[Li Xiang China] Correctly understand and grasp the socialist nature of Chinese modernization.

　　Author: Huang Kun, Deputy Director and Professor of Chinese Modernization Research Center of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National School of Administration)

　　On July 26th, 2022, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized at the seminar for leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial levels on "Learning the spirit of the important speech of General Secretary of the Supreme Leader and Meeting the 20th Party Congress" that "the modernization we are advancing is the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), and we must persist in promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization", and clearly pointed out the socialist nature of Chinese modernization. Scientific understanding and grasping the socialist nature of Chinese-style modernization is of great significance to deeply understand Chinese-style modernization and ensure its stability and far-reaching development.

　　Adhering to Chinese modernization to promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has made it clear that only socialism can save China and only socialism can develop China.

　　Exploring the road of national rejuvenation has started since the Chinese nation faced the invasion of western powers in modern times, which is manifested in the hard exploration of utensils, systems and ideas in order to save the weak China. Due to class attributes and historical limitations, these explorations ended in failure. The real opening of the road to national rejuvenation began with the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the struggle for national independence and people’s liberation. Since its birth, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has devoted himself to the prosperity of the country, the happiness of the people and the rejuvenation of the nation. The dream of rejuvenation and modernization runs through the whole century of party history and has become the biggest theme of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s century-long struggle.

　　During the period of the new-democratic revolution, the Communist Party of China (CPC) fought for national independence and people’s liberation through arduous armed struggle, united and led the people of the whole country to overthrow the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism, and established a new China, which created fundamental social conditions for realizing Chinese modernization and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, the party led the people to overcome a series of severe challenges in politics, economy and military affairs, successfully completed socialist transformation, realized the transformation from new democracy to socialism, established a brand-new socialist system with strong vitality on the ancient land of China, and laid a fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for realizing Chinese modernization and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In the new era of reform, opening-up and socialist modernization, the Party United and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, made a historic decision to shift the work center of the Party and the state to economic construction and carry out reform and opening-up, successfully created Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and provided new and energetic institutional guarantee and rapid development material conditions for realizing Chinese modernization and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. With great historical initiative, great political courage and strong responsibility, our party has provided a more perfect institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual force for realizing Chinese modernization and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has shown unprecedented bright prospects.

　　It is through the unremitting struggle and exploration in the past century that we have found the correct way to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, that is, the road of modernization in Socialism with Chinese characteristics and China. "Promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization" is an important experience for the success of our cause. In essence, Chinese-style modernization is socialist modernization, the concretization of Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s development path and the realistic path of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Chinese-style modernization, like Socialism with Chinese characteristics, is the inevitable result of the historical logic, theoretical logic and practical logic of China people’s long-term struggle in modern times, which has a profound historical origin and a broad realistic foundation. Historical facts show that the closed and rigid old road is a dead end, and the evil road of changing the flag is a dead end. Only the Socialism with Chinese characteristics road and the Chinese modernization road are the new road, the right road and the main road to develop and strengthen China and prosper and stabilize China. Only socialism can save China and only socialism can develop China. Socialism with Chinese characteristics and Chinese modernization not only point out the direction for realizing the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation, but also provide the fundamental guarantee for realizing the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation. The great practice of modernization in Socialism with Chinese characteristics and China has not only enabled our country to develop rapidly, improved the living standards of our people, and enabled the Chinese nation to catch up with the trend of the times and usher in the bright future of great rejuvenation, but also enabled the people of China and the Chinese nation to make great contributions to world peace and development. As it turns out,To build a powerful socialist modernization country in an all-round way and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must unswervingly adhere to and develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics and Chinese modernization.

　　Adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and clarify the essential characteristics and fundamental guarantee of Chinese modernization.

　　The party’s leadership is the root and lifeline of the party and the country, and it is the interest and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups in the country. The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership is the most essential feature of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is also the most essential feature of Chinese modernization. Adhering to the party’s leadership over Chinese modernization is fundamentally related to the future and destiny of Chinese modernization and the fundamental guarantee for Chinese modernization to adhere to the socialist direction.

