Home » Opinion » Chinese Views
Lawmakers and advisers to debate tough issues
Source: Xinhua |
February 24, 2012, Friday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
CHINA'S legislators and political advisers begin their annual sessions in early March, discussing a wide range of issues against the backdrop of complicated circumstances both at home and abroad.
This year's sessions of the top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and the advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, are of particular significance, since they will be held just ahead of the 18th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC). The CPC congress, slated for the second half of this year, will bring with it a power transition to the country's new generation of leaders.
Stability will be prioritized in this crucial year. Yet China still pins a great deal of hope to economic growth to further its development across the board.
China overtook Japan in 2011 to become the world's second-largest economy after the United States, with a brisk annual growth of 9.2 percent.
However, uncertainty has continued to linger over China's economy, with growth slowing down and inflation increasing.
China aims to sustain the country's economic expansion without undermining its efforts to control inflation. The central bank recently announced a cut for banks' reserve requirements to fuel lending and bolster economic growth at a time of weak external demand.
The bank has warned that it will maintain a prudent monetary policy, as the country faces pressure in supporting growth and containing inflation.
Meanwhile, a series of other old and new problems, in short-term and in long-term, have compounded the difficulties that China is facing.
China is battered by a slumping overseas demand mainly due to the European sovereign debt crisis. Also, a slowdown of investment in the fixed assets amid real estate woes will apply the brakes to one of China's growth engines.
Moreover, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, along with urban-rural and regional discrepancies, is resulting in more social tensions.
"China is facing a tough situation, much more complicated than in 2008, when the world was hit by the financial crisis," said Zhang Liqun, a research fellow at the Development Research Center of the State Council, or China's cabinet.
Positive signals from the annual session are expected to boost confidence in China, since the world is still mired in the economic downturn, which has cast a shadow over China's own performance.
In spite of difficulties, China is still endowed with good opportunities to further its development.
The global financial crisis has, in turn, helped spur demand in the nation for innovation and for transformation of the economic growth mode that used to rely heavily on investment and export.
And China's widening urbanization and deepening agricultural modernization are creating new growth areas.
Most important, China's reforms and opening-up have gained wide support among its people, laying a solid foundation for continued social and political stability and economic prosperity.
China is seeking to deepen its reforms not only in the economic arena, but also in fields that are closely related to the welfare of the population.
The two sessions, where proposals from people of all walks of life will be collected, will once again demonstrate the wisdom of China's people.
This year's sessions of the top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), and the advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, are of particular significance, since they will be held just ahead of the 18th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC). The CPC congress, slated for the second half of this year, will bring with it a power transition to the country's new generation of leaders.
Stability will be prioritized in this crucial year. Yet China still pins a great deal of hope to economic growth to further its development across the board.
China overtook Japan in 2011 to become the world's second-largest economy after the United States, with a brisk annual growth of 9.2 percent.
However, uncertainty has continued to linger over China's economy, with growth slowing down and inflation increasing.
China aims to sustain the country's economic expansion without undermining its efforts to control inflation. The central bank recently announced a cut for banks' reserve requirements to fuel lending and bolster economic growth at a time of weak external demand.
The bank has warned that it will maintain a prudent monetary policy, as the country faces pressure in supporting growth and containing inflation.
Meanwhile, a series of other old and new problems, in short-term and in long-term, have compounded the difficulties that China is facing.
China is battered by a slumping overseas demand mainly due to the European sovereign debt crisis. Also, a slowdown of investment in the fixed assets amid real estate woes will apply the brakes to one of China's growth engines.
Moreover, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, along with urban-rural and regional discrepancies, is resulting in more social tensions.
"China is facing a tough situation, much more complicated than in 2008, when the world was hit by the financial crisis," said Zhang Liqun, a research fellow at the Development Research Center of the State Council, or China's cabinet.
Positive signals from the annual session are expected to boost confidence in China, since the world is still mired in the economic downturn, which has cast a shadow over China's own performance.
In spite of difficulties, China is still endowed with good opportunities to further its development.
The global financial crisis has, in turn, helped spur demand in the nation for innovation and for transformation of the economic growth mode that used to rely heavily on investment and export.
And China's widening urbanization and deepening agricultural modernization are creating new growth areas.
Most important, China's reforms and opening-up have gained wide support among its people, laying a solid foundation for continued social and political stability and economic prosperity.
China is seeking to deepen its reforms not only in the economic arena, but also in fields that are closely related to the welfare of the population.
The two sessions, where proposals from people of all walks of life will be collected, will once again demonstrate the wisdom of China's people.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
