China Daily:

As stated in the introduction, foreign political parties pay close attention to "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China." How do they describe Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era? What do they focus on? Thank you.

Guo Yezhou:

Thank you for your questions. Over the past decade in the new era, one of the most profound impressions in Party's external work is that more and more foreign political parties have paid attention to China and the CPC, with their focus not only on China's development achievements but also on China's path and system. When exploring the key to success in China, they have focused more on the decisive role of the CPC's leadership. Moreover, they have paid much attention to its significance to the world when focusing on the influence on China of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

Many foreign political parties agree that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has "raised the theoretical outcomes concerning economic and social development to the level of the rules of the evolution of human society." They also agree that the thought has "illustrated the concrete path to achieving the grand vision of humankind," "lighted the new dream of humanity's joint pursuit of a better life," and "contributed wisdom and strength to humanity's noble cause of peace and development." Some foreign Marxist parties hold that Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is "the Marxism of our times."

While speaking highly of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, foreign political parties of some countries have also put some of the ideas and policies into practice. For example, they have applied our "4+2" system, the democratic policy-making process on village affairs under the leadership of village Party organizations. ("4" means four steps: Proposals should be put forward by the Party branch, jointly discussed by the village committee and the Party branch, and deliberated by Party members, and villagers' representatives should adopt resolutions. "2" means transparency on two levels: resolutions and implementation results should be made known to the public.) They have taken the system of community-level self-governance in China directly into the practices of their own parties and have been very satisfied with the effects. Specifically, foreign political parties mainly focus on the following aspects.

First, they focus on the public products that the CPC provides to the international community in the new era. They believe that the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, and the Global Security Initiative put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping mark a new starting point for the development of China and the world. Moreover, they believe the initiatives formulate a good vision for building a better world, demonstrating the CPC's care about the well-being of humanity and its sense of responsibility for the international community.

Second, they focus on the values and ideas embodied in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. They believe that the people-centered approach, targeted poverty alleviation, the pursuit of common prosperity, whole-process people's democracy and other ideas are thoroughly demonstrated in Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and are significant constituents of the new model for human progress created by Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC. Humanity's common values of peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom chart the course for the future development and are very important for safeguarding multilateralism and fostering a new type of international relations.

Third, they focus on the CPC's experience in state governance. They believe that under the leadership of the CPC, the impossible has been made achievable one by one in China. These experiences have provided valuable references for political parties to resolve challenges in governance and for developing countries to overcome difficulties in achieving modernization. Therefore, they all look forward to deepening the exchange of governance experiences with the CPC.

Fourth, they focus on the charm and wisdom reflected in the building of the CPC itself. They pay close attention to the CPC's experience and effective practices in exercising complete and strict self-governance of the Party and intensifying efforts to fight corruption. Many foreign Marxist parties agree that the establishment of both Comrade Xi Jinping's core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, with decisive significance, is the most important political achievement of the CPC in the new era. They believe that the CPC's thoughts and practices in self-reform have enhanced Marxist parties' awareness of thought, theory and action in building and strengthening the party.

Over the past decade, we have catered to these focuses of foreign political parties and strived to publicize and introduce Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. We believe that political parties, especially governing parties in all countries, should independently explore their own governance based on national and party conditions. Every kind of responsible exploration deserves respect. We have focused on strengthening communication and dialogue based on voluntarism, neither importing the models of other countries nor exporting the model of China. We value mutual learning and have learned about meaningful thoughts and explorations from foreign political parties. Such communication and dialogue aims to jointly develop governance capacity and work together to promote global governance efficacy. Thank you.