China to achieve higher opening-up level in next five years

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After making breakthroughs in the past five years, China eyes on building a new economic system of higher opening-up level and reform during its next five-year plan, according to the communique of the fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) released on Thursday.

The communique said, economic development goals are to be set for the next five years, including more balanced and healthier economic development, an improved market system to ensure fair competition, and an economic system with a higher opening-up level.

The communique emphasized support for the real economy and pointed out energy reform and digitalization will be speeded up in the next five years.

In general, a new development pattern will be formed by boosting the domestic market, the communique said.

Encouraging domestic consumption should be combined with supply-side reform to promote the “dual circulation” strategy, which means an economic development pattern that takes domestic market as the mainstay, with domestic and international markets reinforcing each other, according to the communique.

During the 13th Five Year Plan, which is coming to an end in 2020, China has made great progress with stable economic growth and better economic structure, the communique said, noting China's GDP is expected to surpass the 100 trillion yuan ($14.9 trillion) mark in 2020.

More than 55 million people in China have been lifted out of poverty in the past five years.