Abstract:

The Report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that China’s “path to modernization is the socialist modernization led by the Communist Party of China. It has both the common features of the modernization of all countries and the Chinese characteristics based on its own national conditions.” The Chinese path to modernization is a model of modernization, with the common connotations and features of other modernizing countries. The characteristics of modernization may be the same across nations, but the path to achieving modernization is diverse and the western path is not the only model. China’s unique history, culture and basic national conditions such as “Late-developing”, “Parallel connection” and “Huge population”, mark the Chinese path to modernization with distinct characteristics. China must make its own development path suited to its characteristics. To promote Chinese-style modernization, China must “Always think of problems, make decisions and handle affairs in the light of its national conditions.”

Key words: chinese path to modernization, common features, chinese characteristics, western path to modernization