Editor’s note: Leaders of foreign political parties, government officials, international organizations, and lawmakers worldwide have congratulated the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and General Secretary Xi Jinping of the committee on the 20th CPC National Congress. In their congratulatory messages, they spoke highly of the CPC’s remarkable achievements and its important contributions to improving the well-being of the Chinese people and people in the rest of the world.

Delegates attend the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People on Saturday. (SHEN HONG / XINHUA)

The Central Committee of the Cambodian People’s Party said the party fully supports Xi Jinping’s vision of building a human community with a shared future, and stands ready to continuously consolidate the ironclad friendship between the two sides and jointly build a Cambodia-China community with a shared future. 

Under the outstanding leadership of the CPC, China has scored remarkable achievements and made significant contributions to safeguarding world peace and stability and boosting development and prosperity, said Hun Manet, member of the Cambodian People’s Party’s Permanent Committee and the country’s prime minister candidate.

Over the past 10 years, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and Xi, China has made unprecedented historic achievements in fields such as economy, science and technology, said Vijay Jolly, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India. He hopes that India and China will have more contacts to further promote the development of bilateral relations.

Under the guidance of the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism and scientific socialism, the CPC will surely march towards a more successful future, said D. Raja, general secretary of the Communist Party of India. 

China’s effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has maintained and promoted stable economic development and made important contributions to world economic recovery, said Airlangga Hartarto, chairman of Indonesia’s Golkar Party and coordinating minister for economic affairs, and Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus, secretary-general of Golkar Party and deputy speaker of the People’s Representative Council of Indonesia.

Japan and China shoulder the important responsibility of maintaining regional and world peace and prosperity, said Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan, noting that the LDP is willing to strengthen exchanges with the CPC to promote the construction of stable and constructive Japan-China relations. He hoped that the CPC and China would score even greater development achievements.

The 20th CPC National Congress will provide a good opportunity for the new development of Iran-China relations and bring more opportunities for the two ancient Asian civilizations to expand cooperation in various fields, said Asadollah Badamchian, secretary-general of Iran’s Islamic Coalition Party.

The CPC has accumulated successful experience in leading the modernization drive and realizing national prosperity, said Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations. He wished China, under the leadership of the CPC, to build a great modern socialist country in all respects and successfully realize the Party’s Second Centenary Goal.

China has made extraordinary achievements since the 18th CPC National Congress under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, providing valuable experience for developing countries including Laos to achieve all-round development, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh said, adding that it is his firm belief that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee, the Chinese people will realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, under Xi’s leadership, China has adopted a series of wise policies and promoted Belt and Road cooperation with other countries and regions in the world, providing important support for countries around the world to cope with the current crises, said Saad Hariri, president of Lebanese Future Movement party and former prime minister of Lebanon.

Noting that 20th CPC National Congress was held at a critical historical juncture, Nabih Berri, chairman of the Amal Movement and speaker of the parliament of Lebanon, wished the event a complete success, which will promote China’s continuous prosperity and development.

The 20th CPC National Congress has a milestone significance for the CPC, China and the Chinese people as it will draw a new blueprint for a brighter future of the country, and bring the country and the people into a new stage of progress and development, said Gebran Bassil, president of the Free Patriotic Movement in Lebanon.

The friendship and mutual support between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and China have brought tangible benefits for the people of the two countries, Speaker of the Congress of the FSM Wesley Simina said. On the occasion of the 20th CPC National Congress, the congress and the people of the FSM would like to extend best wishes to China, Simina added.

The 20th CPC National Congress will inject impetus into realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the policies to be formulated at the congress will not only serve the interests of the Chinese people, but also benefit the world, said KP Sharma Oli, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and former Nepali prime minister. 

Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and chairman of the National Assembly of Nepal, also appreciated China’s achievements in economic as well as science and technology development.

In the past decade, the Chinese Dream and the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by Xi had a positive impact on the world, and created a favorable international atmosphere for countries worldwide to enhance cooperation and work together to build a just, sound and peaceful world order, said Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) and a former prime minister.

