Chinese-Path Modernization Possesses a Distinct and Profound Cultural Foundation of “Innovation”

There is neither a single modernization model that is set in stone, nor a one-size-fits-all standard for modernization in the world. Chinese-path modernization is not a simple continuation of the master copy of our historical culture, not a simple application of the template envisioned by the classical Marxist writers, not a reprint of the socialist practices of other countries, and not a replica of the development of modernization abroad. Rather, it is an innovative version pursued by developing countries that possesses both the common characteristics of modernization in all countries and, based on China’s national conditions, Chinese characteristics and national features. Chinese-path modernization is, in essence, a modernization led by the Communist Party of China, guided by Marxism, rooted in the soil of China, possessing a profound foundation in Chinese culture, and deeply supported by the people. It is a modernization that can continuously drive the progress and development of a major country with a population of over 1.4 billion, ensure that the Chinese nation, with a civilization history of over 5,000 years, achieves the “Two Centenary Goals” [1]1 The “Two Centenary Goals” refer to the goals of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the centenary of the CPC (founded in 1921) and building a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China (founded in 1949). and thereby realizes the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is a modernization with distinct Chinese characteristics, strong vitality, immense superiority, and significant global contributions. Chinese-path modernization possesses the distinct and profound cultural foundation of “innovation” of the Chinese nation and the Chinese Communists, which is concentratedly manifested in the following three aspects.

世界上既不存在定于一尊的现代化模式，也不存在放之四海而皆准的现代化标准。中国式现代化，不是简单延续我国历史文化的母版，不是简单套用马克思主义经典作家设想的模板，不是其他国家社会主义实践的再版，不是国外现代化发展的翻版，而是既有各国现代化的共同特征、更有基于中国国情的中国特色与民族特色的发展中国家追求实现现代化的创新版。中国式现代化，本质上是中国共产党领导、以马克思主义为指导、植根中国大地、具有深厚中华文化根基、深得人民拥护的现代化，是能够持续推动拥有十四多亿人口大国进步和发展、确保拥有五千多年文明史的中华民族实现“两个一百年”奋斗目标进而实现中华民族伟大复兴的现代化，是具有鲜明中国特色、强大生命力、巨大优越性、重大世界贡献的现代化。中国式现代化具有中华民族和中国共产党人鲜明而深厚的“创新”文化底蕴，集中表现在以下三个方面。

I. Chinese-Path Modernization Is a Modernization Rooted in the Soil of China and Possessing a Profound Foundation in Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture

一、中国式现代化是植根中国大地、具有深厚中华优秀传统文化根基的现代化

Reform and innovation are important driving forces for the progress and development of human society. The history of the development of human society proves that whoever rejects change, whoever refuses innovation, will fall behind the times and will be eliminated by history.

