The Chinese Academy of Sciences: China in 2050

——二0五0年的中国，将是一个社会文明高度发达的国家，社会公平正义，人民健康长寿，劳动人口就业充分，全体人民和谐相处，社会保障体系健全，城乡一体化有效实现，区域差距显著缩小，社会充满创造活力。

China in 2050: Will be a socially developed country, that is fair and just, where the people are healthy and have longevity, where there are enough jobs for working people, where the the people are harmonious and get along, and where the social safety net is functional and effective, and where rural-urban development is conjoined, where regional disparities shrink, and where the whole society is full of creative energy.

　　——二0五0年的中国，将是一个精神文明高度发达的国家，全体国民享受高水准的义务教育，高等教育实现大众化，终身学习成为国民的生活方式，拥有世界上最宏大的、充满活力的创新创业人才队伍，全社会形成爱国、敬业、诚信、友善的道德风尚，中华文化与世界各民族文化交相辉映。

China in 2050: A spiritually civilized country, where the people receive high quality obligatory education, where higher learning is increasingly democratized, where the people believe in lifelong learning, where there is a vital and energetic creative class, where the entire society is patriotic, professional, sincere, friendly, and moral, and where Chinese culture and foreign cultures blend and bring out the best in each other.

　　——二0五0年的中国，将是一个生态文明高度发达的国家，人与自然和谐相处，生态环境退化得到有效遏制，山青水秀，天蓝宜居，江山如画。

China in 2050: An ecologically developed nation, where humanity and nature coexist harmoniously, where the degradation of the environment is controlled, where the mountains are graceful and the waters pure, where the sky is blue and inviting, and where the mountains and rivers are picturesque.

　　——二0五0年的中国，将是一个高度开放的国家，成为维护世界和平和世界公平正义的重要力量，中华民族与世界各民族平等友好相处，充分有效吸纳世界先进知识促进本国发展，又不断为世界发展作出应有贡献。

China in 2050: A highly open society, a country that will become a protector and advocate of global peace and justice, and where the Chinese people will be as friendly equals with the other people of the world, where the transfer of advanced knowledge and technological capital will benefit the development of the country so that it can continually create and make contributions to world society.

　　中科院称，实现上述宏伟愿景的历史进程中，中国既面临新科技革命的机遇，也面临能源资源、生态环境、人口健康、空天海洋、传统与非传统安全等诸多严峻挑战，必须依靠科技创新逐步解决。(完）

The Chinese Academy of Sciences says, in the process of realizing these lofty goals of historical development, China will encounter a unique opportunity for scientific and technological development, as well as face serious challenges in terms of national (and natural) resources, ecology and environment, population and public health, traditional and non-traditional security (???), and must use scientific and technological development to slowly solve these problems. [end]

Our commentary: Sir Thomas More, eat your heart out. Please God let the writer of this post live until his 70s, just so he can have the chance either be pleasantly surprised and go gently unto that good night knowing that humanity was actually capable of some progress or else just die bitter and alone, deriving a smidgeon of solace in his last moments knowing that his unremittingly bleak and cynical view of humanity had found some basis in fact. Then, just after whispering a quiet 'I told you so', he'll give up the ghost with a smile upon his cracked and dessicated lips.