A senior official said Saturday that China will reinforce its
efforts in four aspects to narrow the gap between rural and urban
areas.
Wang Chunzheng, vice minister of the State Development Planning
Commission, told a press conference that the disparity of
development between rural and urban areas is a critical issue that
China has to face in its economic and social development, adding
that solving the issue will have to go through a fairly arduous
procedure.
This year the government will make efforts in four aspects to
narrow the gap:
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Restructuring agricultural products in accordance with market
demand;
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Carrying out taxing and fee charging reforms in the whole country
to alleviate farmers' financial burden;
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Investing more in rural infrastructure construction to improve
farmers' production and living conditions; and
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Continuing to push forward the drive of urbanization to create
conditions for surplus rural labor force to find jobs in towns and
cities.
(Xinhua News Agency March 8, 2003)
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