改革创新是推动人类社会发展进步的重要动力。人类社会发展的历史证明，谁排斥变革，谁拒绝创新，谁就会落后于时代，谁就会被历史所淘汰。

The Chinese nation is an ancient and great nation in the world. It is an excellent nation that is hardworking, brave, vigorous, and enterprising, possessing a great spirit of creation, a great spirit of struggle, a great spirit of unity, and a great spirit of dreaming. It has created a splendid civilization spanning over 5,000 years and has made indelible and important contributions to the progress of human civilization. Change and innovation are the deepest national endowments of the Chinese nation, and upholding the spirit of change and innovation is an important historical and cultural gene of the Chinese nation. The *Book of Changes* states: “Be vigorous and diligent all day long, and keep pace with the times.” “When things are at an impasse, they change; when they change, they become unobstructed; when they become unobstructed, they endure.” “Those who adapt to change are those who seize the opportunities of the times.” The *Great Learning* says: “If you can renew yourself for one day, then you can renew yourself every day, and continue to renew yourself day after day.” The *Book of Songs* also says: “Although Zhou was an old state, its mandate was renewed.” [2]2 These are classical Chinese allusions from the *Book of Changes*, *Great Learning*, and *Book of Songs*, respectively, emphasizing constant renewal and adaptation to change. Wei Boyang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in his *Zhouyi Cantongqi* [3]3 *Zhouyi Cantongqi* is a Taoist alchemical text from the Eastern Han Dynasty, often considered a key work linking cosmology, alchemy, and self-cultivation., which belongs to the early classics of Taoism, clearly stated: “At the beginning of governance, discard the old and establish the new.” Tan Sitong [4]4 Tan Sitong (1865–1898) was a prominent reformist thinker and activist in the late Qing Dynasty, executed after the failure of the Hundred Days’ Reform., an important representative of the reformist faction in the late Qing Dynasty, also emphasized in his *Letter to Bao Yuanyou*: “Heaven operates by renewal, and humans live by renewal.” In China’s history, there have emerged a large number of famous reformers recorded in history, such as Li Kui [5]5 Li Kui (455–395 BCE) was a Legalist statesman in the state of Wei, known for his early codification of laws and agricultural reforms., the famous politician and legalist of the Wei State in the early Warring States period; Shang Yang [6]6 Shang Yang (c. 390–338 BCE) was a Legalist reformer whose policies transformed the state of Qin into a centralized, militaristic power., the politician, thinker, and military strategist of the Warring States period; Wang Anshi [7]7 Wang Anshi (1021–1086) was a Song Dynasty statesman who implemented a series of controversial economic and administrative reforms known as the New Policies., the politician, writer, and thinker of the Northern Song Dynasty; and Zhang Juzheng [8]8 Zhang Juzheng (1525–1582) was a powerful Ming Dynasty Grand Secretary who carried out fiscal and administrative reforms during the Wanli reign., the politician of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Precisely because of this, before the 16th century, among the approximately 300 major scientific and technological inventions affecting human life, 175 were invented by us Chinese. China’s farming, textile, metallurgy, and handicraft manufacturing technologies were at the world’s advanced level for a long time, and China’s comprehensive national power far surpassed that of all other countries. Precisely because of this, the famous British expert on the history of Chinese science and technology, foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, and Cambridge University professor Joseph Needham wrote in his *Science and Civilisation in China*: “From the 3rd to the 13th century, China maintained a level of scientific knowledge which the West was unable to match.”

中华民族是世界上古老而伟大的民族，是勤劳勇敢、刚健有为、具有伟大创造精神、伟大奋斗精神、伟大团结精神、伟大梦想精神的优秀民族，创造了绵延五千多年的灿烂文明，为人类文明进步作出了不可磨灭的重要贡献。变革创新是中华民族最深沉的民族禀赋，推崇变革创新精神是中华民族的重要历史文化基因。《易经》讲：“终日乾乾，与时偕行。”“穷则变，变则通，通则久。”“变通者，趣时者也。”《大学》中说：“苟日新，日日新，又日新。”《诗经》中也说：“周虽旧邦，其命维新”。东汉魏伯阳所著的属于道教早期经典的《周易·参同契》明确提出：“御政之首，鼎新革故。”清末维新派重要代表人物谭嗣同所写的《报贝元徵书》也强调：“天以新为运，人以新为生。”我国历史上出现了像战国初期魏国著名政治家与法学家李悝，战国时期的政治家、思想家、军事家商鞅，北宋时期的政治家、文学家、思想家王安石，明代万历年间的政治家张居正等一大批彪炳史册的著名改革家。正因如此，16世纪以前在影响人类生活的重大科技发明约有300项，其中就有175项为我们中国人所发明，我国的农耕、纺织、冶金、手工制造技术长期处于世界先进水平，中国的综合国力遥居世界各国之首。正因如此，英国著名的中国科技史专家、美国国家科学院外籍院士、剑桥大学教授李约瑟在其所著的《中国的科学与文明》（即《中国科学技术史》）中写道：“从3世纪到13世纪，中国一直处于西方望尘莫及的科学地位。”

