The Essence,Contemporary Value,and Innovative Development of the Culture of Virtuous Officials
The culture of virtuous officials is an important component of traditional culture of clean governance,reflecting the essence and political wisdom of excellent traditional Chinese culture.The distinctive essence of the culture of virtuous officials includes the core morality of honesty and frugality,the value concept of integrity for the wellbeing of the people,the pursuit of fairness and justice in the judiciary,and the moral sentiment of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country.The ideas of honesty and frugality,people-orientation,fairness and justice,and loyalty and patriotism contained in this have profound theoretical connotations and distinct contemporary values.In the new era,the CPC applies innovative theory to make creative transformation and innovative development of honest and upright official culture in line with the needs of the development of the era mainly manifested in:the inheritance and innovation of integrity from the ideology of honesty and frugality to the culture of integrity;the sublimation of the people-orientation ideology to the concept of people first;the advancement of judicial belief in virtuous officials to the rule of law;the refinement of the spirit of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country to loyalty and patriotism.These developments and innovations profoundly demonstrate the political wisdom and governance ability of the CPC in governing the country.
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