Shen Haixiong’s ＂Seeking Truth＂ article： Learn from history, understand and understand.

CCTV News:According to Qiushi Mobile Newspaper: On June 16th, the 12th issue of Qiushi magazine published a signed article by Shen Haixiong, entitled "Learning History, Understanding and Understanding".

The full text is as follows:

Learn from history, understand and understand.

Shen Haixiong

History is the best teacher. The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s century-long suffering and glory is a magnificent epic in human history. Learning Party History well is a compulsory course, which is a major practical issue, and it is also a lifelong issue for every party member cadre. "If you have faith in your heart, you can go far." Learning the party’s century-old history well is the source of strength for us to constantly strengthen our historical strength and enhance our ambition, backbone and confidence to be Chinese. We deeply realize that the most important thing for us to persist in studying history and understanding is to understand the truth, integrate knowledge and practice, and turn the achievements of learning and education into practical actions to fulfill our initial mission.

On the premise of learning history and understanding, carry out the study and education of party history with high quality

General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out that the history of the Party is the most vivid and convincing textbook. It has always been our party’s political advantage and glorious tradition to attach importance to studying the history of the party and drawing wisdom and strength from the history of the party. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader delivered a series of important speeches and instructions on the study and education of party history on many occasions, such as the mobilization meeting on the study and education of party history, Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, the opening ceremony of the training course for young and middle-aged cadres of the Central Party School (National School of Administration), and the group discussion of the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Congress.

On the occasion of the upsurge of learning in the whole party, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed during his inspection in Fujian: "To learn history and be sensible in the study and education of party history, being sensible is the premise of increasing trust, advocating morality and practicing." The important instructions of the General Secretary have given us profound enlightenment. We feel that understanding history, enhancing trust, respecting morality and practicing history are an interconnected and organically unified whole. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put "learning history and understanding" as the first item, and specially emphasized the "premise" role of "understanding" in it, which has strong ideological, guiding and pertinence, and provided us with an important epistemology and methodology for further studying and educating Party history with high standards and high quality.

On the premise of understanding history, it is necessary to fully understand the basic role of "understanding" in the study and education of party history.Engels pointed out that where history begins, the ideological process should also begin. It is a great political advantage of our party to persist in ideological party building, be good at using Marxist theory to invigorate and strengthen the party and promote the party’s career process. Looking back on the party’s 100-year history, there is a fundamental law, that is: theoretical sobriety is a firm premise of belief and the most fundamental sobriety. Looking back at all previous centralized education activities in the history of our party, ideological education and theoretical study all started, which is the inheritance of our party’s past experience. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly emphasized the importance of party member cadres to strengthen theoretical study, and put theoretical thinking, theoretical accomplishment and theoretical level in an important position. The general secretary profoundly pointed out: "Only when you are sober in theory can you be politically sober, and only when you are firm in theory can you be politically firm." This time, the study and education of party history in the whole party also takes strengthening ideological and theoretical armed forces as the first requirement. On the premise of learning history and understanding reason, we should profoundly understand the "truth flavor" of Marxism from the party’s century-long course, further arm and unite the party and the people with the latest achievements of Marxism in China, and always maintain theoretical sobriety and political firmness.

The premise of learning history and understanding is to achieve "four profound understandings".General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out, "We should profoundly understand why the Communist Party of China (CPC) can, why Marxism works and why Socialism with Chinese characteristics is good from the brilliant achievements, arduous journey, historical experience and fine traditions of the Party, and make clear the historical logic, theoretical logic and practical logic. We should profoundly understand the historical inevitability of adhering to the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership and strengthen our confidence in the Party’s leadership. We should deeply understand the truth of Marxism and its China-based innovation theory, and strengthen the firmness of consciously implementing the Party’s innovation theory. We must profoundly understand the correctness of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s road and unswervingly follow the only correct road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. " These "four profound understandings" condense the profound thinking and strategic consideration of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary on the century-old party history, which is a specific requirement for "learning history and understanding" and shows deep historical consciousness and strong historical responsibility. On the premise of learning history and understanding, it is necessary to understand the rich connotation of "the key to China’s success lies in the Party", how Marxism profoundly changed China and China, and how Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the only way to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We should always remain sober and firm in "catching the exam", constantly sharpen our initial mission, and constantly enhance our historical consciousness and self-confidence.

On the premise of learning history and understanding, it is necessary to profoundly grasp the truth power and practical power of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era.General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly pointed out that "the history of our Party is a history of constantly promoting the China of Marxism and a history of constantly promoting theoretical innovation and theoretical creation". There is no end to practice, and there is no end to theoretical innovation. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era is a concentrated summary of the practical experience since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is also a profound condensation of the historical experience over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, over the past 70 years of the founding of New China and over the past 100 years of the founding of our Party. It has achieved a new historic leap in the China of Marxism, and it is contemporary China Marxism and 21st century Marxism.

