Mexico ready to learn from China's 'long-term vision' -- academics, politicians

MEXICO CITY -- The guidelines established during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October, such as raising the quality of life of the Chinese, have shown China's ability to set and follow ambitious goals, Mexican academics and politicians have said.

"Which capitalist country has the objective of bringing so many millions of people out of poverty in a set period of time? This is an element that really caught my attention," Romer Cornejo, a professor at the College of Mexico, told Xinhua.

A visiting CPC delegation, led by Fan Ruiping, secretary of the Chengdu Municipal Committee of the CPC, met Mexican politicians, academics and analysts Wednesday to explain China's policy priorities for 2020, 2035 and 2050.

Fan gave the audience a detailed introduction to the CPC's social, political and economic goals to ensure high-quality growth.

The party's objective is to complete constructing a moderately prosperous society and create a modern, prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful country, he explained.

"Something we value about China and which we must learn is its long-term vision," said Paul Ospital, president of the Institute of Political Development and Training of Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.

The CPC's plan reflected that the experiences China has acquired over its long history enable it to face difficulties, said Alberto Rodriguez, a philosophy professor at the National Polytechnic Institute.

The world is about to see the best of China "from the hand of the party," Rodriguez told Xinhua.

Since its reform and opening up in 1978, China has lifted 730 million people out of poverty, helping to reduce the number of poor worldwide by 60 percent. Now the CPC is committed to eradicating poverty by 2020, Fan said.

Cornejo called it a very specific objective which showed the purpose of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Ospital said China's results go beyond its own borders and echo around the world due to its size and economic power.

As examples of China's economic vision, Fan said around 13 million jobs have been created annually in the past years. Also, China was advancing projects such as the Belt and Road Initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

The initiative, comprising an overland Silk Road Economic Belt and a 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, envisions reviving and enhancing the ancient Silk Road trade routes to create infrastructure, trade and people-to-people links between Asia, Europe and Africa.

"China always welcomes more countries to board the train of China's rapid development," Fan said.

Regarding Mexico, he said China attaches great importance to the development of bilateral relations, as shown by the two countries elevating their ties to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2013.

China has been Mexico's second largest trading partner for 14 years.

Javier Vega, head of international affairs at the Chamber of Deputies, Mexico's lower house of parliament, said the bilateral relationship was currently in its best phase.