Chapter 12 2. The rise of a "civilized country"

Through a hundred years of unremitting efforts, we have established a powerful modern country composed of upper, middle and lower structures, forming an unprecedented unified government, market, economy, education, national defense, diplomacy, finance, currency, tax system.But our country is different from other countries. Many traditions of our "civilized country" have not disappeared with the establishment of modern countries.On the contrary, they have been preserved and better developed in the carrier of the modern state. British academic Matin Jacques published a controversial and influential book in 2009 called When China Rules the World.Although the title of the book is not in line with the Chinese people's thinking habits and way of life, he is different from other scholars. In the book, he made a more positive exposition of the concept of China's "civilized country". It should be said that he has basically got rid of Western culture. The centralist thinking is worthy of our affirmation.One of his main points is: "There are many civilizations in the world, such as Western civilization, but China is the only civilized country. The Chinese regard the country as the guardian, administrator and embodiment of civilization, whose duty is to protect unity. The Chinese state The legitimacy of China is deeply hidden in China’s history. It is completely different from the country in the eyes of Westerners.” He also quoted my views on the Chinese model in the book, and believed that the Chinese model would be attractive to other countries.His view that China is a "civilized country" is beneficial to our better understanding of China's rise and the relationship between China and the West, and also inspired part of my discussion on "civilized countries".

But Martin Jacques also believes that there will be conflicts between the two characteristics of China's "nation-state" and "civilized country", and this conflict "may pull China in different directions."From this, he infers that China may revive its historical tributary system in some form in East Asia in the future, and that the Chinese people's sense of racial superiority may lead to some kind of challenge to the existing international order.From this perspective, it seems that he has not completely got rid of the thinking method of Western scholars who oppose the "nation-state" and "civilization-state". In my opinion, today's China It is already a "civilizational-state" that combines the "nation-state" and "civilized state" together, and it is a country that combines the strengths of the "nation-state" and "civilized state". A miracle that embodies the great integration ability of Chinese civilization.

I think that as a modern country, China has accepted the main concepts of modern state sovereignty and human rights.China will not restore the tributary system, nor will it embrace racial superiority.I also think that China is first of all a modern country, and the various characteristics of Chinese civilization make it unique. This is the conceptual difference between "civilizational-state" and "civilization-state". difference.The former integrates "civilization" and "(modern) country" into one, while "civilization" and "(modern) country" in the latter are often contradictory.As a "civilized country", from south to north, from east to west, China has never been so old and young, both traditional and fashionable, both Chinese and the world.An ancient civilization with the qualities of a modern country at the same time, the two complement each other and bring out the best in each other. This is today's China.China's "civilized country" has eight main characteristics.These eight characteristics can also be referred to as "four super" and "four special". The "Four Supers" refer to a super-large population, a super-broad territory, a super-long history and tradition, and a super-profound cultural heritage. The "four specialties" are mainly derived from the "four supers", that is, a unique language, a unique politics, a unique society, and a unique economy.Every bit of this involves a fusion of traditional "civilization" and "(modern) state".

We have one fifth of the world's population living on this territory for generations.Compared with Europe, the population of a medium-sized European country is about 14 million, so the population of China is about equal to the sum of 100 medium-sized European countries.From a historical point of view, China's current population size is also formed through the gradual integration of the "sum of a hundred countries" in its long history.India is the second most populous country in the world, but India has not experienced such a long process of population integration of the Chinese nation in history, and its huge population is far from the high degree of cultural homogeneity (same values ​​and lifestyle) of the Chinese. It is far from the cohesion of the Chinese nation.The longest period of unification in Indian history was the period of British colonial rule in the 19th century. Foreign English became the main official language of India. Today, less than 10% of India's total population actually master English.From this perspective, India cannot be a "civilized country".

