World expects new march of CPC after extraordinary decade

Combo photo taken between July and October 2020 shows villagers, who used to be registered as impoverished households in over 20 cities and counties of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, smiling as they have benefited from the businesses under poverty alleviation program. [Xinhua]

In his message for the 2017 Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "targeted poverty reduction strategies are the only way to reach those farthest behind and achieve the ambitious targets set out in the 2030 Agenda."

Putting the health and safety of the people first, China has taken timely and active measures against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, achieving the best results in the world in terms of coordinating economic development and epidemic prevention and control.

Meanwhile, China has provided over 2.2 billion COVID-19 vaccines to more than 120 countries and international organizations.

Cavince Adhere, a Kenya-based international relations scholar, said that China has been an important force in promoting global economic recovery and stability.

China has set ambitious targets and taken concrete actions to address climate change and aims to peak its CO2 emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.

Praising China's efforts in promoting the ratification of the hard-won Paris Agreement, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the country's leader exercised insightful and future-oriented leadership in the fight against climate change, which is the most serious challenge the humanity is facing now. He said China's commitment to carbon neutrality has also encouraged other countries to follow suit.

Aerial photo taken on July 22, 2022 shows a view of Yangpu port in the Yangpu Economic Development Zone in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

New journey

Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva Tatiana Valovaya, World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Daren Tang, International Labor Organization Director-General Guy Ryder, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and other heads of international organizations and permanent representatives of various countries in Geneva said they look forward to strengthening cooperation with China in their respective fields and expect China to continue to play an essential role in international affairs and contribute to world peace and development.

The upcoming 20th National Congress of the CPC is a significant conference to be held at a critical moment in the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-around way. The conference will plan out the goals, tasks and major policies for the party and country's future development and has drawn the international community's attention.

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said China's success is in the world's interest.

Khairy Tourk, a professor of economics with the Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, told Xinhua that a growing China benefits every corner of the world.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said in a congratulatory letter that the 20th National Congress of the CPC will become a new milestone in China's socialist evolution.

He also expressed the firm belief that under the leadership of the CPC, China's dream of national rejuvenation will come true.

Working to realize long-term goals has become the key to the success of the CPC, which is leading the Chinese people toward common prosperity, former Tunisian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ounaies told Xinhua.

Jean Christophe Iseux von Pfetten, president of the Institute for East-West Strategic Studies in Britain, told Xinhua that he believes the upcoming CPC National Congress would be an important meeting for China and the world, given China's weight in the international community and the global economy.

(Xinhua)