China makes continuous achievements in promoting high-quality development over past 5 years (6)

An aerial photo taken on June 29, 2020 shows the dam of the Wudongde Hydropower Station in southwest China. The first group of electricity-generation units at the station, which will be China’s fourth largest and the world’s seventh largest hydropower project upon completion, was put into use on the same day. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

China has remained committed to the new development philosophy, resolved difficulties in development, cultivated new advantages, and made continuous achievements in its efforts to promote high-quality development during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).

Over the past five years, a batch of major innovative results have emerged in the country’s science and technology, such as Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), manned submersible Jiaolong, C919 large passenger jet, high-speed train, and supercomputer.

China accomplished the full deployment of the Beidou Navigation Satellite System constellation. The application of 5G technology is accelerating and the country’s digital economy accounts for more than 30 percent of its GDP.

A number of major transportation and water conservancy projects have also been completed. For example, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge opened to traffic on Oct. 24, 2018.