Marked by the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1978, our country has entered a new historical period of reform and opening up.

Over the past 30 years, the Communist Party of China has united and led the people of all ethnic groups in the country to unswervingly advance institutional reform and unswervingly promote opening up to the outside world. It has achieved great and brilliant achievements in socialist modernization that have attracted worldwide attention and realized the improvement of people's lives. The historic leap from insufficient food and clothing to an overall moderately prosperous society has won my country's unprecedented increase in its international economic and social influence and status. China's economic and social outlook has since undergone historic changes.

1. The national economy has reached a great level, and its comprehensive national strength and international influence have achieved a dramatic transformation from weak to strong that has attracted worldwide attention. In 1978, my country's GDP was only 364.5 billion yuan, ranking 10th among the world's major countries.

The per capita gross national income is only US$190, ranking among the least developed low-income countries in the world.

The advancement of reform and opening up has continuously injected vitality and vitality into development, and our country's economy has quickly embarked on the track of rapid development.

The 30 years of reform and opening up have been 30 years of vigorous development of my country's economy, 30 years of my country's comprehensive national strength and international influence changing from weak to strong, and 30 years of my country gradually getting rid of low-income countries and moving towards the ranks of lower-middle-income countries in the world. Year.

In the past 30 years, the economy has achieved an average annual growth rate of 9.8%, which is rare in the world.

In the early days of reform and opening up, the party and the government established the great strategic goal of "three steps" in accordance with the overall requirements of reform and opening up.

In order to achieve this goal, the people of the country worked hard and forged ahead with an indomitable spirit. In 1987, they achieved the first strategic goal of doubling the GDP of 1980 three years ahead of schedule. In 1995, they achieved the second strategic goal of doubling the GDP again.

The second-step strategic goal is to enter a new stage of development to achieve the third-step strategic goal five years in advance.

In the process of realizing the great strategic goal of the "Three Steps", the national economy has achieved rapid growth.

From 1979 to 2007, the average annual real GDP growth rate was 9.8%, which was not only significantly higher than the average annual growth rate of 6.1% from 1953 to 1978, but also much higher than the average annual growth rate of the world economy of 3.0% during the same period.

This is comparable to Japan’s average annual GDP growth of 9.2% during its economic take-off stage and South Korea’s average annual GDP growth of 8.5% during its economic take-off stage.

The total economic output has reached several major landmark levels.

The rapid economic growth has accelerated the expansion of the economic aggregate.

The GDP jumped rapidly from 364.5 billion yuan in 1978 to 24.953 billion yuan in 2007.

Among them, it took 8 years to rise from 1978 to 1 trillion yuan in 1986, and 5 years to rise to 2 trillion yuan in 1991. From the next 10 years to 2001, the average annual increase was nearly 1 trillion yuan.

It exceeded the 10 trillion yuan mark in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, it entered a period of rapid growth, with an average annual increase of 2 trillion yuan. In 2006, it exceeded 20 trillion yuan. On this basis, it increased by 3.76 trillion yuan in 2007.

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The economic aggregate ranking in the world has steadily improved.

The accelerated expansion of economic aggregate has greatly narrowed the gap between my country and the world's major developed countries.

Over the past 30 years, my country's GDP ranking in the world has risen from 10th in 1978 to 4th currently, second only to the United States, Japan and Germany.

According to statistics from the International Monetary Fund, converted into U.S. dollars, my country's GDP in 2007 was 3.2801 billion U.S. dollars, equivalent to 23.7% of the United States, 74.9% of Japan, and 99.5% of Germany. They were 17.2, 59.7, and 78.9 higher than in 1978 respectively. percentage points.

At the same time, the share of total economic output in the world economy has also increased significantly, from 1.8% in 1978 to 6.0% in 2007.

GDP per capita has doubled.

After the per capita GDP rose from 381 yuan in 1978 to 1,112 yuan in 1987, it reached 2,311 yuan in 1992, exceeded the 10,000 yuan mark in 2003, reaching 10,542 yuan, and quickly climbed to 18,934 yuan in 2007, after deducting

Price factors increased nearly 10 times in 2007 compared with 1978, with an average annual growth rate of 8.6%.

Per capita gross national income also achieved rapid growth, rising from US$190 in 1978 to US$2,360 in 2007.

According to the classification standards of the World Bank, my country has jumped from a low-income country to the ranks of lower-middle-income countries in the world. For a country like my country with a low starting point for economic development and a large population base, it is indeed a remarkable achievement to be able to achieve such progress. .

The country's financial strength continues to increase.

The rapid development and expansion of the economy have also brought about an increase in the country's financial resources.

In 1978, the national fiscal revenue was only 113.2 billion yuan. In 1985, it doubled to 200.5 billion yuan. In 1993, it doubled again to 434.9 billion yuan. In 1999, it crossed the 1 trillion level and reached 1,144.4 billion yuan. In 2003

It exceeded 2 trillion yuan, reaching 2,171.5 billion yuan. In 2007, the national fiscal revenue exceeded 5 trillion yuan, reaching 5,132.2 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 14.1% from 1979 to 2007.

The increase in financial resources provides a strong financial guarantee for promoting economic development, strengthening weak links in the economy and society, effectively improving people's livelihood, and effectively responding to various risks and natural disasters.