Zheng Yongnian: Chinese modernization is 'open-source' development

Chinese modernization is an "open-source" approach that seeks to share development opportunities with other countries, with no intention of imposing its development model on others, said Zheng Yongnian, dean of the School of Public Policy under the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation Roundtable.

Zheng said China hopes to "extend the ladder" it has climbed to other developing countries, adding that China's own development would not be sustainable if other countries remained underdeveloped.

He said countries can learn from China's experience while adapting it to their own civilizations, cultures and national conditions.

Zheng also noted that China has proposed an "open-source" AI zone for BRICS countries at the BRICS Summit just concluded on Sunday.

He said greater access to AI technologies could provide developing countries and the Global South with more opportunities to participate in technological development.