Chinese path to modernization a model for Global South, experts say
China DailyEndalkachew Sime, former state minister of planning and development of Ethiopia, talks with Zhou Taidong, vice-president of the Center for International Knowledge on Development at the Fifth Think Tank Forum on National Governance in Developing Countries in Beijing on Friday. The forum, with the theme "Joining Hands to Advance the Modernization of the Global South", was jointly held by the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, Peking University and China Daily. "What China offers is not just a model, it's now the source of main investment in the Global South," said Solheim, listing the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project in Bangladesh as an example. This reflects the Global South's call for unity, development and reform and strengthens inclusiveness and sustainability," Xie said, adding, "It also meets the aspirations of the people of the Global South for a better life." Hong Dayong, vice-minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, hoped that Global South think tanks could deepen research into each other's history, culture and development path, thus promoting mutual understanding.