Deeply Understand and Grasp the Essential Requirements of Chinese Modernization

General Secretary Xi Jinping clarified the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "Adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, adhere to socialism with Chinese characteristics, achieve high-quality development, develop people's democracy throughout the process, enrich the people's spiritual world, and realize all The people are prosperous together, promote the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and create a new form of human civilization". To firmly grasp the mission and task of the party in the new era and new journey, we must deeply understand and grasp the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.

Chinese-style modernization is the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "Chinese-style modernization is socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China". Chinese-style modernization is the modernization led, initiated and promoted by the Communist Party of China, and it is the modernization of upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. As an important content of the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization, "adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China and adhere to socialism with Chinese characteristics" profoundly clarifies the requirements of Chinese-style modernization to adhere to the party's leadership and the nature of socialism from the perspective of historical experience and essential laws, in order to promote Chinese-style modernization. Pointed out the right direction.

The Communist Party of China is the leading force of Chinese-style modernization. Our party explored and promoted Chinese-style modernization in the process of leading the people to successfully create, uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics. The "Chinese-style" of Chinese-style modernization is fundamentally based on socialism with Chinese characteristics. In leading and advancing the process of Chinese-style modernization, our party has always adhered to the correct direction of Chinese-style modernization, adhered to the dominant position of the people, clarified the goals, tasks, and key points of promoting Chinese-style modernization in different historical periods, and continuously deepened the regularity of Chinese-style modernization. Sexual understanding has continuously pushed Chinese-style modernization to a new stage and a new height in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Our party united and led the Chinese people to fight bloody battles and persevere, creating great achievements in the new democratic revolution; self-reliance and indignation, creating great achievements in the socialist revolution and construction; emancipating the mind, forging ahead, and creating reform, opening up and socialism Great achievements in modernization. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has united and led the entire party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country, self-confidence, self-improvement, integrity and innovation, and created the great achievements of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, in order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Provides a more complete system guarantee, a more solid material foundation, and a more active spiritual force. On the basis of long-term exploration and practice since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, and through innovative breakthroughs in theory and practice since the 18th CPC National Congress, our party has successfully promoted and expanded Chinese-style modernization.

Socialism with Chinese characteristics is socialism rather than any other doctrine, and Chinese-style modernization is socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China rather than any other modernization. Adhering to the leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most distinctive feature and the most prominent advantage of Chinese-style modernization, and the highest principle that must be adhered to to promote Chinese-style modernization. Adhering to socialism with Chinese characteristics profoundly embodies the basic nature and development direction of Chinese-style modernization.

Deeply Understanding the Essential Requirements of Chinese Modernization and the Internal Relation of Chinese Characteristics

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: Chinese-style modernization "not only has the common characteristics of modernization of all countries, but also has Chinese characteristics based on their own national conditions". An important aspect of deeply understanding and grasping the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization is to combine the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization with Chinese characteristics, and deeply understand and grasp the dialectical and unified relationship between the two.

Understanding the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization from the perspective of "modernization with a huge population. Adhering to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, adhering to socialism with Chinese characteristics, and developing people's democracy in the whole process are important contents of the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization. More than 1.4 billion people in our country have entered a modern society as a whole, and the scale exceeds the total population of the existing developed countries. The arduousness and complexity are unprecedented. To promote Chinese-style modernization, we must adhere to the leadership of the party and give full play to the party's role as the core of leadership in overtaking the overall situation and coordinating all parties. We must adhere to socialism with Chinese characteristics, give full play to the advantages of socialism in concentrating on major tasks, and coordinate and handle the relationship between all aspects and fields of modernization in overall planning. We must develop people's democracy in the whole process, adhere to the dominant position of the people, fully embody the will of the people, protect their rights and interests, and stimulate their creative vitality.

Understanding the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization from "modernization of common prosperity for all people. Common prosperity is the essential requirement of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and realizing the common prosperity of all people is an important content of the essential requirement of Chinese modernization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has scientifically grasped the new development stage, placed the gradual realization of common prosperity for all people in a more prominent position, united and led the entire party and people of all ethnic groups to complete poverty alleviation and build a well-off society in an all-round way. The historical task of society is to achieve the first centenary goal. Common prosperity is a long-term historical process. We must strive to maintain and promote social fairness and justice, strive to promote the common prosperity of all people, resolutely prevent polarization, and continuously promote the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all people to make more obvious and substantial progress.

From the "material civilization and spiritual civilization coordinated modernization" to understand the essential requirements of Chinese modernization. Material abundance and spiritual richness are the fundamental requirements of socialist modernization. Achieving high-quality development and enriching the people's spiritual world is an important part of the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization. Only by adhering to high-quality development can we continuously cultivate the material foundation of modernization and consolidate the material conditions for the people's happy life. Only by vigorously developing advanced socialist culture, strengthening education in ideals and beliefs, and inheriting Chinese civilization can we continuously enrich the spiritual world of the people. Only by adhering to high-quality development and constantly enriching the people's spiritual world can we constantly promote the all-round enrichment of things and the all-round development of people.

