mmunistparty.since1949,whenthenewchinawasproclaimed,andparticularlysincetheimplementationofreformandopening-upprogrampioneeredbymr.dengxiaopingin1978,chinahasundergoneaprofoundtraformationneverseeninthecountrybefore.inashortanof26yearsfrom1978to2004,china''sgdpincreasedfrom147.3billionusdollarsto1.6494trillionusdollarswithanaverageaualgrowthrateof9.4percent.itsforeigntraderosefrom20.6billionusdollarsto1.1548trillionusdollars,averaginganaualgrowthrateofover16percent.china''sforeignexchangereserveincreasedfrom167millionusdollarsto609.9billionusdollars.thenumberofruralpoorhasdwindledfromsome250millionto26million.theoverallnationalstrengthofchinahasincreasedremarkablyandthetextureoflifeofitspeopleimprovedsteadily.whileinheritingandcarryingforwardtheirproudpast,the1.3billionchinesepeoplearewritinganewchapterinhistoryastheymarchofonemindontheroadofbuildingsocialismwithchinesecharacteristics.
weinchinahaveidentifiedthegoalforthefirst20yearsofthiscentury.thatistofirmlyseizetheimportantwindowofstrategicoortunitiestobuildamoderatelyproeroussocietyofahigherstandardinanall-roundwayforthebenefitsofouroveronebillionpeople.by2020,wewillquadruplechina''sgdpof2000toaroximately4trillionusdollarswithapercapitalevelofsome3,000usdollars,andfurtherdeveloptheeconomy,improvedemocracy,advancescienceandeducation,enrichculture,fostergreatersocialharmonyandupgradethetextureoflifeforthepeople.wearedeeplyawarethatchina,foracoiderablylongperiodoftimetocome,willremainadevelopingcountry.thepopulationfigureof1.3billionalonewillmakethefulfillmentoftheabovegoalaformidablechallenge,andwemustbepreparedforalonganduphilljourneyahead.torealizethisgoal,wemustupholdthescientificaroachinachievingeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofthecountry.wemustputthepeoplefirst,makingthefundamentalinterestsofthebroadestmaesofpeopleou