STORY: Chinese democracy ensures prosperity, people's well-being: Int'l observers
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2025
LENGTH: 00:01:36
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Chinese people
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AL MAMUN MRIDHA, Secretary general of Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce and Industry
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BENJAMIN MGANA, Chief Editor of Foreign News of The Guardian, Tanzania
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Vice president, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute

STORYLINE:

International observers have praised China's whole-process people's democracy, noting that it has ensured social prosperity and tangible improvements in citizens' livelihoods. 

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AL MAMUN MRIDHA, Secretary general of Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce and Industry
"What their (Chinese) democracy has been doing, what their (Chinese) government has been doing, has changed the livelihood of their people remarkably. 
I have been going to China since 2003. In last 22 years, I have seen the improvement of the Chinese people's life in terms of education, in terms of food, in terms of roads and the infrastructures, in terms of the facilities that our (your) government may provide in terms of utilities, power, communication. The prosperity is everywhere. So from my point of view, that's where I see the democracy."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BENJAMIN MGANA, Chief Editor of Foreign News of The Guardian, Tanzania
"Whole-process people's democracy ensures that citizens participate in decision-making at all levels, from local governance to national legislation. This approach enhances policy effectiveness by incorporating public opinion throughout the governance process." 

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Vice president, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute
"China's whole-process people's democracy emphasizes a broader, more continuous involvement of the people. 
And this kind of a political system that China adopted is very much suited to its own culture, its own dynamics, its own population and its own historical underpinning. So I think it works for China."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)