"The theme of 'traditional culture and modern civilization' is of great practical significance." During the 10th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations, Chen Lai, Dean of the School of Chinese Studies of Tsinghua University, Vice President of the International Confucian Federation, and Director of the Academic Committee of the Nishan World Center for Confucian Studies, said in an interview that the modernization of different countries in the world should be based on traditional civilization. We should actively evaluate traditional culture, combining its creative transformation and innovative development, with the process of modernization. It is not to overthrow the old tradition, but to actively absorb the essence of traditional culture to serve our modernization today. This theme clarifies what kind of modernization Chinese path to modernization is and what relationship it has with traditional culture. It is also instructive to the whole world, especially the third world countries, in their efforts towards modernization.