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Nearly 20 years has passed since Deng Xiaoping(Chairman of the Central Advisory Commission of the Communist Party of China) dead.In the 18 years since he became China's undisputed leader, Mr. Deng nourished an economic boom that radically improved the lives of China's 1.5 billion citizens.

The reforms Mr. Deng ignited well propeled China's economy to the position of second largest, after the United States.

Deng Xiaoping's journey to becoming the Great China

The goals of Deng's reforms were summed up by the Four Modernizations, those of agriculture, industry, science and technology, and the military.

Improving relations with the outside world was the second of two important philosophical shifts outlined in Deng's program of reform termed Gaige Kaifang (lit. Reforms and Openness). China's domestic social, political, and most notably, economic systems undergo significant changes during Deng's time. 

But at the end of his life,  Mr. Deng seems unable to chart a clear path to economic success, his economic reforms still faced daunting challenges. 

 China's rise as a great economic power was becoming a race against time as population growth and incomplete reform were adding to the siege of China's straining foundations. 

Shortages of water and arable land mounted, and unchecked industrial pollution contributed to an overall degradation of the environmental landscape. 

Will Xi Jinping continue  Deng Xiaoping's journey to becoming the Great China, and succeed?

By now, I’m not sure  Deng Xiaoping predicted his country's future situation, but, his economic reforms still faced daunting challenges. 

Resilient And Sustainable Cities

We’re all familiar with the following statistics: according to the UN, by 2050 the world population is expected to rise to almost 10 billion people, with anywhere from 66 percent to 80 percent of those people clustering in urban areas. 

In practice, however, most of these new urban dwellers will be accommodated through the expansion of existing cities, many of which are growing very rapidly. Indeed, by 2030, the world is projected to have 41 mega-cities with more than 10 million inhabitants.

Meanwhile, the vast majority of those cities were built around expectations, patterns of living and technologies that predate the social and environmental awareness of the 20th century, let alone the concerns and challenges particular to the 21st. Add to this mix the fact that so many of the world’s major cities are located along coastal waterways subject to the ravages of extreme weather and rising sea levels, and the situation facing contemporary urban planners can appear more dire now than at any point in our history.

Most rapidly growing cities in the developing world confront huge problems of poverty, malnutrition, and inadequate infrastructure. Even prosperous cities of the developed world face challenges of growing inequality, crime, traffic congestion and environmental pollution. However, there are also reasons for optimism; as Rees and Wackernagel (1996) have argued: “Cities as presently conceived are inherently unsustainable, yet cities are the key to sustainability.” Indeed, cities as diverse as Curitiba and Copenhagen have shown remarkable creativity in finding innovative solutions to these challenges of an urban lifestyle.

The diverse research reveals many other opportunities for new technologies, for example in reducing traffic congestion, diminishing the urban heat island effect, re-using waste materials, recycling nutrients in sewage and improving air quality. Perhaps the most important technologies are those that reduce dependence upon a very large infrastructure, and enable implementation in small towns and even in rural areas, like a China.

Xi Jinping have to move more quickly from now.

Xi Jinping was voted president with one opposing vote, just like Mao Zedong in 1949, and Li Keqiang became China’s new premier, with three opposing votes in MARCH 20, 2013.

But something was decidedly different this time. It was a combination of the smog-filled skies, the reports of thousands of dead pigs floating in Shanghai’s water source, and a growing public disenchantment with the Communist Party. Expectations for change were high, and tolerance for another orchestrated Communist gathering was low.

At the NPC, the leadership moved to address popular criticism. By dismantling two highly unpopular administrations — the Railways Ministry and the family planning commission — China’s new leaders made the first real attempt to streamline the bureaucracy since reformer Premier Zhu Rongji in 1998. They vowed to improve food safety and fight environmental degradation, two issues of great public concern. The government also pledged to reduce the state’s role in the economy and society.

Thus far, these moves amount to political symbolism rather than substantial change, but there is a lingering sense that this time is different. Since coming to power, Xi Jinping has consolidated his power base in the party and army more rapidly than his predecessor. He also has greater credibility and a more appealing public persona than  his predecessors, in part thanks to the aggressive promotion of the anti-corruption and frugality campaigns.

But while Xi Jinping is better placed than his predecessors to take on that broad agenda, the high expectations that come with that recognition are not always helpful.

Xi Jinping spent the year setting priorities and consolidating internal support for them even as pent-up internal and popular pressure on the young administration continues to build. But Xi Jinping still have to move quickly.

Xi Jinping have to give substance to his reform agenda by the third plenum in the fall of 2018. The symbolism will not be lost on Chinese leaders, since it was Deng Xiaoping who also announced his transformative "reform and opening up" policy at the third plenum in 1978-symbolism.

Only then will it be clearer if this time it really is different — and if Xi Jinping’s the one to bring about lasting and substantive change for a party and a country that needs it.

If Xi Jinping do this successfully, and then Maybe Bo Xilai might see him by smiling.

It is high time to need a strong leadership more than ever. 

Anyway, we never can tell what life is going to bring us,  I only wish you the best of business!

                  - To be continued

                With Compliments 

                  Your True Friend SELNIX

Kim Kyeong-Hwan 
CEO/President 
klion2000@selnix.com 
SUNGHAN ELECTRONIS Co.Ltd 

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