Source: Xinhua Net
Beijing, 16 Jun (Xinhua) -- Title: "The Most Successful Political Party in a Hundred Years" -- The Story of International Friends and the Chinese Communist Party
Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Jinye, Li Laifang, Yao Yuan
"Never leave China." These are the words that Dr. Hans Miller repeatedly told his wife before his death in 1994.
In 1939, World War II broke out. A young German Müller who graduated from Switzerland with a doctorate in medicine came to Yan'an, fought side by side with the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and then devoted himself to the construction of socialism in China.
"Chairman Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party of China, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De had cordial conversations with him and left a very deep and beautiful impression on him." Speaking about his connection with the CCP, Miller's son, Midwaard, told the story that touched his father.
Since its founding in 1921, the CCP has attracted many foreign friends like Miller in different periods of revolution, construction, and reform. The story of the century-old exchanges between Chinese communists and international friends has become a window for the world to understand the CCP.
Today, the CCP is the world's largest party with more than 90 million members. Over the past hundred years, the CPC has led the people to achieve national independence, bid farewell to the humiliating history of arbitrary slaughter by the great powers, and the country has changed from "one poor and two white" to "all-round well-off" to become the world's second largest economy, and its comprehensive national strength has been greatly enhanced.
The Communist Party of China, which is about to usher in its centenary anniversary, is leading the world's most populous country to strive for the realization of the second centenary goal and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with unswerving original mission.
The power of the ideal is "unbelievable"
What kind of people are Chinese Communists?
This is 1936, Snow (first from right) on his way to an interview in northern Shaanxi (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
In 1936, the American writer Edgar Snow took the question and went to the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Region to find answers. In the humble cave dwelling, Mao and Snow had many long late-night conversations. In the past four months, Snow also interviewed Peng Dehuai, Xu Haidong and other senior CCP cadres and ordinary soldiers, experienced the life of the Red Army, and deeply felt the CCP's loyalty to faith.
In "The Red Star Shines on China," Snow laments the steadfastness of communists in their fidelity, with ideal goals giving them "incredible" strength.
Dr. Maheide (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
Ma Haide, an American doctor who had visited northern Shaanxi, was shocked by the spirit of the Red Army soldiers who sacrificed their lives and forgot their deaths, and shared hardships and hardships, and decided to stay and join the CCP, becoming the first Westerner to be specially approved to join the CCP. "If a person wants to make his contribution, he must have a solid spiritual pillar." In his later years, Ma Haid said so.
Over the past one hundred years, the CPC has adhered to its original intention and ideals, led the people to usher in a great leap from standing up and getting rich to becoming strong, and created two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability that are rare in the world.
British scholar Martin Jacques recently wrote that the Communist Party of China is undoubtedly the most successful political party in the past 100 years.
Many foreigners who work and live in China have refreshed their understanding of the CCP after dealing with CCP members in different industries.
French chef Quantan runs a catering company in Shanghai. He argues that many people in the West's stereotypes of communism remain stuck in the Cold War era, but they don't understand it at all. He observed that when the country and the people need it, CCP members rush to the front, which is "a fighting spirit."
Guangtan, who has been in China for 15 years, said that the most practical indicator for evaluating political parties is the improvement of the people's quality of life, and under the leadership of the Communist Party, China's generation has lived better than a generation.
Shunsuke Nakajima, Director of the Japan-China Science and Technology and Cultural Center, has long been engaged in Japan-China exchanges. "The Communist Party of China is doing its utmost to think and act for the future of the country." He said in an interview with the media.
Miller's widow, 91-year-old Kyoko Nakamura, was a soldier in the Eighth Route Army. Speaking about why Miller stayed in China and joined the CCP, she said: "After so many years in China, he felt that China was a promising country. ”
Epstein (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
Epstein, who met Snow, traveled to Yan'an in 1944 as a United Press reporter. He interviewed Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and other CCP leaders. Epstein believed that he shared a similar or even identical worldview to the CCP, believed that Yan'an was a microcosm of China's future, and later joined Chinese nationality and the CCP.
"He supports China because the Chinese Communist Party is right." Epstein's widow, Huang Huanbi, said, "What he admires most is that the Communist Party helps the poor and the people." ”
Andrew Owen, general secretary of the Communist Party of Australia, also commented: "The Communist Party of China has made great achievements by combining scientific socialism with the needs of the people and set a successful example for the world. ”
"Always care for the people, serve the people"
When Snow left Xi'an in 1936, he witnessed Chiang Kai-shek's arrival in the city when the streets were on high alert. This is in stark contrast to the scene he saw in the border area where Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai were calmly walking on the street.
