Abstract:

It is pointed out in the report of the 20^th National Congress of the CPC that we should make Chinese culture more accessible to the world by deepening cultural exchanges and mutual learning. It means that we must observe the law of cultural exchanges and mutual learning, which is a major trend in the era of globalization. In order to have a lofty image of an advanced civilization, a nation should make its own efforts and let others appraise. The accordance of Chinese modernization and the common value of all mankind is as follows: on the one hand, it has the “common characteristics of the modernization of all nations” in the sense that China has all the technological dimension and ethic dimension shared by all other nations; on the other hand, “common prosperity for everyone”, “the coordination of material progress and cultural and intellectual progress”, “the harmony between human and nature” and “peaceful development” in Chinese modernization are China’s unique technological and ethic solutions based on its own national situations. It demonstrates the original meaning of “a broad mind like the sea embracing all rivers” to handle well the relations with foreign cultures including Western ones. Only by doing well this work can Chinese culture have a power of discourse in global affairs, which matches China’s international status, and show a dependable, gracious and respectable image of China.

Key words: Chinese culture, cultural exchanges and mutual learning, common value of all mankind