DavidFerguson:EffectiveplanningguidingChinatowardscomprehensivemodernization_GuangmingOnline“OneofthegreatstrengthsofChina'ssystemis'continuity',”saysDavidFerguson,aScottishwriter,journalistandtheEnglisheditorofXiJinping:TheGovernanceofChina,inaninterviewwithGuangmingOnline.Duringtheinterview,DavidFergusonattributesthegreatsuccessChinahasachievedoverthepastdecadetothecountry'simpressiveplanningcapability,callingit"oneofthefundamentalreasons"behindChina'sremarkableachievements.Asidefrom"continuity",DavidFergusonalsopointsoutthatChina'sdevelopmentplansarecharacterizedbyspecificity,whichguidestheexecutionofChina’splansandensurestherealizationofitslong-termgoals.China'sdevelopmentprocess,asFergusonobserves,"isveryspecificallydefined"as"open,shared,innovative,greenandcoordinated,"andeachofthesecriteriaagainhasspecificdefinitionsofitsown.Speakingof“shareddevelopment”,FergusonexplainsthelinkagebetweenthissuccinctandseeminglysmallconceptandChina’sextensivepovertyalleviationefforts.AverysmallboxintheoverallcontextofXiJinping’sThoughtonSocialismwithChineseCharacteristicsforaNewEra,theconceptof“shareddevelopment”nonethelessinvolvessuchmassiveundertakingsaspovertyalleviation,whichrevealsChina’sdevelopmentprocessasonethatfeaturesasoundstructure:itis“veryhigh-level”,but“whenitgetsdowntothegrassrootsitinvolvesmillionsofpeopletakingconcreteactions”,saysFerguson.FergusonalsocitesChina’sSecondCentenaryGoalasanotherexamplethatshowcasessuchspecificity.WhilstgenerallydefinedasturningChinaintoamodernsocialistcountry,theSecondCentenaryGoalisalsomorespecificallydefinedasasetofspecificcriteria.“Astimepasses,andaswemoveforward,newideaswillemerge,newpolicieswillbeenacted,andthecriteriaoftheSecondCentenaryGoalwilltakeongreaterdefinition,”saysFergusonasheexpresseshisexpectationsforChinaonthewaytoachievingcomprehensivemodernization.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.