Journal of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics ›› 2026, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 13-22.

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The Logical Necessity and Practical Significance of Upholding the Subjectivity of Chinese National Culture from the Perspective of Adhering to the Party's Cultural Leadership

Meng Xiang-fei, Yang Shu-xian   

  1. Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • Received:2025-04-29 Revised:2025-11-21 Online:2026-01-25 Published:2026-02-09

Abstract: The cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation is a specific manifestation of cultural subjectivity, reflecting the consciousness, innovative creativity, autonomy, and independence demonstrated by the Chinese nation in cultural practice. The contemporary embodiment of the Chinese nation's cultural subjectivity includes firm self-awareness in cultural cognition, clear and steadfast principles in cultural theory, historical consciousness in cultural development, and independent autonomy in cultural spirit. Cultural hegemony is an expression of power rooted in the objective existence of culture, which determines that upholding the Party's cultural leadership cannot be achieved without the strong support of cultural subjectivity as an inherent cultural imperative. Upholding the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation is a logical necessity for maintaining the Party's cultural leadership, where firm self-awareness in cultural cognition serves as the fundamental prerequisite for defining the direction of cultural development, clear and steadfast principles in cultural theory act as a crucial guarantee for driving cultural innovation and progress, historical consciousness in cultural development serves as the intrinsic force for coordinating cultural resource integration, and independent autonomy in cultural spirit represents the guiding principle for advancing the internal and external dissemination of culture. On the new journey, it is essential to continue upholding the cultural subjectivity of the Chinese nation by adhering to the Party's cultural leadership, following the fundamental principles of the“Two Combinations” (especially the“Second Combination”), empowering the people as the principal force in cultural innovation and creation, and focusing on the practical goal of fulfilling the cultural mission of promoting cultural prosperity and building a culturally strong nation in the new era.

Key words: cultural leadership of the Party, subjectivity of Chinese national culture, cultural power construction, buidling China into a country with a strong socialist culture, “two integrations”

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