Thought is power. Since last year, in the face of the interweaving of the century epidemic and the hundred-year changes, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has led the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to take the road, meet the big exams, seek great events and pass the mark, and handed over an answer sheet that is satisfactory to the people, attracts worldwide attention and can go down in history. China’s total economic output exceeded 100 trillion yuan, accounting for about 17% of the world economy, ranking second in the world; The per capita GDP has exceeded $10,000, steadily moving towards the ranks of high-income countries; Major breakthroughs have been made in comprehensively deepening reforms, major steps have been taken in building democracy and the rule of law, people’s living standards have been significantly improved, and the party has been strictly managed in an all-round way. In particular, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader personally commanded, deployed and supervised the war, leading the whole party and the people of all nationalities to win the all-round victory in the battle against poverty. For thousands of years, the dream of the Chinese nation getting rid of poverty has been realized in the hands of our generation. The leader’s core and strong leadership of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary, the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s great image and lofty prestige, and Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s institutional advantages have all been sublimated in the great practice of the new era, and have been more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in China and abroad, and the cohesion and centripetal force of the party’s heart and people’s hearts have been greatly enhanced.

Each of us is a witness, witness and recorder of this period of history, and has a personal feeling and experience of the truth power and practical power of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era. On the premise of learning history and understanding, it is necessary to firmly grasp the important theme of learning and understanding Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, deeply understand the extraordinary power of the important exposition of the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, hold high this great ideological banner and spiritual banner in the new era and new journey, and truly understand this "heart sutra" and master this "true sutra".

Taking audio and video as the media, we should better integrate "learning history and understanding" into the propaganda and reporting of the centenary of the founding of the Party.

The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader attaches great importance to the propaganda and education of the party history, and profoundly points out that "it is a very important work in the overall work of the party and the state to comprehensively publicize the party’s history and give full play to the role of the party’s history in learning from the present and educating people with resources." Emphasize that the history of the party is a vivid teaching material to carry forward the socialist core values, carry out revolutionary tradition education and patriotism education; It is very important to tell stories and tell good stories; Encourage the creation of literary and artistic works on the theme of party history, especially film and television works; Take a clear-cut stand against historical nihilism and strengthen ideological guidance and theoretical analysis. Whether presiding over important meetings, attending important events, or inspecting revolutionary memorial sites, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader personally set an example, telling many touching stories in the history of the Party and vividly expounding the essence of learning history and understanding. For example, the story of Chen Wangdao’s translation of the communist party Declaration, the story of "the quartermaster" and "half a quilt" in the Long March, the story of Comrade Jiao Yulu, the story of Comrade Gu Wenchang, the story of "Qi Xin working together to build Baotou Steel" and "3,000 orphans entering Inner Mongolia", and so on. Over the years, the "red footprint" of the Supreme Leader’s General Secretary has spread all over the north and south of the country. The people’s leaders have set a shining example for us to persist in learning history and telling the story of party history with their words and deeds.

The important exposition and vivid demonstration of the Supreme Leader General Secretary is an important follow-up for us to do a good job in the propaganda and reporting of the centenary of the founding of the Party, and provides a valuable "spiritual mine" for vividly telling the story of the centenary party. We constantly seek inspiration, ideas, themes, inspirations and answers from the important expositions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary. Under the strong leadership of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, "Ping" language is close to people — — A large number of stories, connotations and infectious masterpieces, such as Allusions Favored by the Supreme Leader (Season 2), Crossing the Yalu River, Getting rid of Poverty, China in Classics, History of the Party in Art Classics, Red Archives, and The Last Pen, give full play to the advantages of mainstream media’s integration and communication and platform resources, and deeply interpret the important exposition of General Secretary Supreme Leader with audio and video as the media.

Let history reappear in seeking truth.We give full play to the advantages of video and audio to reproduce the century-long history of our party. For example, the 365-episode special report "the Communist Party of China (CPC) Centennial Moment" planned and launched by Voice of China, the general station, and 100 national radio stations is a practice of seeking truth. Almost every issue of this series has precious historical soundtracks, including the speeches of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and other comrades, as well as the historical soundtracks of Chinese’s first climb to Mount Everest, and a large number of old documentaries and movies. Behind every shocking voice, there are touching historical moments, showing a century-old memory.

