What is the secret to China’s success?

Despite severe trials, China has managed to rise to the skies in just a few decades. Today, the People’s Republic of China has leading positions in the world economy, science and high technologies, green energy and quantum research. Achieves significant results in space. It focuses on the openness and development of special economic zones. This was a press tour organized by the Chinese Embassy in Belarus. When I left Beijing Airport, I felt at home. It's just as cool. All right, a couple degrees warmer. By the way, the eight-hour flight was not as scary as it sounds. And I read and slept and talked. Affable Chinese flight attendants will bring you a pillow, then a pledge. Very comfortable, in general. We've been eating like that! You know, you slept, you can eat, you can eat, you can sleep. And here you are fresh, cheerful, fed right off the ladder - into a new life for you in the Middle Kingdom.

I fell in love with China at first sight. I have the best feelings for people who sincerely love their country and are proud of it. They see it as the center of the world. They appreciate the heritage of their ancestors and are convinced that the stones of the past are steps on the way to the future.

While driving, no matter how tried, did not have time to count the floors of the Beijing skyscrapers. They really end up somewhere in the sky. And they are built in a matter of months and even weeks. In the dense flow of cars (mainly local production - for their companies and customers there are certain benefits) runs "BELGI". In general, good relations between Belarus and China were born in 1992. We now have an all-weather and comprehensive strategic partnership between our countries. We are deepening trade and economic cooperation in mechanical engineering, petrochemicals and light industry.

The regions of the two republics continue to work together. For example, the Gomel region over the past five years increased trade with China by more than 2.5 times. Basically, they export pulp, meat and dairy products, confectionery, timber, and innovative equipment is supplied from China. There are many more ideas, some are already on paper. For example, the joint development of self-propelled combine harvesters Gomselmash and Jilin group of intelligent agricultural equipment. In addition, recently in China (Heihe) opened the first pavilion of Belarusian goods under the brand “Made in Belarus”. Heihe is a border urban district in Heilongjiang province (on the banks of the Amur River opposite the Russian Blagoveshchensk), an important link between the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union. And in China are our performances, watching translated into Chinese films. For example, about the Brest fortress. In Beijing, the student Yinhao Xu helped us with the translation. He told about China modern and ancient - one of the oldest civilizations on the planet. In ancient China, science, crafts, agriculture, construction, medicine, etc. developed. And who knows how far he would have gone in his development, if not for the known events.

And then there was October 1949. On the day of the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong said what was important for Chinese people to hear: “Our work will be written in the history of mankind, and it will show that the Chinese, who make up a quarter of humanity, are now on their feet.” Our Nation will join the great family of peace-loving and free peoples of the world, work boldly and diligently, build its civilization and happiness, and promote peace and freedom throughout the world. In the beginning, the Soviet Union helped build China, sent specialists and equipment. What the PRC remembers with gratitude today.

Mao Zedong began to transform the Chinese world in the interests of his people. And he won, not left the people obligingly bent behind the chair of some British master. Mao wrote, “The rightness or wrongness of an ideological and political line decides everything.” For more than 50 years this man has devoted himself to fighting for the right line. Relying on the people. Curious, for example, was the first land reform, when the peasants equally and free distributed 46 million hectares of land, agricultural implements, livestock, previously owned by the rich houses. In fact, this led to a decent increase in production. By the way, before the reforms, one in four Chinese lived hand-to-hand and walked in patches. And if, say, in the 1950s, a bicycle was a symbol of prosperity for the Chinese, today it is the same car. And if for many years the dynamics of consumption in China was judged by the number of packages with purchases, now it is increasingly estimated by the number of tickets to concerts, travel, medical services and smart devices.

Zhongguancun Exhibition Center in Beijing. It's a world-class facility. The projects presented by local research organizations and enterprises are like science fiction. Space data center. Unmanned Space Station Laboratory. In space, modern China is achieving significant results. He built his own orbital station and was successful in exploring the Moon and Mars. Recently, the PRC presented a detailed plan for a manned landing on the moon. At the Beijing exhibition - developments in liquid hydrogen energy in the automotive sector. Robots for complex orthopedic operations. Here are the achievements in cell, gene therapy, in bioproduction. 6G mobile communications. And the robotaxis, which are already on the streets of Beijing and Shenzhen.

We also tested the driverless taxi. At first, the absence of the driver was alarming, but you soon forget about it during the conversation. Yes, and such a car travels at a speed of no more than 50 kilometers per hour, avoids obstacles. At some point, I caught myself thinking: at home I would not forget that I was the driver. China plans to massively introduce unmanned vehicles by 2030. In Central China, smart cars are already used in agriculture.

In China return companies that massively left because of American sanctions and tariffs. Now the world’s largest producers understand that China has stable, efficient supply chains and profits. The Chinese approach the matter with a healthy pragmatism, evaluating the situation in terms of benefits for their country. Therefore, China is ready to work, including with conflicting parties.

At every meeting on this trip, I was told that the main thing that big companies value and invest in is the idea and the talented person. Footage really decides everything. Responsible positions do not trust anyone, because the work of a particular specialist, head directly depends on the success in general, the benefit and development of the country. By the way, Chinese specialists who have been studying and working all over the world for a while, mostly end up returning home. Because China has everything today.

We are in one of Beijing’s first artificial intelligence innovation neighborhoods, the AI Genesis Community. Here are the leading technological start-ups of the country. It helps young entrepreneurs grow from scratch to a finished project. It also helps the authorities to solve point issues. For example, when contacting the hotline. We also developed a “smart station” of retail, a platform for encrypted dialogue with artificial intelligence.

... A couple of hours on the plane, and you're already wearing a T-shirt and shorts for a walk in Shenzhen. You're hungry, you've ordered a snack, it'll be delivered by a courier drone, and a robot in a street coffee shop will make coffee. Robots are everywhere. For example, in the Shenzhen company Zhongqing (specializes in the production of humanoid robots and systems of embodied AI), we were shown humanoids that help in enterprises, factories, in everyday life. There are even robot cops and those who walk on the catwalk, dance, fight in the ring and do somersaults. There are now more than 400 models of humanoid robots in China, and their production volume has exceeded 40 thousand units. So, we need more personnel in new specialties, they are being trained in China. It is believed that robots will not replace humans, but will help them, take on more dangerous, complex and monotonous work.

The Museum of Reform and Opening up told us about the rapid development and experience of Shenzhen. The city is young, not even 50 years old. There used to be a village here. In modern Shenzhen, China’s first special economic zone has been officially established. And this experience, as Deng Xiaoping said in 1984, confirms the correctness and effectiveness of China’s chosen path.

Zhu Bingang moved here 11 years ago from northern China. He says he is already Shenzhen, which means his children can go to school and university for free. He also said that the state cares about pensioners. We also found common ground between the Chinese and Belarusian peoples – wisdom and peace.

Moving within the country, drew attention to the impressive flow of local tourists. A few figures from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China: in the first nine months of this year, people in China had 5.3 billion domestic trips. People are interested in their past and present. I am sure that China, which has already surprised the world, will do it again.

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