A Study On Patriotism In Contemporary China

Patriotism is indispensable for a nation’s development and progress. Numerous people devote themselves to the nation and made tremendous contributions in the past five thousand years. Whenever the nation encounters crisis, millions of Chinese people stand together for the survival of the nation. The acting of these people best explains the meaning of patriotism. Different periods of time endow patriotism different connotations. In modern times, socialist patriotism is reflected by the joint efforts of1.3billion people fighting for a prosperous nation with the lead of Party Central Committee.Patriotism in contemporary China is compatible with the socialist mode of production and the socialist system, reflecting the fundamental interest of proletariat and common people and being regarded as the most advanced.However, patriotism in contemporary China has been misinterpreted by anti-China forces in western world as narrow nationalism. Therefore, we must classify the basic characteristics of patriotism in contemporary China from comparative study to get a comprehensive understanding on this issue.Since the16th CPC National Congress, CPC Central Committee has repeatedly emphasized the importance of patriotic education and ask related department to carry out patriotic education by taking advantage of all types of resources. Our party once achieved huge success in the history via a wide range of patriotic education. Nowadays, globalization has brought us opportunities as well as challenges. Western hostile forces are still trying hard to separate the nation. At this crucial moment, we need to keep good traditions and widely carry out patriotic education, fighting for the great rejuvenation of our country. Therefore, the understanding of patriotism in contemporary China is extremely significant. In addition, we ought to distinguish between socialist patriotism and narrow nationalism and learn the primary feature of patriotism in contemporary China, so as to best dig out the value of patriotic education. In this sense, this topic has not only academic value, but also realistic meanings.