He said he is convinced that by having fulfilled the development goals in 2019, as stated by Li, China is ready to continue with reforms and opening up to the world.
He pointed out that China is now home to 1 billion low-income earners, including 500 to 600 million farmers and 300 million migrant workers, and the current task was to liberalize farmers' homesteads - land previously allotted to farmers by the government to build homes, which cannot be transferred to urban residents.
He said China's economic development has been achieved in an open market, and its future development requires an even greater openness of markets, so China will open even wider to the outside world.
He said he received a lot of help from people in different places during the journey and was more healthy by the end of his adventure than at the start.
He retired from NASA in 2004.
He said he has an independent lab and receives extra funding at the institute, which might be luxurious elsewhere. He also receives a "generous" monthly housing allowance available to expats.
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He said he is satisfied that 93 percent of the residents who signed up online showed up for their scheduled tests, but many people walked in without using online registration, which was intended to shorten the lines at the testing centers.
He returned home after working in Zhengzhou and Xinyang, also in Henan, and opened a restaurant in urban Xinxian in 2005. While running the business, he realized that demand for organic food in the restaurant trade was high, so in 2013, he decided to start a small farm to supply quality foodstuffs to customers.
He said he hopes Hong Kong will continue to be a positive factor in the two nations' relationship.
He said that the billion in aid would very much be appreciated by farmers to "help them bridge the gap here in the short term".