To continue to advance theoretical innovation based on practice, we must first grasp the worldview and methodology of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and make good use of the positions, views and methods that permeate it. The report to the Party's 20th National Congress systematically summarizes the world outlook and methodology of the Thought on socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new Era in terms of "Upholding the people's supremacy, confidence and self-reliance, integrity and innovation, problem-oriented, systematic thinking, and embracing the world." These "six principles" are essential for a thorough understanding of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era; they are also essential for continued theoretical innovation. From today on, this column will launch a series of articles to explain the rich connotation of each aspect of the "Six Insistence" and its correlation, so as to accurately understand the position, viewpoints, methods, principles, theories and philosophies contained in the achievements of the Party's innovative theories in the new era, so as to better understand its meaning and why. Stay tuned.

The report to the Party's 20th National Congress systematically summarizes and expounds the world outlook and methodology of the Thought on socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era with the "Six principles", and puts "upholding the supremacy of the people" as its primary content. Populism is the essential attribute of Marxism. The Party's theories come from, for and benefit the people, and the people's creative practice is an inexhaustible source of theoretical innovation. An accurate understanding and grasp of "Upholding the people first" is of great significance for us to thoroughly understand the theoretical character and distinctive characteristics of the thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, better use it to guide the great practice of the new era, and constantly open up a new realm of adapting Marxism to Chinese conditions and times.

Exalt the world view that the people create history

As one of Marx's two great discoveries, historical materialism plays an important role in the development history of Marxism and even the whole history of human thought. Unlike the heroic view of history, which regards a few outstanding figures as the creators and determiners of history, historical materialism regards the masses as the creators of social material and spiritual wealth and as the decisive force to promote social change. In the theoretical perspective of historical materialism, people are not only the creators of history, but also the subject and theme of historical development. The existence of human beings gives the objective world a fresh meaning, and people who talk about history out of touch with reality will only fall into the rut of old materialism. The Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era upholds the world view that the people create history, reflects the fundamental position of historical materialism, and contains unique connotations endowed by the great practice of the new era.

The people are the main body in building socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era. How to understand the real world is the core content of the world view. Marxism holds that the understanding of the world includes not only the grasp of the world's origin, but also the grasp of the specific pattern and historical orientation of the development of the human world, and the grasp of the dialectical unity between human subjectivity and the objectivity of the world. The Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era adheres to the basic principles of historical materialism, such as the unification of the world in material matters and the objective existence of the world. It takes the perspective of development to understand and grasp the objective reality of the world, and puts forward an important conclusion that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. This is a profound insight into the new historical juncture of China's development. On the basis of accurately positioning the historical orientation, the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era defines the people's subjective position in building socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, and makes it the goal of building socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era to satisfy the people's yearning for a better life. Thus, it realized the dialectical unity between the masses of the people as the subject and the objective world of change and development at a particular stage of historical development, and made a significant original contribution to upholding and developing the Marxist view of mass history.

The people are the decisive force for the great social reform in the new era. Whether to admit that the masses have the main role in creating and writing history is a significant mark to distinguish the materialist view of history from the idealistic view of history, the mass view of history from the heroic view of history. On this major issue of principle, the General Secretary stressed: "The people are the driving force for creating history. We Communists should never forget the most basic truth of historical materialism." The great changes in the new era over the past decade have benefited from the effective combination of the Party's centralized and unified leadership and the exertion of the people's principal strength. The General Secretary pointed out in his report to the Party's 20th Congress, "To build a modern socialist country in an all-round way, we must give full play to the creative power of hundreds of millions of people." Taking the people as the dominant force for social development and progress in the new era, as the fundamental force for determining the future and destiny of the Party and the country, and relying on the people to create the historic cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics is the unique connotation of the thought on socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new era in building a world view.

The methodology of practicing the mass line

Upholding the people's supremacy determines that practicing the mass line is an important methodology for the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new Era. Practicing the mass line is the inevitable requirement of historical materialism and the inevitable choice for Marxist political parties to stick to their original mission. The CPC comes from the people, is rooted in the people, and serves the people. The mass line is the lifeline and fundamental line of work of the Party, and the heirloom of the Party's eternal vitality and combat effectiveness. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party Central Committee with comrades at its core has always adhered to the mass line, always taken the people's interests as its starting point and ultimate goal, truly done everything for the people, relied on them in everything, came from them and went to them, and translated the Party's correct propositions into conscious action by the people.

