Dr. Pronkina Olga. (COURTESY PHOTO) |
I am from Russia and currently working at Gansu University of Political Science and Law. I was awarded the title of "Advanced Individual in the First Dunhuang Cultural Expo" and the Dunhuang Award by the People's Government of Gansu Province in 2016 and 2019 respectively. In 2020, I was recognized as a foreign high-end talent by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
Since coming to China in 2010, I have had a very fulfilling time working, living, growing and learning here, while having witnessed the rapid changes in the city of Lanzhou, the strong rise of Gansu province out of poverty and the rapid development of China's economy and infrastructure. More recently, it was amazing to get a first-hand experience of the remarkable way the Chinese government led an orderly fight against the pandemic as it ravaged the country, and watching the humanitarian act of China providing aid to countries around the world.
I have often heard my Chinese colleagues say that all of this is due to the strong and correct leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Not having paid much attention to the CPC in the previous decade or so, perhaps because of being a foreigner, after experiencing the pandemic in China and the changes that China has made to the world in the post-pandemic era, I have come to understand the efficiency of the CPC.
In May 2021, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, the Foreign Talent Research Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology invited me to participate in a program with other foreign experts, themed "Telling the Story of the Communist Party of China" in Jiangxi province, a sacred place of the Chinese Revolution. The purpose of the program was to enhance foreign experts' understanding of China's policies and national conditions, as well as the history of China's revolution, and the construction of its ecological civilization.
During the 5-day program, we visited the "Red Holy Land" of the CPC, such as Jinggang Mountain, Ruijin and Ganzhou, to learn more about the history of the CPC. We also visited local science and technology parks, demonstration villages for poverty alleviation, ecological civilization construction areas and beautiful villages. It was inspiring to see the achievements of China's ecological civilization construction.
Through field trips, historical materials and personal experiences, I expressed my heartfelt admiration for the revolutionary martyrs of the CPC and my recognition of its revolutionary spirit. Therefore, we should cherish the present, focus on the future and work hard to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
We foreign experts also gained a deeper understanding of the achievements of China's poverty eradication efforts and the determination of the CPC to always make the happiness of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation its original intention and mission. These activities have indeed enhanced my sense of existence and honor as a foreign expert working in China, as well as my sense of urgency to understand the CPC further.
I was born in the Soviet Union in 1986, which was shaped by the great communist revolutionary teacher Lenin and was once a powerful and prosperous "Red Empire," where the great banner of communism once flew. I often wonder why the Communist Party of the Soviet Union failed to lead the Soviet people to a brighter future, and instead ended up with "disintegration." I think the answer to this question can be found in how the CPC led the Chinese people through 100 years of hard work and struggle and gradually embarked on the road to great rejuvenation.
Pronkina Olga is an Russian teacher at Gansu University of Political Science and Law.