point. Everything that human thought has built, he puts it It has been tested in the workers’ movement, re-examined and criticized, and it has come to the conclusion that those limited by the bourgeois narrowness or bound by bourgeois prejudices cannot draw conclusions.” Marx’s theory of thought originated from that era. It also surpassed that era and was both the essence of that era and the essence of the entire human spirit .

- Marxism is a scientific theory that creatively reveals the law of human society development. Before Marx put forward scientific socialism, utopian socialists had existed for a long time. They had many beautiful ideas for an ideal society with emotions of grief and guilt. However, because they did not reveal the law of social development and did not find an effective way to realize their ideals, they also failed to find an effective way to realize their ideals. It is difficult to truly have an effect on social development. Marx created the historical materialism and the theory of surplus value, revealed the general laws of the development of human society, revealed the special laws of the capitalist movement, pointed out the way for mankind to leap from the inevitable kingdom to the free kingdom, and showed people the realization of freedom and Liberation of the road .

- Marxism is the theory of the people . For the first time, an ideological system was created for the people to realize their emancipation. Marxism is profound and profound. In the final analysis, it is a sentence that is solved for humanity. Before Marx, the dominant theory in society served the ruling class. For the first time, Marxism stood on the people's position to explore the path of liberty and liberation of mankind. With scientific theories, the ultimate goal was to establish an ideal society without oppression, exploitation, equality for all, and freedom for all. The reason why Marxism has the influence to straddle the nation and span the era is because it is rooted in the people and points out the right path that depends on the people for advancing history.

- Marxism is a theory of practice that guides people in their actions to transform the world. Marx said that "all social life is practical in nature". "The philosophers only interpret the world in different ways. The problem lies in changing the world." The viewpoints of practice and life are the basic viewpoints of Marxist epistemology, and practicality is the distinguishing feature of Marxist theory from other theories. Marxism was not a study in the study, but was created to change the people's historical destiny. It was formed in the practice of the people's solution, and it was also enriched and developed in the people's practice of solving problems, understanding the world and transforming the world for the people. Provides a powerful spiritual force .

- Marxism is an open and continuously developing theory that has always stood at the forefront of the times. Marx has repeatedly warned people that Marxist theory is not a dogma but a guide to action and must evolve with changes in practice. A history of the development of Marxism is the history of continuous development by Marx, Engels, and their successors based on the era, practice, and understanding. It is a history that constantly absorbs all outstanding ideological and cultural achievements in human history and enriches itself . Therefore, Marxism can retain its wonderful youth forever, continuously explore new issues raised by the development of the times, and respond to the new challenges facing human society.

Comrades!

Since the publication of the "Communist Manifesto" 170 years ago, Marxism has spread widely in the world. In the history of human thought, no ideological theory has exerted such extensive and profound influence on mankind as Marxism.

Under the leadership of Marx, under the guidance of Marxism, international workers' organizations such as "First International" were successively founded and developed, and at different times they guided and promoted the united and struggle of the international workers' movement. Under the influence of Marxism, Marxist political parties have been established and developed like bamboo shoots in the world. The people have become the masters of their own destiny for the first time, and have become the fundamental political force for realizing their liberation and the liberation of all humanity.

The October revolution led by Lenin achieved victory , and socialism changed from theory to reality, breaking the world pattern of capitalism overtaking the world. After the end of the Second World War, the birth of a large number of socialist countries, especially the founding of the People's Republic of China, greatly strengthened the forces of world socialism. Despite the twists and turns in the development of world socialism, the general trend of human social development has not changed and will not change.

Marx and Engels actively supported the liberation struggle of the oppressed nations and peoples. After entering the 20th century, Marxists represented by Lenin inherited and developed Marxist national theories and guided and supported the national liberation movement of colonial and semi-colonial countries. After the end of the Second World War, a large number of nation states that had gained independence and liberation were established and the imperialist colonial system was completely dismantled. The equal exchanges and common development of all ethnic groups in the world showed bright prospects.

Today, Marxism has greatly promoted the process of human civilization. It is still an ideological system and discourse system with major international influence. Marx is still recognized as the "first-century thinker."

Comrades!

Marxism not only profoundly changed the world, but also profoundly changed China. The Chinese nation has created a splendid Chinese civilization in the course of thousands of years of history and has made significant contributions to the progress of human civilization. After the Opium War of 1840 , the Western powers barbarously opened China's gates with gunboats, and the Chinese people fell into a dire situation of internal and external troubles.

