China began to explore the path of development following international rules

China's model of reform and opening up is based on the idea that those who can get rich first will get rich, and then those who are poor will be pulled up by them.In another word, the theory of getting rich first.

Furthermore, China adopted the contract responsibility system, supported those who carry out innovation by themselves to drive economic development After joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 China began to explore the path of development following international rules trying its best to reduce economic and trade friction with other countries based on the principle of building win-win and economic reciprocity relationships to develop trade relations with other countries.After people became rich and the number of middle class increased,consumers began to seek for more reassuring and better quality products.

To meet this consumer demand, producers also started to improve the quality of their goods. Meanwhile, it is more important to build a moderately prosperous society China has set the goal of eliminating absolute poverty and leaving no poor area behind and has won the tough battle against poverty successfully.

At this stage, China's recent goal is to achieve common prosperity to build a society where all people can enjoy material abundance and spiritual wealth China is working hard to achieve this goal And this is a great change that has taken place in China.I believe that China is being built and developed with a high intention of cooperating with other countries.

The Belt and Road Initiative aims to ease tensions and build economic reciprocal relationships between China and countries in the interior and maritime regions.

As for land transport, China has built the Eurasian Railway made the straight line transportation of materials to Europe reality, greatly reduced strife and friction with neighboring countries.

It can be called China's cooperative and harmonious development concept.

What China is making great efforts to do is COVID-19 management measures, poverty alleviation and measures for environmental issues.

All of them are regarded as important subjects of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

What’s more, China are taking active measures to eliminate gender discrimination and prejudice. China's idea of building a community with a shared future for mankind is also a goal that no one can deny.

In order to achieve that, China is giving a bias to relevant policies. And you can strongly feel the efforts of the whole country. In terms of age range,

People who were born before the 1960s like me have very bad impressions of China. But neither do the young. Young people have few prejudices or misconceptions about China. One of the responsibilities for this problem lies with the Japanese media.

The Japanese mass media today is very cold and ruthless in its coverage of China. The image of China is shaped by these media reports. But young people learn about China through popular culture. They commute with each other via the Internet, send short messages or use social media to learn about China.

They will find that their lifestyles and values are not very different through such communication. As far as Japan-China relations going forward, I think they will turn around.

In order to achieve that, I hope that direct communication activities like studying abroad among the young generation will be more active in the future.

Author：Baba Kōhiko