What are the specific contents of the urban core values ??proposed by Taiyuan City at the beginning of this year?

About the theme of this issue

After more than a year of review, sorting and refining, at the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, Taiyuan City took the lead among provincial capital cities in the country to establish the core urban values ??- "Inclusiveness" , Advocating morality, respecting the law, integrity and excellence."

The Sixth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed that the socialist core value system is the soul of rejuvenating the country. The proposal of the core values ??of Taiyuan City not only gives regional characteristics to the soul of rejuvenating the country, but also provides a practical carrier for tempering the "Shanxi Spirit" with the core connotation of perseverance, enterprising spirit, pragmatism and trustworthiness, and the courage to transcend, and has become a leading city in Taiyuan. Take the lead in transformation and leapfrog development.

On February 8, Guangming Daily and the Taiyuan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China jointly hosted the "Taiyuan City Core Values ??Seminar". At the meeting, experts conducted theoretical discussions on how a city can build socialist core values, the practical significance and practical paths of Taiyuan's urban core values, and other issues. Experts believe that Taiyuan’s urban core values ??have three elements: they continue Taiyuan’s historical and cultural heritage, they meet Taiyuan’s current practical needs, and they can lead Taiyuan’s future development direction. Regarding how Taiyuan can implement the core values ??of the city, experts pointed out that it requires not only organic interaction between party and government departments and the people, but also benign linkage between all aspects of society, so that the construction of core values ??can enter the community and enter the classroom. They hope that Taiyuan can further summarize, improve and promote the city's core values, with a high degree of cultural consciousness and cultural confidence, more actively use the city's core values ??to lead the scientific development of Taiyuan, and provide richer practical experience for the construction of the national socialist core value system. , and make greater contributions to promoting the great development and prosperity of socialist culture.

Our reporters Xing Zhaoyuan and Li Jianbin

Yu Heping, former deputy director of the Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Highlighting the historical attributes of public values< /p>

Values ??are people’s evaluation system for objective things, which stipulate and guide people’s behavioral direction. Establishing a value system that is just and uplifting and in line with the development needs of the times will help people make behaviors that are beneficial to society, the country, and themselves. This is the purpose of Taiyuan City's construction of its own urban values, which is to establish a public value system for all citizens to follow for the current construction and future development of Taiyuan City.

Values ??can also be said to be the fundamental guiding ideology of human behavior. From a functional concept, values ??are part of the worldview and belong to the category of philosophy; from a cultivation process, they gradually form along with people's social practice and cognition. Although they are relatively stable, they will also change over time. category of history. Especially urban values, as public values, have been separated from specific people and abstractly integrated into a social public value, becoming the crystallization of local culture. At the same time, it will inevitably change with the changes of the times. The corresponding changes have more historical attributes. Therefore, when constructing and cultivating the public values ??of a certain city and region, it must be combined not only with traditional social factors, but also with real social factors and future social factors, reflecting the process of its emergence, continuation, and change. and development trends.

Taiyuan City proposes "tolerance, virtue, respect for the law, integrity, and excellence" as the city's core values. Each aspect of it contains the refinement of historical traditions, concern for the real society, and concern for the future society. The pursuit of excellence embodies the relationship between inheritance and innovation, tradition and future, locality and country. Its connotation and positioning include not only the interpretation of regional historical origins, such as the spirit of tolerance as a border center, the spirit of integrity as the capital of Shanxi merchants, etc., but also considerations of practical needs and future role, such as building a first-class provincial capital city and the best district in the province. Revitalize Taiyuan’s glory. The values ????constructed by Taiyuan City point out its unique historical origins, unique practical performance and unique future demands in its connotation interpretation, reflecting the unity of local personality and national independence.

