《中国概览》以历史为经，以中国各领域基本情况为纬，高度概括地介绍中国多民族国家和中华文明形成的历史，近代以来中国的抗争和发展之路，从新中国成立到改革开放时期的历程，全面建成小康社会的历史性成就和中国式现代化新征程，当今中国面临的机遇和挑战，中国通过发展自己对世界发展作出的贡献，等等。

陈坚，法学博士，中央党史和文献研究院国家高端智库专家、研究员，中国中共党史学会党建史专委会副秘书长，全国多所高校客座教授，多家中央级媒体特约撰稿人，多次参与国家社科基金项目，发表理论与学术文章100余篇，出版政党政治类图书著作十多部，其中包括《当代中国政治》（2019）。

Chapter I Unification of China in history
Primitive Chinese civilization
Continuity of Chinese history
Formation of the ancient country
First unification and separation of China
Chinese empire reunified and split again
Third reunification of Chinese empire
Chapter II Origin of community of the Chinese nation
Geographical environment and inward movement
Different parts of China
Origin of the word “China”
A multi-ethnic country
Safeguarding national unity and fighting against separatism
Chapter III Traditional ideology and culture
Confucianism and the orthodox
Taoist thought and Taoism
Legalism and its practice
Introduction of Buddhism and its localization in China
Basic spirits of traditional thought and culture
Society steeped in traditional thoughts and culture
National character shaped by traditional thoughts and culture
Exchanges between ancient Chinese and foreign cultures
Chapter IV Developed country of the agricultural civilization era
Progress in agriculture and development of the handicraft industry
World-leading technologies
Sound political, legal and official selecting system
Language and characters
Incomparable achievements in literature
Unique artistic style
Colorful social life
Chapter V Crisis and development path in modern times
Closed doors and the decline of the Qing court
Disasters brought by opium
Seeking for self-improvement
Efforts to build a modern state
New cultural enlightenment movement
Ups and downs of national revolutionary movements
Founding of the PRC led by the CPC
Chapter VI Endeavors of the PRC and reform and opening-up
Starting from scratch
Explorations, and twists and turns in building socialism
Reform injecting vigor and vitality into socio-economic development
Opening to the outside world
China’s modernization drive making steady progress
Promoting the construction of a democratic country under the rule of law
Chapter VII China advancing into a new era
New challenges for development
Five-sphere integrated plan to promote coordinated national development
New era for comprehensively deepening the reform
Shifting from high-speed growth to high-quality development
Chapter VIII Fully building a modern socialist country
Steadily promoting strategies for modernization drive
Complete victory in fight against poverty
Achieving the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects
Embarking on a new journey toward fully building a modern socialist country
Chapter IX Advocating building a community with a shared future
Following the path of peaceful development
Upholding multilateralism and diversity of civilizations
Being a responsible, major developing country
Belt and Road Initiative promoting global common development