China is recognized by the international community as a leading force and an example and source of inspiration for developing countries, said Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and the nation’s former prime minister Imran Khan.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistani foreign minister, expressed his belief that the congress will inject momentum into China’s endeavor to achieve its second centenary goal.

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape said the 20th CPC National Congress mapped out a blueprint for China’s development in the future, provided an action plan for China’s new journey toward modernization, and is of important significance to not only China but also the whole world.

Under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese government and people have made great achievements in such fields as poverty alleviation and green development, said Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. He said his government will firmly support China in building a modern socialist country, and make joint efforts to promote the building of a human community with a shared future.

The CPC has led China in firmly following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, ushering in a great new era as it champions global development and promotes common prosperity of countries throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America and the whole world at large, said Dinesh Gunawardena, leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna and prime minister of Sri Lanka.

Under the strong leadership of Xi, China has realized the CPC’s first centenary goal and is playing an increasingly important role in the present-day world, said Mahinda Rajapaksa, leader of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party and the country’s former president, deeming the 20th CPC National Congress as a new milestone in building socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the CPC has led China to great success on the path of building a modern socialist country and in eliminating absolute poverty across the country, setting an example for the world.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chano-cha expressed his strong belief that the 20th CPC National Congress will make scientific plans for the cause of the party and the country in the next five years and beyond, and chart the course for realizing the long-range objectives through 2035, building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and realizing the second centenary goal.

President of the People’s Liberation Party of Timor-Leste and Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak said his country shares brotherly friendship with the CPC and the Chinese people, with good-neighborliness, mutual trust and mutual benefit being their common pursuit. Ruak said he expects the 20th CPC National Congress will lead China to achieve lasting prosperity and development.

The CPC has led the Chinese people in creating remarkable achievements in all fields, said Armanda Berta dos Santos, leader of the KHUNTO Party and Timor-Leste’s vice prime minister, hailing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s foresight as admirable. Calling China a trustworthy friend and partner of Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmao, leader of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction party and former president of Timor-Leste, expressed his appreciation for China’s support for developing countries.

“This country is its people; the people are the country,” President of Vanuatu’s Vanua’aku Pati party and Prime Minister Bob Loughman quoted CPC General Secretary Xi as saying. Loughman said his party highly appreciates the CPC’s people-centered governance philosophy and is willing to lift the Vanuatu-China comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level, he said.

Among others from the Asia-Pacific region who sent congratulatory messages were:

Solo Mara, secretary general of the Pacific Islands Development Forum;

Cho Byung-jae, secretary-general of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties Secretariat;

Benyamin Poghosyan, chairman of the Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies in Armenia;

Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party;

Tahir Budagov, deputy chairman and head of the Central Office of the New Azerbaijan Party;

Dilip Barua, general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist);

Chea Munyrith, president of the Cambodian Chinese Evolution Researcher Association;

George Maggie Angene, minister of Cultural Development of the Cook Islands;

Prabowo Subianto, general chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement Party, or Gerindra, and Indonesian defense minister;

Puteri Anetta Komarudin, chairperson of Economic Affairs of Golkar Party and chairperson of Indonesia-China Parliamentary Friendship Group of the House of Representatives, Indonesia;

Adel Amer, general secretary of the Communist Party of Israel;

Daisaku Ikeda, honorary president of the Soka Gakkai;

Azat Peruashev, chairman of the Ak Zhol Democratic Party of Kazakhstan;

Yermukhamet Ertysbayev, chairman of the People’s Party of Kazakhstan;

Iskhak Masaliyev, president of the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan;

Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith;

Wiam Wahhab, leader of the Arab Unification Party of Lebanon;

President of the Progressive Democratic Party of Malaysia and the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to China Tiong King Sing;

Chairperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party and Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail;

Ikram Hassan, chairman of Maldives-China Parliamentary Friendship Group;

U Khin Yi, acting chairman of Myanmar’s Union Solidarity and Development Party;

