Can We Talk about the Formation of a New Social System in China?

In connection with the 40th anniversary of the Chinese reforms, the authors analyzed the milestones reached by China. Particular attention was paid to recent events—the 19th CPC Congress and the 1st session of the NPC of the 13th convocation. According to the authors, reforms and modernization in China are close to completion. It was stated at the CPC congress that the country has entered a fundamentally new phase of development, it is forming an original social structure, and Chinese specificity is acquiring the features of integrity as an independent, social development project alternative to the West.