The Chinese Characteristics of Chinese path to modernization and Its Cultural Connotation Essence | Modernization | Culture
Author: Han Meiqun
A history of human development is a history of civilization that has transitioned from the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom.Chinese path to modernization contains a unique concept of civilization, has distinctive Chinese characteristics, is rooted in the profound fertile soil of Chinese civilization, is based on the thick cornerstone of socialist civilization, and is based on the great practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It has reconstructed the civilized landscape of world modernization, provides inexhaustible spiritual support and innovative momentum for creating a new culture of our era at a new starting point, building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, and comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization, and contributes precious Chinese wisdom and Chinese strength to the development of world modernization theory and practice.
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As the basic national conditions of China and an important feature of Chinese path to modernization, "huge population" not only reflects the practical logic of Chinese path to modernization, but also internally defines the essential attributes of Chinese path to modernization. The large population and complex structure objectively indicate that China's overall modernization is facing extremely difficult and complex situations and tasks. It is necessary to be prepared to deal with various difficulties, adhere to steady progress, gradual progress, and continuous progress. Marxism holds that humans are the subject of social practice, as well as the producers, creators, and promoters of modernization and human civilization. In ancient China, there has always been a people-oriented ideology and excellent tradition of "valuing the people", "loving the people", "being friendly to the people", "benefiting the people", and "benefiting the people".Chinese path to modernization adheres to the people as the center, with the fundamental purpose of meeting the people's ever-growing needs for a better life, and always regards the people as the main creators, acquirers, and sharers in building a socialist modern country in an all-round way. Real people and their social practice activities are the prerequisite for the existence and development of social history. China's population of over 1.4 billion constitutes the most solid foundation and profound force for promoting modernization. So, from a dialectical perspective, "having a huge population size" is an advantage and potential, and a powerful force in advancing the modernization process. On the new journey, how to turn the potential advantage of "huge population" into a real driving force is an important issue to be solved by the CPC in leading Chinese path to modernization. The Marxist mass viewpoint and mass line provide us with important methodological guidance. The people are both the practice subject and the value subject of Chinese path to modernization. To promote Chinese path to modernization, we must uphold the people's dominant position, give full play to the people's dominant role, fully reflect the people's will, and protect their rights and interests. Specifically, it is necessary to adhere to the development concept of putting the people at the center, leverage the advantage of a huge population, gather the powerful force of the people's unity and struggle, and form a good atmosphere of co construction and sharing.
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From the perspective of the development of human civilization, modernization has common characteristics, but different countries and ethnic groups have vastly different ways and goals in achieving modernization. Western style modernization essentially belongs to capitalist modernization, and the value goals, driving mechanisms, and specific strategies for realizing modernization are all constrained by capital and serve the maximum interests of a few asset holders. The polarization of social class structure, polarization of wealth and poverty, and political fragmentation have become the inevitable results of Western modernization.China has long had the concept of "equal prosperity for all" and advocated the establishment of a universally prosperous "Great Harmony Society", providing important traditional cultural resources for the contemporary theory of common prosperity. Chinese path to modernization adheres to the concept of people first and the direction of socialist modernization. Its ultimate goal is to achieve free and comprehensive development of people, which highlights the essential requirements of "common prosperity" of socialism with Chinese characteristics, reflects the superiority of the socialist system, and fundamentally overcomes the internal contradictions of western capitalist modernization. From the perspective of practical and value subjects, the common prosperity of the entire people is not the development and prosperity of a few people, some people, some regions or groups, but rather "no one can be missing", which is the most vivid proof centered on the people; From a practical perspective, common prosperity is not a simultaneous, synchronous, uniform, or egalitarian process, but a dynamic development process that is gradually promoted on the basis of overall efficiency and fairness; From the perspective of practical results, common prosperity for all people refers to the comprehensive and all-round sharing of the achievements of modernization among the whole population, ultimately achieving comprehensive human development and social progress. The common prosperity of all people not only requires solving the problems of wealth creation and distribution, but also requires the equal inclusion of all people in the wealth creation and civilization sharing system, reflecting a modern civilization concept.
