Chapter 38 8. The future-oriented Chinese model

China is still rising rapidly and steadily.In contrast, from Japan to the entire United States, from Greece to the entire European Union, today is in crisis.The economy is not doing well, and political crises continue. The West, which is keen to promote the color revolution, suddenly finds itself facing the spread of the "Greek Spring" and the threat of "Occupy Wall Street".The model of China's rise has thus become one of the hottest topics in the international community. The Chinese model is still somewhat controversial in China, and there are roughly two types of people who do not agree with the Chinese model.One is to disapprove of the reference to "pattern".They believe that concepts such as "China's road" should be used, because the word "model" will give people a feeling that the development path is solidified, and it may even be suspected of exporting the model.But as far as I am concerned, the "Chinese model" is the "Chinese way", and the "Chinese way" is the "Chinese model".It's just that the expression "mode" is more commonly used internationally. The concept of "model" is interpreted more as a summary of unique experiences in the world, rather than an unchanging and rigid thing, just like the Southern Jiangsu model, Shenzhen model, Pudong model, etc. that we have often mentioned in the past 30 years , is a summary of the experience of reform and opening up in these places, without the meaning of rigidity and imposition.

There is another kind of people who disapprove of the content of the "Chinese model".These people only agree with the Western model. They think that as long as you are different from the West, you have not transformed well.From their point of view, how can China have its own model, there is only a Western model that is universally applicable in the world.Fortunately, most Chinese people do not believe in this evil.If the Chinese did not have their own backbone and insist on their own unique development path and model, then we might even disintegrate the entire country, and talk about the rise of China.

These people have encountered a new dilemma today: their favorite American model is now in deep crisis, causing the assets of the American people to shrink sharply, and the fortunes of the United States plummeted.These people may be able to read the article "American Democracy Has Nothing to Teach China" published by Mr. Fukuyama, a Japanese-American liberal scholar, on the Financial Times in January 2011.Mr. Fukuyama, who once believed that "the development of history to the end of the Western system," wrote such a title is enough to make people sigh. The rise of China is the rise of a large-scale ancient civilization, and her history and cultural heritage are too rich.Moving the American model to China is probably like transforming the eight major cuisines with McDonald's culture. How can it be successful?Our attitude towards the American model should be to learn from its reasonable place, just like McDonald’s, there are many places worthy of our reference, but our basic position is not to let McDonald’s conquer the eight major cuisines, but to use the eight major cuisines to absorb McDonald’s, In the end, it "incorporated" its strengths instead of being conquered by McDonald's.

Frankly speaking, our model also has its own problems, but the performance of the American model and the entire Western model in non-Western countries is really poor.The report card of the Chinese model divided by 2, divided by 4, and divided by 6 is all brighter than that of non-Western countries that adopt the Western model.The performance of the Western model in the West is becoming less and less flattering, otherwise there would be no crisis from Greece to the United States today. Facing the future, in terms of politics, the general trend of China's development will not be to copy the Western political model, but to return to China's local political ideas on the basis of global interaction, especially the "people's support" and "selection of talents". idea.These concepts are also the core competitiveness of today's Chinese model.China is already exploring the combination of "selection" and some form of "election". The effect of this method is obviously better than that of the Western "election" model alone, because it insists that the Chinese "ruling the country must be talents." The concept will help overcome many problems caused by the West relying solely on "elections", such as lack of talent, short-sightedness, populism, and excessive welfarism.

In terms of society, the general trend of Chinese social development will not be the society-state confrontation model advocated by the West, but a model of large-scale benign interaction between society and the state.In terms of economy, the general trend of China's economic development will not be the so-called "complete market competition model" that some of our scholars have wholesaled from Western textbooks, and has never existed in the West, but the existing "mixed economy" model. Further improvement, that is, a modern "mixed economy" model that better combines "people-oriented economy" and "market economy", "visible hand" and "invisible hand".This "mixed economy" model will have a gradual improvement process, but its overall competitiveness has already shocked the West and the world.

China is a country with a population larger than that of the European Union, the United States, Japan, and Russia combined.Over the past 30 years, China has experienced earth-shaking industrial revolution, technological revolution, and social revolution, but the country has maintained unity and stability, and the living standards of most people have improved significantly. We have also successfully avoided the 1997 Asian financial crisis. crisis and the financial catastrophe of 2008.Looking at any country in the world, if one of them can be achieved, it is already great, but China has achieved almost all of them, which is a proof of the success of the Chinese model.

The Chinese model was formed in the turmoil and competition around the world, and behind it is the inheritance of a great civilization for thousands of years.Things with historical background have vitality, and things produced by competition are powerful, so this model will not collapse, but will only be further improved and lead to greater glory.The China model is also one of China's most important soft powers. As China continues to rise, we will definitely be more open, and we will integrate more, wider, and deeper into the world. At the same time, we will cherish and maintain our uniqueness more, because it is these uniqueness that constitute the The great contribution of the Chinese nation to the wisdom and civilization of mankind.The rise of China and the Chinese model have touched the whole world and will continue to touch the world, and we also hope that the world will become more peaceful, humane, just and beautiful because of this touch.