China is pursuing high-quality development on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization, and Merck is well-positioned to contribute toward China's vision of building a healthier, greener, and digitally empowered nation for the well-being of its 1.4 billion people.

中国正在通过中国的现代化道路在各条战线上追求高质量发展，默克公司完全有能力为中国建设一个更健康、更环保、数字化强国的愿景做出贡献，造福14亿人民。

In the mid and long run, I am optimistic that China's economy will largely benefit from the current ongoing economic reforms, which target a Chinese path to modernization driven by industrial upgrading, high-tech development, and green initiatives.

从中长期来看，我乐观地认为，中国经济将在很大程度上受益于当前正在进行的经济改革，这些改革旨在走一条由产业升级、高科技发展和绿色倡议驱动的现代化道路。

As China continues on its path of advancing rural revitalization and boosting the modernization of the countryside, the country will keep cultivating rural industries in a precise and pragmatic manner, bringing about more measures to increase farmers' income and drive rural development, said the annual central rural work conference which was held in Beijing in December.

去年12月在北京召开的中央农村工作会议表示，随着中国继续推进乡村振兴和推进农村现代化，中国将继续以精准务实的方式培育农村产业，采取更多措施增加农民收入，推动农村发展。

Enterprises go full throttle to play bigger role in driving China's new industrialization, infrastructure upgradeChina is in pursuit of what is called Chinese modernization, a distinct, well-thought-out way to build a stronger country and advance national rejuvenation in the new era.

企业全力以赴，在推动中国新型工业化、基础设施升级中发挥更大作用中国正在追求所谓的中国现代化，这是一条独特而深思熟虑的新时代强国之路，也是推进民族复兴的必由之路。

Companies should develop innovative technologies, enhance financial support for technological innovation and cultivate tech-savvy professionals, which will lead to the modernization of industrial and supply chains, Chen said.

陈说，企业应该开发创新技术，加强对技术创新的财政支持，培养精通技术的专业人才，这将导致产业链和供应链的现代化。

"China's openness to promote global trade cooperation and business model innovation has played an important role in strengthening trade in the global economy," he said, adding that the Chinese modernization will create unprecedented growth potential and market demand.

他说：“中国的开放促进了全球贸易合作和商业模式创新，在加强全球经济中的贸易方面发挥了重要作用。”他补充说，中国的现代化将创造前所未有的增长潜力和市场需求。

China's future development will be propelled by a number of primary drivers, including industrial modernization, energy transition and decarbonization, along with the transformation of domestic consumption, said Zhao Jinping, former director of the department of foreign economic relations at the Development Research Center of the State Council.

"Meanwhile, with China's modernization, more people and organizations are thinking about their health and the health of the planet.

“与此同时，随着中国的现代化，越来越多的人和组织开始考虑自己和地球的健康。

It involved investment, financing, manufacture of new trains, comprehensive modernization, and upgrade of existing car communication and signaling systems, electromechanical systems and the maintenance system.

它涉及投资、融资、新列车制造、全面现代化以及现有车辆通信和信号系统、机电系统和维护系统的升级。

Besides, the Asia-Pacific region is also where we put great focus on, such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as the region has a huge demand for network convergence, network modernization and digitalization," Chen said.

此外，亚太地区也是我们非常关注的地区，如印度尼西亚、马来西亚和泰国，因为该地区对网络融合、网络现代化和数字化有着巨大的需求，”陈说。

China is forging full speed ahead on its path towards modernization and unswervingly promoting high-level opening-up, Chen said, adding that the ministry will strengthen its follow-up services for key foreign investment projects and dynamically update the list of projects.

陈说，中国正在现代化建设道路上全速前进，坚定不移地推进高水平对外开放。他补充说，外交部将加强对重点外商投资项目的后续服务，并动态更新项目清单。

French pharmaceutical giant applauds policies aiding investment, local tiesChina continues to attract foreign investors thanks to favorable policies for multinational companies amid the country's opening-up, high-quality development and modernization, a senior executive of French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said.

