Slower growth, but significant progress

During a year that will see China record its slowest growth rate since 1990, the government has still been working flat-out to maintain what it considers a healthy level of growth while at the same time pushing ahead with economic reforms set out at the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in November last year. The emphasis in 2014 has been very much on restructuring and transitioning, to an economy that enjoys more sustainable growth. China Daily has picked out what we think to be the top 10 business and economic moments, of what turned out to be an eventful year. See story on page 14.