China's just concluded economic conference identified five major
problems in the national economy in a bid to better steer the
country's economic growth in the coming year.
The three-day Central Economic Work Conference that ends on
Wednesday cited overheating risks, inflation pressure, a weak
agriculture sector, arduous energy conservation and emission
reduction tasks and prominent issues on welfare of the general
public as key concerns of Chinese authorities.
"We need to pay great attention to these problems and solve them
in a timely manner," the meeting said.
It emphasized that it would be of great significance to properly
guide the national economy in 2008, which is the first year for
China to implement policies mapped out at the 17th National
Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), during which the
country's new leadership was selected.
China will host the Olympic Games in August next year, for which
the government is going all out in preparation to guarantee the
success of the major event.
The meeting has also outlined policies to be adopted to ensure
problems could be properly solved, such as the prevention of
overheating economy and guarding against a shift from structural
price rises to evident inflation.
(Xinhua News Agency December 6, 2007)
