China's change required 35 years of reform
Says envoy
China has greatly transformed and developed for 63 years of hard work, especially after 35 years of reforms and opening-up, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jun said Friday.
Over the period, China's GDP has increased 23 folds with an annual growth rate of nearly 10 percent, he told a reception, marking the 63rd founding anniversary of China, at the capital's Radisson Hotel.
Illiteracy rate is down to below 3.5 percent in 2010 from 80 percent before founding of new China in 1949, he said.
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