The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and
the State Council jointly held the Central Economic Work Conference
on December 5-7, 2006 in Beijing.
President Hu Jintao, who is also general secretary of the CPC
Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission,
made an important speech at the conference. On the basis of a
comprehensive analysis of the current domestic economic situation
and international economic environment, President Hu put forward
the guidelines and overall requirements for the economic work in
2007 and also elaborated on the principles and major tasks to be
fulfilled for the success of the economic work. Premier Wen Jiabao
made detailed arrangements for the goals, tasks and relevant big
issues for the economic work in 2007.
The conference said that in 2006–the first year of the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), China
made new achievements in economic, political, cultural and social
fields and in Party construction by holding high the great banner
of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of the "Three
Represents," fully putting into practice the scientific outlook on
development and carefully implementing the 11th Five-Year Plan.
China's defense and military modernization kept going on.
Considering the new situations, new problems and striking
contradictions in the process of China's economic and social
development, the country continued to strengthen and improve macro
control and push forward reform and opening up, which has
contributed to improved conditions and environment for further
development and better development trend. Forging ahead along the
course set under macro-control policies, China maintained a rapid
economic development and kept its consumer prices at a low
level.
The year of 2006 witnessed great progress in China's economic
development, which is a good start for the 11th Five-Year Plan
period. The national economic development kept a stable and fast
pace while the work on building a socialist new countryside was
going forward in a solid way.
The country sped up the pace of industrial restructuring and
made more efforts to encourage innovation in all walks of life.
With new progress achieved in the reforms in some major and key
areas, China also further opened itself to the outside world. In
general, through joint efforts by the whole Party and people of all
ethnic groups, China's economic strength and comprehensive national
strength have been further enhanced, with a rising international
influence and improved living conditions for the people. All the
achievements are evidences for progress in the understanding and
implementation of the scientific outlook on development. In
addition, China has accelerated development of social undertakings,
such as education, health care and social welfare, remarkably
improving the people's living standard.
Despite the achievements, the conference stressed it is of vital
importance to be aware of the striking conflictions and problems in
the process of economic and social development, especially major
issues that may affect the overall development of the country.
People must develop a full understanding of system and
mechanism-related conflicts and of new situations and problems in
the process of development, must be mindful of potential risks and
try to do the work well. Based on previous years' experience and
taking into consideration of the new economic and social
situations, there have been some new consensuses on implementing
the scientific outlook on development: People must have an in-depth
understanding that a sound and rapid development is the essential
requirement of the scientific outlook on development, must always
put the issues concerning agriculture, rural areas and farmers at a
prominent position of the overall economic development, must spare
no effort to promote the overall balance of the economy while
optimizing its structure, must regard the balance of international
payments as an important objective in maintaining macro economic
stability, must keep strengthening the incentive and restrictive
mechanisms in enterprises and must stick to promoting the
coordinated economic and social development. In a word, efforts
must be doubled to deepen the understanding of the scientific
outlook on development, enrich its connotation, improve the
policies for its implementation and create a new situation for the
scientific development.
The conference said that the overall international economic
environment has offered excellent opportunities and also posed
severe challenges to China's development but on the whole
opportunities surpass challenges. It called on the Chinese people
to concentrate on the country's construction and development by
seizing the opportune opportunities presented by economic
globalization and international industrial restructuring and
transfer, persisting in the policy of reform and opening up,
carrying on with the mutually beneficial opening-up strategy,
developing cooperative relationship with all countries and
expanding economic and trade cooperation with the rest of the
world.
The conference pointed out that 2007 is a crucial year for the
implementation of the scientific outlook on development and for the
building of a socialist harmonious society. Excellent economic work
matters a lot to maintain a sound economic and social development
momentum and for the impendent 17th CPC National Congress. The
major requirements for the economic work in 2007 are as follows:
Following the guidance of the Deng Xiaoping Theory and the
important thought of the "Three Represents," and thoroughly
implementing the guidelines of the 16th CPC National Congress and
spirits of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth plenums of the 16th
CPC Central Committee, the whole country should make efforts to
comprehensively implement the scientific outlook on development,
accelerate the building of a socialist harmonious society,
continuously strengthen and improve macro control and push forward
economic restructuring and the transformation of economic growth
mode. Efforts should also be made to promote energy conservation
and environmental protection, to speed up reform and opening up and
scientific and technological innovation, and to accelerate social
development and improve people's living standard. The whole nation
should focus on realizing a healthy and fast economic growth along
a scientific development path so as to create a sound environment
for the 17th CPC National Congress. This general requirement
demands a thorough implementation of the scientific outlook on
development in promoting economic and social development. Efforts
should be made to coordinate the relationship among speed, quality
and efficiency, among consumption, investment and export and among
population, resources and environment to achieve the sound and
rapid development in the real sense.
(China.org.cn)