Yang Ruilong, dean of the Chongshi College of Renmin University of China, said that Marxism and fine traditional Chinese culture share a profound compatibility in their logical origins, values, and views on development and transformation.

This synergy, he said, has given China's development model its distinct and vibrant characteristics.

Yang added that the "Chinese economic miracle" is rooted in the genes of fine traditional culture. It is essential to summarize Chinese experience through Chinese logic, elevating it into Chinese theory to build an independent knowledge system of Chinese economics.

Choi Young-jin, founding president of the Korean Society for Zhu Xi Studies, said Confucianism in Korea has undergone a creative transformation through the absorption of Zhu's teachings, and many regard Wuyishan as a "utopia" for scholars where one can trace Zhu's spiritual world.

He said that as humanity enters an era of artificial intelligence and quantum computing, the powerful moral theory of Confucianism can imbue value-neutral science with the ethical guidance and direction it needs.

David Ferguson, honorary chief English editor of Foreign Languages Press, said the people-centered development strategy and targeted poverty alleviation are specific examples of Marxist ideals applied to current realities.

"It's extraordinary that in a country as huge and populous as China, it is possible to implement a program that is faithful to the message that was devised at the highest level and consistently applied across the board at the point of implementation," Ferguson said.

He added that this demonstrates the true strength of China's whole-process people's democracy.