2024年9月9日是毛泽东逝世50周年纪念日1。大批毛泽东支持者于前一晚涌入湖南韶山毛泽东广场开展纪念活动1，毛主席纪念堂也延长了闭馆时间以应对参观人潮1。
外媒对这一纪念活动进行了评论。路透社评论文章认为毛泽东的身影仍然笼罩中国未来，而文革在此后数代领导人身上留下了复杂的印记1。美利坚大学副教授唐志学指出，习近平认为文革具有某种救赎意义，这让他变得更加坚韧1。英国伦敦国王学院刘氏中国研究院主任布朗则指出，毛时代的图像、魅力和语言象征在中国仍具有极其强大的力量1。
自2012年上台以来，习近平主张不应该以改革开放时代来否定毛泽东时代1。他已废除了改革开放以来的最高领导人任期限制1，并让冠以自己名字的意识形态纳入中共党章及中国宪法1。唐志学认为，习近平避免直接批评毛泽东的原因之一在于希望让中共"回到那个辉煌年代"1。据外媒评论，习近平的这些举措体现了对毛时代部分元素的重新引入，包括强化个人权力、强调意识形态和党纪，并结合民族主义与民粹主义1。
On September 9, 2024, marking the 50th anniversary of Mao Zedong's death in 1976, large gatherings of Mao supporters assembled in Hunan's Shaoshang and at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate the occasion 1. The Mausoleum of Chairman Mao extended its closing hours to accommodate the surge in visitors 1.
International observers noted that Mao's influence continues to cast a shadow over China's political trajectory 1. Reuters commentary pointed out that the Cultural Revolution left a "complex imprint" on subsequent generations of Chinese leaders 1. Rather than publicly repudiating Mao's legacy, Xi Jinping has adopted a different approach since taking office in 2012, asserting that "the Maoist era should not be negated by the era of reform and opening up" 1. According to Tang Zhixue, an associate professor at American University, Xi Jinping views the Cultural Revolution as possessing "a certain redemptive meaning" that strengthened his resolve 1.
Xi's governance has incorporated several elements from the Mao era into contemporary Chinese politics 1. He abolished term limits for the paramount leader position—a restriction established during the reform and opening-up period—and incorporated an ideology bearing his name into both the Communist Party constitution and China's national constitution 1. Martin Brown, director of the Lau China Institute at King's College London, observed that images, charisma, and symbolic language from the Mao era retain "extremely powerful force" within China 1. Tang Zhixue suggested that Xi's reluctance to directly criticize Mao stems partly from a desire to guide the Communist Party back toward "that glorious era" 1.
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