From 67.91 billion yuan to 126 trillion yuan, from 1.7% to 17%, from less than 50,000 people to 112 million people... This is China that is forging ahead!
On October 1, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Over the past 75 years, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the land of China. We have selected some representative data to talk to you about the major achievements my country has made in economic and social development in the 75 years since the founding of New China, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
From 67.91 billion yuan to 126 trillion yuan
GDP leap witnesses China's miracle
If we look at GDP per capita, we only had 119 yuan in 1952, but by 2023, we have exceeded 12,000 US dollars for three consecutive years.In just a few decades, China has achieved a leap from a low-income country to a low-and middle-income country, and then to a middle-and high-income country。
Along with the rapid development of China's economy, my country's economic aggregate has successively surpassed Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, and has ranked as the world's second largest economy since 2010. Today, China is still the largest country in manufacturing, goods trade, energy production, commodity consumption, foreign investment inflows, and foreign exchange reserves.
From 1.7% to 17%
Strong engine demonstrates China's contribution
When New China was first founded, my country's total economic output accounted for a small proportion of the world. By 1978, it was only 1.7%, ranking 10th in the world.Since the reform and opening up, my country's economy has continued to grow rapidly and has become an important engine of world economic growth。In 2010, my country's total economic output surpassed Japan, and since then has steadily ranked as the world's second largest economy.
Before the founding of New China to the reform and opening up, my country's foreign trade was small and there were few trading partners. In 1950, my country's total import and export of goods was only US$1.13 billion, compared with US$20.6 billion in 1978.With the continuous deepening of reform and opening up, my country is accelerating its integration into the process of economic globalization。Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has implemented a more proactive opening-up strategy. In 2023, the total import and export volume will reach US$5.94 trillion, and its share of the international market will increase from less than 1% in 1978 to 12.4% in 2023. For seven consecutive years, it has been ranked as the world's largest country in goods trade. Today, China has become a major trading partner of more than 140 countries and regions, ranking among the top in the world in attracting foreign investment and foreign investment.
Today's China is a China that is closely connected with the world and a China that continues to bring opportunities to the world with miracles of development。In 2023, my country's total economic output will increase to about 17% in the world. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that from 1979 to 2023, my country's average annual contribution rate to world economic growth was 24.8%, ranking first in the world.
From 12 billion yuan to 39.9 trillion yuan
Great powers refine their ingenuity to make China
What would the world be like without Made in China?
When New China was first founded, my country was a typical agricultural country with a very weak industrial foundation. Not only was the output of products low, but the industrial sector was also incomplete. There were only mining, textiles and simple processing industries."A car, an airplane, a tank, or a tractor cannot be made." Many industrial products could only rely on imports, and it can be said that it was almost poor.
After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, my country's industrial development has advanced at an unprecedented rate. It has taken decades to complete the hundreds of years of industrialization in developed countries, and has achieved the growth of a poor and backward agricultural country into the world's largest industrial manufacturing country. The historic transformation. In 1952, my country's industrial added value was only 12 billion yuan. In 2023, this value has reached 39.9 trillion yuan. The scale of my country's manufacturing industry has ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years, accounting for about 30% of the world's share.Generations of China workers have forged glory and dreams through tenacious struggle, making Made in China an existence that cannot be ignored no matter what.。
Once upon a time, my country could only produce a few daily consumer goods such as yarn, cloth, matches, soap, and flour. Today, my country's industry is the only country in the world that has all industrial categories in the United Nations Industrial Classification. Among the 500 major industrial products, my country's output of more than 220 products ranks first in the world. A number of major landmark results have been achieved in the fields of 5G, manned spaceflight, lunar and fire exploration, deep sea and deep earth exploration, large aircraft, aero-engines and gas turbines, cruise ships, and high-end medical equipment. A number of high-end brands in the fields of high-speed rail, communication equipment and other fields have gone global. In 2023, my country will produce 30.11 million automobiles, 1.57 billion mobile phones, 430,000 sets of industrial robots, and 351.4 billion integrated circuits, ranking first in the world in output.
The breadth and depth of a country's industrialization determine the progress and degree of its modernization. Today,Made in China is accelerating its move towards the middle and high end of the industrial chain and value chain, and new productivity will provide a steady stream of new impetus for China's modernization。
From 226.4 billion kilograms to 1.3908 billion kilograms
Food security ensures China's rice bowl
Who will feed China? This is an issue that the whole world has been concerned about. China's cultivated land accounts for only 9% of the world's total and fresh water accounts for only 6%, but it has to feed nearly 20% of the world's population. In the 75 years since the founding of New China,China made a resounding answer with practical actions: China has relied on its own strength to secure China's rice bowl, achieved a historic transformation from "500 million people do not have enough to eat" to "more than 1.4 billion people eat well".
Having enough to eat is the simplest wish of the common people, but this dream of food and clothing has not been realized for thousands of years. When New China was first founded in 1949, my country's grain output was only 226.4 billion kilograms. In 1978, the output exceeded 600 billion kilograms. Since the reform and opening up, with the establishment and implementation of the household contract responsibility system linked to production, agricultural productivity has been greatly liberated, and grain output has successively reached new levels. In 1984, the country's total grain output exceeded 800 billion kilograms, in 1993, it exceeded 900 billion kilograms, in 1996, it exceeded the 1 trillion kilograms mark, and in 2012, it reached 1.2 trillion kilograms.
