Progress for human society and contribution to world peace

The 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, which will fall on Tuesday, offers an opportunity to look back to the past to seek lessons and look forward to the future with hope.

A war-torn country besieged from almost all sides, New China, instead of being stifled in its cradle, as many detractors predicted, rose from the rubble to battle through the odds and take a development path that transformed it into the world's second-largest economy.

It is the Chinese people's need for a life of prosperity and dignity that has spurred the Communist Party of China to blaze the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics in order to boost economic and social development.