法国制药巨头赛诺菲（Sanofi）的一位高管表示，法国制药巨头对援助投资的政策表示赞赏，当地关系中国在开放、高质量发展和现代化的过程中，由于对跨国公司的有利政策，中国继续吸引外国投资者。

Despite subdued global economic growth and challenges to China's economic recovery, the nation has continuously attracted foreign direct investment, as investors have a positive outlook about the world's second-largest economy pursuing Chinese modernization, experts said.

专家表示，尽管全球经济增长放缓，中国经济复苏面临挑战，但中国仍不断吸引外国直接投资，因为投资者对这个世界第二大经济体追求中国现代化持积极看法。

"The executive also highlighted China's significant strides in increasing self-reliance and strength in science and technology, which he said were key to realizing Chinese-style modernization.

这位高管还强调了中国在增强自力更生和科技实力方面取得的重大进展，他说这是实现中国式现代化的关键。

"China's efforts toward modernization and innovation, especially in areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and renewable energy, are likely to attract foreign investors who are interested in investing in cutting-edge technologies," Charmeil added.

Charmeil补充道：“中国在现代化和创新方面的努力，特别是在人工智能、生物技术和可再生能源等领域，可能会吸引有兴趣投资尖端技术的外国投资者。”。

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi will accelerate the modernization of its manufacturing sites and research network in China to better integrate these into its global industrial system, a senior company executive said.

法国制药公司赛诺菲的一位高级管理人员表示，赛诺菲将加快其在中国的生产基地和研究网络的现代化，以更好地将其融入全球工业体系。

The company rolled out specific measures to provide financial services for promoting the high-quality development and modernization drive of Guizhou, as highlighted by 50-member financial expert group and paired cooperation, according to the company.

据该公司介绍，该公司推出了由50名成员组成的金融专家组和结对合作所强调的为促进贵州高质量发展和现代化建设提供金融服务的具体措施。

The center will also push forward the transformation and modernization of the aviation industry through digitalization and artificial intelligence.

该中心还将通过数字化和人工智能推动航空业的转型和现代化。

As an important pillar of China's economy, SOEs serve as an important fulcrum to expedite industrial transformation and upgrading and advance the cause of Chinese modernization.

国有企业作为中国经济的重要支柱，是加快产业转型升级、推进中国现代化事业的重要支点。

Moreover, in the context of the transformation and modernization of the global aviation industry, China's adherence to the concept of green development also well matches Airbus' objectives.

此外，在全球航空业转型和现代化的背景下，中国对绿色发展理念的坚持也与空客的目标非常吻合。

The Chinese path to modernization is in line with China's national conditions and development direction.

中国的现代化道路符合中国的国情和发展方向。

We believe that we can also contribute to the Chinese path to modernization," Vanachter said.

我们相信，我们也可以为中国的现代化道路做出贡献。”Vanachter说。

China Mobile's broadband network has covered 98 percent of administrative villages and 400 5G smart agriculture projects have been landed to empower agricultural and rural modernization with intelligence.

中国移动宽带网络已覆盖98%的行政村，400个5G智慧农业项目落地，用智能赋能农业农村现代化。

We will continue to increase our investment in healthcare innovation, support the Chinese path to modernization, promote the high-level development of the healthcare industry, and create a solid health foundation for common prosperity.

我们将继续加大对医疗创新的投入，支持中国现代化道路，推动医疗产业高水平发展，为共同富裕奠定坚实的健康基础。

Qi Xiangdong, chairman of Chinese cybersecurity company Qi-Anxin Technology Group, said private enterprises are an important force in helping pursue the Chinese path to modernization, and the company will work to beef up its innovation capabilities.

中国网络安全公司齐安信科技集团董事长齐向东表示，民营企业是中国走现代化道路的重要力量，公司将努力增强创新能力。

- The strategic restructuring of Sinosteel Group Corporation Limited and China Baowu Steel Group Corporation is of great significance to the layout and modernization of China's iron and steel industry, an official said Friday.

-中国钢铁集团公司和中国宝武钢铁集团公司的战略重组对中国钢铁工业的布局和现代化具有重要意义。

Liu Liehong, chairman of China Unicom, said next year, the company will step up a push to help build a sound digital infrastructure for Chinese path to modernization.

中国联通董事长刘烈宏表示，明年，公司将加大力度，为中国现代化建设提供完善的数字基础设施。

Gu Honghui, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai municipal government, said the China International Import Expo is an important driver in China's modernization and opening-up.

