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"Modernization is a complex phenomenon in the world, and is termed as a development goal in some countries and regions. This book, the first of its kind, discusses how a country can become modernized. It takes a new approach to addressing core issues in the era of globalization from a Chinese perspective. It analyzes how to become a developed and modernized country, why are some countries developed while others are not, how many countries will rise and how many will fall, will China become a new modernized country in the 21st century, and so on. The author presents a summary of 15 annual reports of China Modernization Report from 2001 to 2016. The themes covered include: basic principles of modernization (modernization science, modernization theory and modernization evaluation), level-related modernization (world, international, national, regional and urban modernization), field-relative modernization (economical, social, cultural and ecological modernization) and sector-specified modernization (agricultural, industrial and service modernization) etc. The book further discusses the principles and methods of world modernization, as well as the trends in modernization in the world and the modernization strategy in China, based on theoretical studies and research by a Chinese team for more than 16 years. This research covered 131 countries and 96% of the world's population, with a time span of 300 years (from 1750 to 2050)."

Modernization has effected a profound change in human civilizations and is a global trend since the 18th century. It includes not only the great change and transformation from traditional to modern politics, economies, societies and cultures, but also all human development and protection of the natural environment. Almost all nations in the world are undergoing some kind of modernization consciously or unconsciously, and the modernization drive can also be set as a national goal if they will. The first International Modernization Forum: Modernization and Global Change was held in Beijing in 2013. This volume, emanating from invaluable discussions at the forum, covers research on global modernization, multiple modernities, modernization theory, modernization science, modernization policy, and world modernization indexes. Global Modernization Review offers a collective understanding of the modernization phenomenon and provides invaluable guidance for further study, and significant international and interdisciplinary cooperation for researches on modernization

I. Civilization and modernization: As we understand them. 1. Human civilization and world modernization / Chuanqi He -- 2. The civilizational approach to modernization in contemporary China / Nelly Motroshilova -- 3. Cultural dynamics in the post-Soviet countries: Problems of modernization and preservation of civilizational specificity (example of Russia) / N.E. Tikhonova, S.V. Goryacheva -- 4. Modernization and globalization / N.N. Fedotova -- 5. Modernization in Russia: Ideology and composition of the project / Alexander Rubtsov -- 6. The evolution of the concept of modernization, its specificities in various country groups throughout the world / Valentina Fedotova -- 7. Principles and methods of modernization science / Chuanqi He -- 8. Modernization indices developed by China Centre for Modernization Research, in a global family of development indicators: Publishers' point of view / Oleg Zimarin -- 9. Science & technology and modernization / Jing Jin -- 10. Modernization in the context of the development of the science and technology / Vitaly G. Gorokhov -- 11. A bibliometric analysis of modernization studies (1900-2010) / Qing Ye, Nan Ouyang, Shuyao Wu -- 12. Russia and China in DBs web of knowledge: Bibliometric analysis of publications on modernization / Irina Marshakova-Shaikevich -- II. Global and regional modernization. 13. Regional modernization in the world / Chuanqi He -- 14. Stages, levels and phases of modernization in the Russian regions. Modernization types and clusters / N.I. Lapin -- 15. China's contribution to measurement of modernization / Tamara Orlova -- 16. Social and cultural measurements of regional modernization / Liudmila Belyaeva -- 17. On measurement of modernization stages (by the example of the Tyumen region) / A.N. Tarasova -- 18. Resources and constraints of modernization in the regions of north-western federal district / Aleksandra Shabunova and Marija Lastochkina -- 19. The summation of development of the region in the context involvement in modernization processes / Evgenija Kogay -- 20. Norms and conditions of labor in Russian and Chinese Societies: The case of S. Petersburg and Shanghai / Michail Chernysh -- 21. World modernization outline: 1700-2100 / Chuanqi He -- III. Summing up the conference and the program. 22. Memorandum of the participants of the Russian-Chinese scientific conference "Civilization and Modernization" 23. Protocol of cooperation between the Centre for Study of Social and Cultural Change, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences and the Centre for Modernization Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences -- 24. Programme of the Chinese-Russian Conference "Civilization and Modernization".