The achievements of China's reform and opening-up have been recognized by the whole world. The most prominent recognition has been its rapid economic development and its poverty alleviation.

There were a lot of doubts over the sustainability of China's economic development and its poverty alleviation efforts in the 1980s and 1990s.

But in the new century, China's economy has been on the fast track. China has also set up a social insurance system to benefit everyone.

The nation has gradually formed an inclusive development mode, and China's experiences are valued by the international community, especially developing countries.

It is vital to tell the China story well. In the past decade, China has been focusing on promoting its soft power and raising discourse power in global governance. It has supported and held various high-level dialogues.

Undeniably, these activities will lift the influence of China's development experiences across the globe. No matter whether "feeling for stones to cross the river" or "economic development zones," Chinese terms have been frequently used in an international context.

However, problems do exist when China shares its experiences.

As Chinese leaders have stressed many times, China's development is the product of its particular national situation. The core of the China story is to find its own path. This is the guiding principle when China shares its development experiences with others.

Therefore, when China shares its experiences with other countries, it should stick to this principle, and avoid bringing along a sense of superiority and trying to make China's experiences universal.

There is also a lack of systematic and scientific summary of China's development experiences.

The West has large influence in developing countries, while China's own explanations are not given much credibility. Many Chinese scholars are also influenced by Western thought. Western discourse is always based on its own experiences, and cannot truly reflect the historical, political, economic and cultural elements of China's development.

Besides, there are mistakes in understanding China's development experiences. For example, China experienced its fastest development from 1978 to 1985, which was mostly due to agricultural growth. For a long time after 1985, township enterprises played a major part. But this was rarely mentioned during exchanges with foreign pundits. As a result, it makes the international community stress the importance of foreign investment in China.

There are also mistaken views that China's agricultural development relied on mechanization and high subsidies, but there are few materials that introduce how Chinese agriculture moved away from its labor-intensive pattern.

All the above misunderstandings should be eliminated.

The author is dean of the College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University. opinion@globaltimes.com.cn