Secularization as a significant aspect of modernization in China: the concept of Zhongmin Wu
Abstract and keywords
Abstract (English):
The article reveals the problems of secularization in modern China as a significant part of modernization, which takes place during the period of openness and reforms that began in the late 1970s. Professor of the Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Zhongmin Wu believes that modern Chinese secularization has a number of features, including those related to the specifics of the current Chinese modernization. He believes that a number of key problems, such as excessive focus on GDP, lagging social development behind economic development, a large gap between rich and poor, and high public expectations of well-being, are to some extent associated with excessive secularization. This concept seems important in connection with the intensification of Russian-Chinese relations, including in the socio-cultural aspect. It is possible that the study of the features of Chinese secularization will also allow us to understand similar processes in modern Russia, which are already connected with Russian modernization and secularization.

Keywords:
modernization, secularization, China, civilization, Zhongmin Wu
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