Author: Zhang Yiwu
Source: Global Times
In the past few years, we have seen an obvious phenomenon. When the country encounters some challenges and problems from internal and external, China's national mentality has shown an increasingly mature look.The maturity of this national mentality is of great significance and value for China's current and future development.
Regarding the major incident of the Sino -US trade war, China has a lot of attention and discussion from ordinary people to the intellectual circles. The society, the media and the public are focusing on the process of this incident.However, everyone's mentality did not seriously imbalance or anxiety because of this incident, but basically calmly faced the complex and twists and turns.Although there are some differences in opinions, in general, the attitude of Chinese public opinion and the public is rational, and no impulsive or too anxious emotions in any direction.Regardless of the idealization, romanticization of the first battle, or the anxiety of fear, it has not become the mainstream of the social mentality.This mentality shows the confidence and consciousness of society that can mature and face external pressure and problems.In the face of Hong Kong's more than three months of storms, this mentality also showed.
People can generally feel the power and abilities that this country already has, and can also feel the weight and calmness as the world's great powers today.People are increasingly understanding that the more we do our own things, the more we are working hard to climb to a new height.Both young netizens and mainstream public opinion are expressing patriotism enthusiasm and determination to maintain national interests and honor, but they are basically presented in a rational and calm form and natural rich expression.These all reflect the maturity of social mentality.
This more calm and confident national mentality is certainly only what the country has developed to a new stage.Since modern times, China's poverty and weakness, national sovereignty has been impacted, and the roads of Chinese people to fight for national liberation and national prosperity are difficult and twists. China's modernization is also difficult to twists.In the process, how to face the world?How to face yourself?China has continued to struggle in hard exploration. The Chinese nation has the unyielding and unyielding power of the Chinese nation, but because of the historical conditions and the limitations of historical selection, it will inevitably be able to avoid the national mentality that is compatible with the situation at that time.
On the one hand, it is inevitable and required by historical conditions in the process of actively mobilizing and strong anti -national humiliation process.On the other hand, it is of course justified to learn and learn external experience in strengthening its own pursuit and learning external experience. It is needed by modern China.Of course, due to the restrictions on international vision and historical conditions, and because of a strong sense of urgency and frustration, a closed mentality is inevitable.The world's downward mentality, even some kind of anxiety confrontation.In addition, due to the huge influence and impact of Western modernization, it is inevitable that the understanding and simplification of understanding and cognition of the external world will inevitably appear based on the blind worship or copy of the viewing.These will have a complicated impact on the national mentality.
The development of over the past few decades has fundamentally changed China's global position. Reform and opening up has brought China into the world and also created its own unique social development paths and methods.On the one hand, China has become a country with strong strength and unique social development model. This comprehensive strength has given the Chinese more confidence, allowing people to feel this social treatment and response to various challenges and problems.And enough wisdom.
On the other hand, the Chinese perspective and the awareness of the external world also reach unprecedented depth and breadth.Although China's international experience still needs to be deepened, no matter from the level of sensuality or rationality, the Chinese people's inspection of international affairs in the process of contact with the outside world, and in the process of participating in globalization, and the openness of the temperament of a large countryThe vision and in -depth understanding have supported the state of mature and more confident of the national mentality.Regardless of the general emotional understanding and scattered discussion, or academic and professional discussions, we can find that this country has a clearer and thorough understanding of its own position.
All in all, the Chinese believe in the strength of their country, and also understand the reality of the world and the position of China in it.Therefore, our self -confidence is not blind, but a solid foundation.In this way, you can not only recognize the complexity of China's development and the complexity of the external environment, but also believe that under the joint efforts of the country and the people, China can overcome all difficulties and cope with all challenges.More understanding of world affairs and insisting on doing their own things, providing the health and positive mentality of responding to various problems.This is a new temperament that Chinese society can feel when the new historical stage can be felt, and it is also a solid fruit for 70 years of development in New China.
At the end of the Anti -Japanese War, many Chinese thinkers called and expecting the rise of China to bring a new national mentality.What China presented today is a new mentality formed in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.This is an important guarantee for China to respond to a large change in a century and move towards the higher goals of history.(The author is a professor at Peking University)
