<正>I am personally grateful to fate-and to our president-for giving me the opportunity to live and work for almost five years in this wonderful country. It was very likely the most interesting, intense and most professionally productive period of my life. My very own Chinese "Five-year Plan period" was especially fascinating for the fact that every year, barring 2006, marked a significant social or political event in the country that won the attention of the global community. The year 2007 saw the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). At the time, the CPC boasted 75 million members. The congress made an in-depth, comprehensive analysis on the state of Chinese society. I can make that claim with authority-I studied the main documents presented at the congress, for which Russian translations were available.