At the beginning of exploring China’s socialist road, Mao Zedong creatively proposed and initiated the “second combination” of the basic principles of Marxism with China’s concrete reality, and formed a major theoretical achievement represented by the theory of ten major relations and the theory of correctly handling contradictions among the people,which made an original contribution to the modernization of Marxism in China.Mao Zedong’s exploration of “the second combination” has important enlightenment to the theoretical innovation in the new era: we should combine not forgetting our ancestors with creating new ideas, and truly achieve the organic unity of persistence and development, integrity and innovation; It is necessary to combine the reality of the times with in-depth theoretical creation, and truly achieve the organic unity of following objective laws and giving full play to the creativity of the subject; It is necessary to combine China’s stand firmly with foreign outstanding achievements, and truly achieve the organic unity of self-reliance and self-confidence with the world.

　　Editor: Zhong Yao、Liu Tingting

　　From:Leading Journal of Ideological & Theoretical Education.2023.No.9.