3rd plenum sets China's economic devt blueprint

THE just-concluded third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee has planned forward an economic development blueprint that lays the foundation for increased productivity and technological breakthroughs, thus ensuring a continued success of China's economic miracle in the years to come, even as the international environment will likely become increasingly complex and volatile, foreign scholars told the Global Times.

With firm commitment to continuous reform and opening up, the gathering also offered a sense of continuity and certainty to the Global South, they noted, while stressing that China's plans for further deepening reforms will further encourage other countries to follow China's independent development paths, which in many ways could facilitate them to "leapfrog to more advanced levels."