Scholar: Modernization path inspires

China's path to modernization not only maps out a vision for the nation over the coming decades but also offers inspiration for other developing countries, a senior scholar at a Thai institute said in a recent interview with China Daily.

In October, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, elaborated on the Chinese path to modernization in his report to the 20th National Congress of the CPC.

"It's a new model for human advancement, and it dispels the myth that modernization is equal to Westernization," said Tang Zhimin, director of the China-ASEAN Studies at the Bangkok-based Panyapiwat Institute of Management.