Chairman of the Federal Council of the People’s Socialist Party of Nepal and former Nepali Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai;

Madhav Kumar Nepal, president of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) and former Nepali prime minister;

Narayan Man Bijukchhe, chairman of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party;

Ahsan Iqbal, Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistani Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives;

Saleem Mandviwalla, deputy chairman of the Senate of Pakistan;

Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, president of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party in Pakistan;

Siraj ul Haq, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in Pakistan;

Bassam Salhi, general secretary of the Palestinian People’s Party;

Abbas Zaki, member of Palestinian Fatah Central Committee and commissioner for relations with Arab countries and China;

Fathi El Koleib, member of Political Bureau and secretary of International Affairs, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine;

Moses Kar, general secretary of the People’s Progress Party of Papua New Guinea;

Rodrigo Duterte, former president of the Philippines;

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, the Philippines;

Kim Han-kyu, chairman of the 21st Century ROK-China Exchange Association;

Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the People Power Party at the National Assembly of South Korea;

Maithripala Sirisena, chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and former Sri Lankan president;

Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake, youth leader, Samagi Jana Balawegaya of Sri Lanka;

Don Pramudwinai, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister;

Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Thai Prime Minister;

Korn Dabbaransi, President of Thai Chinese Friendship Association and former deputy prime minister;

Xu Erming, chairman of Siam Think Tank of Thailand;

Bhokin Bhalakula, chairman of the Strategy Committee of Thai Sang Thai Party, former president of Thailand Parliament;

Saparmyrat Ovganov, chairman of the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan;

Bashim Annagurbanov, chairman of the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan;

Narzullo Oblomurodov, leader of the Ecological Party of Uzbekistan;

Jotham Napat, president of the Leaders Party of Vanuatu;

Mohsen Basurra, member of the leadership of the Yemeni Islah Party and deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of Yemen;

Abdul Wahab al-Ansi, secretary general of the Yemeni Islah Party;

In Africa, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said the 20th CPC National Congress will provide important political guidance for China’s development and push China to achieve greater development and prosperity, voicing great confidence that under the outstanding leadership of the CPC, China will make more brilliant achievements.

The 20th CPC National Congress is an important milestone in the history of the CPC’s development, said Abou el-Fadhl Baadji, general secretary of Algeria’s National Liberation Front.

The CPC has led the Chinese people in building a strong country, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, head of the Botswana Democratic Party and the country’s president. Masisi wished the CPC continuous success in advancing the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era.

Since its founding, the CPC has been making unremitting efforts for China’s development, said Simplice Mathieu Sarandji, national executive secretary of the Central African Republic’s United Hearts Movement (MCU) party and president of the country’s National Assembly, adding that the MCU is willing to learn from the CPC’s experience in its prolonged struggle and development.

Noting that the 20th CPC National Congress is an important event in China’s political life, Alassane Ouattara, leader of the Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace of Cote d’Ivoire and the country’s president, said that he is willing to continue to promote the in-depth development of relations between the two parties, and deepen the friendship between the two countries for the benefit of their people.

Through the convening of the Congress, the CPC will advance to new victories, said Jeronimo Osa Osa Ecoro, general secretary of the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, adding that his party is willing to continue to deepen its friendly relations with the CPC as well as the friendship between the people of the two countries.

Gambian President Adama Barrow said he looks forward to continuing close cooperation with China to promote their political friendship and economic development.

The 20th CPC National Congress reviews the successful experience of the past and draws up a blueprint for future development, which will surely lead China to new development, said Stephen Ayesu Ntim, national chairman of Ghana’s New Patriotic Party.

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said China has made outstanding achievements in such areas as economic development, poverty reduction, and scientific and technological innovation, winning recognition and admiration from all over the world.

President of APU-DPGB party and Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam said that against the backdrop of new turbulence and changes in the world, the CPC has shown political vision and wisdom by leading the country to achieve sustainable development with a responsible attitude.

Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and Xi, China has made remarkable achievements, said Veronica Maina, secretary-general of Kenya’s United Democratic Alliance.

