Abstract: The Marxist theorists and scholars in Western countries have been devoted to theoretical study of the problem of modernization of the backward countries and formed two different kinds of modernization theory.Reflections on the two theories can not only let people correctly understand the essence of the two modernization theories,but also give enlightenment to people in correctly grasping the devel-opment direction of its modernization in the context of globalization and the current period of financial crisis.