The axiological aspect of the ideology of the PRC

The state ideology of the PRC represents the ideology of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the form of the teachings of Marxism-Leninism, the ideas of Mao Zedong, the theory of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin's Theory of Three Represents, Hu Jintao's Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping's Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. In this system, the axiological aspect has undergone a long process of development and formation, evolving from disparate ideas within socio-political and ethical concepts in the context of a class-based approach to a coherent structure that has organically integrated into the ideology as an independent conceptual doctrine. Currently, the axiology of the PRC's ideology comprises a structure of 12 core socialist values on three levels: state, society, and individual. It has absorbed not only the basic Marxist meanings regarding the primacy of society and communist ideals but also traditional Chinese spiritual values, mainly from Confucian teachings, that correspond to these meanings.