　　Chinese-style modernization is a modernization with a specific development process, stages and social attributes, which is different from both western developed countries and other developing countries. Its task is more arduous, its course is more complicated and its nature is more special. From the development process, Chinese modernization is a "parallel" modernization. Different from the "series" modernization development process in western developed countries, industrialization, urbanization, agricultural modernization and informatization develop in sequence, while China’s modernization is the "parallel" superposition development of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization, with multiple modernization processes developing in coordination and multiple modernization goals being realized simultaneously. From the development stage, Chinese modernization is catch-up modernization. As a developing country, China’s modernization was launched only after the success of modernization in developed countries. The problems it encountered were very different from the international environment, and even faced with the obstruction and containment of developed countries. The tasks it faced were more arduous and special, and the development environment was more complicated and uncertain. In particular, the world today is experiencing a great change that has never happened in a hundred years. China’s socialist modernization is facing a more severe domestic and international situation, and the risks and challenges are obviously increasing. From the perspective of social attributes, Chinese modernization is socialist modernization. The nature of socialism is the most remarkable and fundamental social attribute that China’s modernization is different from the western modernization.China’s socialist modernization can’t follow the modernization road of western developed countries’ internal oppression and exploitation, foreign aggression and plunder, and create an unequal international political and economic order. Instead, it puts more emphasis on the people-centered development thought and the international relations concept of the community of human destiny, and embarks on a socialist modernization road with China characteristics.

　　The essential requirements of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and the unique and arduous modernization of China make it particularly important to uphold the leadership of the Party. We must uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, lead the way for China’s modernization, create a stable and United political situation, maintain the stability and continuity of the country’s major policies, mobilize the people’s enthusiasm and creativity in participating in national construction and governance, and concentrate the strength of the whole party and society to continue their struggle to realize the Chinese dream of becoming a socialist modernization power and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Adhere to the fundamental purpose of people first, and clarify the people-centered development thought and the essential attribute of modernization with human modernization as the core.

　　"China’s modernization is a modernization with a huge population and the common prosperity of all the people", which shows the socialist nature of Chinese modernization. Chinese-style modernization insists on the supremacy of the people in its fundamental purpose, people-centered in its fundamental position, constantly promoting the all-round development of people and realizing the common prosperity of all people, which embodies the essential attribute of Chinese-style modernization with human modernization as its core and the social nature of socialism.

　　The supremacy of the people is a valuable experience of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s century-long struggle, and it is the root of the great achievements of Chinese modernization. The foundation of Chinese modernization lies in the people, the subject lies in the people and the strength lies in the people. Chinese modernization always insists on development for the people, development depends on the people, and development results are shared by the people. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "The people are both creators and witnesses of history, and they are both historical ‘ People in the play ’ And historical ‘ The playwright ’ " . The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s revolution, construction and reform are all realized in the process of maintaining flesh-and-blood ties with the people and relying on them closely. The people are the main body and source of strength for Chinese modernization. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee clearly put forward that we should adhere to the people-centered development thought, and take enhancing people’s well-being, promoting people’s all-round development and making steady progress towards common prosperity as the starting point and the end result of economic development. Chinese modernization takes the people as the center, emphasizes the people’s position, and always puts the promotion of people’s free and all-round development in the primary position of modernization, which is the most fundamental value orientation of Chinese modernization.

　　Chinese modernization emphasizes the people’s stand and adheres to the people-centered development thought, which fundamentally opens up the consistency between human modernization and the fundamental purpose of people first. Marxism holds that man is the main body of social practice, which is shaped by the real society and realizes his own development in promoting social progress. What kind of modernization to build and what kind of goals to achieve are determined by people. The overall modernization of society cannot be separated from the modernization of people, who is the core content of the overall modernization of society. People are not only the subject of modernization practice, but also the subject of modernization value and the ultimate goal of modernization. The practice of world modernization proves that human modernization is more important than material modernization. Once people’s modernization is ignored or hesitated or lagged behind on this issue, it will inevitably bring great harm and disaster. Socialism with Chinese characteristics, not only bears the heavy responsibility of the times for the overall modernization of society, but also bears the historical mission of continuously promoting human modernization and promoting human all-round development. Comrade Supreme Leader wrote in Zhijiang Xinyu: "People are essentially cultural people, not ‘ Materialization ’ People; Is a dynamic and comprehensive person, not a rigid, ‘ One-dimensional ’ People. " The value pursuit of the people’s subject established by Chinese modernization is essentially the same as Marx’s theory of all-round development of human beings, which is a reaffirmation and creative development of the proletarian as the subject of liberation.It is also a vivid embodiment of our party’s fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly.

　　Adhere to Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s fundamental system, basic system and important system, and clarify the institutional guarantee and institutional advantages of Chinese modernization.

