I'll say one thing for the Chinese, they don't have the BS and corruption in politics like the west does.
At the "big showcase projects" level, you're probably right; the Chinese have a very JFDI attitude (Just Fucking Do It). Lower down the tree, though, and corruption is endemic. Every Party or government official you meet needs his palm greasing before things will happen... money which is supposed to be used on repairs or local infrastructure gets spent alright, but the roads remain in a godawful condition, water pisses out on the streets where they can't be bothered fixing the pipes, and god help you if you're on the end of the electricity line that got blown down in the storm... unless you're willing to let some official trouser yet more cash, so he can divert some of what was going into his personal account, into the actual job of making a repair.
Chinese society is not one that we need to copy... Chinese industriousness, on the other hand, well, the West could use some of that like a shot in the arm... but preferably without the palm greasing.
They truly are there for the people.
Hmm, again, even less that one. The big projects are there to say "Look how good China's Communist Government is" (much like any big National Showcase project in any country). China is criss-crossing the country with high-speed rail links, which sounds great, unless you live in the way... in which case you Will Be Moved On (No Arguments Will Be Tolerated). That said, Xi Jinping is doing some good things for some of the very poorest in China (now that's really upsetting the Do Gooders - who've been bitching about China's one-party state for years, but when that party suddenly starts helping the very poorest, it kind of pulls the rug out from their do-gooding, and there's nothing that makes a do-gooder crosser than that!), so it's not all bad.
Those roads, though... I've genuinely driven (well, been driven, in a tax) down a major city street which had holes big enough - and I'm not exaggerating - to swallow an entire small car. It was like being on a roller coaster at times.