Beijing, 3 Mar (Xinhua) -- Why is the world looking forward to China's two sessions?
Xinhua News Agency reporter
"China's economy is recovering at a breakneck pace." At the beginning of 2023, China's economy recovered strongly, attracting global attention. An article on the website of the German "Wirtschaftsblers" depicts the steaming consumption scene of China's Spring Festival holiday: a sharp increase in the number of travelers, bustling streets and subways, crowded shopping malls and cinemas... "China is back on the track of rapid growth" has become the consensus of the media in various countries.
With the two sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) just around the corner, the international community is paying more attention to China and reading about China. The enthusiasm of the global media for China's reporting is high, and the heated discussion of China's development prospects among people from all over the world is heating up... This world-renowned "Spring Covenant" will not only provide key answers for the planned course of the China giant ship, but also provide key answers for the deep interaction between China and the world in the new era.
Why is the world looking forward to China's Two Sessions? The answer is: a down-to-earth and courageous China will bring more stability and positive energy to a world full of uncertainty; A confident, open, hard-working and promising China will provide new opportunities and new impetus for the world with its new development; A China with a global mind and a commitment to responsibility will bring new inspiration and hope for promoting peace and development, prosperity and progress for mankind.
As an article on the website of Mexico's "News Diver" magazine put it: "The two sessions are important windows for observing and studying China's development. The meeting in Beijing will once again attract global attention. ”
Respond to the uncertainty of the world with China's certainty
On the eve of the Two Sessions, Xinhua News Agency launched a survey of "keywords about China's development" among overseas audiences, which received a positive response from netizens. According to the current results, more than 80% of respondents believe that the continuous release of China's economic vitality and potential in the future will inject confidence and strength into the world economy. The survey sends a signal that, for many, China represents confidence and hope in turbulent times.
At present, the changes in the world, the times and history are unfolding in an unprecedented way, and the international community is experiencing multiple risks and challenges that are rarely seen. Human society is struggling to cross the waves of the epidemic of the century, and also has to face countercurrent reefs such as geopolitical conflicts, hegemonic power, high inflation, and energy shortages. How China can cope with the uncertainty of the world with its own certainty, the world looks forward to finding answers from the two sessions.
The world expects that the long-term stability of China's economic growth will provide a "stabilizer" for world economic recovery.
In early February, Yiwu China Commodity City, known as the "supermarket of the world", ushered in the first day of the Year of the Rabbit, with 75,000 commercial outlets opening its doors and a passenger flow of more than 220,000 people. Raja, an Indian businessman who has been engaged in Sino-Indian trade for more than 20 years, booked a ticket to China for the first time. Toys, stationery, artificial flowers, luggage... Raja took the long list of purchases and began his New Year's outlook - to set up a trading company in Yiwu this year and bring more friends to buy.
"The success of China and its economic and political system despite the coronavirus pandemic and other global crises is a testament to the success of China and its economic and political system." Salah Adéli, general secretary of the Egyptian Communist Party, said, "The world is in deep trouble, and China's continued steady growth has injected certainty into a volatile world. ”
Against the backdrop of ongoing global economic uncertainty, the Chinese market is one of the few "certainties". The website of the British "Daily Telegraph" pointed out that the Chinese market is "one of the most attractive investment opportunities this year". Foreign media generally believe that China will continue to be a "stabilizer" to promote world economic recovery.
Leon Laurusa, acting president of ESCP, based in Paris, France, is very concerned about the agenda of the two sessions. He said that China's economic development has entered a new stage, and the world pays special attention to China's development strategy determined by the two sessions, as well as China's reform direction and measures to revitalize the economy and promote sustainable development.
The world expects that China's adherence to the path of peaceful development will inject more certainty into the world.
In mid-February, during the 59th Munich Security Conference, when some Western countries lamented the "collective helplessness" in the face of multiple global crises, many participants, especially representatives from developing countries, called for a more equal, mutually beneficial and win-win international order, and valued and expected China's contribution. "What developing countries really need is sustainable and mutually beneficial cooperation," "Africa should cooperate with all countries to contribute to promoting global peace," and "Thank China for its help to Africa."
The current crisis in Ukraine has profoundly changed the world, and the spillover effect has rippled across the globe. The world calls for new ideas that can achieve universal security, lasting peace and common development, and is full of expectations for China's wisdom and solutions.
