Abstract:

A flourishing culture underpins a thriving nation,and a robust culture fortifies the national spirit.The essence of building China into a country with a strong socialist culture lies in enhancing national cultural soft power and spiritual independence,wherein constructing a self-reliant knowledge system serves as a vital force for cultural development and social progress.Independence and self-reliance constitute the core element of this endeavor.Its fundamental aim is to break free from external dependency and establish China's discursive leadership.This necessitates that the construction of a self-reliant knowledge system adhere to independence and self-reliance—maintaining spiritual autonomy,grounding practice firmly in the Chinese context,dialectically synthesizing theoretical critique and construction,and achieving comprehensive integration within the system—thereby genuinely establishing a knowledge system possessing Chinese characteristics,style,and ethos.Scientific rigor and systematicity form the basic principle.The key task is to elevate fragmented knowledge into an organic whole to foster the dynamic growth of the knowledge system.This requires upholding scientific integrity and a systematic approach,achieving their organic unity to construct a knowledge system that is both explanatory and adaptive.A practice-oriented stance acts as the key safeguard.Its value lies in anchoring knowledge in reality and directing it to serve the people.It demands that the self-reliant knowledge system be rooted in China's practices in the new era,identifying and cultivating wellsprings of knowledge growth and innovation,thus elevating Chinese practice into Chinese theory.Together,these three dimensions—the core element,basic principles,and key safeguard—constitute the complete logical framework for constructing a self-reliant knowledge system.They consolidate the spiritual foundation for building a strong socialist culture and powerfully propel China's transition from a "major cultural country" to a "culturally strong nation".

Key words: self-reliant knowledge system, building a country with a strong socialist culture, spiritual independence, cultural subjectivity