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1. Sunrise
2. Yellow River

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3. Great Wall

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4. Aerial shots of cityscape, traffic

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5. Aerial shot of cityscape

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6. Aerial shot of cityscape

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7. Aerial shot of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

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8. Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) visiting Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

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9. Aerial shot of cityscape; Guangji Tower
10. Xi standing on Guangji Tower

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11. Xi visiting Puning Temple

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12. Aerial shot of archaeological site of Yin Xu
13. Xi talking with officials at museum

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14. Xi at Sanxingdui Museum

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15. Aerial shot of cityscape

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16. Xi visiting Taoyangli historical and cultural block, talking
17. Craftsmen nodding

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18. Museum

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19. Xi browsing books about Confucian thoughts

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20. Aerial shot of Yuelu Academy
21. Tablet inscribing with "seeking truth from facts"
22. Xi speaking

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23. Sansu Temple
24. Xi speaking

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25. Various of Xi visiting park dedicated to Zhu Xi, renowned Chinese philosopher in 12th century
26. Thoughts of Zhu Xi
27. Xi walking
28. People applauding
29. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese President (partially overlaid with shot 30):
"We should respect and carry forward the 5,000-year-long Chinese civilization, and integrate its essence with Marxist stance, viewpoint and methodology that we are now following. This is the socialism with Chinese characteristics."
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30. Various of people taking photos, listening to Xi
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31. People applauding

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32. Aerial shot of Chinese Academy of History
33. Xi at Chinese Archaeological Museum of Chinese Academy of History
34. Xi speaking at meeting on cultural inheritance and development

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35. Building of Chinese Academy of History
36. Interior of Chinese Academy of History

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37. Xi'an Branch of China National Archives of Publications and Culture

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38. Statues
39. Exhibition hall
40. Temple, pagoda, river
41. Wall

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42. National Museum
43. Building
44. Meeting hall
45. Tian'anmen Square
46. Various of Great Hall of the People

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47. Various of Xi speaking at meeting
48. Meeting building
49. China National Archives of Publications and Culture
50. Building of China National Arts and Crafts Museum
51. Various of books
52. Various of painting of "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains"

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53. Party emblem on building
54. Students taking oath

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55. Statue

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56. Aerial shot of auditorium

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57. Aerial shot of National Grand Theatre
58. Interior of National Grand Theatre
59. Various of performances
60. Various of promo of TV programs, documentaries, films

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61. Various of visitors watching 3D movies

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62. Various of exhibits
63. Various of visitors trying interactive, digital displays; taking photos
64. Various of performance in progress at Datang Everbright City; visitors
65. Aerial shots of Datang Everbright City, visitors
66. Aerial shot of music performance in progress at sunken plaza; crowds waving flashlights

China has been carrying out reform of the cultural system and made historic achievements under the leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who bears a strong cultural self-consciousness and responsibility in fulfilling Chinese cultural rejuvenation and building modern Chinese civilization.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, Xi has placed the work of public communication and culture in a prominent position, giving instructions and guidance in art, journalism, philosophy and social sciences, and culture, among others.

Xi introduced the concept of confidence in culture. He incorporated the core socialist values into the basic policy underpinning the endeavor to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

He also set clear tasks for public communication and culture: to uphold socialism with Chinese characteristics, rally public support, cultivate generations of young people with sound values and ethics, develop Chinese culture, and better present China to the world.

Eleven years ago, during his visit to Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius, in east China's Shandong Province, Xi looked closely at two reference books about Confucian thoughts.

In Yuelu Academy in Changsha, central Chinese province of Hunan, in 2020, Xi stared at a tablet inscribed with "seeking truth from facts" and stressed the importance of "making sure truth is grounded in the local context."

Two years later, in Sansu Temple, the former residence of Su Xun and his two sons Su Shi and Su Zhe, three literary masters of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), Xi emphasized the significance of drawing ideas and thinking on governance from the fine traditional Chinese culture.

In 2021, during a visit to a park dedicated to Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucian master of the Song Dynasty, Xi put forward to boost the vitality of fine traditional Chinese culture with the spirit of the time.

"We should respect and carry forward the 5,000-year-long Chinese civilization, and integrate its essence with Marxist stance, viewpoint and methodology that we are now following. This is the socialism with Chinese characteristics," Xi said at the park.

In June 2023, Xi summarized five prominent features regarding Chinese civilization - consistency, originality, uniformity, inclusivity, and peaceful nature - at a symposium on cultural inheritance and development.

He pointed out that "it is natural to integrate the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific realities and fine traditional culture if we are to create and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics on the basis of the profound Chinese civilization of more than 5,000 years."

In October of the same year, a national meeting on the work of public communication and culture was held in Beijing. For the first time, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture was put forward at the meeting, which opened a new chapter and ushered in a new phase for leading the new journey of cultural reform and development work.

Chinese modernization is the modernization of material and cultural-ethical advancement, Xi said in his article published on Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.

Xi had made speeches at a series of important meetings in an effort to promote the reform of the cultural administrative system in the new era and guide it along the right path.

With the deepening of the cultural reform, China's cultural sector has experienced unprecedented boom with healthy development of cultural industries, improving intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance system, perfecting public cultural service system and a growing sense of fulfillment, and happiness of Chinese people.

Xi believes that without profound cultural confidence and a thriving culture, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unattainable.