Pioneering a New Realm of Human Rights Civilization in the Chinese Path to Modernization——An Overview of the Symposium on“The Chinese Path to Modernization and the Promotion of Free and Comprehensive Human Development”

On October 14,2023,a symposium themed“The Chinese Path to Modernization and the Promotion of Free and Comprehensive Human Development”was held in Changchun,Jilin Province,China.More than fifty experts,scholars,and researchers from national institutions and universities engaged in discussions and exchanges on human rights on the Chinese path to modernization,including the path,practice,knowledge systems,and civilization forms of human rights.This symposium played a significant role in advancing the construction of the disciplinary system,academic system,and discourse system of human rights in China.

Thoroughly Study and Implement a Holistic Approach to National Security to Safeguard Chinese Modernization

2024 marks the tenth anniversary of a holistic approach to national security. As an important component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, a holistic approach to national security provides fundamental guidance for China's national security work in the new era and is, therefore, of great theoretical and practical significance. This approach has several distinct features: it ref lects the trends of our times, is deeply rooted in China's national culture, and follows a people-centered, struggle-oriented, systematic, st rategic, in novative, and practice-based approach. By upholding and developing a holistic approach to national security, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC) has comprehensively strengthened the Party's absolute leadership over national security, reshaped the systems and mechanisms for national security across the board, and made brilliant achievements in national security work in the new era. Given the context of the momentous changes unseen in a century that shape today's world, the national security situation facing China is increasingly complex and grim, characterized by many challenges and new characteristics. On the new journey toward rejuvenating the nation and building China into a strong country, we should fully implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, firmly pursue a holistic approach to national security, and accelerate the modernization of China's national security system and capacity to ensure steady and sustained progress in Chinese modernization.

The Historical Position and Value Dimensions of Human Rights Civilization

Human beings are the mainstay and the ultimate goal of civilization.The history of human civilization is a continuous struggle to realize the respect,liberation,protection,and development of humanity.Human rights are an achievement of humanity and a symbol of progress,and the human rights civilization is an important component of human civilization.Understanding and interpreting human rights from the perspective of human rights civilization means that human rights are not only a concept or an idea but also a grand historical and long-term social practice.Up to now,the development of human rights civilization has roughly experienced four awakening eras:initialization,revolution,popularization,and globalization.In terms of its value dimensions,it has the characteristics of progressiveness,diversity,commonality,inclusiveness,indivisibility,openness,and so on.The historical position of human rights civilization and the development of its value dimensions have shown to the world that human rights are the common wealth of humanity,and human rights belong to all mankind;human rights are historical,concrete,and developmental;the concept of human rights is constantly evolving,and its connotations and categories are constantly expanding;achieving the free and well-rounded development of every person is the highest value realm of human rights civilization.The Chinese modernization endows Chinese civilization with modern strength and opens up new horizons for human rights civilization.The new pattern of human rights civilization to be created by Chinese modernization not only possesses the common characteristics of human rights civilization but also enjoys Chinese characteristics based on its own national conditions,enriching and developing the diversity of human rights civilization for all mankind.

On Chinese Civilization Being the Only Continued Civilization in the Viewpoint of the Modern National History Construction

Chinese civilization is the only ancient civilization thriving to this day seems to be a common view in the historical academia and Chinese society as well. Culture is a way that human beings actively adapt to the surroundings and keep consistence with environmental change. All cultures created by human beings are changing, so is the Chinese culture. The physical and cultural evolution presented by the archaeological discoveries and related historical researches show that Chinese culture is multi-sourced and multicultural. This is the secret for the Chinese culture to retain its vitality. The reasons that Chinese civilization is the only civilization thriving to this day among all of ancient civilizations in the world include the ancestral worship, the identity to common ancestors, traditions of writing pedigrees and history books, the longhistory Chinese character system and the creative thinking and cultural methods of interpreting new thoughts by using traditional Chinese thinking and cultural structures. Especially in modern times, impacted by the nationalism trend, the national state narration built for meeting the requirement of the national state"historical memory"left us the strong impression of Chinese civilization being the only continued civilization and fostered the affective identification with the common history.

