The People's Daily (November 3) published an article authored by Zhan Chengfu, Deputy
Minister for Civil Affairs, captioned 'Continuously realize the people's yearning for a better
life (in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese
Characteristics for a New Era)'. It said the Report to the 20th Party Congress contained "a series
of important plans and arrangements" fully demonstrating "our party's firm people's stance and
strong determination to continuously turn the people's yearning for a better life into reality on
the new journey". It also said China's "economic strength has achieved a historic leap. The
GDP will increase from 53.9 trillion yuan in 2012 to 114.4 trillion yuan in 2021; from 2013 to
2021, the average annual GDP growth rate will be 6.6%, higher than the 2.6% in the world and
3.7% in developing economies during the same period. The average growth level of the world's
second largest economy has been consolidated and improved"; "major achievements have been
made in manned spaceflight, lunar and fire exploration, deep-sea and deep exploration,
supercomputers, satellite navigation, quantum information, nuclear power technology, new
energy technology, large aircraft manufacturing, and biomedicine" and China "has entered the
ranks of innovative countries"; the world's largest high-speed railway network and expressway
network will be built; "in the face of the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, major positive results
have been achieved in coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social
development"; though "the domestic reform, development and stability tasks are arduous and
arduous, my country's economy has strong resilience, ample potential, and wide room for
manoeuvre".
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