ABSTRACT
The future of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is important because of the relative uniqueness of the political model that the People's Republic of China (PRC) still has in the twenty-first century. Addressing the fear factor within the Party has proved complex. China's leaders understand that the CCP in claiming it provides more certainty has to somehow deliver on this. For this reason, they have developed norms and institutions to manage levels of uncertainty. 2030 is posited as a year in which China will achieve what it calls in its title "A Modern, Harmonious, High Income Society". To realize this goal, it focuses on six areas: market reform, innovation, going green, promoting social security, strengthening the fiscal system, and seeking mutually beneficial relations with the outside world. Under its current political model, China is always placed as a unique actor, part of the international community and yet somehow set apart from it.
