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A ROADMAP TO COMMON PROSPERITY

Common prosperity, a concept that has been mentioned in official documents since the 1950s, has come under the spotlight recently.

China announced the elimination of absolute poverty last year, and the completion of the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects in July. In this context, prosperity for all seems closer than ever before in the eyes of many Chinese.

“There is no shortcut to common prosperity,” Han Wenxiu, an official with the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs pointedly remarked when speaking about how to best reach the goal. “It must be achieved through the

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