Boyan Lalic, director of Serbia's Belt and Road Institute, said of the upcoming Chinese Two Sessions: "Everyone in the world is listening carefully to China's opinions, and China's promotion of building a community with a shared future for mankind is of far-reaching significance. China advocates resolving all kinds of conflicts and crises through peaceful dialogue, and multilateralism advocated by China is committed to win-win results for all participants. Therefore, we look forward to receiving important information from the two sessions and to China's continued efforts to promote peace and prosperity. ”
Adhering to the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, adhering to the global governance concept of consultation, co-construction and sharing, vigorously supporting the cause of the United Nations, promoting the implementation of global development initiatives and global security initiatives, and jointly building the "Belt and Road" with high quality, and contributing to global sustainable development... China has increasingly become a key force in promoting the cause of peace and development of mankind.
Through the window of the two sessions, many international personalities look forward to learning more about China's solutions and the contribution of China's actions to global challenges. "The two sessions are a crucial moment for China's politics, economy and society. I hope that China will make greater contributions to peace and human development and inject more deterministic factors into world development. Abdoulaye Ba, secretary general of the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Senegal, said.
Inject new impetus into global development with the "Chinese engine"
Swiss ski resorts hung red lanterns, Maldives airport opened a grand "Watergate Ceremony", and the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand personally greeted and sent souvenirs... At the beginning of the new year, many places in the world welcomed Chinese tourists in different ways.
After the optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control policies, China's domestic demand consumption rebounded strongly, the industrial system operated efficiently, policy support was precise, and openness and cooperation were carried out in an orderly manner. International institutions have raised their economic growth forecasts for China, and many multinational companies have increased their investment in China in an attempt to seize the opportunity. Under the sluggish world economic picture, the "China Engine" continues to make efforts to inject surging impetus into promoting global common development.
Taking the two sessions as an opportunity, the international community is eager to gain a deeper understanding of how China will promote global common development and common prosperity with high-quality development.
"China will undoubtedly continue to be an important 'engine' of world economic growth." Liang Guoyong, senior economist at UNCTAD, said that the economic policy direction proposed by the two sessions is his focus. He believes that the rational use of macroeconomic policies will more effectively promote China's economic growth, and the expansion of China's import demand and the increase in personnel exchanges will also bring new opportunities to other economies.
Ronny Lins, director of the Brazilian Center for China Studies, believes that China, as the world's second largest economy, has an important impact on the world, and "how to plan high-quality development and set goals for the economy in 2023 in this year's government work report is expected by the outside world."
Wang Yi, chief China economist at Credit Suisse Group, is also highly concerned about the annual economic growth targets proposed by the two sessions, and expects China to further deepen the reform of the financial system and promote the development of the capital market.
In the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, the capacity improvement project of Bayer Prescription Drugs Beijing Factory, a Fortune 500 company, will be officially launched this year, which is expected to increase the annual production capacity of Bayer Prescription Drugs by 40%. "After China optimized and adjusted the epidemic prevention and control measures, the rapid recovery of the economy has injected greater confidence into multinational companies, including Bayer." Bayer Greater China CFO Ulrich Steve said that he is very concerned about the positive signals and policies released by this year's two sessions, because the Chinese market is very important for Bayer now and in the future.
As the world's second largest consumer market and the largest trade in goods, China is a key hub of the world economic cycle. The accelerated recovery of China's economy will activate the "spring water" of the world economy.
Koh Zhenyi, president of the Nanyang Institute in Singapore, noted that China's Ministry of Commerce recently announced a series of policies, including promoting the full resumption of offline exhibitions in domestic trade exhibitions and supporting enterprises to "go global". "Recently, many Chinese local government delegations have come to Singapore to attract investment, which shows that China's foreign cooperation is increasing. It is expected that China will further open up to the outside world, so as to open a new stage of mutually beneficial cooperation between Singapore and China. ”
Against the international background of the rise of protectionism and unilateralism and the so-called "decoupling and breaking of chains" stirring up the world, China has always promoted cooperation through openness and sought development through cooperation. This year marks the 45th anniversary of reform and opening up, and how China can continue to expand its opening up has become another hot topic for international people to pay attention to the two sessions.
"Thanks to the reform and opening up and other factors, China's economy has maintained rapid growth for decades, and its per capita income and living standards have increased significantly. At this year's two sessions, I believe that China will also explore how to continue to expand opening up and boost market confidence. Lewis Ndishu, a policy analyst at the African Policy Institute, a Kenyan think tank, said.
