Where is the road to industrialization with China characteristics?

1. Guided by scientific development. The road to industrialization in developed countries is at the expense of large-scale consumption of resources and environment, and its typical feature is "develop first, pollute first, destroy first, and then treat". China's traditional road to industrialization is also extensive growth, with prominent structural contradictions and unsustainable development mode. We must use Scientific Outlook on Development to re-examine the road to industrialization. On the other hand, China's characteristic new-type industrialization is based on intensive growth, with sustainable development as the goal, taking the civilized development road of production development, affluent life and good ecology, putting the construction of a resource-saving and environment-friendly society in a more prominent position, realizing the unity of speed and structural quality and benefit, realizing the coordination of economic development with population, resources and environment, and realizing the scientific, harmonious and sustainable development of economy and society.

Second, take the integration with informatization as the direction. Developed capitalist countries are promoting informatization after industrialization. In today's era, we are no longer allowed to take the old road of industrialization and informatization in developed countries, and we must organically combine industrialization and informatization. General Secretary Hu Jintao put forward in the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: Vigorously promote the integration of informatization and industrialization, and promote the industry from large to strong. This is the inevitable conclusion that our party fully understands the new situation and new tasks of industrialization, informationization, urbanization, marketization and internationalization in the context of accelerating the pace of economic globalization and deepening the degree of informatization, profoundly grasps the new problems and contradictions faced by China's development, and points out the direction for the further development of China's industrialization. Realizing the integration of informatization and industrialization means promoting informatization in the process of industrialization, promoting industrialization with informatization, upgrading industrialization level with information technology, and upgrading traditional industries with high-tech transformation; Promote informatization with industrialization, take the improvement of industrialization level as the driving force of informatization development, give full play to the advantages of latecomers, and realize the leap-forward development of productive forces.

Third, take independent innovation as the core. China's traditional road to industrialization is characterized by extensive growth, obvious lack of technological innovation and high dependence on foreign technology. Therefore, improving the ability of scientific and technological innovation has become a very urgent task facing China at present. In the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Hu Jintao emphasized that improving the ability of independent innovation and building an innovative country are the core of the national development strategy and the key to improving the comprehensive national strength. We should stick to the road of independent innovation with China characteristics and carry out the enhancement of independent innovation capability in all aspects of modernization. This will put improving the ability of independent innovation and accelerating scientific and technological progress in a more prominent position. To take the road of new industrialization with China characteristics is to take improving the ability of independent innovation as the strategic basis of industrialization and the central link of industrial structure optimization and upgrading. By strengthening independent innovation, we will continuously improve the overall technical level and core competitiveness of industry and promote China's industry from large to strong.

Fourth, it is supported by expanding domestic demand. China's traditional industrialization is based on the increasing dependence on foreign trade. In the early 1980s, China's dependence on foreign trade was only about 15%, and by 2006 it had soared to 65%, far higher than other big countries in the world. With the increasing dependence on foreign trade, China is facing increasing international trade disputes and frictions, which greatly increases the instability and potential risks of economic growth. Therefore, we must accelerate the transformation of industrial development mode, take the road of new industrialization with China characteristics, combine the promotion of industrialization with the expansion of domestic demand, especially the expansion of domestic consumption demand, firmly establish industrial development on the basis of expanding domestic demand, provide strong support for the steady advancement of industrialization, and provide a fundamental guarantee for the sustainable development of industrialization. This requires us to correctly handle the relationship between accumulation and consumption, capital goods production and consumer goods production in the process of industrialization, actively promote and expand employment, do everything possible to increase residents' income, and give full play to the driving force of consumption on national economy and industrial growth.

5. Take coordinated industrial development as the driving force. Because China started industrialization on the premise that the traditional agricultural sector has not been fundamentally reformed, and at the same time, it unilaterally implemented the strategy of giving priority to the development of heavy industry in the process of industrialization, which made heavy industry light agriculture and heavy production light service, making the proportion of industry, especially heavy industry, abnormally high, the development of primary and tertiary industries lagged behind for a long time, and the industrial structure was seriously unbalanced. The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to promote the transformation of economic growth from relying mainly on the secondary industry to relying on the coordinated development of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries. It can be seen that taking the road of new industrialization with China characteristics means following the objective law of three industrial evolutions, correctly handling the relationship between industrialization and industrial structure optimization and upgrading and industrial coordinated development, promoting the integration of informationization and industrialization, upgrading high-tech industries, developing modern service industries, expanding basic industries and establishing a perfect modern industrial system. The comprehensive, healthy and coordinated development of the three industries will promote the sound and rapid development of the industry and even the entire national economy.