An Analysis On Jiang Zemin’s Thought On Improving The Morality

Facing with the intricate situation both at home and abroad, Jiang Zemininherited and developed Deng Xiaoping’s theory of improving the morality, andinnovatively put forward a series of unique thought on improving socialist moralityduring the13years when he held the post of the general secretary of CCP. JiangZemin’s thought on improving the morality is the important part of theoreticalsystem of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it has made an importantcontribution to promote China’s improvement of socialist morality.The Reform and Opening restarted the process of China’s socialistmodernization and that of the strengthening of legal society as well. During thegreat historical process, on the basis of summing the experiences at all times and inall over the world, comrade Jiang Zemin combined with the actual situation inChina and timely put forward that we should rule the country by law and bymorality at the same time and combine them together. The thought is the core ofJiang Zemin’s thought on improving the morality, the new cognition of improvingsocialism morality with Chinese characteristics, the deepening of the cognition of theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and the improvementand innovation of our party’s governing the country. The emphasis of ruling thecountry by morality is to strengthen the improvement of leading cadres’ politicalmorality. It aimed at building the ideological defense, enhancing the realm of life,and being the important secure of governing for the people.The Reform and Opening restarted the process of China’s socialistmodernization and that of the improvement of civil society as well. Modern civilsociety require citizen have a higher ideological and moral quality. Comrade JiangZemin attached great importance to ideological and the improvement of morality.He proposed to strengthen the improvement of civic morality and consolidate theeducation of patriotism, collectivism and socialism to all the citizen. Duringcomrade Jiang Zemin in power, the central committee of the CCP releasedProgram for Improving Civic Morality, and built the system of improving civicmorality of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Its main content is serving thepeople as the core, collectivism as the principle, to love the motherland, the people,labor, science and socialism as the basic requirements, and to strengthen theeducation in social morality, professional ethics and family virtue. Improving civicmorality requires to Sing the main melody, industriously advocate and develop host culture, and carry forward national spirit and spirit of the time.As an organic part of the important thought of “Three Represents”, JiangZemin’s thought on improving the morality has become the great banner of guidingthe improvement of civic morality. The important thought of “Three Represents”emphasize that we should attach importance to carry forward improving advancedmorality while strengthening the improvement of civic morality. Our Party mustalways represent the development requirements of China’s advanced productiveforces, must always represent the direction of China’s advanced culture, and shouldalways represent the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of theChinese people, so it is necessary to carry forward improving advanced morality.Improving advanced morality is the requirement for party members and cadres andit is the higher requirement of morality. Comrade Jiang Zemin put theimprovement of morality in the central part of the development of advancedculture. In terms of the improvement of morality, the important thought of "threerepresents" is to service for the people and the welfare of the people.