People-first development will remain the priority

"Our people look forward to better education, a more stable job, a more satisfactory income... and expect their children to grow up, work and live better," Xi Jinping said in his first news conference after he was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in November 2012.

Such plain and down-to-earth words set the priorities for China's development over the past five years, and the policy measures rolled out since then have time and again proved that the Party under Xi's leadership has remained steadfast in its pursuit of a better life for the people. This as he said "is the goal of our struggle", and he and the Party have shouldered the responsibility to lead the Chinese people in overcoming the difficulties they encounter on the road to common prosperity.

What has been achieved in that struggle and the progress made in advancing along that road over the last five years will be highlighted at the upcoming 19th National Congress of the CPC, where Xi will also outline the tasks and priorities for the country's endeavors over the next five years.