Supply-side reforms put on display

Two pink robots, singing the pop song Little Apple and dancing, caught the spotlight at a meeting attended by hundreds of foreign diplomats and entrepreneurs in Beijing on Thursday touting the nation's move to supply-side reforms.

The robots, a symbol of innovation and new technology, were displayed at the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to show the achievements the CPC has made in its pursuit of innovation-driven growth and five-year push forward with supply-side reforms.

Bert Hofman, the World Bank's country director for China, said at the meeting that thanks to the country's opening-up policy, China has developed from an impoverished country decades ago to one of the world's richest nations today.