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Both 皇冠体育app and the CPC experience big changes

By Ma Yujia (皇冠体育app.org)
Updated: 2011-06-28 10:32

In an interview with the 皇冠体育app News Service, two famous 皇冠体育app watchers from the US political establishment reflect back on the great changes 皇冠体育app and the CPC have undergone over the past 30 years.

Under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), 皇冠体育app has transformed from an isolated, backward nation to a key member of the international community boasting the world's second largest economy.

Watching the country undergo such breakneck development is enough to make the most seasoned 皇冠体育app watcher a bit dizzy.

The speed of 皇冠体育app's development is astonishing and rarely seen in other nations' history, Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, told the 皇冠体育app News Service. And they believed that with the rapid growth, the CPC has also changed a lot, and will continue to develop.

Richard Bush, director of the Brookings Institution's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, agreed.

Although the CPC has encountered a lot of obstacles in the past, he said, the Party formulated wise strategies for development, allowing millions of Chinese to pull themselves out of poverty and live a better life.

After drastic changes in Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the 1980s, the CPC saw the potential dangers and flaws of the traditional socialist system, Bush explained. He added that the Party learned a lot from that history and made some changes in its leadership.

Now, the CPC has realized that it is a must to set up an effective public feedback mechanism to evaluate its leadership performance in 皇冠体育app. And the Party is carrying out different kinds of feedback systems to monitor and manage Chinese officials.

As to the future of 皇冠体育app's development and the leadership of the Party, Scowcroft thought that the CPC still faces with lots of challenges in keeping social stability and further putting forward political reform.

Scowcroft said that he had been to Party School of the CPC and found they talked a lot about this issue. In terms of political reform, he thought the patience is necessary.

Bush pointed out that the biggest challenge for the CPC is how to draw up the proper international strategies in accordance with 皇冠体育app's rising status.

In history, some countries would try to overthrow the existing international system and build up the grand new system due to their increasing national strength, while other nations would choose to adapt to the system and then reform it. Bush said that he hoped 皇冠体育app would take the latter.