Viewed from the grand perspective of several thousand years of history, change and openness have generally been the norm in the over 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization. The reason why the Chinese nation has been able to make Chinese civilization the only splendid civilization in all human history that has continued for over 5,000 years without interruption, and the reason why it has been able to endure hardships without decline and withstand trials without defeat, is directly and inseparably related to its upholding of the spirit of change and innovation. The excellent traditional Chinese culture, rich in the spirit of innovation and creation, embodies the deepest spiritual pursuits of the Chinese nation, represents the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, and provides rich spiritual and cultural nourishment for the Chinese nation to pass down the torch from generation to generation, thrive continuously, and grow stronger. It also provides rich spiritual and cultural nourishment for our Party to successfully advance and expand Chinese-path modernization.

以数千年大历史观之，变革和开放总体上是中国五千多年文明历史的常态。中华民族之所以能够使中华文明成为全人类历史上唯一一个绵延5000多年未曾中断的灿烂文明，之所以能够历经磨难而不衰、饱经风霜而不败，与推崇变革创新精神具有密不可分的直接关系。富含创新、创造精神的中华优秀传统文化积淀着中华民族最深层的精神追求，代表着中华民族独特的精神标识，为中华民族薪火相传、生生不息、发展壮大提供了丰厚精神文化滋养，为我们党成功推进和拓展中国式现代化提供了丰厚精神文化滋养。

II. Chinese-Path Modernization Is a Modernization Guided by Marxism That Keeps Pace with the Times and Is Deeply Supported by the People

二、中国式现代化是以与时俱进的马克思主义为指导、深得人民拥护的现代化

For a nation to stand at the forefront of the times and bravely scale the world’s peaks, it cannot do without the guidance of theoretical thinking and correct ideas. Historical experience fully shows that what flag is raised and what path is taken, what kind of banner is used to guide social progress, and what guiding ideology is relied upon to consolidate social consensus, determine the success or failure of the cause and are related to the future and destiny of the Party and the state.

一个民族要走在时代前列、勇攀世界高峰，就不能没有理论思维和正确思想的指引。历史经验充分表明，举什么旗、走什么路，用什么样的旗帜引领社会进步，靠什么样的指导思想凝聚社会共识，决定事业的兴衰成败，关系党和国家的前途命运。

Marxism is the fundamental guiding ideology for our Party to establish the Party and the country and to rejuvenate the Party and strengthen the country; it is the soul and banner of our Party. People-centeredness is the most distinctive character of Marxism, and enabling the people to achieve liberation and live a happy and beautiful life is the unremitting pursuit of the Marxist political party. Emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, and keeping pace with the times are the living souls of Marxism. Marxism must be adapted to the Chinese context to take root, localized to be deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and adapted to the needs of the times to be full of vitality. In advancing the adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context, its localization, and its adaptation to the needs of the times, the “founding fathers” can never be discarded and must not be discarded for even a moment. The adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context, its localization, and its adaptation to the needs of the times have two “founding fathers”: the “founding father of Marxism-Leninism” and China’s own founding father—the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Excellent traditional Chinese culture is the root and soul of the Chinese nation, the spiritual lifeline and prominent advantage of the Chinese nation, and the important foundation for the Chinese nation to stand firm amidst the global cultural currents. This root and soul complement and illuminate each other with the basic principles of Marxism. The Marxism that guides the great social revolution led by our Party to achieve brilliant successes is a Sinicized Marxism, a Marxism formed by the close integration of the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific realities and the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

马克思主义是我们立党立国、兴党强国的根本指导思想，是我们党的灵魂和旗帜。人民性是马克思主义最鲜明的品格，让人民翻身获得解放、过上幸福美好生活是马克思主义政党持之以恒的不懈追求。解放思想、实事求是、与时俱进是马克思主义活的灵魂，马克思主义必须中国化才能落地生根、本土化才能深入人心、时代化才能充满生机。推进马克思主义中国化本土化时代化，“老祖宗”永远不能丢、须臾不可丢。马克思主义中国化本土化时代化有两个“老祖宗”，即“马列主义老祖宗”和中国自己的老祖宗——中华优秀传统文化。中华优秀传统文化是中华民族的根和魂，是中华民族的精神命脉、突出优势，是中华民族在世界文化激荡中站稳脚跟的重要根基。这个根和魂，与马克思主义基本原理相得益彰、相映生辉。指导我们党领导的伟大社会革命取得辉煌成就的马克思主义，是中国化的马克思主义，是马克思主义基本原理与中国具体实际和中华优秀传统文化紧密相结合所形成的马克思主义。

