Beijing played host to the Research Center on Xi Jinping Thought on Culture’s 2026 annual academic conference on February 3, bringing together upwards of 100 experts from China’s top research bodies and higher education institutions for insightful deliberations.
Panelists proclaimed Xi Jinping’s cultural thought as a vibrant extension of Marxist cultural principles and a distilled theoretical insight into today’s Chinese cultural landscape. Positioned as an indispensable ideological driver and scientific compass, it guides the push for ideological-cultural progress, cultural affluence, and a strong socialist cultural nation in these transformative times.
In line with the 20th CPC Central Committee’s Fourth Plenum’s emphasis on spurring cultural innovation across the land to nurture socialist culture’s growth, the talks urged excavating novel facets of Chinese civilization, rooting in new-era cultural vitality, tracking info-tech evolutions, benefiting from humanity’s civilizational treasury, and fueling robust cultural momentum.
Additional focus was placed on enhancing studies of Xi’s cultural vision via principled scholarship, cross-field resource mobilization, healthy academic cultures, and deeper global academic ties. The conference ended on a high note, poised to influence China’s cultural trajectory profoundly.