上海市政府副秘书长顾洪辉表示，中国国际进口博览会是中国现代化开放的重要推动力。

CHINESE MODERNIZATION, NEW OPPORTUNITIESChina has vowed to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts "through a Chinese path to modernization. "

中国现代化，新机遇中国誓言“通过中国的现代化道路”在各条战线上推进中华民族的复兴

"AstraZeneca is eyeing business growth generated from China's efforts to spur innovation, which the report said will remain at the heart of China's modernization drive.

“阿斯利康正在关注中国刺激创新的努力所带来的业务增长，报告称，创新仍将是中国现代化建设的核心。

"Foreign enterprises were also encouraged to ride the waves of China's green transition as China underlined harmony between humanity and nature in Chinese modernization and pledged to boost green and low-carbon industries.

“随着中国在现代化建设中强调人与自然的和谐，并承诺推动绿色低碳产业发展，外国企业也被鼓励搭乘中国绿色转型的浪潮。

Q3 Innovation has been the bedrock of China's modernization.

Q3创新是中国现代化建设的基石。

Q5 What's your view on modernization in China that has spawned common prosperity?

问5你对中国的现代化建设有何看法？

MACHADO: We are highly impressed by and fully respect the modernization progress in China.

马查多：我们对中国现代化进程印象深刻，也十分尊重。

The report emphasized that innovation will remain at the heart of China's modernization drive, and the country is improving systems for scientific and technological innovation.

报告强调，创新仍然是中国现代化建设的核心，中国正在完善科技创新体系。

Wang Lei, global executive vice-president of British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, said he was encouraged by the report's emphasis that innovation will remain at the heart of China's modernization drive.

英国阿斯利康制药公司全球执行副总裁王磊表示，报告强调创新仍将是中国现代化建设的核心，他对此感到鼓舞。

Lu Minfang, president of Mengniu GroupThe food industry, especially the dairy sector, is one of the key industries for building agriculture and manufacturing power, as well as realizing Chinese modernization.

蒙牛集团总裁陆敏芳食品工业，尤其是乳业，是建设农业和制造业强国，实现中国现代化的关键产业之一。

The most obvious change is the modernization of livestock production and the food supply chain, he said.

他说，最明显的变化是畜牧业生产和食品供应链的现代化。

Shi Guoyue, an official of East China Normal University, said the move creates a model of industry-university-research cooperation and is of significance to educational modernization and informatization.

华东师范大学官员石国跃表示，此举开创了产学研合作的模式，对教育现代化和信息化具有重要意义。

Dialogue, open exchanges, a forward-looking perspective, particularly focusing on more international cooperation at institutional and corporate levels, can help solve our challenges – accelerating the progress of industrial modernization, fighting climate change and making it a growth opportunity, mitigating risks, upholding the values of peace, harmony and a rule-based world order require engagement.

对话、公开交流、前瞻性视角，特别是关注机构和企业层面的更多国际合作，有助于解决我们的挑战——加快工业现代化进程，应对气候变化并使其成为增长机会，降低风险，维护和平价值观，和谐和基于规则的世界秩序需要参与。

A: China is quickly building up new economic engines for the future that are fueled by industrial modernization and lower carbon development.

A： 在工业现代化和低碳发展的推动下，中国正在迅速为未来打造新的经济引擎。

The double pledge to peak and to neutralize greenhouse gases emissions by 2030 and 2060 is key to maintain China's new competitiveness, and it will drive further acceleration of the modernization progress.

到2030年和2060年实现温室气体排放峰值和中和的双重承诺是保持中国新竞争力的关键，它将推动进一步加快现代化进程。

The Chinese authorities have released a guideline to promote digital technologies in rural areas, as part of their efforts to advance agricultural and rural modernization.

作为推进农业和农村现代化努力的一部分，中国当局发布了一项在农村地区推广数字技术的指导方针。

Reform and opening-up is a path China must follow to achieve modernization, Li said, adding that the nation will continue its strict protection of intellectual property rights and impartial treatment of international and domestic companies, and deepen its reforms to streamline administrative power and improve the government's regulation and services, among other measures.

