Achievements and Prospects

Abstract

China’s achievements and progress cannot be judged purely in terms of growth rates, tons of food produced or number of jobs provided. One must move quickly from these quantitative data to certain social indicators of progress reflected in income distribution, educational and health facilities and equality of opportunity. But it is of even greater significance to go beyond these economic and social indicators and capture the profound change that has created a ‘new man’ and brought him into harmonious relationship with himself and with other human beings. In China, human beings and not things are the centre of all activity.