Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. China's progress has proved it enjoys the correct political system.

At the same time, China is facing a lot of problems, such as rampant corruption among officials and social inequalities that have disgruntled Chinese people. Fortunately, the Chinese public realizes what happened in the CIS and other developing nations thanks to the openness of society. The majority of the people do not think such problems warrant an overall shift of the nation's political system.

Reform and opening-up brought diversity to Chinese society. While a few voices do call for the practice of Western democratic politics in China, this is a minority view.

More and more Westerners also recognize China's development path too. Francis Fukuyama, best known as the author of The End of History and the Last Man, now holds that US democracy has little to teach China.

Surely, China's ruling party should not rest on its laurels on the back for these reasons. In regard of sustained one-party governance, there is no successful experience among major powers for China to refer to. The CPC should be well aware that it is changing political history, and it has to make unprecedented endeavors to earn global respect.

China's three decades of reform and opening-up is often deemed to be a miracle. One reason is that such a success is unique.

The CPC is continuing to explore a brand-new path. It has to go on accomplishing China's rise, improve civil livelihoods with rising national strength, halt the corruption of officials and promote social equality. This is the only way to win history's favorable gaze.

The world is watching China, and some eye us with suspicion. We should prove with practice that China will not swim with the tide, and it has its own choices to stick to.