李说，改革开放是中国实现现代化必须走的道路。他补充说，中国将继续严格保护知识产权，公正对待国际和国内企业，深化改革，精简行政权力，改善政府监管和服务等措施。

Li praised international companies for their contributions to China's reform and opening-up and its cause of modernization, and he had in-depth discussions with the business leaders.

李对国际企业为中国改革开放和现代化建设作出的贡献表示赞赏，并与企业界领袖进行了深入探讨。

The business leaders taking part in the meeting expressed their confidence in the prospects for China's economy and said they hope to actively participate in China's modernization drive.

与会企业领导人对中国经济前景充满信心，表示希望积极参与中国现代化建设。

President Xi Jinping said that realizing common prosperity is the essential requirement of socialism and it is also an important feature of China's modernization.

According to a guideline released by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, China's Cabinet, on July 15, Pudong should pioneer China's socialist modernization and serve as a strategic link between the domestic and international markets.

Cao Lujia, an analyst at BloombergNEF, said: "The smart gas field will further improve the modernization of the country's oil and gas industry chain.

The ultimate purpose of the fund is to build long-term poverty alleviation mechanisms, contribute to reform for rural and agricultural modernization, and assist with rural revitalization, the company said.

State-owned enterprises play an important role in boosting the modernization and stability of industrial and supply chains in the country, he said.

"A modern comprehensive transport system will be in place by 2035 to substantially improve public satisfaction levels and better support national modernization, according to a white paper titled "Sustainable Development of Transport in China" released by the State Council Information Office earlier this week.

With China pursuing more sustainable growth goals for the country's drive toward modernization, Covestro AG, the German manufacturer of high-tech polymers, pledged to deploy more resources and introduce its latest products in this market during the nation's 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), a senior executive said.

"The frontier exploration of future schools will provide strong support for the country and accelerate the country's modernization of education and its journey toward being an education power.

For instance, Chow Sang Sang, a leading Chinese jewelry retailer, has been integrating IT with its business through VMware's IT infrastructure and application modernization.

The first section of Kalemie Road Rehabilitation and Modernization Project, an infrastructure project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, completed and started operations on Oct 27, according to project planner and undertaker Sino-Congolese Infrastructure Co Ltd. Sino-Congolese Infrastructure is a subsidiary of State-owned China Railway Resources Group Co Ltd.

The State-owned enterprises play a key role in boosting the modernization and stability of industrial and supply chains in the country, he said.

It will give full play to the company's R&D and manufacturing advantages, keep innovating, accelerate the process of TCM modernization, industrialization and internationalization, to contribute to the high-quality development of TCM.

"The epidemic will accelerate the modernization of management systems, promote the upgrading of technologies and help transform the economic structure of SOEs," he said.

- China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) contributes to enhancing the modernization process of Egypt via its ongoing construction of a 20-tower business district in the country's new administrative capital city, some 50 km east of Cairo, said the chief of CSCEC branch in Egypt.

"The under-construction new administrative capital is considered a milestone in Egypt's development and modernization, and the Central Business District (CBD) being built by CSCEC is one of the most important projects of the new capital," Chang Weicai, general manager of CSCEC Egypt, told Xinhua on Saturday.

As one of China's most economically active, open and innovative regions, the Yangtze River Delta boasts strategic significance in the country's modernization and further opening-up, which makes its regional integration crucial for leading the country's high-quality development and for developing a modernized economy, said Wu Xiaohua, vice-president of the Academy of Macroeconomic Research of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Qin Hengde, president of the agriculture business unit of Sinochem, said the tie-up will accelerate the modernization process of China's agriculture by giving the sector a data-driven makeover.

I think that the key for the private sector is to partner with the government and with fellow private companies on artificial intelligence initiatives, new industrialization, informatization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization.

This is a modernization of energy supply systems in Ukraine within the standards of the European and the global community," Kubiv told the signing ceremony.

The Chinese government has been very active in recent years, applying this modernization approach to the healthcare sector for the benefit of patients.

In a strong sign of the government's commitment to modernization and opening-up, we were acquired by ChemChina in 2017.

Opportunities are arising from BRI economies' ongoing modernization of livestock and food supply chains, with significant investment funneling into the sector.

"Jin said agricultural modernization is taking place in many countries, especially in the meat production sector.

