Restructuring to benefit public

The Communist Party of China Central Committee released the plan for the restructuring of Party and State institutions on Wednesday.

Looking back over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up shows that the fundamental principle driving reforms has been "people-centeredness", and every reform has seen an improvement in people's livelihoods.

As early as 1988, the transformation of government functions helped to better serve the people. Five years later, an administrative management system suiting the socialist market economy was established, and in 2008, the ministries were reformed to better improve the livelihoods of ordinary people.