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Chinese path to modernization is a socialist modernization led by the CPC. The original mission of the CPC and the nature and purpose of socialism determine that the starting point and fundamental purpose of the Chinese path to modernization road are for the vast majority of the people, that is, "development is for the people, development depends on the people, and development achievements are shared by the people". The author believes that Chinese path to modernization takes "people centered" as its value orientation, and shaping "capital people" is not only the direction of Chinese path to modernization, but also gives it inexhaustible power to move forward. The value orientation of people centered can be seen through the five characteristics of Chinese path to modernization.

From the perspective of modernization with a huge population size, putting the people at the center

Chinese path to modernization will modernize more than 1.4 billion people. By then, the global modern population will be more than twice that of today. This huge population modernization will completely reshape the global map of modernization. It is obvious that Chinese path to modernization with such a huge population, and because of its lateness, Chinese path to modernization is far more difficult to achieve than the first western modernization. The current question is, how will China achieve modernization with a huge population size? Can the Western modernization path of human labor and material labor lead to Chinese path to modernization with a huge population? The answer is obviously not feasible. If China's modernization directly applies the Western modernization model, its resources and environment will be difficult to carry. As the saying goes, "Everything depends on people", Chinese path to modernization is the modernization of people in the final analysis, and the people as the main body is the source of strength of Chinese path to modernization, which requires that we must always adhere to the value concept of taking the people as the center. In turn, the people-centered concept will also give Chinese path to modernization the momentum to move forward, not only to provide Chinese path to modernization with rich labor resources, but also to provide it with a huge consumer market. More importantly, in the context of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, the huge population must be transformed into a huge talent scale, so as to output a continuous stream of high-quality talents for Chinese path to modernization and promote high-quality development of Chinese path to modernization through innovation drive. According to the seventh census data, the number of college educated people per 100000 people has risen from 8930 to 15467. This talent dividend has laid a solid mass foundation for Chinese path to modernization with a huge population.

From the perspective of modernization of common prosperity for all people, putting the people at the center

As is well known, Western modernization is built on the basis of an unfair international political and economic order. It is mainly achieved through the crazy plundering of the peripheral regions of the world system and the exploitation and exploitation of the vast working people domestically, which is a form of deprivation accumulation. It can be seen that capital centered Western modernization will inevitably lead to polarization between rich and poor, and the results of this modernization are only exclusive to a few people in Western countries. Chinese path to modernization is a socialist modernization led by the CPC, which determines that improving people's well-being, promoting people's all-round development, and moving steadily towards common prosperity should be the starting point and end point of economic development. Therefore, we have repeatedly emphasized that common prosperity is the common prosperity of all people, the material and spiritual well-being of the people, and not the prosperity of a few. Obviously, the realization of our common prosperity cannot rely on external plunder or internal exploitation. Only by strictly implementing socialist principles can we achieve common prosperity. This means that the realization of common prosperity requires everyone to make arduous efforts, and only by relying on the participation of all the people, everyone's struggle, and everyone's ability can we achieve prosperity for everyone. This shows that to achieve the Chinese path to modernization of common prosperity for all people, we must unswervingly consolidate and develop the public sector of the economy, and unswervingly encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public sector of the economy. Only in this way can we truly ensure the subjectivity of the working people, so as to fundamentally stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the vast number of working people and various economic entities, and can the economic foundation of common prosperity be truly consolidated.

From the perspective of modernization that coordinates material civilization and spiritual civilization, putting the people at the center

Obviously, material poverty is not socialism, but the expansion of material desires is also not socialism. Socialism includes two levels of material civilization and spiritual civilization. Communism is guided by spiritual prosperity based on common prosperity, in order to ensure the comprehensive development of individual freedom in future society. As Marx emphasized in the Economic Manuscripts of 1857-1858, in future society, the development of social productivity will be so rapid that even though production will be aimed at the prosperity of all people, the time that everyone can freely dispose of will still increase. Free time management here is the guarantee for the comprehensive development of individual freedom in future society. Chinese path to modernization always adheres to the purpose of taking the people as the center. The essence of modernization is human modernization, and the ultimate goal of human modernization is to realize the free and comprehensive development of human beings. As the coordination of material civilization and spiritual civilization, Chinese path to modernization, whose main body of civilization is the broad masses of the people, is naturally rooted in the Chinese people, and Chinese path to modernization has thus formed a new form of human civilization. Accordingly, Chinese path to modernization must draw impetus from Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture, coordinate the construction of socialist material civilization and spiritual civilization, and cultivate and practice socialist core values. Since the Chinese path to modernization path has always adhered to human modernization, this value goal presupposes a bright future for human society. In this sense, Chinese path to modernization is the fundamental way to promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and realize the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the lofty ideal of communism.

From the perspective of modernization of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, with the people at the center

Although Chinese path to modernization is directed at the double harvest of material civilization and spiritual civilization, the development of dual civilization is limited under the specific space-time background. Looking back at the history of modernization, it originates from the modernization of the Western industrial revolution, which raised the banner of rationality and science, adhered to the position of anthropocentrism, and transformed the earth in an unprecedented breadth and depth. This indicates that social productivity has greatly improved, human subjectivity has been demonstrated and strengthened, and the appearance of social production and lifestyle is changing rapidly. On the other hand, it also indicates that in the capital centered production mode, instrumental rationality is rampant, material desires are rampant, and vested interest groups disregard the carrying capacity of resources and environment, and carry out excessive development of natural space, resulting in ecological overload and frequent ecological crises. For this result, Engels had long warned us not to be overly intoxicated with our victory over nature. For every such victory, nature retaliates against us. Every victory did indeed achieve our expected results in the first step, but there were completely different and unexpected impacts in the second and third steps, often canceling the first result. It can be seen that the barbaric expansion of human subjectivity is unsustainable, and it will ultimately be constrained by the primacy of natural ecology. Humans need to adhere to the overall world view of "harmony between man and nature", so as to achieve reconciliation with nature. The Chinese path to modernization that advocates the harmonious coexistence of man and nature is inherently consistent with this idea. Chinese path to modernization pursues the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and insists that man and nature are the life community, which goes beyond the western modernization development path of dual opposition between man and nature, and further enriches the stipulation of man.

From the perspective of modernization on the path of peaceful development, putting the people at the center

It is obvious that achieving reconciliation between humans and nature requires the premise of reconciliation between humans. However, before the emergence of socialism, individual survival in human society appeared in the form of confrontation, either between humans and nature or between humans. As the highest form of this confrontation, capitalist society brought about a dual crisis of economy and ecology. The extreme will bring about a reversal, and the prehistoric period of human society ended with this social form. Once the means of production are taken over by society, the struggle for individual survival stops. So, in a certain sense, humans finally broke away from the animal kingdom and entered the true human living conditions from the living conditions of animals. At that time, people who have been ruled by living conditions for a long time began to become the masters of these living conditions. The free development of each person is a condition for the free development of all people. Individual freedom and comprehensive development, social purity and innocence, people truly return to their "class essence", and "capitalized people" are truly worthy of their name. Over the past forty years of reform and opening up, China has increasingly approached the center stage of the world and should make greater contributions to human peace. China should make significant contributions to humanity. "To measure whether we are a true socialist country, we should not only develop ourselves and realize the four modernizations, but also be able to make more contributions to mankind with our own development." As a socialist modernization led by the CPC, Chinese path to modernization is a modernization that follows the path of peaceful development. It is guided by the common values of all mankind. Its essential requirement is to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, which can gather the great power of peaceful development, and then lead people out of the jungle, and ultimately achieve reconciliation between people.