Abstract: The five-thousand-year history of Chinese civilization has witnessed the Chinese culture drawing on all the fine achievements of human civilization in an open and inclusive manner. The formation and development of the inclusiveness, one of the outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization, are closely related to the historical nature formed on the basis of agricultural civilization and the establishment of the “world” pattern in the history of Chinese civilization. The inclusiveness of the Chinese civilization is not only reflected in the overall concept of harmony between all countries and the world, but also in the cultural development concept of inclusiveness and learning from others and the ecological values of harmony between nature and man and the coexistence of all things, thus promoting the formation of the Chinese civilization that gathers diversity and builds consensus. At the same time, the inclusiveness of the Chinese civilization also has layers of internal development direction, from resolving the “ancient and modern dispute between China and the West” to enhancing the cohesion of the Chinese nation and the external recognition of the Chinese civilization, and then to civilization exchanges, and shows the unique value of the inclusiveness of the Chinese civilization, and promotes the development of the Chinese civilization to the depth.

Key words: inclusiveness, Chinese civilization, outstanding characteristics, modern civilization of the Chinese nation, a new form of human civilization