PARTY DISCIPLINE
"Are China's leaders better than ours?" asked the U.S. magazine Politico.
The CPC's cadre group is selected through a rigorous process, while some members of the public can edge into the U.S. Congress by currying favor with voters through a claptrap.
By comparison, the Politico asked: "How certain are we that whichever leaders come out of our process (general selection), of whatever party and persuasion, can stand on equal footing with whomever comes out of theirs (China's)?"
U.S. magazine the Diplomat said that the CPC appoints cadres through performance and capability, in manner that even successful businesses cannot replicate.
When interpreting China's development miracle, Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew said it is the most capable figures among 1 billion-plus people who are steering the country to greatness.
The CPC attaches great importance to party building and appoints officials based on their performance and competence to ensure solid governance.
Furthermore, the party is constantly strengthening discipline within its ranks.
Specifically, the CPC has established the Central Inspection Group, which is considered an intra-party strategic plan to protect itself from being contaminated by any political speculator.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, the CPC Central Committee under Xi Jinping's leadership has insisted on addressing the "four forms of decadences (si feng)" -- formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance.
The party's crackdown on corruption and other misconduct shows the general public the CPC's ambitions to eliminate injustice in order to raise the morale of the party and the people.
Gustavo Girado, head of Argentine consulting firm Asia & Argentina, said the CPC can plug up loopholes in its system because it excels in self-correction.
The anti-corruption campaign launched by Xi is a good example of this, Girado added.
STRATEGIC WISDOM, PLANNING FOR FUTURE
Partisanship is a deep-rooted problem in Western democracies. Struggles between executive and legislative branches and "Veto Games" have resulted in the failure to enact much needed legislation. Special interest groups "kidnap" policies through lobbying, and different parties coming into power often leads to reversal of state policies, resulting in a massive loss of time and resources.
According to Professor Huang Xianghuai of the Party School of the Central Committee of CPC, while there exists the so-called "economic cycle of elections" in the West, the CPC has guaranteed the long-time stability of the state's fundamental policies.
Having benefitted from successive governing, the CPC has built up its capacity for formulating strategies for the country's economic and social development.
Take the Five-Year Plans as an example. From large-scale industrial construction to creating a moderately prosperous society, the CPC has accomplished the greatest modernization project history has ever seen over the past 60 years.
"China is fully confident of the future," said Konurov from the Kazakh Communist People's Party, "because it has planned every step and will never give up the goal of working for the well-being of the people."
