Abstract: It has been more than seven years since General Secretary Xi Jinping officially put forward the important proposition of “developing Marxism in the 21st century”. In the past few years, prior studies have rarely explored the proposition, let alone give an indepth theoretical explanation. Since 2021, scholars have started to make discussions theoretically, and they have also been able to express their views on some of the basic issues. However, so far, there are still many vague understandings about some basic issues of “developing Marxism in the 21st century” that provide unclear explanations. This article takes an explanatory approach that sees history from a broader perspective, based on the theoretical framework of “adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and to the needs of our times”, tries to understand the historical and logical starting point of the origin of Marxism in the 21st century, and discusses issues concerning the relationships between Marxism in the 21st century and that adapted to the needs of our times, between Marxism in the 21st century and that in contemporary China, between Marxism in the 21st century and that in the 19th and 20th centuries, between Marxism in the 21st century in China and that overseas, between Marxism in the 21st century and the questions posed by China, by the world, by the people, and by the times, between Marxism in the 21st century in China and the Chinesestyle modernization, between the new form of human civilization and a community of shared future for mankind, between Marxism in the 21st century in China and the transformation of philosophical paradigms in the 21st century, and that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is Marxism in the 21st Century, among others.

Key words: Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Marxism in the 21st century, basic issues

摘要： “发展21世纪马克思主义”这一重大命题，从习近平正式提出到现在已经七年多。前几年学术界对这一重大命题很少探究，更谈不上从学理上给予深入阐述。从2020年开始，我国理论界才从学理上对此展开探讨，也能就其中一些基础性问题发表看法。然而，迄今为止，关于“发展21世纪马克思主义”的一些基本问题依然存在诸多模糊认识，从学理上给不出明确理解和阐释。本文以大历史观为解释方法，基于马克思主义中国化时代化理论框架，试就如何理解21世纪马克思主义发源的历史起点和逻辑起点，探讨了21世纪马克思主义与马克思主义时代化的关系，21世纪马克思主义与当代中国马克思主义的关系，21世纪马克思主义与19世纪马克思主义、20世纪马克思主义的关系，21世纪马克思主义与21世纪国外马克思主义的关系，21世纪马克思主义与“四个之问”的关系，21世纪马克思主义与中国式现代化、人类文明新形态和人类命运共同体的关系，21世纪马克思主义与21世纪哲学范式变革的关系，以及习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想就是21世纪马克思主义等问题。

关键词: 习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想, 21世纪马克思主义, 基本问题