FOR THE NEXT MILESTONE

China’s per-capita GDP has surpassed the$10,000 landmark,according to a statement by the National Bureau of Statistics on January 17.In 2019,the GDP totaled$14.38 trillion,showing the long distance it has traveled since reform and opening up in 1978.In 1978,the GDP was$149.5 billion,accounting for just 1.8 percent of the global economy.The percapita GDP stood at$156,much lower than the average even in the least developed countries south of the Sahara Desert at$490.From the perspective of per-capita GDP,China was the poorest country in the world at that time.     

TRADITION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

正Various ways of originality popularize Chinese traditional opera with younger generations Jiang Li's fondest childhood memory brims with images of The Legend of the White Snake. The classic TV series based on a Chinese folktale is in fact the same age as Jiang, having premiered in 1992. The traditional tale tells the story of a female white snake spirit who dreams of transforming into a goddess by doing good deeds and ends up falling in love with a human. Nevertheless, demons and humans are not supposed to develop such relationships, so their connection from the start faces many a challenge.     

TAKING THE NEXT BIG STEP

Chinese leadership raises the bar in their commitment to deepening reform The world’s media attention is firmly focused on Beijing this week as the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC),held in the nation’s capital from November 9-12,is expected to release a raft of new,far-reaching reform measures and policy     

NEXT GEN INNOVATORS

正Tsinghua University aims to create a fertile ground for entrepreneurshipOn a sunny afternoon earlier this month,an employee from leading Chinese telecommunication company Huawei Technologies traveled to Tsinghua University     

THE POWER OF FIVE:BUILDING A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP

<正>Amidst ongoing global economic and political challenges,BRICS countries areincreasingly becoming a strong voice for developing nations.It was not quite like Christopher Columbus discovering America but still,it was the outside world sighting     

FIVE PLUS MORE

<正>Editor’s Note:President Xi Jinping drew a bright blueprint for BRICS cooperation in his address to the BRICS Business Forum in Xiamen on September 3.He made a four-point proposal for the next golden decade of cooperation among the five BRICS member countries to achieve common development.The following is an edited version of scholars’comments on the     

FIVE DECADES AND COUNTING

Five decades may have gone by, but Ye Zhixiong, now in his 90s, can still clearly recall the warm welcome the Chinese delegation received inside the UN Assembly Hall on November 15, 1971.Ye, a Xinhua News Agency reporter at the time, was dis-patched there to witness the debut of the delegation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the UN. Some 20 days earlier, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 to restore the PRC's lawful seat.     

IMPACTFUL YEARS

The 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) gives people inside and outside the country a chance to assess what the key achievements of the past decades have been, and where China is heading.     

FOR THE PEOPLE

Wang Yongnian,an 87-yearold resident in the Jiaxinglu Community in Hongkou District,Shanghai,receives day-time care from a community elderly care center at a resident service station,which also has an activity room,a healthcare center and a dining hall.He is satisfied with the services provided by the station.There are five such stations in the community,and 35 in the entire district.     

TWENTY YEARS ON

'Pop! The gavel in the hands of an Arab official wearing a white robe fell and applause rang out on November 10, 2001, marking China's official accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as its 143rd member. Looking back on this historic moment in Doha, capital of Qatar, Huo Jianguo, then a member of the Chinese delegation and now Vice Chairman of the China Society for World Trade Organization Studies, said his Chinese colleagues were excited but also breathed a sigh of relief.     

PARTNERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE

正From January 8 to 10,French President Emmanuel Macron conducted his first state visit to China,bringing new momentum to Sino-French and Sino-European relations.On January 4,Charhar Institute,a Beijing-based think tank,held the 2018Sino-French and Sino-European Forum in Beijing,attended by scholars,diplomats     

CHEERS FOR THE FUTURE

<正>The Belt and Road Initiative brings opportunities for Moutai The Belt and Road Initiative is nowadays a focus of world attention,and also an important issue concerning globalization.Moutai,which has recently become the world’s largest liquor company     

PROSPEROUS YEARS AHEAD

正China’s growth outlook in the coming five yearsremains bright in spite of challenges Despite a slowing economic growth in recent years,observers are staunchly confident in the country’s potential and future."During the 13th Five-Year Plan(2016-20)period,China’s economy will grow between 6 and 8 percent annually,"said     

FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

<正>Booming new infrastructure in China attracts growing participants After exploring the Chinese market for decades,U.S.tech firm Intel is now active in the nation’s new infrastructure development.Starting from2018,the company has been cooperating with China Unicom,one of the country’s three major telecom operators,on 5G and Internet of Things projects.     

FEAST FOR THE EYES

<正>A Tang Dynasty(618-907)tomb pottery figure from the British Museum is examined on February 15 at the National Museum of China in Beijing.The artifact is one of 100 objects from the British Museum that will comprise a public exhibition opening in China’s capital on March 1.     

REMEMBER THE PAST,PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

<正>In 1816, Lord Amherst led the second significant embassy to the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911). One of its best accounts came from George Staunton, who had, as a young boy, taken part in the first, and better known, visit to China by George Macartney in 1793-94. Over the two decades that ensued,     

FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE

<正>Non-governmental sectors make their contributions to ST development Xu Chenyan was born in 1981.Compared with many people from the post-80s generation in China who are still struggling for an ideal career,Xu seems to have it all.When Xu was in middle school,he demonstrated a gift for mathematics and earned