The barbaric aggression by the imperialists and the deep suffering of the Chinese people have caused great concern for Marx. During the Second Opium War, Marx wrote more than a dozen newsletters on China, exposing the world to the truth of Western aggression against China and providing justice for the Chinese people. Marx and Engels highly affirmed the contribution of the Chinese civilization to the progress of human civilization, scientifically foresaw the emergence of "Chinese socialism," and even adopted a brilliant name for the new China in their hearts - the "Republic of China . "

In modern times, fighting for national independence, the liberation of the people, and the realization of prosperity and prosperity of the country have become the historical tasks of the Chinese people. As the old-style peasant war came to an end, the self-improvement movement and reformism that touched the foundations of the feudal society had run into trouble, and the revolutions led by the bourgeois revolutionaries and other schemes of Western capitalism went bankrupt, the October Revolution blew up. Marxism-Leninism was brought to China, and the Chinese people who had saved their way to explore the path to salvation indicated the direction of advancement and provided new options.

In this tide of history, a Chinese Marxist party, led by Marxism, took the courage to take on the responsibility for national rejuvenation and created a Marxist political party that will surely lead the Chinese people in creating human miracles.

After the birth of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese communists combined the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete realities of China’s revolution and construction , united and led the people through long-term struggles, completed the new democratic revolution and socialist revolution, and established the People’s Republic of China and the basic socialism. The system has carried out the arduous exploration of socialist construction and has achieved a great leap forward for the Chinese nation from its disease in East Asia. This great leap is evidenced by the iron-clad fact that only socialism can save China!

Since the reform and opening up, the Chinese communists have combined the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete realities of China’s reform and opening up, and have united and led the people in the new great practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, so that China has made great strides in catching up with the times and realized the Chinese nationality from the station. It's a great leap to get rich. This great leap has proved with iron-like facts that only socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China!

In the new era, the Chinese communists combined the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete realities of China in the new era , united and led the people in the struggle for greatness, building great projects, advancing the great cause, realizing great dreams, and promoting the all-round and pioneering work of the party and the country. Historical achievements, deep-rooted, fundamental historical changes, the Chinese nation ushered in a great leap from the rich to the strong. This great leap has proved with iron-clad facts that only the persistence and development of socialism with Chinese characteristics can achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!

Practice has proved that the fate of Marxism has long been closely linked with the fate of the Chinese Communist Party, the fate of the Chinese people, and the fate of the Chinese nation. Its scientificity and truth have been fully tested in China, and its humanity and practicality. It has been fully implemented in China. Its openness and modernity have been fully demonstrated in China !

Practice has also proved that Marxism provides a powerful ideological weapon for Chinese revolution, construction, and reform, so that China, an ancient eastern power, has created an unprecedented development miracle in human history. History and the people's choice Marxism is completely correct , the Communist Party of China Marxism written on its banner is perfectly correct , adhere to the basic principles of Marxism with the specific situation with China, and constantly promote Marxism in China era of is entirely correct The !

Marxism can be gratified by Marxism guiding China to a successful and comprehensive road to building a modern and socialist modern country. Chinese communists, being loyal believers and steadfast practitioners of Marxism, are striving to uphold and develop Marxism .

Comrades!

Engels said: “If a nation wants to stand at the highest peak of science, it cannot be without theoretical thinking for a moment.” The Chinese nation must achieve theoretical ideology in order to achieve a great rejuvenation. Marxism has always been the guiding ideology of our party and country, and it is a powerful ideological weapon for us to understand the world, grasp laws, pursue truth, and transform the world .

Marxist ideology and theory are profound and frequent. In the new era, the Chinese communists still have to learn Marxism, study and practice Marxism, continue to draw scientific wisdom and theoretical strength from them , and in the overall planning of the overall layout of the “five in one” and coordinated advancement of the “four comprehensive” strategic layout, the more It is determined, more confident, and more wise to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in a new era and ensure that the great ship of the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation always marches along the correct course.

