Results of China's recent congress earning plentiful praise in Europe

China's development road map and other outcomes of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which ended last week, will have century-long global impacts as the country deepens engagement with the world, according to European politicians, scholars and lawyers.

"The Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era ... has a cardinal importance for the further successful progress of China," Maja Gojkovic, speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia told China Daily over the weekend in a written interview.

"I am convinced that the direction taken at this congress will yield measurable results and prosperity for the whole of the friendly people of China in this century."