The discourse system construction of Chinese modernization path is critical to respond to Western countries'relevant questioning and slandering,and to safeguard China's international image and reputation.As a witness and distinctive symbol in China's industrialization process,industrial heritage is an important concept and cultural symbol in its discourse construction.It is crucial for China's discourse power enforcement on the international stage to encode and concretize the modern symbolic ele-ments in its industrial heritage,and endow them with new era connotations.By means of the propagation power of space and media,industrial heritage symbols effectively enhance their infectivity and influence through a space and media integration.In-dustrial heritage symbols awaken their corresponding encoding-decoding relationships through a shared memory.Decoders satisfy their own needs for self-identification and social group recognition through a deep understanding of industrial heritage symbols,and in turn participate in their spatial construction and meaning dissemination.They promote a diversified development of the world's modernization path through a symbol meaning internalization.
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