(East-West question) Short comment: Unlike the West, what is the interpretation of the "new way" of Chinese-style modernization?

　　China news agency, Beijing, September 15 -

Problem: different from the West, Chinese-style modernization "new way" why not?

　　Author Xu Huanguan

　　Modernization has been the dream of the Chinese nation since modern times.

Since General Secretary Xi Jinping first mentioned the "new path of Chinese-style modernization", this new expression has attracted widespread attention and discussion at home and abroad.

What is the new path of Chinese-style modernization?

This may be a key to understanding China's decades of development and future direction.

　　Modernization is often used to describe the historical process of the transformation of human society from a traditional agricultural society to a modern industrial society.

In modern times, under the influence of the expansion of scientific spirit, the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution, Western countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States have become the pioneers of modernization. The experience and value of their development have gradually been regarded as the norm by many countries and regions in the world, and the boundary between modernization and westernization has been blurred. .

Data map: In the provincial modern agricultural industrial park where 7000 acres of high-quality rice is planted in Jiangninghushu Street, Nanjing, the staff drove the harvester to shuttle through the golden rice fields to harvest.

Photo by Yang Bo

　　However, the development process of world history has increasingly shown that the Western-style modernization program has both advantages and disadvantages, and even gains and losses are difficult to judge. It does not have universal applicability and is not the only solution and optimal solution for human modernization.

　　Modernization is the general trend of the world, and China has opened up new paths.

The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the subject of the Chinese-style modernization proposition.

In fact, the formation and development of Chinese-style modernization are inseparable from the independent exploration and determination of the CCP.

　　Looking back to history, in the 1950s, Mao Zedong proposed to "build China into an industrialized country with a high degree of modern culture." Zhou Enlai pointed out that the "four modernizations" of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology should be realized on this basis. .

After the reform and opening up, Deng Xiaoping made it clear that "the four modernizations we want to achieve are the four modernizations of the Chinese style", and determined and promoted the "three-step" development strategy.

After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the road map for China's modernization became clearer, including the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the outline of long-term goals for 2035.

Data map: On June 21st, high-rise buildings in Wangjing area, Chaoyang District, Beijing, lighted up to welcome "July 1".

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

　　Knowing is first, behavior is important.

The vitality of the new road has been continuously proven in practice.

When New China was founded, it was one of the poorest countries in the world. After 72 years, China has built one of the most complete modern industrial systems in the world, with a GDP exceeding RMB 100 trillion, accounting for approximately 17% of the world economy, and contributing to the growth of the world economy. The contribution rate has exceeded 30% for many years; the domestic population has been lifted out of poverty, the urbanization rate of the permanent population has exceeded 60%, the gross enrollment rate of higher education has reached 54.4%, and the world’s largest social security system has been built; Reaching peak and carbon neutral goals.

　　Dharma does not stand alone, it has its roots.

Just as the Western rationalist tradition, Protestant ethics, and capitalist spirit influence the path of Western modernization, Chinese-style modernization also has its own theoretical origins and cultural references.

Data map: Hulunbuir Shiweinong Ranch uses wheat and rapeseed to grow Tai Chi with an area of ​​1989 mu.

Photo courtesy of Shiweinon Ranch

　　The traditional Chinese culture of "the benevolent love others", "harmony and Taihe" and the CCP's international responsibility of "promoting world peace and development" determine the peaceful nature of Chinese-style modernization and "never seek hegemony"; China's ideal of "the world is for the public" since ancient times The ruling concept of "people-centered" with the CCP points to the important feature of Chinese-style modernization and common prosperity; the Confucian "gentleman's morality and virtue" and the Marxist emancipation concept of "promoting the all-round development of people". Projecting the meaning of the theme of the coordinated development of Chinese-style modern material and spiritual civilization; the intellectual tradition of China's "Tao to follow nature" and the natural philosophy of Marxism that transcend the "subject and object" natural philosophy, anchoring the harmony between Chinese modern man and nature The development pattern of symbiosis...

　　It can be seen that Chinese-style modernization integrates practice and knowledge, existence and thinking, and is a new way of development under the multiple influences of China's social development model, theoretical guidance system, and national cultural foundation.

At the same time, although it is called "Chinese style", it undoubtedly has world significance.

It enlightens and marks that developing countries can get rid of the logic of Western modernity and achieve independence and move towards modernity.

Human beings can no longer stay in a single mode of modernization.

It can be said that this new road is reconstructing the historical narrative and spatial narrative of mankind's modernization.

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