China 九年级（初三） Morality and Rule of Law

1. Sem.1 U1 Party leadership

Centenary history of the CPC · People-centred approach · Overall leadership of the Party

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2. Sem.1 U2 Entering the new era

New historic juncture; principal contradiction · Guiding thought of the new era · Achievements: economy, democracy, culture, livelihoods, ecology

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3. Sem.1 U3 New journey

Two-step strategy; Chinese path to modernisation · High-quality development; new development philosophy

• National Development Strategies: How Countries Plan Growth – A national development strategy is a country's long plan to grow richer, fairer and cleaner. The government chooses goals, such as lifting poor regions and cutting pollution, and spends its limited money on tools like roads and rail, schools and skills, industry and green energy. Real examples include China's Western Development and rural revitalisation, India's five-year plans and Make in India, and South Korea's export-led plans. Every plan has trade-offs, so countries keep checking results and changing the plan.

4. Sem.1 U4 Realising the Chinese Dream

Unity of the Chinese nation; national reunification policy · National rejuvenation; everyone a dreamer

• National Goals, the National Dream and the Role of Youth – A country often sets a shared long-term goal, such as national rejuvenation (the Chinese Dream), Viksit Bharat 2047 or Vision 2030. It is reached when many people add their effort. Each person has a personal dream, and the national dream is the sum of them: a strong, fair and happy country. Young people help by learning well, serving others, creating new things and being honest citizens.

5. Sem.2 U1 Our shared world

An open, interconnected world · Peace, development, win-win cooperation

• The Making of a Global World – People, goods, ideas and germs have moved across the world for thousands of years: on the silk routes, with food crops like potato and maize, and with diseases like smallpox. Between 1815 and 1914 the world economy grew through three flows: goods, labour and capital, helped by railways, steamships and refrigerated ships. Colonies paid a price: rinderpest in Africa and indentured labour from India. After the First World War came mass production in the USA and then the Great Depression of 1929, which hit India's farmers hard. After 1945, the Bretton Woods system, the IMF and the World Bank rebuilt the world economy.
• Global Issues and International Cooperation – Global issues are problems that cross borders and affect everyone: climate change and pollution, shrinking resources and energy, poverty and hunger, and a growing population needing food and housing. No single country can fix them alone. Nations cooperate through agreements (such as the Montreal Protocol and the Paris Agreement), aid, shared technology and the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. People can also help by saving energy, wasting less and choosing fair products.

6. Sem.2 U2 China on the world stage

China's responsibility and interaction · Opportunities and challenges

• Global Citizenship – A global citizen belongs to local, national and world communities at the same time. The world is interconnected, and problems such as poverty, hunger, conflict and climate change are shared. Global citizens know their rights and duties, care about people far away, reduce their ecological footprint, and act locally while thinking globally.
• Globalisation – Globalisation means growing flows of goods, money, ideas and people across the world, which make the world more connected. Technology is its main cause. It affects politics (the role of the state), the economy (trade, investment, inequality) and culture (sameness versus mixing). India opened its economy in 1991 after following protectionism. Globalisation is resisted by groups on the Left and Right and by movements like the World Social Forum, while many ask for fair globalisation.

7. Sem.2 U3 Young people facing the future

Responsibility of youth · Graduation; lifelong learning; careers · Looking back and forward

• Responsibility of Youth – Young people carry two jobs at once. First, improve yourself: learn, practise, stay healthy and be honest. Second, widen your view: care about people and problems beyond your own street. Skills without a wide view help only you; a wide view without skills helps nobody. Together they let small actions add up to real change.
• Career Planning: From Knowing Yourself to Your First Job – Career planning has five steps. 1) Know yourself: interests, skills and values. 2) Explore career families and find out the work, study needed, pay and demand. 3) Plan a pathway with SMART goals and a plan B. 4) Search for jobs with a CV, cover letter, digital portfolio and interview practice. 5) Make the move from school to work and keep learning, because careers change over a lifetime.
• Self-Assessment: Getting to Know Your Own Resources – Self-assessment means looking at yourself honestly to know your interests, abilities, values, health and habits. You rate each area, spot strengths and growth areas, compare your view with feedback from others, and keep proof in a portfolio. It helps you choose subjects and careers, and plan how to improve.