Let history live in the pursuit of depth.For example, the large-scale history column "National Memory" shows the close connection between personal experience and the fate of home and country, avoids falling into the trap of empty preaching, and is good at personalized, story-telling and microscopic narration. The story fragments in each episode are almost an independent and complete micro-documentary, and after combination, it is a documentary feature film. This flexible combination arrangement not only allows the audience to know a relatively complete historical detail in a short time, but also allows new audiences to "enter the show" seamlessly. Taking "Resisting US Aggression and Aid Korea to Protect Our Country and Defend Our Country" as an example, the creative team conducted detailed research and combing at home and abroad for one year. Some precious files were decrypted for the first time in the film, and more than 100 precious cultural relics were photographed to resist US aggression and aid Korea. Many historical images were made public for the first time in the film.

Let history be touching in seeking details.The party history program is a creation that fears history, and it needs to be tirelessly pursued and verified in every detail of history. At the end of February this year, we created a six-episode documentary about the education of party history, focusing on the "The Last Written Poem of the Martyrs". How to make the "unique pen" really "see words like a face", we have worked hard, skillfully and carefully in creation. The large-scale integrated media program "Pursuit — — The Story Behind the Red Letters takes the red letters as the breakthrough point, and integrates the stories behind with the true feelings. Letters soaked with smoke and blood show the firm faith of communist party people, and stories of tenacious struggle and struggle show the revolutionary pride of communist party people, which really makes the history of the party come alive and makes the faith burn.

Let history shine in the pursuit of beauty.After a hundred years’ journey, many heroic deeds, touching moments and magnificent pictures have emerged. This great change is also the most precious source of life for art creation. We innovatively published "The History of the Party in Fine Arts Classics", which carries forward the spirit of China with distinctive concreteness and strong artistic tension. It not only depicts the greatness of the great party that led the people of China to create the world, change the world and shake the earth, but also is permeated with the meteorological beauty of high spirits, unremitting efforts and innovation; It not only profoundly reflects the great historical changes of the Chinese nation, but also vividly depicts the spiritual map of communist party people.

On the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the Party, the Central Radio and Television General Station continued to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of a series of important instructions given by the Supreme Leader General Secretary on the work of the General Station, gave full play to the advantages of the General Station in communication channels, production power and platform resources, strived to enhance the leading power, communication power and influence of the propaganda and reports on the centenary of the founding of the Party, and actively created a strong atmosphere of celebrating the centenary birthday and creating great historical achievements.

Give full play to the advantages of integrated communication and do a good job in publicity and reporting.We have carefully planned and made overall plans, deepened the successful practice of promoting the publicity and reporting of the 70th anniversary of the National Day of the General Station, and solidly promoted the live broadcast and other work to ensure that the operations of various types of work and large corps of various systems are smooth and orderly. In accordance with the standard of "world-class, best in history", we actively apply new technologies and means such as 5G, 4K/8K, AI, etc., highlighting the sense of scene and embodying the sense of ceremony, so that the live coverage can be as beautiful and shocking as a movie blockbuster. We will further deepen the working spirit of striving for perfection, being meticulous and pursuing perfection, carefully polish every shot, every picture, every detail and every process, and ensure that all links such as content, technology, transmission and wiring are assured and foolproof, and we will go all out and devote ourselves to presenting the eternal chapter of the grand ceremony perfectly.

The picture shows the recording scene of the special program "National University Students’ Party History Knowledge Contest" creatively launched by the Central Radio and Television General Station. Photo courtesy of Central Radio and Television Headquarters

Give full play to the advantages of producing high-quality programs, persistently pursue Excellence and create first-class.Under the guidance of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, we have made solid progress and carefully polished a large number of works, such as Dare to Teach the Sun and Moon to Change the Sky, Years of Mountains and Rivers, Armageddon, Symphony Concert of Music, Poetry and Painting to Celebrate the Centenary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), National University Students’ Party History Knowledge Contest and National Red Story Interpreter Competition, and formed the communication trend of "like a pouring of large and small pearls into a plate of jade". Pay attention to the innovative application of new media and new technologies, highlight the youthful and vivid expression, combine grand narrative with wonderful details, reflect the sense of historical depth and distinct sense of the times, create more vivid and vivid "explosive" products, and attract a wide audience, especially young people, to participate in the interaction.

Give full play to the advantages of platform resources and serve the overall situation of the party and the state.We deeply understand the spirit of the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary and earnestly shoulder the responsibility of the mainstream media. For example, innovate and carry out the "Brand Power Project" — — Media public welfare actions such as "Rural Revitalization Action", "Buy All over China", "Public Welfare Live Broadcasting with Goods" and "Spring Blossoms and National Employment Action" help to do a good job in the "Six Guarantees" work, implement the "Six Guarantees" task, and actively integrate and serve the new development pattern. Give full play to the advantages of the 44-language external communication platform of the General Station, compile and push major political reports and cultural and artistic programs in the century since the founding of the Party, and accurately spread "one country, one policy". Accelerate the improvement of the reception desk’s external communication delivery capability, develop and create a number of flat, peaceful, rigorous, vivid and easy-to-accept external communication fist products, such as the Supreme Leader’s Talk on Governing the Country, the animated micro-documentary, and the documentary "The Track of History", so as to effectively and effectively tell the story of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to the outside world.

