Press Conference for "What is Socialism with Chinese Characteristics?" Held in Beijing

On April 12, 2013, the "Seminar on the 'Going Out' ^[1] of the Theory of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and the Publication Symposium for What is Socialism with Chinese Characteristics? (Chinese-English edition)" was held in Beijing. The event was co-hosted by the Institute of Marxism Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Hunan People's Publishing House. Over fifty experts and scholars attended from institutions including CASS, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Beijing Language and Culture University, Inner Mongolia University, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau, and the Central Literature Research Management Office ^[2]. Comrade Li Shenming, Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Group and Vice President of CASS, attended and delivered a keynote speech. Professor Cheng Enfu, Director of the CASS Division of Marxist Studies and Director of the Institute of Marxism Studies, and Xie Qingfeng, President and Senior Editor of Hunan People's Publishing House, delivered opening remarks. Li Jingwen, Zhao Zhikui, Li Qiqing, Kong Genhong, Xin Xiangyang, Xiao Guiqing, Guo Jianning, Zheng Chengjun, Gong Yun, Hu Richa, Li Jianguo, and Liu Zixu attended the meeting and delivered speeches. The meeting was presided over by Research Fellow Jin Minqing, head of the Department of Sinicization of Marxism at the Institute of Marxism Studies, and He Xinyuan, director of the Department of the Theory of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.

Participants unanimously agreed that Marxism belongs to all of humanity, and the cause of Marxism is not merely the undertaking of a single country, but the undertaking of all humanity. Sinicized Marxism is both Chinese and global. As the highest temple of social science research, a steadfast fortress for Marxism, and a think tank and brain trust for the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, CASS should rightly make its due contribution to the "going out" of the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Online Editor: Lanheshui