Common prosperity The report to the 20th CPC National Congress emphasized that Chinese modernization is socialist modernization pursued under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. “To fulfill our responsibility, we will rally and lead the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in China in making continued efforts to free up our minds, carry out reform and opening up, further release and develop the productive forces, work hard to resolve the difficulties the people face in both work and life, and unwaveringly pursue common prosperity,” Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said while meeting with the press with the other newly elected members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 18th CPC Central Committee in November 2012. The sound development of the villages in Tianmu Town, Lin’an District in east China’s Hangzhou City, stands out as an example of how CPC members help boost rural revitalization. Local authorities in Tianmu Town have given full play to the leading role of CPC members and introduced supportive policies to attract more talent to boost local economic development. For example, in Yuexiang Village, there are at least 15 CPC members who relocated from big cities to the countryside to engage in agricultural work. Themselves “new farmers,” they have helped mobilize 120 local “new farmers” to actively participate in rural revitalization. The village authorities have actively invited college graduates, who are also CPC members, to return to their hometowns by publicizing supportive policies and local development plans. At least 30 Party members with college degrees have returned to their homes in Tianmu Town to start businesses, and over 20 entrepreneurial projects have been implemented, with a total investment of over 50 million yuan (roughly $7 million), greatly boosting local economic development and improving locals’ incomes, the Hangzhou Daily reported. Shared development While CPC members are devoted to Chinese modernization, they have also made their efforts in China’s foreign aid endeavors. The foreign aid work is a glorious chapter in the 100-year history of the CPC, said Luo Zhaohui, former chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, at a press conference in 2021. As of September 2024, China had provided development assistance to over 160 countries, worked with more than 150 countries on building the Belt and Road Initiative, and collaborated with over 100 countries and international organizations, such as the UN, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.