中国当前已经成为全球第二大经济体、第一大国际贸易国，然而，中国的国际形象及其国际话语权是与实际国力不相称的，中国国家形象与实际情况存在巨大反差的现实局面并未被根本扭转。从国际媒体报道情况来看，外国政界、学界、媒体界都倾向于把它简单化为“政治威权主义+经济自由主义”，这种理解是一孔窥豹、盲人摸象。从发展轨迹来看，国际社会对中国发展道路的集中讨论肇始于2004年雷默提出的“北京共识”，以及随后学界讨论的“中国模式”。总体来讲，可以分为“萌芽阶段”、“升温阶段”和“深化阶段”，每个阶段国际媒体对于“中国发展道路”的表述各不相同，理解的侧重点和关注点也不同。但总体来讲，“中国发展道路”的传播面越来越大，影响也越来越大。
China has become the world's second largest economy and the largest international trading country.However，China's international image and its international discourse power are not commensurate with actual national strength.China's national image and actual situation are in sharp contrast.The situation has not been reversed.International medias，politicians and scholars tend to simplify “China's development path”as “political authoritarianism + economic liberalism.” This understanding is incorrect.The concentrated discussion of China's development path began with the proposed of “Beijing Consensus” by Remer in 2004 and the “Chinese model” discussed between the scholars.Generally speaking，it can be divided into “emerging stage”，“warming stage” and “deepening stage”.The international media's expressions of “China's development path” are different in each stage，and focus in different aspects.Generally speaking，the “China's development path” spread more widely.
