Promoting energy and resources savings is a priority and should
be viewed as one of the basic guiding principles for governments,
present and future, President Hu Jintao
said.
Hu was speaking at a collective study meeting of the Political
Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in
Beijing on Monday.
"We should follow the path that is tech-intensive, cost-effective,
low pollution and where people can exercise their capabilities," Hu
added.
Hu said that first, China should adjust its economic structure and
shift its economic growth through the introduction of advanced
technologies and promote the development of high- and-new tech
industries. Further, China's growth mode must shift from high
investment, high consumption, high pollution and low
efficiency.
Second, China should accelerate the process of building a
technology support system for energy and other resources, and
enhance the study of important technologies that have a positive
impact on the developmental direction of the two industries.
Third, Hu said, the current consumption structure should be
optimized through promoting cost and resource-saving technologies
and methods.
He also urged the country to promote a recycling economy.
According to Hu, governmental and policy guidance should also be
enhanced. Relevant laws and regulations therefore need to be put in
place.
"We should also promote public awareness, especially among the
young, so that the saving of energy and resources becomes a
voluntary action by all citizens," Hu added.
(Xinhua News Agency June 29, 2005)