Author: Yang Yiqin (Researcher at Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, Tianjin Research Center for the Theory of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics)

A good life is a life that contains the requirements of the times and practical provisions, and has internal unity with the historical process of Chinese path to modernization. The CPC is a Marxist political party that always adheres to the principle of development for the people, relies on the people, and shares the fruits of development with the people, and constantly realizes the people's aspiration for a better life. It is not only a full manifestation of the CPC's original intention of working for the happiness of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also a full demonstration of the starting point and end point of Chinese path to modernization to promote social fairness and justice and improve the well-being of the people.

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A good life is a common pursuit of human beings in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. In different eras, due to differences in economic development levels, political system designs, cultural differences, social environments, natural resource endowments, and human needs, humans have different standards for "good", and their connotations and value orientations for "good life" will also vary. Since modern times, although the modernization process of Western countries has broken the traditional society's dependence on things, nature, and monarchy, under the control of capital logic, it has ultimately led to "human" becoming a vassal of "things" to some extent, resulting in "human alienation" and the inherent separation between means of production and producers, ultimately completely deviating from human pursuit of a good life. So, in order to achieve humanity's pursuit of a good life, the most fundamental thing is to liberate people from the state of being dominated and ruled by capital, and realize the return of human subjectivity.

Marx and Engels pointed out in "The German Ideology" that "social structure and state always arise from the life process of certain individuals", and emphasized that "starting from the material production of direct life, the real production process is expounded, and the forms of communication associated with this mode of production, namely the civil society at different stages, are understood as the foundation of the entire history. Historical materialism holds that material production activities are the foundation of human society and historical development, and material production activities come from the production practice activities of the people. The people are the creators of history and the main driving force for the development of human society. In the process of leading the Chinese people to modernize, the CPC criticized and reflected on the modernization model of western countries, fully revealing the alienation of the relationship between man and man, man and nature, and man and himself caused by the modernization model centered on capital logic; Taking human modernization and the free and comprehensive development of individuals as the value goals of Chinese style modernization fundamentally distinguishes it from the Western modernization model, emphasizing that "the people's yearning for a better life is our goal of struggle", fully demonstrating that benefiting the people is the essential requirement of the Communist Party of China to establish the party for the public and govern for the people.

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Marxist materialist conception of history holds that the people are not only the main creators of material and spiritual civilization, but also the main beneficiaries of the achievements of human economic and social development. The main force relied on by the Communist Party of China in the historical process of planning modernization has always been the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "only by adhering to the people-centered development ideology, insisting that development is for the people, development relies on the people, and development achievements are shared by the people, can there be a correct development and modernization concept." This important discourse has been most vividly reflected in the process of Chinese style modernization. Every Chinese is not only the "driving force" to promote the development of Chinese path to modernization, but also the "target subject" to own and enjoy the achievements of Chinese path to modernization.

As far as the main driving force is concerned, the socialist nature of Chinese path to modernization determines that its driving force is not some people or some kind of people in society, but the whole people. It is the active support and participation of every socialist builder with Chinese characteristics that constitute the deepest and most lasting source of power for Chinese path to modernization. The Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China first proposed the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reform - to improve and develop the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and to promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity. Advancing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity is an essential part of achieving socialist modernization. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that "developing people's democracy throughout the entire process" is one of the essential requirements of Chinese style modernization. Only by truly implementing the basic values of "people first", "democracy and the rule of law", "fairness and justice" at the level of social and national governance can we give full play to everyone's autonomy and creative potential, and provide continuous impetus for the construction of Chinese path to modernization. As far as the target subject is concerned, Chinese path to modernization takes the realization of the people's needs for a better life as the fundamental purpose. From the strategic deployment of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee to further comprehensively deepen reform and promote Chinese path to modernization, it can be seen that Chinese path to modernization is an organic combination of systematic and strategic top-level design and specific and micro livelihood security, which is inseparable from the people's needs for a better life, highlighting the CPC people's responsibility to "constantly transform development achievements into quality of life".

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The essence of human beings lies in pursuing spiritual wealth while satisfying basic needs such as physiology and safety, that is, pursuing a more perfect and noble self world. This pursuit of spiritual 'nobility' is a unique aspect of human nature and the essential essence of a better life. In the process of modernization, Western capitalist countries adhere to the supremacy of capital and excessively pursue the proliferation of capital, leading to human alienation and making people a commodity existence that serves the needs of capital proliferation, making it impossible to talk about the abundance of spiritual life. Therefore, in the process of further comprehensively deepening reform and promoting Chinese path to modernization, we must attach great importance to the construction of people's spiritual home and avoid individuals becoming tools for chasing wealth and interests. Chinese path to modernization is the modernization of material civilization and spiritual civilization, and material wealth and spiritual wealth are the fundamental requirements of socialist modernization. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "In the past, we had to solve the problem of 'whether there is', but now we have to solve the problem of' whether it is good or not '. We need to focus on improving the quality and efficiency of development, better meeting the growing needs of the people in various aspects, and promoting the comprehensive development of people and the common prosperity of the whole people. To this end, we need to continuously strengthen the material foundation of modernization, consolidate the material conditions for people's happy lives, vigorously develop advanced socialist culture, strengthen education on ideals and beliefs, inherit Chinese civilization, promote the comprehensive enrichment of things and the comprehensive development of people.

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Human beings are natural beings, products of natural evolution, and nature is the fundamental condition for human survival and development. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "nature is the mother of life, and humans and nature are a community of life. Therefore, the relationship between humans and nature is the most fundamental relationship in human society. But after entering the Industrial Revolution, Western capitalist countries, relying on advanced technological means, began to demand infinitely from nature in order to satisfy the exploitative instincts of capital and the greedy material desires of humanity, viewing themselves as the supreme masters. Engels warned us long ago: we should not be overly intoxicated by our human victory over the natural world. For every such victory, nature retaliates against us. Chinese path to modernization is a kind of modernization in which people and nature coexist in harmony. It meets the aspirations of the majority of people for a better life. To achieve the sustainable development and progress of people, we need to respect nature, conform to nature and protect nature. The Third Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to focus on building a beautiful China, accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, improve the ecological environment governance system, promote ecological priority, conservation and intensive, green and low-carbon development, and promote harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. The concept of "human and nature are a community of life" highlights the important value of natural ecology in economic and social development. In the new era, the relationship between "human and nature" will be recognized and grasped at a systematic and holistic level. This also reminds us to firmly follow the path of civilized development with production development, prosperous living, and good ecology, and achieve the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

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The modernization of the West is full of bloody crimes such as war, slave trade, colonization, and plunder. This old path of harming others for personal gain, the law of the jungle, and expansion and plunder has brought profound suffering to the people of developing countries, including China. In the era of economic globalization, Chinese style modernization cannot be carried out in a closed and isolated state, and the aspirations and pursuits of the people for a better life must also be realized in an international environment of peace and development. Therefore, Chinese path to modernization firmly follows the path of peaceful development, devotes itself to creating a new form of human civilization, profoundly affects the process of human history, and shows a bright prospect for the modernization of human society. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that China's modernization exploration has "solved many difficulties in the development of human society, abandoned the Western modernization centered on capital, polarized modernization, materialistic expansion of modernization, and the old path of external expansion and plunder, expanded the path for developing countries to move towards modernization, and provided a Chinese solution for humanity's exploration of a better social system. Chinese path to modernization does not follow the old path of colonial plunder and the crooked path of national hegemony. It can not only meet the aspirations of 1.4 billion people for a better life, but also will make new and greater contributions to world peace and development.

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