The ideal faith is of extreme importance,which has been fully elaborated by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. At the same time, criticism of the communist ideal remains the main provocation of contemporary Western ideology, and such criticism is still accepted by people to some extent. Therefore, further and more systematic theoretical demonstration of the communist ideal is necessary for us to strengthen the ideal faith and improve the international discourse power. This paper more fully broadens the studies on the dialectical relationship between Marxist economic foundation and superstructure from the aspects of “the distinction of the two decisive roles and the significance” and “the difference between the two counterreactions and the significance”; it also deeply explores the fundamental characteristics of communism as a scientific belief and its creation of “the highest form of human consciously creating history” and “the highest form of the unity of knowledge and action”, as well as how to strengthen the ideal belief today.

Editor: Zhong Yao、Zheng Yifan

From:World Socialism Studies.2023.No.5.