Interview: Theoretical system of CPC underpins China's development, provides lessons for Vietnam: expert

The Communist Party of China (CPC) attaches great importance to theoretical work and has established its own socialist theoretical system with Chinese characteristics, which guides reforms and openness as well as fortifying socialism, enhancing citizens'confidence, while strengthening the party's power, said a Vietnamese official.

Nguyen Vinh Quang, a former envoy at the Vietnamese Embassy in China and former head of the Department for China and Northeast Asia of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Commission for External Affairs, made the remark in a recent interview with Xinhua, in Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the CPC establishment, which falls on July 1.

Many political parties have advocated the spirit of seeking truth from facts, but only the CPC has actually realized it. "Only political parties, which are able to realize their own mistakes and do not evade problems, can develop further," Quang said.

It has been 37 years since China implemented reforms and its opening up. During the period, China has made remarkable achievements, said Quang.

China has become the second-largest economy in the world, bringing confidence and strength to its people and the party. China's position on the world arena has improved immeasurably since it carried out reforms, he said, adding that opportunities for China's development were ongoing.

However, unsolved problems and contradictions accumulated after years of rapid development, including corruption, development gaps in society and environmental degradation, which are challenges now facing China and the CPC.

"These challenges are possible to overcome," Quang said, "especially after General Secretary of CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping put forward the 'four comprehensives,' indicating that the CPC is well aware of its own problems and has planned detailed, specific and appropriate strategies to solve the problems."

Quang spent more than 30 years working in the external sector of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He has translated eight books on Chinese theory into the Vietnamese language and has been praised by Vietnamese high-ranking party leaders.

"Vietnam has also faced many challenges in its development process after renovation. Solutions to the problems in China are good lessons for Vietnam," he said.

In the 1920s when the Communist Party of Vietnam was not formed yet, Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh traveled to China to find ways for national salvation, and at that time became a friend of the CPC, Quang said.

Over the years, despite existing problems and difficulties, the relations between the two parties have been well developed, helping to guide the development direction of bilateral ties, he told Xinhua.

The two parties have maintained frequent exchanges and organization of annual theory seminars. The two sides are also set to hold meetings between politburo representatives in 2016, Quang said.

"China is conducting reforms and is opening itself up, while Vietnam is also implementing renovation. In the context of that there are only a few communist parties in the world and fewer ruling communist parties, therefore such a platform of cooperation between the two communist countries will be a good lesson for other ruling communist parties in the world," Quang said. Enditem