Zheng Bijian, born in Fushun, Sichuan Province in 1932, joined the CPC in 1952 and completed his graduate studies at the Department of Political Economy of Renmin University of China in 1954. He has held the following positions: team leader of the Party Literature Research Center of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Research Office of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, political assistant to General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Hu Yaobang, deputy director-general of the Center for International Studies under the State Council, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of its Institute of Marxism and Leninism, executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, executive vice president of the School of the CPC Central Committee, and chairman of the China Forum on Reform and Opening Up. He was elected a member of the 14th and 15th central committees of the CPC. He is currently director of the Academic Committee of the School of the CPC Central Committee, and chairman of China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has always been committed to promoting Chinese culture. To understang China and the CPC, it is necessary to appreciate how close is the bond between the Party and China's culture. From the past to the present and from theory to practice, this book traces the Party's endeavors in inheriting and promoting Chinese culture while pioneering revolution, reconstruction, and reform in the country. It describes how the CPC set out from a new point to build a prosperous and strong country, and explains why patriotism is still a powerful driver of China's national rejuvenation in the new era. The author expresses his firm belief that the CPC will stay true to its original aspiration - bringing happiness to the people and rejuvenation to the Chinese nation - on a new journey towards socialist modernization.

Where have we come from, and where are we going? In this day and age for China, I am always reminding myself to maintain this sense of history.

—Xi Jinping

From Xi's speech when meeting with foreign attendees of the Second Understanding China Conference in Beijing ( People's Daily ,January 5, 2016)

To understand contemporary China, you must understand the Communist Party of China.

—Xi Jinping

From Xi's reply letter to foreign students studying at Peking University (Xinhua News Agency report, June 22, 2021) 0qaEoi2zDUWP03BJyBDMfwO9OrHqnjbzsim3NjqUOseqQ/SEjtDGG55YPZFtOKTN