100yearsofChina'sdevelopmentpath 　　The30yearsofreformandopening-upinChinacannotbeseparatedfromthepast100yearsofsocialdevelopmentanymorethantheycanbedivorcedfromits5,000yearsofhistory.Thepastthreedecadesshouldbeseenasacontinuingprocessofmodernizationintheconceptualizationofthe"Chinamodel",whichdiffersfromthe"Westernmodel". 　　TheChinamodelhasbeenshapedinthreestages.Thesocialrevolutioninnation-buildingstartedinthelateQingDynasty(1644-1911),resultinginpoliticalindependenceandsovereignty.Awartimeeconomicsystemwasadoptedafter1949toobtainfullinternationalrecognitionandstrengthennationaldefense.Andfinally,in1979,people'slivelihoodwasmadethetoppriority. 　　Relatedreadings: 　　ChinatobeNo1economyby2016,orwillit? 　　China'seconomytosurpassUSin2016:IMF 　　ChinaEconomybyNumbers-March 　　ChangingfaceofChina'seconomy 　　AllthesearepartofthelogicalprogressionofChina'spursuitofmodernizationinthepastcentury. 　　TheChinamodelacquiresitscharacteristicsfrommorethanacenturyofeconomic,politicalandsocialreformandmirrorsthecountry's5,000-yearhistory.Inotherwords,theChinamodelreflectsthespecialvitalityofChinesecivilization. 　　Themodel'scharacteristicscanbebroadlydividedintothreegroups:rationalpracticality,populismandgoodgovernancebasedonpublicwill. 　　Thefirstcharacteristicfollowsthetraditionofpracticalrationalism,anall-embracingbutselectivefusionofcultures.SincetheHanDynasty(202BC-AD220),Chinesesocietyhasassimilateddifferentschoolsofthoughts,includingConfucianism,Taoism,Buddhism,Legalism,Monismandotherphilosophies. 　　Itsiftedthebeneficialaspectsofheterogeneous(evenforeign)culturesandthenconvertedthemtosuittherealitiesofsociety,whichcanlooselybecalledSinofication.ItisthisabilitythatplaysacentralroleintheChinamodel.AndunlikeWesternization,itisaninternalizingprocess. 　　Thesecondcharacteristic,populisttradition,isthepursuitofequalitybetweentherichandthepoor,whichhasshapedsocialandeconomicdevelopmentfromtheearlyperiodsofhistory.ThefallofthefeudalSpringandAutumnPeriod(770-476BC)wascausedbycivilwarsamongvassalstates,andtruecivilsocietytookshapeduringtheQin(221-206BC)andHandynasties. 　　Historically,thepopulistaimwasprosperityandequalityforall.WhileChina'smodernizationwasbuiltoncivilrevolution,itwasstrongpopulistpowerthatspurredthecountry'seconomy,andpreventedthemarketfromenjoyingafreereinandsocietyfrombeingdividedintoextremelyrichandpoorsections.Nowonder,prosperity-for-allhasbecomethemostpowerfuldrivingforceinrecentyears. 　　Thethirdcharacteristicisgoodgovernance,inwhichthepoliticallegitimacyoftherulingpartyandthegovernmentdoesnotcomefromone-timeelectionbutfromlong-termgoodgovernance. 　　Objectivelyspeaking,greatpublicpressurehasalwaysaccompaniedtheentireprocessofadministrationintheChinesepoliticalmodel.Atboththecentralandlocalgovernmentlevels,politicallegitimacydependsonpublicmandate-anindispensableprocessineveryconcretedecisionandaction. 　　Thisistotallydifferentfro