Practice tells us that why the Communist Party of China can succeed and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good is, in the final analysis, because Marxism works, and because Marxism adapted to the Chinese context and the needs of the times works. “The reason why Marxism works is that our Party continuously advances the adaptation of Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times and uses it to guide practice.” The fundamental reason why the Party has been able to lead the people to accomplish, through repeated explorations, setbacks, and pioneering efforts, the arduous tasks that no other political force in China could accomplish, enabling the Chinese nation to achieve a great leap from standing up and growing prosperous to becoming strong, and why the Party leads the Chinese people on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics irreversibly towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, lies in the Party firmly adhering to the guiding position of Marxism without wavering, accurately grasping the general trend of the times, courageously standing at the forefront of human development, listening to the voices of the people, responding to practical needs, persisting in observing, interpreting, and leading the times with Marxism, persisting in using the “arrow” of Marxism to shoot at the “target” of contemporary China, continuously promoting theoretical innovation, knowledge innovation, scientific and technological innovation, institutional innovation, cultural innovation, methodological innovation, and innovations in other aspects based on practice, promptly answering the questions of China, the world, the people, the times, and history, enabling Marxism to exhibit more Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese manner, and providing scientific theoretical guidance for promoting the Party and state’s cause to achieve historic achievements and undergo historic changes. It is precisely under the scientific guidance of the innovative achievements of adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times, based on long-term exploration and practice since the founding of New China, especially since reform and opening up, and through innovative breakthroughs in theory and practice since the 18th National Congress of the CPC [9]9 The 18th National Congress of the CPC was held in 2012, marking the beginning of the New Era under Xi Jinping’s leadership., that we have successfully advanced and expanded Chinese-path modernization.

实践告诉我们，中国共产党为什么能，中国特色社会主义为什么好，归根到底是马克思主义行，是中囯化时代化的马克思主义行。“马克思主义之所以行，就在于我们党不断推进马克思主义中国化时代化并用以指导实践。”党之所以能够领导人民在一次次求索、一次次挫折、一次次开拓中完成中国其他各种政治力量不可能完成的艰巨任务，使得中华民族迎来了从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃，党领导中国人民在中国特色社会主义道路上不可逆转地走向中华民族伟大复兴，根本在于党牢牢坚持马克思主义指导地位不动摇，准确把握时代大势、勇于站在人类发展前沿、聆听人民心声、回应现实需要，坚持用马克思主义观察时代、解读时代、引领时代，坚持用马克思主义之“矢”去射新时代中国之“的”，不断推进实践基础上的理论创新、知识创新、科技创新、制度创新、文化创新、方法创新和其他各个方面的创新，及时回答中国之问、世界之问、人民之问、时代之问、历史之问，使马克思主义呈现出更多中国特色、中国风格、中国气派，为推动党和国家事业取得历史性成就、发生历史性变革提供了科学理论指导。正是在马克思主义中国化时代化创新成果的科学指引下，在新中国成立特别是改革开放以来的长期探索和实践基础上，经过党的十八大以来在理论和实践上的创新突破，我们才成功推进和拓展了中国式现代化。

III. Chinese-Path Modernization Is a Modernization Advanced and Expanded by the Communist Party of China, Which Upholds Integrity and Innovation and Carries Out Keen Reforms

