"To get rich is glorious" and "Let some people get rich first", China's late leader Deng Xiaoping said 35 years ago when the country began to abandon its planned economy and adopt market-oriented reform and opening up.

Deng, the architect of the country's reform agenda, said the ultimate goal, after a generation of reform, was "shared affluence" throughout the country.

Chi Fulin, a top Chinese political adviser, says it is vital that the shared affluence Deng talked of continues to be a focus at every stage of the country's reform.