A few decades ago, when we left the country for New York, London, we would be shocked by the bustling city in front of us, reinforced concrete, and for us today, those visual shocks were gone. High buildings now stand in Chinese cities, easily setting new records for the highest floors; from the Shanghai Bund, the lights are overshadowed by the stars in the night sky. The crisscrossed high-speed rail is 350 kilometers per hour, half a day from the south of China to the capital, Beijing; mobile bikes stop as they go, scanning a QR code can be achieved.
And what about the so-called developed countries? The subway in New York is famous for its worn-out, Melbourne's train system has been in operation for more than 100 years, Germany's airport in Berlin is very old …
(new York Metro)
There are many similar examples, as we see more and more of the world, more and more feel that China is rapidly growing. Those developed countries are not as "developed" as they are supposed to be. We don't have to ask ourselves, what is the developed world?
Developed countries refer to those countries with higher level of economic development, more advanced technology and higher standard of living. Can be measured by a number of indicators, such as GDP, per capita national income, life expectancy, industrialization and so on. Today we are talking about three other signs of softness.
1. Help for vulnerable groups
The degree of inclusiveness in developed countries is high, especially for vulnerable groups.
Some time ago, walking on the streets of Australia, you can often see speeches calling on Australia's government to accept refugees; Finally, Australia announced that the number of refugees would increase permanently from 13750 in fiscal year 2015 to 18750 in fiscal year 2019, including some refugees from Central America.
When there are objections, government says, "when we have to choose between the right and the good, we choose the good." Not to mention the pros and cons of this policy for Australia, but the sympathy and help of developed countries for the disadvantaged can be seen.
Another interesting example: there have been reports of Australian caterpillars lining up across the road and car drivers waiting carefully, to say that the Australian character is vividly and vividly displayed.
In addition, we can find that there are more people with disabilities on the streets in developed countries than at home. All public places have dedicated passageways and handrails for the disabled, such as parking spaces for the disabled, elevators for the disabled, and so on.
Melbourne trains also have special parking spaces for wheelchairs, and when they get off the train, each driver will lay an iron plate between the car and the platform to make it easier for them to get up and down.
The help of developed countries to the vulnerable means that the spirit of humanitarianism transcends the spirit of pragmatism. The balance of resource allocation makes the vulnerable groups participate in society with high degree of participation, less vision from social discrimination, no pressure to go out, and all of them are natural persons.
2. Strict control of details
Take Australia, for example, a country that pursues details infinitely. Toilet paper is available in all public toilets in cities and remote suburbs, and direct drinking water can be found by the roadside. Any smaller attraction has a tourist service center where visitors can get brochures about the attractions; even each hiking route is marked by the time and distance expected to go back and forth. There are AED defibrillators on the walls of the mall to prevent people from breaking out of heart disease; fire drills are conducted regularly in every residential area.
Individuals succeed or fail because of details; a family may suffer from problems of detail, resulting in contradictions and grievances; projects and projects leave safety hazards because of their lack of detail; and mature, developed countries continue to develop because of details.
3. Be careful about the future.
When it comes to the future, one can think of the high frequency of domestic development in recent years: sustainable development.
Australia is struggling with sustainable development. As a country with rich natural resources and few people, they attach great importance to the environment.
First of all, Australia's environmental law system is sound and perfect, and it is one of the first countries in the world to introduce environmental protection law. The legal clause is very fine, the operability is very strong, such as the discharge charge regulation clause as many as more than 100, from the charge type, the standard, the unit, the calculation formula to the maximum discharge permitted quantity, the payment procedure, the fee reduction and so on, all has the very detailed stipulation.
In addition, the penalties are wide-ranging and severe. In Australia, whether individuals, businesses or government institutions, if they violate environmental laws and regulations, they are subject to severe penalties, such as a fine of A $1 million for legal persons. Natural persons are liable to a fine of A $ two hundred and fifty thousand and direct offenders to up to seven years' imprisonment; In northern Queensland, two people were sentenced to more than ten years in prison for cutting down more than 20 trees.
Aircraft from abroad must be sterilized before landing; there are strict controls and checks on the contents of each person's luggage. All garbage sorting and recycling, protecting mountains and rivers, maintaining biological diversity. Not every country can do this.
Australia is ensuring a better future than it is now. It may be that in addition to economic power in developed countries, we in China are growing rapidly, hoping to learn the good places of those developed countries in developing our economy. I hope we have a better and better future in China.