Everything is leisurely, eating is the most important thing. More than 1.4 billion people in my country consume 700,000 tons of grain, 98,000 tons of oil, 1.92 million tons of vegetables, 230,000 tons of meat, 90,000 tons of eggs, and 100,000 tons of milk every day. Stabilizing the supply of grain and important agricultural products is crucial. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has regarded food security as the top priority in governing the country, and has proposed a new food security concept of "ensuring basic self-sufficiency in grains and absolute safety of food rations". It has implemented the same responsibility of the party and government for food security, and deeply implemented the strategy of "storing grain in the land and storing grain in technology" has opened up a new situation for grain production.
In 2015, my country's grain output exceeded 1.3 trillion kilograms, and has stabilized at more than 1.3 trillion kilograms for nine consecutive years since then. In 2023, it will reach 1.3908 billion kilograms, an increase of more than 1 trillion kilograms from 1949, an increase of 5.1 times. The per capita grain output is 493 kilograms, which has exceeded the world average for many years in a row and is also higher than the internationally recognized food security line of 400 kilograms.
"Eating" is not just about consuming grain, meat, eggs and milk, fruits, vegetables, fish, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, etc. Everything is delicious food. Today, in addition to grains, my country's output of meat, peanuts, tea, fruits and other agricultural products also ranks first in the world. Melons and fruits are fragrant all year round, and there are all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas. People's "meat plates","vegetable baskets" and "fruit plates" are becoming more and more abundant.
From less than 50,000 to 112 million
Self-reliance and self-reliance create China's creation
Today, we have long been accustomed to the convenience that technology brings to work and life. But 75 years ago, my country's scientific and technological strength was very weak. Take the number of scientific researchers as an example. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were no more than 50,000 scientific and technological personnel nationwide, and there were only more than 30 specialized scientific and technological institutions. Today, my country's total scientific and technological human resources have reached 112 million people, making it the country with the richest scientific and technological human resources in the world. Of course, this indicator includes both the labor force actually engaged in and may engage in scientific and technological activities, but it can reflect the tremendous progress made in my country's scientific and technological undertakings.
In the 75 years since the founding of New China, it has gone from "marching towards science and technology" to "science and technology are the primary productive force" to "innovation is the primary driving force."my country has always attached great importance to the important role of innovation in the overall development of the country and regards scientific and technological self-reliance as strategic support.。Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, innovation has been placed at the core of the overall development of the country. Scientific and technological innovation has accelerated its development, and the important weapons of major powers have been continuously "upgraded".
Over the past 75 years, from "two bombs and one satellite" to manned spaceflight, from "China's Sky Eye" conquering the stars and the sea to the "Struggle" exploring the ten-thousand-meter deep blue, generations of scientific and technological workers have continued to struggle and bravely climbed the peak of science and technology, turning each "impossible" into "possible".Our country has gradually achieved a historic transformation from tracking and following to running and leading the way in parallel, and has grown into a major technological power with important influence in the world.。
In terms of R & D investment, my country has become the world's second largest R & D investment country since 2013. In 2023, R & D expenditure will reach 3.3278 billion yuan, a 233-fold increase over 1991; the full-time equivalent of R & D personnel has ranked first in the world for 11 consecutive years. The Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization shows that my country's comprehensive ranking of innovation capabilities has increased from 34th in 2012 to 12th in 2023. In 2023, my country has 26 global top 100 scientific and technological innovation clusters, ranking first in the world for two consecutive years.
If science and technology prosper, the nation will prosper; if science and technology are strong, the country will be strong.my country is accelerating the promotion of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, further increasing scientific and technological innovation, and moving towards the strategic goal of building a scientific and technological power by 2035。
From 8.6% to over 24%
Green paints a picture of China as a pen
At the beginning of the founding of New China, my country's forest coverage rate was only 8.6%. Through the implementation of a series of key ecological projects such as the Three North Shelterbelt and returning farmland to forest and grassland, and continuing to carry out national voluntary tree planting activities, my country's forest coverage rate has exceeded 24%. According to statistics, in the past 20 years, my country has contributed about 1/4 of the new green area to the world, becoming the country with the fastest growth in forest resources in the world.
Since the founding of New China,Our country continues to deepen its understanding of the laws of ecological civilization construction and promote the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.。Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the strategic status of ecological civilization has been significantly improved. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that "protect the ecological environment like protecting eyes, and treat the ecological environment like life." "Enhance the awareness that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" was officially written into the Party Constitution, and new development concepts, ecological civilization and building a beautiful China were written into the Constitution. With the advancement of ecological civilization construction, everyone should and can clearly feel that there have been more and more blue skies and white clouds in recent years, and the environment has become better and better.
Data from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration show that my country currently has a plantation area of 1.314 billion acres and a grassland area of 3.955 billion acres, ranking first in the world. The total wetland area in the country is 845 million acres, ranking fourth in the world. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has completed a total of 305 million acres of desertification prevention and control tasks, and key management areas have achieved a historic transformation from "sand entering and retreating" to "green advancing and sand retreating".
The success or failure of ecological and environmental protection ultimately depends on the economic structure and economic development mode.my country adheres to green and low-carbon development as the fundamental solution to ecological and environmental problems and has made major strategic decisions to promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality.。In 2023, my country's carbon emission intensity will drop by more than 35% compared with 2012. From 2013 to 2023, my country supported an average annual economic growth of 6.1% with an average annual energy consumption growth rate of 3.3%. More than half of the increase in electricity consumption in the whole society was new clean energy power generation.
People live up to the green mountains, and the green mountains will surely live up to people. From ecological imbalance to green development, over the past 75 years, my country's ecological civilization construction has undergone historic, turning and overall changes. The beautiful picture of green China with "bluer skies, greener mountains, and clearer water" is being depicted more and more wonderfully.
