How to treat the history of one's own country? How to treat one's own traditional culture? These are problems that must be resolved well by any country in the process of realizing modernization.
In the long course of history, the Chinese nation, with relentless determination and will, has traversed mountains and rivers, braving wind and rain, and has undergone a development path different from other civilizations in the world. From the horizontal and vertical Chinese characters, from the thoughts of Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, and Zhuangzi, from the paradigms of classics, histories, and collections, we have constantly realized that the Chinese nation is a unique race, and Chinese civilization is an independent system.
Unique cultural traditions, unique historical fate, and unique basic national conditions have destined that the Chinese nation must take a path suitable for its own characteristics. In the arduous and extraordinary struggle to pursue modernization, our Party has adhered to the "combination of two aspects," leading the people to successfully embark on the Chinese path to modernization. The reason why Chinese modernization is crowned with the word "China" lies in its rootedness in the Chinese land, nourished by Chinese civilization, in line with Chinese reality, and ultimately chosen by the Chinese people.
Chinese modernization is deeply rooted in excellent traditional Chinese culture. The thought of "the people are the foundation of the country, and a solid foundation brings peace to the country" is consistent with the "modernization of a huge population"; the concept of "the way to govern the country begins with enriching the people" is intertwined with "modernization of common prosperity for all people"; the pursuit of "knowing rituals and shame when granaries are full and clothing and food are sufficient" provides value support for "modernization that harmonizes material and spiritual civilization"; the wisdom of "heaven and earth are born with me, and all things are one with me" transforms into the unremitting pursuit of "modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature"; inheriting the "love for neighbors is the treasure of the country," the Chinese nation is committed to "modernization of the path of peaceful development." It can be seen that Chinese modernization is the continuation of ancient civilization, not the annihilation of ancient civilization.
Every country has its characteristics. China is a super-large country, with vast territory, long history, large population, large economy, and huge domestic market; an independent and self-reliant socialist power, walking the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, holding the banner of Marxism, the highest political leadership is the Chinese Communist Party, and the ultimate goal is communism; an ancient civilized country with continuous literary influence, millennia of cultural continuity, multi-ethnic harmony, multi-religious peaceful coexistence, unique language and customs... These characteristics determine that China can only explore a modernization path suitable for itself based on its reality. Chinese modernization is modernization that has grown from the Chinese land, not a copy of modernization from other countries.
Chinese modernization is a brand-new form of human civilization, but it does not start from scratch, abandoning Chinese civilization. Instead, it is gradually created, advanced, and expanded in the renewal of Chinese civilization and the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture. It is not a rejection of Western civilization but actively absorbs all human civilization's achievements, discarding the shortcomings of Western modernization, achieving the transcendence of Western modernization, representing the development direction of human civilization's progress, and making the world's civilization garden full of vitality. Chinese modernization is the result of civilization renewal, not a product of civilization rupture.
The rise of all countries and nations is preceded and based on cultural innovation and civilization progress. Contemporary China is experiencing the most extensive and profound social change in our country's history and is also carrying out the most grand and unique practical innovation in human history. It is not an isolated peak but the point of modernization where the long river of Chinese civilization has reached. "Though Zhou is an old state, its mission is renewed." Chinese modernization is the old state's new destiny for the Chinese nation and will surely rejuvenate Chinese civilization.
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