Draw wisdom and strength from "learning history and understanding"

Looking back is to move forward better. In the upsurge of party history study and education, we put understanding, increasing trust, respecting morality and practicing throughout the whole process of study and education, and made great efforts in learning party history, understanding ideas, doing practical things and opening up new bureaus, striving for practical results, learning the compulsory course of party history in a down-to-earth manner, and drawing forward wisdom and strength in "learning history and understanding"

Focus on "learning the history of the party", constantly draw spiritual strength, carry forward the red tradition and inherit the red gene.General Secretary of the Supreme Leader systematically explained the spiritual pedigree of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people, and pointed out that "the reason why our Party has been flourishing and enduring hardships for a hundred years is because of such a strong spirit of revolution and desperation". On the basis of organizing party member cadres to seriously study the designated teaching materials, we take Chongqing Hongyan Revolutionary Memorial Hall as the learning and education base of the Party history of the main station, carry out "four hundred", that is, 100 party building papers, 100 party day activities with excellent themes of party history, 100 party history micro-videos and 100 micro-party classes, hold a party history knowledge contest for young cadres, make good use of red resources by combining online and offline, educate and guide party member cadres to firmly establish a correct view of party history, and drum up a new journey.

Focus on "understanding thoughts", constantly draw on the power of truth, and temper the political character of absolute loyalty to the party.Firmly grasp the priority of further understanding the ideological power, take the study and education of party history as an important opportunity, and further make real contributions and seek practical results in learning and understanding Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era of being the supreme leader. We innovatively use special party classes, special party day activities, organized life meetings, special reading classes, discussion and exchange meetings, youth theoretical study groups, learning platforms for "learning to strengthen the country", and online party schools at the reception desk, etc., to promote the theoretical armed forces to go deep, go deep and go practical. Intensify the efforts of inspectors to promote learning and examination, educate and guide party member cadres to study article by article, repeatedly understand and feel attentively, constantly improve their political judgment, political understanding and political execution, earnestly enhance their ideological consciousness, political consciousness and action consciousness of resolutely achieving "two maintenance", and unswervingly walk the first phalanx.

Focus on "doing practical things", constantly draw on the strength of the people and practice the people-centered development thinking.Consolidate and expand the educational achievements on the theme of "Do not forget your initiative mind, Keep in mind the mission", adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, go deep into life, take root in the people, constantly enhance the strength, eyesight, brain power and pen power, and strive to improve the artistic level and mass satisfaction of literary, film and television programs. We have carried out the practical activities of "I do practical things for the masses" in a down-to-earth manner, given full play to the resource advantages of the media platform of the reception desk, continued to do a good job in helping the construction of a new era civilization practice center in Gansu, helped the rural revitalization of Xide County in Liangshan, Sichuan, and organized broadcasters and presenters to go deep into the grassroots to carry out public welfare activities and cultural and artistic condolences. Solidly promote the "popular support project" of Zhuozhou housing project, the renovation of old residential areas, the construction of medical associations and enterprise annuities, and sincerely do practical things, do good things and solve difficult problems for employees.

Focus on "opening a new game", constantly draw on the strength of endeavor, and build a world-class new mainstream media with strong leading power, communication power and influence.The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that it is necessary to combine the study of party history with summing up experience, observing reality and promoting work, and turn learning results into work motivation and results. The purpose of learning is to use. We have made great efforts to promote action through knowledge, to integrate the study and education of Party history with the in-depth study and implementation of the spirit of a series of important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on the work of the General Desk, and to effectively improve the political ability, strategic vision and professional level of grasping the new development stage, implementing the new development concept and building a new development pattern. We will continue to deepen the transformation of the main station from the traditional radio and television media to the all-media organization that produces and publishes world-class original audio and video, from the traditional program production and broadcasting mode to the deepening of the structural reform of the content production and supply side, and from the traditional technical layout to the strategic pattern of "5G+4K/8K+AI", so as to promote the high-quality development of the main station and achieve greater results, and add luster to the party’s centennial birthday with the practical achievements of the main station staff.

Source: Qiushi 2021/12

Author: Shen Haixiong, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, director and editor-in-chief of the Central Radio and Television General Station.