China has undergone successful development over the past three decades which few countries in the world could have done it, Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said here on Tuesday.
At a dialogue commemorating 30 years of China's reform and opening up, Lee Kuan Yew, a witness of China's 30 years of development, said that China is on the right track .
"They have taken the smarter route," he said, "I learn from you, I catch up, then I innovate and I compete with you. I think that is the way it will have to go."
Talking about the current global financial crisis, the 85-year-old Lee said that China should keep its economy running and help the countries around the region.
Lee, who has paid a lot of visits to China since 1976, said that the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) could pick up many learning points from China's reform and growth, which is to have a well-organized system and good quality human resources.
On the same occasion, Chinese Ambassador to Singapore Zhang Xiaokang said that China's reform and opening-up has provided great impetus to cooperation between China and Singapore over the last 30 years.
Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew attends a dialogue commemorating 30 years of reform and opening up of China in Singapore, on Dec. 16, 2008. (Xinhua/Gao Chuan) "The China-Singapore relationship is a classic example of win-win cooperation between countries in the world on the basis of equality and mutual benefit," she said.
Chua Thian Poh, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, also said that China has stunned the world with its dramatic economic growth, and the world and certainly ASEAN and Singapore have benefited from the growth.
Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (R) attends a dialogue commemorating 30 years of reform and opening up of China in Singapore, on Dec. 16, 2008. (Xinhua/Gao Chuan) The dialogue, which was jointly organized by Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chinese Embassy in Singapore and Business China, attracted about 600 participants, including Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo.
Source: Xinhua
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