Each state applied for regional or global leadership faces the necessity of innovations. One of the models of innovative development is the Chinese. It includes not only political and economic changes. Factors of political culture, more specifically - the mythological factor is often underestimated in the study of innovative modernization. To date, China has made considerable progress in a relatively short period of time. In this situation it is important and interesting to understand, due to what "non-standard" methods it happened. The model of Chinese innovation modernization demonstrates the strategic role of the mythological factor in the economic and political development of the country. The article examines the main "pillars" of the use of mythology within the framework of innovative modernization - archetypes and mythological worldview.
China, modernization, political culture, mythological factor, archetypes of modernity, the national innovation system.
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