三、中国式现代化是坚持守正创新、锐意变革的中国共产党推进和拓展的现代化

“For the sake of sacrifice, many dared to move heaven and earth; they could make the sun and moon shine in a new sky.” [10]10 A couplet from Mao Zedong’s poem “To Comrade Zhou Shizhao” (1959), expressing revolutionary heroism and determination to transform the world. In modern times, due to the invasion of Western powers and the corruption of feudal rule, China gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The nation was humiliated, the people suffered, and civilization was tarnished. The Chinese people endured unprecedented calamities, and the Chinese nation, which had created a long-standing civilization, encountered a profound crisis in which its civilization could hardly be sustained. What was presented to the world was a scene of decline and desolation, and China was insulted by Western powers as the “Sick Man of East Asia.” To save the nation from peril, the Chinese people rose up in resistance, patriots shouted and ran about, and various plans for national salvation were put forward in turn, but all ended in failure. The birth of the Communist Party of China was an epoch-making event, and from then on the face of the Chinese revolution took on an entirely new look.

“为有牺牲多壮志，敢教日月换新天。”近代以后，由于西方列强入侵和封建统治腐败，中国逐步成为半殖民地半封建社会，国家蒙辱、人民蒙难、文明蒙尘，中国人民遭受了前所未有的劫难，创造了悠久文明的中华民族遭遇到文明难以赓续的深重危机，呈现在世界面前的是一派衰败凋零的景象，被西方列强辱为“东亚病夫”。为了拯救民族危亡，中国人民奋起反抗，仁人志士奔走呐喊，各种救国方案轮番出台，但都以失败告终。中国共产党应运而生，是开天辟地的大事变，中国革命的面貌从此焕然一新。

Since its founding, the Party has always taken seeking happiness for the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its original aspiration and founding mission. It united and led the people in bloody struggles with indomitable spirit, creating great achievements in the New Democratic Revolution; in self-reliance and hard work, creating great achievements in socialist revolution and construction; in emancipating the mind and forging ahead with keen determination, creating great achievements in reform and opening up and socialist modernization; and in self-confidence, self-reliance, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground, creating great achievements in socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era. The Party has adhered to emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, keeping pace with the times, and upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground. It has inherited and promoted the spiritual lineage of Chinese Communists, with the great founding spirit of the Party as its source. Relying on that great revolutionary spirit of “revolution plus hard work,” it has risen from setbacks, broken through in progress, hacked its way through thorns and brambles, forged ahead with determination, strived with vigor, and marched forward courageously. It has pioneered the correct path, led by the Party, of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path socialist modernization. It has painted a magnificent and majestic historical picture of revolution, construction, reform, and rejuvenation, and composed a moving and earth-shaking ode of struggle for saving the nation, rejuvenating the nation, enriching the nation, and strengthening the nation. In just a few decades, it has completed the industrialization process that took developed countries several hundred years, creating two miracles: rapid economic development and long-term social stability. It has profoundly changed the trends and patterns of world development, written the most magnificent chapter in the thousands of years of Chinese history, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process.

党诞生以来，始终把为中国人民谋幸福、为中华民族谋复兴作为自己的初心使命，团结和领导人民浴血奋战、百折不挠，创造了新民主主义革命的伟大成就；自力更生、发愤图强，创造了社会主义革命和建设的伟大成就；解放思想、锐意进取，创造了改革开放和社会主义现代化建设的伟大成就；自信自强、守正创新，创造了新时代中国特色社会主义的伟大成就。党坚持解放思想、实事求是、与时俱进、守正创新，传承和弘扬以伟大建党精神为源头的中国共产党人的精神谱系，凭着那么一股“革命加拼命”的伟大革命精神，于挫折中奋起、在进取中突破，披荆斩棘、砥砺奋进，踔厉奋发、勇毅前行，开创了党领导的以中国式社会主义现代化实现中华民族伟大复兴的正确道路，绘就了一幅革命、建设、改革、复兴的波澜壮阔、气势恢宏的历史画卷，谱写了一曲救国、兴国、富国、强国的感天动地、气壮山河的奋斗赞歌，仅用几十年时间就走完发达国家几百年走过的工业化历程、创造了经济快速发展和社会长期稳定两大奇迹，深刻改变了世界发展的趋势和格局，书写了中华民族几千年历史上最恢宏的史诗，中华民族伟大复兴进入不可逆转的历史进程。

