Reforms for the well-being of the people

Editor's Note: At the APEC conference, President Xi Jinping has said that to comprehensively deepen reform, China needs to stimulate the market vitality, broaden the path for innovation, advance opening-up at a higher standard, as well as improve people's well-being and promote social equity and justice. Below are the reforms the nation has undertaken since the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held in November 2013:

While the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012 called for building an "ecological civilization", in 2013, the third plenum discussed how to make it happen.

To build a beautiful China, the country must improve the system of land development, conservation of resources and environmental protection, the third plenum communique said.