Culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics

The term was first put forward at the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in September 1997 by General Secretary Jiang Zemin.^[1]

According to the 19th CCP National Congress, the culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics "originates from the excellent traditional Chinese culture nurtured by the Chinese nation's 5,000-year history of civilization, fusing with the revolutionary culture and the advanced socialist culture created by the Party in leading the people in revolution, construction and reform".^[2] It officially aims to "cultivate citizens with ideals, morality, culture and discipline, and develop a national, scientific and popular socialist culture that is oriented towards modernization, the world and the future".^[3] It is one of the four components of socialism with Chinese characteristics, along with its path, theoretical system and system.^[4]