She expressed confidence that the exchanges between the two parties will continue to promote the healthy and stable development of Kenya-China relations and contribute to building a high-level Africa-China community with a shared future.

As the CPC starts a new journey, the Democratic Congress party of Lesotho expects to enhance relations with the sisterly CPC and deepen cooperation between the two sides, said Mathibeli Mokhothu, leader of Lesotho’s Democratic Congress party and the nation’s deputy prime minister.

Under the leadership of the CPC, China has eliminated absolute poverty, significantly improved the living standards of its people and become the world’s second-largest economy, which are remarkable achievements in the world, said Norbert Ratsirahonana, chief of the national office of Malagasy political coalition IRD and former Madagascar prime minister.

Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era is full of vigor, said Lazarus Chakwera, president of the Malawi Congress Party and the country’s president. The Malawi Congress Party firmly believes that the 20th CPC National Congress will guide China to score new achievements on the new journey of socialist construction, which will benefit people of both China and the rest of the world, Chakwera noted.

Seini Oumarou, president of Niger’s National Movement for the Development of Society party and president of the country’s National Assembly, expressed his sincere admiration for the incredible achievements the Chinese people have made in national liberation and economic and social development under the leadership of the CPC.

Francois Ngarambe, secretary-general of the Rwandan Patriotic Front said the RPF has full confidence in the leadership of the CPC.

The CPC has become an important example for countries around the world to learn about state governance and poverty alleviation, as well as improving people’s well-being and promoting people-centered development, said Solly Afrika Mapaila, general secretary of the South African Communist Party.

Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli, a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party and deputy speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa said he believes the 20th CPC National Congress will help the world overcome the difficulties.

Richard Todwong, secretary general of Uganda’s National Resistance Movement party, said his party believes that the 20th CPC National Congress will further promote China’s development and prosperity.

Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus, who is also the president of the Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe-Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD), said that the CPC is committed to ensuring a better life for every Chinese citizen and has made unremitting efforts to safeguard national unity and promote economic and social development.

Others who sent congratulatory messages from Africa include:

Paul Mashatile, treasurer general of the African National Congress;

Abdelaziz Belaid, president of the Front of the Future party in Algeria;

Eddie Komboigo, leader of the Congress for Democracy and Progress party in Burkina Faso;

Rui Semedo, president of the African Party of Independence of Cape Verde;

Olivier Nkurunziza, president of the Union for National Progress of Burundi;

Alassane Bala Sakande, president of the People’s Movement for Progress, Burkina Faso;

Reverien Ndikuriyo, secretary-general of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy in Burundi;

Haroun Kabadi, secretary-general of the Patriotic Salvation Movement of Chad;

Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, leader of the Alliance of the Democratic Forces of Congo party in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country’s Senate president;

Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, General Secretary of the People’s Rally for Progress of Djibouti and Minister of Economy and Finance;

Jalal El-Haridi, chairman of the Homeland Defenders Party of Egypt;

Essam Sharaf, former Egyptian prime minister;

Hazem Omar, chairman of Egypt’s Republican People’s Party;

Abdel-Sanad Yamama, chairman of the Wafd Party of Egypt;

Ahmed Bahaa El-Din Shaaban, secretary-general of the Egyptian Socialist Party;

Raouf Said Ali, chairman of the Patriotic Movement Party of Egypt;

Secretary General of Gambia’s United Democratic Party and former Vice President Ousainou Darboe;

Mulatu Teshome, former Ethiopian president;

Abadula Gemeda, former speaker of the Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives;

Kwesi Pratt Jr., general secretary of the Socialist Movement of Ghana;

Braima Camara, leader of Guinea-Bissau’s Movement for Democratic Alternation, Group of 15;

Rui Duarte de Barros, former prime minister of Guinea-Bissau;

Peter Mutharika, president of the Democratic Progressive Party of Malawi and former Malawian president;

Foumakoye Gado, acting president of the Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism-Tarayya;

