Announcement for the 12th World Socialist Forum: "Upholding Fundamental Principles and Innovating 21st Century Marxism" | Marxism Research Network

The 12th World Socialist Forum, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and co-organized by the CASS World Socialism Research Center, the Institute of Marxism Studies, the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and the Bureau of International Cooperation, is scheduled to be held in Beijing on December 21.

Forum Theme: Upholding the Fundamentals and Breaking New Ground in 21st-Century Marxism

Sub-topics:

Significant Achievements and Insights from the Century-Long Struggle of the Communist Party of China;
The Contribution of the Path of Socialist Political Development with Chinese Characteristics to Human Political Civilization;
Lessons and Insights Thirty Years After the Collapse of the Soviet Communist Party and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union;
Adhering to and Developing 21st-Century Marxism.

World Socialism Research Center, CASS Institute of Marxism Studies Bureau of International Cooperation Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era December 13, 2021

Notes

↩ [1] 守正创新 (shǒuzhèng chuàngxīn): To uphold the fundamentals and break new ground. This is a core methodological principle in the New Era, emphasizing the dialectical relationship between maintaining the fundamental principles of Marxism (upholding the "right" or "orthodoxy") and adapting to new historical conditions through innovation.

↩ [2] 政治文明 (zhèngzhì wénmíng): Political civilization. In Chinese Marxist discourse, this refers to the progress made in the political organizational forms, legal systems, and democratic practices of a society, viewed as a component of the overall progress of human civilization alongside material and spiritual culture.

↩ [3] 苏共亡党、苏联解体 (Sū-Gòng wáng dǎng, Sūlián jiětǐ): The collapse of the Soviet Communist Party and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This event is a central object of study for the CPC, used as a negative example to underscore the necessity of "comprehensively and strictly governing the Party" and maintaining ideological clarity against "historical nihilism."