2021-2025: A growing appetite for political freedom
emerges as media controls diminish, individual rights and
civil liberties improve and the separation of the judicial,
legislative and executive branches is openly discussed.
Some challenges remain as average incomes are still below
those of developed countries and the problems related to
an ageing population need addressing. However, it is clear
that by 2025 China is on its way to achieving balanced
development and sustained high growth, and is a respected
global actor.