‘ Xi’s thoughts are ‘ Marxism of modern China’
Beijing, May 7: President Xi Jinping’s thought on socialism is the “Marxism of modern China”, a CPC ideologue has said, as the ruling Communist Party celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx acclaiming his ideology as a saviour of the nation.
Mr Xi has become the only leader, after the Communist Party of China ( CPC) founder Mao Zedong, whose “Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” has been enshrined in the country’s Constitution this year and that of the party last year.
T h e C h i n e s e President’s thought on s o c i a l i s m outlines the ideological course China should take to emerge as the most powerful and developed country in the coming decades.
“Xi Jinping’s thought on ‘ Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era’ is the Marxism of modern China and a new development of Marxism in the 21st century,” Wang Huning, a member of the standing committee of the CPC Politburo, said at a symposium on Sunday, attended by more than 230 experts and researchers in social science.
Besides being part of the seven- member Standing Committee, headed by Xi, which rules the country, Wang is also the top party ideologue.
Mr Xi’s “Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” is the latest theoretical outcome of the party in upholding and developing Marxism in the new era with innovative and strategic perspectives, the state- run China Daily quoted Wang as saying.
He called on the experts and researchers in social sciences and theories to study the spirit of the speeches by Mr Xi, who is regarded as the most powerful leader of China after Mao, as he heads the CPC, the Presidency and the military.