{"id":53792,"date":"2025-04-09T17:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/chinese-scholar-dr-wang-hails-rwanda-as-a-model-of-modernization\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T17:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:45:39","slug":"chinese-scholar-dr-wang-hails-rwanda-as-a-model-of-modernization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/chinese-scholar-dr-wang-hails-rwanda-as-a-model-of-modernization\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scholar Dr Wang hails Rwanda as a model of modernization in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof. Dr. Wang highlighted Rwanda\u2019s strong leadership, strategic planning, and consistent investment in infrastructure and technology as key drivers of its progress.<\/p>\n

He noted that Rwanda\u2019s ability to implement long-term national goals with discipline and vision offers valuable lessons for other developing nations.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a public lecture in Beijing, Prof. Dr. Wang described Rwanda as a \u201cgood student of modernization,\u201d applauding the country\u2019s steady progress in transforming its economy and governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean China was also a student of the West in modernization, right? Because they achieved a lot before. So in this regard, I call her (Rwanda) a student. But China learned from the West, and learned too much, maybe,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo what I\u2019m saying is that Rwanda is a good student among African countries. In recent years, it has achieved economic prosperity, I think it goes beyond the Western model,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Recently, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) praised Rwanda\u2019s economic performance and resilience, following the conclusion of a two-week mission assessing the country\u2019s reform progress under the fifth review of the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI). <\/p>\n

Rwanda recorded an impressive GDP growth rate of 8.9% in 2024, making it one of the fastest-growing economies in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n

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The growth was fueled by strong performances in agriculture, construction, trade, tourism, transport, and telecommunications sectors. Labour market indicators also improved, with increased participation and a reduction in the unemployment rate.<\/p>\n

Inflation remained stable at 4.8% by the end of 2024, within the National Bank of Rwanda\u2019s target range. Thanks to improved food production and effective monetary policy.<\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Wang attributed Rwanda\u2019s development success to \u201cconsistent national policies, strong government leadership, and effective cooperation with China.\u201d <\/p>\n

He emphasized that for Africa and other countries in the Global South to reach their development goals, they must draw lessons from China\u2019s modernization path, a journey largely driven by firm and visionary government leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government owns the land, the resources, everything. It shouldn\u2019t just provide services to the market, but also create the market for modernization. The Western model tells governments to do less and let the market decide. But in poor countries, the market is weak and limited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cLike I mentioned, you need to build a swimming pool to train the babies how to swim. Only then can they gradually move to the sea. If you put a baby straight into the sea, they will drown,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n

According to him, governments needs to build that swimming pool by training the people, training the market, and creating the conditions for development, like building high-speed railways and highways. That\u2019s what strong governments do, and it\u2019s crucial for modernization, especially in developing countries.<\/p>\n

Over the past three decades, Rwanda has transformed from one of the continent\u2019s weakest economies to becoming Africa\u2019s fastest-growing, with significant investments in digital innovation, healthcare, education, and urban development. <\/p>\n

The government has played a central role in this transformation, actively shaping the economy by building markets through initiatives like smart city development, public-private partnerships, and strategic international cooperation, especially with countries like China.<\/p>\n

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Prof. Dr. Wang Yiwei, Vice President of the Academy of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at Renmin University of China, has praised Rwanda\u2019s remarkable transformation, describing the country as a model for modernization and development in Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000085329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[2252],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-christian-mugisha"],"bylines":[{"id":2252,"name":"Christian Mugisha","slug":"christian-mugisha","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2252,"name":"Christian Mugisha","slug":"christian-mugisha","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":{"id":2000085329,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-543.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-543.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-543.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-543.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-543.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-543.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000085329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53792"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53792"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}