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Li Xiaofeng, 51, a newly-elected Chinese lawmaker from southwest
China's Chongqing Municipality, has pledged to broaden his vision
from the industry with which he has been concerned for a long time
to China's overall economic and social development.
Li, who has been serving as the director of the Chongqing TV
Station since 1997, said, "I have been keenly aware of the heavy
responsibility I am shouldering since I was elected as a deputy to
the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's
legislature."
He
said that the first issues he pays close attention is the reform of
the governmental system. He noted that the absence of the reform
would make it impossible to invigorate the state machine, would
lead to corruption easily and increase people's financial burdens
as well.
The second issue he pays great attention is to solve the problem of
the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor while
maintaining an appropriate economic growth rate.
Li
said as a NPC deputy, what he has heard the most is how to ensure
the impartiality of income distribution. "It is quite normal to
have the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor in the
primary phase of socialism in China," he said, adding that the
government should prevent the gap from widening by using the
macro-economic policy to exercise regulation. "Only this way will
it be possible to ensure social stability and enable the entire
people to see the prospects of development and enjoy the tangible
benefits brought by reforms," he said.
The third issue he pays close attention is the issue of agriculture
and farmers. As a leading official working at the county level for
a decade, He has a good understanding of grasss-root units and
farmers. He said the problems calling for urgent solutions include
farmers' excessively heavy financial burdens and insufficient
inputs in the farming sector.
Li
said that as a NPC deputy, he will give priority to these issues in
discussing the government work report, air his views freely and
cast his votes carefully.
(Xinhua News Agency March 1, 2003)
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