BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhuanet) ¨C Only when poor areas become prosperous
will China be able to achieve common prosperity and move closer to achieving the
goal of building a well-off society, according to Mu Tao, a lawmaker from
northwest China¡¯s Gansu Province.
Mu, a
24-year-old deputy of the Dongxiang ethnic group to the National People¡¯s
Congress, said that Dongxiang people are being greatly encouraged by the policy
on developing western China.
She said, ¡°In
my view, in pursuing that policy, Gansu Province must, first and foremost, seize
the opportunity to develop poor areas.¡±
She said, ¡°The
Dongxiang Autonomous County and some other undeveloped areas in Gansu are now
growing slowly, with the result that some children still cannot afford
schooling. I think that the government should spend more on education to enable
the children in poor areas to go to school.¡±
¡°Only this way
will we be able to speed up economic growth and achieve prosperity soon,¡± she
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