The Challenges And Measures Of Socialist Culture In China

Socialist culture of Chinese characteristics, which is the important symbol ofcomprehensive national strength, unites and encourages all the Chinese people. In today'sworld, culture, economy and politics intermingle with each other and play a more and moreimportant role in the competition of comprehensive national strength. The strength of cultureis embedded in the national vitality, originality and cohesion. With the developing trend of theworld multi-polarization and economic globalization, all kinds of thoughts and cultures surgewith each other----the coexistence of absorption and exclusion, cooperation and competition,penetration and resistance. Facing such situation, working hard to build up advanced cultureand develop advanced productivity are our strategic task to realize the socialist modernization.We should see that the situation we are facing in the course of the construction ofsocialist advanced culture is very serious. Seen from the domestic, although socialist culturehas played a leading role on the basis of the strength of socialist politics and economy, yet it isvulnerable in many aspects; feudal culture hasn't seceded from the history stage; Socialistmarket economy not only has brought about the historical advancement and cultural vitality,but also has intensified the diversity of value orientation and cultural choices of differentgroups; Seen from the outside world, the development of economic globalization and theinformational and network technologies provides a wide field for culture exchanges, at thesame time it accelerates the penetration of Occidental capitalist value……, which hasdetermined that the way socialist advanced culture of contemporary china is getting on towardthe ideal aim cannot be smooth, that is to say, there must be a lot of challenges in course ofit.In order to meet the fierce challenge both from the domestic and the outside world, firstly,the construction of socialist culture must adhere to the leading role of the Maxism; Secondly,the cultural construction must be based on the practice of the socialist construction of Chinesecharacteristics; Thirdly, we must strengthen the "mental education", construct the ideologicalpillar on the basis of "Three Represents"and cultivate and encourage the national spirit;Fourthly, cultural construction must follow the developing trend of world science and culture.Only in this way, can the culture both gain a foothold in the socialist practice of Chinesecharacteristics and push forward the socialist construction of Chinese characteristics; bothhave the outstanding characteristics of times and distinctive Chinese style and nationalcharacteristics; both endeavor to inherit and encourage the outstanding cultural tradition ofChinese nation, and get rid of the feudal dross and pernicious ideas; both study and drawlessons from the profitable spiritual achievements from all over the world actively and resistthe pernicious and passive ideology successively.Moreover, the discussion on the challenges the construction of Chinese socialist cultureface has historic, practical and theoretical significance.