Understanding CPC key to understanding China, experts say By Yao Yuxin | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-06-09 19:49 Journalists take photo of the Memorial for the Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai, which reopens on June 3, 2021. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] China's rapid development can provide experiences and lessons for developing countries seeking roads that suit their own conditions, and better understanding the Communist Party of China is key to better understanding China's development, experts said at a forum in Beijing on Tuesday. The forum— titled The Status and Role of Political Parties: Governance in Developing Countries — was held by the Party School of the Central Committee of CPC to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC on July 1.