The glorious history of the Communist Party of China, filled with hardship and glory, twists and turns and victories, sacrifice and gain, is a history of unremitting struggle, a history of fearless sacrifice, a history of theoretical exploration, a history of benefiting the people, and a history of self-building. It is also a history of sharp transformation, bravely standing at the forefront of the times, pioneering and innovating, and composing splendid chapters. The “Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party over the Past Century” [11]11 Adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in November 2021, this resolution reviews the Party’s history and summarizes its major achievements and historical experiences. contains over 36,200 characters in total. The term “transformation” appears 11 times, “innovation” appears 39 times, and “reform” appears 86 times. Among the “ten persists” historical experiences accumulated by the Party over its century of struggle summarized in the Resolution, four—persisting in theoretical innovation, persisting in the Chinese path, persisting in pioneering and innovation, and persisting in self-revolution—are directly and closely related to “innovation.” As General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out in his speech at the Party History Study and Education Mobilization Conference on February 20, 2021: “The Party’s experience did not fall from the sky, nor was it copied from books; it was accumulated by our Party through long-term exploration amidst hardships and storms.” The Party’s glorious history of over a hundred years fully proves that daring to transform and innovate is the distinct political character, powerful spiritual driving force, and precious fine tradition of the Communist Party of China. Facts have proven that in the process of exploring, pioneering, and developing the new path of Chinese-path modernization, the Communist Party of China, with its super-strong organizational, mobilization, and leadership capabilities, has always been the leader, planner, and constructor. It is precisely the Communist Party of China, rich in the spirit of upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground and forging ahead with keen determination, that has led the people to “successfully blaze the path of Chinese-path modernization, create a new form of human civilization, expand the pathways for developing countries to achieve modernization, and provide a brand-new choice for those countries and nations that wish to accelerate development while maintaining their independence.”

中国共产党充满着苦难和辉煌、曲折和胜利、付出和收获的光辉历史，就是一部不懈奋斗史、不怕牺牲史、理论探索史、为民造福史、自身建设史，就是一部锐意变革勇立潮头、开拓创新谱写华章史。《中共中央关于党的百年奋斗重大成就和历史经验的决议》全文36200余字，“变革”一词出现了11次，“创新”一词出现了39次，“改革”一词则出现了86次。《决议》概括的中国共产党百年奋斗积累的“十个坚持”的历史经验中，坚持理论创新、坚持中国道路、坚持开拓创新、坚持自我革命这四条都与“创新”直接密切相关。正如习近平总书记于2021年2月20日在党史学习教育动员大会上的讲话所深刻指出的：“党的经验不是从天上掉下来的，也不是从书本上抄来的，而是我们党在历经艰辛、饱经风雨的长期摸索中积累下来的。”党一百多年的辉煌历史充分证明，勇于变革创新是中国共产党的鲜明政治品格、强大精神动力与宝贵优良传统。事实证明，在中国式现代化新道路的探索、开拓、发展历程中，具有超强组织能力、动员能力、引领能力的中国共产党始终是领导者、擘画者和建构者；正是富于守正创新、锐意进取精神的中国共产党领导人民“成功走出中国式现代化道路，创造了人类文明新形态，拓展了发展中国家走向现代化的途径，给世界上那些既希望加快发展又希望保持自身独立性的国家和民族提供了全新选择。”