Promote the All-round Development of China's Human Right Cause in the New Era——Summary of the Symposium on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development”

On November 8, 2022, the symposium on “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the 20thCPC National Congress and Adhering to the Chinese Path of Human Rights Development” was held by the China Society for Human Rights Studies in Beijing. Focusing on “the leadership of the CPC and human rights development”, “adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of our times and human rights theories in contemporary China”, “the Chinese path to modernization and the new form of human rights civilization”, “Chinese human rights solutions and global human rights governance”, “making a better China’s story of advancing human rights and constructing human rights discourse system”, and other topics, the participants reached broad consensus after discussion, and the symposium achieved fruitful results.

On the Beginning and Transformation of Modern Chinese Historiography

After the First Opium War (1840-1842) there were increased academic interests in studying the history and geography of China’s northwestern borderlands,introducing foreign history and geography and writing the modern history of China.Such interests,however,were no more than reflections of the times in history studies and could hardly improve the whole picture of historiography.At the turn of the 20th century,Liang Qichao published “The Introduction to Chinese History” and “The New Historiography”,which marked the emergence of a new trend of thought in historiography and should be deemed the beginning of modern Chinese historiography.Soon after,the “national quintessence school”(guocui xuepai) called for preserving the quintessence of Chinese culture and attempted to bridge Chinese and Western scholarship.Then the “Reorganization of National Heritage”(zhengli guogu) Movement came,urging to re-arrange traditional scholarship.Hu Shih (1891-1962) explicitly put forward the goal of “compiling a history of Chinese culture,” helped dissolve the boundary between modern and traditional historiography and indicated the approach to the transformation from ancient to modern historiography from a perspective of discipline classifications.This “new trend” of Chinese historiography,centering on new materials,new methods and new issues specified the research path for the early stage of modern Chinese historiography.

The Justification Logic of Human Rights in Chinese Modernization

As the fruits and symbols of human civilization, human rights are pursued by people all over the world. Respecting and protecting human rights is the basic spirit of modern civilization, so it is something inherent in the concept of modernization. Chinese modernization is socialist modernization pursued under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. It contains elements common to the modernization processes of all countries, but it is more characterized by features unique to the Chinese context. It is a new path to modernization and creates a new model for human advancement. on the road to promoting Chinese modernization, China cultivated innovative human rights jurisprudence, constructed an optimized human rights system, opened up a developmental human rights approach, established a harmonious human rights relationship, and continuously promoted the well-rounded development of the people. China created a theoretical,institutional, and practical paradigm for respecting and protecting human rights that follows the principle of universal human rights and suits the local conditions, opening up a new realm of human rights civilization of mankind. The successful promotion and expansion of Chinese modernization have justified that China has found a path of human rights development that conforms to the trend of the times and suits its national conditions. The modernization of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, a number larger than the total population of all developed countries in the world today, and the new path of human rights development will change the basic pattern of human rights development in the world and profoundly influence the process and trend of human rights civilization of mankind.

On Theories and Methods of Modern Civilization for Promoting the Building of Community for the Chinese Nation

The community of the Chinese nation,in its essence,is a community of civilization.On the basis of extensive and in-depth exchanges and integration and interaction,people from all ethnic groups in China collectively nurtured Chinese civilization,which has prominent features of continuity,innovation,unity,inclusiveness,and peacefulness and lays a solid foundation for the building of community for the Chinese nation of the time.In the context of the new era,the Party advances the building of community for the Chinese nation on all fronts and has successfully made a series of achievements to promote ethnic unity and progressions through promoting material,political,cultural-ethical,social,and ecological advancement.As we advance the building of modern Chinese civilization on all fronts,strengthening foundations for economic,political,cultural,social,and ecological development can foster new drivers for the modernization of the civilization of community of the Chinese nation.Faced with the practical needs of building a community of the Chinese nation at the new development stage,we must step up efforts to establish the theoretical discourse system of community for modern Chinese civilization,lay emphasis on the construction of systems for symbol and image,discourse and narrative,as well as overseas communications,and on the exploration of development patterns for theories,so as to present theories and methods of modern civilization for promoting the building of community for the Chinese nation.