Laouan Magagi, president of the Alliance for Democratic Renewal Party and minister for humanitarian action and disaster management, Niger;

Charles Wiles, chairman on diplomatic affairs of the Congress for Democratic Change of Liberia;

Mohamed Nabil Benabdallah, leader of the Party of Progress and Socialism of Morocco;

Nizar Baraka, secretary-general of the Istiqlal Party and minister of Equipment and Water of Morocco;

Sam Nujoma, former president of Namibia’s South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) and founding president of Namibia;

Sophia Shaningwa, secretary general of the SWAPO Party of Namibia;

Iyiola Omisore, national secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria;

Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President;

Landing Savane, general secretary of the And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism of Senegal;

Solly Phetoe, general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions;

Sylvia Lucas, deputy chairperson of the National Council of Provinces of the South African parliament;

Peter Lam Both, interim secretary-general of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in South Sudan;

Jibril Ibrahim, chairman of Sudan’s Justice and Equality Movement and minister of finance;

Omar El Degeir, president of the Sudanese Congress Party;

Abdulrahman Kinana, vice chairman (Mainland) of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Tanzania;

Maite Mola, first vice-president of the Party of European Left;

Abir Moussi, president of the Free Destourian Party of Tunisia;

Mizengo Peter Pinda, former prime minister of Tanzania and member of the Central Committee of CCM (Ruling Party Tanzania);

Batuke Imenda, secretary-general of Zambia’s United Party for National Development;

Fred M’membe, president of the Socialist Party in Zambia;

Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, member of the Politburo and secretary for the External Relations of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, Zimbabwe;

From Europe and the Mediterranean region, Stefanos Stefanou, general secretary of the Progressive Party of Working People of Cyprus, said the CPC has opened a new path for China’s social, economic and cultural development in the past 100 years, and the 20th CPC National Congress will certainly have a profound impact on China’s future development.

The French side is keenly aware of the significance of the 20th CPC National Congress, and expects the meeting to further advance world peace and international cooperation, said Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former French prime minister.

The 20th CPC National Congress is of paramount importance for China and the whole world, said Pierre Laurent, president of the National Council of the French Communist Party and vice president of the French Senate. As the human race is faced with a host of challenges, signals of development, peace and sharing delivered by the congress are highly expected, Laurent said.

Sigmar Gabriel, former leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and former vice-chancellor and ex-minister for foreign affairs of Germany, said he believes the 20th CPC National Congress will bring new solutions to global issues for humanity, and that he expects Germany and China to enhance the willingness and ability of all countries to jointly solve human crises through international cooperation.

China has made tremendous achievements in development and demonstrated to the world the advantage of the CPC’s leadership and the socialist system, said Chairman of the German Communist Party Patrik Kobele. The 20th CPC National Congress will lay a solid foundation for China to realize socialist modernization, he added.

Former president of the European Commission and former Italian prime minister Romano Prodi said he expects China to contribute Chinese solutions to facilitate the development of the global economy as a responsible major country.

The 20th CPC National Congress will lead China’s efforts in safeguarding world peace, promoting the building of a fairer international order, and uniting global progressive forces to jointly bridge the gap between the rich and the poor and tackle climate change and other important issues, said Massimo D’Alema, former prime minister of Italy and president of Italianieuropei Foundation.

Over the past decade, China has made great achievements in developing its economy, eradicating absolute poverty and improving the living standards of its people, and has played a positive role in maintaining world stability and prosperity, said Daniel Jose Micallef, deputy leader of the Malta Labour Party.

With the unremitting efforts of the CPC, China has made extraordinary achievements in the fields including economy, politics, society, culture and national defense, said Sergey Mironov, chairman of A Just Russia-Patriots-For Truth party.

Dogu Perincek, chairman of the Patriotic Party of Turkiye, said the achievements of the CPC belong not only to China and the Chinese people, but also to humanity.

China will build on its achievements and further enhance its influence on the world stage under the guidance of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, said Efkan Ala, vice-chairman of the Justice and Development Party, Turkiye.

