Several Relationships to Be Grasped in Building the Modern Civilization of the Chinese Nation

Building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation connects with the world situation, national conditions, and Party conditions, involves economic and social formations, and encompasses domestic and foreign affairs, national defense—it is a systematic project. In building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to properly grasp the relationships between tradition and modernity, culture and civilization, unity and diversity, and Chinese civilization and world civilization. These dialectical relationships embody the developmental laws of the subject and object, history and future, content and form, and source and flow of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

建设中华民族现代文明，联通世情国情党情，涉及经济社会形态，涵盖内政外交国防，是个系统工程。建设中华民族现代文明，要把握好传统和现代、文化和文明、一体和多元、中华文明和世界文明的关系。这些辩证关系体现着中华民族现代文明的主体和客体、历史和未来、内容和形式、源和流的发展规律。

I. The Relationship between Tradition and Modernity

一、传统和现代的关系

In building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to connect the history, reality, and future of Chinese civilization, to understand what Chinese civilization is, where it comes from and where it is going, what goals it is to achieve, and what form it is to create, and to properly grasp the relationship between tradition and modernity. Only in this way can the modern civilization of the Chinese nation stand at the historical commanding height.

建设中华民族现代文明，必须打通中华文明的历史、现实和未来，认识什么是中华文明，从哪里来、到哪里去，实现什么样的目标，创造什么样的形态，把握好传统和现代的关系。这样才能使中华民族现代文明站在历史的制高点。

Connecting history, reality, and the future. Modern China is the continuation and development of historical China, and modern civilization is the innovation and sublimation of ancient civilization. Without understanding ancient China, it is impossible to understand modern China and future China. Chinese civilization is the only great civilization in the world that has continued to this day in the form of a state. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has emerged from the inheritance and development of five thousand years of Chinese civilization; the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is the innovation and sublimation of Chinese civilization on a socialist basis. The ancient civilization of the Chinese nation provides historical resources, endogenous driving forces, and the root of survival for modern civilization; modern civilization realizes the discarding of the old and bringing forth the new, the inheritance and innovation, and the renewal of life of ancient civilization. Without ancient civilization, modern civilization would become water without a source; without modern civilization, ancient civilization would also become a river that has run dry. Only by basing ourselves on the five-thousand-year history of Chinese civilization can we understand the historical inevitability, cultural connotation, and unique advantages of the Chinese path. Only by inheriting ancient civilization and maintaining the continuity and innovativeness of Chinese civilization can we better create modern civilization. The continuity and innovativeness of Chinese civilization enable the modern civilization of the Chinese nation to take root in the fertile soil of five thousand years of Chinese civilization, endowing modern civilization with profound historical depth.

贯通历史、现实和未来。现代中国是历史中国的延续和发展，现代文明是古代文明的创新和升华。如果不理解古代中国，就不可能理解现代中国和未来中国。中华文明是世界上唯一以国家形态延续至今的伟大文明。中国特色社会主义是从五千年中华文明传承发展中走出来的，中华民族现代文明是中华文明在社会主义基础上的创新升华。中华民族古代文明为现代文明提供历史资源、内生动力和生存根脉；现代文明实现对古代文明的革故鼎新、传承创新和生命更新。离开古代文明，现代文明将成为无源之水；没有现代文明，古代文明也将成为断流之河。只有立足五千年中华文明史，才能理解中国道路的历史必然、文化内涵和独特优势。只有传承古代文明，保持中华文明的连续性和创新性，才能更好地创造现代文明。中华文明的连续性和创新性，使中华民族现代文明植根于五千年中华文明的沃土，赋予现代文明以深厚的历史底蕴。

Adhering to protection and inheritance. An important reason why Chinese civilization has continued without interruption and kept pace with the times is that the Chinese nation has a consistent spiritual pursuit, spiritual characteristics, and spiritual context. Chinese civilization "has formed a unique value system, cultural connotation, and spiritual quality with which the Chinese people view the world, society, and life; this is the fundamental characteristic that distinguishes us from other countries and nations." [1]1 Quotation from Xi Jinping's speech at a symposium on cultural heritage, 2023. The modern civilization of the Chinese nation is a civilization that continues the bloodline of Chinese civilization. The views on the universe, society, history, life, nature, and civilization contained in Chinese civilization have guiding and enlightening significance for building modern civilization. The modern civilization of the Chinese nation retains the genes and codes of traditional civilization and embodies the inheritance and innovation of Chinese civilization. Protecting fine traditional Chinese culture is to protect the genes and roots of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, to protect the entity and carrier of Chinese civilization, and to protect the history and future of the Chinese nation. Only through protection can inheritance be achieved, and only through inheritance can protection be better realized.

