Party meeting mulls economic work in 2004
( 2003-11-25 11:26) (China Daily)
The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee
held a meeting Monday to discuss next year's economic work and the issue of
fostering skilled people, presided over by General Secretary Hu Jintao.
The participants hailed the country's achievements this year in the reform,
opening and modernization drives, despite the outbreak of severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the occurrence of various natural disasters.
These achievements have laid a good foundation for development next year, they
held.
China has sound conditions for achieving a relatively rapid economic
development, according to the meeting. The participants called for cultivating a
scientific concept of development, which should be comprehensive, coordinated
and sustainable. They also called for deepening reforms in all fields,
rectifying the market order, pushing forward the restructuring of industries and
the coordinated development of regional economies, and speeding up the
development of science, technology, education and public health undertakings.
The state will continue to implement the proactive fiscal policy and prudent
monetary policy, and make timely and proper adjustments in policy priorities to
ensure steady economic growth, they said.
The meeting urged people to be cool-headed amid the present sound economic
situation. It listed a number of existing problems,such as the slow increase in
the income of farmers, the increasing employment pressure, and reckless
investment in some industries.
The participants also called for the implementation of the strategy of
developing the nation by fostering more skilled people. China needs tens of
millions of high-quality workers and specialists, it said.
The meeting decided to hold a central working conference on the economy and a
national conference on the issue of fostering skilled personnel in the near
future.
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