"This vividly illustrates who is really afraid of the people and who trusts the people." He wrote.
In a newsletter to The New York Times, Epstein said: The Eighth Route Army maintains close ties with the people. The Eighth Route Army never took a needle and a thread from the masses.
With the aim of serving the people wholeheartedly, the CPC shares weal and woe with the masses, maintains close ties, and safeguards the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people.
Snow once described northern Shaanxi as one of the poorest places in China. Now, under the CCP's targeted poverty alleviation policy, it has been lifted out of poverty like other impoverished areas in China. Since the reform and opening up, more than 700 million people in China have been lifted out of poverty.
Australian technologist Dr David Osborne is a participant in China's battle against poverty. In the past five years, he has traveled more than 10 times to Huan County, Gansu Province, northwest China, as the technical director of the local meat and sheep breeding base project, helping poor households improve breeding efficiency.
"The CCP's lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty is unparalleled and one of the greatest achievements in the world." Osborne said. He commented that the local party members and cadres were quite helpful and friendly, provided him with any resources and help he needed, and greatly appreciated the CCP's strong ability to execute.
In 2017, Yahya Mustafa from Sudan and eight other foreign experts participated in the translation of the foreign language version of the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. This is the first time in decades that the CCP has invited foreign experts to participate in the translation and proofreading of the report of the Party Congress. Mustafa, who works in the Central Compilation Bureau, said with great feeling that the report is rich and wonderful, and the translation and proofreading process is very pleasant.
"In fact, what makes the Chinese Communist Party different is that it is people-oriented, always caring for the people and serving the people, which is rare in the world." Mustafa, who has lived and worked in Beijing for more than 20 years, observes the CCP in this way.
In 2020, in order to combat the sudden outbreak of new crown pneumonia, China insisted on the supremacy of life, mobilized the whole country, and quickly launched an epidemic prevention war and an overall war, and Communist Party members rushed to the front line of the fight against the epidemic.
Jean Christian Enzinger, a Gabonese doctor who works at a hospital in Guangzhou, joined a number of party members in community prevention and control efforts last year to help screen people with fever.
"It's dangerous work, but the party members don't complain, they work hard and they are brave because they love their country and want to protect their people." Enzeng said.
The CCP has always put the protection of the interests of the country and the people in the first place, even at all costs. From the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, from the Tangshan earthquake to the flood of the Yangtze River to the Wenchuan earthquake, from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the drastic changes in Eastern Europe to the global financial crisis, from the SARS epidemic to the new crown epidemic, the CPC has led the people to successfully cope with various hardships, hardships and external risks and challenges.
According to the white paper "China's Action to Combat the COVID-19 Epidemic" released by China in June 2020, more than 39 million party members and cadres across the country are fighting in the frontline of the fight against the epidemic, and nearly 400 party members and cadres have sacrificed their lives to protect people's lives.
"China's fight against the epidemic has clearly demonstrated the cohesion and sense of trust between the people and the party and the government." Mustafa personally experienced China's fight against the epidemic and felt deeply.
The data shows that the lives of more than 1,800 party members and cadres are fixed on China's journey of poverty alleviation, vividly interpreting the original mission of Chinese communists. As of 2020, all of China's poverty-stricken counties have been lifted out of poverty in historic terms.
"The Communist Party leads the people, and the Party members rush to the front, and there is nothing that cannot be done." Midwaard, 67, said.
Polls by international authoritative institutions confirm that the CCP is gaining more and more support from the people. According to a survey released last year by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, the Chinese government under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party is more than 93 percent satisfied with the Chinese people.
"Something to discuss with the masses"
Some international friends, such as Epstein and Ma Haide, who have become Chinese nationals, have served as members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and participated in the democratic political process with Chinese characteristics. The "foreign committee members" who participated in the administration and discussion of state affairs performed their duties and fulfilled their duties, and actively offered suggestions and suggestions around health and education. In 2015, the Chinese government work report was drafted for the first time to solicit the opinions and suggestions of foreign experts in China.
Mustafa, who has worked for the Sudan News Agency for more than 10 years, has developed an independent understanding of China and the Chinese Communist Party after working and living in China for a period of time.
"In the West, the goal of political parties is to gain power and serve their own interests. For the Chinese Communist Party, power is a means of serving the people, and all development strategies and plans revolve around serving the people. He said.
