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Question: Briefly describe the scientific connotation of the Sinicization of Marxism.
Answer:
The scientific connotation of the Sinicization of Marxism (马克思主义中国化) refers to the process and fundamental requirements of creatively applying, developing, and expressing Marxism in the specific historical conditions and practical reality of China. According to the mainstream formulation in CPC theoretical documents and textbooks (especially since the 17th National Congress and the Resolution on Party History), it mainly includes the following three core aspects:
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Applying the basic principles of Marxism to solve China’s specific practical problems
This is the fundamental purpose and starting point of Sinicization. It means using the standpoints, viewpoints, and methods of Marxism (dialectical materialism and historical materialism) to scientifically analyze and resolve the concrete contradictions and problems that arise in China’s revolution, construction, and reform at different historical stages, rather than mechanically copying foreign experiences or dogmatically applying Marxist texts. -
Elevating China’s revolutionary, construction, and reform practical experience (as well as historical experience) into theory, forming Sinicized Marxist theoretical achievements
This is the key path and main achievement of Sinicization. Through long-term practice, the Communist Party of China has summarized and refined a series of original theoretical results that both embody the basic principles of Marxism and carry distinctive Chinese characteristics — such as Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, the Scientific Outlook on Development, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, etc. These constitute the continuously advancing theoretical system of Marxism in China. -
Expressing Marxism in national forms that are loved and easily accepted by the Chinese people
This is the important cultural requirement and distinctive style of Sinicization. It means combining Marxist scientific truth with the excellent traditional Chinese culture, national psychological characteristics, language habits, and ways of expression, so that Marxist theory is no longer abstract and foreign-sounding, but is presented in vivid, popular, and easily understandable Chinese-style discourse, stories, concepts, and forms (e.g., “seeking truth from facts”, “crossing the river by feeling the stones”, “Chinese Dream”, “community with a shared future for mankind”, etc.).
In summary, the scientific connotation of the Sinicization of Marxism is a unified whole consisting of “application – theoretical innovation – national expression”. It is both a practical requirement and a theoretical requirement, both a historical process and an ongoing task.
References:
- Resolution of the CPC Central Committee on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century (adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, November 2021)
- Xi Jinping, “On the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century” (explanatory speech at the Sixth Plenary Session)