ABSTRACT
Chinese modernization is formed in the historical process that adapts Marxism to the Chinese context and to the needs of our times. It represents a great initiative of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people. Chinese modernization has broken through the problematic model of capital-centered modernization found in Western countries, and has established a model of people-centered socialist modernization that has enormous global importance. The essential requirements of Chinese modernization in the new journey of the new era are as follows: upholding the leadership of the Communist Party of China and socialism with Chinese characteristics; pursuing high-quality development; developing whole-process people’s democracy; enriching the cultural lives of the people; achieving common prosperity for all; promoting harmony between humanity and nature; building a human community with a shared future; and creating a new form of human advancement. This is necessary not only for building a modern socialist country in all respects and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also for further adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and to the needs of our times.
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This article was translated from the Chinese by Associate Professor Yexia Sun at the School of Marxism, Northeast Normal University, China.
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Zili He
Zili He, PhD in Economics, is a professor at the School of Economics, Nankai University, China. His research focuses on the fundamentals of Marxist political economy, the political economy of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and modern capitalism. His authored and co-authored works include: Advanced Political Economy (2010), Tell China’s Story to the World through the Political Economy of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (2019), A Political Economy Analysis of the China Model (2021), and Deindustrialization, Reverse Globalization and the Normalization of Economic Stagnation: A New Perspective on Modern Capitalism (2021).
Chuanzhi Wang
Chuanzhi Wang is a PhD candidate at the School of Economics, Nankai University, China. His main areas of research are Marxist political economy and industrial economics.