HarveyDzodin:ForesightandcapableleadershipofCPCensureChinaSpeed_GuangmingOnline“WesaythatChinachangesatChinaspeed,”HarveyDzodin,seniorfellowoftheCenterforChinaGlobalization,saidinanexclusiveinterviewwithGuangmingOnline.HavinglivedinChinaformorethan20years,DzodinhasseenthecountrychangedramaticallyundertheleadershipoftheCommunistParty.Rapidconstructionofcitysubwaysystems,speedyexpansionofthehigh-speedrailnetwork,thepovertyreductionmiracle...theseareallvividexamplesshowcasing‘Chinaspeed’,accordingtoDzodin.Whydoesthishappen?“ItonlycouldcomewithaplanningandforesightandcapableleadershipfromthetopoftheCommunistPartyofChinadowntotheleadersofthesmallestvillageoratownship,”Dzodinpointedout.“TheChinesegovernmentmodelisamodelthatworks,”saidDzodin.MentioningthewholeprocessdemocracyandtheFive-yearPlan,togetherwithahighlydevelopedhumanresourcescomponentandanoversightfunction,hebelievedtheseallareelementsensuringthattheChinesegovernmentledbyCPCcantrulyserveitspeople.ThisexplainswhyCPCcanledChinesepeoplemettheirage-olddreamofbuildingamoderatelyprosperoussocietyinallrespects-nearly100millionruralpeoplewereliftedoutofextremepoverty,people’sbeenlivingahealthier,richer,andmorefulfillinglife,andChina’sstrengthineconomyandtechnology,comprehensivenationalstrengthhavejumpedtoanewheight.“Peoplehaveseentheirliveschangedovernightinonegeneration,maybeforsomeintwogenerations,fromabjectpovertytoakindoflifethattheirancestors,eventheirgrandparentsorgreatgrandparents,couldnever,everhaveimagined,”Dzodinsaid,“Evenmoreso,thebestisyettocome.”Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.