2015 is shaping up to be a great year. New Horizons visits Pluto and the Dawn probe visits Ceres. Two dwarf planets in one year, when we've never visited a single one before.
Whether it is or not doesn't really matter. The Chinese economy has been doubling every 10 years or so since 1980. So if it isn't the world's #1 now, it very soon will be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons#Jovian_moons