The population of the entire West accounts for 14% of the world's population, while China's population accounts for 20% of the world's population.With the establishment of a modern country, especially the establishment of a modern education system, educated and trained people are the greatest wealth of our "civilized country".Such a huge population lives in a fully integrated modern country carrier. They are not only influenced by traditional civilization, but also received modern education, so the scale effect produced is unmatched in the world.One of the characteristics of China's development model is: learning + innovation + scale effect produced by a huge population + influence on China and the world.The rapid development of China's tourism, mobile phone, Internet, high-speed railway and other industries all reflect this scale effect.Many foreign companies investing in China have a slogan, as long as they can be the first in China, they can be the first in the world.In a broader sense, due to the demographic effect, as long as China changes itself, it can often change the world.For example, China's automobile production and sales have already ranked first in the world, and then the entire world's automobile industry has begun a certain transformation towards China.The speed and scale of China's urbanization are also the first in the world, followed by a transformation of the world's architectural design industry towards China.With the rise of China, this trend is beginning to expand to more and more fields, such as tourism, aviation, film and television, sports, education, new energy, modernization models, etc.

China's vast territory was also gradually formed from the "summation of a hundred countries" in the long history.Although Russia and Canada are larger than China in terms of land area, they have never undergone the process of integration in the sense of "civilized countries".The former Soviet Union tried to create a "Soviet nation", but with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it disappeared, and various republics dominated by ethnic minorities became independent one after another.If Putin hadn't come to power to reverse the so-called "democratization" led by pro-Western forces, Russia would continue to disintegrate.

Some of us are more envious of the life of a small country with few people. In fact, a big country has difficulties in a big country, and a small country has difficulties in a small country.A small country cannot withstand storms, but when a big country encounters storms, there is much room for manoeuvre.Singapore's ambassador to the United Nations once said to me that although Singapore is relatively developed now, Singapore always walks on eggshells, because any major crisis, such as the terrorist attack like "9.11", may destroy the whole of Singapore. once.Chile is a relatively developed developing country, but after a major earthquake in 2010, its GDP dropped by a large chunk, and the entire economy may be out of breath for two years. Even if China encounters such a major natural disaster as the Wenchuan Earthquake, the entire country The economy stands still.

The vast territory has also enabled China to obtain geographical advantages and strategic depth that most countries cannot match.The tradition of a strong government and the construction of a modern country have enabled us to establish a strong central government and a strong national defense capability, which has completely solved the problem of "being beaten" that has plagued the Chinese nation for more than a hundred years.Thanks to the ability to carry out strategic layout in a super-large-scale territory, today we can realize the rare modernization projects in human history, such as the West-East Gas Transmission Project and the high-speed rail "four vertical and four horizontal", and realize the superior control of resources.For the vast majority of countries, industrial upgrading often means the relocation of industries to foreign countries, while China can carry out large-scale industrial gradient transfers within itself.The general manufacturing industry can be transferred from the developed plate to the emerging plate, but still stay in China, which prolongs the life cycle of China's manufacturing industry.In the course of our economic development, the central and local government’s “walking on two legs” approach, the huge role played by local governments at all levels, and inter-county competition and cooperation are all related to the fact that we have a vast territory and a large population.

The geographical advantages formed by "civilized countries" also give us a geographical radiation power that other countries cannot match.China has promoted the strategy of border development in the past three decades, and now it has established a 10+1 free trade area with ASEAN, established the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Central Asia, and promoted economic integration among China, Japan, and South Korea.China has become the largest engine of economic development in East Asia, and through East Asia to promote the development of the world, China has quickly become an important driving force for the global economy.China's geographical advantages are incomparable to Japan, a major economic country that lacks geographical advantages.

