In 1949 China's GDP was $18bn, or $50 per capita. In 2008, total GDP reached $4.3 trillion and $3,260 per capita. In the past 30 years, 200 million people came out of poverty. Today, Chinese society has become open and dynamic. There are close to 2,000 newspapers, more than 9,000 magazines and 287 TV channels. With 700 million mobile phone subscribers, 300 million internet users and 180 million bloggers, not surprisingly the Chinese lead the world in texting, blogging and surfing the web. Some 800 international journalists sat in some of the meetings of the National People's Congress this year and asked questions. And more than 30,000 journalists covered the Olympics last year.

看看这组数字：1949年建国时，中国的GDP总量只有180亿美元，人均GDP只有50多美元，而2008年GDP总量达到了4.3万亿美元，人均GDP达到3263美元。过去30年，2亿中国人摆脱了贫困。中国社会也变得越来越开放和充满活力。全国共有近2000种报纸、9000多种杂志，287家电视台，还有7亿手机用户，3亿网民和1.8亿博客，毫不奇怪，中国人是世界上发短信、写博客和上网最活跃的国家。今年，800名外国记者参与了两会的采访，他们还能够旁听一些会议的讨论并提问。去年共有3 万名记者采访了北京奥运会。