改革开放以来,人民的生活水平有了很大提高。在拥有十二亿人口的中华人民共和国发生了举世瞩目的变化。人们得到了许多实惠,温饱问题基本上得到了解决。许多沿海发达地区已达到了小康水平。我国仅占有世界7%的土地却养活了占全世界近四分之一的人口,这是一件十分了不起的事情,任何西方国家都难以做 Since the reform and opening up, people’s living standards have greatly improved. The People’s Republic of China, with a population of 1.2 billion, has made remarkable changes. People have gained many benefits, and the problem of adequate food and clothing has basically been solved. Many coastal areas have reached a well-to-do level. It is a great thing that China, which occupies only 7% of the world’s land but feeds nearly a quarter of the world’s population, is hard for any western country to do