China's development plan has Xi's fingerprints all over it

Hong Kong

CHINA'S new development blueprint was officially handed down on Tuesday by the Communist Party's Central Committee. But the details leave little doubt as to President Xi Jinping's hand in crafting the document.

From promoting the "Chinese dream" to pledging to "purify" the Internet, the sweeping policy document enshrines slogans, catchphrases and priorities the Chinese president has tested out since taking power in November 2012. Their inclusion in the party's five-year plan - a Soviet-style holdover of the centrally planned economy - ensures Mr Xi's assertive, nationalist vision will shape China's development through the end of the decade, if not many years beyond.