The construction of Taiyuan City’s core values ??will be conducive to the “cultural consciousness” of Taiyuan people, enhance goal identification and cohesion, improve the moral quality of people and cadres, and promote the construction of a harmonious society. It is the key to Taiyuan City’s implementation of the 17th It is an important measure for the policy of "cultural consciousness" and "cultural power" proposed by the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Jia Chunfeng, Vice Chairman of the China Corporate Culture Research Association

The internal driving force that leads urban development

The construction of Taiyuan city’s core values ??has clear guiding ideology and clear work ideas , the overall creativity and practice have important theoretical value and practical significance, have given us a lot of inspiration, and are worthy of careful study and summary.

First, in urban construction and urban development, it is of great significance to strengthen and highlight the construction of core values. In the new critical period of reform and opening up and economic development, Taiyuan City has clearly put forward the core urban values ??of "tolerance, advocating morality, respecting the law, integrity, and excellence" to comprehensively stimulate the city's innovative vitality and enhance the city's cohesion, charisma, and image. Promote the comprehensive, coordinated, scientific and sustainable development of the economy and society. This is the in-depth implementation, vivid embodiment, concrete practice, and effective practice of the socialist core value system. It is a typical example of the construction of core values ??in a provincial capital city. It is a deep-seated cultural consciousness, and its influence (including actual influence and far-reaching influence) is so large and long-lasting that it can be recorded in the history of the development of the city of Taiyuan.

The second is to pay attention to research on how to refine and summarize the core values ??of the city. The refinement and summary of Taiyuan City's core values ??are rich in connotation, profound in heritage, easy to know, easy to remember, easy to use and easy to spread, and reflect the organic unity of independence and personality. As for the five words "tolerance, advocating morality, respecting the law, integrity and excellence", on the whole, it can be said that they not only embody the spirit of the times of reform and opening up, but also embody the excellent traditional culture and virtues of the Chinese nation, and also embody Shanxi Taiyuan’s unique regional culture.

Third, in the process of forming Taiyuan’s urban core values, city leaders and relevant departments have conducted careful investigations and research on the connotation of urban culture and the connotation of urban core values ??and the relationship between the two. All have accurate statements and analyses. Taiyuan's approach strengthens and highlights the construction of urban core values, which has a great leading, driving and intrinsic driving role in urban development and comprehensive construction, as well as cultural construction.

Fourthly, in terms of the construction and extent of urban core values, proposing and publishing core values ??that can reflect the spirit of one's city is only the first step. It is a phased achievement and means the beginning of a new stage. Future implementation work will be even more important. The next step of work can be summarized as two "transformations": transforming text into action and transforming theory into practice. It is necessary to let the city's core values ??take root in the hearts of the people of the city and turn them into ways of thinking, behavior and behavioral habits.

Meng Jianwei, a professor at the School of Humanities, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Using core values ??to condense the past, present and future

At the beginning of this year, Taiyuan City announced to the society the "Tolerance and Morality" , respecting the law, integrity, and excellence” are the city’s core values. The people of Taiyuan have done a very meaningful thing, which is to use core values ??to condense the history, reality and future of Taiyuan city. This is not only of great significance to the urban construction of Taiyuan itself, but also has important reference and demonstration significance for the construction of major cities across the country.

These ten short words condense Taiyuan’s long history of more than 2,500 years. Behind "tolerance" is a history about the integration of the Central Plains farming people and the grassland nomads, as well as the farming civilization and the grassland civilization; behind the "morality" is the excellent tradition of virtuousness and righteousness originating from the Chinese cultural center; Behind "advocating the law" is the deep imprint of the Legalist thought of the Three Jin Dynasties; behind "integrity" is the business spirit of the "Shanxi Merchant Capital"; behind "excellence" is the "Hegemony of the Northern Dynasties", The "Northern Capital of the Tang Dynasty" and so on are extraordinary and glorious in Chinese history.