　　Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is a scientific system composed of fundamental system, basic system and important system, and it is the most important system regulation, system guarantee and system advantage of Chinese modernization. Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s fundamental system includes the fundamental system of the Party’s leadership, the fundamental system of the people’s democratic dictatorship, the fundamental system of the people’s congresses, the fundamental system of Marxism’s guiding position in the ideological field, and the fundamental system of the Party’s absolute leadership over the people’s army. It plays a "main beam" and "pillar" role in China’s national system and national governance system, and fundamentally embodies Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s institutional advantages. Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s basic systems are those that embody the socialist nature of our country, stipulate the basic principles of the country’s political life and economic life, and have a great influence on the country’s economic and social development. Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s important system is the subjective system of state governance in all fields derived from Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s fundamental system and Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s fundamental system. Specifically, it is the subjective system of legal rule, administrative management, cultural construction, people’s livelihood security, social governance, ecological civilization, "one country, two systems", foreign affairs, party and state supervision and so on. These fundamental systems, basic systems and important systems are the institutional guarantee and obvious institutional advantages of Chinese modernization.It is the fundamental reason why Chinese modernization has maintained its socialist nature and made great achievements.

　　After more than 70 years of rich practice in New China, the Party led the people to create and develop the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s system has been further consolidated and improved, and Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s institutional advantages have been further highlighted and strengthened. The historical achievements of the founding of New China for more than 70 years fully prove that the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is the fundamental guarantee for the great achievements of Chinese modernization. Socialism with Chinese characteristics system is a scientific system formed by the Party and the people in the long-term practice and exploration. It not only reflects the historical achievements made by the Communist Party of China (CPC) in establishing and perfecting the socialist system, forming and developing various systems, but also reflects that since the founding of New China for more than 70 years, our Party has been able to unite and lead the people to promote and expand Chinese modernization, lay a material foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, generate spiritual strength, create social conditions, and usher in a period from standing up to becoming rich and strong. To take the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and achieve the goal of the second century as scheduled, we must strengthen the linkage between the fundamental system, the basic system and the important system, promote the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system to be more mature and stereotyped, continuously inject new kinetic energy into Chinese modernization, and promote Chinese modernization with efficient state governance.

　　Adhere to the global vision of the new form of human civilization, and clarify the epoch-making significance of Chinese modernization in the history of China modernization, world modernization, world socialist development and human civilization development.

　　Chinese-style modernization is a great change in the continuation, iteration and innovation of civilization. It not only depicts the special law of the continuation of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years, but also explores the universal law of the revival of human civilization, especially in developing countries, and the universal pattern of exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations in the same time and space environment, creating a new form of human civilization, showing Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s remarkable advantages and strong vitality, and fundamentally surpassing the "clash of civilizations" and "western-centered theory" and.

　　On the one hand, Chinese-style modernization is the independent road of the nation-state. No nation or country in human history can achieve modernization by relying on external forces, copying foreign models and following others. Chinese-style modernization insists on putting the development of the country and the nation on the basis of its own strength, firmly holding the destiny of China’s development and progress in its own hands, and always proceeding from China’s national conditions, exploring and forming the correct road in line with China’s reality.

　　On the other hand, Chinese modernization is an open and inclusive modernization rather than a closed and exclusive modernization, which shows the openness and cosmopolitan nature of civilization. Chinese modernization takes socialism as its essential attribute, takes the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom as its value orientation, and adheres to the basic concepts of win-win cooperation and mutual benefit. It is firmly rooted in the soil of China, based on the logic of Chinese civilization development, and firmly follows the law of modern civilization construction. On the basis of conforming to the development trend of the times, it insists on exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, finds consensus in exchanges, realizes development in mutual learning, and shows a distinct openness.

　　Chinese modernization, based on China’s basic national conditions and development practice, conforms to the development trend of the times, opens a successful path for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, transcends the logic of western modernity, breaks the uniqueness of western modernization model, drives developing countries to realize "group rise", promotes the image of socialism and promotes the progress of human civilization, which is of great significance in the history of China modernization, world modernization, world socialism development and human civilization development. In the history of China’s modernization, the Chinese-style modernization road has solved the perplexed and tortuous problem of China’s modernization road since modern times, and combined Socialism with Chinese characteristics with the Chinese-style modernization road, the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has shown an unprecedented bright future. In the history of world modernization, the Chinese modernization road has surpassed the western modernization model, provided a new choice different from the western modernization model, and opened up a new road for developing countries to modernize. In the history of world socialist development, the Chinese-style modernization road has overcome the defects of the traditional socialist model, opened up a new realm of socialist modernization road, and made it possible for socialism to revive, prosper and develop continuously in the world. In the history of human civilization development, Chinese-style modernization road has made new contributions to human exploration of modernization road, created new forms of human modern civilization, and demonstrated the diversity of human civilization development.