Industrialization is the driving force and prerequisite for modernization, and industrialization with Chinese characteristics is the only way to promote Chinese-style modernization. This path not only follows the general law of world economic development, but also provides new development content, features and paths for industrialization. It contains not only rational reflection on Western industrialization, but also active exploration of building industrial civilization with Chinese characteristics. Building a modern industrial system is an important practice in promoting a new type of industrialization, and it is a major economic issue that bears on the overall situation of development and triggers the whole body.

In the face of this major task, which has both short-term urgency and long-term strategic needs, we should conscientiously study and deeply understand in theory, and in practice, we should always sum up experience and avoid misunderstandings. In our investigation, we found that in some places, there are not only misunderstandings about how to promote this complex system project, but also difficult to grasp the specific work. Focusing on the possible problems of “leaving the real to the virtual”, “seeking big foreign”, “cutting off opposition”, “simply withdrawing” and “working behind closed doors”, the Economic Daily research team conducted in-depth interviews with ministries, scholars, think tanks, enterprises, etc., forming a special in-depth research report, which was published in the headlines of a edition in the past five days, attracting wide attention and achieving good response. In this process, we have also gained many profound insights.

Modern industry is an important symbol of a modern country. Some countries in the world have gone through the scientific and technological revolution and the industrial revolution, and have successfully cultivated their own modern industries and become developed countries. Some countries, relying on resource advantages, were briefly among the ranks of high-income countries, but eventually they were “left behind” because of the lack of modern industries, and even fell into the “middle-income trap”. Taking the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its mission, the Communist Party of China has long been committed to promoting the modernization of the country, and industrial modernization has always been an important goal and task of China’s modernization drive. In just a few decades, we have completed the industrialization process that took developed countries hundreds of years, and the Party’s 20th National Congress has set new tasks for continuing to promote a new type of industrialization.

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The new industrialization is different from the development process of the post-industrialization stage in the world, and also different from the development task of the industrialization stage in the past in our country. Experts put forward that China has reached the current international standard of industrialization, but to achieve the standard of complete industrialization, not only to look at the output of industrial products, the absolute number of output value, but also to look at the number of per capita occupancy, variety quality, technical content, consumption of resources and environmental pollution, the education level of the school-age population, per capita occupancy of health resources, and so on. These indicators highlight the distinctive characteristics of Chinese-style modernization, but also mean that we still have a long way to go. To build a modern industrial system and promote a new type of industrialization, we must always run through the big logic of Chinese-style modernization.

At this stage, both developed countries and emerging economies are facing the major task of industrial transformation and upgrading. For China, which is in the critical period of entering into an industrial power as an industrial power, the profound changes in the domestic and foreign environment have brought challenges, such as the global industrial pattern adjustment, the huge fluctuations in the international supply of strategic resource products, and the superposition of multiple factors such as economic globalization, and China’s industrial development faces the “two-way squeeze” of high-end reflux and middle and low-end diversion. At the same time, there are many opportunities. For example, the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is gaining momentum, and the restructuring of global industrial chains, supply chains and value chains is deepening, bringing major opportunities to optimize industrial structure and adjust industrial distribution. The increasingly fierce competition among major countries has objectively forced domestic technology research, bringing major opportunities to the development of related industries. In addition, the increasingly prominent advantages of China’s ultra-large scale market will also help strive for a more favorable external environment for new industrialization.

Grasp the opportunity, face the challenge, and build a modern industrial system has a clear direction. Promote high-quality development, continuously optimize the allocation of production factors, and form a high-quality and diversified industrial supply system; Promote industrial transformation and upgrading, adhere to the lifeblood of the real economy, focus on smart manufacturing, and promote the deep integration of information technology and industrialization. We will work hard to overcome difficulties and make up for weaknesses, improve the autonomous and controllable capacity of the industrial system, and strive to ensure industrial safety. We will promote high-end, intelligent and green development, and enhance the supply of high-end products and services. We plan to accelerate the formation of industrial clusters, coordinate the allocation of production factors among different regions, and accelerate the formation of a large unified national market. Promote open cooperation to form stronger innovation, actively participate in the reconstruction of international supply chains, change from passive adjustment to active guidance in some areas, and deeply integrate into the global industrial layout… Only by anchoring the main direction of attack and making precise efforts to achieve better development with more concrete measures can we lay a stronger material and technological foundation for Chinese-style modernization.

To promote a new type of industrialization and build a modern industrial system is the overall situation, the trend of The Times, and the reality. By strengthening the foundation of the real economy, strengthening the engine of the new type of industrialization, cultivating the internal potential and strengthening the external driving force, we will continue to open up a new situation of high-quality development of the new type of industrialization, and provide a stronger guarantee for building a strong country and national rejuvenation.