China’s future more worth expecting: Korean scholar
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By Chen Shangwen, People’s Daily
Building on past successes, China has achieved sustained
economic and social development through advancing reform and
opening-up, Lee Hee-ok, head of the Sungkyun Institute of
China Studies said in an interview with People’s Daily.
Lee attended the grand celebration held to
mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic
of China (PRC) in Beijing on October 1. He, who is
also a professor of political science at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, said
he was impressed by the mass pageantry, which was a part of the celebration.
The mass pageantry consisted of three chapters: Founding and
Construction of the People’s Republic, Reform and Opening-up, and Great
Rejuvenation, representing China’s past, present and future respectively.
The Sungkyun Institute of China Studies Lee founded in 2012 is a famous
China research institute in South Korea. As a scholar of China studies, Lee has
written many books on China that have become an important channel for people in
South Korea to learn about China.
The 70th anniversary of the founding of New China marks an important
year in the development course of the PRC. Through their hard work and
struggling, the Chinese people have reaped remarkable achievements and
demonstrated the unique advantages of socialism with Chinese
characteristics and the strong cohesion of the Chinese nation.
Lee also attended the night gala held on October 1 to mark New China’s
birthday.
“The high-tech light show showcased China’s prosperity. At
that night, everyone was singing and dancing. It was a
festival for the people,” Lee said, adding that it was a very valuable
experience for him to have the opportunity to present at the celebration of the
70th birthday of the PRC and gain a deeper understanding of China’s
development.
Lee first visited China 30 years ago. He recalled that all he saw from
the window of the train running from Dalian to Shenyang, both in northeast
China’s Liaoning province, were plains and cornfields. When he woke up from a
nap, he was still on the way.
In a train trip Lee made in January 2019, it took him less than two
hours to get to Dandong from Shenyang by high-speed train. “Scientific and
technological progress has shortened the travel time between the cities,” Lee
said.
Lee also recalled that once he was at an airport in China almost 20
years ago, he was told that his flight was cancelled because there were not
enough passengers. “Now China is home to the world’s busiest airports and air
travelling has become the most popular mode of travel in China,” Lee said,
adding that this was unimaginable back then.
Over the past 30 years, Lee has visited China for more than 200 times. He
said that it takes lots of time to keep his studies abreast with China’s development
and analyze it as the country develops in such rapid speed.
“China’s development is never a coincidence, but is deeply rooted in
its national conditions and the Chinese characteristics. It is a result of
setting the right directions for future development, rolling out policies and
measures and implementing them,” Lee pointed out.
The Chinese government has a strong capability to strengthen top-level
design, makes development strategies that evolve with the time and seek truth
from facts, constantly improves modernization of its governance and carries
forward excellent traditional Chinese culture. It also pays attention to
environmental protection and promotes coexistence between nature and human
beings. These constitute the secret of China’s development success.
China is willing to work with people in all countries for creating a world
bathed in peace and development, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at the
reception in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s
Republic of China on September 30, 2019.
Lee, who attended the reception, said he once again felt the
determination of China to continue to advocate peace, development and
opening-up. “Today’s China has the conditions to transform from a country with
capabilities to one with charm,” Lee said.
“China always summarizes its successful experience and objectively evaluates
its current achievements. Besides, it also cultivates growth impetus inside,
constantly enhances the well-being of its people, and further deepens reform
and expands opening-up. I believe China’s future is more worth expecting!”
The file photo shows Lee Hee-ok, head of the Sungkyun Institute of
China Studies at the reception in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the
founding of the People’s Republic of China on September 30, 2019.
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