Chinese modernization has benefited the world

"The new path of Chinese-style modernization is getting broader and broader, and it will better develop itself and benefit the world. "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has taken the lead in promoting Chinese modernization to the international community during important foreign visits and multilateral summits, when meeting with foreign leaders, political party leaders, heads of international organizations and people from all walks of life, when he is addressing important meetings or events, and when publishing articles in foreign media. Important books such as "Xi Jinping on Governance" have been sold well around the world, further deepening the understanding and cognition of Chinese modernization in countries around the world. Chinese modernization has been widely recognized by the international community for its great value and positive significance to the world's development and progress.

• On April 27, 2023 local time, CIPG held the "Encounter with China" Chinese culture theme exhibition and a series of cultural exchange activities at the 117th Paris International Exposition in France. The picture shows Chinese and foreign young people paying attention to the full series of multilingual theme books of "China Keywords" at the exhibition site. China News Service reporter Li Yang/photo

Chinese modernization is advancing in the process of opening up, and China's new development provides new opportunities for the world

"We successfully held the 6th China International Import Expo, attracting more than 3,400 companies from 128 countries, including the United States, and the United States has the largest exhibition area for six consecutive years. In November 2023, when attending a welcome banquet jointly held by American friendship groups, General Secretary Xi Jinping explained to the world with vivid facts that "the modernization of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people is a huge opportunity that China brings to the world." Since the beginning of reform and opening up, China has firmly grasped the central task of economic construction, persisted in opening the country to construction, and constantly liberated and developed the social productive forces, with nearly 800 million people lifted out of poverty and more than 400 million people entering the middle-income group. China's tremendous development is itself an important contribution to the world. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has deepened its opening-up, unswervingly promoted economic globalization, promoted the construction of an open world economy, and launched practical measures such as the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the construction of pilot free trade zones, contributing more than 30% to world economic growth for many consecutive years. At the same time, in the face of the current problems of sluggish global economic recovery and unbalanced development, China has put forward the Global Development Initiative (GDI) to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, promote the building of a global development community, and inject strong impetus into global development and international development cooperation. According to a poll conducted by the Institute of Contemporary China and the World in 25 countries around the world, the respondents spoke highly of China's contribution to the development of the world economy, with more than 93% of them agreeing that China contributes to the common development of the world through its own development.

Chinese modernization adheres to peaceful development and brings more certainty to world peace and stability

"China's modernization is the growth of the forces for world peace and the strength of international justice." At the high-level dialogue between the Communist Party of China and world political parties held in March 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping's firm and powerful words elicited enthusiastic responses from the guests and the international community. When the process of modernization of human society has once again come to the crossroads of history, China firmly stands on the right side of history and the progress of human civilization, does not follow the old path of colonial plunder, does not follow the crooked path of hegemony if the country is strong, and adheres to the right path of peaceful development. At the same time, in response to global security threats such as conflict and instability, terrorism, hegemonism and bloc confrontation, China has put forward the Global Security Initiative, adhered to the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, promoted the building of a community of human security, and made positive contributions to maintaining world peace and tranquility. Former French Prime Minister Raffarin highly praised China's path of peaceful development, believing that China is "a force for peace that the world needs today." The GSI has been supported by more than 100 countries and international organizations, reflecting the pursuit and desire of human society for peace, and further proving that China is a force for peace, stability and progress in the world.

Chinese modernization continues the ancient civilization and promotes exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and the common development and progress of mankind

"All kinds of civilizations created by human society are shining brightly, accumulating a rich heritage and endowing them with distinctive characteristics for the modernization of all countries, and transcending time and space and national boundaries, and jointly making important contributions to the modernization process of human society. General Secretary Xi Jinping clarified the internal logic between civilization and modernization. The process of modernization and development is never the result of the action of a single factor, and the history and culture of a country always affect the modernization process of the country at the deepest level. As the only great civilization in the world that has continued to develop in the form of a state, the Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness and peace. Through the "two combinations", Chinese-style modernization has endowed Chinese civilization with modern strength, and Chinese civilization has endowed Chinese-style modernization with profound heritage. Chinese modernization is the modernization of an ancient civilization, the modernization that grew out of the land of China, and created a new form of human civilization. At the same time, in the face of the diversity of human civilizations, China has put forward the Global Civilization Initiative, which adheres to the concept of civilizations based on equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness, advocates the transcendence of civilizational estrangement, mutual learning among civilizations, and inclusiveness of civilizations beyond civilizational superiority, respects the path of modernization independently chosen by all countries, and advocates seeking wisdom from different civilizations and working together to solve major global issues, contributing China's wisdom and building global consensus to the prosperity of the world's civilizations and the development and progress of human civilization.

Chinese modernization presents a new picture of modernization and expands the path options for developing countries to modernize

"It is hoped that the vast number of developing countries can proceed from their own national conditions and explore new paths for modernization on the basis of learning from the achievements of human civilization. "At the closing ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum in August 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech was thought-provoking. In the history of mankind, no nation or country can become strong and rejuvenated by relying on external forces, copying foreign models, and following in the footsteps of others. Some developing countries have suffered setbacks in the process of completely copying the Western modernization model, resulting in economic stagnation and social turmoil, which fully shows that in order to modernize, a country must not only follow the general laws of modernization, but also base itself on its own national conditions. Chinese modernization has embarked on a new path of modernization that combines the common characteristics of the modernization of all countries and is based on its own national conditions, interprets the development path different from the Western model in the process of human civilization towards modern civilization with a new look, breaks the myth of "modernization = Westernization", and also breaks the paradox that "economic development and social stability are usually difficult to achieve both in the process of modernization" put forward by Western scholars, and better solves the problems of people and things, poor and rich, development and security, man and nature, and people and nature in the process of Western modernization. contradictions between one's own country and other countries. The unique world outlook, values, historical outlook, civilization outlook, democratic outlook, ecological outlook, etc., embodied in Chinese modernization, and its great practice are major innovations in the theory and practice of world modernization. The international community has praised Chinese modernization as creating a "new, unique and enlightening" form of civilization that "points to a higher level of human development" and is a "gift to the world".

For more information, please refer to CIPG's article "Telling the Story of Chinese Modernization"

（策划：旷思思 审核：李艳玲）