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice the Marxist thought on the law of the development of human society . Marx science reveals the inevitable trend of human society eventually moving toward communism. Marx and Engels firmly believe that the future society "will be such a consortium, where everyone's free development is a condition for the free development of all people." "The proletarians lost only chains in this revolution. What they will obtain will be the entire World.” Marx firmly believes that the historical trend is surging forward. As long as the people become their masters, the masters of society, and the masters of the development of human society, communist ideals can surely be realized step by step in a realistic movement that constantly changes the existing conditions. Marxism laid the theoretical foundation for the communists' firm ideals and beliefs. We must have a comprehensive grasp of the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, and profoundly understand the historical process of realizing communism from one phase to another and gradually achieve the goal of unifying the communist lofty ideals with the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The things we are doing are unified, and the road to socialism with Chinese characteristics is self-confident, theoretically confident, institutionally confident, and culturally confident. It adheres to the ideals and beliefs of the communists and, like Marx, struggles for communism for life.

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice the Marxist idea of ​​sticking to the people's position . People's nature is the most distinctive character of Marxism. Marx said that "historical activities are the activities of the masses." Giving the people liberation is the lifelong pursuit of Marx. We must always regard the people’s position as a fundamental position, regard the pursuit of happiness for the people as our fundamental mission, adhere to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, implement the mass line, respect the people’s dominant status and pioneering spirit, and always maintain a blood-to-people relationship with the people. The majestic forces that have made a concerted effort to unite and lead the people together to create a historical cause. This is an inevitable choice for respecting the laws of history. It is a conscious exercise of the communists who have forgotten their hearts and remembered their missions.

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice the Marxist thought of productive forces and production relations . Marxism believes that material productivity is the material precondition of all social life, and the sum of production relations that corresponds to a certain stage of the development of productive forces constitutes the socioeconomic basis. Productivity is the most active and revolutionary factor in promoting social progress. “The total amount of productivity people have achieved determines the social conditions.” The interactions and mutual constraints between productivity and production relations, economic foundations, and superstructure dominate the entire process of social development. The liberation and development of social productive forces is an essential requirement of socialism. It is a major issue that the Chinese communists used to explore and work hard to resolve. Since the founding of New China, especially since the introduction of reform and opening up, in less than 70 years , our party has led the people to unswervingly emancipate and develop social productive forces. It has gone through the course of hundreds of years of development in the West and has driven China to become the second largest in the world. Economy. We must dare to comprehensively deepen reforms and consciously arouse the development of social productive forces by adjusting production relations. We must consciously improve the adaptability of the superstructure to the development of the economic base so that socialism with Chinese characteristics will develop in a more consistent manner.

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice Marxist ideas about people's democracy . Marx and Engels pointed out that "the proletarian movement is an independent movement for the vast majority of people and for the benefit of the vast majority of people." "After the working class gains sovereignty, it cannot continue to use the old state machine to manage it." It must be "replaced by a new, truly democratic state power." The state organs must be changed from social masters to public servants and accepted by the people. We must unswervingly follow the path of political development with socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote socialist democratic political construction in the organic unity of upholding the party's leadership, the people being the masters of the country, and ruling the country in accordance with the law, and constantly strengthen the institutional guarantee for the people to be the masters of the country, and accelerate the advancement of the country. The modernization of governance systems and governance capabilities has fully mobilized the people's enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity to implement people's democracy more effectively and more effectively.

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice Marxist ideas on cultural construction . Marx believes that in different economic and social environments, people produce different ideas and cultures. Although the ideological and cultural construction is determined by the economic foundation, it also has a negative effect on the economic foundation. Once the advanced ideological culture is mastered by the masses, it will be transformed into a powerful material force. On the other hand, if the backward and erroneous ideas are not broken down, they will become social embarrassment. Theoretical self-awareness and cultural self-confidence are the strengths of a nation’s progress; advanced values ​​and emancipation of ideas are the source of social vitality. The soul of the country, the text of the transformation, the text cast. We must base ourselves on China, face modernization, face the world, and face the future, consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, develop advanced socialist culture, strengthen socialist spiritual civilization, integrate socialist core values ​​into all aspects of social development, and promote The creative transformation and innovative development of China's outstanding traditional culture has continuously improved the people’s ideological consciousness, moral standards, and civilized qualities, and has continued to cast new light on the Chinese culture .

