China’s high-quality development philosophy featuring innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development would help Thailand to escape from the middle-income trap and achieve the shared goal of joint development, said Thai scholars.
“As Chinese President Xi Jinping said, high-quality development can meet people’s ever-growing desire for a better life. Such desire is also shared by Thai people,” said Arm Tungnirun, director of the Chinese Studies Center under the Institute of Asian Studies at Chulalongkorn University.
At a forum themed with “Building a Thailand-China Community with a Shared Future” on Wednesday, Arm noted that China’s high-quality development philosophy will strengthen its friendship with Thailand with such a shared goal
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At a forum themed with “Building a Thailand-China Community with a Shared Future” on Wednesday, Arm noted that China’s high-quality development philosophy will strengthen its friendship with Thailand with such a shared goal.
During the forum, he released the latest research findings on building a Thailand-China community with a shared future and its implications for Thailand. The research indicated that China’s high quality development is a new pattern of innovation-driven, green development that fosters a harmonious relationship between humans and nature.
As China’s high-quality development aims to achieve greater efficiency, equity, sustainability and security, the report said the philosophy will allow the benefits of economic growth to have a more significant and fair impact on all individuals, leading to their common prosperity.
“China has made lots of impressive technological breakthroughs over the past years. There are great opportunities for Thailand to realize our own development under the support of China’s leading technology that covers a wide range from EV to AI and big data,” Arm said.
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Last year, a space weather monitor developed by Thailand has been selected to be a part of the Chang’e-7 spacecraft's payload. “This is a good example. If we cannot achieve some goals by ourselves, we can still realize them through collaborating with China,” he added.
Chairperson of the Chulalongkorn University Council Surakiart Sathirathai said China has practiced the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence for decades and President Xi’s concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind has been backed up by all the country’s remarkable efforts on building trust as well as preventing conflicts.
“Development is a common and priority need, not only for Thailand but most countries in the world. China’s global initiatives on development, security and civilization reflect its vision and foreign policy to achieve development, prosperity, security and stability. It also defines the country’s path to deal with others. This is also a vision that recognized by Thai people,” he said.
As a former deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Surakiart recalled his participation on several major diplomatic events that marked milestones in Sino-Thai diplomatic relations and their historical long friendship.
He cited an old Chinese saying that gentlemen seek harmony but not uniformity to define the two partner’s relationship. “Both of us are countries with great tolerance to differences and we are also peace lovers,” he said and called for more collaboration in future in terms of culture and also exchanges of students to boost deeper understanding.
As China and Thailand will see the 50th anniversary next year, the research findings give a review of the two partners’ long-term cooperation and friendship. Also offered are analyses of challenges and future opportunities.
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Suebpong Changboonchoo, deputy director of Thai Studies Center at Chulalongkorn University, said Thailand should take the chance to boost the kingdom’s green industry with joint efforts from China, which is now developing the new quality productive forces.
“The idea refers to advanced productivity and features high technology, high efficiency and high quality. It goes consistent with development goals of Thailand, known as Thai 4.0 policy,” he explained.
“We should make collaborative ideas into detailed plans and further encourage people-to-people exchanges, as people is the core part of community with a shared future for mankind,” he added.
At the forum, Chinese ambassador to Thailand Han Zhiqiang said China has a long history of maintaining good neighborhood ties, peace and development.
Han said China and Thailand should take the opportunities for a joint development amid the world turbulence, building a better China-Thailand community of shared future.
