Government and Policy

China’s political reform should be Chinese

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-11-06 17:38

China’s political system reform should stick to its own way as it did in the past because no experiences are available to learn from, said a commentary by Xinhua News Agency.

The commentary said after more than 30 years of reform and opening-up, Chinese people’s experiences of food shortages and kerosene lamps have become but a distant memory.

What people are talking about today are delicious meals and energy-saving lamps, as China prepares to outline its national economic and social development plan for the next five years.

Chinese people have suffered impoverishment and slavery in recent history. It was the leadership of the Communist Party of China that changed the situation and made the country an independent nation in which the people began to have their rights, the commentary said.

Political reform, which the country has done on its own terms, has made it possible for China’s economic development to maintain a fast pace since the reform and opening-up.

The country has ceased government involvement in areas it shouldn’t be involved in and made government information public for better supervision to fulfill its political reform pledges.

It also established the civil servants system to provide better services to the people, played a bigger role in public affairs and invested more in education, medical care and social security.

In regard to the Party itself, better supervision and management of government officials and greater anti-corruption efforts have protected people’s political rights from being violated.

China’s political reform has never been steered off course in the past 30 years, even when the country was suffering from big natural disasters, economic crisis or political disturbance, the commentary said.

Reform cannot be done in one go, and steering firmly in the right direction is China’s only choice as people are enjoying the fruits brought by constant reforms, the commentary said.