Chapter 32 4. A developing country

For a country of 1.37 billion people, any small problem confronting Chinese officials is a big deal.This is indeed nerve-wracking! When looking at China's unbelievable success, seeing its financial strength, seeing its economy growing steadily above all other countries, and seeing the rapid economic development of some large cities and provinces (such as: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou , Chongqing and coastal areas), we cannot help asking the question: Is China still a developing country, or has it become a developed country? China's per capita GDP level tells us that China is still far away from those countries that have completed the industrialization process and will have to wait a few more years.

Although China's development status is representative, the paradox has not been eliminated as far as the current situation is concerned.As a world power, China is creating more and more wealth. However, China and its people must deal with environmental sustainability, disparities between provinces and social classes, and many similar social issues. This explains the realism, and sometimes humility, in the speeches of some leaders when discussing China's internal problems. China is still an unindustrialized country, although it is getting stronger, it is still a developing country. China has reached such an astonishing level of development in such a short period of time and has shown its great potential in terms of finance, human resources, creativity, modernization and economic growth in the future, which is enough to make the Chinese proud, and it is also China where the strength lies.

China's fragility is manifested in the many challenges it currently faces: territorial, population, and backwardness.China needs to respond quickly to these challenges, speed up the pace of reform and achieve balanced and harmonious development of the country while neither curbing its open policy nor violating the aspirations of the people. Among many issues, these development-related factors are the core issues that China needs to consider. China must first solve the following major problems: improving the quality of life of the people, reducing poverty, employment, education, health, improving economic quality, environmental protection, etc., while fully ensuring its leading international status.

When a country or a nation has development aspirations or political needs, or is undergoing major changes, making plans can help them achieve their stated goals and reforms. Since Comrade Deng Xiaoping initiated the reform and opening-up policy 30 years ago, New China has chosen the road of planned development, which has been successful on the whole. In October 1976, as the "Cultural Revolution" came to an end, China entered a new period of development.Then, in 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held. At this meeting, the policy of internal reform and opening up to the outside world was established, which changed the country's major policies and China's future, and became a turning point in Chinese history. .