In 2007, China's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 24.66 trillion yuan, ranking fourth in the world; GDP accounts for about 5.5% of the world, but in 1978, China's GDP was only 1.8% of the world's, which was the lowest in China's history (according to the book Long-term Economic Operation of China (1998) by the famous economist Angus Madison, it was calculated by purchasing power parity (PPP) method:/. Ranked first in the world, after the reform and opening up, it dropped to 13.2% in 890, 9.19, 5.2% in 1952 and19.

At the beginning of the reform and opening up, China's manufacturing industry accounted for less than 1% of the world's manufacturing industry, but now it accounts for more than 8% of the world's manufacturing industry, and China has become the third largest manufacturing country in the world (according to the 2007 China Manufacturing Development Research Report+February 2007).

In 2007, the national fiscal revenue reached 51300 million yuan (up to 9 10 billion yuan if extra-tax charges are added), ranking second in the world; China's total import and export trade reached US$ 2 17 trillion, ranking third in the world. Foreign exchange reserves exceeded 1.52 trillion US dollars, ranking first in the world, while China's foreign exchange reserves were only 654.38+67 million US dollars in 1978 and only 5.55 billion US dollars in 1989.

China's steel output ranks first in the world; In February 2005, China became the world's largest producer with an annual output of 200 million tons of steel. China's cement output and coal output rank first in the world, exceeding half of the world's total output; The output of televisions, refrigerators, DVDs, air conditioners, motorcycles, mobile phones, pianos and fertilizers in China ranks first in the world. China is the first producer of phosphorus, the first consumer of copper, the first consumer market of machine tools, the first exporter of furniture, the first user of telephone users and Internet users, and the first producer and exporter of shoes and textiles. China is the second largest shipbuilding country in the world, and the container manufacturing industry accounts for 70% of the world. The number of tall buildings in China ranks first in the world; China ranks first in the world in grain, fruits and vegetables, meat and cotton production; China is the largest fishing country in the world, and also a big sheep-raising country.

China is also a world leader in aerospace, high-speed rail, hydropower stations, nuclear power plants, launch vehicles, nuclear weapons, high-performance computers, third-generation mobile communications and super hybrid rice.

Great progress has been made in social life.

The urbanization rate of China increased from 17.9% in 978 to 410.8% in 2005 (Beijing Summit of China City Forum in 2005, Beijing Evening News in September 2005 14) and 43.9% in 2006. The per capita disposable income of 8 million urban residents increased from 343 yuan in 1978 to 13786 yuan in 2007, and the per capita net income of rural residents increased from 1978 to 133.6 yuan in 2007.

After the reform and opening up, China has also made great or certain achievements in education, medical care, social security and cultural undertakings. At present, the scale of higher education in China ranks first in the world, the number of doctoral students ranks first in the world, and the number of primary and secondary school students ranks first in the world. The government has successively promoted free compulsory education in rural areas and cities, and began to implement free education for normal students in 2007. China has taken the first step to achieve educational equity.

The number of doctors in China ranks first in the world; The number of diseases in the national immunization program has been expanded from 7 to 15, and patients with major infectious diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and schistosomiasis have been treated free of charge; The state allocated funds to rebuild and build 1.88 million township health centers, 786 county hospitals, 285 county traditional Chinese medicine hospitals and 534 county maternal and child health centers, and equipped1.7 million township health centers with medical equipment; According to the World Health Report 2007 published by the World Health Organization, the life expectancy of men and women in China reached 7 1 year and 74 years respectively in 2007, which was more than 4 years higher than that of 1.978.

China has also made progress in social security. In 2006, the number of people participating in pension insurance, medical insurance and unemployment insurance reached 6.5438+29.3 million, 6.5438+40.5 million and 6.5438+03.5 million respectively (according to People's Daily Overseas Edition, September 27, 2007); The minimum living security system for urban residents has been continuously improved. In 2007, a minimum living security system was established in rural areas throughout the country, and 34,565,438+900,000 rural residents were covered.

According to the statistics of the World Bank, according to the international poverty (extreme poverty) line standard of 1 USD per person per day, from 1.978, the poverty population in China was 624 million, which decreased to 220 million in 2003. According to the purchasing power parity (PPP) calculation of the World Bank, in 2007, the poverty population in China was 654.38+35 billion, accounting for 654.38+00% of the total population.

3. Significant progress has been made in building democracy and the rule of law.

Before the reform and opening-up, China lacked basic freedoms and could only serve the "Big Four"-speaking loudly and debating big-character posters; The unit system, people's commune system, household registration system, ticket system and planned economy system firmly bound the people; At that time, there was no rule of law, and the constitution could not protect the president, let alone ordinary people. For example, the "four clean-ups" campaign persecuted and killed 77,560 people; The Cultural Revolution persecuted and killed 7.73 million people. After the reform and opening up, the people of China gradually gained economic freedom, as well as some political freedom and social freedom, and realized freedom of speech and migration to a certain extent, and the civil rights of the vast majority of citizens were guaranteed; China's society and culture are developing in a diversified way. Democratic politics has progressed, and the personal dictatorship of the top leaders has given way to the collective leadership of the Politburo Standing Committee; The cause of governing the country according to law and building a country ruled by law has progressed in twists and turns, and the property law, supervision law, administrative licensing law and anti-monopoly law have been implemented; The news media has completely got rid of the situation of boasting, and the intensity of public opinion supervision and network supervision has been increasing; The independent roles of people's congress, judiciary, supervision and auditing are becoming more and more obvious.