China's development is vital to the world, and China's rise will bring more opportunities and progress to the world without any threat to the world.
At the 2021-2022 China Economic Annual Conference held on December 11, 2021, Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Office of the Financial and Economic Commission, pointed out that China is expected to achieve a total GDP of about 110 trillion yuan in 2021, and the per capita GDP of Chinese is expected to reach 1About $20,000.
At the same time, the United States is expected to grow GDP by 5% in 2021, with a total GDP of about $22 trillion and a per capita GDP of about 6About $70,000.
In June 2009, the English version of Martin Jacques's When China Rules the World was published was widely debated. The book's sensational title is not only difficult for Chinese to accept, but also unsettling for Westerners accustomed to hyping up the "China threat theory."
However, Martin Jacques frankly admits in the preface to the Chinese edition that most of the criticism has focused on the title. He explained that China's rise was not a threat to the world, but rather its greatest contribution to the democratization of the world in the past two centuries.
Martin Jacques argues that Britain and the United States did not really rule the world during their heyday, and neither did China. Therefore, the title of the book cannot be taken literally, it actually refers to the fact that China will become the most powerful country in the world.
How to understand Chinese modernity? Is it "hardware" or "software"? Martin Jacques argues that China's modernity is unique, which is manifested in the following ways: 1) China is not a nation-state in the traditional sense, but a civilized country; 2) the possibility of China's relations with East Asian countries according to the tributary system; 3) China's attitude towards race and ethnicity is different; 4) the Chinese live on a continent different from other nation-states; 5) China's political system is distinctive; 6) China is known for its rapid national transformation; 7) The Chinese Communist Party has been in power since 1949; 8) China will exhibit a combination of developed and developing characteristics.
The Chinese model is a unique development model that may replace the Western one.
China's development path is very different from that of Europe, the United States, Japan and emerging countries in Asia, which is determined by China's unique national conditions. Since the reform and opening up, it has coincided with the first period of China's rise.
In just 40 years, China has coincided with an era of globalization and freedom, and has not been able to rely on protectionism to stabilize its fragile industrial base like other countries.
In addition, China's long-term ideological problems and status as a world power have made China still suspicious of developed countries such as the United States, and we have encountered difficulties in many respects that we should not have encountered.
For example, in the WTO accession talks, it took China 15 years to successfully join, while India easily joined the WTO. In this case, there is no ready-made model for China to draw on, but China's economic development trajectory has shown some unique characteristics that can be called models.
This is mainly reflected in the following five aspects: First, opening up to the outside world is China's basic national policy, and the dependence on foreign countries is extremely high, which is the cornerstone of China's competitiveness. Second, although the degree of marketization is not complete, the participation in the economy is extremely high.
Third, when it comes to major policy decisions, China usually maintains a cautious and pragmatic attitude, trying to avoid shock** and instead adopt a gradual reform approach.
Fourth, investment has made a huge contribution to China's GDP growth, and high domestic savings and foreign investment have provided funds for national development**, thus avoiding the double gap of foreign exchange and savings that developing countries may encounter.
Fifth, China's development is resource-intensive, and although it consumes a lot of resources in the process of development, this unique development model has brought great success to China, including the rapid growth of our GDP for many years, and the strong momentum of development even under the impact of the economic crisis and the epidemic.
At the same time, with the help of this model, we have achieved the largest poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation project in human history, and also produced a number of representative large state-owned enterprises.
China's modernization process was not aimed at restoring the tributary system. Some Western scholars, such as Martin Jacques, have argued that the historical tributary system has the potential to reappear in the future development of China.
They emphasized that the significant gap between China and other dependent states was a key factor in the stability of the tributary system. Some scholars in Japan are uneasy about China's rise, especially after the establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Zone, and they worry that China may restore its tributary system in Asia.
Some scholars in the United States have also expressed concern about this. However, China's modernization process is not based on a tributary system, but on promoting global development through mutually beneficial international cooperation. "
Why do they think that? The key is that they have misunderstandings, or lack of in-depth understanding, of China's cultural genes and political and economic systems. As Chinese scholar Sun Li put it: "China does not have the corresponding environment or capacity to revive the tributary system. ”
If one country wants to give up its sovereignty and pay tribute to another country, it is very difficult to achieve it in the current environment. China has neither the desire nor the ability to practice such a form of engagement characterized by loss of return.
Secondly, Chinese culture is in the process of revival and development, and it does not conform to the characteristics of the establishment of the tributary system. "China Tianxia Center"It is a traditional concept that after the rise of China, it will return to the previous model of international relations, but they ignore the impact of the modern system of international relations on China.
After the Opium War, China underwent a complete transformation, and the traditional system of international relations was destroyed and replaced by a system of international relations with sovereign states as the main body.
In the tributary system, China is always in a state of loss, ** is always in deficit, and the modern system is based on market principles, and it is impossible for China to return to the previous system.
Under the wave of globalization, Western countries are undoubtedly the biggest beneficiaries. However, East Asian countries, especially China, are the real winners. Globalization is not only economic globalization, but also political, cultural, social and other aspects of competition.
Globalization is a dynamic process that evolves in an orderly manner based on political, economic, cultural and social security. Globalization was a double-edged sword, and while it promoted economic growth and information technology exchanges, it also led to developing countries being at the lower end of the production value chain.
China's unique culture emphasizes harmony, peace, and mutual respect. Therefore, China opposes the goal of duality, emphasizes symbiosis and win-win, and is committed to building a harmonious world.
China's position is that even if China is strong, it will not seek hegemony, but will develop and prosper together with everyone. The world of the future should be our common stage, common development and prosperity.
After more than 5,000 years, Chinese civilization has always upheld the concepts of peace, anti-war and anti-bullying. During the Warring States Period, Mozi, the founder of the Mohist school, opposed war, believing that it would only bring disasters to the country and its people, and advocated the establishment of a peaceful society and advocating love.
Only love can avoid war and ensure peace. In the Western Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu's "Spring and Autumn Harvest and Dew Suburban Language" once mentioned that "if the world is peaceful, disasters will not occur", and in Huainan King Liu An's "Huainan Zi Pan Commentary", there is also a description of "the world is peaceful, the politics and religion are peaceful, the people are harmonious, and the upper and lower levels are on a blind date".
Historically, many emperors used "peace" or "Taiping" as their era names in order to pray for peace in the world, such as Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty Liu Zhi and Emperor Wencheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Jun.
In general, peace is one of the core values of Chinese civilization, and we should cherish peace and oppose war.
China's cultural genes have long been deeply integrated into the blood of every Chinese. For those who truly understand Chinese culture, they see the positive impact of China's rise on the world, not the fact that China threatens, dominates, or dominates the world.