(The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China · Voice) Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Pini: Why do I pay attention to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China?
China News Agency, Bangkok, October 22, Question: Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Pini: Why do I pay attention to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China?
China News Agency reporter Wang Guoan
"The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has made a strategic plan for China's future development, and I believe that China will become better and better in the future." Pini Zalusompa, former deputy prime minister of Thailand and chairman of the Thailand-China Cultural Promotion Committee, accepted in Bangkok a few days ago. The news agency reporter said in an exclusive interview.
Pini said that he has been following the progress of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in recent days and has learned about the relevant information of the conference.
"As a Thai, why do I pay attention to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China?" Pini said, first of all because China is a country with global influence.
China has become the world's second largest economy and the world's largest trader of goods. It not only has the world's largest manufacturing industry, but also has entered the world's leading position in aerospace, information technology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, high-speed rail and many other fields. ranks.
He said that China is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, an important member of the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and is playing an increasingly important role in international affairs.
"China upholds fairness and justice internationally, fights hegemonism and power politics, and at the same time helps developing countries build infrastructure globally, making positive contributions to world progress and prosperity," Pini said.
He believes that today, many international affairs are inseparable from China's participation.
"Secondly, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is an important window to observe and understand China." Pini said that the goals and tasks proposed by the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, as well as the major policies planned, will have a significant impact on China and the world.
In Pini's view, the Chinese Communist Party is good at planning goals and ultimately achieving them.
He said that over the past century, the CCP has united and led the Chinese people to overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles with great wisdom and courage, and achieved one goal after another, making China undergo earth-shaking changes.
He particularly pointed out that as a country with a large population, China has solved the problem of absolute poverty and built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, which is a very remarkable achievement.
"In today's China, highways, high-speed railways, airports, and ports extend in all directions, infrastructure is improving, and people's incomes are increasing. In particular, China's society is harmonious and stable. Life in China is very safe. The happiness index of the people even exceeds that of many developed countries. It was unimaginable a few decades ago," Pini said.
He believes that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has world significance.
The international community can learn about China's future development direction and how the CCP will further improve the well-being of its citizens.
In addition, Pini noted that the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China reiterated that China adheres to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world.
He said that one of the focuses of paying attention to this conference is to hope that Thailand and China can further strengthen cooperation in the future.
He pointed out that China is Thailand's largest trading partner.
In recent years, the scale of China's investment in Thailand has maintained the top three foreign investment in Thailand. More and more Chinese enterprises have invested in Thailand, and Thailand's fruit and other products have also been exported to China in large quantities.
Before the new crown epidemic, the number of Chinese tourists to Thailand exceeded 10 million a year, accounting for more than a quarter of foreign tourists to Thailand.
The cooperation between Thailand and China has broad prospects.
Pini said that the cooperation between Thailand and China has a solid foundation, and the two countries are like relatives.
As the chairman of the Thai-Chinese Cultural Promotion Committee, he hopes that in addition to strengthening cooperation in economic and trade fields, the two countries should pay more attention to cooperation in humanities and education, and use culture as a bridge to promote people-to-people bonds and make the two peoples "closer to each other".
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