“Advocate prosperity, democracy, civilization, and harmony, advocate freedom, equality, justice, and the rule of law, advocate patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness, and actively cultivate and practice core socialist values.”
The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China summarized the value goals, value orientation and value standards of the socialist core values ??from the three levels of the country, society and individuals. The "three advocacy" make the core values ??of socialism in the new era The system can be concretized, which can be said to be a concrete interpretation of the national spirit, the spirit of the times, patriotism, collectivism, and socialism. Among them, "patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness" are the basis for the other two initiatives. They are the condensation of the basic concepts of socialist core values ??from the level of personal behavior. They cover all areas of social moral life and are the basic principles that citizens must abide by. Moral principles are also the basic value standards for evaluating citizens’ moral behavior choices.
Currently, the independence, selectivity, variability, and difference of people's ideological activities have increased significantly. But the more complex it becomes, the more it needs to stand firm, and the more it needs to use the core socialist values ??as a guide of thought and a beacon of value to cultivate high-spirited citizen character.
1. Patriotism: the most basic value criterion for citizens
Patriotism is the thoughts, feelings and behavioral norms of patriotism; it is to be proud to love the motherland and to be ashamed of harming the motherland. Including resolute maintenance of the leadership of the Communist Party of China, identification with the Chinese national family, strong expectations for the realization of the Chinese dream, pride in the excellent national culture, etc.
Patriotism is the spiritual power that a nation, a country, and a region rely on for survival, development, harmony and prosperity. It is an important part of cultural soft power and the core of the core value system. Patriotism is a kind of moral integrity. When "My Chinese Heart" is sung, we will be deeply moved; when the five-star red flag is raised slowly in the stadium and the "March of the Volunteers" is played, our hearts will also be surging, because We all have a Chinese heart.
Cultivating and practicing the value principle of patriotism first requires us to study hard and work hard, especially to combine our personal future and destiny with the development and prosperity of the motherland and the happiness and well-being of the people, so as to achieve every achievement for the motherland. One is happy with progress and achievements, worried about the difficulties and challenges facing the motherland, and works hard to improve people's livelihood and happiness. What's more important is to transform this strong patriotism into practical actions, implement it into every moment when the motherland needs it, and implement it in ordinary jobs and daily life. When patriotism becomes the highest value criterion for every Chinese, the role of the core socialist values ??will be more fully played, and the Chinese nation will be more united and create new glory.
2. Dedication means admiration and love for the profession you are engaged in.
The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to create a social atmosphere of honoring labor and creating greatness in the whole society. Whether it is realizing the great "Chinese Dream" or pursuing personal life goals, dedication and love for labor are bound to be the path to success.
Taking "dedication" as the core element of the theme of citizen moral construction is a powerful starting point for creating a clean and upright atmosphere, seeking truth and being pragmatic. Hard work will prosper the industry, and hard work will make things happen. For the vast majority of citizens, they have ordinary jobs and ordinary lives, but as long as they are dedicated to their jobs, strive for excellence, be loyal to their duties, and be good at innovation, they can still make contributions. Party members and cadres must be role models for citizen moral construction, be dedicated to their work, be loyal to their duties, closely integrate the realization of personal values ??with serving social development, be down-to-earth, work hard to enrich the people, and have the courage to take on responsibilities. As long as most members of society can stick to their duties, be dedicated to their duties, and contribute to their work, the social atmosphere will be better and the pace of development will be faster.
3. Integrity, that is, honesty and trustworthiness
Integrity means being frank and honest in dealing with people, being honest and disciplined, and keeping promises. Integrity is called the second “identity card” of citizens. Honesty, focuses on the inner moral cultivation of a person's sincerity, openness and authenticity; Trustworthiness, focuses on the practice of the principles of doing things without deception and trusting others. The combination of sincerity and trust is a moral personality that is both internal and external, and consistent on the inside and outside.
Integrity has always been a unique value of the Chinese nation in terms of behavioral norms and moral cultivation. It is the foundation of building a person, the way to manage a family, the foundation of making friends, the soul of business, and the key to government. Integrity is a virtue. People often say, "Those who are honest will win the world, but those who are dishonest will find it difficult to move forward." The most important thing when dealing with others is to be honest. Whether it is a person, a unit, or an enterprise, integrity is the way to survive and the foundation of a business. Treating others dishonestly will cause friends to turn against each other and couples to separate.
What is most lamentable at present is the lack of sincerity and credibility. The lack of integrity leads to the break of the chain of economic development, the lack of integrity leads to the repeated prohibition of counterfeiting, and the lack of integrity accumulates conflicts and induces social problems. Therefore, building a moral culture of integrity has become one of the urgent and important aspects of social construction.
Four. Friendliness means friendship and kindness, valuing friendship and seeking harmony, preserving truth and kindness and showing love.
In today's social development and transformation, the fence circle of the traditional "acquaintance society" has long been broken. The "strangers and fellow travelers" interaction pattern has been formed. In this sense, "friendliness" encompasses many of the moral norms and rational mindsets that are so urgently needed in our time.
Among the four values ??at the personal level, friendliness occupies a relatively more basic position. The other three values ??are all related to the concept of friendliness: If a person cannot be kind to the people around him in daily interactions, If we treat others kindly, we cannot expect them to be patriotic, nor can we expect them to work conscientiously in specific jobs and contribute to society and others. It is difficult for a person who does not love others and only cares about his own interests to be respectful and honest in interpersonal interactions. Therefore, actively advocating and cultivating friendly values ??in practice is of extremely important significance to the overall cultivation and practice of socialist core values.
5. Be a patriotic and dedicated person, do honest and friendly things
Core values ??are the soul of cultural soft power and the focus of cultural soft power construction. This is the deepest element that determines the nature and direction of culture.
At present, my country's society is undergoing profound changes. Various social contradictions are superimposed and concentrated. People's ideas are becoming increasingly diverse and changeable. There are some phenomena in the ideological and moral fields that cannot be ignored.
In order to effectively integrate the core socialist values ??into all aspects of social life, it is necessary to internalize the core socialist values ??into people’s spirit through educational guidance, public opinion propaganda, cultural influence, practical cultivation, institutional guarantees, etc. Pursuit is externalized into people's conscious actions. The power of role models is infinite. Party members and cadres must take the lead in learning and promoting the core socialist values, and use their exemplary behavior and noble personality to inspire and lead the masses.
At the same time, we must pay attention to closely linking what we advocate with people's daily lives, and work hard to detail, implement, and implement. In accordance with the basic requirements of the socialist core values, we must improve the rules and regulations of all walks of life, improve citizen covenants, township rules and regulations, student codes and other codes of conduct, so that the socialist core values ??become the basic compliance of people's daily work and life. It is necessary to integrate the requirements of socialist core values ??into various spiritual civilization creation activities, attract widespread public participation, and promote people to improve their spiritual realm and cultivate civilized habits in the process of seeking happiness for their families, bringing warmth to others, and contributing to society. . It is necessary to use various opportunities and occasions to form life situations and social atmosphere that are conducive to cultivating and promoting socialist core values, so that the influence of core values ??is as ubiquitous and ever-present as air.