Core Values of Socialism

Core values of socialism embody the essence of advanced culture, and are the true expressions of the values pursued by the whole Chinese people.

The 18th CPC National Congress, held in November 2012, called for a major drive to foster the core values of Chinese socialism, as represented at three different levels for the state, for society, and for individual citizens. At the state level, China must be a country with prosperity, democracy, civility, and harmony. For society, it should be one of freedom, equality, justice and the rule of law. And for individual citizens, we need patriotism, professionalism, integrity and good will.

The core values of socialism, as an aggregation of these goals, are an essential part of the socialist ideology and define the ideological and intellectual pursuits of the socialist system.

The 19th CPC National Congress made the following requirements for the work:  We will focus on fostering a new generation capable of shouldering the mission of national rejuvenation; we will offer them better guidance, expose them to practice, and provide institutional guarantees. We will draw on core socialist values to guide education, efforts to raise cultural-ethical standards, and the creation, production, and distribution of cultural and intellectual products, and see that all areas of social development are imbued with these values and that they become part of people’s thinking and behavior. To this end, we will encourage extensive public involvement, making our officials take the lead and starting with families and children.

We will draw on China’s fine traditional culture, keep alive and develop its vision, concepts, values, and moral norms, and do so in a way that responds to the call of our era. With this we will see that Chinese culture maintains its appeal and evolves with the times.

社會主義核心價值觀

社會主義核心價值觀是當代中國精神的集中體現，凝結著全體人民共同的價值追求。2012年11月召開的中共十八大提出了培育和踐行社會主義核心價值觀的根本任務，強調要倡導富強、民主、文明、和諧，倡導自由、平等、公正、法治，倡導愛國、敬業、誠信、友善。社會主義核心價值觀把涉及國家、社會、公民三個層面的價值要求融為一體，體現了社會主義意識形態的本質要求，體現了社會主義制度在思想和精神層面的質的規定性。2017年中共十九大對培育和踐行社會主義核心價值觀提出明確要求：要以培養擔當民族復興大任的時代新人為著眼點，強化教育引導、實踐養成、制度保障，發揮社會主義核心價值觀對國民教育、精神文明創建、精神文化產品創作生產傳播的引領作用，把社會主義核心價值觀融入社會發展各方面，轉化為人們的情感認同和行為習慣。堅持全民行動、干部帶頭，從家庭做起，從娃娃抓起。深入挖掘中華優秀傳統文化蘊含的思想觀念、人文精神、道德規范，結合時代要求繼承創新，讓中華文化展現出永久魅力和時代風采。