The continuous history of 5,000 years has enabled China to form its own knowledge system and practical tradition in almost all fields of human knowledge.We have profound and self-contained things in the fields of politics, philosophy, religion, language, education, art, music, drama, literature, architecture, military affairs, sports, medicine, and diet.The richness, endogenousness, originality and continuity of this tradition are unmatched by other nations. China's long-standing and unique traditional resources still benefit us a lot today.The concept of "advancing with the times" we are talking about today originated from the "walking with the times" in "Book of Changes" thousands of years ago.The concept of "harmonious society" we use today is derived from the concept of "Taihe" in "Book of Changes".Our ancestors' thinking of "crossing the river by feeling the stones" was used to guide our reform and opening up.What we say "the boat is naturally straight when it reaches the bridgehead" shows the aggressiveness of the Chinese people who "dare to be the first in the world": the boat may be unstable when navigating in the river because of the undercurrent, but when it reaches the bridgehead, the water flow will generally change. , the boat can go straight easily, and the bridge hole can be passed through.These are the accumulation of thousands of years of civilization and wisdom, and to a large extent also reflect the philosophical inheritance of Chinese people's practical rationality.

The emerging Chinese model and Chinese discourse are also manifestations of the independence of Chinese thought and the endogenous civilization. This is very similar to Chinese medicine. Whether Western medicine can explain it or not, Chinese people believe in it because it works.If Western medicine cannot explain the effect of TCM in treating diseases, just like Western theories cannot explain the success of the Chinese model, this is generally not a problem of unscientific Chinese medicine or the unscientific Chinese model, but that Western medicine and Western theories have not yet developed enough to explain TCM effect and the level of Chinese pattern effect.What we have to do is not to slander Chinese medicine or the Chinese model to adapt to Western theories, but to revise Western theories and form our own theories based on the successful practice of Chinese people. Similarly, the practice of Chinese medicine also shows that once Chinese medicine and Western medicine are well combined, the therapeutic effect is often better than that of traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine alone, just as the Chinese model has incorporated a large number of Western elements, which itself also reflects that Chinese civilization is superior to traditional Chinese medicine. The characteristics of comprehensive innovation.We are willing to learn all the strengths of others, but we do not give up our own advantages.Chinese civilization is a main civilization, not a secondary civilization.As a secondary civilization, Japan can maintain many of its own historical heritage while absorbing Western civilization, let alone China? The continuous history of thousands of years has also provided us with the most extensive and profound cultural resources in the world.The industrious and intelligent Chinese nation has created magnificent, rich and continuous cultural achievements in the course of its 5,000-year history of civilization.This is a cultural gathering of "the sum of a hundred countries".Chinese culture advocates "harmony between man and nature" and holism.In Chinese culture, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism complement each other, and Confucianism, Law, and Mohism coexist, showing a pluralistic and unified ideological pattern. The richness of Chinese culture also means that China is tolerant of all cultures and can integrate diversity into one.There are tens of thousands of dialects in China alone. The differences in many living habits and ways of thinking among Beijingers, Cantonese, and Shanghainese are no less than the differences among the British, French, and Germans. There are also 56 nationalities. However, these differences can all complement each other and bring out the best in each other within the framework of "harmony without diversity" in Chinese civilization. With the rapid rise of China, Chinese culture has entered an era of unprecedented prosperity and revival.The depth, breadth and strength of this kind of prosperity and revival can only be achieved by a country with such rich cultural resources.Chinese people's enthusiasm for Confucius, Laozi, chanting scriptures, calligraphy and painting, tea ceremony, old houses, cultural relics, traditional Chinese medicine, health preservation, etc. all reflect the prosperity and revival of Chinese traditional culture.The clash of Chinese and Western cultures over the past thirty years has not only failed to make most Chinese lose their cultural self-confidence, but on the contrary contributed to their new cultural self-awareness.This is a kind of cultural self-awareness formed in the context of the country's all-round opening to the outside world, and its significance is extraordinary. After many good things from foreign countries collided with Chinese culture, they not only did not weaken Chinese culture, but also presented Chinese culture extremely wonderfully.Online games come from the West, but in the online world, Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, Fengshen, Shan Hai Jing, and Biography of Knights can all show their magic; Chinese history, laws and characters can all become part of the happiness resources of contemporary youth.The large-scale