These ten short words condense the current real life in Taiyuan. In the great era of reform and opening up, in the tide of market economy and in the practice of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, the people of Taiyuan have shown an openness to all rivers, a kind and virtuous character, a style of admiration for justice, and a feeling of honesty and trustworthiness. and the spirit of striving for first-class excellence. It brings together the voices of the business community, academia, politics and the general public, and contains successful experiences in practicing core values ??and pursuing excellence.

These ten short words are the condensation of Taiyuan’s vision for a better life in the future. It is the key to building a “first-class emerging industry base”, “first-class modern livable city” and “first-class independent innovation base” in the city. The core values ??of the city are consistent with the beautiful vision of becoming a "first-class provincial capital city" within Taiyuan and a "culturally strong city" that "brings new vitality to the historical and cultural city of Taiyuan".

There is a huge power of sublimation gathered here, which will lead Taiyuan to regain its glory and build a beautiful and happy home.

The condensation of the core values ??of Taiyuan City has both historical depth, realistic foundation, and future heights, thus truly forming a living soul of the city with strong vitality. This has important reference value both for other cities and for the study of core values ??at the national level.

Ma Junfeng, professor of the School of Philosophy of Renmin University of China and director of the Marxist Philosophy Teaching and Research Office

From value orientation to value orientation

Taiyuan City proposed "tolerance, advocating morality, and respecting the law" , Integrity, Excellence" as the core values ??of the city as the soul that guides its cultural construction and urban construction. Proposing and establishing urban core values ??means proposing tasks and goals. It requires long-term and hard work to achieve this goal and turn the values ??that people expect into values ??that people can actually feel and truly enjoy.

This "value that is actually felt and truly enjoyed" should be reflected in the way Taiyuan people behave, their attitude towards things, and their spiritual temperament, as well as in Taiyuan's political style, folk customs, and market style. Because the true implementation of the city's core values ??means making them the value orientation in people's actual lives. It is the actions that people choose in accordance with the requirements of the core values ??and using the core values ??as standards. In this process, value norms play a very important role. Institutions, institutions, and policies are all value norms. No matter how good the value orientation is, if it cannot be concreted into institutions, institutions, and policies, it will be difficult to become the value orientation in people's actual life. From this perspective, a key part of implementing core values ??is to guide and deepen reforms in accordance with the requirements of core values, establish a set of systems, structures and policies that reflect and conform to core values, and maintain the integrity of these systems and policies during implementation. authoritative. Only in this way can value orientation become people's actual value orientation.

Taiyuan City is the provincial capital. Taiyuan should become the best district in Shanxi. The process of proposing and implementing the core values ??of Taiyuan City is the process of building Taiyuan into the best district in Shanxi. It is also the process of giving full play to its exemplary role and giving full play to its role. The process of driving and radiating effects on various regions in Shanxi. I believe that through everyone's long-term and hard work, this goal will be achieved.

Wu Tong, Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Society, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University

Provides an example of cultural transformation

Culture is the soul of the city and reflects this soul It includes urban architecture, cultural and educational institutions and facilities, and folk customs. Taiyuan is a famous historical city. It has China's oldest university, the earliest business houses and industries, and its cultural relics also rank among the top in the country. It is very important to highlight the characteristics of Taiyuan, a city with profound cultural heritage, without converging with the culture of other cities.

Taiyuan proposed the urban core values ??of "tolerance, virtue, law, integrity, and excellence", which have become the core of Taiyuan's urban culture, indicating that we have begun to pay attention to the core construction and cultural construction of urban construction. Let me share some thoughts on the relationship between core values ??and cultural symbols.

First, Taiyuan is a heavy industrial city. In the process of transforming from industrial civilization to ecological civilization, how to innovate and whether it can provide an example of transforming a heavy industrial city into an ecological city may be an example in terms of cultural transformation. Big topic. Of course, this issue may be a little ahead of its time for Taiyuan, because coal still needs to be mined and heavy industry still needs to be developed, but it is an important issue that we have to think about.

