Abstract: The modernization of humans is the essence of modernization. Western modernization has strayed from this essence and is on the verge of a modernity crisis. The crisis of modernity in the West logically begins with the worship of reason and the dominance of capital value-added logic over all aspects of life. These ideas become entwined and ultimately give rise to the paradox of Western-style modernization, which is the conflict between the advancement of the times and the crisis of humanity. Marxist humanology, which argues for human characteristics, nature, and evolution from the height of historical materialism, has completely dispelled the paradoxes of Western-style modernization and is a pathological diagnosis of the problems facing Western-style modernity. Chinese-style modernization, led by the Communist Party of China, is founded in the more profound implications of Marxist humanology, follows a people-centered methodology, and forges a new and more rational modernity by utilizing capital, tying modernity and tradition together, and pursuing the all-encompassing modernization of people through a variety of initiatives. As a better way to overcome the problems facing Western-style modernity, Chinese-style modernization will, with new modernity it continues to exhibit, undoubtedly become the shared objective of all modern human civilizations.

Key words: Chinese-style modernization, Western-style modernization, Marxist humanology