Four superiorities of China's path

Edited and Translated by People's Daily Online

China's development path is not a copy of the capitalist path but rather an innovative path of scientific development that is superior to the past development paths in human history. China developed a scientific outlook on development based on its experiences and has set a good example for other developing countries to follow.

According to the unique scientific outlook on development, there is another promising development path different from the path of being oppressed by the capitalist world or the path of developing into a major power that follows the laws of the jungle.

The country's specific conditions and the features of socialism mainly determine China's path.

The China path, namely socialism with Chinese characteristics, is better than capitalism because it has four superiorities over capitalism in terms of solving the needs of the people — especially the basic living needs of the masses.

The first one is the common prosperity. We insist on socialism because the core of socialism is common prosperity. The advanced productivity we are talking about means opening up the advanced productivity to the great masses, and the whole population of over one billion in China can make innovations. It does not mean only a few people monopolize the advanced productivity.

The development we are talking about means that over a billion people in China can share the benefits brought by development, and the fruits can be enjoyed together by the great masses. China's reform will never stop, and China's scientific development will be realized undoubtedly because they have acquired the advocacy, participation and support of the great masses.

The second one is green modernization. As the world's largest export and manufacturing country, China has a relatively low per unit GDP energy consumption, and the current pollution and emissions are mainly caused by export-orientated enterprises. China has already clearly declared that it will build a resource-conserving and environmentally friendly society. For China, taking responsibility for its over 1 billion people and their descendants means being responsible for the entire human race. China's determination to promote green modernization is unshakable.

The third one is peaceful development. Today's China is a world peacemaker and is a friendly country coexisting with other countries under the principle of equality. China understands and shows its concerns about the people in developing countries that are trapped in wars, poverty and backward states of economic development, and China has tried its best to help them.

The fourth one is the path of justice followed by China. China is the world's only country with several thousand years of continuous civilization, culture and character styles. Former Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong once said, "China should contribute much to mankind. Such contributions have been few over a rather long period. This makes us ashamed." The remarks are also applied to the cultural sector. If the Chinese people lose cultural consciousness and confidence amid economic development, China will lose the legitimacy of its political and economic development. If the validity and justice of China’s socialist path cannot be sufficiently described, China's cultural development will fail.