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TAKING THE NEXT BIG STEP 　　The world’s media attention is firmly focused on Beijing this week as the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China （CPC）， held in the nation’s capital from November 9-12， is expected to release a raft of new， far-reaching reform measures and policy orientations. 　　The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee held in 1978 launched China’s reform and opening-up policy. In 1993， the Third Plenary Session of the 14th CPC Central Committee established the strategy of a socialist market economy with Chinese charact