国内英语资讯:China Voice: China to move closer to centenary goals in 2017_时事

国内英语资讯:China Voice: China to move closer to centenary goals in 2017

The results are encouraging. Today, China is one of the world's fastest growing major economies and a top trading body. It boasts a strong military of over 2 million people and is the biggest contributor to international peacekeeping personnel among permanent members of the UN Security Council.

It had seen its rural population living in poverty decrease from 770 million to 55.75 million between 1978 and 2015. An additional 10 million were lifted out of poverty last year, and China is aiming to lift all out of poverty by 2020.

Never before have the Chinese people been so close to realizing their dreams.

In the meantime, the ruling Party's battle against corruption has gained crushing momentum, netting both "tigers" and "flies."

Among the tigers felled by the campaign were Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; Bo Xilai, former Party chief of Chongqing Municipality; Xu Caihou and Guo Boxiong, both former top generals and vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission; as well as Ling Jihua and Su Rong, former vice chairmen of China's top political advisory body.

As Xi once said: "All people are equal before the law and regulations, and the enforcement of such rules allows no privilege or exception."

Domestic progress aside, China is also moving closer to the center of the world stage. China hosted the G20 Hangzhou Summit and Beijing APEC economic leaders' meeting, prescribing remedies for global economic governance.