The five-episode feature film "New Forms of Human Civilization — Chinese Modernization was launched on November 6th. The film closely follows the five characteristics of Chinese modernization, namely People First, Common Prosperity, Two Wings of Qi Fei, Green Mountains and Green Rivers, and The Way of Harmony. It shows the thoughts, thoughts and expectations of cadres and the masses on Chinese modernization step by step, answers questions from China, the world, the people and the times, presents a new form of human civilization and interprets a new one.
The program will be broadcast simultaneously on CCTV-2, CCTV video, CCTV news and CCTV network from November 6 to 10 at 19:45, with each episode lasting 45 minutes.
1. Three-dimensional exposition of "five characteristics of Chinese modernization" and "beautiful prospect of Chinese modernization".
Based on the background of the times and capturing the hot spots of the times, "New Forms of Human Civilization — — Chinese-style Modernization depicts the magnificent picture of Chinese-style modernization from many aspects, pays attention to the most advanced aspects of mankind and explores the deepest part of the human spiritual world, and embodies the value scale and the height of the times of the national-level national education television open class and the same frequency resonance of the times.
The first is to focus on theoretical innovation. On the basis of long-term exploration and practice since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, our party has successfully promoted and expanded Chinese modernization through theoretical and practical breakthroughs since the 18th National Congress. Chinese-style modernization has created a new form of human civilization, showing a new prospect of modernization, with lofty ideas, rich connotations and profound thoughts, further deepening the understanding of the connotation and essence of Chinese-style modernization, generalizing the China characteristics, essential requirements and major principles of Chinese-style modernization, and initially constructing a theoretical system of Chinese-style modernization, making Chinese-style modernization clearer, more scientific and more feasible. Chinese-style modernization theory is a scientific summary of China’s long-term exploration and practice of socialist modernization and the latest major achievement of scientific socialism.
Second, through profound reasoning, vivid examples, vivid pictures, international vision and touching details, the five characteristics of Chinese modernization and the most authentic and credible national conditions are presented in a three-dimensional way. "Chinese-style modernization is the modernization with a huge population, the common prosperity of all people, the coordination of material civilization and spiritual civilization, the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and the modernization of peaceful development." China has a population of more than 1.4 billion, and its population is huge, which is the basic national condition of China. The larger the population, the greater the difficulty of modernization. The state insists on giving priority to employment, achieving 130 million new jobs in cities and towns in ten years, and achieving relatively full employment in a big country with a population of more than 1.4 billion. By the end of 2022, the number of social security card holders nationwide reached 1.368 billion, the number of people participating in basic medical insurance nationwide reached 1.34 billion, and the number of people participating in basic old-age insurance nationwide reached 1.05 billion. This social security safety net, the largest in the world, guards everyone in China. Promote the coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization, social civilization and ecological civilization, and create a new road of Chinese modernization. Respecting the diversity of world civilizations, respecting the development paths and modes independently chosen by all countries, transcending the barriers of civilizations, the conflicts of civilizations, and the coexistence of civilizations, Chinese-style modernization is creating a new form of human civilization that not only develops itself but also benefits the world.
Third, highlight the beautiful prospect of Chinese modernization: adhere to the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership, adhere to Socialism with Chinese characteristics, achieve high-quality development, develop people’s democracy throughout the process, enrich people’s spiritual world, achieve common prosperity for all people, promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature, promote the construction of a community of human destiny, and create a new form of human civilization. "Practice has proved that Chinese-style modernization is feasible and stable, and it is the only correct way to build a strong country and national rejuvenation." A big country with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization has embarked on a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, which can be called the most touching struggle story and the most striking civilization epic in the world.
Second, political feelings, story expression, grand themes and micro-narratives are integrated, and "stained with dirt, dewdrops and steaming" shows the vigor of the people of China on the new journey.
The film breaks through the stereotype that general political commentary films focus on discussion, tells stories vividly, and fills the majestic lines of historical changes since the 18th National Congress with details. Each episode has at least five story points, and it reflects the great times with personal fate, organically connecting about 30 touching stories into a grand and vivid picture scroll of the times. The film adheres to the creative style of "political commentary feelings and story expression" and insists on ideological, artistic and vivid. Pay attention to the combination of big theme, small incision and micro-description, profoundly reveal the theoretical logic and practical logic behind the great achievements and great changes in the new era, and fully demonstrate the spiritual temperament of self-confidence, self-improvement and innovation in the new era.
