China holds a conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on December 18, 2008. President Hu Jintao said that the country must continue the reform and opening-up drive, which in the past 30 years turned the once poverty-stricken country into one of the world's largest economies. (Xinhua) |