Among others who sent congratulatory messages from Europe and the Mediterranean region were:

Damian Gjiknuri, general secretary of the Socialist Party of Albania;

Aleksei Sokol, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus;

Oleg Gaidukevich, chairman of The Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus;

Bert De Belder, head of the Department of International Relations of Workers’ Party of Belgium;

Robert Griffiths, general secretary of the Communist Party of Britain;

Jim O’Neill, a member of the British House of Lords;

Ella Rule, chair of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist);

Andy Brooks, general secretary of the New Communist Party of Britain;

Ivo Josipovic, former Croatian President;

Peda Grbin, president of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia;

Davorko Vidovic, president of Croatia’s Social Democrats party and deputy speaker of the Croatian parliament;

Averof Neofytou, president of the Democratic Rally party in Cyprus;

Henrik Stamer Hedin, chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP), and Martin Minka Jensen, International Secretary of the DKP;

Katerina Konecna, leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, member of the European Parliament;

Istvan Ujhelyi, vice chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament, and president of Europe-China One Belt One Road Cultural & Tourism Development Committee;

Bernard Accoyer, former president of the National Assembly of France.

Jacques Cheminade, head of the French Solidarity and Progress party;

Shalva Papuashvili, political secretary of the Political Council of Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party and chairman of the Parliament of Georgia;

Liisa Taskinen, chairperson of the Communist Party of Finland;

Rolf Mutzenich, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany parliamentary group in the German Bundestag;

Wulf Gallert, Kathrin Vogler, presidents of the International Committee of the Left of Germany;

Lars Klingbeil, general secretary of Germany’s Social Democratic Party;

Anastasios Chatzivasileiou, international secretary of the New Democracy of Greece;

Kostas Karamanlis, former president of the New Democracy party and former prime minister of Greece;

Gyula Thurmer, leader of the Hungarian Workers’ Party;

Eugene McCartan, general secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland;

Marco Rizzo, general secretary of the Communist Party (Italy);

Veronica Perici Calascione, international secretary, Nationalist Party of Malta;

Rasko Konjevic, president of Montenegro’s Social Democratic Party and deputy prime minister of the country;

Waldemar Pawlak, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Polish People’s Party;

Luis Ferreira, president of International Commission of the Social Democratic Party of Portugal;

Jeronimo de Sousa, general secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party;

Viorica Dancila, president of Romania’s Nation People Together party and the country’s former prime minister;

Lydia Mikheeva, secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation;

Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of Liberal Democratic Party of Russia;

Ivica Dacic, president of the Socialist Party of Serbia;

Milos Vucevic, vice-president of the Serbian Progressive Party;

Zivadin Jovanovic, president of the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals;

Robert Fico, leader of the Direction-Social Democracy party and former prime minister of Slovakia; 

Danilo Turk, former Slovenian president;

Jose Luis Centella, president of the Communist Party of Spain;

Manu Pineda, member of The Left in the European Parliament, secretary of international relations of the Communist Party of Spain;

Massimiliano Ay, political secretary of the Communist Party (Switzerland);

From the Americas and the Caribbean, Gaston Browne, leader of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party and the country’s prime minister, said the 20th CPC National Congress will lead China to new achievements by reviewing the past work.

Jose Luis Gioja, vice president of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, expressed confidence that the CPC will continue to lead China in striving for the happiness of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and play an important role in addressing challenges in today’s world.

Under the remarkable leadership of the CPC, China has become a world economic powerhouse, and this achievement is admirable, said Evo Morales, chairperson of Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism party and former Bolivian president.

The 20th CPC National Congress is an event of great historic significance and major international influence, said Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho, president of Brazil’s Progressistas Party and chief of staff of the Brazilian presidency. Brazil cherishes its relations with China, and expects to deepen bilateral exchanges and cooperation, so as to better serve the interests of the people of the two countries, he said.

