The term was first pointed out by Mao in October 1938 in his political report On the New Stage at the sixth plenary session of the 6th Central Committee of the CCP.^[1] For example, Mao's "encircling the cities from the countryside and seizing power by armed force" is a class struggle method that Karl Marx never proposed.^[2]

After Deng Xiaoping started reform and opening up in December 1978, the Sinicization of Marxism began to be associated with the socialist market economy system and socialism with Chinese characteristics. Deng said that "We firmly believe in Marxism, but Marxism must be combined with Chinese realities. Only Marxism that is integrated with China's realities is the genuine Marxism we need."^[3]

In 2004, the CCP launched the Marxist Theory Research and Construction Project, and Peking University began to hold the World Congress of Marxism in 2015, attempting to present China as the center of contemporary Marxist research.^[4] In November 2021, the sixth plenary session of the 19th CCP Central Committee stated out that "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has achieved a new leap in the Sinicization of Marxism".^[5]

Many political textbooks in Chinese universities say that "the history of the Chinese Communist Party is the history of the Sinicization of Marxism".^[6]

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