The Party's 20th Congress put forward the strategic task of Chinese-style modernization, and proposed to strengthen and accelerate the construction of network power and digital China. In 2016, the Party Central Committee put forward the conclusion that "there is no modernization without informatization", and promoting "digital governance" has become a new development focus of Chinese-style modernization. Digitalization is the forerunner of Chinese-style modernization. The construction of China's independent knowledge system of digital governance is an important content of the socialist rule of law thought with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and it is also a key topic of the modernization of the rule of law. In the context of the promotion of Chinese-style modernization by digital governance, the significance of digital governance is more to emphasize the empowering effect of digital technology. However, digital technology, like other technologies, is a double-edged sword, digital empowerment effect is risky, we should not only see the advantages of digital empowerment, but also fully understand the threshold and potential risks of digital technology application. Facing the wave of digital reform in the world, we should refine and process the rich digital scenes on the basis of analyzing the advantages and disadvantages, and gradually build an independent knowledge system with Chinese characteristics. Finally, efforts to make the digital governance knowledge system not only stay in practical productivity, but also realize the transformation from theory to productivity.

Mocheng Sun. Chinese Modernization: The Logical Application of Digital Technology to Empower Social Governance. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 10: 100-105. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2024.061015.

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