General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the Meeting on the Work in Philosophy and Social Sciences is a programmatic document, which is of fundamental significance as the theoretical direction and practical guide for the comprehensive prosperity and development of philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics.Philosophical studies and social science research in contemporary China must be guided by Marxism and based on the practice of the broad masses of the people.They should absorb the ideational and cultural achievements in other countries based on careful analysis and differentiation and adapt them to serve the needs of China.For traditional Chinese culture，we must develop its healthy part and discard what is not so as to apply them to serve the present society.We should establish special discipline of socialism with Chinese characteristics according to the demand of times and study the law of development of socialism,particularly of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Editor: Zhong Yao

Studies on Marxism.2016.No.9.