The phrase a beautiful life found several mentions in the report General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Wednesday, which reflects the people-oriented development approach of the Party leadership with Xi at the core. To have a beautiful life has long been a dream of the Chinese people. To help people lead a better life, by extending them equal opportunities and tapping their potential to the maximum, is the ultimate goal of China's development and a motivator for its further development. Chinese people will pursue a beautiful life, as Xi said in his report, for the comfort, happiness and security it brings. Over the past five years, Chinese people's living conditions have greatly improved, with more than 60 million impoverished people lifted out of poverty and the education system in the less-developed and central and western regions ameliorated. China's employment condition, too, is better, and the incomes of urban and rural residents have grown faster than the GDP, while the middle-income group has expanded, and the healthcare and social governance systems have vastly improved. But by mentioning a beautiful life several times, Xi did not mean the authorities are satisfied with the improvement in people's living conditions. Instead, it means one of the Party's goals will be to ensure people succeed in their pursuit of a better life, for which it will introduce measures to extend the benefits of deepened reform and development to all. That Xi used a beautiful life several times in his report shows people can expect a sustainable beautiful life in the future. That is also why Xi said a new contradiction is people's ever-growing needs for a beautiful life and China's unbalanced and inadequate development, resolving which is an imperative task in the new era. The realization of a beautiful life should not be confined to a well-devised vision for the people. As Xi said, it is by no means an easy task to realize the goal of a beautiful life, as it requires the unrelenting efforts of all Chinese people, even for a couple of generations. It is, therefore, important for China to make further efforts to deepen reforms, extend the ongoing reforms from administrative, economic and cultural fields to other areas, and thoroughly cure the ailments plaguing existing current mechanisms and institutions, so as to release the vitality of the non-governmental sector and promote creativity. China should also continue to be receptive to constructive foreign concepts, and hold an inclusive approach toward the international community with the aim of totally integrating with it. And ignoring the resistance of vested interst groups to reforms, China should instead deepen the reforms to enhance public confidence in their effectiveness for the betterment of the country as a whole. Moreover, the authorities should exercise restraint when it comes to using their powers and, instead, strengthen regulations to guarantee equal competition and fair transaction among market players and create an open, competitive and orderly market, in which every citizen's right to equal participation, development and private property is protected. And to ensure the people succeed in their pursuit of a beautiful life, government departments should, based on their actual conditions, work more efficiently and expedite institution building to facilitate the smooth functioning of the sharing economy. Apart from their sense of material gain, Chinese people also have higher demands for rule of law, economic equality, justice, security and a pollution-free environment, which are important for a beautiful life. Standing at a new historical starting point, the Chinese people are surely capable of overcoming the obstacles ahead. The article was first published on ifeng.com. festival wristbandsglow wristbandshow to make rubber bracelets
A nurse checks villager Wang Funi at home in Jiaozuo, Henan province, with an all-in-one diagnostic device in March. LI JIANAN/XINHUA ZHENGZHOU - Suffering from coronary heart disease, 79-year-old Wang Funi was amazed to find out that she can have routine medical tests done at her rural home. In the past, it would take 50 minutes to travel by electric tricycle to visit the nearest county hospital, and her husband or children would have to take a break from work on the farm to accompany her. It's time-consuming. Now there's no need for the trip. All the basic tests can be done free at home, she said. With the help of a new portable all-in-one diagnostic device, Zhang Xiaozhan, a doctor in Erpuying village, Henan province, where Wang lives, conducted eight tests on her in about 20 minutes, ranging from measuring the electrical activity of her heart to checking her blood pressure. The device offers the biggest benefits for the elderly and patients with chronic diseases, reducing their need to travel long distances to hospitals and wait in long lines, Zhang said. At the start of this year, the city of Jiaozuo purchased around 600 all-in-one diagnostic devices and offered them to teams of local family doctors. Weighing just five kilograms, one of the devices can run multiple routine tests, from measuring blood pressure to urine and blood analysis. Li Zhenhui, sales manager at mobile healthcare company Garea, which provided the devices, said that the machines can do more tests if auxiliary medical equipment is connected. The company usually sends experts to train village doctors. Test results are stored as electronic files on the city's family doctor service platform as a reference for further diagnosis and treatment. Wang's team of doctors has six members. Liu Yingying, a general practitioner at the health center in Jiayingguan township, is one of them. Liu said the team has signed contracts with more than 4,000 local residents, including a priority group of more than 500 patients. Some have chronic diseases, while others are rehabilitating and need special attention, Liu said. The team needs to visit each patient in the priority group at least four times a year. It's a formidable task. The all-in-one diagnostic device can improve the quality and efficiency of our service, Liu said. Tian Qingfeng, a health management researcher at Zhengzhou University, said there is an uneven distribution of healthcare resources in China, with advanced diagnostic and treatment equipment, and the best doctors, concentrated in big cities. Technology can improve rural access to quality healthcare, Tian said. Xinhua
