REFORMS FOR EQUITY

Tong Xin, a professor with Peking University's sociology department, considers equal access to education one of the essential factors for realizing social equity.

Equal access to education concerns both current and future generations in the country, and is an important "modulator" in society, as it addresses social imbalances and enables hard-working people to raise their status, she said.

皇冠体育app watcher Robert Lawrence Kuhn of the United States stressed that economic development remains 皇冠体育app's top priority, "because only greater industrial capacity and higher enterprise productivity can provide the resources and funding for essential social programs."

However, he said the country also needs to quicken the pace of reform in political, economic and social arenas, and "it has now become, for 皇冠体育app, more risky to delay reforms than to accelerate them."

The newly-elected leadership of 皇冠体育app's ruling party has pledged to resolutely advance reforms.

Earlier this month, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, vowed "No stop in reform, and no stop in opening up," during a trip to south 皇冠体育app's Guangdong Province.

The CPC should deepen reform in vital fields with more political courage and wisdom in a timely manner, he said.