By Huang Yanan

    DHAKA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- A senior Bangladeshi journalist has said highly about the rapid economic development of China in a recent interview with Xinhua and hoped his own country could learn something from it.

    "We should learn from China for its successful experience of development," said Reazuddin Ahmed, chief editor of English daily The New Today.

    Reazuddin visited China 7 times during the last 30 years. He witnessed how China has changed from poor to rich.

    Reazuddin made the first visit to China in 1980 and the last in 2006. "China is totally different now comparing with it was in 1980," he said.

    Reazuddin said, "China and Bangladesh were almost the same in 1980. In some areas, I think we were much better than China, like we enforced open market policy and had no restriction for buying goods. But at that time China enforced planned economy, people bought goods with coupons."

    "30 years later, the gap is very big between China and Bangladesh. China has become a modern economic power, Bangladesh is still a least-developed country," he added.

    Reazuddin attributed the fast development of China to the wise decisions made by the Chinese leaders.

    Reazuddin said the Chinese government has always attached great importance to developing its economy. "No matter what is happening in the world, the Chinese government is insisting on the policy of development'," he said.

    "I think our government should follow the way China is taking," he added.

    Reazuddin is appreciating the policy the Chinese government is taking to attract talented Chinese people who live abroad back to make contribution to the country's economic development.

    "We have brain drain problem. Many students go abroad to study and work and don't want to come back because we don't have good policy. It is a loss for our country," he said.

    Reazuddin said he visited many countries and likes China most. He established a Narandi-China Friendship Complex in 2007 in his hometown of Narandi village in Narsingdi district, 80 km northeast of capital Dhaka, with the help of Chinese embassy to provide computer training course to local villagers.

    Reazuddin said he is planning to invite some Chinese agriculturists to visit his hometown to help the local villagers develop agriculture and increase the yield of crops.