CPC’s Relations with Political Parties in Latin America
Finally, political party exchanges will help enhance China’s international image, boost mutual trust, and dispel mutual suspicion. China and Latin American countries still lack deep understanding of one another due to their vast geographic distance and sparse exchanges in the past. Influenced by the Western media and differing political systems, many Latin American countries have a weak foundation of mutual political trust with China.
Domestically, after more than 30 years of reform and opening-up, China has blazed a trail of socialist development with Chinese characteristics and stunned the world with its achievements. In terms of foreign affairs, China has chosen the way of open, cooperative, shared and peaceful development. China’s peaceful rising has broken the historical precedent whereby great power means world hegemony, and China is gaining understanding and support from more and more countries. By conducting active and flexible party diplomacy with Latin America and reporting China’s major policies, economic and social development situations, and explaining China’s concept of peaceful development, the CPC has pushed forward the common development of China and countries in the region and contributed greatly to building a harmonious world.
Prospects
Today, we are embracing a new era of great development, power shifts, and revolutionary changes in a world that is heading towards multipolarity and economic globalization. As the negative impact of the international financial crisis lingers on and the global economic recovery is yet to emerge, China and Latin American countries are facing two major domestic tasks: economic development and the improvement of people’s living standard. Meanwhile, they also share the common mission of maintaining world peace and promoting global development. Therefore, strengthening cooperation and exchanges and learning from each other can promote China and Latin American countries’ development and contribute to the establishment of a fairer and more rational international political and economic order.
As an integral part of state diplomacy in this critical period, the CPC’s exchanges with political parties overseas will be further expanded and deepened, focusing on the priorities of the country and the CPC itself. The primary task of exchanges is to create a peaceful international environment and favorable external conditions by taking advantage of this period of important strategic opportunities to promote the CPC’s international image and influence.
In 2008, China’s central government issued a paper on its policy concerning Latin America, which outlined a comprehensive and detailed framework for future cooperation with the region from a long-term and strategic perspective. The policy paper has been well received in Latin America. In recent years, relations between China and Latin American countries have built up a vigorous momentum. China believes that in the future, exchanges and cooperation between the CPC and political parties in Latin America will continue to be strengthened under their concerted efforts, based on China’s basic principles for inter-party relations.
