Abstract: The exploration of the traditional cultural resources is an indispensable basic work of “promoting the modernization of the national governance system and capabilities”. Facing the historical effects of the integration of traditional cultural society, and understanding its contents through intensive reading, we can summarize a richer and more mature ideological system of national governance; for example, “Rule by Law supplemented with Morality” as the basic mode of national governance, “People First (regarding people as the foundation of the country)” as the reality basis of governing legitimacy, “Harmony and Common Prosperity” as the ideal governance order of the society and “Community First” as the value orientation of the national governance, etc. The creative transformation and innovative inheritance of “good governance” based on the modern society can work together to shape the political civilization and social order in contemporary China, rebuild cultural identity as well as confidence and provide important ideological support for the great practice of the rejuvenation of China.

Key words: national governance, traditional Chinese cultural resources, discourse system, comprehensive innovation