As vanguards of economic development in China, provinces and municipalities in costal regions of Southeast China have attached great importance in recent years to the role of innovation in advancing industrial transformation and upgrading.

In the past three years since China promulgated the national intellectual property strategy, the country has scored marked progress in the field of intellectual property.

China has scored the best achievements in grain production in the first decade of this century.

Recently, whether China has entered into the era of "high inflation" has become the focal point among various sides.

China's economic growth is estimated to continue a downturn performance in 2012.

Due to the impact of the European debt crisis and the slow global economic recovery, China has seen its export growth declining month after month since the beginning of the second half of 2011 and finds it more difficult to reap a rapid growth for the whole year.

China's economic and social development has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past 30 years since reform and opening up, and the country's comprehensive national strength has improved significantly.

China began rural tax reform in 2000, popularized it in 2003 and concluded it in 2006.