The Origination and Formation of Chinese Civilization

The Chinese civilization is a highly developed,long-standing and comprehensive entity,materially,spiritually and institutionally created by the Chinese nation.Around 6000 BC,Early China in the cultural sense bears its root,marking the first stage of the origin of Chinese civilization.Around 4000 BC,Early China in the cultural sense formally takes shape,marking the second stage of the origin of Chinese civilization.Around 3100 BC,with the emergence of Chinese civilization,the stage of the Archaic State begins.Around 2100 BC,Early China enters the stage of the Dynastic State.Chinese civilization,with its universalistic cosmology and united structure,is of a unique"Tianxia(all under heaven)civilization"pattern.The"Tianxia civilization"patern,together with other cultural genes such as ritualism,ancestral worship,sincerity,benevolence,and coexistence of all in harmony,is the root cause for the continuous development of Chinese civilization to date.

The Conceptual Transformation of“National Language”and the Initial Construction of National Common Language at the End of Qing Dynasty

At the end of Qing Dynasty(1864-1911),the traditional concept of"national language"underwent a modern transformation,which began to refer to the common language of the nation-state.This conceptual change was stimulated by both Japanese thought and practice.The construction of the national common language formally started with the promulgation and implementation of the"Gui-Mao school system,"accelerated by the opening of the preparatory constitution,and began in its early practice through the enactment of the Statutes for the Establishment of Schools in the Mongolian,Tibetan and Hui Areas and the Decision of the Central Educational Conference of the Ministry of Education on the Unification of the State Language.This construction was always led by the court,jointly promoted by people from the government and the folk,and Manchu,Mongolian,and Han officials inclining the new.It not only can be regarded as one of the important contents of the New Deal and Constitutional Movement at the end of Qing Dynasty that has been neglected,but also the result of the long-term implementation of the official language by the Qing court and the increasing role of the Chinese language in the country's domestic and foreign affairs.It had an important impact on the emergence and early development of the consciousness of the modern Chinese nation.

The Evolution Course,Profound Connotation,and Advancing Path of Chinese Modernization

The Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(CPC)decides to“comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization”as a central task,listing nine essential requirements for Chinese modernization with the creation of a new form of human civilization as its goal.This paper analyzes the evolution of Chinese modernization led by the CPC and the pursuit of civilization,and reveals the inner connection and unity between Chinese modernization and the new form of human civilization.It is helpful to deeply understand the historical logic,realistic logic,and future logic of Chinese modernization,enabling better study and implementation of the spirit of the Report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC.Also,this paper boosts confidence in the path,theory,system,culture,and history of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

民族传统体育构筑中华民族现代文明的理论逻辑与现实进路

中华民族现代文明的构建是中华民族传统体育传承发展旨归所在。传承发展中华民族传统体育是建构中华民族现代文明的有效路径,两者在中国式现代化的进程中互融共进,具有双向建构性。中华民族传统体育需要站在“历史”与“现代”的维度,坚持习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想指导下的民族传统体育创新性发展,以社会主义核心价值观引领中华民族现代文明建设;根植中华文明土壤,坚持守正创新,着力发展中国特色社会主义民族传统体育文化;凸显民族传统体育“以人民为中心”的价值导向,促进人的全面发展,构建社会文明新形态;彰显民族传统体育“命运共同体”价值理念,助力人与自然和谐社会构建;把握中华文明特质,在现代化进程中推动民族传统体育与中华民族现文明共融共生;促进各民族间交往交流交融的过程中,传承和弘扬中华优秀传统体育文化,并逐渐成为构筑中华民族现代文明的重要推动力。

