The Building Of Learning-oriented Marxist Party From The Prospective Of Knowledge Society

Learning is the characteristic and developing basis of Marxist party. CommunistParty of China has always emphasized the significance and ability of learning. Thehistory of Communist Party of China is the process that creatively propels the buildingof Learning-oriented Marxist Party according to the changing social environment andhistorical position of China. Since Fourth Plenary Session of the17thChineseCommunist Party Congress clearly emphasize on the building of Marxist party as animportant and urgent strategic task,‘promoting organizations of learning-orientedparty’ was written into the ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ by the Fifth Plenary Session of the17thChinese Communist Party Congress. The General Secretary of CPC CentralCommittee, Hu Jintao, in his speech on the General Assembly to celebrate the90thanniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China put forward the scientificthesis:‘in accordance with request for the construction of Learning-oriented Marxistparty, the members of the party should study all new scientific thoughts andknowledge’. The sixth Plenary Session of the17thChinese Communist Party Congressproposed the ambitious goal that the building of Learning-oriented Marxists Party mustbe promoted by the construction of organizations of learning-oriented party. Thebuilding of Learning-oriented Marxist Party is the part of Chinese styled theory ofMarxist party building.From the global perspective, the rapid development of economic globalization andinformation technology is to promote the socio-economic patterns of the world towardsthe knowledge-based society. Knowledge is increasingly becoming the core element ofeconomic development, decisive factor of social progress, and the first resources ofwealth creation. Knowledge-based economy is becoming the important economic form,and innovation has become the main driving force of social development and the coreelements of competitiveness. Although the knowledge-based society is difficult to beaccurately defined, it has put effect on traditional industrial society and propelled social transformation to the extent of economic structure, political structure, culturalstructure and social structure. The transition of Contemporary Chinese society isundergoing the profound impact of this trend.To combine the theory of the building of Marxist party with the transition ofContemporary Chinese society is necessary for the research of the building of Marxistparty. To study the building of learning-oriented Marxist Party form the perspective ofknowledge society represents theoretical value and realistic significance. The buildingof learning-oriented Marxist Party relates itself to knowledge society in several aspects.The formation of knowledge society puts forward many problems to the building oflearning-oriented Marxist party. The transformation to knowledge society preparesnew chance, requirement and knowledge claims for building learning-oriented Marxistparty. How to study the building of learning-oriented Marxist party depends on thebroadening of theoretical horizons, thinking methods and research perspectives.