中华文明 1 5世纪以前在全世界是领先的。中国的丝织、制瓷、筑石窟、造桥以及造船、航海术等多项科技工艺 ,特别是“四大发明” ,首先传播于朝鲜、日本及东南亚 ,再及南亚、非、欧。中华文明促进了亚非欧经济、文化的发展和欧洲文艺复兴的产生 ,先进的精神文明推动了物质文明和制度文明的发展 Chinese civilization was a leader in the world until the 15th century. China’s silk weaving, porcelain, building grottoes, bridges and shipbuilding, navigation and a number of other science and technology, especially the “four inventions”, first spread in North Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia, and then South Asia, Africa and Europe. Chinese civilization has promoted the economic and cultural development in Asia, Africa and Europe and the emergence of European Renaissance. Advanced spiritual civilization has promoted the development of material civilization and institutional civilization