International experts expect the Chinese economy to flourish with more technological breakthroughs | Spring Festival Goes Global

(ECNS) -- As the world celebrates the coming of the Year of the Dragon, global experts send their greetings.

Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, expects the Chinese economy to prosper in the years to come by opening markets, maintaining regional stability, and deepening cooperation.

Matic Gaj?ek, director for Europe at Europe Asia Center, extends his holiday greetings in Chinese and wishes for more conversations and exchanges between China and Europe in the new year.

"The foreign business community sees that being in China is of great benefit and they are going to want to sustain their presence there," said Danis Simon, senior adviser to the President for China Affairs at Duke University. He believes that the road ahead is promising for China, though inevitably with some challenges.

Stephen Brawer, chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, holds that China's space and energy programs are significant directions that could potentially shape human society in the coming thousands of years.

Ivo Ganchev, vice-chairman of the Bulgarian Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, wishes the Chinese people to enjoy good health and career success in the new year.(By Chen Tianhao, Xue Lingqiao, Chen Caixia, Lin Zhuowei)