Xi Jinping’s report to the 19th CPC National Congress covered China’s achievement over this last five years. Xi also talked about the contradictions in Chinese society between the people’s growing demands for material, cultural and spiritual needs and the challenges that Party has in delivering them. How to see some of these contradictions and how is the Party planning to deal with these challenges? Qu Qingshan, delegate to the 19th CPC National Congress, Chairman of Party History Research Center of CPC Central Committee, shared his ideas with Robert Lawrence Kuhn: 

“On the one hand, China’s social production has seen dramatic increase. ‘Backward production’ is no longer a suitable description. On the other hand, people’s ever growing needs not only include material aspects, such as food and shelter, but also spiritual, domestic, and legal pursuits, as well as ecological and environmental concerns. People’s needs are varied at multiple levels.”