坚持保护和传承。中华文明之所以延续不断、与时俱进，一个重要原因是中华民族具有一脉相承的精神追求、精神特质、精神脉络，中华文明“形成了中国人看待世界、看待社会、看待人生的独特价值体系、文化内涵和精神品质，这是我们区别于其他国家和民族的根本特征”。中华民族现代文明是赓续中华文明血脉的文明。中华文明蕴含的宇宙观、社会观、历史观、人生观、自然观、文明观等，对建设现代文明具有指引和启示意义。中华民族现代文明保留着传统文明的基因和密码，体现着中华文明的传承和创新。保护中华优秀传统文化，就是保护中华民族现代文明的基因和根脉，就是保护中华文明的实体和载体，就是保护中华民族的历史和未来。只有在保护中才能做到传承，也只有在传承中才能更好地保护。

Adhering to inheritance and innovation. Chinese civilization continues the spiritual bloodline of the country and the nation; it requires not only passing on the torch from generation to generation and guarding it from generation to generation, but also keeping pace with the times and discarding the old for the new. In promoting fine traditional Chinese culture, it is necessary to properly handle the relationship between inheritance and innovation, with a focus on creative transformation and innovative development. [2]2 "Creative transformation and innovative development" (创造性转化和创新性发展) is a key principle for handling traditional culture, meaning to adapt it to contemporary needs while preserving its essence. Only by deeply understanding the history of Chinese civilization can we effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, and can we more forcefully build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Adhering to the stance of Chinese culture and inheriting ancient Chinese civilization are necessary prerequisites for building modern civilization; continuing the cultural bloodline of the Chinese nation, adhering to discarding the old for the new and upholding fundamental principles while breaking new ground, are the internal logic of building modern civilization; upholding the quality of embracing all things with virtue and adhering to the spirit of unremitting self-improvement are the internal driving forces for building modern civilization; pursuing the realm of civilization as the ultimate goal and achieving the goal of a civilized world are the value orientations for building modern civilization.

坚持传承和创新。中华文明延续着国家和民族的精神血脉，既需要薪火相传、代代守护，也需要与时俱进、推陈出新。弘扬中华优秀传统文化，要处理好传承和创新的关系，重点做好创造性转化和创新性发展。只有深入了解中华文明历史，才能有效地推动中华优秀传统文化的创造性转化、创新性发展，才能更有力地建设中华民族现代文明。坚守中华文化立场，传承古代中华文明，是建设现代文明的必要前提；赓续中华文化血脉，坚持推陈出新和守正创新，是建设现代文明的内在理路；秉持厚德载物的品质，坚持自强不息的精神，是建设现代文明的内在动力；追求文明以止的境界，实现天下文明的目标，是建设现代文明的价值导向。

II. The Relationship between Culture and Civilization

二、文化和文明的关系

In building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to clarify the relationship between culture and civilization. The cultural form of Chinese-path modernization is a discursive expression of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Only in this way can the modern civilization of the Chinese nation stand at the commanding height of ideology and culture.

建设中华民族现代文明，必须明确文化和文明的关系。中国式现代化的文化形态是对中华民族现代文明的话语表达。这样才能使中华民族现代文明站在思想文化的制高点。

Civilization is a marker of the comprehensive state of human society. The comprehensive state can also be called a social formation. A specific economic and social formation is the social foundation of a specific form of civilization. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the social foundation of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. The social formation of contemporary China determines the nature and state of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, and the modern civilization of the Chinese nation reflects the degree and level of development of the social formation of contemporary China. Chinese-path modernization is the necessary path for building socialism with Chinese characteristics. The cultural form of Chinese-path modernization is a holistic reflection of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. The social formation of contemporary China, the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, and the cultural form of Chinese-path modernization are processes of mutual connection, mutual constraint, and mutual promotion, and are also processes in which the connotation is continuously enriched and the form is continuously expanded.

