爱国主义“就是千百年来巩固起来的对自己祖国的一种最深厚的感情”(列宁语)。中共中央颁发的《爱国主义教育实施纲要》,进一步明确了爱国主义教育的原则、内容等。党中央把爱国主义教育、德育工作作为提高全民族整体素质和加强社会主义精神文明建设的基础性工作,并要求“把爱国主义教育的内容分解、贯彻到各相关学科的课堂教学中 Patriotism “is one of the deepest feelings for one’s homeland, consolidated for thousands of years” (Lenin). The “Outline for the Implementation of Patriotism Education” issued by the CPC Central Committee further clarifies the principles and contents of patriotism education. The party Central Committee takes patriotic education and moral education as the basic work for raising the overall quality of the entire nation and strengthening the building of a socialist spiritual civilization. It also demanded that "the content of patriotic education should be broken down and implemented in the classroom teaching of all relevant disciplines