Updates: 18th CPC Central Committee's 5th plenary session
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Footage of a snow leopard wandering down a street in a county in northwest China's Qinghai Province captured by an onlooker went viral last month, with netizens calling it a sign of environment recovery.
Understanding China's "around 7 percent" growth targetFor those obsessing over China's annual growth target of around 7 percent, the 6.9-percent expansion during the third quarter was a disappointment.
Five-Year Plan should inspire whole nationAs China can meet various thorny problems in the “deep water” stage of reform, society needs to be aware that these problems cannot all be solved immediately and have more faith.
China hits home stretch on long march to prosperityA meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opens on Monday to begin finalizing the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) for national development; the final countdown to reaching the first Centenary Goal.
CPC adopts stricter disciplinesThe Communist Party of China (CPC) has approved new rules on clean governance and punishments for breaking Party rules, as it moves to strengthen management of its members with measures considered stricter than laws, analysts said.
More| The 13th five-year plan |
The five years from 2016 will be a critical phase for building a moderately prosperous society in all aspects and the plan will focus on realizing this goal, said the statement.
What's the five-year-plan?
To map strategies for overall economic and social development To setting growth targets and define development policies Five-year plans have been drawn up since 1953Four comprehensives: Main guideline for mapping out the plan
A moderately prosperous society Reform Rule of law Party discipline Difference from the 12th five-year-plan
The fundamental difference (in the conditions) between the 12th five-year plan and the 13th one is China's new normal economy which will lead to a shift in focus to high quality and efficiency in the 13th five-year plan.
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China's GDP growth for the third quarter was 6.9 percent, slightly higher than the forecast of 6.8 percent from many financial institutions.
China hits home stretch on century-long march to moderate prosperityTo build a moderately prosperous society in a nation with 1.3 billion people is an unprecedented historical mission which has not been, and will not be, easily achieved.
Beijing-Manchester link to cement China-UK infrastructure allianceThe announcement of a new Hainan Airlines (HNA) link between Beijing and Manchester on Friday is just another achievement thanks to Chinese President Xi Jinping's five-day visit to Britain.
Five-year plans still needed for China's developmentThe 13th Five-Year Plan has been a hot topic in the past few weeks, with media reports saying the Communist Party of China (CPC) will meet in October to discuss the new plan. There has also been speculation that the country's economic growth target may be lowered for the 13th Five-Year plan period (2016-20).
China to chart path ahead with new five-year planChina is going to hold the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee in October, during which the 13th Five-Year Plan will be discussed. Five-year plans were first introduced by the Soviet Union, and later adopted by other communist countries including China and Vietnam.
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The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee announced that the fourth plenary session of the Party's 18th central committee will be held in Beijing from October 20-23.
Reports from the Silk Road
In his separate visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia in September and October 2013, President Xi Jinping called for joint development of an "Economic Belt along the Silk Road" and a "Maritime Silk Road of the 21st Century". The "Belt" and the "Road" are two major initiatives that China has made to deepen reform and opening-up and advance its neighborhood diplomacy.
China to boost rule of law
More than a month has passed since the annual policy-setting meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in late October. Yet the ruling party's decision to "comprehensively advance the rule of law" remains a talking point among political analysts, as it is expected to become the cornerstone of the modernization of China's State governance and national rejuvenation.
China's Economy: 2014 review
China's economy has experienced a bumpy year in 2014, with growth having slipped to 7.3 percent in the third quarter year-on-year, the slowest pace since the first quarter of 2009 during the global financial crisis, when growth measured 6.6 percent.
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