Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Enters a New Era

3. consolidate the humanistic foundation for building a community with a shared future for mankind

Civilizations communicate through diversity, learn from each other through exchanges, and develop through mutual learning. Comrade Xi Jinping vigorously advocates strengthening exchanges and mutual learning among different countries, ethnic groups and cultures in the world, and consolidating the humanistic foundation for jointly building a community with a shared future for mankind. He clearly proposed to establish a civilizational concept of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness, seek wisdom and nourishment from different civilizations, provide spiritual support and spiritual comfort for people, and work together to solve various challenges facing mankind. In May 2019, China successfully hosted the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, and in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony, Comrade Xi Jinping interpreted the ideas of civilization self-confidence, mutual learning among civilizations and tolerance among civilizations, setting the tone for dialogue among civilizations and mutual learning among civilizations. This is China’s practical action to promote dialogue and mutual learning among civilizations, and has far-reaching exemplary significance for Asia and the world. Uphold harmony without difference and safeguard the diversity of civilizations. Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out that all achievements of civilization deserve respect and should be recognized and cherished. All countries and nationalities should not only cherish and safeguard their own civilization, especially their own ideology and culture, but also recognize and respect the ideology and culture of other nationalities; on the one hand, they should enhance their own ideological and cultural self-respect, self-confidence, and self-reliance. Especially in the era of globalization, while paying attention to maintaining and highlighting their own characteristics and iconic symbols, different civilizations are forming more and more common elements and symbols in the process of exchanges and blending. There are no so-called “universal values” in the world that can be transmitted or even imposed on other civilizations, and openness, inclusiveness, diversity and mutual learning and diversity integration have become the main keynote of the great homeland of human civilization in the 21st century. The pattern of one civilization being high above and others following the marginalized is dissolving; The intention and practice of treating one’s own civilization as the sole central or powerful civilization and denigrating or even transforming other civilizations will only seriously undermine the achievements of civilization and will eventually endanger itself.

Adhere to equality and mutual respect, and strengthen dialogue and exchanges among civilizations.

Xi Jinping clearly pointed out:

“Every civilization is rooted in its own soil of survival, embodies the extraordinary wisdom and spiritual pursuit of a country and a nation, and has its own value for existence. Human beings only have the difference between skin color and language, and civilization only has the difference between surname Ziyan and red, but there is absolutely no distinction between high and low. " 1 Civilizations should uphold an attitude of humility and mutual respect, avoid arrogance, prejudice and one-sided narrow cognition, and oppose mutual isolation, mutual exclusion and mutual substitution. If a civilization treats another civilization condescendingly, it will not only fail to understand the mystery of this civilization, understand the true meaning of this civilization, and cannot learn from the strengths and essence of this civilization, but will also be incompatible with it. If you see that other civilizations are different from your own, you feel unpleasant, attack and belittle them, and do everything possible to transform, assimilate, or even try to impose your own civilization on others, which will only widen differences and even cause conflicts. Both history and reality show that arrogance and prejudice are the biggest obstacles to exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and equality and respect are the prerequisites for exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. Any attempt to resolve the differences between civilizations by coercive means will not succeed, and the hegemony of civilizations and the “clash of civilizations” can only bring disaster to world peace and human civilization. Adhere to inclusiveness and mutual learning and promote the development and prosperity of civilization. Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized: “The diversity of human civilization gives this world a red color, diversity brings exchanges, exchanges breed integration, and integration produces progress.” “Only by respecting each other, learning from each other, and coexisting harmoniously in diversity can the world be rich and prosperous.“2 “To learn alone and have no friends is to be lonely and unheard.” “Exchange and mutual learning are the essential requirements of the development of civilization, and human history is originally a magnificent picture of mutual exchanges, mutual learning and harmony among different civilizations. Of course, exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations should be reciprocal and equal, pluralistic and multi-directional, not coercive and coercive, and should not be single and unidirectional. Only through equal exchanges and mutual learning can we seek common ground while reserving differences, learn from each other’s strengths, lead the excellent cultural genes of human civilization to adapt to contemporary culture, harmonize with modern society, and lead the excellent cultural spirit to be promoted. Only in this way can human civilization be full of vitality, continuous creative transformation and innovative development, and all countries and peoples can find a way to achieve common development, work together to cope with challenges, and jointly create a bright future of a community with a shared future for mankind.