Premier Zhu Rongji said Tuesday, December 19, that China will
seek opportunities for a faster economic growth in the year
of 2001.
Speaking at a meeting
attended by officials from the Publicity Department of the
Central Committee of Communist Party of China, Party School
of the CPC Central Committee, General Political Department
of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and other departments,
the premier said China will push ahead with reform and development
while managing to maintain social stability.
Zhu Rongji said
China will further stimulate domestic demand and adopt a pro-active
fiscal policy and a stable monetary policy.
He stressed that
the year of 2001 will be the first year in the new millennium
for China to implement the country's 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-2005).
It is a crucial year for China to maintain an upbeat growth
momentum and at the same time for deepening restructure reform
and opening wider to the outside world, he said.
China's national
economy has witnessed an important and favorable turn this
year which indicates that China had overcome difficulties
brought about by the Asian financial crisis, he said.
(People's Daily
12/19/2000)
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