Overview
The term "Chinese modernization," also referred to as "Chinese-style modernization" or "Chinese path to modernization," first appeared consistently in the discourse of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2021. A year later, President Xi Jinping formally advanced the concept at the 20th CPC National Congress. The concept crystallizes the CPC\'s decades of governance experience, taking into account China\'s huge population, common prosperity for all, the pursuit of economic, cultural, and ethical progress as a whole, harmony between humanity and nature, and peaceful development. Studies on Chinese Modernization is a series of ten-plus monographs authored by acclaimed Chinese scholars, aiming to offer an overview of the concept and elaborate on its various manifestations such as values selection, national security, digital economy, innovation-driven development, dual circulation, state governance, man-nature harmony, ideological security, the rule of law, energy transformation, and public finance.
After the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the CPC Central Committee led by Xi Jinping mapped out plans for resolving a number of critical issues challenging China's ideological security and promoted a major reform of its ideological work. Ideological Security and Chinese Modernization offers a detailed discussion of how China can strengthen its ideological security from different angles as a step toward modernization, including the development of the CPC, the establishment of a modern economic system, the deepening of reforms on all fronts, and the building of a strong cyber power.
What's New
Examines ideological challenges facing China's modernization effort
