Development

Maria Gustava, Mozambique's ambassador to China, said the CPC has managed to adjust itself to the different stages of development and realities, based on the fundamental principles and objectives of creating favorable conditions for prosperity and better lives for the Chinese people as well as promoting ties of friendship, cooperation and solidarity with the whole world.

She said the CPC has also led China in its efforts to help many colonized countries achieve independence and to promote international peace, stability and economic development, the values of equity, South-South cooperation and North-South cooperation, among other factors.

"In this context, under the CPC's leadership, China opened up, introduced reforms in order to work and cooperate with all the nations in the world independent of political system, ideology, culture, religions and level of development, based on respect, non-interference and win-win cooperation," she said.

"In this process, China transmitted its experience and wisdom to the world and also absorbed (those things) from the others."

Under the CPC's leadership, China has launched many initiatives, such as the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the BRI, to promote and deepen the ties of friendship, cooperation and solidarity with different countries, she added.

Nasser Bouchiba, president of the Africa-China Cooperation Association for Development in Morocco, said the CPC's openness can be understood from two perspectives.

He said that when the CPC was founded 100 years ago, China was suffering from numerous unstable internal factors.

The CPC vowed to safeguard national sovereignty and pursue the great cause of reunification. Its openness is reflected in the fact that it has always maintained close communications and consultation with the people in different historical periods.

Externally, the feature of being extremely open lies in its tradition of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs and making joint efforts with other nations through consultation, he said.

He added that since the 2008 global financial crisis, protectionism has been spreading across the world.

China has proposed the BRI with the aim of boosting the development of more countries, which is also a great manifestation of openness.