文明是人类社会综合状态的标志。综合状态也可以说是社会形态。一定的经济社会形态是一定文明形态的社会基础。中国特色社会主义是中华民族现代文明的社会基础。当代中国社会形态决定了中华民族现代文明的性质和状态，中华民族现代文明反映了当代中国社会形态的发展程度和水平。中国式现代化是建设中国特色社会主义的必由之路。中国式现代化的文化形态是对中华民族现代文明的整体反映。当代中国社会形态、中华民族现代文明、中国式现代化的文化形态，是相互联系、相互制约、相互促进的过程，也是内涵不断丰富、形态不断拓展的过程。

At the new historical starting point, promoting cultural prosperity, building a strong cultural country, and building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation are the new cultural missions of the New Era. [3]3 "New Era" (新时代) refers to the period since the 19th National Congress of the CPC in 2017, marked by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Among these, promoting cultural prosperity and development is the condition and path, building a strong cultural country is the step and goal, and building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is the result and achievement. Fine Chinese culture is the crystallization of wisdom and the essence of Chinese civilization. The core of any civilization is its cultural system; without a strong cultural system, it is difficult to speak of a strong civilization. According to the connotation, content, and structure of social civilization, building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is a reflection of the comprehensive development and progress of society and is the responsibility of all fronts in national construction; while summarizing and refining the connotation, thought, spirit, and laws of modern civilization, the ideological and cultural front bears an indispensable responsibility and task. From the perspective of social formation, building material civilization, political civilization, cultural-ethical progress, social civilization, and ecological civilization is the main content of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Advancing Chinese-path modernization, through the development of productive forces and relations of production, and the improvement of the economic base and superstructure, continuously perfects and consolidates the national system, promotes the modernization of the governance system and governance capacity, and lays the material and technological foundation for modern civilization.

在新的历史起点上，推动文化繁荣，建设文化强国，建设中华民族现代文明，是新时代新的文化使命。其中，推动文化繁荣发展是条件和途径，建设文化强国是台阶和目标，建设中华民族现代文明是成效和成果。中华优秀文化是中华文明的智慧结晶和精华所在。任何一个文明的核心就是文化体系，没有一个强大的文化体系，很难说是一个强大的文明。根据社会文明的内涵、内容和结构，建设中华民族现代文明是社会全面发展进步的反映，是整个国家建设各条战线的职责；而总结和提炼现代文明的内涵、思想、精神、规律，思想文化战线承担不可或缺的责任和任务。从社会形态上说，建设物质文明、政治文明、精神文明、社会文明和生态文明，是中华民族现代文明的主体内容。推进中国式现代化，通过生产力和生产关系发展，经济基础和上层建筑的完善，不断完善和巩固国家制度，推进治理体系和治理能力现代化，为现代文明奠定物质技术基础。

Adhering to the path of socialist cultural development with Chinese characteristics, building a strong cultural country, and forging new brilliance in Chinese culture require firm confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics [the Four Confidences], firm historical confidence, coordinating the dialectical relationship between cultural construction and economic and social development, and refining the ideological content and spiritual essence of modern civilization from the perspective of ideology and culture. It is necessary to adhere to the "soul vein" and "root vein," [4]4 "Soul vein" (魂脉) refers to Marxism; "root vein" (根脉) refers to fine traditional Chinese culture. adhere to the Second Integration, [5]5 "The Second Integration" (第二个结合) refers to the integration of the basic tenets of Marxism with fine traditional Chinese culture, as distinct from the first integration with China's practical conditions. create the cultural form of Chinese-path modernization, and summarize and generalize the ideological system and discursive system of modern civilization. It is necessary to coordinate the Party's cultural theory and practice, enrich cultural theory with cultural construction practice, guide cultural construction practice with cultural theory, and enhance the vitality of culture and civilization. It is necessary to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, closely focus on the important requirements of the "seven efforts" [6]6 "Seven efforts" (七个着力) refers to seven key tasks in cultural work outlined by Xi Jinping, including strengthening ideological leadership, cultivating core socialist values, and enhancing cultural confidence. proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping to plan various tasks, unify cultural planning and cultural policies with cultural strategy and work deployment, and promote the construction of a strong cultural country from the overall operation of cultural theory, cultural system, cultural layout, and cultural system reform, so as to provide the ideological foundation, spiritual strength, and cultural conditions for building Chinese-path modernization.

