Chinese  Wisdom on the Modernization of Governance
China 2049: The Drive for National Rejuvenation
Author: Tian Yingkui Price: RMB 96 Paperback, 226 pages Published by Foreign Languages Press
By staff reporter ZHOU LIN
BOOK REpORt 2021 marks the centenary of the
founding of the Communist
Party of China (CPC). In this year,
China is also completing the build-
ing of a moderately prosperous soci-
ety in all respects. That means after
a century of endless exploration and
unremitting struggles, the CPC has
embarked on a path pursuing the
modernization of national gover-
nance with Chinese characteristics,
honoring its commitment to build
a prosperous and strong modern
China.
In 2049, when Chinese people
celebrate the centennial of the
founding of the People’s Republic
of China, China will have become a
prosperous, democratic, culturally
advanced, and harmonious socialist
modern country. To adhere to and
improve the socialist system with
Chinese characteristics and advance
the modernization of China and its
system and capacity for governance,
the Central Committee of the CPC
has set an overall goal to fully realize
the modernization of the national
governance system and governance
capabilities. By achieving this goal,
it will make the Chinese socialist
system more consolidated and fully
demonstrate its strength.
While working towards the great
rejuvenation of China in 2049 and
the comprehensive construction
of a modern and strong socialist
country, what kind of moderniza-
tion does China need, and how will
it achieve that goal? During the
process of forging ahead towards
the modernization of national gov-
ernance, what new starting point
is China standing at presently? And
what challenges will China face?
The book’s author, Tian Yingkui,
is a professor at the Party School of
the CPC Central Committee, also
known as the National Academy
of Governance. Tian has focused
his research on macro-economy,
finance, institutional reform, and
economic policies. In this book, he
chose modernization as the main
topic to discuss how to solve the
problems which have emerged in
the modernization of national gov-
ernance in areas of economy, poli-
tics, culture, society, and ecology,
and achieve a modern governance
that is fair, efficient, sustainable,
and has high quality. It is a must
read for those who are interested
in understanding China’s goals of
advancing the modernization of its
system and capacity for governance
by adhering to and improving the
socialist system with Chinese char-
acteristics.
The book is divided into eight
chapters that touch on such top-
ics as the realization of the great
rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
in 2049, China’s economic, political,
cultural, social and environmen-
tal modernization, international
governance, and the mission of the
Party towards national rejuvena-
tion. In the first chapter, the author
points out clearly the importance
of building a modern, people-
centered governance system. He
then explains in detail how to build
a modernized governance system
which ensures economic develop-
ment and fair distribution; how to
realize the modernization of public
power via improving democratic
politics and the rule of law; how
to achieve the modernization of
a cultural governance ensured by
education, science, and technology;
how to carry out the modernization
of social governance that features
fairness, justice, and the improve-
ment of people’s livelihood; and how
to complete the modernization of
ecological governance considering
resource conservation and green de-
velopment. In the last two chapters,
the author discusses China’s con-
cepts on global governance, which
aims to build a community with a
shared future for mankind, and an-
swers the question of how the CPC
will lead Chinese people towards
national rejuvenation through the
modernization of China’s system
and capacity for governance in the
new era.
By introducing the basic content
and fundamental strategies of
China’s governance, the author sum-
marizes China’s experience, explores
its unique development path, and
reveals how China, being a develop-
ing country with a large population,
can coordinate and properly handle
all kinds of problems in the areas of
economy, politics, society, culture,
and environment during the process
of realizing socialist modernization.
The author also explores how China’s
governance reflects the laws govern-
ing development in the modern
era, so as to move towards a society
which develops with a respect for
the spirit of science and democracy,
while obeying the rule of law. Only
with this kind of governance can
China satisfy the people’s growing
needs for a better life, represent the
wisdom and strength of the Chinese
nation’s modernized governance,
and achieve the goal of becoming
a prosperous, strong, democratic,
culturally advanced, and harmoni-
ous modern socialist country.governance
A consensus reached after
analyzing history is that: When
a country has a higher level and
stronger capacity for governance, it
develops in a healthier manner with
a prosperous economy and society;
but when a country has a poor and
weak governance, it loses its ability
to guarantee its economic and social
development. The modernization of
national governance is the common
pursuit of all countries, but different
countries have completely different
institutional forms, path choices,
and methods for reaching that
end goal. The CPC can neither find
ready-made answers in the classic
works of Marxism-Leninism, nor
borrow existing models from the
political practices of other countries.
The only way is to proceed with
China’s national condition, change
with the times, adopt methods that
combine the top-level design and
gradual adjustments, and blaze a
new path for the modernization of
national governance with Chinese
characteristics.
Zheng Yongnian, a well-
known scholar of China studies
who was a professor and director
of the East Asian Institute, Na-
tional University of Singapore,
pointed out in a speech he delivered
in October 2014 that the CPC has
been in power for a long time and is
very good at formulating long-term
development goals, which means a
lot to its long-lasting governance.
Just as Zheng observed, two months
later, Chinese President Xi Jinping
proposed the four-pronged compre-
hensive strategy, namely to make
comprehensive moves to finish
building a moderately prosper-
ous society in all respects, deepen
reform, advance law-based gover-
nance, and strengthen Party self-
governance. This strategic deploy-
ment is like a strategy deployment
in the game Go, in which visionary
players must be always adept at
giving full play to the overall func-
tion of every piece and make full
use of the time and position, so as
to maximize the effectiveness of
limited resources.C
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July 2021

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