PepsiCo also shared its best practice in global modern farm management — to help increase the quality and efficiency of potato production, accelerate agricultural modernization and improve management skills for agriculture in China.

Before its modernization drive, the brand had faced criticism in several areas, such as its slow pace in updating its product portfolio and redundant shopping guides.

It was reflective of both legacy and modernization.

So I think maybe a different quote: Modernization is not only about modernizing your fleet, it's also a modernization of culture and contracts, staff, payment schemes and labor agreements.

The Lagos-Kano rail modernization project started in 2006 and was broken into segments for implementation.

The bank was among hundreds of thousands of foreign businesses from across the world that sought for opportunities in the modernization and transition of the country.

Late last year, the US Congress introduced the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act that seeks to expand CFIUS' power, primarily targeting Chinese investment.

Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated 10 additional coaches and two locomotive engines to the existing ones to boost the country's first completed standard gauge railway modernization project assisted by China.

Fast, reliable logistics will be a necessary part of the country's economic modernization.

What we produce here directly supports the development and modernization of Chinese industry.

David Makhura, governor of Gauteng province, said the project will bring changes to both the residential districts and spatial planning, which will help promote modernization and reindustrialization of the region.

Xi also called for boosted factory productivity and accelerating the building of an industrial system that promotes coordinated development of the real economy, with technological innovation, modern finance, and human resources, and set out clear modernization targets by 2020 and 2035.

KIEV — The private Chinese company Xinjiang Communications Construction Group Co Ltd has signed two agreements with Ukraine's state road agency Ukravtodor on the modernization of state highways in western and central Ukraine.

During the event, Cargill officially launched a key project about rural agricultural modernization.

There has also been great progress in modernization, innovation and globalization.

"During the process of agricultural modernization, China's transformation can be summarized as a combination of growth and demand that is linked to income and urbanization," Sijbesma said.

Ding Lixin, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, said that for new growth drivers for China to explore home and global markets, an obvious path to take was modernization of the livestock and the food supply chain, a big area with a lot of room for investments.

"Lihua has shown that it is a proven leader in the modernization of China's agriculture industry, which is critical for the country's food security and economic growth," said Martin Lemoine, Agribusiness Investment Unit Head in ADB's Private Sector Operations Department.

The newly released plan depicting the development path for Pudong New Area in the next five years will help the area fulfill its role as a pioneer of China's socialist modernization, said experts.

In July 2021, the central authorities released a guideline to support Pudong's high-level reform and opening-up, saying the area should pioneer socialist modernization.

Noting that the nation is advancing the Chinese path to modernization on all fronts through high-quality development, Han said that China welcomes HSBC Group and other international financial institutions to continue to actively participate in China's financial reform and opening-up and achieve better development in the country.

Kenya's infrastructure modernization has accelerated thanks to input from China in terms of capital, technology and reskilling of local youth.

Denis Depoux, global managing director of consultancy Roland Berger, said in an earlier interview with China Daily that the nation's industrial modernization, huge consumption potential and growing innovation prowess are three strong factors that create a new China story for the world.

China will make dedicated efforts to turn the country into a trader of quality, as part of its efforts to achieve Chinese modernization, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said on Tuesday in Beijing.

China's foreign trade has navigated in a downward pressure and displayed a remarkable resilience since 2023, as highlighted by stable import and export volumes, steady international market share, optimized trading structure and a diversified range of trading partners, Wang said at the fourth session of the symposium themed "Comprehensively Advancing Chinese Modernization".

BEIJING — In a tone-setting meeting that concluded on Dec 20, China specified moves and tasks to advance rural revitalization across the board and boost the modernization of the countryside in 2024.

Pudong's transformation is an embodiment of China's modernization drive over the past decades.

In 2021, China issued a guideline to support high-level reform and opening-up of Pudong and build the area into a pioneer of socialist modernization.

"In the future, it will continue to contribute to China's modernization and opening-up, and promote global balanced, coordinated and inclusive development. "

Recording the process of Chinese modernization and exploring major issues embody significance for the development of both China and the world, the book said.

That aims to further consolidate and add steam to economic recovery momentum, boost high-quality development and maintain social stability, thereby providing a firmer footing to efforts to advance the Chinese modernization and national rejuvenation drive.