What's the difference between western modernization and China modernization?

The difference is that the modernization in the west is capital-centered, while the modernization in China is people-centered.

For China, the motive force of the modernization process is the will of the people. The people's demand and yearning for a better life gave birth to and continuously developed socialist modernization, and opened up a socialist modernization road that is essentially different from the capitalist modernization road. This road is characterized by people-oriented, prosperity and sustainability.

Marxism holds that the people are the main body of history and must rely on them to push history forward. This is because people are the creators of social material wealth, the main body of innovation and creation, and the driving force of historical progress.

The beginning of China's modernization;

The beginning of China's modernization was the Westernization Movement. The Westernization Movement was initiated by honest officials represented by Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang. Although subjectively, it was to get rid of the predicament of internal troubles and foreign invasion, and the fundamental purpose was to maintain the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty, objectively, it had a wide and far-reaching impact on China society and became the beginning of China's modernization.

The Westernization Movement created conditions for China's military modernization under the banner of "self-improvement". It introduced advanced western production technology, established a new military industry, trained a new navy and army, and built a modern navy like Beiyang Navy.