The best commemoration of history is to strive to create new glorious history. “In fierce international competition, only innovators advance, only innovators are strong, and only innovators prevail.” [12]12 A widely cited statement by Xi Jinping, emphasizing the central role of innovation in national development and international competition. Contemporary China is undergoing the most grand and unique practical innovation in human history. The tasks of reform, development, and stability are unprecedentedly heavy, the contradictions, risks, and challenges are unprecedentedly numerous, and the tests of governance are unprecedentedly severe. The profound changes unseen in a century in the world are unprecedentedly deep, raising a large number of theoretical and practical issues that urgently need answers. On the new journey, various hostile forces will never allow us to smoothly realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The risks and tests we face will only become more complex, and we may even encounter unimaginable stormy waves. The various struggles we face are not short-term but long-term, and will even accompany the entire process of realizing the second centenary goal. [13]13 The second centenary goal refers to building China into a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful by the middle of the 21st century (the 100th anniversary of the founding of the PRC). We must deeply study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, recognize the situation, be vigilant in times of peace, carry out reform and innovation, and stride forward. We must always maintain the courage for sharp innovation, the keenness to dare to be the first, and the vitality to be high-spirited. We must keep in mind the “greatest concerns of the country,” [14]14 “国之大者” (guo zhi da zhe) is a term used by Xi Jinping to refer to the coordinate the two overall situations, [15] and handle the two major tasks well. [16] We must firmly grasp the issue of solving unbalanced and inadequate development, persist in advancing and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization, firmly place the development of the country and the nation on the basis of our own strength, firmly grasp the destiny of China’s development and progress in our own hands, strive to achieve the goals and tasks of the New Era and the new journey, and vigorously write a new chapter of the “two miracles”!

对历史的最好纪念，是奋力创造新的辉煌历史。“在激烈的国际竞争中，惟创新者进，惟创新者强，惟创新者胜。”当代中国正在经历人类历史上最为宏大而独特的实践创新，改革发展稳定任务之重、矛盾风险挑战之多、治国理政考验之大都前所未有，世界百年未有之大变局深刻变化前所未有，提出了大量亟待回答的理论和实践课题。新征程上，各种敌对势力也绝不会让我们顺顺利利实现中华民族伟大复兴，我们面临的风险考验只会越来越复杂，甚至会遇到难以想象的惊涛骇浪；我们面临的各种斗争不是短期的而是长期的，甚至将伴随实现第二个百年奋斗目标全过程。我们必须深入学习贯彻党的二十大精神，认清形势、居安思危、改革创新、阔步前行，始终保持锐意创新的勇气、敢为人先的锐气、昂扬向上的朝气，胸怀“国之大者”、统筹两个大局、办好两件大事，紧紧抓住解决不平衡不充分的发展问题，坚持以中国式现代化推进并实现中华民族伟大复兴，牢牢把国家和民族发展放在自己力量的基点上、牢牢把中国发展进步的命运掌握在自己手中，奋力实现新时代新征程的各项目标任务，奋笔续写“两大奇迹”的崭新篇章！

(Author Biographies: Zhao Zengyan, Dean of the School of Marxism, Henan University of Economics and Law, Ph.D., Professor, Master’s Supervisor; Liu Liu, Graduate Student, School of Marxism, Henan University of Economics and Law)

（作者简介：赵增彦，河南财经政法大学马克思主义学院院长，博士、教授、硕士生导师；刘浏，河南财经政法大学马克思主义学院研究生）

(Fund Projects: Staged results of the 2021 National Social Science Fund Major Project “Research on the Century-Long Ethical Spirit of Chinese Communists” (21&ZD030), the Henan Province Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project “Research on General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Important Discourses on Escaping the ‘Historical Cycle of Rise and Fall’” (2022BDJ001), and the Henan Province Higher Education Institutions Philosophy and Social Science Basic Research Major Project “Research on the Innovation of the Realization Mechanism of Patriotic Education in the New Era” (2021-JCZD-07))

（基金项目：2021年度国家社科基金重大项目“中国共产党人百年伦理精神研究”（21&ZD030）、河南省哲社规划项目“习近平总书记关于跳出‘历史周期率’重要论述研究“（2022BDJ001）、河南省高等学校哲学社会科学基础研究重大项目“新时代爱国主义教育实现机制创新研究”（2021-JCZD-07）的阶段性成果）

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