GUANGZHOU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- A think tank report released Saturday expounds on building a new vision of civilizations with development at the core.

The report, titled "Theory on the Development of Civilizations -- Building a New Vision of Civilizations with Development at the Core," was released by Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency, at the International Academic Symposium on Xi Jinping Thought on Culture held in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

The theory emphasizes the independence, inclusiveness and innovation of civilizations, with governance for the people as the foundation of development. The report states that the theory shapes a new paradigm for human civilization.

Chinese civilization has provided a model, rich in Eastern wisdom, for the advancement of human civilization. It has formed a path for systematic civilizational advancement characterized by economic prosperity, political integrity, effective governance, cultural self-confidence, social stability, ecological beauty, and promotion of peace through diplomacy, according to the report.

Explaining the essence of Chinese modernization as a dual process of "civilizational development" and "developing civilization," the report noted that it breaks through the linear development logic of traditional modernization theories, and establishes a new vision of civilizations with development at the core. Enditem