If we use the shocking lens and the story of the villagers in Shanya village, we can recall that the hanging ladder built with rattan and wooden sticks on the steep cliff was the only way out for the villagers. No matter adults or children, every trip is a life-and-death test. If you are not careful, you will fall off the cliff and die. Against the background of getting rid of poverty, Cliff Village has become a tourist attraction in online celebrity. The 800-meter steel ladder is safe and firm. Cliff villagers get rid of poverty and become rich, and a villager’s salad blog broadcasts the results of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich to the people in the cliff village. In 2020, the villagers of "Cliff Village" moved to the resettlement site of the county. Beautiful new house, job opportunities at home, order-based skills training, annual income of 70 thousand to 80 thousand, once isolated villagers began to embrace a new life.
The film presents historical development through the narrative of grand themes, but at the same time it also pays attention to integrating individual perspectives into it. For example, 88-year-old Hu Ronggan and his wife have lived in a narrow space of 14.3 square meters for more than 50 years. At one end of the bed is a toilet, and they all eat and go to the toilet in the same space. The per capita living area of hundreds of thousands of families in Shanghai is less than 4 square meters, of which the per capita living area of more than 30 thousand families is less than 2.5 square meters. From 2017 to 2022, Shanghai has rebuilt 3.28 million square meters of old houses below Grade II in five years, benefiting 165,000 households, completing the goal of old renovation in pieces ahead of schedule, and drawing a successful conclusion for the livelihood of the people that lasted for 30 years. The film projects the grand theme onto the micro-individuals, vividly presenting the people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security.
The combination of rational recording and perceptual narration authoritatively, accurately and truly shows the brilliant achievements of Chinese modernization and faces great challenges through rational and down-to-earth way. Macro care, strategically located, magnificent momentum, although rationality brings strong seriousness, but the film skillfully integrates sensibility into it, grounded, full of human touch and temperature. For example, Shenyang Love Noodle Restaurant has provided 6,000 bowls of free "love noodles" in 21 years. In recent years, many customers have made a special trip to eat noodles, even from other places. Paying a few more dollars, dozens of dollars and hundreds of dollars at the checkout supported her charity. She wrote everyone’s donations on the certificate one by one, and the certificate on this wall is the gathering of countless loves. Another example is a serious mountain fire in Chongqing in 2022, with flying fire dragons on one side and unbreakable human walls on the other. Countless volunteers went retrograde, fighting the raging fire under the billowing smoke. In 10 days, more than 20,000 volunteers directly or indirectly participated in the fire fighting work. Another example is that at the end of July 2023, the biggest rainstorm occurred in Beijing in 140 years. More than 2800 passengers on three trains were trapped in Mentougou mountain area. The villagers in Luopoling contributed everything they had to eat and live at home and enthusiastically helped the stranded passengers. Through typical and vivid examples, the film vividly shows the energetic spirit of China people on the new journey, which is full of fireworks and warms people’s hearts.
Three, ingenious production, ideological and artistic, to create a masterpiece of literature feature films.
The film pays attention to the integration of art and technology, innovates the presentation methods, and strives to make the lens language expression more tense and enrich the audience’s viewing experience. During the production process, the shooting team went to more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country to shoot, traveled tens of thousands of kilometers, interviewed nearly 300 people and recorded many wonderful images and warm moments.
The film is ideological, theoretical, historical, documentary and ornamental, with exquisite commentary, passion and poetry, full picture composition, smooth editing and vigorous momentum. The ingenious and sophisticated production is another innovative practice of the main station to actively build a new pattern of "thought+art+technology" integrating media communication and "all screens are fine". The beauty of audio-visual and artistic appreciation is excellent, which has a shocking effect.
New Forms of Human Civilization — — Chinese Modernization is an in-depth scan of China’s national conditions and an affectionate tribute to Chinese modernization. Through innovative TV language narration, with a broad sense of historical depth and passionate artistic rendering, it has achieved the effect of "listening, looking, thinking and thinking", which will further inspire the whole party and people of all ethnic groups to forge ahead and gather the majestic power to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization. (Wang Yongli)