“以人民为中心”是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的价值旨向、重要内容和显著特征。这一思想的提出经历了不断地演进过程，最初是作为对文化领域工作的价值导向要求提出来的，即坚持以人民为中心的工作导向和创作导向，此后在党的十八届五中全会上，习近平从新时代国家和社会发展的战略高度提出了“以人民为中心的发展思想”。党的十九大从实践的角度提出要“坚持以人民为中心”，强调人民作为历史主体的重要地位，并指明新时代党和国家事业的奋斗目标是要实现人民对美好生活的向往，并为贯彻这一思想指出了方法路径即把党的群众路线贯彻到治国理政全部活动之中，逐步形成和确立了“以人民为中心”思想。 “以人民为中心”思想根植于中华优秀传统文化的民本思想，传承和发展了马克思主义唯物史观，体现了中国共产党人民至上的价值本色，是在吸收了中国优秀传统哲学思想和马克思主义哲学思想的基础上，实现了治国理政话语的创造性转化和创新性发展的理论表达，展现出了鲜明的时代内涵、深厚的哲学意蕴的理论品格。“以人民为中心”贯穿在习近平治国理政的思想和实践的各个方面，体现在中国特色社会主义事业的各个领域，涵盖人民主体、人民至上、人民立场、人民幸福、人民共享、人的全面发展这些基本内容；同时，“以人民为中心”思想指明了中国特色社会主义的主体是人民群众、动力是人民群众、奋斗目标也是为了人民群众，把人民对历史发展的主体作用与新时代中国特色社会主义伟大事业紧密联系起来，为人民对美好生活的向往乃至人类共同的幸福指明了现实道路、擘画了美好愿景。总体来看，“以人民为中心”思想实现了对党的宗旨观、群众观、人民观、发展观和执政观的重大发展，是推动中国特色社会主义事业发展的行动指南，坚持以人民为中心也成为党在新的历史起点上开展一切工作的出发点和落脚点。 坚持以人民为中心是中国共产党永远的“初心”，对习近平“以人民为中心”思想进行系统性、整体性地梳理和研究，有助于深入理解和践行中国共产党人的初心和使命，有助于在新时代凝聚起人民的历史伟力，推动中华民族伟大复兴梦想的实现，也有助于我们在世界百年未有之大变局下进一步坚定中国特色社会主义道路自信、理论自信、制度自信、文化自信。

"People-centered" is the value orientation, essential content and remarkable feature of Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Xi Jinping first put forward the people-centered work orientation and creative orientation in cultural work, and then put forward the people-centered development thought from the strategic height of the new era of national and social development at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed from the perspective of practice to "stick to the people as the center", emphasizing the important position of the people as the main body of history, and pointed out that the goal of the Party and the country in the new era is to realize the people's yearning for a better life, and pointed out the way to carry out this thought that is to carry out the Party's mass line into all activities of governing the country, and gradually formed and established the "people-centered" thought.The thought of "people-centered" is rooted in the people-oriented thought of Chinese excellent traditional culture, inherits and develops Marxist historical materialism, embodies the value characteristics of people's supremacy, and, on the basis of absorbing the excellent Chinese traditional philosophical thought and Marxist philosophy thought, it has realized the modern transformation and innovative development of the discourse of governing the country, and shows the distinct connotation of the times and the profound theoretical character of the philosophical implication. "People-centered" runs through all aspects of Xi Jinping's theory and practice of governing the country, and is embodied in all fields of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, covering the basic contents of the people's main body, people's supremacy, people's position, people's happiness, people's sharing and all-round development of human beings. At the same time, this thought clarifies the important issues such as the people as the main motive force of the goal of socialism with Chinese characteristics, combines the main role of the people in the development of history with the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, it points out the realistic way for the people's yearning for a better life and even the common happiness of mankind, and draws a beautiful vision. On the whole, the thought of "people-centered" has realized the great development of the Party's concept of purpose, mass view, people's view, development thought and ruling idea, ruling mode, is the guide to promote the development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is also an important guide to the thought and action of Party members and cadres, so "adhering to the people-centered" has become the starting point and foothold for the Party to carry out all its work at the new historical starting point.Taking the people as the center is the original aspiration of the Chinese Communists.A systematic and holistic study of Xi Jinping's people-centered thought will help us to deeply understand and practice the original aspiration and mission of the Chinese Communists, help to rally the people's historical strength in the new era, to realize the dream of the Chinese nation's rejuvenation, and help us to further strengthen confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics when the world is experiencing a great change that has not happened in a century.