Philosophical Implication of Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era

　　The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China established Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era as the guiding ideology that the Communist Party of China (CPC) must adhere to for a long time, profoundly expounded the spiritual essence and rich connotation of this guiding ideology, and established Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era together with Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, Theory of Three Represents and the scientific development concept as the action guide of the Chinese Communist Party in Constitution of the Communist Party of China. This is an important historical contribution of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it has realized that the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s guiding ideology keeps pace with the times once again. The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era is deeply nourished by Marxist philosophy, which contains the scientific world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, shines with the brilliance of Marxist philosophy, and is the essence of the spirit of the contemporary China era.

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era has always adhered to seeking truth from facts.Seeking truth from facts is the living soul of Marxism and the core of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s ideological line. Seeking truth from facts must proceed from objective reality, which is the concrete embodiment of materialism monism in the process of understanding and the premise and basic viewpoint of materialism. Proceeding from reality, the most important thing is to firmly grasp the biggest reality of contemporary China that "China is still in the primary stage of socialism for a long time" based on the "new historical orientation" that "Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era". Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s entry into a new era, a "new historical orientation", is an era of inheriting the past and carrying forward the future, continuing to win the great victory of Socialism with Chinese characteristics under new historical conditions, winning the battle to build a well-off society in an all-round way, and then building a socialist modern power in an all-round way. It is an era in which people of all ethnic groups in China unite and struggle, constantly create a better life, and gradually realize the common prosperity of all people. It is an era in which all Chinese sons and daughters work together to realize the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation, and it is an era in which China is increasingly. Judging from the new historical orientation, Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era with "one change and two unchanged". "a change"That is, the main contradiction in our society has been transformed into the contradiction between the people’s growing need for a better life and the unbalanced development. "Two things have not changed" means that our judgment on the historical stage of socialism in China has not changed. The basic national conditions of China, which is still in the primary stage of socialism for a long time, and the international status of China as the largest developing country in the world have not changed. The scientific judgment of China’s new historical orientation shows the development of objective process and practice, and constantly realizes the concrete historical unity of subjectivity and objectivity, theory and practice. Marx and Engels said: "The real content of all epoch-making systems was formed due to the needs of the period when this system was produced." The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era has always adhered to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, closely combined with the conditions and practical requirements of the new era, made great efforts to explore and deepen the understanding of communist party’s ruling law, the law of socialist construction and the law of human social development, and profoundly and systematically answered the important issues of the new era, such as what kind of Socialism with Chinese characteristics to adhere to and develop and how to adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which has distinct characteristics of the times and practicality.

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era runs through the scientific methodology.Dialectical materialism is the philosophical basis of Marxist theoretical system and the world outlook and methodology for the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to observe, analyze, study and solve problems. The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era adheres to the problem orientation, and uses scientific thinking methods such as historical thinking, dialectical thinking, systematic thinking, strategic thinking and innovative thinking to profoundly explain the rich connotation, spiritual essence and basic strategy of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, which are summarized by "eight clarifications" and "fourteen persistences" respectively. It profoundly answered a series of basic questions such as the general goal, general task, overall layout, strategic layout and development direction, development mode, development motive force, strategic steps, external conditions and political guarantee of adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and it is of great significance to economy, politics, rule of law, science and technology, culture, people’s livelihood, ecological civilization, national security, national defense and the army, "one country, two systems" and China’s reunification, diplomacy and party building. The "Eight Definitions" and "Fourteen Persistences" elaborated by the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era complement each other, insisting on the viewpoint of connection and the viewpoint of development, which is the general viewpoint of materialist dialectics.Look at the problem from a global and far-reaching perspective, grasp the development trend of things as a whole, correctly handle the relationship between the global and the local, grasp the relevance and coordination of the problem, and carry out brand-new thinking and planning for adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, seeking new ideas and opening up a new realm. Clearly adhering to and developing Socialism with Chinese characteristics, the overall task is to realize socialist modernization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. On the basis of building a well-off society in an all-round way, we will build a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful socialist modernization power in the middle of this century in two steps, enriching and developing the basic principles of Marxist philosophy that promoting social and historical development should adhere to the dialectical unity of regularity and purpose, respecting objective laws and giving full play to subjective initiative. Using the basic method of materialist dialectics, this paper reveals the inherent regularity of contradictions, adheres to the dialectical unity of "two-point theory" and "emphasis theory", finds out the ways and means to solve contradictions, makes it clear that the main contradiction in our society in the new era is the contradiction between the people’s growing need for a better life and the unbalanced development, points out the strategic focus and main attack direction of our party in the coming period, and embodies the methodology of grasping the key, finding the right focus, gaining insight into the development law of things and concentrating on solving the main contradiction. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era also profoundly embodies the basic principles of Marxist philosophy about generality and particularity.Deepen the understanding of communist party’s ruling law, socialist construction law and human social development law with a brand-new vision, and open up a new stage of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era has always emphasized "people-centered".Historical materialism is the theoretical cornerstone of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a powerful ideological weapon for the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to understand and solve social problems and promote social progress. Marx and Engels, on the basis of demonstrating that productive forces determine the relations of production and economic foundation determines the social and historical development law of superstructure, changed their attention to people from abstract symbolic people to the broad masses of workers engaged in material production activities for the first time in human history with a brand-new vision, reversed the history of historical idealism, and formed an important conclusion of correctly understanding the historical position and role of the people, that is, the people are the main body of social history, the creators of social wealth and material wealth, and the decisive force of social change. The Communist Party of China (CPC) people’s initial intention and mission is to seek happiness for the people of China and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This initial intention and mission is the fundamental driving force to inspire the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to keep moving forward. Socialism with Chinese characteristics thought of the supreme leader in the new era clearly "adheres to the people-centered development thought", which requires the whole party to keep in mind why the human problem is the touchstone to test the nature of a political party and a political power, and requires all party comrades to always share the same breath with the people, share the same destiny and be heart-to-heart, and always take the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal of struggle. They must uphold the people’s dominant position, persist in building the party for the public and governing for the people, and practice the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly.We must always put the interests of the people in the supreme position, so that the fruits of reform and development can benefit all the people more fairly, promote the all-round development of people, and make continuous progress towards achieving common prosperity for all the people. Mao Zedong said: "Why is the human problem a fundamental problem, a matter of principle?" "Insisting on the people-centered development thought" clearly answers the fundamental and principled questions of "for whom development depends, for whom development results are shared", profoundly explains that the fundamental purpose of development is for the people, and regards whether people really get benefits, whether people’s lives are really improved and whether people’s rights and interests are truly guaranteed as the fundamental standard to test development achievements, which fully embodies the highest Marxist philosophy that people are both the subject and the purpose of development.

　　(Author: Yang Yun, Professor of Marxism College of Yunnan Agricultural University)