The 20th CPC National Congress marks a major event in China’s political life, which will open a new journey for the nation’s development and further enhance China’s important status in the international arena, said President of the Brazilian Socialist Party Carlos Siqueira.

This year is important for China as it is striving for its second centenary goal, and the CPC Congress is closely linked to the future of the Chinese people, said Horace Chang, general secretary of Jamaica Labour Party, also deputy prime minister of Jamaica and minister of national security.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele expressed confidence that the 20th CPC National Congress will lead China and the Chinese people to new and important achievements in development, and said that his country and China will respect each other, conduct friendly cooperation and move forward hand in hand.

Others who sent congratulatory messages from the Americas and the Caribbean region included:

Jorge Taiana, head of international relations for Argentina’s Justicialist Party and minister of defense;

Gaston Manes, president of the National Convention of the Radical Civic Union of Argentina.

Carlos Lupi, president of the Democratic Labour Party of Brazil;

Dilma Rousseff, former president of Brazil;

Fausto Pinato, member of the National Executive Committee of Progressist Party of Brazil and president of Brazil-China Parliamentary Front of the Brazilian National Congress;

Luciana Santos, president of the Communist Party of Brazil;

Miguel Figueroa, president of the Canadian Peace Congress;

Elizabeth Rowley, leader of the Communist Party of Canada;

Guillermo Teillier, president of the Communist Party of Chile;

Jaime Quintana, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate of the Republic of Chile;

Carmen Hertz, president of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile;

Miguel Angel Sanchez Vasquez, general secretary of the Colombian Liberal Party;

Ambrose George, deputy leader of the Dominica Labour Party;

Winston Alarcon, general secretary of the Communist Party of Ecuador;

Gustavo Vallejo, national president of the Ecuadorian Socialist Party;

Learrie Barry, general secretary of the National Democratic Congress of Grenada;

Ruben de Leon Sanchez, general secretary of the Democratic Revolutionary Party of Panama;

Eduardo Tzili-Apango, founding member and chair of the Eurasia Studies Group in Mexico;

Luis Villanueva, general secretary of the Peruvian Communist Party;

Gilbert Violeta, president of Peru’s Contigo party;

Keiko Fujimori, president of the Popular Force party of Peru;

Peter Kanhai, general secretary of the United National Congress of Trinidad and Tobago;

Foster Cummings, general secretary of the People’s National Movement in Trinidad and Tobago;

Bahman Azad, executive secretary of the US Peace Council.

Apart from all those mentioned above, the CPC also received congratulatory messages from:

Zhang Ming, secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO);

Keith Bennett, co-editor of the Friends of Socialist China platform;

Jeremy Bradshaw, secretary of the Conservative Parliamentary China Group;

Matteo Marchisio, China-based country director and representative for the International Fund for Agricultural Development;

Argentina’s Republican Proposal party;

Central Committee, Union Party, Lebanon;

Egypt’s Coordination Committee of Party’s Youth Leaders and Politicians;

Libyan Youth Leaders;

Malaysia’s People’s Justice Party;

Myanmar’s National League for Democracy;

Social Democracy-Mongolian Women’s Association;

Spain’s United Left party;

International Department of the Podemos party of Spain;

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan;

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle;

The Democratic Patriots’ Unified Party in Tunisia;

The Workers’ Party in Brazil;

The Broad Front party of Costa Rica; The Socialist Party of Chile;

The Modern Revolutionary Party in the Dominican Republic;

The Peruvian Communist Party (Unity);

The Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Alliance party;

The French Communist Party;

The Communist Party of Greece;

The Italian Communist Party;

The Communist Party of Norway;

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist);

The Central Committee of the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice of Eritrea;

The National Executive Committee of the Movement of Popular Participation of Uruguay;

The Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party;

The Executive Committee of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova;

The Central Committee of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova;

The foreign ministry of Equatorial Guinea;

The Secretariat of the World Peace Council;

The People’s National Movement (PNM) National Youth League in Trinidad and Tobago;

The Italian Communist Youth Federation;

Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations.

XINHUA — CHINA DAILY