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The essence of modernization is human modernization. Marxism holds that human beings, as conscious beings, are the unity of natural existence and social existence, material existence and spiritual existence. The comprehensive development of human freedom requires individuals to possess their own comprehensive essence, that is, the high degree of unity between human naturalness and sociality, materiality and spirituality. Marx's universal law on the development of human society generally reveals the trend and trend of human modernization, and provides scientific guidance for Chinese path to modernization. Chinese civilization has always attached great importance to the spiritual life of people, pursuing both abundant clothing and food, enriching the country and strengthening the military, as well as valuing personal dignity and inner cultivation, emphasizing that "when the granary is solid, etiquette is known; when the clothing and food are sufficient, honor and disgrace are known.". As a form of socialist modernization, Chinese path to modernization inevitably requires people to gradually realize their own free essence through labor, so as to achieve the coordination and unity of material and spiritual needs, natural and social needs. Material abundance and spiritual richness are the fundamental requirements of socialist modernization. "Human beings are essentially cultural beings, not 'objectified' individuals." The people's yearning for a better life is not only a pursuit of material possessions, but also a higher level pursuit of happiness index, interpersonal relationships, spiritual life, and an understanding of the meaning of life. Chinese path to modernization requires that, on the basis of the overall layout of the "Five in One" of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the relationship between the construction of material civilization and the construction of spiritual civilization should be handled correctly from a dialectical, comprehensive, systematic and coordinated perspective, so as to promote the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization, constantly enrich people's material world and spiritual world with highly abundant material and spiritual wealth, overcome the drawbacks of the one-way development of modern people in the West, promote the comprehensive enrichment of materials and the comprehensive development of people, and show the world a new face of socialist modernization.
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The modernization of "harmonious coexistence between humans and nature" is rooted in the excellent traditional ecological culture of China, inheriting and developing philosophical ideas such as "harmony between man and nature" and "Dao follows nature". It also inherits and develops the Marxist view that nature is the inorganic body of human beings, overcomes the traditional thinking limitations of "subject object dichotomy" and "binary opposition" in the West, and walks out a new path of civilized harmonious coexistence that is different from the Western modernization model of plundering and destroying nature.To promote harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, the prerequisite is to handle the relationship between good people, nature, and society. From the perspective of historical materialism, as an organic component of nature, humans belong to and exist within nature. At the same time, humans are subjective, active, and creative beings, and their essence lies in their sociality, that is, through social practice activities, they can achieve free and comprehensive development and social civilization progress. So, humans, nature, and society are a "trinity" of interactive reshaping relationships. The modernization of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, based on a profound understanding of the harmonious relationship between humans, nature, and society, has constructed a new form of harmonious coexistence from the perspective of sustainable development of human civilization. It has found a "golden key" to solve the problem of alienation in the relationship between humans and nature, providing a new solution for humanity to achieve modernization and contributing valuable wisdom to the development of human civilization. On the new journey, we must adhere to the principle of prioritizing conservation, protection, and natural restoration, uphold ecological justice, advocate ecological ethics, and promote the realization of higher quality, higher level, fairer, and more sustainable development to meet the people's daily growth needs for a better life and a beautiful ecological environment. This will go beyond the traditional industrial civilization development model of pollution first and then treatment, and build a life community of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
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Taking the road of peaceful development is the correct conclusion drawn by the CPC from its objective judgment of history, reality and future, and the organic unity of ideological self-confidence and practical consciousness. In the development of over 5000 years of civilization, the Chinese nation has always pursued and inherited the firm concept of peace, harmony, and harmony. The love for peace and the pursuit of harmony have always been the cultural character of Chinese civilization, and the cultural background of the Chinese nation's foreign exchanges is composed of kindness, neighborliness, and harmony with all nations. The CPC has always been concerned about the future and destiny of mankind from a global perspective. It has correctly understood and handled its relations with the outside world from the general trend of human development, the general pattern of world change, and the great history of China's development. It has not only worked for the happiness of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also for the progress of mankind and the great harmony of the world. China not only emphasizes independence, self-reliance, but also emphasizes opening up to the outside world and win-win cooperation. It firmly stands on the side of human civilization progress, vigorously advocates the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, and formally incorporates the "path of peaceful development" into the Party Constitution and Constitution, opening up a new path from peace to modernization. The path of peaceful development, as an important feature of Chinese path to modernization, originates from the ideological tradition of the Chinese civilization of being kind-hearted, good neighborly and harmonious with all nations, and is based on equal exchanges and dialogue between Chinese civilization and world civilizations.In the process of promoting its own development, China is also actively fulfilling its international obligations, providing new opportunities for the world with China's new development, and has embarked on a modernization path of peaceful development with Chinese characteristics, leading the healthy direction of human civilization development.
Chinese path to modernization has broken through the limitations of western capitalist civilization, is a powerful response to the wrong ideas such as "civilization superiority theory", "civilization conflict theory" and "civilization hegemony theory", has enriched human understanding of the laws of civilization development, and is a major innovation in the theory and practice of world modernization. Chinese path to modernization, based on the historical materialism of civilization communication and the logic of human civilization progress, has injected strong vitality and vigor into the process of world modernization with its unique world vision and broad civilization strength.
Guangming Daily
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