现代化论坛宣言：首届世界现代化论坛的综合公告

Modernization Announcement

—The Concluding Announcement of the First International Modernization Forum

首届世界现代化论坛：现代化与全球变化，于2013年8月8日至9日在北京举行。论坛学术委员会成员来自12个国家，包括捷克共和国、芬兰、德国、意大利、韩国、荷兰、中国、波兰、罗马尼亚、俄罗斯、英国和美国。参加论坛的学者，围绕会议主题进行了深入讨论，形成了若干共识。

The 1st International Modernization Forum: ‘Modernization and Global Change’, was held in Beijing on 8 and 9 August 2013. Members of the scientific advisory committee of the forum come from 12 countries including the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Korea Republic, the Netherlands, P. R. China, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. The participants of the forum have held extensive discussions and reached some consensus.

1、现代化是18世纪以来人类文明的一种深刻变化；它既包括政治、经济、社会、文化各个领域从传统向现代的巨大转变，目前也包括人的全面发展和自然环境的合理保护。现代化是一个世界现象和国际潮流，它发源于先行国家，然后发生在全世界，但在社区层次有一些例外。

1. Modernization has been a profound change of human civilizations since the 18th century. It includes not only the great change and transformation from traditional to modern politics, economy, society and culture, but also all human development and the rational protection of the natural environment at present. Modernization has been a worldwide phenomenon making a global trend, which takes place both in the pioneering-countries and subsequently on a global scale with the exceptions of some communities.