China's robust development in the new stage provides opportunities to the world, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun at a press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday.
Guo made the remarks in response to a question regarding the China Development Report 2025 released by the Development Research Centre of the State Council.
"The China Development Report 2025 gives an account of what China has achieved last year through its modernization in terms of theory, institution and outcome. It offers a panoramic view of the new circumstances faced by Chinese modernization and the achievements from the perspective of innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development. The report is an important reference for other countries to study China's development path and explore a pathway for common development," said Guo.
"Facing a complex and challenging international landscape, China’s economy has made progress while maintaining overall stability. High-quality development is steadily advanced and new quality productive forces are full of vigor. China has offered the rest of the world opportunities through sound development driven by new quality productive forces. Development is an eternal theme of humanity, and no country should be left behind. China's advancement in modernization will motivate other countries to march towards modernization so as to create a world of common development and progress," he said.
China's robust development provides opportunities for world: spokesman
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's official visit to China signals a policy shift towards building a more pragmatic relationship between the two countries, according to a Canadian researcher.
Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin an official visit to China through Saturday, which marks the first trip by a Canadian Prime Minister to the country in eight years.
Robert Hanlon, director and principal investigator of Canada and the Asia Pacific Policy Project (CAPPP) at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, told the China Global Television Network (CGTN) that Carney's visit indicates Canada is recalibrating its strategic perception of China, which could cement the foundation for the country's economic diversification efforts and boost the development of bilateral cooperation.
"I think it's a clear message that he has moved Canada's strategy to a much more pragmatic, interest-based, -focused relationship with our trading partners, moving away from values-based narratives that we might have heard on previous governments. Canada has spoken about moving from what the Prime Minister's Office is calling "from reliance to resilience", and that means diversifying our economies and our trade everywhere in the world. And so China being our second largest trading partner, it makes perfect sense for our PM to head to Beijing," he said.
The scholar also noted the huge cooperation potential between the two sides in economic and trade fields, citing Canada's efforts to step up shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the planned construction of an oil pipeline in Alberta which aims to increase export access to Asian markets. "Canada and China both share tremendous economic opportunities together and so finding ways to enhance our exports. Canada specifically looking to build out its LNG and oil, kind of export market. We know Canada is a major producer of critical minerals and China is a buyer. And so there's a lot of synergy between that kind of those kind of markets," he said.
Canadian PM's visit to China paves way for more pragmatic trade ties: scholar
