1. At present, currently, lately, recently, nowadays, these years, in the past several decades, over the last several years
2. at the turn of the century
3. Thanks to China's reform and opening-up policy, has witnessed great economic and social progress in the past two decades.
4.Withthe(rapid,marked,amazing,eye-catching,remarkable,fantasti[C]development/progress/ growth/advance/improvement of economy/society/industry/living standard, great changes have taken place in...
5. At the mercy of the ever-accelerated updating of science and technology, there are rapid changes in all aspects of our everyday life.
6. with the arrival/advent of the invention of.../the information age/the 21st century/the economy age
7. We are now entering a brand new era. The 21st century is a time of advanced scientific and technological knowledge.
8. The human race has entered a completely new stage in its history. We have just crossed the threshold of the 21st century and the curtain of the new millennium is slowly rising.
9. We are blessed with new opportunities and faced with new challenges.
10. With the increasingly more rapidly economic globalization and urbanization, more problems are brought to our attention.
11.as...develops
12. along with the development of ..., more and more.....
13. In the past few years, there has been a sharp growth boom/decline in....
14, with the steady growth in the country's economy as well as the people' living standard,
15.as living tempo/pace quickens,
