Wen urges delegates to focus on growth and reform, battle graft
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November 10, 2012, Saturday
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China must maintain a steady and relatively fast economic growth and push forward reform and economic restructuring to avoid unstable and unsustainable economic development, Premier Wen Jiabao told delegates from Tianjin at the ongoing 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
He said increasing people's income, fighting corruption and building the Party were the focal tasks that has to be addressed in the next five years, adding that the repercussions of the international financial crisis will linger for a few years.
He also stressed that the political structural reform must be advanced simultaneously so as to improve democracy, safeguard social justice and fairness, protect the freedom and equal rights of the people.
"In the next five years or beyond, people will be very much concerned about some issues that need our special attention," he said on Thursday.
First, he said, efforts must be made to increase the income of urban and rural residents, improve the social security system, further narrow urban-rural and regional disparities and address unfairness in income distribution.
Secondly, priority must be given to the corruption fight because it was a matter of life or death to the Party and the country. To this end, institutional building should be strengthened to uproot graft and promote officials' integrity and clean government.
Thirdly, it was the Party that shouldered the greatest responsibility for China's future.
So "we should make special efforts to consolidate and improve the Party's leadership, enhance democracy, optimize the legal system and practice the rule of law," he said.
"China faces quite a lot of problems, especially the arduous task in reform and development. But I think the three aspects mentioned above are of great significance and pressing," Wen said.
Immediate tasks facing the incumbent government is to stabilize the Chinese economy and constitute reform plans on income distribution and compensation for expropriated rural collective lands, Wen said.
He said increasing people's income, fighting corruption and building the Party were the focal tasks that has to be addressed in the next five years, adding that the repercussions of the international financial crisis will linger for a few years.
He also stressed that the political structural reform must be advanced simultaneously so as to improve democracy, safeguard social justice and fairness, protect the freedom and equal rights of the people.
"In the next five years or beyond, people will be very much concerned about some issues that need our special attention," he said on Thursday.
First, he said, efforts must be made to increase the income of urban and rural residents, improve the social security system, further narrow urban-rural and regional disparities and address unfairness in income distribution.
Secondly, priority must be given to the corruption fight because it was a matter of life or death to the Party and the country. To this end, institutional building should be strengthened to uproot graft and promote officials' integrity and clean government.
Thirdly, it was the Party that shouldered the greatest responsibility for China's future.
So "we should make special efforts to consolidate and improve the Party's leadership, enhance democracy, optimize the legal system and practice the rule of law," he said.
"China faces quite a lot of problems, especially the arduous task in reform and development. But I think the three aspects mentioned above are of great significance and pressing," Wen said.
Immediate tasks facing the incumbent government is to stabilize the Chinese economy and constitute reform plans on income distribution and compensation for expropriated rural collective lands, Wen said.
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