President heads drive for modernization, better quality of life and development

During the annual session of the National People's Congress, some NPC deputies have referred to President Xi Jinping as China's architect of modernization for the new era.

Using that appellation for Xi reflects the deputies' wish for deepening reform under Xi's leadership in the new era as a way to realize the people's aspiration to live a better life and push forward China's modernization.

At the Communist Party of China's 19th National Congress in October, Xi said socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era.

More effective reform measures are expected to be taken this year－the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy and the decisive stage to secure the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

Since the Party's 18th National Congress, held in late 2012, Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, has launched the world's largest-scale set of reforms.

Xi headed the Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform of the 18th CPC Central Committee, which has held 38 conferences from its establishment in 2013 to October.

After he was re-elected as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee in October, Xi pledged to continue deepening reform in all areas with great political courage. Chinese people would "cut paths through mountains, and build bridges across rivers" to move forward on reform, Xi said in his 2018 New Year's address.

In order to provide readers with an overview of the measures, practices and outcomes of reform launched by Xi in the past five years, China Daily has collected the applicable information and displayed it with the help of data journalists.