Mao Zedong’s Important Contribution to the Construction of Modern Chinese CivilizationFrom the Perspective of Speech at the Symposium Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of the Birth of Comrade Mao Zedong

The Communist Party of China is a party with high cultural self-confidence and civilized consciousness. As the core of the first generation of central collective leadership of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong, in the historical process of leading the party and the people to pursue national rejuvenation, fully carried forward the historical initiative, consciously thought about and planned the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, and proposed the goal of building a “new culture of the Chinese nation”, building a new democratic civilization, and building a modern socialist civilization. Adhering to the scientific direction of Sinicization of Marxism, with the people as the main force, serving the people as the value guideline, with independence and autonomy as the important principle, modernization construction as the foundation, and peaceful development as the premise, a series of beneficial theoretical thinking and practical exploration are carried out on the construction of modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Mao Zedong attached great importance to the significance of civilization progress for national prosperity, national rejuvenation, and people’s happiness. He deeply grasped the laws of Chinese revolution and construction, as well as the laws of civilization development, providing scientific theoretical guidance for the construction of modern Chinese civilization, laying the material, political, and institutional foundations, expanding the broad world perspective, and making many groundbreaking and foundational historical contributions.