本译著为2016年中共中央对外宣传项目《中国道路的世界贡献》一书的英文版。译著分为导论和“中国道路与人类文明”“中国道路与发展中国家”“中国道路与世界社会主义运动”“中国道路与马克思主义”五个部分，对外分享中国发展经验，阐释中国道路对人类文明、对发展中国家、对世界社会主义运动以及对马克思主义的重大贡献。本译著的出版有助于为完善全球治理关系贡献中国智慧和中国力量，促进国际社会对中国的认识和理解，推动世界文明的进步和人类命运共同体的建设。
INTRODUCTION
The Global Relevance of the Chinese Path The Chinese people now call the path of their own choice the socialist path with Chinese characteristics. In other words, they believe their development path is socialist and assumes Chinese characteristics.
Although the path assumes Chinese characteristics, in fact it has been increasingly displaying its relevance to humanity as a whole. The socialist path with Chinese characteristics has significantly changed the development course of Chinese history. At the same time, it has also exerted a major impact on the development course of world history. The socialist path with Chinese characteristics emphasizes its characteristics, but an emphasis on national characteristics does not necessarily mean an embrace of narrow nationalism. On the contrary, the Chinese path rejects and goes beyond narrow nationalism.
“Chinese characteristics” is added to mean that the Chinese nation should give full play to its cohesiveness, form and put to best use its advantages. In this sense, the socialist path with Chinese characteristics naturally exerts a global influence. The blazing of the socialist path with Chinese characteristics was a major event of global historical significance:
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