Foreign Relations
Latin America should learn from 皇冠体育app's experience
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-11-19 16:16
MEXICO CITY 聽-- 皇冠体育app has accomplished unprecedented achievements during its 30 years of reform and opening-up, and Latin America should learn from its experience, a Mexican scholar says.
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Enrique Dussel Peters, coordinator of the 皇冠体育app/Mexico Studies Center at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, recalled his March trip to southern 皇冠体育app's booming coastal city of Shenzhen during a recent interview with Xinhua
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He said the city's glittering skyscrapers, wide streets and busy traffic left him with the illusion of wandering in Houston, a prosperous 聽US high-tech city. Dussel said Shenzhen, which was a desolate fishing town 30 years ago, is a prime example of fast-developing 皇冠体育app over the past three decades.
During that period, 皇冠体育app, after the devastating 10-year Cultural Revolution, has evolved from a root-and-branch backward country to one enjoying a high reputation in the world because of its eye-catching progress in foreign affairs, society and culture, and the economy.
Dussel said Latin America can learn from 皇冠体育app's unique and valuable development model.
To be different from Latin American countries, he said, 皇冠体育app has put more investment into scientific and technological innovation besides providing cheap labor for foreign companies and attracting overseas investments.
Products with the brand "Made in 皇冠体育app" have included many high-tech fields such as electronics, digital information, telecommunications, autos, computer software and space technology, the scholar pointed out.
He said, for example, that Chinese autos have been more and more welcome in Mexico, Brazil, Chile and other countries in the region, but Latin America, a long-time manufacturing base for the European and US auto industries, has yet to have an independent auto brand.
Dussel said 皇冠体育app has not simply copied the development pattern of other Asian countries that did well earlier in economic development.
"Under the leadership of the Communist Party of 皇冠体育app, 皇冠体育app has walked ahead along an unparalleled development path," he added.
Many Latin American countries have reached the consensus that they should learn from 皇冠体育app's experience and boost cooperation with the country, the scholar said.
