Reforms to serve the people

At a recent conference aimed at encouraging efforts for deepened reforms, President Xi Jinping, the head of the central team tasked with leading the country's comprehensive and deepened reforms, stressed the country should work hard to adopt pragmatic measures to meet people's realistic demands.

Given that deviating from this will likely mean China's comprehensive reform program takes the wrong track, such an emphasis points out the correct direction for reforms in the years ahead. Dovetailed reforms that meet people's needs and are based on practical conditions should promote greater equity and improve people's lives.

Any reforms that originate from impractical assumptions will fail to respond to people's concerns. Any reforms failing to meet people's realistic demands will also compromise their fundamental interests and thus will not have their support.