Second, we must respect history and culture. Whether a historical and cultural city can inherit and protect the culture of each era is a major issue in the current urban cultural construction, and it is also an important matter on the mayor's agenda. For example, industrial relics, historical museums, urban sculptures... they are all very meaningful cultural symbols. How can the characteristics of a heavy industrial city be reflected through urban layout and planning? How to preserve famous universities, specialty snacks, time-honored brands, folk customs, etc., and should they be supported? Only when good cultural symbols are solidified in Taiyuan's urban construction can the city's core values ??be stabilized.

Third, urban values ??must be able to maintain the memory of urban culture.

A city is not a pure economy. Whether culture, art, universities, colleges and schools, museums, bookstores, etc. are valued is an important aspect in maintaining the cultural memory of the city. They are what make residents living in the city feel cultural pride and want to live. Therefore, being willing to come back to visit the charm of this city is an important mark of whether a city has cultural taste.

Liu Jinchun, President of the Taiyuan Academy of Social Sciences

Providing value choices for urban transformation

From a sociological cultural perspective, the socialist core value system is the mainstay of our country Culture is the fundamental value of our country. On the premise of promoting the country's main culture, it is also very necessary to form unique urban core values ??that are combined with the actual economic, social and cultural development of the city, consistent with the actual needs of citizens. This is an active exploration and construction of regional subcultures. The urban core values ??proposed by Taiyuan City of "tolerance, virtue, respect for the law, integrity, and excellence" will surely provide important value choices and inexhaustible spiritual power for the transformation and development of this old energy and heavy chemical industry base.

As a work that actively shapes the mainstream values ??of the city, the refining of the city's core values ??needs to be more in line with the actual development of the city and the needs of future development, highlighting its strategic significance in leading practice.

Today, when Taiyuan is striving to build a first-class provincial capital city, "tolerance" must not only tolerate the global village and different social classes and social groups, but also tolerate the mistakes that have occurred in the first trial and the innovation and development. risks, and achieve the results of cooperation, win-win and prosperity through institutional inclusiveness. The core of "morality" is to lead the whole society to advocate the virtues of the socialist core value system and form a social atmosphere and code of conduct that puts "morality" first. "Advocating the law" should serve as the righteous foundation for the actions of the whole society. "Integrity" must actively explore new connotations, norms and practices under the conditions of the socialist market economy, making it the norm for all social interactions and a basic element of social control. "Excellence" means closely focusing on the goal of building a first-class provincial capital city, condensing essence, energy and spirit, and revitalizing Taiyuan's glory with the efforts of one or even several generations.

The next step should be to carry out various forms of publicity, learning and discussion activities in the whole society, in-depth research and design of a series of major activities, important measures, especially necessary policy and institutional arrangements, to express values ??with practical actions, and through action effects to demonstrate value choices. Let the city's core values ??generate firm beliefs and make the city's development more soulful, quality and charming.

Li Fuming, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and director of the Provincial Civilization Office

Enable the core values ??of the city to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people

Taiyuan took the lead in proposing the core values ??of the city, which will help Refining the "Shanxi Spirit".

To carry forward the core values ??of Taiyuan City, we must first comprehensively and accurately grasp the socialist core value system. Carrying forward urban core values ??is the realization form, effective carrier and specific starting point of the socialist core value system in the construction of urban spiritual civilization. By refining urban core values, the socialist core values ??will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and sublimated in the minds of the broad masses of the people.

Secondly, we must continue to expand the coverage and influence of Taiyuan City’s core values ??publicity and education. Only by making extensive use of various carriers, channels and resources to continuously expand the coverage and influence of publicity and education on urban core values ??can we make the core values ??of the city a household name, known to everyone, understood, recognized and accepted by people, and become the core value of the whole society. * The same ideals, beliefs and spiritual pursuits. It is necessary to strengthen research interpretation and theoretical propaganda, and provide all-round, multi-angle, and in-depth interpretations in government agencies, rural areas, communities, schools, enterprises, and units; it is necessary to integrate media resources, focus on discovering typical figures and deeds, and promote advanced experience and achievements to create a good atmosphere of public opinion; it is necessary to comprehensively use rich art forms to transform the city's core values ??into fiery words, lively performances, wonderful melodies, and vivid pictures, and show the essence of Taiyuan, the provincial capital, with a full artistic image. , Qi, Shen.

