China 'contributes to global progress' By Jan Yumul | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-20 08:10 Henry Lim Bon Liong (third from right) at a Belt and Road Initiative forum in Beijing in April 2019. [Photo provided to China Daily] With its strong will and visionary leadership, the Communist Party of China will continue to be a catalyst for world economic recovery and prosperity, says the president of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry. "I am impressed by the high caliber, wisdom, vision, benevolence, long-term strategic thinking and commitment to reforms of China's leaders. Their leadership has uplifted China and has contributed to world progress," says Henry Lim Bon Liong, who is also the chairman of Philippine-based hybrid rice research and production company SL Agritech Corp and the Sterling Paper Group.