戚振宏大使在斯里兰卡最大英文报纸《每日镜报》、卫报网等知名媒体发表署名文章《中国式现代化的世界意义》
2022-10-27 13:41
    10月27日,戚振宏大使在斯里兰卡最大英文报纸《每日镜报》、卫报网等知名媒体发表署名文章《中国式现代化的世界意义》,从与斯里兰卡政党政要集中收看中共二十大开幕会、聆听习近平总书记报告谈起,全面阐述“何为中国式现代化?”“中国式现代化对世界意味着什么?”重大问题,表示中国通过自身实践成功地打破西方国家对“现代化”的“专利权”和“垄断权”,鼓励发展中国家探索适合自身的发展路径。戚并强调今年是中斯建交65周年和《米胶协定》签署70周年,欢迎斯方共同搭乘中国式现代化的发展快车。文章中、英文全文如下:

中文:

10月16日清早,我很荣幸地与斯里兰卡13个朝野政党领导人、五大对华友好组织负责人齐聚一堂,共同观看了中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会开幕盛况,并仔细聆听了习近平总书记所作报告。在报告中,习近平总书记豪迈地宣告,“从现在起,中国共产党的中心任务就是团结带领全国各族人民全面建成社会主义现代化强国、实现第二个百年奋斗目标,以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴”。

这一铿锵话语如洪钟大吕,响彻了中国大地,激荡着14亿中国人民的心。“中国式现代化”也迅即成为国际社会和许多斯里兰卡朋友热议的话题。

何为中国式现代化?

现代化是近代以来世界各国孜孜以求的目标。如何实现现代化?实现怎样的现代化?有没有通行天下的现代化“万灵方”?这是许多国家政治家、知识界和广大人民苦苦思考的问题。一百年来,一代又一代中国共产党人砥砺前行,将探索中国现代化发展道路作为不懈追求。

从新中国成立后提出的“四个现代化”,到改革开放后提出的现代化建设“三步走”战略,再到中国特色社会主义进入新时代,习近平总书记指出“我们坚持和发展中国特色社会主义,推动物质文明、政治文明、精神文明、社会文明、生态文明协调发展,创造了中国式现代化新道路,创造了人类文明新形态”,中国共产党人带领中国人民与时俱进、一往无前,取得了丰硕理论和实践成果。正如习近平总书记在二十大报告中指出,在新中国成立特别是改革开放以来长期探索和实践基础上,经过十八大以来在理论和实践上的创新突破,中国共产党成功推进和拓展了中国式现代化。

中国式现代化,是中国共产党领导的社会主义现代化,既有各国现代化的共同特征,更有基于自己国情的中国特色。中国式现代化具有五大特征:是人口规模巨大的现代化、全体人民共同富裕的现代化、物质文明和精神文明相协调的现代化、人与自然和谐共生的现代化,以及走和平发展道路的现代化。中国式现代化,将坚持中国共产党领导、坚持中国特色社会主义、实现高质量发展、发展全过程人民民主、丰富人民精神世界、实现全体人民共同富裕、促进人与自然和谐共生、推动构建人类命运共同体、创造人类文明新形态,作为其本质要求。

中国式现代化,既非其他国家社会主义实践的再版,更非西方现代化的翻版,而是立足中华优秀传统文化、将马克思主义基本原理同中国实际相结合、符合世界大势和人类社会发展规律的科学探索。中国共产党所创造的这条现代化道路,也为全面推进中华民族伟大复兴指明了前进方向。

中国式现代化对世界意味着什么?

当前,百年未有之大变局加速演进,世界进入新的动荡变革期。和平赤字、发展赤字、安全赤字、治理赤字不断加重,世界之变、时代之变、历史之变正以前所未有的方式展开。面对“世界怎么了、人类怎么办”的时代之问,中国给出了自己的答案。

中国式现代化将更好地实现世界繁荣。在推进现代化进程中,中国如期打赢脱贫攻坚战,如期全面建成小康社会、实现第一个百年奋斗目标,显著提升了人类社会整体发展水平。中国式现代化,将进一步推动发展成果更多更公平惠及全体人民,不断提高人民群众的获得感、幸福感、安全感;将在继续提高人民物质生活水平的同时,不断丰富人民精神文化生活;将提供更多优质生态产品,促进人与自然和谐共生。让远超当前所有发达国家总人口的14亿多中国人民整体迈入现代化,这本身就是人类历史上的一次重大创举。沿着中国式现代化道路前进的中国,不仅将发展自身,更将造福世界。

中国式现代化将启迪更多国家探索适合自身的发展路径。中国通过自身的实践,成功地打破西方国家对“现代化”的“专利权”和“垄断权”,证明了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。通往现代化的道路不只一条,走什么样的现代化道路、怎么实现现代化,取决于各国的历史和现实,各国完全可以独立自主地走出适合自己国情的现代化道路。中国式现代化克服了西方现代化困境,破解了人类社会发展的诸多难题,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,为人类探索现代化道路提供了中国方案。

中国式现代化将推动全球治理更加完善。中国摒弃西方以资本为中心的现代化、两极分化的现代化、物质主义膨胀的现代化、对外扩张掠夺的现代化老路,摒弃“国强必霸”和“国强必战”逻辑,坚持把国家和民族发展放在自己力量的基点上,走和平发展道路,用鲜明的立场和态度宣誓,中国站在历史正确的一边、人类文明进步的一边。二十大报告明确将“推动构建人类命运共同体,创造人类文明新形态”写入中国式现代化的本质要求,这表明中国在现代化建设的过程中,将始终推动全球治理朝着更加公正合理的方向发展,必将不断为世界和平与发展注入强大正能量。

今年是中国与斯里兰卡建交65周年,也是《米胶协定》签署70周年。我们欢迎斯里兰卡朋友共同搭乘中国式现代化的发展快车,向着各自国家民族的发展复兴、向着全人类更加美好的未来不断前进!


