Turning lnwards

In October, the Chinese Government formulated an outline for the imminent 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15). If indeed everything goes according to plan, China's economic model - along with average salaries - will have been transformed by 2015. On October 18, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committe of Communist Party of China approved the outline for what might very well become a groundbreaking document.