I was assistant director of the 12th U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Associations tour of China in November 1975， during which we visited Guangzhou， Changsha， Shaoshan， Wuhan， Zhengzhou， Shijiazhuang， Beijing， and Shanghai. Since then I have kept pace with Chinas development by reading China Reconstructs， the original name of the magazine until its name changed to China Today in 1990. By way of a comparison， I also read The Economist from cover to cover each week. The current layout and content of China Today is a vast improvement on that of China Reconstructs， and the magazine always includes reportages on official meetings – both bilateral and multilateral. Foreign readers surely benefit from the magazines historical background and its in-depth discussions. Your reports are always informative and instructive.

An Anonymous Reader

U.S.A.

I am a journalist and editor at the Global Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth portal. Before taking this job， my focus was on Chinas social and economic development， especially the cooperation between Chinas central and local governments and international organizations such as UNDP， WHO， UNICEF， FAO， and the World Bank. I was consequently extremely interested to read the interview with Bert Hofman – World Bank Country Director for China， Mongolia and Korea– titled “China set to Hit Target of Eliminating Poverty”in the January issue of your magazine， As Hofman said， since the early 1980s， 800 million people in China have been lifted out of poverty. And China is indeed both a successful and useful example in this respect. My job has long been to share Chinas effective approaches to poverty alleviation with other developing countries， and we have indeed witnessed fruitful results. Some foreign readers obtained our information online and sent emails to thank us. I therefore hope that information and communications technology and the modern supply-chains will， through E-commerce， soon play a bigger role in poverty reduction.

Jiao Meng

Beijing

I found the cover page of your October issue， featuring the headline “Innovation Shapes a Better Future” and a robots finger touching a three-dimensional floating holographic screen， both striking and compelling. This vivid image seems to presage a futuristic world where life is both more convenient and intelligent. And I am truly inspired by the studies and achievements of Chinese talents and their teams in different domains. I knew that China had become more developed over the past three decades， but never realized that it now leads so many cutting-edge technologies. Although some articles are rather long and contain much jargon， I still read every word.

Danielle Grenoble

France

January 2， 2017

Chinese soldiers in Chinas northernmost outpost in Mohe County， where temperatures fall to -39oC， celebrate the New Year by splashing water which instantaneously freezes.

January 3， 2017

FF91 – the first Faraday Future mass-produced luxury electric SUV vehicle backed by Chinas LeEco – is officially launched at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 conference in Las Vegas.

January 3， 2017

Professor Liu Yong of Beijing University of Chemical Technology displays mask filters containing fine particles from the haze in Beijing and surrounding areas whose elements he and his specialist team will isolate and analyze.

January 12， 2017

Spring Festival decorations adorn the panda kindergarten at Wolongs Shenshuping base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province.

December 28， 2016

Newlyweds dressed in their nuptial best pose for photos by Erhai Lake， Yunnan Province.

December 29， 2016

The newly completed Beipanjiang Bridge， the worlds highest， and part of the highway linking Zhejiang Province in East China with Yunnan Province in Southwest China.