<P> The concept of Chinese Dream is very similar to the idea of "American Dream". It stresses entrepreneurship and glorifies a generation of self - made men and women in post-reform China . Such as those rural immigrates who moved to the urban centers and achieve magnificent improvement in terms of their living standards, and social life . Chinese Dream can be interpreted as the collective consciousness of Chinese people during the era of social transformation and economic progress . The main difference is that the American Dream is an already existing phenomenon while the Chinese Dream is being built and popularised fairly recently . </P> <P> The idea was put forward by the new CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping on November 29, 2012 . The government hoped to create a revitalized China, while promoting innovation and technology to restore the international prestige of China . In this light, Chinese Dream, like American exceptionalism, is a nationalistic concept as well . </P>

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