On September 24, Ning Jizhe, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference that from 1952 to 2018, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) jumped from 67.91 billion yuan to 90.03 trillion yuan, an actual increase of 174 times, accounting for nearly 16% of the world economy; per capita GDP increased from 119 yuan to 64,600 yuan, an actual increase of 70 times.

Ning Jizhe, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission/Information Picture