The coming five to ten years are critical both for China's economic development and for the governing of the Communist Party of China.

By giving play to the characteristics of the resources and advantages of the productive bases of its different regions, the province of Yunnan has given prominence to its priority tasks and made reasonable overall arrangement.

Over a period of time after the Spring Festival, many mass media reported the "labor shortage" issue in some localities and enterprises.

China has unveiled a series of real property regulatory policies to hold back the excessively fast rise of housing prices in some regions and to return such prices to a reasonable level.

China's mountainous regions and hilly lands make up 65% of the country's land resources.

In 2011, China's grain yield increased for the eighth consecutive year, registering a total output of 1.1424 trillion jin (two jin make one kilogram) and an annual increase of 4.5%.

Establishing the scientific development evaluation system and designing a series of measurable objective and subjective indicators reflecting the essential requirement of the scientific outlook on development is an important way to promote substantial change of the development pattern and propel scientific development.

Agriculture was one of the most difficult issues in the negotiation for China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).