On China's Peaceful Rise And The Construction Of The Soft Power

Since China has implemented reform and opening-up policy in 1978,the economy has been developed with unprecedented speed and the comprehensive national strength has increased greatly. Around 2003,with regard to China's development Chinese leaders and strategy researchers has conducted a comprehensive and in-depth thinking on China's development,when all kinds of "China threat theory" appear in the international community, then they put forward the strategic thinking——"peaceful rise",that is,China would develop and rise in a peaceful way. China's peaceful rise will contribute to building a peaceful world and bring an opportunity instead of a threat to the international community.The path of China's peaceful rise is new and powerful.The rise of a country,fundamentally speaking, depends on the comprehensive upgrade of its comprehensive national strength.The comprehensive national strength includes the hard power and the soft power.China's peaceful rise not only means the rapid growth in economics and military power in hard power,but also means the growth in cultural competition,institutional innovation and the impact of concept in soft power.The rise is inc6mplete and unsuccessful when the hard power strengthens without the support of the soft power.The theory of soft power includes culture,politics and diplomacy with the characteristics of civilization, flexibility,relaxation and permeability.The characteristics of China's peaceful rise is unified with the characteristics of soft power.Strengthening the construction of the soft power can reflect a civilized country and have the responsibilities to maintain the peace of the world and promote development with the magnanimity and the attitude:it can launch good-neighborly foreign policy and eliminate the "China threat theory":it can promote the sustainable development of the economy and the efficient use of resources to promote the construction of the hard power:it also can help China become the powerful country in the world smoothly,which is an important factor to promote and ensure the peaceful rise.