Theoretical Framework of Chinese Modernization of the Rule of Law

The integrationof Chinese modernization and rule of law has given rise to the Chinese modernization of the rule of law.In terms of the concept building,Chinese modernization of the rule of law is a synthesis of rule of law in China,modern rule of law,and Chinese style.In terms of the target model,Chinese modernization of the rule of law maximizes efficiency through the building of unique rule of law system and the integration of the rule of law country.In terms of the core principles,Chinese modernization of the rule of law could be interpreted and explained from five aspects:subject scale,value positioning,civilization form,spatial dimension,and global perspective.Essentially,the Chinese modernization of the rule of law comprehensively highlights the nine intrinsic requirements of Chinese modernization,thussproviding strong guarantee for its accomplishment.With regard to the form of civilization,Chinese modernization of the rule oflaw has created a new form of human rule of law civilization,in terms of subject,object,content,and path,and can be considered to be a developmentbased new form of rule of law advancement.

The Approach to Chinese Modernization of the Rule of Law

The essence of Chinese modernization of the rule of law is to promote a modern legal system in China.The approach to Chinese modernization of the rule of law refers to the Chinese approach to promoting a modern legal system.By comprehensively reviewing the history and reality,theory and practice,and actual and desirable aspects of Chinese modernization of the rule of law,we can summarize the Chinese approach to promoting a modern legal system.This approach containssvariouselements,including a leadership system for the rule of law with centralized and unified leadership by the Central Committee of Communist Party of China,a rule of law virtue principle of putting the people first,a functional orientation of the rule of law toward national governance,and a historical-legal consciousness that inherits fine traditional Chinese legal culture.These key elements play a prominent role and can effectively showcase the Chinese approach to promoting a modern legal system.Describing such a Chinese approach not only helps to summarize the fundamental experience of Chinese modernization of the rule of law but also showcases the Chinese logic and Chinese characteristics in this modernization process.

理解与把握中华民族现代文明核心要义:哲学解读

以大历史观的哲学自觉准确理解和把握中华民族现代文明的核心要义是构建中华民族现代文明的思维前提。作为中国式现代化的文明表达,中华民族现代文明的构建不仅赓续五千年中华民族传统文明的根脉,而且是世界现代文明发展的最新形态。正如中国式现代化的“本质之新”源于“道路之新”,即源于对西方式现代化、旧中国道路模式的超越,中华民族现代文明也同样需要溯源如何对于西方式现代文明的超越。我们的语义分析必须从“现代”与“现代性”的历史演化入手,由此进展到何谓“现代文明”的演化逻辑,阐明作为中华民族传统文明创造性转化、创新性发展结果形态的中华民族现代文明的必然表达和理论旨归。从历史与逻辑统一的大历史观揭示中华民族现代文明的历史逻辑、现实逻辑、理论逻辑,阐明中华民族现代文明的本质内涵、基本特征、根脉魂脉、主要功能和运行规律,谱写作为自主知识体系的中华民族现代文明的话语体系是我们时代的使命。

陆地边境口岸在中国式现代化建设中的功能

陆地边境口岸及其所在九省区是实现中国式现代化不可或缺的组成部分,具有极其重要的功能作用。其重要性主要表现在:陆地边境口岸是体现中国式现代化成果的展示窗口;中国陆地边境口岸的现代化能够体现中国式现代化的突出特征;陆地边境口岸所在边境九省区的现代化程度较低,影响和降低整体中国式现代化的速度和水平。其功能作用主要表现在:陆地边境所在省区和所有民众为中国式现代化提供了不可或缺的资源与力量;与东部省区水运口岸相比,陆地边境口岸及其所在省区的现代化在共同富裕方面发挥着不可替代的作用;与14个国家相邻的中国陆地边境口岸所在省区的现代化在与周边国家建立命运共同体过程中发挥着不可忽视的作用;中国式现代化建设的物质和精神成果通过99个边境口岸向外传播,体现中华文化包容和谐的价值观念。中国陆地边境口岸的现代化仍然有提升的空间,从战略层面来说,实施提升管控与开放相结合的边境管理模式;在持续推进边境现代化过程中传播中国式现代化理念、模式和效能;从实践层面来说,加快中国陆地边境口岸基础设施现代化建设;保持口岸所在边境省区人与自然和谐发展的农牧业发展;促进中国陆地边境口岸贸易现代化建设;加强以国门为核心的中华文化建设;深化中国边境口岸与对应国口岸的合作。

