Intl guests experience Guizhou province's rapid development

The China in Sight Global Insight Forum 2024 opens in Guiyang, Guizhou province, on Tuesday. [Photo by Luo Siyang/chinadaily.com.cn]

The "China in Sight, Global Insight" Forum 2024 was held from Nov 18 to 20 in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province.

International guests visited the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the Guizhou Big Data Exhibition Center, Huamao Village, Balinghe Bridge, and the Ecological Civilization Exhibition Hall in Guizhou.

These visits provided firsthand insights into Guizhou's rural vitalization, digital economy development, ecological civilization construction, and infrastructure development.

"China's rural vitalization strategy not only continues the achievements of poverty alleviation but also enables the people to create net wealth, achieving sustainable development," remarked Charles Onunaiju, director of the Center for China Studies in Nigeria, during his visit to Wengjing village in Guiyang's Guanshanhu district.

He noted that this experience offers valuable lessons for Africa in addressing poverty challenges.

The forum's participants focused on topics such as high-standard opening-up, new development opportunities, quality production, sustainable global development, and modernization.

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was frequently discussed among the guests. "The initiatives promoted by China not only enable each country to develop but also unify the world," said Adrian Severin, former deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Romania.

He believes that the BRI and China's cooperation initiatives with some Eastern and Central European countries can benefit both sides.

As part of the forum, the sixth meeting of the Belt and Road Think Tank Cooperation Alliance Council saw 19 domestic think tanks join as new council members, including Guizhou University.