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice the Marxist thought on social construction . Marx and Engels conceived that in the future society, "production will aim at the affluence of all people," and "all people will jointly enjoy the benefits created by everyone." Engels combined Marx's series of propositions put forward in the "Communist Manifesto", "Critique of the Gotha Programme", "Das Kapital" and other writings to clarify that under socialist conditions, society should "provide healthy and beneficial work for all people." To provide all people with ample material life and leisure time, to provide all people with real full freedom." The people’s yearning for a better life is our goal. We must adhere to the people-centered development philosophy and seize the interests of the people that are most concerned with the most direct and realistic issues, constantly protect and improve the people's livelihood, promote social fairness and justice, and achieve education and learning at a higher level. , gains from work, illness, medical care, old-age support, living and shelter, and weak support, so that the development results will be more fair to all people, continue to promote the full development of people, and toward the realization of the common prosperity of all the people Keep moving .

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice the Marxist thought on the relationship between man and nature . Marx believes that “people rely on nature to live” and naturally not only provides humans with sources of living information, such as fertile lands, rich rivers, lakes, and seas, but also provides humans with sources of production information. Natural objects constitute the natural conditions for human survival. Human beings produce, live, and develop in the interaction with nature. Humans treat nature naturally, and naturally they also give gifts to humans. But if people rely on science and creative genius to conquer nature, then the natural forces are also Revenge." Nature is the mother of life. Man and nature are the community of life. Humans must respect nature, respect nature, conform to nature, and protect nature. We must adhere to the harmonious symbiosis between man and nature, and firmly establish and implement green mountains. This is the concept of Jinshan Yinshan. We must mobilize the entire social force to promote the construction of ecological civilization, build a beautiful China, and let the people share the natural beauty in green mountains and green mountains. The beauty of life, the beauty of life, and the development of a civilization that is well-developed in production, rich in life, and ecologically sound.

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice Marxist thoughts on world history . Marx and Engels said: "The primitive closed state of various peoples is completely eliminated through the increasingly perfect production methods, contacts, and the division of labor between different ethnic groups that naturally formed as a result of communication. History has become the world history." This prediction by Engels was now a reality. History and reality have increasingly proved the scientific value of this prophecy. Today, the universality of human interaction is deeper and broader than ever before. Countries are more connected and interdependent than ever before. The world of integration is there, who rejects the world and the world will reject him. All things are combined and no evil is harmed. We must take a stand on the history of the world to examine the development trends and major issues facing the world today, adhere to the path of peaceful development, adhere to an independent foreign policy of peace, adhere to an open strategy of mutual benefit and win-win progress, continuously expand cooperation with countries around the world, and actively participate in global Governance, to achieve win-win cooperation and common development in more fields and at a higher level, not to rely on others, and not to plunder others, to work together with the peoples of all countries to build a community of human destiny and build the world better.

- To study Marx, it is necessary to study and practice Marxist thoughts on the construction of Marxist political parties . Marx believed that “the communists always represent the interests of the entire movement at all stages of development experienced by the struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie” and “they do not have any interests that are different from the interests of the entire proletariat,” but instead The overwhelming majority of people seek benefits and struggle to build a communist society. The Communist Party will "build a milestone before the world that can be used by people to measure the level of the party's movement." Always being with the people and striving for the interests of the people is the fundamental difference between Marxist parties and other political parties. We must master great struggles, great projects, great undertakings, and great dreams. We must increase our political awareness, overall awareness, core consciousness, and read the consciousness. We must persevere in advancing the comprehensive and strict administration of the Party, adhere to the Party's political construction in the first place, and persist and strengthen. The Party’s all-round leadership firmly upholds the authority of the Party Central Committee and centralizes unified leadership so that it upholds the truth and corrects mistakes, and always maintains the communist political nature. The Party building has always been at the forefront of the times, and the people sincerely embraced the courage to revolutionize their own lives. A variety of stormy, prosperous Marxist ruling party!

Comrades!

The Communist Party of China is a political party armed with Marxism. Marxism is the soul of Chinese Communists' ideals and beliefs . In 1938 , Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out: "If our party has one hundred to two hundred systematically, not fragmentally, actually, rather than empty, learned Marxist-Leninist comrades, it will greatly increase the fighting power of our party. ."

Looking back at the party’s struggle, we can see that the reason why the Communist Party of China is able to continue to grow and develop through hardships and difficulties is one of the reasons why our party has always attached importance to building our party by thinking and strengthening the party by theory, so that the whole party has always maintained a unified thinking and a firm will. , coordinated action, strong combat effectiveness.

