Xi's National Day speech applauded

Experts and officials around the world have applauded President Xi Jinping's latest pledge that the Chinese people will make more remarkable achievements and greater contributions to the peace and development of humanity.

"We must always stand firmly on the right side of history and on the side of human civilization and progress, hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit, and strive to promote world peace and tranquility and common progress of mankind," said Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission.

He made the remarks at a reception held on Monday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Xi's speech comprehensively reviewed China's major achievements in national rejuvenation and provided clear strategic guidance for a Chinese modernization drive, said Eduardo Regalado, a senior researcher at the International Policy Research Center of Cuba.

Impressed by how the speech promoted the concept of "putting people first", Regalado said he believes this demonstrates the humanist character of China's development model in the pursuit of collective well-being.

Iranian Vice-President Shina Ansari said China has achieved "great, steady and significant accomplishments" in the past 75 years, benefiting not only its own people but also the international community. She made the remarks in a message to a reception commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the PRC held in Tehran on Saturday.

Fausto Pinato, president of the Brazil-China Parliamentary Front of the Brazilian National Congress, said China's achievements over the past 75 years are the result of Chinese modernization. The Chinese government creates policies based on the people's needs, and the mechanism of Chinese democracy can quickly translate policies into actions and actively respond to various challenges, he said.

China's development has benefited the world, with several Chinese companies sharing the dividends of the country's development overseas. Pinato said that China's development concepts and democratic model have inspired other developing countries.

Yeidckol Polevnsky, former president and general secretary of Mexico's ruling party National Regeneration Movement (Morena), said: "President Xi's speech is always an inspiration to us. China should be an example to all governments."

He said the speech illustrates how China advocates and supports multilateralism and promotes developing and revitalizing countries in the Global South.

In his speech, Xi repeatedly referred to a crucial idea — putting the people first, and this shows that at the heart of this philosophy is the belief that all policies must put people at the center and at the foundation, said Polevnsky, noting that no policy can be effective if it does not address the needs of the people.

This philosophy is also highly consistent with the Mexican government's governing philosophy that politics only makes sense when it serves the people, she said, adding that Latin American countries and people are content with China because the country has always worked alongside the people of Latin America for win-win cooperation.

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and the country's effort to build a community with a shared future for mankind demonstrate that China is not only focused on its own development but is also directly contributing to the successful development of other countries and peoples, Galina Kulikova, first deputy chairperson of the Russia-China Friendship Association, and a recipient of China's Friendship Medal, said on Monday at a photo exhibition opened by Xinhua News Agency in Moscow to showcase China's historical transformation over the past decades.

The international recognition of China's development model serves as a reassurance of China's positive global role.

Mukerrem Miftah, an assistant professor at the Ethiopian Civil Service University, said that China has proposed the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative and actively promotes building a community with a shared future for mankind.

More and more countries have recognized these ideas. China's successful experience is worth learning from for developing countries like Ethiopia, Miftah said.