Chinese modernization offers lessons for Africa

Industrialization, poverty reduction efforts can inspire continent: Experts

As China commits itself to basically realizing socialist modernization by 2035 as resolved during the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, African experts are of the view that modernization of the Asian powerhouse is important for Africa.

Carlos Lopes, an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town's Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, said Chinese modernization represents a blueprint that can inspire Africa in its own development trajectory.

He said China's remarkable rise, especially in industrialization, infrastructure development and poverty reduction, offers valuable lessons for African countries that have long been marginalized in global value chains, often confined to the colonial model of commodities exporter.