The Relationship between the Core Values of Socialism in the New Era and the Finance Curriculum

At the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, it was proposed that finance is “the foundation and important pillar of state governance”. As a builder and successor of the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics, college students must establish correct values in the process of “promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.” This paper mainly discusses the relationship between socialist core values and financial courses under the framework of state governance. Keywords—Socialist Core Values, Finance, National Governance China has entered an era of diversified interests. The government and enterprises, governments and individuals, central and local, regional and urban and rural areas have formed a multi-level complex interest relationship. The main contradiction of the new society determines that the sustainable development of the economy and society can no longer rely solely on material wealth to stimulate, but also must balance various interests. General Secretary Xi Jinping once emphasized at the National Conference on Ideological and Political Work in Colleges and Universities that “the firm believers, active communicators, and model practitioners who guide the teachers and students to be the core values of socialism.” As the builders and successors of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, college students must establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life, values, and master the reserve of knowledge and ability to serve the modernization of state governance, in order to correctly handle the interests of multiple interests and shoulder the historical responsibility of national rejuvenation. I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIALIST CORE VALUES LEADING COLLEGE STUDENTS’ EDUCATION A. Connotation of Socialist Core Values At the 18th National Congress, three “advocacy” were used to express the core values of socialism. It puts forward the national value goal of “rich, strong, democratic, civilized and harmonious”; the social value orientation of “freedom, equality, justice and the rule of law”; the civic value criterion of “patriotism, dedication, honesty and friendliness”. The three “advocacy” contents have different emphasis and is related to each other. The realization of the national value goal is the basis for the people to enjoy the right to be happy and settle down and to be the masters of the country. The social value orientation can promote the right of all citizens to enjoy all-round development, fairness and justice, and is a prerequisite for citizens to consciously fulfill their value obligations. Citizenship values require citizens to combine their own growth with national development and social progress, and to encourage each citizen to be responsible to the state and the society. The socialist core values combine the interests of the party and the state with the future direction of the society, personal life beliefs and ideal pursuits. B. The Role of Cultivating Socialist Core Values in College Students’ Education The reform and opening up and the development of the socialist market economy have continuously adjusted the various interests of China, and the ideology has also presented a variety of new features. China is in a critical period of building a harmonious and well-off society. Under the new era, college students carry the mission of national rejuvenation and national prosperity. Whether they have the right values or not depends on whether the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics is succeeding, and whether the great task of national rejuvenation can be finally completed in the collective struggle of the newcomers of the times. “The core values of socialism are the concentrated expression of the contemporary Chinese spirit and condense the common value pursuit of all the people” [1], carrying the beautiful dreams of national prosperity, social development and personal progress, and providing a value standard for college students' non-judgment. It is an effective way to improve the quality of talent cultivation, the development of the times, and the advancement of society by cultivating the contemporary university students' core values of socialism with Chinese characteristics and actively exploring and innovating the core values of socialism. 8th International Conference on Education and Management (ICEM 2018) Copyright © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, volume 75