Foreign experts share their views on the report delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on Oct 18.
The economy has moved into a very critical stage from rapid growth to high quality growth. It`s very difficult to accelerate or to maintain speed. At present, the transformation of the economic structure is moving forward, increasingly met with challenges like unemployment. China must find new engines to power its growth.
Along with its economic prowess, China`s increasingly ambitious, but mutually beneficial, foreign policy is at times misunderstood. Questions have been asked about where the country stands in the global arena and how it balances its role as an emerging power and the world`s largest developing country.
The China-proposed Belt and Road (B&R) initiative has reshaped the landscape of globalization and given more importance to emerging markets, and it will play an even more significant role in boosting global economic growth, experts said.
There has been a healthy net inflow of foreign capital into the Chinese mainland`s securities market so far in 2017. Owing to the Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect mechanisms, a large number of overseas investors now have access to the A-share market.
During the past five years of Chinese President Xi Jinping`s leadership, we have seen the destiny of China and of the world converging. The world has been eager to know the impact of China`s rise on human civilization and the global economy and how this impact will affect the life and work of peoples all over the world.
Since 1840, the worldview of Chinese people has undergone four major changes. During the later years of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), intellectuals realized that China had much to learn from the West, particularly in technology. In the early 20th century, China found that it could no longer be self-centered and had to turn to the West for the development needs of the country.
The Decision of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Some Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms in 2013 offers some guidelines for this undertaking, while the generally stable, positive and progressive trend of the Chinese economy provides both the foundation and space for deepening supply-side reform.
Second-quarter economic figures show that India`s manufacturing sector growth slowed sharply from 10.7 percent a year earlier to 1.2 percent, leading to only 5.7 percent GDP growth - far below the anticipated level of 6.5 percent and the worst performance since 2014.
The US guided missile destroyer USS Chafee entered territorial waters near China`s Xisha Islands on Tuesday in pursuit of so-called freedom of navigation operations without permission from the Chinese government. The US violated Chinese and international law. China immediately dispatched military vessels and aircraft to warn the US ship to leave.
According to published statistics, China`s consumption during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays this year from October 1-8 reached 580 billion yuan ($88 billion), surpassing expectations, with 710 million trips.
Wandering in the town of Otaru on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, one is overtaken by a nostalgic charm - being transported back in time to one of those black and white photos. The street views are mesmerizing, one of the reasons why the small town draws 6 million tourists annually.
As US representatives made testimonies on Tuesday alleging "intellectual property theft" by China, experts said China welcomed US companies to settle their complaints via bilateral channels, and said unilateral actions by the US would not help.
With its own development and becoming increasingly closer to the center of the world stage, China has been injecting positive energy into the international community in pursuit of better global governance over recent years.
Danilo Türk, Former President of Slovenia, Essam Sharaf, Former Prime Minister of Egypt, and Djoomart Otorbaev, Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan are all senior fellows of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.
Academics around the world show great interest in how China made remarkable achievements since 1949, especially after the reform and opening-up in 1978. The answer lies in comparing China with developed countries in the West in ways of industrialization and modernization.
In responding to the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula, the US-South Korea and US-Japan alliance have been strengthened. Some US strategists even advocate the US allow South Korea and Japan to develop nuclear weapons. Chinese and Russian analysts have shown deep concerns about this trend.
In recent years, there have been some voices that question the veracity of China`s rapidly growing economy and the statistics that are published around it. Are these doubts valid and how does China’s economic data compare with other countries?
Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who has described the US-China relationship as the "defining" relationship of the 21st century, said on Tuesday that both sides need to work together for "peace and human progress".Kissinger said conflict between China and the US would be a disaster for each society and for the world at large.
Competition between China and India is a hot topic of debate in both countries, but opinions are divided about what exactly the two are competing for.China-India competition is therefore not really about which side can cultivate the most global CEOs, but which country can create the most open economic system to attract the most global talent.