

In his words, Yan'an is an inexhaustible book that will never be fully read.

He expressed his admiration for the historic sites of Yan'an, stating that they reflect the glorious journey of the Party during the Yan'an Period to lead the Chinese revolution and explore the localization and modernization of Marxism in China. In Yan'an, Xi visited the site of the seventh CPC National Congress and the former residences of veteran revolutionaries of the older generation such as Mao Zedong. In late October 2022, less than a week after the closing of the 20th CPC National Congress, Xi visited these two places, seeking to sustain the cultural genes of the Party. Yan'an, in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, and Yinxu, or the Yin Ruins, in Anyang City, central China's Henan Province - two iconic places in the history of the Chinese nation - see the brilliance of their past continue to illuminate the present. The wisdom of discarding the outdated in favor of the new has been applied to advance reform and innovation. Visions including good neighborliness, the principle guiding ancient China's interactions with other countries, have promoted the development of a human community with a shared future. The values and teachings of their extensive and profound schools of thought still have a profound impact on Chinese people's way of life today, underpinning the unique value system of the Chinese view of the world, of society and of life itself. Great thinkers such as Laozi, Confucius and Mozi explored a wide range of topics from the universe to the Earth, from man's relations with nature to relations among human beings, and to relations between the individual and society. Over 2,000 years ago, there was an era of great intellectual accomplishments in China, which is referred to as "the period of one hundred masters and schools of thought." The Chinese characters, invented by Chinese ancestors several millennia ago, are still used today. Of the world's ancient civilizations, the Chinese civilization has continued uninterrupted to this day.

The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu ancient city in east China's Zhejiang Province, a key study program of the project and now a UNESCO World Heritage site, have gained worldwide recognition as bearing testimony to the existence of at least 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. "A large number of archaeological discoveries demonstrate the continuity of Chinese civilization and show the richness of Chinese civilization," said Wang Wei, director and researcher with the Academic Division of History under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.Īnd because of continuity, Chinese civilization can reflect the continuous process of human social development to some extent, said Wang, one of the chief experts of the project to trace the origins of Chinese civilization. Through the continuous efforts of several generations of scholars, and the research results of major projects, such as the project to trace the origins of Chinese civilization, it was proved that China's history includes million years of humanity, 10,000 years of culture, and more than 5,000 years of civilization. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, put continuity at the top of the five prominent features regarding Chinese civilization that he summarized at a high-profile meeting on cultural inheritance and development last Friday. Visiting the institution last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored efforts to carry forward the Chinese civilization, the only uninterrupted civilization in the world. BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) - Located at the foot of the Yanshan Mountains in Beijing is the large compound of the China National Archives of Publications and Culture, a national database of Chinese publications of different eras.