论建设中华民族现代文明的重大意义

习近平提出“建设中华民族现代文明”的历史任务,指明了新时代中国特色社会主义新的文化使命,具有重大现实意义和深远历史意义。只有建设中华民族现代文明,才能接续中华古老文明,从而保持中华文明的历史连续性;只有建设中华民族现代文明,才能激活中华文明固有活力并彰显其当代价值;只有建设中华民族现代文明,才能实现中华文明的现代化转型升级和创新发展;只有建设中华民族现代文明,才能实现中国特色社会主义事业与中华文明的内在连接;只有建设中华民族现代文明,才能使业已开创的人类文明新形态更加成熟和辉煌。

我国生态文明教育的演进逻辑与未来图景

生态文明教育是关系中华民族永续发展的长远大计,是促使生态文明建设不断迈上新台阶的重要保障。新中国成立以来,我国生态文明教育大致经历了萌芽、探索、调整和深化等发展阶段,在演进逻辑上彰显出推动生态文明发展的历史选择、践行生态文明思想的重要体现、建设生态文明社会的现实需要和构筑人类命运共同体的价值诉求等特点。站在新的历史起点,要坚持习近平生态文明思想引领,砥砺生态文明教育新征程;强化生态文明建设时代使命,赓续生态文明教育新篇章;凸显人与自然和谐共生理念,构筑生态文明教育新格局;助力美丽中国建设发展方向,提升生态文明教育新境界。并通过健全生态文明教育法律法规、完善生态文明教育体系建设、加快生态文明教育数字建设、参与生态文明教育全球治理等路径推动我国生态文明教育现代化发展,为实现人与自然和谐共生的现代化提供重要支撑。

中华文明的理论意蕴、突出特性及实践路径

文本基于马克思主义基本原理同中华优秀传统文化相结合的必然性及整体性理论视域,深入发掘中华文明的历史向度、理论内蕴、文明特性及实践逻辑,深刻彰显了中华文明的连续性、创新性、统一性、包容性、和平性等特质。中华优秀传统文化是中华民族独特的精神魂魄和文化根脉,在中国式现代化的独特文明观、中华文明现代追寻及推进中华民族现代文明建设的宏阔叙事中打开文化创新空间,激发了新时代有机统一的新的文化生命体和文明新形态。“第二个结合”是中华民族现代文明建设的必由之路,在推动中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展,为建设中华民族现代文明及形塑人类文明新形态、构建人类命运共同体等方面作出中国贡献。

论中国式现代化的文化道路问题——国家文化结构视野下由文化认同建构国家认同的逻辑

中国式现代化提出了当代中国国家建构的重大命题,在五千多年文明古国的笼统共识之下,深厚文化传统如何影响或制约国家建构的机制与路径一直没有得到清晰的揭示。国家文化结构理论表明,在中国文化认同型国家结构中,基于长期历史进程中形成的文化认同与国家认同具有天然联系,国家文化议程与国家政治议程纽结在一起,造成了国家建构中从文化认同到国家认同的“路径锁定”。进入近代,发端于西方资本主义的全球化进程将中国这样一个以历史文化传统为根基的文化共同体强行塞进现代民族国家的“强迫性框架”之中,极大弱化了中国经由文化认同建构国家认同的传统纽带,导致了从传统文化危机到国家认同危机的链式反映,动摇了国家结构的稳定性,其影响深广。通过梳理西方民族认同型国家与中国文化认同型国家之间的差异,阐述历史长周期内中国作为文化认同型国家的国家建构逻辑与转型困境,深入揭示出文化认同型国家的国家属性与形态特征,进而阐明全球化视野下以文化认同统筹民族认同和宗教认同的中国特色的国家建构路径,从中西方现代化启动的初始文化条件差异上阐明了中国式现代化道路不同于西方的特殊内涵和根本特征,更加深入地认识“推进中国式现代化作为最大的政治”的深刻内涵,并建构中国式现代化道路的独特理论逻辑。