面向未来，中国的发展，如何持续？中国政府将采取什么样的措施来使经济、社会更加和谐发展？本书中，作者用大量数字与事例进行全面生动的分析。本书就是从科学发展这一角度来解读中国发展的道路，包括中国经济如何持续发展、中国如何实现与经济发展配套的社会发展目标、农村发展等等关系每一个中国人的问题。

Chapter 1. Why China Advocates the "Scientific Outlook on Development"/1

1. Domestic background for a scientific outlook/2

 What kind of country is China? /2

 What development stage is China in?/8

2. Exploration of governing through the scientific outlook/11

 Uneven exploration during Mad Zedong's era/11

 New development outlook for China's reform and opening-up /13

3. International trends in scientific outlook/15

 Drawing lessons from home and abroad/15

 Development concepts from home and abroad/16

 Great development opportunities / 19

4. Profound connotations of the scientific outlook/21

 Development is the essence/22

 Putting people first is the core/23

 Holistic, balanced and sustainable development is the basic requirement/24

 Overall consideration is the fundamental approach/25

Chapter 2. How to Achieve Sustainable Development/27

1. Rapid economic development/28

 National economy maintains rapid growth/28

 Foreign trade develops rapidly/29

2. Three issues hampering China's economic development/31

 Energy and resource constraints/31

 Serious ecologic and environmental impacts/33

 Clear lags in scientific and technological innovation /35

3. Construction of an innovative country /37

 Advantageous conditions for building an innovative country/37

 Main goals for establishing an innovative country/40

4. New path of industrialization/43

 Course of industrialization in China/43

 Meanings of the new path of industrialization /44

5. Resource-conserving society/47

 The basic policy of putting conservation first/47

 Changing extensive patterns of development/48

 Advocating the concept of green development/49

 Developing a recycling economy/51

6. Environment-friendly society/53

 The meaning of environment-friendliness/53

 Environment-friendly activities /54

7. Accelerating the development of the market economy/58

 Rapid development of the market economy/58

 Exerting the basic role of the market/60

 Optimizing the adjustment and control functions of the government/61

Chapter 3. How to Achieve Harmonious Development/65

1. Implementing the strategy of development priority for

 education/66

 Rapid growth of education/66

 Strategy of development priority for education/68

2. Improving the medical and heaithcare system/70

 Medical and healthcare situation/70

 Major achievements in recent years/71

 Major measures for further development/74

3. Implementing positive employment policies/78

 Positive employment policies bring about evident effects/78

 Basic judgments on the employment situation /79

 Development strategy for employment expansion/81

4. Establishing a fair income distribution system /83

 Evolution of the income distribution system/83

 Current income gaps/85

 Causes of the widening income gaps /87

 Main measures for narrowing the income gaps/87

5. Fairer social security/89

 Improving the social security system/89

 Eliminating poverty/93

 Protecting vulnerable groups /95

6. Promoting balanced development between different

 regions/98

 Imbalanced development between different regions/98

 Implementing the western development strategy /100

Chapter 4. Vital Importance of Coordinated Development of Urban and Rural Areas/I07

1. The development road for China's agriculture/108

 Remarkable achievements in agricultural production/108

 Greater difficulties of increasing grain output/110

 Agricultural modernization with Chinese characteristics/112

2. The building of China's new countryside/114

 Remarkable progress in rural development /114

 Rural problems remain prominent / 116

 Construction of the new countryside with Chinese characteristics/118

3. Status of Chinese farmers/121

 Gradual increase of farmers' incomes / 121

 Rural poverty still serious/123

 Increasing farmers' incomes /125

 Eliminating the dual urban-rural structure/126

4. Urbanization with Chinese characteristics /129

 Accelerating the progress of urbanization /129

 Adhering to Chinese characteristics/132

Chapter 5. Political Construction under the New Concept of

 Development / 137

1. Reform of the administrative system /138

 Reform trends in administration/138

 Repositioning the governing power system/144

 Adjusting the limits of government power/147

 Readjusting the power interests of the government/149

2. Construction of Chinese democratic politics /151

 A political system with Chinese characteristics /151

 The basic principles /153

 The development of Chinese democracy/156

 Chinese electoral methods/158

 China's political construction/161