EPISODE 2: "A Question of Quality?"

The second episode, revolving around the challenges of modernizing a country with a 1.4 billion population, uses small stories to illustrate large-scale development: How the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is keeping fishermen safe; how smart agriculture is opening up a new era of intelligent farming; how 5G cloud clinics are bridging the last mile in rural healthcare; and how AI technology is empowering smart city construction. Covering various industries and the everyday experiences of ordinary people, the episode highlights how technological innovation is driving green development, cultural transformation is fostering social progress, digital empowerment is accelerating industrial upgrading, and high-quality development is promoting common prosperity. Scholars from China and overseas use these and other examples to explain the key elements of Chinese modernization.