The Communist Party of China opens its 20th national congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Oct 16, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]

Leaders of foreign political parties, government officials, international organizations, and lawmakers worldwide have congratulated the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and General Secretary Xi Jinping of the committee on the opening of the 20th CPC National Congress. In their congratulatory messages, they spoke highly of the CPC's remarkable achievements and its important contributions to improving the well-being of the Chinese people and people in the rest of the world.

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said that China has made outstanding achievements in such areas as economic development, poverty reduction, and scientific and technological innovation, winning recognition and admiration from all over the world.

Gambian President Adama Barrow wished the 20th CPC National Congress a complete success and said he looks forward to continuing close cooperation with China to promote their political friendship and economic development.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele expressed confidence that the 20th CPC National Congress will lead China and the Chinese people to new and important achievements in development, adding that his country and China will respect each other, conduct friendly cooperation and move forward hand in hand.

President of the People's Liberation Party of Timor-Leste and Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak said his country shares brotherly friendship with the CPC and the Chinese people, with good-neighborliness, mutual trust and mutual benefit being their common pursuit.

Ruak said he expects that the 20th CPC National Congress will lead China to achieve lasting prosperity and development.

"This country is its people; the people are the country," President of Vanuatu's Vanua'aku Pati party and Prime Minister Bob Loughman quoted General Secretary Xi Jinping as saying.

His party highly appreciates the CPC's people-centered governance philosophy and is willing to lift the Vanuatu-China comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level, he said.

The 20th CPC National Congress has attracted the attention of the whole world and will have an important impact on the development direction of China, Asia and the whole world, said Davorko Vidovic, president of Croatia's Social Democrats party and deputy speaker of the Croatian parliament. He also expressed his belief that the CPC will, as always, successfully cope with various challenges.

China's effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has maintained and promoted stable economic development and made important contributions to world economic recovery, said Airlangga Hartarto, chairman of Indonesia's Golkar Party and coordinating minister for economic affairs, and Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus, secretary-general of Golkar Party and deputy speaker of the People's Representative Council of Indonesia.

The 20th CPC National Congress will inject impetus into realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the policies to be formulated at the congress will not only serve the interests of the Chinese people, but also benefit the world, said KP Sharma Oli, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and former Nepali prime minister.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, under Xi's leadership, China has adopted a series of wise policies and promoted the Belt and Road cooperation with other countries and regions in the world, providing important support for countries around the world to cope with the current crises, said Saad Hariri, president of Lebanese Future Movement party and former prime minister of Lebanon.

Japan and China shoulder the important responsibility of maintaining regional and world peace and prosperity, said Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan, noting that the LDP is willing to strengthen exchanges with the CPC to promote the construction of stable and constructive Japan-China relations.

He hoped that the CPC and China would score even greater development achievements.

The CPC has led the Chinese people to continuous progress, setting a fine example of working for the wellbeing of the country and its people, said Azat Peruashev, chairman of the Ak Zhol Democratic Party of Kazakhstan.

The CPC pursues an independent policy concerning its external affairs, which promotes global development and safeguards world peace, playing a big role in advancing the cause of human progress, said Saparmyrat Ovganov, chairman of the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan.

The 20th CPC National Congress is a major event in China's political life, which will open a new journey for China's development and further enhance China's important status in the international arena, said President of the Brazilian Socialist Party Carlos Siqueira.

China has made tremendous achievements in development and demonstrated to the world the advantage of the CPC's leadership and the socialist system, said Chairman of the German Communist Party Patrik Kobele.

Kobele voiced strong confidence that the 20th CPC National Congress will lay a solid foundation for China to realize socialist modernization.

With the unremitting efforts of the CPC, China has made extraordinary achievements in the fields including economy, politics, society, culture and national defense, said Sergey Mironov, chairman of A Just Russia-Patriots-For Truth party.

The 20th CPC National Congress will provide a good opportunity for the new development of Iran-China relations and bring more opportunities for the two ancient Asian civilizations to expand cooperation in various fields, said Asadollah Badamchian, secretary-general of Iran's Islamic Coalition Party.

The unity, selfless dedication and strong leadership of the CPC have made itself outstanding among the world's political parties, said Peter Lam Both, interim secretary-general of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in South Sudan, expressing confidence that with the successful convening of the 20th CPC National Congress, the friendship between the two parties will move to a higher level.

Under the leadership of the CPC, China has made great achievements in various fields of development, said Francois Ngarambe, secretary-general of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), adding that the RPF has full confidence in the leadership of the CPC and believes that the 20th CPC National Congress will surely be a complete success.

Batuke Imenda, secretary-general of Zambia's United Party for National Development (UPND), said that the CPC has been committed to serving the people and has provided a useful reference for the UPND.

Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and Xi, China has made remarkable achievements, said Veronica Maina, secretary-general of Kenya's United Democratic Alliance.

She expressed confidence that the exchanges between the two parties will continue to promote the healthy and stable development of Kenya-China relations and contribute to building a high-level Africa-China community with a shared future.

China will build on its achievements and further enhance its influence on the world stage under the guidance of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, said Efkan Ala, vice-chairman of the Justice and Development Party, Turkiye.

China has made great contributions to world peace and development with its own vigorous growth, which also has brought benefits to Serbia's development, said Milos Vucevic, vice-president of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Over the past decade, China has made great achievements in developing economy, eradicating absolute poverty and improving the living standards of its people, and has played a positive role in maintaining world stability and prosperity, said Daniel Jose Micallef, deputy leader of the Malta Labour Party.

Over the past 10 years, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and Xi, China has made unprecedented historic achievements in such fields as economy, science and technology, said Vijay Jolly, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India. He hopes that India and China will have more contacts to further promote the development of bilateral relations.