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Title:: The Inner Logic in the Development of China’s IdeologicalEducation over the Past 70 Years

Keywords:: China’s 70 years since 1949; ideological education; education mode; Marxism

Abstract:: Since 1949, China’s mode of ideological education has undergone some big changes. Beforethe reform and opening-up, the ideological education was characterized by emphases on mobilizing all socialresources, social good-orientedness, and a top-down operation. This mode of ideological education had itsadvantages and disadvantages which were amplified in the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. Afterthe inception of reform and opening-up in 1979, the ideological education began to follow a scientific path,striving for building a standard and professional mode. Although it had undeniable advantages, this mode hadalso caused some problems: for example, there was a lack of overall vision; only part of the ideological picturewas under focus; and the task of doing ideological education was confined to some specialized departments. Since the 18th national congress of the CPC, by absorbing the advantages of the mode before reform andopening-up and overcoming the problems with the mode after that, China has formed a comprehensive,integrated and diversified mode of ideological education. Following the requirements of the new era, thismode can bring about significant changes in ideological education. It is necessary for us to promote such atransformation in the mode of ideological education according to the needs of the new era.