New road map for next five years can draw on Xi's UK trip

Having spent both serious and enjoyable moments in Buckingham Palace, Number 10 Downing Street, a countryside pub and Manchester City's football ground during his state visit to the United Kingdom, President Xi Jinping will sit with other top decision-makers debating on the draft of China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) from Monday to Thursday.

During the four-day closed-door brainstorming sessions, a plan will be drawn up to serve as a road map for the next five years with the aim of realizing a moderately well-off society by 2020.

Many deals were struck during Xi's visit to the UK. An agreement was signed for China to invest in a new nuclear power station to be built in the UK and in a high-speed railway between London and Manchester; these will certainly help boost confidence that China can export its high-tech know-how and capital. With China's automakers supplying the new more environmentally friendly black taxis and red buses running on London streets, this country has good reason to take it as a springboard to enter other markets with its new energy vehicles.