A general report on China's sustainable development was released on Sunday, vowing that China will work harder to upgrade its sustainable development to join the world's top ten by 2050.

The national volume of the report, titled General Outline on China's Sustainable Development, says that in fifty years, China will already have resolved its problems that hamper its sustainable development, including population, food, energy, ecology, and social equality. China will better ensure its securities in areas of population, food, information, energy, public health and eco-systems.

According to the report, China's average life expectancy is expected to reach 85 by 2050. The average span of education for its population will extend from the current 8.2 years to over 14 years. China's science development will also witness an over 75 percent contribution to its national economy by 2050. The value created by per capita GDP energy and resource consumption will be increased by 15 to 20 times by 2050.

Meanwhile, according to the report, poverty will also become a history by 2050, with all poverty-stricken counties to be disappeared in twenty years. China's population will also see its zero growth by 2030. Over-consumption of natural resources and energy and the degradation of eco-environment will also see a complete reverse in 40 to 50 year.

Over 180 experts in various fields took more than two and half year to compile the report. The over 13 million word report include some 450 illustrations and 1,600 graphs, which give a detailed portray of China's sustainable development in the upcoming 50 years.

(CRIEnglish.com February 13, 2007)