A Study Of Xi Jinping’s Thought On The Party’s Ideological Construction Since The 18th CPC National Congress

Ideological construction is essential to the survival and development of a political party.It plays a role in upholding the legitimacy of the party’s ruling,unite the common will of the social public,and establish the rational authority of the ruling party.The Communist Party of China has been attaching great importance to and doing well in ideological propaganda and construction.This is the valuable experience the CPC has gained in becoming the core leadership and leading the people to victory.This is also the key to the CPC’s lasting vitality.Since its 18 th National Congress,the Party Central Committee,with Xi Jinping as the General Secretary,has proceeded from the overall situation of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the profound development and changes in the world,the country and the Party,summarized experience and innovated theory in the long-term theoretical work and practical exploration,and formed an ideological construction thought with distinctive features and rich connotations.Xi Jinping’s thought on the Party’s ideological construction has absorbed and drawn on the quintessence of Marxist theory of political party ideology.It is the CPC’s profound summary of the law of ideological development under the new situation.The change of international environment,the infiltration of Western ideology,the impact of various social trends in the country,the lack of Marxist belief in the Party and the challenge to ideological security from Internet technology development have posed threats to the construction of China’s mainstream ideology.In the face of the increasingly complicated development trends in the field of ideology,Xi Jinping has clarified the extreme importance of ideological work in the new situation,and emphasized the adherence to the unity of the Party and the people and the conformity to “two consolidations”,namely,consolidation of the guiding position of Marxism in the field of ideology and consolidation of the common ideological foundation of the unity and struggle of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups.He noted that we should always be vigilant in the new situation about the overt impacts and covert hazards confronting the Party’s ideological security,when we should also make timely amendments and adjustments and come up with new ways of ideological education and propaganda.A series of new ideas,new concepts and new initiatives embodied in Xi’s thought on the Party’s ideological construction has provided the basic principles for the ideological work in the new period and has great significance to the promotion of the ideological work of socialism with Chinese characteristics.It is the main content of Xi’s governing thought.It is also a theoretical summary based on ruling party construction and enriches the Marxist doctrines on ruling party construction.It provides an ideological guarantee for perfecting the socialism with Chinese characteristics in order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.