Reflecting a country and nation’s overall spirit and mindset, ethos is an important force that drives continuous improvements and sustainable development of the country and nation.

As our strongest cultural soft power, excellent Chinese traditional culture contains abundant spiritual wealth with profound influence on the inner world of contemporary Chinese people. Since ancient times, the Chinese nation’s patriotism has been the core of its great ethos. The value of hard work that is embraced by the Chinese nation in Chinese culture, as reflected by the maxim “As heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-perfection”, contains the nation’s spiritual code of sustainability and creativity during the thousands years of journey.

The core socialist values that are embraced today are a continuation of the values and beliefs passed down to generations of Chinese people. Compatible with realities in China today, they encompass the spiritual pursuit of ancient sages and represent Chinese characteristics in the present era. To nourish the ethos with excellent traditional culture, it is essential to combine the promotion of excellent traditional culture, the cultivation of the ethos and the development of the core values. This will further refine the Chinese spirit, values and power towards a great modern socialist country.

Since modern times, the Communist Party of China has led the Chinese people and nation in integrating the basic principles of Marxism with China’s realities and with excellent Chinese traditional culture in revolutions, developments and reforms over the past 100 years. This has created the Chinese series of theories derived from Marxism and gathered mighty spiritual forces. To nourish the ethos with excellent traditional culture, it is essential to creatively transform and develop such culture as it is combined with the basic principles of Marxism; it is essential to promote the thriving of the Chinese ethos while we work hard to continue the history, resonate with the era, interact with the world and connect with the future.