新公民意识是一种社会意识。现代公民意识包括国家意识、法律意识、民主意识、公德意识等。一个国家的整体公民意识决定了一个国家的文明程度,也是衡量一个国家综合竞争能力的重要标准。我国中小学生公民教育体系不健全、内容不完整、方式不得当等问题越来越突出,借鉴国外的先进经验或许能受到一些启发。——编者 New citizenship is a kind of social awareness. Modern citizen’s consciousness includes national consciousness, law consciousness, democratic consciousness, moral consciousness and so on. The overall citizenship awareness of a country determines the degree of civilization of a country and is also an important measure of the comprehensive competitiveness of a country. Our country’s primary and secondary school students civic education system is not perfect, the content is not complete, the ways of improper and other issues become more and more prominent, learn from advanced foreign experience may be able to get some inspiration. --editor