¡¡¡¡10. Continuing to implement the strategy of rejuvenating China through
science, technology and education and the strategy of sustainable development,
and promoting comprehensive progress in all social undertakings. We will devote
more resources to science, technology and education. We will strengthen basic
research and high-tech research and continue to implement the March 1986
High-Tech Program, the March 1997 Program on Basic Research and other major
scientific and technological programs as well as specific national scientific
development projects. We will promote the establishment of a national innovation
system and acquire core technologies and proprietary intellectual property
rights in key areas and certain frontier areas of scientific and technological
development. We will strengthen infrastructure development for science and
technology and deepen the reform of their management system. We will establish
an incentive-based system for scientificand technological innovation, attract
highly qualified professionals from abroad and encourage overseas Chinese
students to return and pursue careers in China. We will increase research in
philosophy and other social sciences. More efforts will be made to disseminate
science and technology among the public. We will vigorously develop education
and promote competence-oriented education. We will pay close attention to and
strengthen elementary education, and we will work hard to make nine-year
compulsory education universally available and to eliminate illiteracy among
young and middle-aged people in poverty-stricken and ethnic minority areas.
Distance education projects will be implemented in rural primary and secondary
schools. Work will continue to renovate dilapidated primary and secondary school
buildings and develop the infrastructure necessary for the increased enrollment
of students in key senior secondary schools. We will pay particular attention to
improving the quality of higher education. We will continue implementing the
second phase of the 211 Project for Higher Education and accelerate the process
of outsourcing college support services to independent service providers. Plans
call for the enrollment of 3.35 million undergraduate students and 270,000
graduate students in regular institutions of higher learning in 2003. We will
fully implement the Law on Promoting Privately Run Schools. We will
progressively strengthen vocational, technical and adult education and improve
the system of lifelong education. The basic state policies of family planning,
environmental protection and resource conservation will be adhered to. We will
keep the birthrate low, confining the natural population growth rate to 7.5. We
will increase funding for controlling environmental pollution and conserving
natural resources, rationally develop and effectively utilize resources, and
comprehensively improve land and resources.We will quickly increase reserves of
petroleum and other strategic resources. We will strictly control the volume of
pollutants discharged by means of comprehensive management and the use of
pollution discharge permits. We will strengthen measures to prevent and control
water pollution in major river valleys, in the area of the Three Gorges
Reservoir and along the routes of the south-north water diversion project. We
will intensify our efforts to prevent and control pollution in areas that are
sources of sulfur dioxide and acid rain. We will increase the proportion of
urban sewage and garbage that are treated an d improve the level of treatment.
¡¡¡¡Socialist spiritual civilization will be promoted. We will foster and
develop a national spirit centering on patriotism and promote the development of
culture, health, sports, radio, film, TV, the press and publishing. We will put
more resources into the development of public cultural facilities and expand the
area of radio and TV reception. Cultural relics will be better protected. We
will energetically promote urban pilot reforms of the basic medical insurance
system for urban employees, the medical and public health systems, and the
system for producing and distributing medicines. A new cooperative medical
system will be gradually set up and improved in rural areas. We will continue to
improve the system for prevention and control of diseases. Good preparation will
be made for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and for the 2010 World Exposition
in Shanghai.
¡¡¡¡III. Working Hard Together with a Pioneering Spirit to Make Fresh
Progress in Developing a Well-off Society in an All-Round Way
¡¡¡¡The target of building a well-off society in an all-round way was set at
the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China. This is a
long-term strategic task of ours and, at the same time, the point of departure
and focus of our economic work this year. The key to attaining this target is to
give top priority to development in governing and rejuvenating the country in
accordance with the requirements of the important thought of Three Represents.
We must concentrate on construction and development. We must use development to
resolve difficulties and problems that may arise in our way forward. We must
come up with new ideas for development, make breakthroughs in reform, break new
ground in opening up and take new moves in all fields of endeavor.
