XI Jin-ping's thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era contains Chinese wisdom for the development of socialism in the world, Chinese experience of realizing modernization in a developing country, and Chinese solution to the global governing. It clarifies the theoretical puzzlement of "the end of history", "the clash of civilizations" and "Western centrism", so that it plays an important role in human intellectual history. Therefore, one should adopt an international vision and a global perspective to understand and evaluate the theoretical significance and practical value of XI Jin-ping's thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era.