Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2021 shows children having fun at an autumn-themed exhibition in Ejin
Horo Banner, Ordos city, north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. (Photo by Wang
Zheng/People’s Daily Online)
China’s State Council Information Office published a white paper titled “China’s Epic Journey
from Poverty to Prosperity” on Sept. 28, intending to document China’s journey to moderate
prosperity in all respects, introduce the country’s approaches to and actions in achieving the goal,
and share with the rest of the world its unique experience in the construction of modernization.
“Achieving moderate prosperity fulfills a long-cherished dream of the Chinese nation,” said the
white paper.
Since the Opium War (1840-1842), China had suffered greater ravages than ever before, the white
paper said. “However, the indomitable Chinese people never lost heart – they continued to fight
tenaciously for their dream of a happy life,” it added.
“Over the past hundred years, led by the CPC, generations of the Chinese people have persevered,
progressing step by step from a subsistence standard of living to piecemeal prosperity, then to
moderate prosperity throughout the country,” said the document.
China’s experience in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects has fully proven
that the country considers all-round development essential to moderate prosperity, in pursuing
which the country emphasizes balanced, coordinated and sustainable progress in various fields,
according to the white paper.
The moderately prosperous society in all respects that China has built is a society in which all
people share the fruits of development, a society where no individual, region or ethnic group is left
behind, and a society that promotes the well-rounded development of all, pointed out the white
paper. “Each of these is essential for achieving common prosperity, a major goal of socialism,” it
said.
China has achieved moderate prosperity in all respects through the consistent hard work and
wisdom of the Chinese people, according to the white paper.
“The CPC has united and led the Chinese people in rebuilding the country from scratch through
self-reliance and hard work, achieving the moderate prosperity to which they have aspired for
thousands of years,” the white paper said, stressing that the epic deeds of the CPC and the Chinese
people will go down in history.
“China cannot develop in isolation from the rest of the world, nor can the world achieve prosperity
without China. The country always considers its own growth in the context of the common
development of all humanity and binds the interests of its people to the common interests of all
peoples across the world,” the document said.
The country will continue its efforts to safeguard world peace, contribute to global prosperity,
uphold the international order, and provide public goods for the whole world, according to the
white paper.
“In achieving moderate prosperity for the Chinese people, China has contributed to its own
development and delivered benefits to the rest of the world. This has created positive momentum
for world peace and common development, and contributed China’s strength to building a global
community of shared future and a better world,” it said.
In the future, China will continue to embrace and interact with the rest of the world, adopt a more
open and inclusive mindset, and contribute even more to building a global community of shared
future and a better world, the white paper noted.
