Chinese President Hu Jintao stresses on
Wednesday that the nation must draw lessons from this year's severe winter
weather crisis and be on guard against similar risks while joining the
discussion of Jiangsu deputies.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao said on Wednesday that the nation must draw lessons from this year's
severe winter weather crisis and be on guard against similar risks.
The deep freeze and snow chaos that hit eastern,
central and southern China starting in mid January rang an alarm, said Hu while
joining his fellow deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) -- the
country's top legislature -- from the eastern Jiangsu Province.
"The more advanced our society and economy, the more
we have to be prepared for and be on guard against such risks," he told the
national legislators.
To be prepared for danger in times of safety would
help China withstand trials, overcome hardships and record new victories in
building a moderately prosperous society, said Hu, who is also general secretary
of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The president said he "fully agreed" to Premier Wen
Jiabao's report delivered on Wednesday morning to nearly 3,000 legislators and
more than 2,000 political advisors at the opening meeting of the NPC annual
session.
While deliberating Wen's report together with the
Jiangsu deputies, Hu stressed China should earnestly put into practice the
Scientific Outlook on Development, promote a conservation culture and boost a
sound and rapid development for the economy.
"We must concentrate on economic construction and
pursue development whole-heartedly. At the same time, we must ensure a
comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development," he said.
The Scientific Outlook on Development has been a new
doctrine of the CPC that stresses sustainable economic growth and harmony
between man and the nature. It was inscribed in the CPC Constitution at the 17th
National Congress of the CPC that ended on Oct. 21, 2007.
China has achieved outstanding progress in economic
development since 1978 when the country initiated the policy of reform and
opening up, but at the cost of environment, energy and resources.
Some major pollution incidents have left bitter
memories for Chinese, such as chemical pollution of the Songhua River in
northeast China in November 2005 after a chemical plant explosion and the
blue-green algae outbreak in the Taihu Lake in Wuxi, Jiangsu last May. Both
incidents caused days of water cuts for millions of residents.
"We must build a resource-efficient and
environment-friendly society, and further promote the awareness of conservation
among the general public," Hu said.
The president also underscored the significance of
the reform and opening up for the past three decades, saying that China could
not have scored huge economic achievements, greatly improved people's livelihood
and increased the overall national strength without implementation of the
policy.
"Today, if we want to resolve the deep-seated
problems that constrain China's social and economic development, if we want to
realize scientific development, we must unswervingly continue to reform and open
up," Hu said.
Other top Chinese leaders including Wu Bangguo, Jia
Qinglin, Li Changchun and Xi Jinping also joined deliberations of NPC
delegations from Anhui, Beijing, Sichuan and Shanghai respectively on Wednesday.
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Top Chinese leaders including top legislator Wu Bangguo deliberated the government work report on Wednesday together with the country's lawmakers at the parliamentary session in Beijing.
Top political advisor Jia Qinglin and Communist Party of China (CPC) leaders Li Changchun and Xi Jinping also deliberated the report with deputies to the 11th National People's Congress (NPC). Full story
