Windhoek, Aug 27 – – Theoretical innovation precedes development and transformation. Considering the grand strategy of nation-building and national rejuvenation, Xi Jinping has provided a top-level design for the significant relationships and fundamental issues of Chinese sports in the new era. He has elucidated the functional positioning, basic guidelines, objectives, tasks, and practical requirements for developing sports under socialism with Chinese characteristics. Through these insights, he has proposed a series of new ideas, thoughts, and strategies, forming Xi Jinping’s important discourses on sports. These discourses are a vital component of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and represent the latest theoretical achievements of how the CPC guides sports work with the “two integrations”: integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and fine traditional culture. They serve as the fundamental guideline and action plan for the reform and development of sports in the new era.
Sports are a highly advanced human activity that permeates society and profoundly impacts people’s lives. As humanity progresses from dispersion to aggregation, sports have become a global field connecting different regions, races, and cultures, integrating society, culture, economy, and politics. From the humanities and social sciences perspective, Xi Jinping’s important dis-courses on sports form a comprehensive, scientific, and complete theoretical system encompassing sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, and other disciplines. The underlying logic is the assertion that “Sports are a symbol of social development and human progress, a reflection of composite national strength and the level of social civilization.” This integrates the construction of a sports powerhouse into the grand system of nation-building, aiming to make sports a symbol of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The core essence involves building a sports powerhouse to shape “complete personality” at the individual level, develop a “creative society” at the social level, cultivate a “confident nation” at the national level, promote “Chinese wisdom” at the civilizational level, and construct a “colorful world” at the internation-al level. In summary, it uses the power of sports to build an integrated “5C system”(complete personality, creative society, confident nation, Chinese wisdom, colorful world), thereby advancing Chinese modernization, building a strong nation, and achieving national rejuvenation. The “5C system,” which supports building China into a great modern socialist country, forms the basic framework of Xi Jinping’s important discourses on sports. The cultural foundation of this framework is the people-centered and harmonious co-existence philosophy inherent in China’s excellent traditional culture. This signifies that China’s construction of a sports powerhouse in the new era aims to achieve the harmonious coexistence and joint growth of all key elements of modern civilization: individuals, society, the nation, civilization, and the international community.
This is the sports microcosm of Chinese modernization Complete Personality: Promoting Comprehensive Human Developments as part of overall education, sports play a crucial role in developing individuals psychologically, physically, morally, spiritually, and socially. Sports cultivate a healthy body and a well-rounded personality, promoting both biological and social development and playing a vital role in transitioning from the biological to the social dimension of human existence. In February2014, while visiting Nanluoguxiang Lane in Beijing, Xi Jinping re-called his childhood experiences of ice skating on the frozen lake of Shichahai after school. His lifelong passion for ice skating and football, along with his continued practice of swimming and mountain climbing during his working years, gave him a pro-found understanding of the significance of sports in personal growth. He once stated, “ A well-rounded person needs to have both rich knowledge and cultural substance and a healthy spirit and strong body,” emphasizing the importance of continuously improving people’s physical health through sports development. Under Xi Jinping’s direct planning and deployment, “meeting people’s fitness needs and promoting comprehensive human development” has become the starting.
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