Historical Connotation of"Speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art"and Its Enlightenment to the Cultural Construction in the New Era
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party,socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era.The Party has led the people to achieve the first centenary goal and has embarked on a new journey to realize the second centenary goal,while setting forth the objectives for building a socialist cultural power.In his speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art,Mao Zedong specifically ad-dressed the challenges of popularizing art and literature during the early stage of New Democracy.He also emphasized that the fundamental purpose and approach of cultural development is to serve the masses.The path of artistic development that promotes national unity and ideological progress provides a clear direction for cultural construction in the current era.
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