People's Daily commentator: We have walked very confidently this year

This year's pace, we have walked very confidently

——President Xi Jinping's 2024 New Year's Message Revelation (4)

In the 2024 New Year's message, President Xi Jinping recalled the year of stormy baptism and heavy harvests, pointing out that "China is a great country and inherits a great civilization", stressing that "China has a long history and a vast civilization, which is the foundation of our self-confidence and the source of our strength."

Chinese culture has a long history, and Chinese civilization is broad and profound. President Xi Jinping pointed out with deep feeling: "In this vast land, the lonely smoke of the desert and the drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River always make people think about it for thousands of years and are fascinated by it; the nine curves of the Yellow River and the rushing flow of the Yangtze River always make people excited and full of pride." "Those who are fundamentally solid, Huashi will be mao, and those who have a deep source will be glorious. In the past year, the symposium on cultural inheritance and development, the national conference on propaganda, ideology and culture were held, the Chengdu Universiade and the Hangzhou Asian Games showed the "Chinese-style romance", the Chinese civilization exploration project, the major project of "archaeological China" was implemented in depth, and the film and television works such as the program "Exploring China in a Simplified Manner", the movie "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an", and the documentary "Why China" were widely welcomed by the audience...... Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and under the guidance of Xi Jinping's cultural thought, China's cultural construction has made extraordinary achievements, the Chinese culture has become more magnificent, the Chinese civilization has become more dazzling, and the people of Chinese have made great strides on the new journey, with high ambitions, firm backbone, and sufficient confidence.

This confidence comes from the great civilization that is endless. The dawn of civilization in Liangzhu and Erlitou, the literary inheritance of the oracle bones in Yinxu, the cultural treasures of Sanxingdui, and the cultural continuity of the National Version Museum not only witness the enduring renewal of Chinese civilization, but also stir up vigorous and high-spirited cultural self-confidence. When a splendid theatrical performance allows the world to feel the unique charm of Chinese culture, when a piece of exquisite and precious cultural relics makes foreign audiences marvel, and when a piece of ancient skills passed down from generation to generation enters a broader global market...... The deep identity, self-confidence and pride of hundreds of millions of Chinese sons and daughters are condensed into a majestic force to realize the Chinese dream together. History tells the present and enlightens the future: Chinese civilization has endured for thousands of years, and it has endured through repeated adversities and endured, which is the miracle of human civilization and the confidence of our self-confidence; the cohesion of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people is so strong because we have a broad and profound Chinese culture and Chinese spirit!

This confidence comes from unswervingly "going your own way". Today, we are comprehensively promoting the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization. Moving forward along this only correct broad road, we are well aware that "Chinese-style modernization has endowed Chinese civilization with modern strength, and Chinese civilization has endowed Chinese-style modernization with a profound foundation", and we are determined that "Chinese-style modernization is the old state and new life of the Chinese nation, and will surely promote the rejuvenation of Chinese civilization". Comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization has an incomparably broad stage, an incomparably profound historical heritage, and an incomparably strong determination to move forward. As long as you follow the right path, you are not afraid of being far away. Standing on the land of China, which is steeped in excellent traditional culture, with the mighty power gathered by more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, holding scientific truth, stepping on the right path of the world, and bathing in the glow of civilization, we are full of confidence and strength.

"The road is not the same as a flat river. "Facing the future, we must establish the ambition of self-reliance, the backbone of self-improvement, and the confidence of independence, stimulate forward momentum with firm confidence and belief, and open up a new world for career development by relying on tenacious struggle, so as to turn the grand blueprint of Chinese-style modernization into a beautiful reality step by step. The soul of the country is transformed by culture and cast by culture. On the new journey, we must strengthen cultural self-confidence, uphold openness and inclusiveness, adhere to integrity and innovation, stimulate the vitality of cultural innovation and creativity of the whole nation, continue to promote cultural prosperity, build a strong cultural country, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point, and work together to create a new culture belonging to our era, so that the Chinese people will have a stronger forward momentum, a higher spirit of struggle, and a firmer belief in victory, so as to inject strong spiritual strength into the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation.

Contemporary China is a magnificent country, a heroic people, and a great future. The Communist Party of China and the Chinese people, who have won great victories and glory, are marching forward with vigor and spirit on the new journey of irreversible building of a strong country and national rejuvenation. By inspiring the spiritual strength of self-confidence and self-improvement, holding our heads high and moving forward with perseverance, we will be able to better undertake the new cultural mission, build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation in the process of promoting Chinese-style modernization, and usher in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the process of development and prosperity of Chinese culture.