cultural interaction with the outside world has activated many images and resources of Chinese culture, and activated countless cultural and creative industries in China, from Flash, video, new functions of mobile phones to new technologies such as four-frame comics and MVs. China's film and television industry has developed rapidly in recent years, and various works are dizzying.China's 5,000-year continuous history and countless soul-stirring historical events have provided inexhaustible materials for the Chinese film and television industry.Cutting down any historical section, can develop countless themes and stories.Our recent and modern history is also full of ups and downs.These are beyond the reach of Western film and television culture including Hollywood, so it should not be a dream for Chinese filmmakers to finally surpass Hollywood, because the largest cultural resources are in China, the largest audience group is in China, and the largest investment group is ultimately in China . The catering culture, health preservation culture, and leisure culture derived from Chinese-oriented culture are also incomparable to other cultures.The richness of Chinese cuisine is an example.Both China and France have rich food cultures, but there are eight major Chinese cuisines, and the richness of any one of them exceeds that of French cuisine.In other words, the two are not at the same level: one is at the "cultural level" of a country, and the other is at the "sum of a hundred countries" or "civilization level".Street restaurants anywhere in China can make thirty or forty kinds of dishes, while most restaurants in the United States only have hamburgers and potato chips, and three or four dishes are not bad.The dishes of European restaurants are richer, but rarely more than seven or eight varieties.Chinese catering culture is at least ten times richer than Western catering culture. In fact, the differences in many other cultural fields are similar.Only the rise of a "civilized country" can have this splendor. The era of Chinese cultural undertakings has come. We use the Chinese language with a long history and endless growth.The Chinese language is a product of China's long history and culture, and it is also a powerful link that connects China's huge population and vast land.The language and characters of a nation are the spiritual blood of its culture and a weapon of national identity.Maintaining the Chinese language means maintaining the root of Chinese culture.In the process of Western colonization, many developing countries in the world have lost their own languages, and consequently lost their cultural roots, and have fallen into a predicament or even a desperate situation in today's development: they will always be learning in Handan, and their traditions have long been lost. However, it is impossible to learn other people's things. As a result, the whole country will always be at the mercy of others, and the people live in turmoil and poverty. In the construction of a modern country, our Chinese has also kept pace with the times, absorbing a large number of foreign elements from stylistic rhetoric to grammar and vocabulary.Linguistic innovations such as vernacular Chinese, simplified characters, and Hanyu Pinyin have greatly facilitated the learning and promotion of Chinese.Chinese can translate all works of humanities and science in the world, is fully compatible with modern technology, and is showing its own unique advantages, such as the simplicity that is difficult to achieve in Western languages, the extremely rich sense of image, and the ultra-profound cultural heritage . Chinese characters have provided the Chinese with inexhaustible and inexhaustible cultural resources.Chinese is the most spoken language in the world, and its influence will radiate to the whole world as China becomes the world's largest trading country, largest economy, and largest tourist exporter.People anywhere in the world today can find a job more easily as long as they know Chinese, and the "Confucius Institutes" all over the world have shown that Chinese characters will become one of China's greatest soft powers with the rise of China. Some of us are always worried that Chinese people lack religious feelings.In fact, anyone who is a little familiar with world history knows that religious conflicts have led to countless wars in human history. The conflicts between various Christian denominations and between Christianity and Islam have a history of thousands of years, causing countless lives to be destroyed. The human tragedy of killing.These conflicts continue in various forms.Our common people do not necessarily believe in religion, but in my opinion, Chinese culture and beliefs are contained in Chinese characters.As long as a Chinese has learned Chinese, can read, write, and use one or two hundred idioms, the basic elements of Chinese culture are often melted in his blood, and he has learned many principles of life and doing things, such as being kind to others. , Self-reliant, diligent and thrifty housekeeping, studious, unremitting self-improvement, helping each other in times of trouble, etc.When you travel the world, you know how precious these basic tenets are in Chinese culture.The cultures of many nations in the world lack such basic beliefs. As a result, violent crimes are rampant, development has not improved, and one after another they have become helpless idiots.What we have to do is to stimulate these traditional Chinese values ​​through text and cultural education, so as to make our society more warm and kind. The super-large population size, super-broad territory, super-long historical tradition, and super-profound cultural accumulation