China's high-quality development receives wide praise

As the world is reeling from weak economy and regional conflicts, members of political parties and media outlets from different nations hailed China's high-quality development, saying it offers more opportunities to other countries and contributes to recovery and growth of the world economy.

They shared the view on Tuesday at a dialogue in an aim to have a deep understanding of China's new development and strengthen the exchange of experience in party and state governance.

Daudh Ahmed, deputy minister of Transport and Civil Aviation and Media Coordinator of People's National Congress of Maldives, said the comprehensive strategic partnership between the Maldives and China demonstrated core principles of Chinese modernization including high-quality development and achieving common prosperity for all.

"The partnership between the two countries provides a stable foundation for us to enhance our appeal as an economic hub and investment destination in South Asia. It is also a testament to the myriad of global opportunities that arise from Chinese modernization," he said.

As the Maldives and China have signed a series of critical agreements, he said: "Each (agreement) lays down pathways for development and cooperation across various sectors, including infrastructure, tourism, agriculture, fisheries and digital economy."

Fai Mesa, member of the Committee of Public Communication, Youth House for Cambodia-China Friendship, said as Cambodia needs innovation to unleash its economic potential, high-quality development will help developing countries like Cambodia to gain economic momentum.

Contrary to mass production without thinking of the environmental sustainability and shared development, he said high-quality development focuses on inclusiveness and sustainability for humankind in the long run.

"High-quality development, by focusing on the quality to achieve greater efficiency, equality, sustainability and security, is somewhat undeniably 'a leading initiative for humanity as a whole'," he said.

New innovative factors, such as information technology, big data and artificial intelligence, are important economic momentum to foster green development for China and other countries around the world, especially the developing countries, he added.

Seedy Sheriff Ceesay, administrative secretary of the National People's Party of the Gambia, believed high-quality development can meet people's ever-growing desire for a better life.

"High-quality development will establish a more equitable income distribution system and ensure equalization of public resources between urban and rural areas," he said, adding that it also allows the benefits of economic growth to have a more significant and fair impact on all individuals, leading to common prosperity.

Citing a Chinese-built international conference center, Ceesay said that Gambia has benefited from its close cooperation with China and he believed China's high-quality development and high-level opening up will bring more opportunities to the world.

Many international financial institutions recently have raised their forecast for China's economic growth this year. According to Asian Development Outlook, from 2024 to 2025, China will account for 46 percent of the economic growth of Asian developing countries and will remain the largest contributor to the global economic growth.

Taking the East Coast Rail Link which is being built by a Chinese company as an example, Mohammad Faisal, executive secretary of Malaysia Election Department of the United Malays National Organisation, said that the Belt and Road cooperation between Malaysia and China demonstrates high-quality development and promotes connectivity in the region.

He said he noticed some countries and media outlets smear and attack China and vowed to tell stories of a real China to the world.

Hu Zhaoming, spokesman of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called for developing countries to fight against public opinion and narrative hegemony of certain countries.

He said developing countries should jointly break the myth of the Western development model, enhance confidence in their own development prospects and make their voices heard more internationally.