China's Progress Towards the Millennium Dvelopment Goals 2013 Report was officially released recently. The report gives a full picture of China's implementation of the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) since 2010. According to this report, China has already met 7 targets under MDGs ahead of schedule, including halving the proportion of people suffering from poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, eliminating gender disparity in primary and secondary education, reducing the under-five mortality rate, combating Tuberculosis and Malaria, access to safe drinking water. Significant progress has also been made in the fields of promoting full employment, combating HIV/AIDS and other targets. At the same time, China has provided help to other developing countries within its capacity under the framework of South-South cooperation. The report also points out that, with a big population living in poverty and the problems of imbalance, uncoordination and unsustainability in its development, China remains to be a developing country, and has a long way to go for the full implementation of the MDGs.

The Chinese Government has already formulated the grand goal of completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, advancing the construction on ecological civilization and the concept of"Beautiful China",and striving to make the "Chinese Dream"come true. China's development is inseparable from the world's and an opportunity for all. China will continue to push forward the implementation of the MDGs and devote itself to the development agenda beyond 2015.

This report was the outcome of the fifth cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the UN system in China, who previously issued the progress reports respectively in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010. Around 30 Chinese ministries, commissions, social groups and academic institutions also contributed to this year's report.

Appendix:China's Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals 2013 Report