also mean that China's political form is also unique, because the governance of such a "civilized country" can only be based on its own methods. .Any government in Chinese history must properly handle the issues of people's livelihood, natural and man-made disasters, and the special challenges brought about by population size and territory size, otherwise it will lose its "destiny".In the long history, the Chinese have also formed their own unique political and cultural views.Chinese people have a far-sighted vision, and their way of thinking pays more attention to the overall effect.The Chinese have always put the country's long-term stability and prosperity in an extremely prominent position.It is hard to imagine that most Chinese people would accept the so-called multi-party democratic politics that originated from the West and change the central government every four to five years.The more prosperous dynasties in Chinese history are associated with stronger and more enlightened governments. The political parties in China today are not political parties in the Western sense either.China's ruling party is essentially a continuation of the unified Confucian ruling group tradition in Chinese history, rather than competing Western parties representing different interest groups. The biggest feature of a "civilized country" is the "summation of a hundred countries". If this kind of country adopts the Western multi-party competition system, it will easily fall into party struggle and fall apart.After the Revolution of 1911, China quickly lost control, fell apart, and the world was in chaos. This is a profound lesson that we must always remember.Many people in the West only agree with the legitimacy of the regime produced by multi-party competition. This is a very shallow political concept.I once met an American scholar who questioned the legitimacy of the Chinese regime, and I asked him why he didn’t question the legitimacy of his own country first: you occupied other people’s land, colonized, immigrated, and exterminated Indians to form today’s America .I asked him to explain to me where is the legality and legitimacy of such a country?According to Chinese political philosophy and international law, aggression and genocide cannot produce legitimacy.In the end, he could only tell me that this is history. In other words, even from his point of view, this is only a very reluctant historical legitimacy, and history has evolved in this way. Throughout human history, the most common legitimacy is historical legitimacy.The political philosophy and historical heritage of a "civilized country" formed over thousands of years are the greatest source of legitimacy.When the legitimacy of the Chinese regime was formed, most countries in the West did not exist today.The biggest feature of this historical legitimacy is the political tradition of "selecting the best and appointing the best" and the concept of governing the country with "the support of the people". It is the embodiment of the political wisdom of the Chinese nation, and it is also one of the core competitiveness of the Chinese model surpassing the Western model today. Instead, we can use China's concept of "selecting the best and appointing the best" to question the source of the legitimacy of Western regimes: without the idea of ​​"selecting the best and appointing the best", how can a regime be qualified to govern?Can such a regime be accountable to the people?Can you be responsible to the world?George W. Bush's eight years in office brought economic recession to the United States, disaster to Iraq, and financial tsunami to the world. This is just one example. China's unique politics is also reflected in its great inclusiveness.The political system in Chinese history has the characteristics of diversity and tolerance.In our history, we have the tributary system, the vassal system, the system of generals protecting the government, the system of reforming the land, the system of prefectures and counties, etc. The diversity and inclusiveness of such systems are unimaginable under the concept of modern Western "nation-states" , but in China, a "civilized country", various systems can get along very naturally.China can implement the "one country, two systems" and regional autonomy system. Now the mainland has reached closer economic and trade relationship arrangements with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region, and the economic cooperation framework agreement with the Taiwan region has also come into force.In the process of reform and opening up, China allowed some areas to become rich first, and then to drive other areas. This kind of thinking is unimaginable in ordinary countries, but in China it has formed the huge 1+1 greater than 2 we see today. effect. In Chinese political culture, concepts such as "the whole country plays a game of chess" and "if one party is in trouble, all parties will support it" cannot be produced by other cultures.I once discussed the Chinese model with Indian scholars. They said that on the surface, China is centralized, but every reform in China actually has strong local characteristics, which compete with each other and complement each other, so the Chinese system is better than India’s. The system is more dynamic.The development models of Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang in the Yangtze River Delta are very different: the three-dimensional structure of the modern market economy—the role of the government, market, and society varies from place to place, and the economic structure also varies greatly.In fact, this is the case in the whole of China. Various places compete and cooperate, and jointly promote the emergence