Chinese Ambassador Pens Article Praising China’s Economy

On November 24, 2023, Chinese Ambassador to Spain Yao Jing (姚敬) published a signed article in the Barcelona-based newspaper El Periódico advancing China’s economic messaging. Titled “China Will Promote Common Global Development Through High-Level Opening-Up” (中國將以高水平對外開放推動世界共同發展), the piece says China’s growth in the first three quarters of 2023 reached 5.2 percent, which Yao framed as demonstrating the “correctness” of Chinese government policies. He highlighted the opening of the China International Import Expo, positioning China as a contributor to global economic development. Despite targeting a foreign audience, the article was full of official CCP terminologies, including political signaling such as a reference to “the central CCP leadership with Xi Jinping as the core” (習近平同志為核心的黨中央).