In 2014，the political situation remained stable in Ecuador. But the opposition forces were enhanced in municipal elections，which spurred the president，Rafael Correa，to intensify political control. Correa proposed to allow indefinite reelection of presidents，which led to strong response of the opposition forces. The whole year’s GDP growth rate dropped to 4% in 2014 due to a slowdown in economic activities. The stable economic situation and increasing social spending resulted in improvements of various social indicators，but many mass protests erupted due to the dissatisfaction with the government’ natural resource development and labor policies on some social sectors. China-Ecuador relations continued to deepen.