Self-confidence and self-reliance, taking the road of Chinese modernization

　　The education on studying and implementing the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, which is being carried out in depth by the whole Party, emphasizes that we should be good at using Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era to promote Chinese modernization and make new progress and breakthrough. "We must persist in self-confidence and self-reliance" is an important embodiment of the standpoint and method of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, and it is also the standpoint and method that we must adhere to in promoting and expanding Chinese modernization. In the new era and new journey, we should adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, persist in self-confidence and self-reliance, and make Chinese-style modern China more distinctive, more prominent in advantages and brighter in prospects.

　　Show the image of the times of self-confidence and self-reliance. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "There is no fixed model for the road to modernization. What suits you is the best, and you can’t cut your feet." Looking back on the development history of human society, it is not difficult to find that a country should not only follow the general law of modernization, but also conform to its own reality and have its own characteristics. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening-up, our Party has persisted in self-reliance, constantly promoted theoretical and practical innovations of Chinese modernization, united and led the people of China to complete the industrialization process that western developed countries have gone through for hundreds of years in decades, created miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and opened up broad prospects for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is an important theoretical innovation of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the latest significant achievement of scientific socialism to put forward and elaborate the Chinese modernization theory in general. Chinese-style modernization theory abandons the old ways of modernization centered on capital, polarized modernization, materialistic expansion and foreign expansion and plunder in the west, which transcends the western modernization theory, breaks the myth of "modernization = westernization" and shows the world the image of the Chinese nation as self-confident and self-reliant. At present, China’s development faces new strategic opportunities, new strategic tasks, new strategic stages, new strategic requirements and new strategic environment, which puts forward new requirements for promoting and expanding Chinese modernization. On the new journey, we should continue to deepen our understanding of the laws of modernization.Adhere to self-confidence, self-reliance, integrity and innovation, and contribute more China wisdom and Chinese programs to human exploration of modernization.

　　Highlight the theoretical character of self-confidence and self-reliance. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Taking our own path is the whole theoretical and practical foothold of the party, and it is also the historical conclusion drawn by the party’s struggle for a hundred years." In the 1950s, our Party adhered to independence and self-reliance, and gradually formed a development strategy of "four modernizations" in industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology, which set specific and clear strategic objectives for promoting national construction and social development. In the new era of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, our party scientifically judges the characteristics of the times and the international situation, and puts forward "stepping out of a Chinese-style modernization road." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has grasped the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation and the unprecedented changes in the world in the past century, further deepened the understanding of the connotation and essence of Chinese-style modernization, summarized the China characteristics, essential requirements and major principles of Chinese-style modernization, and initially constructed the theoretical system of Chinese-style modernization, making it clearer, more scientific and more feasible. The process of our party’s success in stepping out of the road of Chinese modernization is a process of courageously promoting theoretical innovation in combination with new practice and being good at guiding new practice with new theories. On the new journey, we should inherit and carry forward the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s theoretical character of self-confidence and self-reliance, and persist in using the "arrow" of Marxism to shoot the "right" of China in the new era.Self-confidence and self-reliance create a beautiful picture of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

　　Show the struggle background of self-confidence and self-reliance General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Realizing modernization is the dream that China people have been striving for since modern times." After the Opium War, China gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The people of China are indomitable, making all kinds of attempts and struggling to find the road to modernization in China. For more than a hundred years, our party has United and led the people of all ethnic groups in the country to unite and struggle, creating great achievements in the new-democratic revolution and creating fundamental social conditions for realizing modernization; Created great achievements in socialist revolution and construction, and laid a fundamental political premise, valuable experience, theoretical preparation and material foundation for modernization; It has created great achievements in reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and provided a new and energetic institutional guarantee and material conditions for rapid development for Chinese modernization. In the new era, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core and under the scientific guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country have made concerted efforts to promote historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the country, especially to eliminate the problem of absolute poverty and build a well-off society in an all-round way, which has provided a more perfect institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual force for Chinese modernization. Chinese-style modernization theory is an important theoretical innovation based on China’s national conditions and China’s reality. It is an important part of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, and it is a guide to promote and expand Chinese-style modernization. On the new journey,We should always adhere to self-confidence and self-reliance, and usher in a brighter future of Chinese modernization with United struggle.

　　(Author: China University of Political Science and Law)