In the past 10 years, adhering to the principle of consultation, co-construction and sharing, the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has yielded fruitful results, and has become a popular international public goods and international cooperation platform in today's world. Yuri Tavrovsky, a professor at RUDN University, who is the author of "The Belt and Road" to the West, said that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and how the initiative will continue to help the participating countries achieve common development is his important expectation for the two sessions.
"Through the Belt and Road project, Kenya has a standard gauge railway, the Nairobi Expressway, etc.; In Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Eritrea, special economic zones are emerging, and China is helping these countries achieve economic and social development. Kenyan international affairs scholar Cavince Adehir said that he is full of expectations for the two sessions on promoting the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" and promoting global stability and prosperity.
"Uzbekistan sees this initiative as an important way to consolidate cooperation between states through land and sea cooperation, and it is becoming an important platform for global economic development." Azamat Seitov, an expert at the Institute of Advanced International Studies at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy of Uzbekistan, said that he expects that "the new measures announced at China's two sessions will bring new opportunities for Uzbekistan and China to continue to expand cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, investment and finance."
With the "rule of China" to provide new enlightenment for the progress of civilization
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, "Chinese-style modernization" became a hot word in the international community. Chinese-style modernization has broadened the way for developing countries to modernize, profoundly rewritten the course of world history, contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the cause of peace and development of mankind, and has been increasingly recognized by the international community.
In Xinhua News Agency's overseas survey of "keywords for China's development", "hoping to further understand Chinese-style modernization" is also a topic of great concern to foreign netizens. From international dignitaries to ordinary people, from researchers to business people, people are eager to further understand the world significance of Chinese-style modernization and its enlightenment to the progress of human civilization through the "window of China" of the Two Sessions.
"The proposal of Chinese-style modernization is an initiative in the development of human society." Yersultan Ransetov, a researcher at the Kazakhstan Institute of World Economy and Politics, said. He believes that the concept and practice of Chinese-style modernization provide a new choice for mankind to achieve modernization.
Bruno Gieg, a French expert who has long observed China, said China posed a series of interesting questions for Western researchers, pushing them to reflect on their existing views, such as "what is development?" China has its own answers to these questions, which we have become accustomed to. He lamented: "Unlike Western countries, China is thoughtful and long-term. China is sailing toward modernization against the wind. ”
Lins said that as a Brazilian scholar who studies China issues, he hopes to further understand the development strategy and governance of China's modernization through the important window of the two sessions, and learn and study Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions.
People from many countries said that Chinese-style modernization benefits China and the world. China, which is advancing on the road of Chinese-style modernization, has always placed its own development in a broad coordinate system of human development, and has always combined the interests of the Chinese people with the common interests of the people of all countries.
In Swaampu Township, Momukampu County, Kanden Province, Cambodia, Swaampu Village, a 35-year-old single mother who earns more than a dozen dollars a day selling mushrooms and vegetables, Swaampu Village, is a model village for poverty alleviation in China's aid to Cambodia. "Now I can support me and my children by working at home. Chinese experts have completely changed my life and given me hope for the future. ”
Local Cambodian officials say Chinese experts have brought new ideas and methods to ordinary Cambodians, and this change in thinking about relying on science and technology to seek development and pursue a happy life is "the most valuable asset."
According to Joseph Matthews, senior professor of Beltai International University in Cambodia, Chinese-style modernization will bring positive changes to the cooperation and development of all countries in the world, and inject momentum into the promotion of multilateralism and economic globalization. "China's initiatives to promote Chinese-style modernization have made important contributions to the development and stability of the Asia-Pacific region and benefited Cambodia and other countries in the region."
"There is no doubt that the Chinese-style path of modernization has provided inspiration to all developing countries that aspire to achieve economic and social development." Luis Paulino, a China expert at the State University of São Paulo in Brazil, said that the world is going through an extremely difficult moment, and "hopes that a series of new measures launched by the two sessions will not only enable China to make steady progress towards its development goals, but also continue to provide reference and contribute to the development of all countries and the establishment of a more just and equitable global order." (Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency foreign correspondent report, written by: Chang Tiantong, Yang Wei, Qi Zijian, Han Liang, Xie Binbin, Yang Tianmu, He Yi)