In the latest "Mission and Vision" TV forum, CGTN host Tian Wei invited people of various background to discuss the connotation and characteristics of Chinese-style modernization development. Yukon Huang, senior associate with the Carnegie Asia Program, said that what makes China unique is the collective energies of its people in a way toward social and economic objectives. Bert Hoffman, former country director for China at the World Bank, pointed out that the 800 million people out of extreme poverty came about by Chinese economic growth and opening-up and reforms. Swaran Singh from the University of British Columbia emphasizes that innovative Chinese approaches to deal with development issues will be very different compared to Western countries' gradual evolution.