40 years of opening up, the rising of China in a new era(2)

China's achievement over the past 40 years

Drastic changes have taken place since the adoption of the reform and opening-up policy. The then impoverished nation has turned into one of the world's largest economy, with its gross domestic product (GDP) reaching 82.71 trillion yuan in 2017, or 13.11 trillion US dollars, rocketing over 236 times than that of four decades ago.

Here's a look back at China's major accomplishments since 1978.

As President Xi Jinping pointed out in his 2018 New Year Address, reform and opening up "has been the only path to the realization of the Chinese dream". Xi vowed to press ahead with reform in 2018.