英文:

Chinese Modernization Carries Global Significance
H.E. Qi Zhenhong, Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka

On October 16th, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened in Beijing. I was honored to join withleaders and representatives of 13 Sri Lankan political parties both from government and opposition, as well as five China-Sri Lanka friendship organizations, to watch the opening session and listen to the report delivered by H. E. Xi Jinping General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee together.

In the report, General Secretary Xi Jinping proudly declared, “from this day forward, the central task of the CPC will be to lead the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in a concerted effort to realize the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization.” This solemn declaration resounded throughout the land of China and lifted the spirits of 1.4 billion Chinese people. “Chinese modernization” has soon become a hot topic attracting attention of not only friends in Sri Lanka, but also the international community.

I. How to understand Chinese modernization?

Since modern times, achieving modernization has become a common goal of all countries. Statesmen, scholars and citizens from different countries never quit thinking about these questions: What kind of modernization to strive for? How to achieve the goal of modernization? Is there an identical modernization formula for all?

The Chinese Communists have spent more than a century in exploring its own path to modernization with unremitting endeavor from generation to generation – from the “four modernizations” slogan launched after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, referring to agriculture, industry, defense and science modernization, to the “three-step strategy” for modernization proposed after the beginning of reform and opening up in 1978. As socialism with Chinese characteristics entered a new era 10 years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that “we have upheld and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics and driven coordinated progress in material, political, cultural-ethical, social, and ecological terms, pioneered a new and unique Chinese path to modernization, and created a new model for human advancement”. The CPC has led the Chinese people in forging ahead with the times and achieving fruitful theoretical and practical results in its modernization drive.

Chinese modernization is socialist modernization pursued under the leadership of the CPC. It contains elements that are common to the modernization processes of all countries, but more characterized by features that are unique to the Chinese context in five aspects: a modernization of a huge population, of common prosperity for all, of material and cultural-ethical advancement, of harmony between humanity and nature, and of peaceful development. Chinese modernization also has following eight essential requirements: 1) Upholding the leadership of the CPC and socialism with Chinese characteristics, 2) Pursuing high-quality development, 3) Developing whole-process people’s democracy, 4) Enriching the people’s cultural lives, 5) Achieving common prosperity for all, 6) Promoting harmony between humanity and nature, 7) Building a community with a shared future for mankind, and 8) Creating a new form of human advancement.

Chinese modernization is neither a copy of the socialist practice in other countries, nor a copy of the Western model of modernization. It is based on China’s fine traditional culture that adapts Marxism to the Chinese context, thus conforming to the global trends and the laws underlying the evolution of human society. This path of modernization created by the CPC sets the direction for advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts.

II. What’s the global significance of Chinese modernization?

Today's world has entered a new phase of turbulence, transformation and profound changes unseen in a century. As governance, trust, development and peace deficits facing humanity continue to grow, changes of the world, of our times and of history are unfolding in ways like never before. In response to the question of our age, namely “What has happened to the world, and how should we respond?”, China has provided its own answer for the world.

Chinese modernization will further contribute to world prosperity. In achieving modernization, China has eradicated absolute poverty as scheduled and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, thus attaining the First Centenary Goal, and significantly raised the overall performance of development of human society. Following the path of Chinese modernization, China will continue to promote the gains of development to benefit all its people in a fair way, and enhance people’s sense of fulfillment, happiness and security. Both people’s material and cultural-ethical lives will be enhanced. China will also provide more quality ecological goods to promote harmony between humanity and nature. The modernization of China’s 1.4 billion population, which is larger than the combination of all developed countries, is itself a pioneering work shining in human history. China, advancing along its path of modernization, will absolutely bring more benefits to the world while achieving its own development.

Chinese modernization will inspire more countries to pursue its own development path. China’s practices and achievements have proved that there is no patent or one-size-fits-all model of modernization, thus successfully breaking the monopoly of Western countries in this field. All roads lead to modernization. Every country should independently pursue modernization through a path that is suited to its own history and conditions. Chinese modernization has overcome the dilemma of Western model of modernization and solved many difficulties facing the development of human society. It offers a new option for other countries and nations that want to speed up their development while preserving their independence; and it shares Chinese wisdom and a Chinese approach for mankind to exploring the path of modernization.

Chinese modernization will further improve global governance. China abandons the Western path of modernization that is capital-centered, polarized, full of materialism, expansion and pillage, and it will never go down the beaten track of big powers seeking hegemony or war. China stresses reliance on its own efforts to drive the nation’s development, follows the path of peaceful development, and adopts a clear-cut position that it will always stands on the right side of history and the side of human progress.

General Secretary Xi’s report has made “building a community with a shared future for mankind and creating a new form of human advancement” essential requirements of Chinese modernization, which demonstrates that China, while pursuing its modernization drive, will remain committed to promoting the development of global governance in a fairer, more just and more reasonable direction, and inject strong positive energy into world peace and development.

This year marks the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Sri Lanka, and the 70th anniversary of Rubber-Rice Pact. We welcome all Sri Lankan friends to board the express train of Chinese modernization, and keep forging ahead towards national development and rejuvenation, and a better future of all mankind!