of China's miracle. In short, we have learned from the West and have established a strong modern government system, but at the same time we have our own unique political and cultural resources. issues such as doctrine.As time goes by, I believe the whole world will see more of the positive impact that Chinese political wisdom can have on the future of mankind. Chinese traditional society is a society formed by family, family and clan ties.It is related to the fact that our ancestors began to engage in settled agriculture very early, in which blood ties played an important role.In contrast, Western nations, which are mainly nomadic, formed an individual-centered society with relatively weak blood ties very early on.In this sense, Chinese society and Western society are different societies.The biggest feature of Chinese society is a set of relationships and lifestyles based on the family and derived from it, while Western society is a set of relationships and lifestyles based on individuals.The thousands of years of Chinese family ethics have also given rise to the social tradition of "sacrificing oneself for the family" and "defending the family and the country". The belief of "self-cultivation, family harmony, country governance, and world peace" unifies personal pursuits with social goals: from the individual to the family, from the family to the society, from the society to the country, and from the country to the world.In the century of the formation of China's modern state, this kind of value has been transformed into a strong sense of national identity and national cohesion. With the tremendous changes in China's modernization, the deep structure of Chinese society has undergone unprecedented changes.The past society with a natural economy and low social mobility has been replaced by a society with high-speed development and high social mobility.Over the past three decades, the Chinese way of life has undergone earth-shaking changes.Chinese society has completed a process of transforming from a closed agricultural society to an open industrial and commercial society, and is simultaneously turning to an information society with the West.During this process, every cell of ordinary people is mobilized to develop, earn money, and achieve self-realization. The whole society is full of vitality and opportunities.However, in such a time of rapid change, various social contradictions and loss of value have also occurred. This is very similar to a teenager in adolescence, full of vitality and hope, but also has the risks and problems of adolescence.But from the perspective of the long-term rationality of historical development, this is probably an inevitable stage for any society to modernize. Under the impact of this tide of modernization, many people think that the individual-centered social values ​​in the West will replace the family-centered social values ​​in China, and that China will also move towards the Western confrontation between society and the state.But this is not the case. Modernization has brought about the loss of many traditional Chinese values, but at the same time it has brought people's yearning for returning to traditional values, and it is a yearning for returning to a new foundation.The song "Go Home and Have a Look" was sung all over China in an instant, which illustrates the fact that the deep structure of Chinese people and Chinese society is still the family.Honoring parents is still a matter of course for most people. After all, the word "filial piety" in oracle bone inscriptions more than 3,000 years ago has continued to this day.In today's China, individual rights and freedoms have expanded countless times compared to the past, but individuals are still willing to sacrifice a lot for the benefit of the family, which is hard to imagine in an individual-centered Western society.This is also one of the important reasons why the cohesion of Chinese society is far greater than that of Western society.Judging from the situation in China, the culture of filial piety can completely coexist with individual rights today, and it is not outdated in the slightest. On the political level, many people in the West also take it for granted that as China's middle class grows, China will also accept the Western confrontational political model.But they also found today that today's Chinese middle class seems to cherish China's political stability more than any other class.Most of the middle class in China are well-educated. They understand that China has experienced too much turmoil in history. They understand that Western "democratization" has brought chaos and turmoil to many countries. They understand that their hard-working wealth accumulation has benefited from more than 30 Chinese people. years of political stability.The cultural genes of Chinese society for thousands of years seem to roughly determine the general trend of the future evolution of Chinese society: it will not be the "society and state" confrontation and conflict model that the West hopes, but more likely to be the interaction and complementarity of "society and state" model.This model can also make Chinese society more cohesive, competitive and friendly than Western society. Strictly speaking, economics in the traditional sense of China is not "market economics", but "humanistic economics", or a kind of "political economics" unique to the Chinese. Its biggest feature is to link the economy with the national economy and people's livelihood Together, it is connected with the governance of the country and the security of the country.Most Chinese people understand economics as "economics for the benefit of the people". Economic development is for the