Giving Priority to Enriching People: Orientation of The Second Round of Transition and Reform

China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD), established on November 1, 1991, is research institution mainly specializing in reform and development policy research. CIRD, with the mission of facilitating China's economic reform and development policy decision-making, follows the guideline of 'basing itself in Hainan, facing the whole country and marching towards the world.' ClRD practices a system of vesting the full responsibility with the president under the leadership of the board of directors and adheres to the operating mechanism characterized with small organization with a large network. Its organizational features of being network-based, international operations and independent research have attracted wide attention. With taking facilitation of reform policy decision-making its bounden duty, ClRD has been conducting forward-looking and independent research in important theoretical and practical issues in economic transition. In the past 20 years, it has submitted more than 140 sets of reform policy/legislation recommendation reports to relevant departments of the central government. It is the first research institution to have