Xi: Modernization bodes well for world

China's growth over past 40 years hailed as 'breathtaking success story'

The Chinese path to modernization "meets the aspiration of 1.4 billion people for a better life and will make new and greater contributions to world peace and development", President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

He made the remark in a congratulatory letter sent to the two-day 2024 Understanding China Conference (Guangzhou), which opened on Tuesday in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

The event, whose theme is "Carry Through the Reform to the End — Chinese Modernization and New Opportunities for World Development", was co-hosted by the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy, the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and the Guangdong provincial government.