坚持中国特色社会主义文化发展道路，建设文化强国，铸就中华文化新辉煌，必须坚定“四个自信”、坚定历史自信，统筹文化建设和经济社会发展的辩证关系，从思想文化方面提炼现代文明的思想内容和精神实质。必须坚守“魂脉”和“根脉”，坚持“第二个结合”，创造中国式现代化的文化形态，总结概括现代文明的思想体系和话语体系。必须统筹党的文化理论和实践，用文化建设实践丰富文化理论，用文化理论指导文化建设实践，提升文化和文明的生命活力。必须坚持以习近平文化思想为指引，紧紧围绕习近平总书记提出的“七个着力”的重要要求谋划各项工作，把文化规划和文化政策、文化战略和工作布局统一起来，从文化理论、文化制度、文化布局、文化体制改革等方面的整体运行中，推进文化强国建设，为建设中国式现代化提供思想基础、精神力量和文化条件。

III. The Relationship between Unity and Diversity

三、一体和多元的关系

In building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to clarify that Chinese civilization is a civilization created jointly by all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation, and to consolidate the creative subject of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Only in this way can the modern civilization of the Chinese nation stand at the commanding height of the great cause of the nation.

建设中华民族现代文明，必须明确中华文明是中国各民族共同创造的文明，巩固中华民族现代文明的创造主体。这样才能使中华民族现代文明站在民族大义的制高点。

All ethnic groups of China have jointly opened up the territorial space on which they depend for survival, created a splendid and brilliant Chinese culture, formed a consistent spiritual pursuit, cultivated a broad and profound national spirit, and forged an enduring and ever-new Chinese civilization. A history of China is a history of the integration of various ethnic groups into a pluralistic and unified Chinese nation, a history of all ethnic groups jointly creating, developing, and consolidating the unified great motherland. The reason why all ethnic groups are united and integrated stems from the mutual absorption of cultures, the complementary economic ties, and the mutual affection among them. Therefore, Chinese civilization possesses unparalleled inclusiveness and integration, as well as an inexhaustible centripetal force and cohesion. Chinese culture is the culmination of the cultures of all ethnic groups, and the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is a pluralistic and unified civilizational landscape. The origins of Chinese civilization reveal the developmental direction of the Chinese national community and the evolutionary pattern of the pluralistic and unified Chinese nation. The unity of Chinese civilization fundamentally determines that the cultures of all ethnic groups merge into one, determines the common belief that the nation cannot be dispersed and civilization cannot be severed, and determines that a strong and unified state is the destiny of all ethnic groups.

中国各民族共同开拓了赖以生存的疆域空间，创造了灿烂辉煌的中华文化，形成了一以贯之的精神追求，培育了博大精深的民族精神，铸就了历久弥新的中华文明。一部中国史，就是一部各民族交融汇聚成多元一体中华民族的历史，就是各民族共同缔造、发展、巩固统一的伟大祖国的历史。各民族之所以团结融合，源自各民族文化上的兼收并蓄、经济上的联系互补、情感上的相亲相爱。因此，中华文明具有无与伦比的包容性和融合性，具有源源不断的向心力和凝聚力。中华文化是各民族文化的集大成，中华民族现代文明是多元一体的文明图景。中华文明起源昭示着中华民族共同体的发展路向和中华民族多元一体的演进格局。中华文明的统一性，从根本上决定了各民族文化融为一体，决定了民族不可散、文明不可断的共同信念，决定了坚强统一的国家是各族人民的命运所系。

The People's Republic of China is a unified multi-ethnic state. New China established a socialist ethnic relationship of equality, solidarity, mutual assistance, and harmony, safeguarding ethnic unity and opposing Han chauvinism and local ethnic nationalism. The great unity of the Chinese nation is the prerequisite and foundation for comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-path modernization. All ethnic groups jointly create Chinese history and Chinese culture, and also jointly build a great modern socialist country. Without the joint struggle of all ethnic groups, it will be difficult to achieve socialist modernization; without the common prosperity and development of all ethnic groups, it is not socialist modernization. The process of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation is inevitably a process of the joint struggle and common prosperity of all ethnic groups, a process of converging into the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

中华人民共和国是统一的多民族国家。新中国确立了平等团结互助和谐的社会主义民族关系，维护民族团结，反对大汉族主义和地方民族主义。中华民族大团结，是以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴的前提和基础。各民族共同创造中国历史和中华文化，也共同建设社会主义现代化强国。没有各民族共同团结奋斗，就难以实现社会主义现代化；没有各民族共同繁荣发展，也不是社会主义现代化。强国建设、民族复兴的进程，必然是各民族团结奋斗、共同繁荣的进程，是汇聚中华民族现代文明的进程。

Forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is the foundation of the united struggle of the Chinese nation. Since the New Era, the Communist Party of China, from the strategic overall perspective of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, has grasped the historical orientation of the Party's ethnic work in the New Era, comprehensively planned and promoted the Party's ethnic work in the New Era, and driven all ethnic groups to strive together for comprehensively building a great modern socialist country; grasped the main line of the Party's ethnic work in the New Era, driven all ethnic groups to strengthen their identification with the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics, and advanced the building of the Chinese national community. Adhere to and improve the system of regional ethnic autonomy, support all ethnic groups in developing the economy and improving people's livelihoods, and achieve common development and common prosperity. Build a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation, forming a powerful spiritual bond that unites people's hearts and forges ahead in unity. To build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to conform to the general trend of the Chinese nation's development from history to the future, from tradition to modernity, and from pluralism to unity, deeply understand and grasp the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization, continuously build a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation at the new historical starting point, and lay a solid spiritual and cultural foundation for forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.

铸牢中华民族共同体意识，是中华民族团结奋斗之本。新时代以来，中国共产党从中华民族伟大复兴战略全局高度，把握新时代党的民族工作的历史方位，统筹谋划和推进新时代党的民族工作，推动各民族为全面建设社会主义现代化国家共同奋斗；把握新时代党的民族工作的主线，推动各民族坚定对伟大祖国、中华民族、中华文化、中国共产党、中国特色社会主义的认同，推进中华民族共同体建设。坚持和完善民族区域自治制度，支持各民族发展经济、改善民生，实现共同发展、共同富裕。构筑中华民族共有精神家园，推动形成人心凝聚、团结奋进的强大精神纽带。建设中华民族现代文明，必须顺应中华民族从历史走向未来、从传统走向现代、从多元凝聚为一体的发展大趋势，深刻理解把握中华文明的突出特性，在新的历史起点上不断构筑中华民族共有精神家园，为铸牢中华民族共同体意识奠定坚实的精神和文化基础。

IV. The Relationship between Chinese Civilization and World Civilizations

四、中华文明和世界文明的关系

To build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to correctly handle the relationship between Chinese civilization and world civilizations, and clarify global issues such as what kind of world civilization to build and how to create a new form of human civilization. Only in this way can the modern civilization of the Chinese nation stand at the commanding heights of human civilization.

建设中华民族现代文明，必须正确处理中华文明和世界文明的关系，明确建设什么样的世界文明、如何创造人类文明新形态等全球性问题。这样才能使中华民族现代文明站在人类文明的制高点。

The diversity of social practice determines the diversity of human civilizations. The civilizations of different ethnic groups and different countries together constitute the garden of human civilizations. The civilizations of various countries share the commonality of human civilization, but also bear the individuality of national characteristics; they are the unity of generality and particularity, unity and diversity, and nationality and globality. World civilizations are characterized by fluidity, interactivity, and intermingling. Chinese civilization is a civilization rooted in the land of China, and it is also a civilization formed through exchange and mutual learning with other world civilizations. Chinese civilization and other world civilizations are interconnected, influence each other, and interact, jointly promoting the development and progress of human civilization. The development of Chinese civilization cannot be separated from world civilizations, and the progress of world civilizations cannot be separated from Chinese civilization. The development process of Chinese civilization is a process of exchange and confrontation, mutual learning, integration, and innovation with other world civilizations. The modern civilization of the Chinese nation adheres to subjectivity in historical inheritance, embodies inclusiveness in eclecticism, pursues modernity in innovation and sublimation, and manifests globality in exchange and mutual learning. To advance Chinese-path modernization, it is necessary to adhere to the unity of particularity and generality, combine the superiority of the socialist system with the outstanding achievements of human civilization, and create the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

社会实践的多样化决定了人类文明的多样性。不同民族、不同国家的文明，共同构成人类文明的百花园。各国文明具有人类文明的共性，也带有民族特点的个性，是一般性和特殊性、统一性和多样化、民族性和世界性的统一。世界文明具有流动性、互动性、交融性。中华文明是植根中国大地的文明，也是与世界其他文明交流互鉴而形成的文明。中华文明和世界其他文明相互联系、相互影响、相互作用，共同促进人类文明的发展进步。中华文明的发展离不开世界文明，世界文明的进步也离不开中华文明。中华文明的发展过程，是与世界其他文明交流交锋、互学互鉴、融合创新的过程。中华民族现代文明在历史传承中坚守主体性，在兼容并蓄中体现包容性，在创新升华中追求现代性，在交流互鉴中彰显世界性。推进中国式现代化建设，必须坚持特殊性和一般性的统一，把社会主义制度优越性同人类优秀文明成果结合起来，创造中华民族现代文明。

