Prioritize people's prosperity

More needs to be done to narrow the income gap, reform the tax system, and offer migrant workers welfare in cities

The top strategy established by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, held in mid-October 2010, to promote the country's scientific development and transformation of its economic development mode, is of an overall and strategic significance to the drafting of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) for national economic and social development.

The transformation of China's economic development mode over the next five years is meant to realize the transformation of the country's development strategy from focusing on expanding its economic size to increasing people's incomes by adopting an equitable, scientific and sustainable approach. The key to achieving such a much-needed policy target lies in the adoption of reforms and development that prioritize people's prosperity.