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China’s powerhouse province renews ‘common prosperity’ pledge for 2035
Political mission to narrow China’s wealth divide, thought to have fallen out of favour, makes appearance in Zhejiang’s long-term plans
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Mandy Zuoin Shanghai
Zhejiang, one of China’s richest provinces, has vowed to achieve “common prosperity” by 2035 – a marquee policy goal of President Xi Jinping that sparked extensive debate upon its unveiling, but has been a less frequent subject of official rhetoric since.
The manufacturing powerhouse and innovation hub in eastern China has laid out a four-phase road map to prosperity for all its people in a decade’s time, according to a press conference held on Monday by the provincial government.
Referring to a baseline level of cultural and material affluence enjoyed by all of society, the “common prosperity” slogan was a cause for concern among the country's upper crust as top officials began to use it in 2021, but those worries have quieted down as the phrase has become less prominent.
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