华东一个大城市,最近正在讨论“需要什么样的市民精神”才能“富民强市,加快发展”。讨论中引发的一些问题值得思考。从媒体发布的消息中看到,这个城市“放在富民强市的大背景下来研究”的市民精神,其中有这样的关键词:奉献、友爱、创新、开放、创业。按照“市民精神是一个城市的灵魂”的判断,这些关键词就是或应该是这个大城市的“灵魂”的碎片了。对于一个中国的大城市来说,这些关键词无疑应该是市民精神的重要内涵,但如果说仅此而已,或将这些视为市民精神最为核心的东西,则是值得商榷的。当然,市民精神应该包含的东西很多,比如平等精神、宽容精神等等,但对于一个要建设现代化的城 East China is a big city recently being discussed “what kind of civic spirit is needed ” to “enrich the people and the city, speed up development ”. Some issues raised in the discussion are worth considering. From the news released by the media, we can see that the city is a citizen of the city under the background of “enriching the people and strengthening the city.” There are such key words as dedication, love, innovation, opening up and entrepreneurship. According to the judgment that “civic spirit is the soul of a city,” these keywords are, or should be, the “soul” fragments of this big city. For a large Chinese city, these key words should undoubtedly be an important connotation of the spirit of the citizenry. However, it is debatable whether this is the only way to think of these as the core of civic spirits. Of course, the spirit of the citizenry should include many things, such as equality, tolerance and so on. However, for a city in which to build a modern city