中国式现代化的本质要求是：坚持中国共产党领导，坚持中国特色社会主义，实现高质量发展，发展全过程人民民主，丰富人民精神世界，实现全体人民共同富裕，促进人与自然和谐共生，推动构建人类命运共同体，创造人类文明新形态。

The essential requirements are upholding the leadership of the CPC and socialism with Chinese characteristics, pursuing high-quality development, developing whole-process people's democracy, enriching the people's cultural lives, achieving common prosperity for all, promoting harmony between humanity and nature, building a human community with a shared future, and creating a new form of human advancement.

——10月16日，中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会在北京人民大会堂开幕。习近平代表第十九届中央委员会向大会作报告。

Xi Jinping highlights the "Chinese path to modernization" in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). What is the "Chinese path to modernization"? These graphics explain. (Produced by Sun Tianren)

中国式现代化是人口规模巨大的现代化，是全体人民共同富裕的现代化，是物质文明和精神文明相协调的现代化，是人与自然和谐共生的现代化，是走和平发展道路的现代化。

Chinese modernization is the modernization of a huge population, of common prosperity for all, of material and cultural-ethical advancement, of harmony between humanity and nature and of peaceful development.

——10月16日，中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会在北京人民大会堂开幕。习近平代表第十九届中央委员会向大会作报告。

What is the significance of this declaration? What is the Chinese path to modernization, and how can the country continue to follow it? China Daily reporter Ian Goodrum talked with Tao Wenzhao, professor at Renmin University of China, and shared his insights. Watch this video to find out more.