On 19 November 2022, the second “High-level Forum on Research in Contemporary Chinese Marxism 2022” was held in Beijing, sponsored by the Open University of China (OUC) and organised by the OUC School of Marxism.
Its theme was "A Chinese Path to Modernisation and the Global Process of Modernisation: In-depth Study of the Guiding Principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China". Twenty-eight scholars and other experts from Party schools, research institutions and universities attended both online and offline, including Song Lingyun, deputy director general of the Department of Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education; Professor Li Yi, a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, vice president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC and and vice dean of the National Academy of Governance; Professor Zhou Wenzhang, a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and former vice dean of the National Academy of Governance; Professor Li Zhongjie, a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC and former vice director of Party History Research Centre of the CPC Central Committee; and Wang Huaichao, a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, former vice superintendent of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, and OUC’s distinguished visiting professor.
Professor Li Yi, a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the CPC, vice president of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC and vice dean of the National Academy of Governance
Professor Zhou Wenzhang, a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC and former vice dean of the National Academy of Governance
Professor Li Zhongjie, a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC and former vice director of Party History Research Centre of the CPC Central Committee
Song Lingyun, deputy director general of the Department of Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education
Jing Degang, secretary of the Party Committee and president of the OUC
Cao Guoyong, executive deputy secretary of the OUC Party Committee (at the departmental level) and researcher
Wang Huaichao, a member of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, former education director of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, and OUC’s distinguished visiting professor
Professor Liu Chen, deputy secretary of the OUC Party Committee
Jing Degang, secretary of the Party Committee and president of the OUC, delivered a speech on behalf of the organiser of the forum. Cao Guoyong, executive deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the OUC, and a researcher, presided over the opening ceremony, and declared the establishment of the Research Institute of Contemporary Chinese Marxism of the Open University of China.
Jing Degang welcomed the attendees, and stated that a successful forum would promote the theoretical study of contemporary Chinese Marxism.
The participants agreed that the report delivered at the 20th National Congress of the CPC underwrites the growth of the Party and the country for at least the next five years, aiming to build a modern socialist country on the basis of a contemporary Chinese version of Marxism. They asserted that China is meeting historically unprecedented change with equally radical innovation. We should make in-depth studies and systematic summaries of rich experience of practical innovation in the construction of Chinese modernisation with Marxist concept, upgrade the experience to a new rational height, form understandings of the laws, and further enrich and develop Marxist theories. The success of this forum will play a significantly positive role in making an in-depth study and research of the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, deepening the theoretical research of contemporary Chinese Marxism, and promoting the construction of the discipline of Marxist theories.
The establishment of the Research Institute of Contemporary Chinese Marxism of the Open University of China was announced at the forum. The institute is committed to theoretical research into contemporary Chinese Marxism, aiming to expand ideological and political teaching, promote the construction of Marxism as a discipline, and influence policy, educational reforms, and training.
OUC leaders and department and teacher representatives attended the forum.
By Yuan Yiping, OUC
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