China maintaining financial, social stability

Editor's Note: The Communist Party of China will hold its 19th National Congress from Wednesday. In the runup to the meeting, China Daily asked two prominent experts for their views on developments in China and the country's global leadership.

Can you summarize the greatest achievements of the Chinese government and the Asian Development Bank in the past five years?

The ADB has assisted China to sustainably reduce poverty and better manage vulnerability through a robust and nationally integrated social policy, to mitigate the drivers of inequality. This involves a two-pronged approach to reduce local poverty and better protect global public goods, and to secure and smooth China's economic restructuring and transition toward a modern social services sector.