Final push required to fully realize 2020 goal

Looking back at the difficulties the Chinese people have overcome in the past seven decades under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, especially during the four decades since 1978, the country and its people have reason to feel proud of what they have achieved thanks to the painstaking efforts of several generations.

Yet it is one thing to take pride in what has been achieved so far and another not to feel beside ourselves that our objective is yet to be attained. This explains why President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of having the right understanding of what still needs to be done and of the need to make targeted efforts to accomplish these tasks.

With about a year and half to go for China to meet its first centenary target of realizing a moderately prosperous society in an all-around way, decisive progress has been made toward achieving that goal. However, some last remaining deficiencies must be addressed in a targeted manner if it is to be fully realized on time, Xi said at the fourth meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs on Monday.