How to deepen reform to advance Chinese modernisation

Chinese Consul General in Lagos, Yan Yuqing, said that at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, they gave a positive assessment of the success and achievements made in comprehensively deepening reform since the beginning of the new era and steps to advance Chinese modernisation studied.

She noted that China is gathering its strength to forge ahead steadily, pioneeringly and through innovative, while expressing optimism about the huge potential of China’s economy and social development, and hopes that China’s high-quality development will bring more opportunities to the world.

“The plenary session demonstrates China’s firm conviction to carry out reform and open-up in the new era to the end. The reform theme of this plenary session is clear, It was stated in the Resolution that to further deepen reform comprehensively, we must implement 6 principles of upholding the Party’s overall leadership, taking a people-centered approach, upholding fundamental principles and breaking new grounds, taking institution building as our main task, exercising law-based governance on all fronts, and applying systems thinking.

According to her, the session proposed extensive and comprehensive reform measures. It was stated in the Resolution that more than 300 important reform measures at the system, mechanism and institutional levels have been proposed, covering the improvement and upgrading of past reform measures, as well as exploring new reform measures based on practical needs and pilot projects. The reform theme of this plenary session has been prominently emphasised. It was stated in the Resolution that we will focus on building a high-standard socialist market economy, advancing whole-process people’s democracy, developing a strong socialist culture in China, raising the people’s quality of life, building a Beautiful China, advancing the Peaceful China Initiative to a higher level, and improving the Party’s capacity for leadership and long-term governance. The Seven Focuses on have made comprehensive arrangements for reforms in the economic and livelihood fields.

Yuqing said that Nigeria serves as a pilot nation and partner for the Belt and Road cooperation between China and Africa, and willing to aid the continent in achieving industrialisation and agricultural modernisation.

It was stressed that Chinese modernisation is one of peaceful development. In foreign relations, China remains firmly committed to pursuing an independent foreign policy of peace and is dedicated to promoting a human community with a shared future.

“Holding dear humanity’s shared values, we will pursue the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, as well as the Global Civilisation Initiative and call for an equal and orderly multipolar world and universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalisation. We will resolutely safeguard China’s sovereignty, security, and development interests.

“This year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and another important year for the comprehensive deepening of reform. This year is also of extraordinary significance for China-Africa & China-Nigeria relations. The 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in Beijing from September 4 to 6 under the theme of Joining Hands to Advance Modernisation and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future. In our march toward modernisation, China and Nigeria will work together to deepen and expand exchanges and cooperation in various fields and make new and greater contributions to the building of a high-level community with a shared future for Africa and for mankind,” she said.