Isabé Kruk (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
Canadian friend Isabe Kruk and her husband David Cruk from The United Kingdom visited the Land Reform Movement in the Liberated Areas in 1947, and then stayed behind to cultivate a large number of foreign language talents for China. Isabelle Kruk was awarded the "Friendship Medal" by the Chinese government in 2019.
"What they feel most deeply is that the Cpc is good at organizing and mobilizing ordinary people, accepting supervision by the masses, and consulting with the masses on something." Ke Makai, the son of the Koruks and chairman of the China Federation of Industry and Industry International Committee, said.
Under the leadership of the CPC, the socialist democratic political system with Chinese characteristics has been continuously improved, ensuring that the people practice democratic elections, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision in accordance with the law, showing strong vitality.
Long Anzhi, a senior researcher at the globalization think tank and an American writer, said that a prominent feature of Chinese-style democracy is that it is a process of "consensus building" through extensive solicitation of public opinion, full discussion, and finally gradual formation of consensus.
David Ferguson from the United Kingdom came to China in 2006 to seek development opportunities, worked as a reporter for China Net, and later joined the Foreign Language Publishing House, participating in the English revision of "Xi Jinping on Governing the Country" and several government white papers.
In his view, work can create a rich life. This requires certain necessary conditions, such as stability, order, peace, security, strong governance and long-term strategic planning.
"It is precisely because the Cpc has successfully created these conditions that China has developed and achieved a well-off society." Ferguson said, "China has suffered from government incompetence in modern times. Today, it has performed well under the leadership of the Communist Party. ”
"We should follow the path of cooperation chosen by China"
In 1936, Snow had a keen insight that the red star would shine on China.
The prophecy has long since come true. The Communist Party of China led the Chinese people to victory and established a new China.
Over the past one hundred years, the Communist Party of China has forged ahead in search of new trails, seeking happiness for the Chinese people, rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and unity for the world. China's plan has made important contributions to improving global governance and building a fair and rational new international order.
Lin Mai can teach the students of the Advanced Radio Technology Training Course of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region (file photo). Xinhua News Agency
The Englishman Lin Michael was one of the founding fathers of the English Broadcasting Department of Xinhua News Agency. In September 1944, with his help, Xinhua News Agency officially launched an English telegram, allowing the world to hear the voice of Yan'an.
Today, the CCP's ideas and China's voice have spread more widely and deeply to all parts of the world, gaining more and more positive recognition and response.
Adhering to the principle of consultation, co-construction and sharing, China has signed 201 cooperation documents with 138 countries and 31 international organizations to jointly build the "Belt and Road". The Belt and Road Initiative has become the world's largest platform for international cooperation and an important public good.
"Now that China plays an important role in world affairs, other major powers must work with China to address global issues facing humanity, such as climate change, biodiversity conservation and global pandemics." Lindsay, The Son of Linmack, said.
The COVID-19 pandemic, which is still spreading around the world, has claimed more than 3.8 million lives. China itself has made strategic achievements in epidemic prevention and control, and has actively carried out various forms of foreign aid, exporting a large number of medical supplies to help other countries fight the epidemic. A number of its self-developed new crown vaccines have become global public goods.
"Now, friendship and cooperation are more important than ever. Countries should follow the path of cooperation that China has chosen, rather than confronting each other. Mark Lin, winner of the Chinese government's "Friendship Award" and an academician of the Australian Humanities College, said.
Under the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCP's concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has been widely recognized and supported. Making greater contributions to mankind is the goal and mission of the CPC.
The COMMUNIST PARTY of China has established different forms of relations with more than 600 political parties and political organizations in more than 160 countries and regions in the world, forming an all-round, multi-level and three-dimensional global political party partnership network.
When translating "Xi Jinping on the Belt and Road", Ferguson truly realized that the "Belt and Road" provides a big channel to guide the world to globalization, peace and tranquility, and stable and prosperous development.
Mustafa, who has long been concerned about China's cultural history, believes that the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind originates from traditional Chinese culture, emphasizing that human beings need to share weal and woe, and That China not only pursues its own development, but also deeply integrates into the world family and shares the fruits of development with other countries.
In 2019, the Chinese film "Red Star Shines on China" was released. Snow's work is still a bestseller in China.
"We will continue to work to promote ties and understanding between the peoples of the United States and China." Sinon Ward, president of the Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation, said.
The journey of the avenue is timeless. The CCP, which has gone through a century-long history, leads an increasingly open and prosperous China and is writing a new chapter to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. (Contributors: Lou Chen, Xuan Liqi, Zhao Xu, Cao Yi, Zhang Wenjing, Hong Zehua, Miao Xiaojuan)