Communique of 5th plenary session of 19th CPC Central Committee released

The communique says:

- China's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to cross the 100-trillion-yuan mark in 2020.

- Over the past 12 months, China has seen its economic growth beat expectations, people's living standards ensured, and the overall situation of society maintained stable.

- China has made remarkable achievements in its battle against poverty over the past five years, lifting 55.75 million rural residents out of poverty.

- China will continue to take the real economy as the focus of its economic development, unswervingly build itself into a manufacturer of quality and enhance its strength in cyberspace and digital technology.

- China's annual grain output has remained above 650 million tons for five consecutive years.

- Peace and development remain the theme of the times.

- China will strengthen efforts to develop cultural undertakings and industries, and enhance the country's cultural soft power.

- The Communist Party of China (CPC) has raised a set of long-range objectives for China to basically achieve socialist modernization by 2035.

- China is still in an important period of strategic opportunity for development at present and for the foreseeable future, but there are new developments in both opportunities and challenges facing the country.