People in east China’s Jiangsu province watched the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in Beijing on Wednesday.
The people of Jiangsu are concerned over the major themes of the congress that include securing a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
The Communist Party of China has vowed to satisfy the people's desire for "a better life" and written the idea into a key political document, as the latest assertion of the Party's people-centered approach.
The Chinese phrase "mei hao sheng huo", which can be translated as "a better life" or "a happy life", appeared 14 times, including in both the opening section and the last paragraph, in a report given by Xi Jinping on Wednesday at the opening of the 19th CPC National Congress.
The report at the five-yearly congress is considered the most important political speech in China.
This year's report said socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and it draws up a two-stage development plan to build China into a "great modern socialist country" by mid-21st century, around the centennial of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
One of the key messages from Xi's report, a verdict on the principal issue facing Chinese society, has the word in it.
"What we now face is the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people's ever-growing needs for a better life," Xi told more than 2,200 delegates from all walks of life attending the congress.
The needs to be met for the people to live a better life are increasingly broad, according to Xi.
