中国读本丛书包括11个分册，逐一回答了中国是怎样一路走来的中国共产党是怎样的党中国特色社会主义道路是怎样的道路中国梦是怎样的梦想中国的民主是怎样的民主中国现在处在怎样的时代等一系列问题，帮助读者了解当代中国基本制度和发展大势，更加全面、客观地认识当代中国。本书对今天的中国到底处于怎样的时代这样一个深刻的问题进行了全面、系统的解答，讲清了中国正处于社会主义初级阶段、中国是世界上大的发展中国家、中国特色社会主义进入新时代等历史定位，以生动的故事和有力的事实，回答了为什么中国人说现在是好时代。The Reading China series consists of six volumes, which answer questions including How China has come all this way, What kind of party is the CPC, What is the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, What is the Chinese Dream, What kind of democracy is Chinas democracy and What era is China in, respectively. It helps readers gain a comprehensive and objective understanding of the fundamental systems and general development trends of contemporary China.This book provides a comprehensive and systematic answer to the profound question of "what kind of era is China in today ". It clarifies that China, the worlds largest developing country, is still in the primary stage of socialism, and is entering a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The author also answers why the Chinese think there has never been a better time through vivid stories and powerful facts in this book.

中国读本丛书，以让世界更好地读懂中国为出发点，重点向国外读者介绍中国道路、中国理论、中国制度和中国实践。The Reading China series focuses on introducing Chinas path, theory, system and practice to foreign readers, with the purpose of enabling the world to better understand China.

After 100 years of hard work, the Communist Party of China has united and led the people to realize the most extensive peoples democracy in a country that has experienced the history of feudal society for thousands of years, and the people have truly become the masters of the country, society and their own destiny. China has created the miracle of rapid economic and social development on the basis of poverty and completed the industrialization process in just a few decades that developed countries have gone through for hundreds of years. China has become the worlds second largest economy with its comprehensive national strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength, cultural influence and international influence significantly enhanced. The living standards of our people rose significantly from insufficient food and clothing to a well-off society in all respects and China has completely got rid of absolute poverty, becoming the country with the largest middle-income population in the world; China has maintained lasting social harmony and stability, and people live and work in peace and contentment, which makes itself one of the most secure countries recognized by the international community.Marx pointed out that just as a line is not a point in space, an era is not a moment in time. Era means a certain length of time, and only when time accumulates to a certain amount will there be changes in the era. Over the past 70 years since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, especially over 40 years since the reform and opening-up, China has experienced the most profound and radical changes ever, and the Chinese people have deeply felt the dramatic changes of the era.Well, people may ask, what era is China in today? In terms of the primary stage of socialism, it took roughly 100 years from the basic completion of the socialist transformation of private ownership of the means of production to the basic realization of socialist modernization, and China has now entered the second half of the primary stage. In terms of the phased goal of socialist modernization, with the realization of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, China is on a new journey to achieve the second Centenary Goal, that is, the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country, which is also the second half of modernization. It can be said that China today is in the best era in its history.

陈坚：现任中央党史和文献研究院研究员，先后发表《从新时期党代会报告看中共民主观的演变》《执政党党内民主与构建社会主义和谐社会》《改革开放以来我国政府机构改革历程述略》《党的代表大会由年会制到常任制的演变及其试点模式》《党的群众路线形成与发展》《改革开放与党的自我革命》等100余篇文章；出版《中国民主政治的走向》《民主监督中国共产党理论与实践》、《群众路线与党内教育活动》《人民至上》《的1949》《当代中国政治》《自我革命：中国改革开放成功的政治密码》等10余部著作。严哲文：毕业于复旦大学历史系，博士，现任中央党史和文献研究院助理研究员，参与过多项国家课题，具有扎实的学术和理论功底。Chen JianHe is a researcher at Central Institute of Partys History and Literature. He has published more than 100 articles, including The Development of the CPCs Democracy Outlook from the Party Congress Report in the New Period, The Ruling Partys Intra-Party Democracy and the Building of a Harmonious Socialist Society, An Overview of Chinese Government Institutional Reform since the Reform andOpening Up, The Evolution of the Party Congress from the System of Annual Sessions to the System with a Fixed Term and its Pilot Model, The Formation and Development of the Party s Mass Line,and Self Revolution of the Communist Party of China and the Reform and Opening Up. He is also the author of more than ten books, including The Future of Chinas Demo c r a c y , Demo c r a t i c Supervision: The CPCs Theory and Practice, The Mass Line and Intra-Party Educational Activities, People First, Mao Zedongs 1949, Contemporary Chinese Politics, and Self Revolution of the Communist Party of China:The Political Key to the Success of Chinas Reform and Opening Up.

Chapter One　 China is in the Primary Stage of Socialism The Ins and Outs of the Primary Stage of Socialism Is China Still in the Primary Stage of Socialism? China Enters a New Stage of Development How to Understand that Chinas Socialism Has Entered a New Stage of Development? Chapter Two　 China is the Largest Developing Country in the World What is Developing Country? China is Still the Largest Developing Country in the World China Still Has Much to Do Chapter Three　 Why Do We Say Socialism with Chinese Characteristics HasEntered a New Era? Where Does the Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Come from? The Objective Basis for Entering a New Era What is New in a New Era? Chapter Four　 Why is it Most Significant to Do Your Own Business Seriously? What is Changing in the Worlds Great Change Unseen in a Century? Challenges and Opportunities in the Great Change China is Doing Its Own Business Seriously Chapter Five　 The Chinese People Say This is the Best Era The Chinese People Experienced the Sufferings of the Old China The Peoples Republic of China Made China Embark on the Road of Prosperity and Development Chinas Development Gives Every Chinese the Opportunity to Succeed Chinas Development is Also an Opportunity for the World