A senior Swiss Communist Party official on Tuesday called for the modernization of Marxist theory to address global turbulence and strengthen exchanges among young people.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) on the sidelines of the two-day 15th World Socialism Forum in Beijing, Alessandro Lucchini, vice secretary of the Communist Party of Switzerland, shared his insights. He highlighted how the forum has promoted mutual understanding among socialists and helped bridge generational and cultural divides across regions.
"This forum was of great significance for me because the modernization of Marxism is very important. We live in an international situation with a lot of turbulences, with a lot of changes. And for me, it's very important to discuss with other comrades from around the world about updating our theory, and accordingly, to adopt our Marxist practices to the this new era," he said.
When asked about how young people in Switzerland and Europe relate to socialism nowadays, Lucchini acknowledged the negative propaganda of socialism.
"Unfortunately, in Europe and in Switzerland too, there is some negative propaganda against socialism. My party as the Communist Party of Switzerland, we work to fight this propaganda, we promote dialogue, coordination, cooperation with your country, with China. I think important is that all the countries have a right to find their path to socialism according to their national context," Lucchini said.
Lucchini also stressed the importance of cultural and student exchange programs to bridge the understanding gap between the peoples of Switzerland and China.
"We promote the exchange of cultural tasks, we exchange students. The opportunity for students that can come to China to visit your country, that's an important task to help Swiss young people to better understand your country. So, we promote in Switzerland the possibility for young workers, students to come to see the success of Chinese modernization, because I also think Chinese modernization could be very interesting for young people in Switzerland and in Europe too. The idea to that economic development can be in connection, in harmony with nature, with the social justice, with the peace at international level, with the historic cultural heritage, I think that can be very interesting," he said.
Swiss party official calls for Marxist modernization, deeper youth exchanges
