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ON BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE

promote equity and the sharing of development outcomes to deliver
greater benefits to the people. The people constitute the foundations of
a country. Only when the people lead a good life can the country thrive.
We are committed to putting a people-centered approach firmly into
practice at all points of economic and social development.
We will meet the people’s aspirations for a better life, elevate their
standards of living, improve the public services system, and expand
the middle-income group. In particular, we will provide stronger and
more targeted support to those living in difficulty, and will see poverty
eradicated among the over 57 million rural people living below the
current poverty line and in all poor counties by 2020. Since the beginning
of reform and opening up, more than 700 million Chinese people have
shaken off poverty, accounting for over 70 percent of the total decline
in global poverty, which is a significant contribution to poverty reduction
efforts worldwide. And we will continue to contribute to the global fight
against poverty. We will put greater emphasis on equity and fairness
to ensure that, as the pie gets bigger, everyone gets a fair share. We
will prioritize the most pressing concerns affecting people’s immediate
interests in order to see that everyone can gain a greater sense of
accomplishment and fulfillment.
Proceeding from this new starting point, we will steadfastly open
our doors wider to achieve greater mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.
To pursue a mutually beneficial strategy of opening up and to open
China in a more comprehensive, profound, and diversified way is a
strategic choice of ours. China’s opening up will not stall, still less will it
reverse course.
We will continue to take full part in economic globalization and
support the multilateral trading regime. We will expand access for
foreign investors, making investment easier, promoting fair and open
competition, and going all out to create a favorable environment for
business. We will also accelerate negotiation on FTAs and investment
treaties with relevant countries and advance the development of high-
standard pilot free trade zones in China. While carrying out market-based
reform of the RMB exchange rate in an orderly manner and gradually
opening the domestic capital market, we will continue efforts to make the
RMB an international currency and to see China’s financial sector better

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