The tortuous nature of the social process requires opening up new development paths in solving human problems. In today's world, human society faces multiple crises and challenges: the world economy is struggling to recover, the development gap continues to widen, the ecological environment continues to deteriorate, Cold War thinking lingers, traditional and non-traditional security challenges coexist, and the modernization process of human society wanders at the crossroads of history. Issues of peace, development, cooperation, and governance question the direction of human civilization. Chinese-path modernization, as a new form of human civilization, provides Chinese solutions to global problems. Chinese civilization offers Chinese wisdom for solving the difficult problems of all humanity, makes Chinese contributions to world peace and development, provides Chinese experience for building a just and reasonable global governance system, offers Chinese propositions for addressing global challenges, and provides Chinese solutions for building a community with a shared future for mankind. As General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, "We should promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese civilization, activate its vitality, and let Chinese civilization, together with the colorful civilizations created by the people of all countries, provide correct spiritual guidance for humanity." [7]7 Xi Jinping, "Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations," May 15, 2019.

社会进程的曲折性要求在解决人类难题中开辟发展新道路。当今世界，人类社会面临多重危机和挑战，世界经济复苏艰难，发展鸿沟不断拉大，生态环境持续恶化，冷战思维阴魂不散，传统安全和非传统安全挑战并存，人类社会的现代化进程徘徊在历史的十字路口。和平、发展、合作、治理等问题拷问着人类文明走向。中国式现代化作为人类文明新形态，为解决全球性问题提供中国方案。中华文明为解决全人类难题提供中国智慧，为世界和平与发展作出中国贡献，为构建公正合理的全球治理体系提供中国经验，为解决全球性挑战提供中国主张，为构建人类命运共同体提供中国方案。正如习近平总书记指出的，“要推动中华文明创造性转化、创新性发展，激活其生命力，让中华文明同各国人民创造的多彩文明一道，为人类提供正确精神指引”。

Since the New Era, China, focusing on promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, has adhered to major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, adhered to the path of peaceful development, participated in the reform and building of the global governance system, shaped a more just and reasonable new international order, promoted the democratization of international relations, opposed hegemonism, power politics, and bullying, promoted high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, promoted the common values of all humanity, and advanced exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations. Promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind does not mean replacing one civilization with another, but rather countries with different social systems, different ideologies, and different histories and cultures jointly building a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, and clean and beautiful. Therefore, it is necessary to transcend civilizational estrangement through civilizational exchange, transcend civilizational conflict through civilizational mutual learning, and transcend civilizational superiority through civilizational coexistence, promoting the common values of all humanity embodied in Chinese civilization. Disseminate the concept and image of a civilized China to the world, based on the five-thousand-year Chinese civilization, and comprehensively elaborate China's views on development, civilization, security, human rights, ecology, international order, and global governance. Explain and present to the world a credible, lovable, and respectable image of China, clearly explain what kind of country China is, what kind of civilization Chinese civilization is, and clearly explain the Chinese people's views on the universe, the world, society, and morality, so that the world can understand China, understand the Chinese people, understand the Chinese nation, and understand the Communist Party of China.

新时代以来，中国着眼于推动构建人类命运共同体，坚持中国特色大国外交，坚持和平发展道路，参与全球治理体系改革和建设，塑造更加公正合理的国际新秩序，推动国际关系民主化，反对霸权霸道霸凌，推进高质量共建“一带一路”，弘扬全人类共同价值，推进不同文明的交流互鉴。推动构建人类命运共同体，不是以一种文明代替另一种文明，而是不同社会制度、不同意识形态、不同历史文化的国家，共同建设持久和平、普遍安全、共同繁荣、开放包容、清洁美丽的世界。因而，必须以文明交流超越文明隔阂，以文明互鉴超越文明冲突，以文明共存超越文明优越，弘扬中华文明蕴含的全人类共同价值。向世界传播文明中国的理念和形象，立足五千多年中华文明，全面阐述中国的发展观、文明观、安全观、人权观、生态观、国际秩序观和全球治理观。向世界阐释和展示可信、可爱、可敬的中国形象，讲清楚中国是什么样的国家、中华文明是什么样的文明，讲清楚中国人的宇宙观、天下观、社会观、道德观，让世界读懂中国、读懂中国人民、读懂中华民族、读懂中国共产党。

(Author: Director and Researcher of the Cultural History Research Office, Institute of Contemporary China Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

（作者：中国社会科学院当代中国研究所文化史研究室副主任、研究员）

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