China signals continued progress

Updated: 2012-03-13 19:10

(Xinhua)

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After 30 years of leap-frog development riding on the back of reforms, a determinant of China'a fate involves pushing through the bottlenecks in furthering reform so as to generate new development momentum.

It was also at this year's meeting that China reaffirmed that it will stick to the path of peaceful development. Remarks from Chinese leaders during the meetings showed that the country will not become belligerent, impose its values on others or plunder their resources, even when it becomes a great power.

In his written interview with the Washington Post before he visited the United States last month, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said, "The vast Pacific Ocean has ample space for China and the United States."

Such an open strategy arises from a clear mind and a broad heart, which insists on seeking common ground and serving mutual interests.

Yet another important message from this year's legislative meeting is that China will unwaveringly keep on its own path -- "socialism with Chinese characteristics" -- that it has been exploring for over 30 years, harvesting rich experience.

"To manage China's affairs well, we need to stay grounded in its realities, rely on the strength of the Chinese people and follow a development path suited to China's conditions," China's top legislator Wu Bangguo said as he delivered a work report at the meeting.

"China -- a large developing country with a population of over 1.3 billion, 56 ethnic groups, a weak foundation and a late start in development -- has been able to maintain long-term political stability and social harmony, safeguard national unity and ethnic solidarity, and sustain development at a speed rarely seen in the world," he said, attributing these feats to the fact that China embarked on this path.

In retrospect, this path has asserted its necessity to China. Since the global financial crisis, it has drawn increasing attention and more comments from the world. "I have seen a China in progress," Bangladeshi Ambassador to China Munshi Faiz Ahmad said while attending the meeting as an observer with other foreign ambassadors to China.

There is no doubt that China will continue to make progress. It's fair to say that this year's legislative meeting has laid a foundation for the 18th CPC National Congress to be convened later this year, and that the world is intrigued by the progress China has made in the past, as well as the progress the country will make in the future.

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