The self-confidence in the path to socialism with Chinese characteristics derives from the CPC’s belief in its vision of communism which results from the explorations,inheritance and innova-tions it has made in the process of answering the question of“what is communism”. This issue does not only involve both theory and practice when viewed from a historical perspective,but is also closely related to the choice of the political route for China’s building a modernized socialistic country. There-fore,a deepened understanding of this issue is of enormous significance. In practice,centering on this issue,we have to develop a correct understanding of the historical position of today’s China and the problems it faces and give full play to the guidance on practice from philosophical reflections we have to make in our thorough exploration of the philosophical implications embedded in this issue. Axiologi-cally,the value of socialism lies in its function to bring all its people universal welfare and happiness. Epistemologically,a correct understanding of socialism can only be achieved after a long historical process of exploring and practicing socialism by building a unity between scientific truth and axiological ideals. In terms of practice,under the condition of sticking to the basic principles of socialism,we have to create a scientific institutional and universal value framework in which people can live a free and happy life by giving equal emphasis to scientific truth and axiological pursuits of socialism in our innovative practice of socialism and our exploration of the uncharted world of socialism.%中国特色社会主义道路自信来源于中国共产党人对于“究竟什么是共产主义”这一问题所探索、继承与创新的未来前景的自信，实质上是对于共产主义道路的自信。这既是一个基于历史认知基础上的现实理论与实践问题，也是一个与我国建设社会主义现代化国家重大政治路线紧密相连的问题。因此，进一步搞清楚这个问题意义重大。在实践中，必须紧紧围绕这一问题，准确定位当前我国所处的历史方位以及存在的问题，发挥哲学思辨对于实践的指导作用，深刻挖掘这一问题的哲学意蕴：在价值论上，明确社会主义的实质和灵魂是发挥其价值功能所带来的社会成员的普遍幸福；在认识论上，认清社会主义是一个科学真理性与价值理想性相统一的长期探索与实践的历史过程；在实践论上，要坚持在社会主义基本原则的前提下，把科学性与价值性有机地统一在对社会主义未知世界的探索和创新实践中，为人民生活创造科学的制度空间与普惠的价值空间。
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