'China model' enriches world experience in growth

WANG Weiguang (王伟光)
Executive Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Editorial Note:Since reform and opening up, China has embarked on a path of development featuring socialism with Chinese characteristics, scoring remarkable achievements that have drawn attention from all over the world. What has reform and opening up achieved? What are its experiences? What are the intrinsic values of socialism with Chinese characteristics? How is China’s development path viewed in the international community?
This paper gives an overview of these questions, shedding light on the problems that the country faces and optimism about its future.

I. Achievements
This year marks the 30th anniversary of China’s reform and opening. Twenty-nine years ago, the Third Plenum of the 11th CPC Central Committee initiated the epoch-making reform and opening-up program.
Over the past three decades, China has achieved tremendous progress in economic, political and social spheres. Today, China is proudly rising among the family of great nations.