At present, the tasks of reform, development and stability, the challenges of contradictions and risks, and the major challenges in governing the country are unprecedented. We must win the advantages, win the initiative, and win the future. We must constantly improve the ability to use Marxism to analyze and solve practical problems, and constantly improve the use of scientific theory to guide us to deal with major challenges, resist major risks, overcome major resistance, resolve major conflicts, and resolve major issues. The ability of the problem, with a broader perspective and a longer-term perspective, should be conceived to grasp a series of major issues facing future development and constantly strengthen Marxist beliefs and communist ideals.

From the publication of the "Communist Manifesto" to today, 170 years have passed, and human society has undergone earth-shaking changes, but the general principles elaborated by Marxism are still entirely correct. We must adhere to and apply the worldview and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, adhere to and apply Marxist positions, viewpoints, and methods, and adhere to and apply Marxist materiality and development law of the world, and the natural nature of human social development. , Historiography and its related laws, principles concerning the liberation of human beings and the full and free development of human beings, the nature of understanding, and the law of development, adhere to and apply the Marxist outlook on practice, the concept of the people, the concept of class, the concept of development, the concept of contradiction It truly uses Marxism as a masterpiece of mastery.

The comrades of the whole party, especially leading cadres at all levels, must learn Marxism-Leninism more consciously and more diligently , study Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the 'Three Represents,' and the scientific development concept, and study the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in a new era. We must study in depth, persist in learning, study hard, bring problems to study, and link up with practical science to better transform scientific thinking theory into a powerful material force that recognizes the world and transforms the world. The communists should regard reading the Marxist classics and understanding the principles of Marxism as a kind of living habits and as a spiritual pursuit, using the classics to upright, tempering ideas, raising the horizon, and guiding practice .

The theory of science must have a scientific attitude. Engels profoundly pointed out: "Marx's entire world view is not a doctrine but a method. It does not provide a ready dogma but a starting point for further research and methods used for such research." Engels also pointed out that our theory is "a The product of history, which has completely different forms in different times, and has completely different contents." The basic principle of scientific socialism cannot be lost. If it is lost, it is not socialism. At the same time, scientific socialism is by no means an immutable dogma. I have said that the great social changes in contemporary China are not simply a continuation of the master version of our country's history and culture, nor a simple application of the template envisaged by the classical Marxist writers, nor a republication of the practice of socialism in other countries, nor a reprint of the development of foreign countries. Socialism has not been confined to a fixed set of routines. It is only by closely integrating the basic principles of scientific socialism with the specific reality of the country, the historical and cultural traditions, and the requirements of the times. Constantly exploring and summarizing in practice can turn the blueprint into a beautiful reality .

The vitality of theory lies in constant innovation, and the constant development of Marxism is the sacred duty of Chinese Communists. We must persist in using Marxism to observe the age, interpret the times, lead the times, promote the development of Marxism with fresh, rich and contemporary Chinese practices, absorb all outstanding civilization achievements created by mankind with a broad vision, and insist on new and constant innovations in reforms. Beyond yourself, open your minds through openness, constantly improve yourself, and constantly deepen your understanding of the laws governing the Communist Party, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws governing the development of human society, and constantly open up a new realm of contemporary Chinese Marxism and 21st Century Marxism!

Comrades!

Today, we commemorate Marx in order to pay tribute to the greatest thinkers in the history of mankind and also to declare our firm belief in the scientific truth of Marxism.

Engels said: "As long as we further develop our materialist arguments and apply them to the present era, a powerful and powerful revolutionary vision of all times will immediately be presented to us." On the way forward, we must continue To exalt the great banner of Marxism and let the wonderful prospects of human society conceived by Marx and Engels continue to be vividly displayed on the land of China!

thank you all!

(Source: According to Xinhuanet Textual Record)

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Opinion: Holding up the spirit of Marxism in China
OPINIONS Guest commentary by Wang Li
2018-05-06 07:23 GMT+8 Updated 2018-05-06 21:42 GMT+8

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‍In the age of globalization, people wonder why the current world needs Marxism which was founded in 1848 as the instrumental guide to social issues. To understand this, it is necessary to reflect on the spirit and wisdom of Marxism, because there are few thinkers like Karl Marx in modern history whose thought has been so widely perceived and read.

