Premier Zhu Rongji said Tuesday that the principal task of this year's economic work is to promote China's agricultural sector and improve farmers' incomes.
He pledged that the country will continue its current stable monetary policy and proactive fiscal policy, further deepen the reform of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs), and accelerate the pace of perfecting China's social insurance system, so as to better prepare for the implementation of the country's Tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-2005).
The premier made the remarks at a meeting on China's current economic situation, which was jointly sponsored by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee and the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Wang Zhaoguo, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and head of United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting, which was attended by more than 3,000 people, including senior government officials, non-communist party representatives, as well as scientists and technicians.
(Xinhua 02/20/2001)
