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China’s Success under
CPC Leadership Inspires

Global Development

BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The landmark 19th presented signposts to a China-type governance,”
National Congress of the Communist Party said Lee Hee-ok, a professor of political science at
of China (CPC) has spurred observers around the Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul.
world to examine China's rapid and robust socio-
economic development. David Shambaugh, a professor of political science
and international affairs at the George Washington
Their consensus is that China's success under the University, recognized that under Xi's leadership,
CPC's leadership can provide other countries with China has stepped up to play a much enhanced and
inspiring experiences to pursue their own development responsible role in global governance over the past
and promote global peace and prosperity. five years.

“What makes China different from other nations “Xi Jinping deserves personal credit for this, as he
is that it always has a long vision and ... tools to has demonstrated a personal interest in the issue of
implement ... the vision,” Khairy Tourk, a professor global governance,” the China specialist said.
with Illinois Institute of Technology's Stuart School
of Business said. ECONOMIC REFORM AND ANTI-
CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN
CPC'S VISION & XI'S LEADERSHIP
Among China's major achievements, the economic
The American scholar said the CPC plays a very reform and the anti-corruption campaign have
important role in China's achievements. “China is a drawn the most attention.
huge country and the CPC is the backbone of China,”
he remarked. With its economy undergoing structural reforms,
China will become a strong industrialized nation by
Maria Teresa Montes de Oca, director of the 2025 and a knowledge-intensive country on a par with
Institute of Chinese Studies at the University of other advanced nations by 2049, Tourk predicted.
Havana, echoed him.
As China focuses on producing sophisticated
“China has adjusted to new times and of course, technological products, many of the labor-intensive
the CPC has led this effort,” she said. “The country and heavy industries will relocate from China to other
has been modernized and freed of old canons, both nations, reshaping the global supply chain, he said.
politically and economically.”
Speaking of the anti-corruption campaign, Lee
In the eyes of Shehu Sani, a Nigerian senator, “the said it is not just for eradicating corruption but is
CPC has proved to be a very good party with a great significant for transforming the entire structure of
ideology and a mission to serve the people.” Chinese society.

Scholars across the globe also spoke highly of the The battle against corruption, the South Korean
leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has been professor added, is aimed at making China's
recognized as the core of the CPC Central Committee. socialist market economy sound and healthy by
rooting out such problems as corruption and
“What impresses me most is that President Xi

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