On December 1, in Moscow, in the Round Hall of the House of Unions, the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society together with the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences held a round table dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the reform and openness policy of the People’s Republic of China.
During the round table, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Zhang Hanhui, Director of the First Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Georgy Zinoviev, representatives of the scientific and expert community.
The First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma opened the work Ivan Melnikov.
“The CCP did not adjust to the realities, but adapted them. She included new social strata in solving common tasks, put them at the service of the country and remained the main guarantor and regulator of the fair distribution of benefits. This is the key in political and socio-economic management,” Ivan Melnikov noted in his speech.
He recalled that “in 2003, in order to smoothly and organically go through the stage of changes, to smooth out a number of “irregularities” that had arisen, a significant Resolution of the CPC Central Committee was adopted “on some issues of improving the structure of the socialist market economy.” “Today, from 2023, knowing the state of China, we can see how important it is to set the right goals, rely on the strength of our traditions, set ideological priorities and concreteness of tasks,” the deputy said.
“Throughout the entire period of reforms, the CPC has pursued a policy aimed at comprehensively building a “medium—income society” or, as they say, a “middle-income society,” said the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. — An effective social security system has been established in the country, covering both urban and rural populations. The party has always paid great attention to the development of education, healthcare, culture, science and technology.”
“I am convinced that one of the most important conditions for the success of the reform and openness policy was that the scientific forces of the CPC continuously continued their theoretical search. Its result was the concept of “socialism with Chinese characteristics,” Ivan Melnikov said.
Also, according to him, “the key to the success of the policy of reform and openness was the central role of the Chinese Communist Party, which built this policy with jewelry. She put the prosperity of her country and the well-being of her people at the forefront and, relying on popular support, showed results.”
“During the period of historical trials, when the Western elites, led by the United States, set a course for double containment of our countries, we stood back to back in order to ensure our security and create favorable conditions for national development. According to the assessment of the leaders of our countries, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, relations between Russia and China are a model of interstate cooperation in the 21st century,” the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stressed.
“I am sure, based on the successes of the reform and openness policy, carefully analyzing all the accumulated experience, China will successfully fulfill its goals: building a modernized socialist state and the great revival of the Chinese nation,” he concluded.
A source: http://duma.gov.ru/news/58427/
