十五大提出的党在现阶段的文化纲领，源于马克思主义的基本原理，既深刻反映了人民的现实文化要求，改革开放对社会环境的文明要求，人类自身全面发展的提升要求；又深刻反映了党立足现实，代表中国先进文化的前进方向，以科学理论、先进文化武装人，加强社会价值观整合，应对西方文化挑战，提高广大干部群众科学文化素质和认识世界、改造世界的能力，把建设有中国特色社会主义事业全面推向二十一世纪的政治前瞻。 The Party’s cultural program proposed by the 15th CPC National Congress derives from the basic principles of Marxism. It profoundly reflects people’s realistic cultural requirements, the civilized requirements of the social environment during the reform and opening up and the requirements for the all-round development of mankind itself. It reflects the party’s ability to stand on the reality and represent the advanced culture of China, arm people with scientific theories and advanced culture, strengthen the integration of social values, meet the challenges of western culture, enhance the scientific and cultural qualities of the vast numbers of cadres and the masses and reform the world. Political Outlook on Building a Cause of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics into an All-Round Way toward the 21st Century.