The Impetus To And The Mechanism Of Theoretical Innovations Of Marxism Chinazation Since The China’s Reform And Opening-up

The nature of Marxism Chinazation is to integrate the basic principles of Marxism withChina’s specific practice, actual situation and the characteristics of our times, so as to realizecontinuously the Chinazation and localization of Marxism, which is a historical leap. Throughthe integration with China’s specific practice, the Marxism is sinicized and reformed as a newtheoretical model, which is an extremely important core project and spiritual work as regardsthe Communist Party of China (CPC) and the revolution, construction and reform under itsleadership. The Marxism Chinazation does not come into being spontaneously, but for thesake of the advanced elements and CPC members’ endless and initiative endeavor to conducttheoretical practice. The most remarkable effort is Marxism theoretical innovation as a resultof integrating its general principles with China’s specific national situation. With the ongoingchanges of China’s specific practice and characteristics of times, theoretical innovation ofMarxism Chinazation is going to be an endless integration. Since China’s reform andopening-up, under the guidance of fruitful innovations, like Deng Xiaoping Theory, ThreeRepresents Theory and its main ideas, as well as Scientific Outlook on Development andother strategic thoughts, we have explored a new phase of Socialism construction withChinese characteristics, and made historical achievements of world interest. On a new stageof the new century, we have opened up a new sphere for Marxism Chinazation. What’s more,in practice we have promoted the development of Socialism with Chinese characteristics as anintegration of the Socialist material civilization, spiritual civilization, political civilization,social civilization and ecological civilization.The concept of “Marxism Chinazation” has been first proposed in the Report of theCPC’s Sixth Session of the Six Plenary Session of Central Committee in October,1938.However, the actual progression of it has already begun long before. Since the establishmentof CPC, its members have never ceased to explore Marxism Chinazation. In recent years, withthe idea of Marxism construction and the establishment of the Marxism primary discipline,more diversified analyses concerning it and its theoretical innovations have emerged both inacademic and theoretical fields. It turns out to be a heated topic for academic researcherswhile receiving more and more concerns and attention from our Party and country.Under the guidance of basic Marxist political principles, this paper sticks to theintegration between macro-historical perspective and micro-historical insight, purpose andmethod, truth and value, from the trans-disciplinary perspectives of Politics, Marxism,Sociology, History etc. By dialectical materialism thinking and information processing andanalyzing, this study puts theory into practice, and adopts a trans-disciplinary method. Fromthe analysis of its theoretical innovation’s bases and prerequisites since China’s reform andopening-up, this paper intends to make clear the historical path and development logic ofMarxism Chinazation, and to reveal its impetus and mechanism so as to summarizeexperience and to have a deep though on its obstacles and ultimate causes, on the basis of itsmain achievements and significance. This paper is divided into5parts.Part One, with the integration of historic study and current analysis, analyzes the bases for the theoretical innovation of Marxism Chinazation. The theoretical basis is a scientificinherit of Marxist basic principles; the historical basis is a scientific summary of Socialistpractical experience; the actual basis is a scientific summary of primary experience ofSocialism with Chinese characteristics; the era basis is an accurate decision on theinternational conditions and features of times. Based on the above, a generalization is madeabout the system basis, ideological basis and political basis of its theoretical innovation sinceChina’s reform and opening-up.Part Two, with the timeline of reform and opening-up, explores the historic path anddevelopmental logic of the innovation. There are three historic phases: Deng Xiaoping Theorywas proposed and set up as a symbol for the breakthrough of innovation of Socialistconstruction theories; and then Three Represents Theory came into being and was establishedas the significant innovation of CPC’s ruling theories; finally, the Scientific Outlook onDevelopment as well as other strategic ideas emerged and set up as a holistic innovation ofSocialist development theories.Part Three is a scientific generalization and summary of the impetus to innovation:Marxist Worldview, methodology and the ideal of Communism are the spiritual impetus; thepeople’s social practice is the fundamental impetus; the fine tradition of our Party’s theoreticalinnovation is the existing impetus; the need to resolve new problems in new situations andurgent issues is the practical impetus.Part Four summarizes the mechanism of innovations since China’s reform andopening-up as the mechanism of survey and research, the mechanism of democracy with theParty, the mechanism of ongoing study and the mechanism of the academic innovationtransformation. This part offers a revelation of inner mechanism of each element in MarxismChinazation theoretical innovation.Part Five concludes and reveals the basic experience of Marxism Chinazation theoreticalinnovation since China’s reform and opening-up, and proposes that its innovation requiresthat we must adhere to the organic integration of the basic Marxism principles with China’sspecific situations, and to the statement that practice is the sole criterion for testing truth, andto the fact that people are endowed with pioneering creativity which deserves respect, and tothe practice that we view the world from Marxist far-sighted viewpoint, and that we mustactively foster the social environment and atmosphere beneficial to the theoretical innovation.The final part discusses several relations, like theory and practice,“textual interpretation” and“contemporary interpretation”, persistence and development, inherit and innovation,Marxism Chinazation and globalization, etc. which need to be faced with and deal withappropriately if we want to proceed with the theoretical innovation. Last, from the perspectiveof practical thinking, Part Five analyzes the difficulties and ultimate causes for innovation andinterprets the path to the solutions by adopting a trans-disciplinary and blended method.