党的十六大把有没有高昂的民族精神提高到衡量一个国家综合国力强弱的高度,进行全面而科学的阐释,充分表明我们党对弘扬和培育民族精神的高度重视。纵观人类发展的历史,不难发现,一个民族的形成、发展以至繁荣的过程,也是民族精神成长、培育和弘扬的过程。那么,民族精神的本质 The 16th National Congress of the CPC has raised the question of whether there is any high national spirit raised to the point of measuring the strength of a country’s comprehensive national strength and conducted a comprehensive and scientific explanation so as to fully demonstrate our party’s high regard for carrying forward and nurturing the national spirit. Looking at the history of human development, it is not hard to find that the process of forming, developing and even prospering a nation is also a process of growing, nurturing and promoting the national spirit. Well, the essence of national spirit