Plan key to sustainable growth

The 12th Five-Year Plan is expected to guide the country to greater social progress on a green development track

The 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), which will map out the economic and social development initiatives of the central government, will serve as crucial guidelines for realizing the target of building a well-off society by 2020.

Crystallizing the country's strategic intentions for national economic and social development, the 12th Five-Year Plan will also provide explicit overall guidelines for national economic development and reforms aimed at helping China build a green economy and an innovative society.