The Communist Party of China (CPC) is mulling the formulation of a behavior code for senior party officials in light of the purge brought about by President Xi’s anti-corruption drive. (Photo : REUTERS)
Despite the idea being unpopular around the world, President Xi Jinping claims that Marxism just might be the key to solve some of the country's biggest problems. The president also thinks the ideology has the power to unite officials in time of change.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent emphasis on dialectical materialism is said to have spurred a sudden reemergence of Marxist ideology as the key theoretical foundation of the Communist Party of China. The ideology is also increasingly popular during this period of incessant reforms.
Xi, who is also the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, claims that all members of the Party should put importance on ideological work. He wants them to support "core socialist values."
The president also believes that despite the successes of the country both in the political and economic arena, the country will remain at the primary stage of socialism for a long time to come.
The president stressed that three decades of reform and opening up triggered the country's fast growth, but domestic and overseas challenges exist.
"We should grasp new traits in new phases of development, and stipulate guidelines in accordance with reality," Xi said.
Dialectical materialism is a key tenet of Marxism. The president believes that this tenet, which provides that all changes of the world are generated by conflicts between opposites, should be the CPC's main guideline when solving problems of the country as China continues to change and develop.
A professor with the Party School of the CPC Central Committee shared that this is timely with the resistance that the government is receiving as it cracks down on corrupt officials and imposes more laws of reform.
"Chinese society is under pressure from slowing GDP growth under the 'new normal' state amid its deepening reform. There has been resistance to the anti-corruption crackdown and the 'rule of law' reform within the Party," Zhang Xixian told the Global Times.
