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The Internal Logic and Practical Progress of the Empowerment of Ideological and Political Education in Universities with traditional Chinese culture under the Guidance of the “Second Integration” // Pedagogical Review. 2025. Issue 5 (63). P. 42-55

Integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with the best of China’s traditional culture is an important inference made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, at the strategic level of theoretical and practical development. At the meeting on cultural inheritance and development, Xi Jinping noted the great significance of the “second integration”. The concept of the “second integration” provides valuable theories and practical approaches that assist in promoting the rich traditional culture of China to improve ideological and political education in universities. Additionally, it sets the foundation for the improvement of ideological and political education quality in higher education. Combining ideological and political education with China’s rich traditional culture holds significant practical value for improving college students’ cultural self-confidence, strengthening value guidance, realizing moral education and inheriting culture. At present, in the process of forming the collaborative strength of culture through ideological and political education, institutions of higher learning frequently find themselves influenced by the cultural retroism trend, restricted by insufficient cultural and ideological education in the digital sphere, and face challenges due to shortcomings in the ideological and political courses at some universities. Consequently, it is essential to always adhere to the guidance of Marxism in the practice of cultural education, expand the spatiotemporal domain to innovate empowerment methods, and enhance the quality of ideological and political courses through excellent faculty, thereby realizing the infusion of fine traditional Chinese culture into the ideological and political education within universities.

Keywords: fine traditional Chinese culture, universities, ideological and political education, the “second integration”