at the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the communist party of china, general secretary xi jinping solemnly declared that we have created a "new path of modernization with chinese style". since its founding, the communist party of china has made unremitting efforts to promote china's modernization. in just a few decades, the party has not only gone through a path that took developed countries hundreds of years, but is also solving problems that remain unresolved or are difficult to solve in western modernization. the leadership of the party is the fundamental guarantee for the emergence and success of china's modernization road and the most essential feature of the new road of china's modernization.
under the leadership of the cpc, the new path of chinese-style modernization was laid, created, enriched and developed
general secretary xi jinping pointed out at the second plenary session of the fifth plenary session of the 19th cpc central committee that "since the founding of the communist party of china (cpc) nearly 100 years ago, all the efforts made by the cpc to unite and lead the chinese people are aimed at building china into a modern power and realizing the great rejuvenation of the chinese nation."
during the new-democratic revolution, the cpc led the revolution and created the prerequisite conditions for modernization. the fundamental premise of all modernization is the establishment of a modern sovereign state. only when a country has complete sovereignty can it embark on a modernization road suitable for its national conditions. as soon as the communist party of china was founded, it began its unremitting struggle for modernization. in 1945, the seventh national congress of the cpc explicitly stated: "the task of the chinese working class is not only to fight for the establishment of a new democratic country, but also to fight for the industrialization and agricultural modernization of china." the communist party of china led the people to victory in the new-democratic revolution and established a socialist country under the people's democratic dictatorship, creating the fundamental premise for china's modernization drive.
during the period of socialist revolution and construction, the communist party of china began to preliminarily explore the road of chinese-style modernization. industrialization is the early understanding of modernization by chinese communists. mao zedong proposed to build china from a backward agricultural country into an advanced industrial country. with the gradual deepening of the communist party of china's understanding of the connotation of industrialization in practice, it began to shift from pure socialist industrialization to socialist modernization with industrialization as the core, and gradually established the construction goal of the "four modernizations", namely, the modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology. and initially established an independent and relatively complete industrial system and national economic system, for the formation of a new road of chinese modernization laid a theoretical and practical foundation.
in the new period of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, the cpc pioneered and developed a chinese-style modernization path suited to china's national conditions. deng xiaoping clearly pointed out that "we should adapt to china's situation and walk out of a chinese-style modernization road", and concretely transformed the chinese-style modernization into a "comfortable home". since then, the party has continuously enriched and improved the important connotation and strategic arrangement of "chinese-style modernization". the 12th cpc national congress expanded the connotation of socialist modernization from material civilization to spiritual civilization; the 13th national congress of the communist party of china proposed a "three-step" strategy for modernization, from "adequate food and clothing" to "moderate prosperity" and then to "basically realizing modernization", which drew a grand blueprint for the modernization of chinese style. the 16th national congress of the communist party of china (cpc) proposed to "continuously promote the coordinated development of socialist material civilization, political civilization and spiritual civilization", and took the construction of the "three civilizations" as the fundamental task and long-term goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. the seventeenth national congress of the communist party of china (cpc) put forward the general goal of "building a prosperous, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious modern socialist country" and called for the construction of ecological civilization.
as socialism with chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the cpc has deepened its understanding of the chinese-style modernization path. in a speech celebrating the centenary of the founding of the communist party of china (cpc), general secretary xi jinping said, "by upholding and developing socialism with chinese characteristics and promoting coordinated development of material, political, spiritual, social, and ecological progress, we have created a new path of chinese-style modernization and a new form of human civilization." the "new path of chinese-style modernization" was created on the basis of adherence to the "path of chinese-style modernization" and in the course of upholding and developing the path of socialism with chinese characteristics in the new era. it has chinese characteristics and conforms to china's realities. it is a modernization characterized by a huge population, common prosperity for all, coordinated material and spiritual progress, harmony between man and nature, and peaceful development.
the leadership of the party ensures that the new road of chinese modernization always moves in a socialist direction
chinese-style modernization is people-centered and committed to common prosperity for all. in exploring the path of modernization, the communist party of china has always taken the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as its fundamental principle and upheld the principle of "development for the people, by the people, shared by the people and tested by the people". general secretary xi jinping has stressed that only by adhering to the thought of people-centered development can we have a correct outlook on development and modernization. the cpc's century-long modernization drive has proved that its people-centered stance remains unchanged at all times and under all conditions.
chinese modernization is socialist modernization, different from capitalist modernization. capitalist modernization is dominated by capital logic and built on the basis of colonial plunder and class oppression. marx once pointed out that "capital comes into the world dripping with blood and filth from head to toe." the "enclosure movement" of britain, the "westward movement" of the united states and the slave trade all marked the "original sin" in the process of western modernization. the leadership of the communist party of china always adhere to the socialist direction of chinese modernization, adhere to the public ownership as the main body, a variety of ownership economy common development and distribution according to work as the main body, the variety of modes of distribution coexist, the organic combination of socialism and market economy, disorder in the development of productivity and at the same time to prevent capital management, promoting common prosperity.
the party's leadership presents the bright prospect of a new road of modernization of chinese style for mankind
china's new path of modernization leads the world in development. china's new path of modernization is a path of coordinated, five-sphere development. in terms of material progress, we will promote all-round human development and common prosperity for all. in political civilization, insist on representing the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people; in the aspect of spiritual civilization, cultivating socialist core values; in terms of social civilization, it pays attention to the harmonious coexistence of people; in terms of ecological civilization, it pays attention to the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. china's new path of modernization embraces the concept of integrated and coordinated development and gives birth to a new form of human civilization. this is not only consistent with china's national conditions, but also with the law of social development. it can not only effectively respond to the challenges of today's world development, but also lead the development trend of the times.
china's new path of modernization has contributed to world development. just as general secretary xi jinping said, "the modernization of china, the largest developing country in the world, means that the chinese people, more than the combined population of all developed countries, will join the ranks of modernization, and its impact will be worldwide." from a new type of international relations to a community with a shared future for mankind to the belt and road initiative, china has pursued win-win cooperation while pursuing its own development and worked for the common prosperity of all countries in the world. in addition, china's new path of modernization is also playing an exemplary role in solving global problems when it comes to improving the environment and solving poverty.
the new path of chinese-style modernization offers a new choice for countries around the world to explore. the path of modernization under the leadership of the communist party of china is based on china's national conditions and "follows its own path" independently. china's modernization is a process of parallel development, which is different from that of western developed countries. industrialization, it application, urbanization and agricultural modernization have all been developed in tandem. "china has provided successful experience and bright prospects for other developing countries to achieve modernization." the successful development of chinese-style modernization fully proves that there is no fixed pattern on the road of modernization. as long as we find the right direction and follow our own path, we will surely achieve modernization.
source: party construction network