民族精神是一个民族赖以生存和发展的精神支柱。一个民族,没有积极振奋的民族精神,不可能自立于世界民族之林。邓小平同志在长期的革命和建设以及改革开放的实践中,继承和弘扬中华民族的优秀传统,丰富和发展了我们的民族精神,为中国实行改革开放,建设社会主义现代化提供了强大的精神动力。邓小平同志对中华民族精神的继承和发展主要体现在以下几个方面。 National spirit is a spiritual pillar on which a nation depends for its existence and development. It is impossible for a nation to stand on its own feet in the world without the energetic and enthusiastic spirit of the nation. In the long run of revolution and construction, as well as in the practice of reform and opening up, Comrade Deng Xiaoping inherited and carried forward the fine tradition of the Chinese nation, enriched and developed our national spirit and provided a powerful spiritual force for China to carry out its reform and opening up as well as to build its socialist modernization. Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s inheritance and development of the spirit of the Chinese nation are mainly reflected in the following aspects.