Abstract: With the effectiveness and development characteristics of Chinese path to modernization, the construction of the international discourse system for Chinese path to modernization has become an urgent problem to be solved. To construct the international discourse system, we must focus on the fundamental question of “why” by examining the domestic and foreign situation of discourse for Chinese path to modernization, and take the opportunities and challenges of the construction of the international discourse system; To answer the question of “what”, we must aim at the basic characteristics of Chinese path to modernization and extract the core discourses like national conditions discourse, value discourse, social discourse, ecological discourse, communication discourse. As for the question of “how”, it is necessary to maximize the intensity, breadth and depth of the interpretation of Chinese modernization by expanding the vision of discourse, enriching the subject of discourse and innovating the expression of discourse in response to the practical need of transforming the advantages of Chinese modernization into discourse advantages and to the urgent task of reducing the prejudices against and misinterpretations on Chinese modernization.

Key words: Chinese path to modernization, Chinese context, international discourse system, discourse hegemony, China perspective