In 2025, China continued to expand its policies of institutional opening-up and optimization of personnel exchanges, with topics such as "Becoming Chinese"and "China Travel"regularly going viral on foreign social media platforms. Backing this up, trendy consumer products like LABUBU dolls and China-produced sci-tech devices have emerged as new mediums for the global community to gain an authentic, multi-dimensional understanding of China.

As the country enters a new year of development, a series of policies is being discussed during the ongoing Two Sessions. These policies will not only provide important references for the outside world to understand China's development trajectory but also outline China's posture as a major power that approaches the world through openness and achieves win-win results through increasing exchanges.

In a recent written interview with Science and Technology Daily (S&T Daily), Irina Bokova, former director-general of UNESCO, emphasized that China has a deep understanding of cultural power. From her perspective, with 60 World Heritage sites and 44 intangible cultural heritage elements, "China is one of the leading countries that innovates and expands the interpretation of the World Heritage Convention".

Beyond preserving its own heritage, China is actively sharing its experience globally. Bokova highlighted the robust cooperation between China and ASEAN countries, where Chinese technical expertise and funding have supported heritage conservation and nominations across Southeast Asia. She pointed to the restoration of Cambodia's Angkor Wat as a shining example of this collaborative spirit, where Chinese and Cambodian teams worked together, symbolizing mutual respect and enduring friendship. Furthermore, emerging digital collaborations, such as 3D scanning of monuments, are now safeguarding heritage against climate change and the erosion of time.

This ethos of sharing extends seamlessly from cultural preservation to solving pressing global development challenges.

In the Wuling Mountains, Shibadong Village, known as the birthplace of "targeted poverty alleviation," has transformed into a "global classroom."This transformation stems from China's successful campaign that lifted 98.99 million rural residents out of poverty by 2020. The Shibadong model has inspired nations worldwide. According to Xinhua, training institutions authorized by the Ministry of Commerce, such as the Hunan International Business Vocational College, have hosted over 15,000 participants from more than 120 developing countries. Many of these participants visited Shibadong for on-site learning, to adapt these practical solutions to their own local contexts.

Complementing these grassroots development efforts, China is also fostering high-level scientific partnerships to empower the Global South. Professor Felix Dapare Dakora, a member of the African Academy of Sciences, applauded the pivotal role of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in promoting international sci-tech exchanges and supporting mega-science projects. "China's leadership in promoting global scientific partnerships through the BRI has allowed the Global South to realize that unity is strength," Dakora said. "Together, we can solve problems faster, innovate more effectively, and ensure no country is left behind."

China, renowned for its wisdom in development and science, is driving the global green transition with unprecedented speed. Erik Solheim, former UN under-secretary-general, described China as the "indispensable nation" for the globalgreen transition.

On February 27, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a press conference to announce that China's air quality in 2025 reached the best level since monitoring records began. This impressive achievement shows the country's sustained efforts in pollution control and green development.

"China is now the total dominant force in all green technologies," Solheim said, citing the nation'sproduction of 90 percent of the world's solar panels and over 60 percent of electric vehicles and batteries. He emphasized that China's advantage lies not in cheap labor, but in super-efficient, robot-driven manufacturing and systemic innovation.

Adding that China is also the world's largest tree planter and boasts the largest national park system, Solheim underscoredhow China's green innovations are developing scaling solutions that benefit humanity as a whole.

China's progress is not happening in isolation; it is increasingly intertwined with global prosperity, offering tangible benefits to the world.