Beijing Review

Let’s Seize the Day

In 2019, we sweated and toiled and thanks to our steady pursuit of high-quality development, China’s GDP is expected to edge close to 100 trillion yuan ($14.36 trillion) with per-capita GDP reaching the level of $10,000.

Significant breakthroughs have been achieved in the three tough battles [the battles against major risks, poverty and environmental pollution]. Coordinated development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Yangtze River Delta has accelerated. Ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin have become national strategies. About 340 impoverished counties and more than 10 million people have been lifted out of poverty.

Our lunar probe , for the first time in human history, landed on the far side of the moon. The Long March-5 Y3 rocket was successfully launched. The icebreaker set sail

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