The term "Marxism" was originally used by Karl Kautsky who considered himself an "orthodox" Marxist during the dispute between the orthodox and revisionist followers of Marx. Yet, as a universally adopted methodology of socioeconomic analysis that frames capitalism through a paradigm of exploitation, Marxism has had a profound and remaining impact on the social, economic and political issues globally, and it has ever expanded into all academic fields such as anthropology, aesthetics, economics, ethics, history, literary criticism, political science, sociology and philosophy. Since Marx viewed the social world as a totality to be analyzed scientifically, the academic division of the social world into different areas of inquiry – history, philosophy, economics, political science, sociology, international relations – is seen as arbitrary and unhelpful. Therefore, Marxism is always open, critical and self-critical, and developing.

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A conference to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx is held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 4, 2018. /Xinhua Photo

It is true that over the past decades, Marxism and Communism based on Marxian teachings have undergone the sea-changes from the previous Soviet Union to current China and Cuba. Even though the Communism was weakened in Europe, particularly in the former Soviet bloc, the early 21st century continues to see the election of socialist governments in several Latin American states, in what came to be known as the "pink tide". Initiated by the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, this trend was followed closely by the elections in Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. Forging political and economic alliances through international organizations like the “Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas”, these socialist regimes aligned themselves with Cuba, admitted to being significantly influenced by Marxist theory.

Today’s China is at the crucial moment in its history. Since the rise of China is closely related to the globalization, it requires the Chinese to be well-aware of the theory and practice of Marxist thought on the law of the development of human society and the core teachings on upholding the people's position. Specifically speaking, the ruling party of China should follow Marxist doctrines on productivity and the relations of production. Consider that China’s economic growth in the next crucial decades can’t be done at the cost of cultural prosperity and natural conservation, China must be strict in abiding by Marxist ideas on relations between the peoples’ welfare and sustainable environment.

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The 5.5-meter-tall bronze statue of Karl Marx stands in a bronze factory workshop in China's north Shanxi Province on Feb. 24, 2018, ready to be transported to the German philosopher's hometown of Trier. /CGTN Photo‍

There have been no easy ways to adapt Marxism to any domestic context. China is no exception, just because Marxian thought is not only a profound theory but also a dynamic reality. Looking into modern China which was at the mercy of foreign powers for the whole century (1840s-1940s), it is the Communist Party of China which was combines the basic principles of Marxism with the realities of China and then won national independence. Since 1949, in which the founding of the CPC was guided by Marxism, the Party has taken a great responsibility towards the national rejuvenation and led the Chinese people to create a miracle of human beings. In light of this, Marxism has not only profoundly influenced the world, but also enormously changed China.

Historically, Marxism is a scientific theory, creatively revealing the law of human social evolution, the leadership headed by Xi Jinping has determined to make persistent efforts to upholding and develop Marxism according to the concrete reality in China. True, as Xi said that Marxism has been widely disseminated in the world, no ideological theory has had such a wide and profound impact on the world as Marxism has.

Accordingly, the CPC acts as a faithful believer and steadfast practitioner of Marxism with a view to transfer his scientific thought and theory to strong substantial power to perceive and remold world. To that end, it is the sacred duty of Chinese Communists and its people as well to observe, interpret and promote the development of Marxism in China as it has moved towards the center of the world stage so closely than ever before.

(The author is a professor at Jilin University. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.)

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Xi vows tough battle against pollution to boost ecological advancement
Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-20 01:35:49|Editor: Liangyu

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks during a tone-setting meeting on environmental protection in Beijing, capital of China. The two-day national conference ended on May 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country will fight a good battle against pollution and push ecological civilization to a new level during a tone-setting meeting on environmental protection ending Saturday.

China will push for coordination between economic and social development and ecological civilization, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said when addressing the two-day national conference.

Xi said the country will channel more energy into promoting ecological civilization and resolving environmental problems, backed by the political advantages of the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC and the socialist system, as well as the achievements made during the 40 years of reform and opening-up.

Building an ecological civilization is of fundamental importance for the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, Xi said, noting that a great deal of work has been done since the 18th CPC National Congress to bring profound and historical changes regarding ecological and environment protection.

China has started to conduct central environmental inspections, carried out guidelines to control air, water and soil pollution, published its own plans to realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and is implementing a national plan to tackle the climate change.

Despite overall improvement in China's ecological environment, Xi said the progress was not made in a firm manner.

The building of ecological civilization has entered a critical period, a period that requires more quality ecological goods to meet people's ever-growing demands for a beautiful environment, and a period when China is capable of addressing prominent ecological and environment issues, he said.