Understanding the essential requirements of Chinese modernization from the "modernization of harmony between man and nature. Promoting the harmonious coexistence of man and nature is one of the essential requirements of Chinese modernization. Respecting nature, conforming to nature and protecting nature are the inherent requirements of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. To build a modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, we must adhere to sustainable development, adhere to the policy of giving priority to conservation, protection, and natural restoration, protect the natural and ecological environment like protecting the eyes, and unswervingly follow the development of production, affluent life, and ecology. Good civilized development path to realize the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

Understanding the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization from "modernization on the path of peaceful development. Promoting the construction of a community of human destiny is an important part of the essential requirements of Chinese modernization. At present, major changes in the world unseen in a century are accelerating and evolving. Building a world of lasting peace and common prosperity is the common aspiration of the people of all countries. We must firmly stand on the right side of history and the progress of human civilization, hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, seek our own development while firmly safeguarding world peace and development, and better safeguard world peace and development with our own development.

There is neither a fixed modernization model nor a universal modernization standard in the world. Promoting Chinese-style modernization is also a process of creating a new form of human civilization. Chinese-style modernization demonstrates the essential requirements and Chinese characteristics from the height of the development of human civilization, completely breaks the myth that modernization is Westernization, expands the way for developing countries to modernize, and provides those in the world who want to accelerate development while maintaining their own independence. Countries and nations provide new choices for mankind to realize modernization.

Firmly grasp the major principles of promoting Chinese-style modernization

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "From now on, the central task of the Communist Party of China is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups across the country to build a modern and powerful socialist country in an all-round way, achieve the second centenary goal, and comprehensively modernize with Chinese style. Promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." Since its founding, our party has united and led the Chinese people in all their struggles to build our country into a modern and powerful country and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. On the way forward, it is necessary to deeply understand the essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization, firmly grasp the major principles of promoting Chinese-style modernization, and provide a strong guarantee and cohesive force for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Adhere to and strengthen the party's overall leadership, and give full play to the greatest advantages of Chinese-style modernization. The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, the fundamental and lifeline of the party and the country, and the interests and destiny of the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country. The essential requirement of Chinese-style modernization is rooted in the most essential feature and greatest advantage of the party's overall leadership. To promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way with Chinese-style modernization, we must resolutely safeguard the core position of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Party Central Committee and the core position of the whole party, safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, and implement the leadership of the Party in all fields and aspects of the cause of the Party and the state, so as to make the Party always the most reliable backbone of all the people when the storm, to ensure that we have a strong political cohesion of unity and struggle, develop self-confidence, and gather the majestic force of unity and unity to overcome difficulties.

Adhere to the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and firmly grasp the correct direction of Chinese-style modernization. The road of socialism with Chinese characteristics is a broad road to create a better life for the people and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Adhering to socialism with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental difference between Chinese modernization and Western modernization. To promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way with Chinese-style modernization, we must adhere to economic construction as the center, adhere to the four basic principles, adhere to reform and opening up, adhere to independence, self-reliance, adhere to the same way and ambition, neither follow the old road of closure and rigidity, nor take the evil road of changing the flag, and insist on putting the development of the country and the nation on the basis of their own strength, we must firmly grasp the destiny of China's development and progress in our own hands.

Adhere to the people-centered development thinking, and always clarify the starting point and end point of Chinese-style modernization. Realizing the people's yearning for a better life is the starting point and goal of my country's socialist modernization. To comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, we must safeguard the fundamental interests of the people, enhance people's livelihood and well-being, and constantly realize that development is for the people, development depends on the people, and the fruits of development are shared by the people. let the fruits of modernization benefit all the people more equitably.

Persist in deepening reform and opening up, and continuously strengthen the driving force of Chinese-style modernization. Reform and opening up is an important magic weapon for the party and the people to catch up with the times and a key move to determine the fate of contemporary China. We must further promote reform and innovation, unswervingly expand opening up, strive to break the deep-seated system and mechanism obstacles, constantly highlight the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and constantly enhance the driving force and vitality of socialist modernization, so as to better transform the advantages of China's system into the effectiveness of national governance.

Persist in carrying forward the spirit of struggle and gather the powerful spiritual force of Chinese-style modernization. daring to struggle and daring to win is an invincible and powerful spiritual force for the party and the people. At present, we are closer, more confident and capable of achieving the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation than at any time in history. At the same time, the risks we face on the way forward will only become more and more complex, and even encounter unimaginable stormy waves. We must constantly strengthen the ambition, backbone, and confidence of the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, do not believe in evil, are not afraid of ghosts, are not afraid of pressure, advance in the face of difficulties, make overall plans for development and security, and make every effort to overcome all kinds of difficulties and challenges on the road ahead. rely on tenacious struggle to open up a new world of career development and constantly win new victories in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

(The author is Dean of the School of Marxism, Tianjin University)

Responsible Editor: Zhao Chenguang