BEIJING: In the eyes of Assistant Foreign Minister Hua Chunying, China’s commitment to peaceful global development and common prosperity is illustrated by a new banknote in Madagascar with the image of Chinese hybrid rice printed on it.
The inspiration for the image on the Madagascan banknote is the late pioneering Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping. Yuan and his team worked for more than a decade on the cultivation of several high-yield hybrid rice strains suitable for Madagascar’s climate and soil conditions. The team also taught Madagascans the techniques to cultivate the high-yield rice.
“Now, Madagascar is the country with the largest area of hybrid rice and the highest production in Africa. And it is also the first country in Africa to develop the chain of the hybrid rice industry,” she said.
“We sincerely believe that a better China contributes to the world, and China goes well when the world goes well. Instead of putting itself first and seeking supremacy, China believes in harmonious coexistence and win-win cooperation,” she added. Peaceful development stands out as one of the five major features of “the Chinese path to modernization” — a holistic vision set out at the recent 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
At the congress last month, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a report and said, “In pursuing modernization, China will not tread the old path of war, colonization, and plunder taken by some countries.” “Dedicated to peace, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit, we will strive to safeguard world peace and development as we pursue our own development, and we will make greater contributions to world peace and development through our own development,” Xi said. During Xi’s recent Southeast Asia trip, he explained in detail how the Chinese path to modernization will help advance the world’s progress in economy, security, the environment and culture through tangible approaches such as implementation of the Global Development Initiative.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