With the Chinese economy transitioning from high-speed growth to high-quality development, Xi said there will be conventional and unconventional challenges and difficulties. "We must bite the bullet and overcome them," he said.

KEY PRINCIPLES

Xi said ecology and environment are closely connected with people's well-being, urging works to be done to meet public expectations by stepping up the building of ecological civilization and providing more quality ecological products.

Xi said China must abide by the following principles to push forward ecological civilization in a new era:

-- Ensuring harmony between human and nature. China must stick to the policy of putting conservation and protection first, and mainly relying on the natural recovery of the environment.

-- Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. China must pursue the vision of innovative, coordinated, green and open development that is for everyone, accelerate forming spatial patterns, industrial structures, production and living modes that are resource-saving and environmental-friendly, and provide time and space for the natural ecology to rehabilitate.

-- Sound ecological environment is the most inclusive benefits to people's wellbeing. Priority should be given to addressing prominent environmental problems that are harmful to people's health in order to keep up with people's ever-growing needs for a better environment.

-- Mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, and grasslands are a life community. The building of ecological civilization must take all factors into consideration with good overall plans and multiple measures.

-- Protecting the environment requires the best institutional arrangements and the strictest rule of law. Institutional innovations must be accelerated and enforcement of laws and regulations must be strengthened.

-- Working together on global ecological civilization construction and getting deeply involved in global environmental governance to come up with a worldwide solution for environmental protection and sustainable development, while guiding international cooperation to tackle climate change.

NEW EFFORTS

Xi stressed that China should accelerate the construction of an ecological civilization system and the fostering of an ecological culture that values ecology and environment.

The nation must speed up the construction of the ecological civilization system, to ensure that by 2035, there will be a fundamental improvement in the quality of the environment, and the goal of building a Beautiful China will be basically attained.

Xi called for comprehensive efforts to promote green development, which is not only an inevitable requirement to develop a modernized high-quality economy but also a fundamental solution to tackle pollution.

Key emphases of the work, he said, shall be adjusting economic structure and energy structure, optimizing the layout of the development of territorial space, improving the industrial layout in different regions and river valleys, fostering and expanding industries concerning energy conservation,environment protection, clean production and clean energy, encouraging simple, moderate, green, and low-carbon ways of life.

He said that prominent environmental problems shall be tackled firstly as they concern the people's wellbeing.

The top priority is winning the battle against air pollution to return the blue sky to the people, Xi said, calling for concerted efforts to basically eliminate heavy pollution days.

Action plan for the prevention and control of water pollution must be advanced to ensure the safety of drinking water, and black and odorous water shall be rarely seen in cities.

Comprehensive efforts must be taken to implement the action plan concerning the prevention and control of soil pollution, while key regions and sectors and major pollutants shall be targeted and the restoration of polluted soil shall be intensified so that people can have peace of mind about the food they eat and the place they live in.

Consistent efforts shall be made to improve rural living environments and preserve beautiful idyllic scenery in Chinese villages.

Xi called for effective prevention of ecological and environmental risks, as ecological and environmental security is an important part of national security, as well as an important guarantee to achieve sustainable and healthy development of the Chinese economy and society.

Ecological risk management shall become a regular practice while a whole-process and multi-level risk prevention system shall be put into place, he said.

Xi urged improved environmental governance, saying that China will make full use of market means, improve resources and environment pricing mechanisms, and strengthen support for public-private partnership projects.

Technological research will receive more support, and countermeasure study for major ecological and environmental issues will be initiated.

China will also push forward building a fair, reasonable and win-win global climate governance system in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.

Xi stressed the importance of strengthening the party's leadership in the urgent and tough battle against pollution.

Major leaders of local party committees and governments shall be held responsible for environmental protection in their own administrative regions, Xi said. A scientific and reasonable evaluation system will be established to assess the performance of officials, and those damaging the environment will be held accountable.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, also made a speech during the meeting.

Li emphasized the need to earnestly study and understand the speech made by President Xi Jinping.

He said that efforts must be made in line with the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to develop a system for building an ecological civilization, strengthen institutional building and the rule of law, and fight a good battle against pollution.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, also member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the concluding speech.

Han also emphasized the need to thoroughly understand the speech made by President Xi Jinping, urging local governments and relevant departments to make detailed plans and take feasible measures to implement the instructions of the meeting.

Also attending the meeting were several other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee -- Wang Yang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Wang Huning, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Zhao Leji, secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

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