Development an example for the world

China is setting a good example for developing countries to set their own path for national development, and China's success will be good for the world, global experts say.

In a report to the 20th CPC National Congress' opening session in Beijing delivered on behalf of the 19th CPC Central Committee on Oct 16, Xi Jinping emphasized that the central task of the CPC was to lead the country in building China into a great socialist country through a Chinese path to modernization.

Alexey Maslov, dean of the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Moscow State University, said the development of China is critical to global development and that many countries can learn from China's experience of success.

Dennis Munene, executive director of the China-Africa Center at the Africa Policy Institute, said the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is a true reflection of China's collective and consultative democracy.

Global significance

The CPC has shown the world the ethos of what a progressive political party does by taking China on a new journey toward building a modern socialist country in all respects, he said.

"Indeed, under the leadership of the CPC, China, a country of more than 1.4 billion people, has not only transformed the lives of the Chinese people, but the entire world, especially African countries that lagged in infrastructure development."

The sustainable development plans endorsed in Xi's report "will be the silver bullet that the world needs to jump-start its economy", Munene said.

As China focuses on building a great modern socialist country as observed in the congress, the outcome will have a global trickle-down effect, and many lives will be transformed especially through the Global Development Initiative, Munene said.

Muhammad Asif Noor, founder of the Friends of BRI Forum, said Xi's report explained the path to Chinese epic economic development, modernization and governance achievements through whole-process people's democracy.

Viewing the congress from Pakistan provided a fascinating insight into how the event in Beijing had been organized to symbolize the sense of inclusiveness through the Chinese way and model of democracy, he said.

The country's leadership has built this system keeping in mind the domestic cultural, ethnic, and local norms and values, he said.

The process reflected that governance structures and progress are indigenous, and over the years have grown organically with the society and people, he said.

Adhere Cavince, a Kenyan scholar of international relations with a focus on China-Africa collaboration, said Xi's report had set the pace and priority areas for China's domestic and international engagements.

People-first philosophy

Putting people first is a key point in the report that has been emblematic of China's historic socioeconomic transformation, Cavince said. Ensuring that all Chinese have access to decent jobs and living conditions will be an important step in reaching the targets of achieving a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful, he said.

China's resilient national psyche and the innovative governance system have helped the country realize major development milestones such as eradicating extreme poverty, even in the face of global challenges such as the pandemic, he said.

Continuous reform and adoption of high-quality development by emphasizing education, science and technology are guarantees of China's dynamic governance model that has resulted in China emerging as an exemplar for poor countries, Cavince said.

"China is setting a good example for other developing countries to muster their own path to national regeneration and development."

Chinese-style modernization is a vision of a world without poverty, hunger, war, conflict, discrimination and hegemony, among others, said Joseph Matthews, a senior professor at BELTEI International University in Cambodia.

Chen Yingqun in Beijing and Xinhua contributed to this story.