well-being of the people, not capital profits.Because of this people-oriented thinking, the slogan of our economic development today is "people-oriented" and "satisfying the common people".In China's long history, if a government fails to develop the economy and improve people's livelihood, and fails to deal with catastrophes, it will lose the support of the people, lose the "Mandate of Heaven", and eventually be overthrown by the people.Our "socialist market economy" today is essentially a combination of Western "market economics" and traditional Chinese "humanistic economics" under new historical conditions.It may not work in China to talk about the market economy without talking about the people-oriented economy.The reverse is also true. If we only talk about people-oriented economy, but do not talk about market economy, China will not be able to compete with the West.The organic combination of "market economics" and "humanistic economics" is today's Chinese model, and the power it inspires seems to exceed that of the Western market economic model. In China's traditional economy, the "visible hand" has always been more important.The role of China's state-owned sector can be traced back to the "salt and iron official camp" in the Western Han Dynasty, and even earlier.The later Westernization Movement was also promoted by the government.From the perspective of China's market-oriented reform process, if there is no strong government to promote and organize, and rely solely on the spontaneous function of the market, then the formation of a market economy will definitely be a long and difficult process.The Chinese government has played a leading role in the overall market-oriented economic reform. Through more than 30 years of reform and opening up, China has formed its own "socialist market economy".We have combined "numerical management" and "macro integration" to make the Chinese economy very competitive. "Number management" is essential for a modern country, but judging from the trend of globalization, "macro integration" is also very important. "Numerical management" is what the West is good at, China has roughly learned it, and is better than the West in many aspects, and "macro integration" is what China is good at, and most people in the West have not yet realized that they need to learn it.Even if you want to learn, it may be difficult to do it in the individualistic cultural tradition of the West.However, I personally believe that in today's world where globalization is deepening and global crises are increasing, countries that only have "numerical management" but not "macro integration" will not be able to compete with countries that have both.With regard to China's unique economy, I will elaborate further on the Chinese model in the next chapter. In short, China itself is a wonderful world.As mentioned above, if the ancient Egyptian civilization, the ancient Mesopotamia civilization, the ancient Indian civilization, and the ancient Greek civilization in history can continue to this day and realize the transformation of modern countries, then they may also be "civilized countries" today; If the ancient Roman Empire had not been torn apart and could complete the transformation of a modern country, then Europe might have been a "civilized country" of considerable scale; if the Islamic world composed of dozens of countries could complete the combination of tradition and modernity, And integrate into a unified country to rise, then it may also be a "civilized country" with a population of one billion.But looking around the world today, there is only one country with thousands of years of ancient civilization and modern state that almost completely overlaps, and that is China. Frankly speaking, a civilization that has lasted for five thousand years is itself the greatest tangible and intangible cultural heritage in human history, and we must first of all respect it.The Chinese civilization is the only living ancient civilization in the world. Although it is ancient, it is still deeply rooted and full of vitality.Everything it shows today is definitely not something that can be summed up by such oversimplified or even crude concepts as "advanced" and "backward", "democracy" and "authoritarianism", "high human rights" and "low human rights".The connotation of Chinese civilization is a thousand times, ten thousand times richer than these concepts.All things that can last for thousands of years and continue to be incensed must have their unique features and even great wisdom. We must not simply use the so-called modern standards of the West to negate our own civilization at will, but treat all precious things like Like the material and intangible cultural heritage, carefully care for and rationally analyze to see how many achievements and brilliance they have brought us, and see what special significance they can bring to our China and the world. Many of them It can become the greatest spiritual and intellectual resource for us to surpass the Western model by inheriting, carrying forward and bringing forth the new. It is unique in human history that such an ancient civilization as China has risen rapidly in the form of a modern country.This "civilized country" is not only a country, but also a "sum of a hundred countries".As a country, it has the rarest national cohesion and macro-integration in the world. As a "sum of a hundred countries", it has the rarest internal differences and complexity in the world. However, as a unified country with a continuous history, these In the end, differences can coexist "harmoniously but differently", interact positively, complement each other, benefit the people of the country, and benefit the world.