¡¡¡¡To come up with new ideas for development, we must energetically promote
the strategic restructuring of the economy, rely on scientific and technological
advances and improvement in the overall quality of the work force, and balance
the pace of development with the economic structure and the quality and
efficiency of economic growth. In response to the call to build a well-off
society in an all-round way, we need to make great efforts to adjust the
urban-rural, regional and industrial structures to reverse the trend of widening
differences between industry and agriculture, between urban and rural areas and
between regions. We need to make unified plans for both urban and rural economic
and social development in order to modernize agriculture and speed up
urbanization. We must unremittingly promote development of the western region
and bring about coordinated development of the eastern, central and western
economies. We must take a new road in which IT drives industrialization, and
industrialization, in turn, stimulates the application of IT. We will optimize
and update the industrial structure to create an industrial pattern with high
and new technology industries as the leader, with basic and manufacturing
industries as the linchpin, and with service industries developing in an
all-round way. We must strengthen our capability for sustainable development to
ensure harmony between man and nature. The key to making new breakthroughs in
reform is to improve the basic economic system, promote market-oriented reform,
work persistently to eliminate institutional obstacles to development of the
productive forces, and accelerate innovation in systems and mechanisms. We will
unwaveringly consolidate and develop the public sector of the economy and
encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public sectors,
integrating both in the socialist modernization drive. The basic role of the
market in allocating resources will be expanded. A unified, open modern market
system that ensures orderly competition will be establishedand improved to
create an environment in which enterprises under all types of ownership can
engage in fair competition. Macroeconomic regulation will be strengthened and
improved. We will perfect the macroeconomic regulatory system that integrates
state planning with fiscal and monetary policies and utilize all economic levers
jointly to regulate the economy.
¡¡¡¡To break new ground in opening up, we need to both "bring in" and "go
global" and participate in international economic and technological cooperation
and competition on a broader scale, in more areas and at a higher level. By
fully exploiting China's comparative advantages in labor resources and market,
we will create a better investment environment to attract more foreign
investment. In addition, utilization of foreign capital will be combined with
the economic restructuring, reorganization and technological upgrading of
state-owned enterprises and development of the western region. We will
constantly improve the quality and level of the utilization of foreign capital.
The material and technological foundation, channels for exchange with foreign
countries and useful lessons acquired in the process of "bringing in" will be
fully utilized to encourage and support relatively strong enterprises under all
types of ownership to invest abroad, thereby stimulating export of goods and
labor services and creating more room for economic growth. A group of strong
multinational enterprises and name brands will be developed, and Chinese
enterprises will be made more competitive internationally.To take new moves in
all fields of endeavor, we will mainly make our work a success, focusing on
deepening reform, accelerating development and safeguarding stability. We must
do a good job in macroeconomic regulation and in economic monitoring and early
warning to promptly pinpoint and solve major problems affecting the overall
interests of the nation, or representing or indicative of unfavorable trends, so
as to ensure smooth operations and sound development of the economy. We will
work energetically to discover the laws governing macroeconomic regulation and
seek effective ways to strengthen and improve macroeconomic regulation.
Macroeconomic regulatory authorities must remain modest, prudent and free from
conceit and impetuosity and preserve plain living and hard struggle in their
work style. They must work earnestly to fulfill their duties, solve prominent
problems in economic activities and advance the interests of the overwhelming
majority of our people. We must willingly subject ourselves to the oversight and
guidance of the National People's Congress, and conscientiously heed opinions
and suggestions from the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference. We must increase our awareness of the law and enhance
our ability to act in accordance with it, never forgetting that weare obligated
to serve the people as public servants. We must continue to perform our official
duties legally, diligently, honestly and devotedly, and constantly improve the
quality and efficiency of our work.
¡¡¡¡Fellow Deputies,
¡¡¡¡Successfully carrying out the economic work for this year will be an
arduous task, but one of great significance. We must act in accordance with the
requirements set at the Sixteenth National Congress of the Party and follow the
leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Hu Jintao as General
Secretary and the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of
Three Represents. We must keep up with the times and work hard with a pioneering
and innovative spirit, take advantage of the favorable situation to make
progress, strive to complete all the tasks for national economic and social
development in 2003 and take fresh steps in building a well-off society in an
all-round way. Enditem
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