Equality, justice and the rule of law, advocating patriotism, professionalism, honesty and friendliness, and actively cultivating and practicing socialist core values. Prosperity, democracy, civilization and harmony are the value goals at the national level, freedom, equality, justice and the rule of law are the value orientations at the social level, and patriotism, professionalism, honesty and friendliness are the value norms at the individual level of citizens. These 24 words are the basic content of socialist core values. [ 1-4]
"Prosperity, democracy, civilization and harmony" is the construction goal of China's socialist modern country, and it is also a concise basic concept of socialist core values from the perspective of value goals. It is at the highest level of socialist core values and plays a leading role in other levels of values. Being rich and strong is the natural state of economic construction in a modern socialist country, the long-cherished wish of the Chinese nation, and the material basis for the prosperity of the country and the happiness and well-being of the people. Democracy is a good wish of human society. The democracy we pursue is people's democracy, and its essence and core is that the people are the masters of the country. It is the life of socialism and the political guarantee to create a better and happier life for the people. Civilization is an important symbol of social progress and an important feature of modern socialist countries. It is the proper state of cultural construction in a socialist modernized country, a summary of national, scientific and popular socialist culture facing modernization, the world and the future, and an important support for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Harmony is the basic concept of China traditional culture, which embodies the vivid situation of learning to teach, earning from labor, getting medical care for illness, providing for the old and living in a proper place. It is the value pursuit of modern socialist countries in the field of social construction and an important guarantee for the harmonious, stable, sustained and healthy development of the economy and society. [ 1-4]
"Freedom, equality, justice and the rule of law" is a vivid expression of a beautiful society and a concise expression of the basic concepts of socialist core values from the social level. It embodies the basic attributes of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and is the core value concept of our party's unswerving and long-term practice. Freedom refers to people's will, freedom of survival and development, a beautiful wish of human society and a social value goal pursued by Marxism. Equality refers to the equality of citizens before the law, and its value orientation is to continuously realize substantive equality. It requires respect and protection of human rights, and everyone enjoys the right to equal participation and equal development according to law. Justice is social fairness and justice, which is based on human liberation and the acquisition of freedom and equal rights, and is the fundamental value concept that the country and society should have. The rule of law is the basic way of governing the country, and governing the country according to law is the basic requirement of socialist democratic politics. It maintains and guarantees the fundamental interests of citizens through the construction of the legal system, and is the institutional guarantee for realizing freedom, equality, fairness and justice. [ 1-4]
"Patriotism, dedication, honesty and friendliness" are the basic moral standards of citizens and the basic concept of concise socialist core values from the perspective of personal behavior. It covers all fields of social moral life, is the basic moral standard that citizens must abide by, and is also the basic value standard to evaluate citizens' moral behavior choice. Patriotism is based on the deep feelings of personal dependence on the motherland, and it is also a code of conduct to regulate the relationship between individuals and the motherland. It is closely integrated with socialism and requires people to take the rejuvenation of China as their own responsibility, promote national unity, safeguard the reunification of the motherland and consciously serve the motherland. Dedication is the value evaluation of citizens' professional code of conduct, which requires citizens to be loyal to their duties, self-denial, serve the people and society, and fully embody the socialist professional spirit. Honesty is honesty and trustworthiness, a moral tradition handed down by human society for thousands of years, and also the key content of socialist moral construction. It emphasizes honest work, keeping promises and treating people sincerely. Friendship emphasizes that citizens should respect each other, care for each other, help each other, be harmonious and friendly, and strive to form a new socialist interpersonal relationship. [ 1-4]
Development history
The founding of New China established the socialist ideology with the socialist basic political system, basic economic system and Marxism as the guiding ideology, and laid the political premise, material foundation and cultural conditions for the construction of the socialist core value system. Since the reform and opening up, China's socialist ideology construction has been continuously explored, from building a socialist core value system to actively cultivating and practicing socialist core values with the content of "Three Advocates", and important conclusions and strategic tasks have been put forward. [ 1-4]
1978 65438+In February, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party resumed and established the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, persisted in combining Marxism with the great practice of China's reform, opening up and socialist construction, scientifically inherited Mao Zedong Thought, and created the latest achievements of China Marxism such as Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents and Scientific Outlook on Development, and the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field was continuously consolidated. [ 1-4]
In March 2006, our party put forward the socialist concept of "eight honors and eight disgraces", which inherited and developed our party's concept of honor and disgrace in socialist ideological and moral construction and China's ancient cultural tradition of "knowing shame". At the same time, it has given us a new connotation of the times and deepened our party's understanding of the law of socialist moral construction.
In June 5438 +2006 10, the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee clearly put forward the major proposition and strategic task of "building a socialist core value system" for the first time, clearly put forward the contents of the socialist core value system, and pointed out that socialist core values are the core of the socialist core value system. Academic circles began to discuss the generalization of socialist core values in depth. [ 1-4]
In 2007 10, the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China further pointed out that "the socialist core value system is the essential embodiment of socialist ideology." [ 1-4]
20 1 1 In June, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China emphasized that the socialist core value system is the soul of rejuvenating the country, and building the socialist core value system is the fundamental task to promote the great development and prosperity of culture. It is of great significance to refine and summarize the socialist core values that are concise and easy to spread and practice. [ 1-4]
20 12, 165438 10, the report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward "three propositions", namely, "advocating prosperity, democracy, civilization and harmony, advocating freedom, equality, justice and the rule of law, advocating patriotism, professionalism, honesty and friendliness, and actively cultivating socialist core values". This is [1-4]
20 13 12 the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC issued the "opinions on cultivating and practicing socialist core values", which clearly put forward the socialist core values with "three advocates" as the basic content, in line with the development requirements of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, in line with the outstanding achievements of Chinese traditional culture and human civilization, and is an important understanding made by our party to condense the values of the whole party and society. [ 1-4]