China's road is based on history and reality

The China Road refers to the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. To understand this road's nature and future, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of China's past and present, its history and cultural traditions, as well as its development objectives and strategy.

This development road has been taken on the basis of combining China's history and reality. In a speech in Belgium in April, President Xi Jinping said that "one needs to learn China's history to respect its choice". China has made both brilliant contributions to world civilization in its 5,000 years' history and experienced subjugation and national infamy in late 1800s and early 1900s. It was after trying all kinds of social systems that originated in the West that China chose socialism. In other words, the choice of the current road was decided by China's cultural traditions, history and conditions. We have met difficulties and setbacks on the road but we are still progressing forward.

Especially after the reform and opening-up policy in 1978, China has impressed the world with its miraculous prosperity, which is solid evidence that it has chosen the right road. Currently China has already formed a pattern of broad and overall opening-up with multiple layers. China insists that every nation's right to choose its own path of development be respected, including itself. Just as Xi said, China cannot copy the political system or development mode of other countries or that would cause disastrous results.