Premier Wen Jiabao has reiterated the importance of the
macro-economic control policy and pledged to further consolidate
the achievements of the macro-economic control and realize the
preset targets for 2004.
Between August 5-8, the premier visited a number of cities in
Sichuan Province, southwest China, to meet local villagers, factory
workers, scientists and urban residents.
On August 5, the premier paid a visit to the ancestral house of
late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997) in Guang'an City, to
mark the 100th anniversary of Deng's birth, which falls on Aug.
22.
Deng is known as "the chief architect of China's reform, opening
and modernization drive," said Wen, who is also a member of the
Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee Political Bureau.
On August 7, Wen presided over a meeting, in Chengdu, the
provincial capital of Sichuan, with leading officials of the
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chongqing Municipality, and
Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.
At the meeting, the premier said China's current economic situation
is good, in general, and the central government's macro-economic
control policies and measures are being implemented step by step
and have been fruitful. But the macro-economic control is in its
crucial stage, he said, calling for ceaseless efforts to accomplish
the work of various kinds.
In the second half of this year, the government will
substantially strengthen the agricultural sector to increase grain
production and farmers' income; further curb the rampant growth of
investment and optimize the investment structure; strengthen the
readjustment of economic operation to ease tension in the
industries of coal, power, oil and transport; continue the economic
restructuring by deepening state enterprise reform and promote the
development of private sector; and deal with protruding issues that
have a bearing on the interests of the people, to maintain social
stability.
(Xinhua News Agency August 9, 2004)