Third, Taiyuan City’s core values ??should be used to lead the social trend of thought, so that the city’s core values ??can be transformed into the conscious actions of the people. As an ideology, urban core values ??should be transformed into practical results that can be seen, touched, and felt by all urban residents. It is necessary to make it into the mind and heart, but also to solve practical interest issues; it is necessary to appeal to the conscious actions of every citizen, but also pay attention to the role of role models, and strive to create a strong atmosphere of widespread social concern, party members and cadres taking the lead, and citizens' active participation. .

It is necessary to design colorful, simple and easy activity carriers based on the characteristics of the times, industry characteristics, and age characteristics, and organically integrate Taiyuan City’s core values ????into the economy, politics, culture, society and party building, and into all walks of life. In the spiritual civilization creation activities, it is integrated into the daily life of the citizens, promoting the whole society to jointly practice the core values ??of Taiyuan City, and demonstrating the great power of the socialist core value system.

Member of the Standing Committee of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda Zhang Chungen

Leading the spiritual banner of transformation and development

Taiyuan took the lead among provincial capital cities by proposing urban core values. Proposing and implementing urban core values ??is the concrete practice of the socialist core value system in Taiyuan, and is the soul of our city's development in building a first-class provincial capital city.

Why a city develops this way and not that way, and why it values ??these things more than others, all stem from its core values. Cultivating urban core values ??aims to answer "what is most important", a major proposition related to the future and destiny of the city.

Culture reflects a city’s soft power. Thought and spirit are the core elements of culture and the source of power that guides fashion, educates people, serves society, and promotes development. Taiyuan takes the lead in transformation and leapfrog development and builds a first-class provincial capital city, which especially needs the boost, support and guidance of culture. First of all, we must think about and promote the construction of values ????and give regional characteristics to the soul of rejuvenating the country.

Cultivation of the city's core values ??is a search and recognition of the city's unique cultural genes, a respect and response to the spiritual and cultural pursuits contained in the city's people, and a response to the city's unique cultural genes. Culture leads the consciousness and responsibility of urban development practice.

When Chen Chuanping, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee, first came to work in Taiyuan, he raised a question to leading cadres at all levels in the city: What is the most important thing for a city? The Propaganda Department of the Taiyuan Municipal Party Committee took the lead in organizing and conducting extensive collection and discussion activities on the city's core values ??for people from all walks of life inside and outside the city. After more than a year of repeated research, sorting and refining, it was finally determined as "tolerance, morality, law, integrity and excellence".

The city's core values ??of "tolerance, virtue, respect for the law, integrity, and excellence" aim to demonstrate the open-mindedness of Taiyuan people to embrace diversity, diversity and harmony, and highlight the city's character of being kind, virtuous, and valuing etiquette. It embodies the civilized demeanor of fairness, justice and respect for the law, embodies the humanistic sentiment of honesty and justice, keeping promises and fulfilling promises, and demonstrates the fighting spirit of daring to be the first and striving to be first-class.

The core values ??of the city are the soul and god of Taiyuan. They embody the fundamental requirements of the socialist core value system, highlight Taiyuan’s regional characteristics, historical heritage, characteristics of the times, and practical needs, and run through The people of the city are in the common pursuit of building a first-class provincial capital city.

Through this seminar, gathering the wisdom of leaders and experts, Taiyuan City’s core values ??will surely become richer in quality and more profound in meaning, cherished and cared for by the people of the city, and become a legacy passed down from generation to generation. cultural genes. Taiyuan will also grow into a first-class provincial capital city with a strong sense of moral honor and lofty values.