This book is a collection of articles that delve into important topics related to the national economy and people's livelihood in China's development. The authors are 16 renowned scholars from Renmin University of China and other universities and research institutions in China and other foreign countries. They summarize and review the path China has taken and the tremendous achievements it has made over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, while also deeply analyzing the challenges we face and strategies we use, covering aspects such as financial reform, trade and technology wars, peripheral security, environmental governance, government-enterprise relations, and political and economic reforms. With their profound academic foundation combined with in-depth field research, solid concepts combined with vivid stories, these sixteen scholars offer both rational thinking and passionate debate. With a pragmatic exploration spirit and a deep sense of historical responsibility, they vividly interpret the Chinese road, Chinese problems, and China's development.