China News Service, Beijing, February 24th

Question : From payroll to circle of friends, see

the changes in reform and opening up in the past ten years

　　Reporter Li Jinlei

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has comprehensively deepened its reform and opening up, and the reform has made steady progress, opening its door wider and wider.

　　How remarkable has been the achievement of comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in the past decade?

A grand narrative can start from rising payrolls, fewer and fewer negative lists, more and more shelves of imported goods, a larger and larger “circle of friends”, and less and less frequent openings. The answer can be found in many manifestations such as purifiers.

Data map: The red flag flutters.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Zhen

Payroll rises from four figures to five figures

　　"In the past ten years, my income has risen from four figures to five figures. I just graduated in 2012 for two years and worked in an Internet company with a monthly income of several thousand yuan. Now my income is more than ten thousand yuan." Li Li (pseudonym) ) After graduating from university, he stayed in Beijing to work, and in 2019, he chose to return to his hometown of Taiyuan, Shanxi, and switched to working as a lawyer.

　　There are many people who have doubled their income like Li Li.

In the past ten years, as the world's second largest economy, China's economic aggregate has exceeded 114 trillion, and its per capita GDP has exceeded 12,000 US dollars, which is close to the World Bank's threshold for high-income countries.

　　The per capita income of urban and rural residents has also increased steadily. China has historically solved the problem of absolute poverty and built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.

　　The development of the economy and the improvement of residents' income are inseparable from the promotion of reform and opening up.

In the past ten years, China has continuously improved the reform of income distribution, strived to make the "cake" bigger and divided the "cake" well, combined urban and rural pensions, "more refunds and less subsidies" for personal taxes, raised, expanded, and limited heights, and shared prosperity... One reform after another, the numbers on the payroll keep rising.

Data map: The blue sky and white clouds in Beijing.

Photo by China News Service reporter Li Jinlei

The air purifier has not been used for many years

　　In the past ten years, China's ecological environment has been greatly improved, and blue sky, white clouds and twinkling stars have become the norm.

This made Chinese people including Li Li feel deeply, and it also made the once very busy air purifier useless.

"My purifier has been idle for many years and has not been used."

　　Over the past ten years, the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. China has incorporated the construction of ecological civilization into the overall layout of "five-in-one", striving to create a beautiful China with green mountains, green waters, and fresh air.

　　Implement the most stringent ecological environmental protection system, promulgate the "strictest" environmental protection law in history, publish the "Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan", "Three-Year Action Plan for Winning the Blue Sky Defense War", "Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan", and "Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan" ", proposing a "two-carbon" goal...

　　One after another reform measures have taken root, and remarkable results have been achieved in the defense of blue sky, clear water, and pure land. The days of frequent smog are gone. More picturesque pictures of mountains and clear waters unfold on the land of China, and the common people see more fish flying shallowly. Bottom, clear water and green shore.

Data map.

Photo by China News Service reporter Li Jinlei

Just one run and it's over

　　The reform of state-owned enterprises, the reform of the household registration system, the reform of rural land, the reform of the judicial system, the reform of "decentralization, management and service"... Over the past ten years, China's reform has continued to advance in depth. , the sense of gain, happiness, and security are constantly improving.

　　Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" once commented: "Look around the world, no country can push forward reforms in a way like China today, in a way that promises to live up to the day and seize the day."

　　The "good reviews" from the common people are the most vivid footnotes of the reform's effectiveness.

"Once, I was dealing with the registration of personal provident fund information in Beijing, which was quite tricky. On the same day, a person in charge came to the window to solve the problem for me. He also emphasized that 'we should let the public only go once', and then I really only went to the window that day. It's done in one trip." Li Li said.

　　In the past ten years, China has accelerated the creation of a market-oriented, legalized, and internationalized first-class business environment, made greater efforts to benefit enterprises and the people, made it easier to start a company, and greatly released the vitality of market players.

Data show that by the end of 2021, the number of registered market entities nationwide will reach 154 million.

The total number of market entities has increased by 1.8 times compared with the 54.949 million households at the end of 2012, with an average annual growth rate of 12.1%.

The national average daily number of newly established enterprises will continue to increase from 6,900 to 24,800 in 2021.

Data map: People buy goods in front of imported goods shelves in supermarkets.

Photo by Zhang Yun

The "circle of friends" is getting bigger and bigger

　　In the past ten years, reform has not stopped and opening has not stopped.

China's reforms are in an orderly manner, and the opening up is impressive. A new pattern of all-round, multi-level and wide-ranging opening-up is taking shape at an accelerated pace.

　　The negative list is getting shorter and shorter. The 2021 version of the negative list for foreign investment access has been reduced for the fifth consecutive year, and the national and pilot free trade zone negative lists have been further reduced to 31 and 27.

A higher level of opening has attracted more international investors to "vote with their feet". In 2021, China's actual use of foreign capital will exceed 1.1 trillion yuan, and the scale of foreign investment will hit a new record high.

　　More and more imported goods have been imported, and international economic and trade events such as the China International Import Expo, the Service Trade Fair, the Canton Fair, and the Consumer Expo have become the best demonstration windows for opening up. China not only "sells the world", but also "buys the world".

"Now there are more channels to buy imported goods, and the prices are not so unattainable. Some imported goods are really cost-effective, and the choice is indeed much larger than before." Li Li's feelings also represent the Chinese people's perception of the "open dividend" personal experience.

　　The "circle of friends" is getting bigger and bigger. China's "circle of friends" in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" has expanded to 147 countries and 32 international organizations, joined the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and signed agreements with 26 countries and regions. 19 free trade agreements have been signed, with free trade partners covering Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Europe and Africa.

　　"The pace of our reform will not be stagnant, and the door to opening will only become wider and wider."

China's reform and opening up has gone through thousands of mountains and rivers, but it still needs to travel through mountains and rivers.

A new journey has begun, and China's reform and opening up will usher in a new landscape and new atmosphere.

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