弘扬和培育民族精神是建设中国特色社会主义的重大课题,关系着中华民族的前途和命运,关系着中国特色社会主义建设事业的全局。培育和弘扬民族精神,是发展先进文化的必然要求,是社会主义精神文明建设的重要内容,是提高全民族素质的基础性系统工程。 Carrying forward and nurturing the national spirit is a major issue in building socialism with Chinese characteristics and relates to the future and destiny of the Chinese nation and the overall situation of the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. To nurture and promote the national spirit is an inevitable requirement for the development of an advanced culture and an important part of the construction of socialist spiritual civilization. It is also a basic systematic project for improving the quality of the entire nation.