To meet the people's aspirations for a better life. Marx pointed out: "Everything people strive for is related to their interests." With the transformation of the major contradictions in Chinese society, "people's yearning for a better life" has become a concentrated expression of the interests of the Chinese people in the new era. Adhere to the people first, in methodology requires efforts to respond to the realistic interests of the people. The Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era takes meeting the people's aspirations for a better life as the starting point and ultimate goal of all its work, and stresses earnestly safeguarding, realizing, and developing the fundamental interests of the people. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party Central Committee with comrades at its core has taken targeted measures to address the major social problems in the new era, focusing on strengthening areas of weakness, strengthening weaknesses, strengthening the floor, and building on strengths. It has coordinated the five-sphere integrated plan and the Four-pronged Comprehensive strategy, and enhanced the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security in the course of economic and social development. We should adhere to the philosophy of people-centered development, safeguard the fundamental interests of the people, improve people's well-being, solve their urgent and urgent problems, realize that development is for the people, by the people, and the fruits of development are shared by the people, and promote social fairness and justice. We will pursue high-quality development with a new vision for development, better meet the new demands, hopes and aspirations of the people, advance modernization for common prosperity for all, and make solid progress toward the second centenary Goal.

Pooling the wisdom and strength of the people. The general Secretary stressed: "The people have endless wisdom and strength. Only by always believing in the people, relying on the people closely, and fully mobilizing the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the broad masses of the people, can we gather the magnificent force of united strength." To uphold the people's supremacy, we must safeguard the people's subjectivity and respect and carry forward their initiative in methodology. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with comrades at its core has always taken the practice of the people as a source of wisdom and strength, and rooted the growth of political wisdom and the strengthening of governance skills in the creative practice of the people. We must uphold the organic unity of the Party's leadership, the people's running of the country, and the rule of law; ensure the people's principal position in the whole process of people's democracy; inspire the people's sense of being masters of the country; make the people's running of the country concretly and realistically reflected in all aspects of the Party's governance; and fully mobilize the people's enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity for the Chinese-style modernization drive. We should give full play to the initiative of the people, encourage them to explore boldly, try first and innovate boldly, and constantly make new generalizations, gain new understandings and form new achievements in practice. We should continue to take the people as our teachers, learn from them about politics, their needs, and their advice, deepen our understanding of and grasp of the laws governing the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics through modest learning from the people, and translate the wishes of the people into the correct propositions of the Party in a timely manner.

Promote the unification of world outlook and methodology in the practice of Chinese modernization

Lenin once vividly compared the theoretical system of Marxism to "a whole piece of steel", referring to the high unity of its internal worldview and methodology. The Thought on socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, as Marxism of contemporary China, Marxism of the 21st century, and the essence of Chinese culture and Chinese spirit, is such a piece of "steel" with rich connotation, rigorous logic, and internal unity of world outlook and methodology. Different from any previous philosophy, the fundamental reason why Marxist philosophy can realize the unity of subjective and objective, cognition and practice, world outlook and methodology, and complete the revolutionary reform in the history of philosophy is that it takes practice as the starting point and core of the whole philosophy. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Chinese-style modernization has become the theme of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Upholding the people's supremacy and promoting the unification of the worldview and methodology of the Thought on socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new era must be based on the practice of Chinese-style modernization, and the dialectical unity of the worldview that the people create history with the methodology of practicing the mass line.

Chinese modernization embodies the world view that the people create history, and also contains the methodology of practicing the mass line. Chinese modernization is for and by the people. Chinese modernization aims at satisfying the practical interests of the people and realizing the free and all-round development of human beings. To achieve the grand goal of Chinese-style modernization, we must rely on the wisdom and strength of the people and give full play to their creativity, imagination and executive power. Relying on the great practice of Chinese-style modernization, the world view of the people creating history and the methodology of practicing the mass line have been fused into one, providing a solid practical foundation for the unification of understanding and transforming the world, translating the value of upholding the people's supremacy into objective reality, and achieving the unification of the world view and methodology of the Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era.

To embark on a new journey and forge ahead toward the goal of fully building China into a great modern socialist country, we must follow the guidance of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new Era, adhere to a world outlook and methodology that puts the people first, rely on the people closely, constantly benefit the people, and firmly take root in the people, and pool together the mighty power of the people to contribute their efforts and ideas in building socialism. We will continue to overcome any difficulties and obstacles on the road ahead, open up new prospects for socialist modernization in the great new practice, and open up new frontiers for adapting Marxism to Chinese conditions and The Times.

Source: Party construction network