What do you feel has been China's biggest achievement during the past five years and its most notable change?
Longtime foreign residents in the Gubei area, one of Shanghai's largest expat communities, said they have witnessed marvelous changes in the district and its local citizens the past few years, changes that might be difficult to find elsewhere.
For 33 years, Geng Jiasheng has been working on one thing - to be a turner.
One Friday morning in September, 73-year-old Wei Dingyu went to the health center of Shiye, in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, to check his blood pressure and blood sugar. It cost him 1 yuan ($0.15) to register and have the two tests.
Though the interviews at Shiye lasted just one day, my impression about its residents and environment lasted longer.
Editor's note: The Communist Party of China will hold its 19th National Congress on Oct 18. In the runup to the meeting, China Daily asked a foreign secretary and Beijing-based ambassadors for views on the event and what will be of particular interest to them.
The 19th CPC National Congress has great significance for the world as the second-largest economy strives to boost interconnectivity and seek inclusive development, according to the Peruvian ambassador.
China is a giant that has moved with great ease and has achieved the type of success few other countries have, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua has said.
Jean-Jacques de Dardel, the Swiss ambassador to China, believes that in the past five years China has advanced its efforts in global governance and is now starting to offer its own input.
New Zealand expects to see China's continuous commitment to free trade and multilateralism at the 19th CPC National Congress this month, said John McKinnon, the country's ambassador to China.
Han Yan often wears fatigues when she teaches politics at a military college in Anhui province, but last month she donned the uniform of the Red Army, the predecessor of the People's Liberation Army, for the first time.
More than 1,684 kilometers separate Beijing and Jinggangshan, Jiangxi province, the birthplace of the Red Army - the predecessor of the People's Liberation Army - and the home of the Communist Party of China's first rural revolutionary base in the province.
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