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Chinese President Jiang Zemin called for the display of the
pioneering and innovative spirit in advancing the cause of the
Party and the State.
Joining panel discussions of deputies from Hubei and Jilin
provinces at the ongoing first session of the 10th National
People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, Wednesday,
President Jiang said: "We must constantly make new discoveries, new
inventions and new creations in the new stage of development in the
new century."
Jiang repeated his call for blazing a new trail in
industrialization while earnestly implementing the strategy of
rejuvenating the nation and realizing a sustainable development by
relying on the advancement of science and technology.
He
stressed the necessity of giving priority to the development of
agriculture and the rural economy and the well-being of
farmers.
He
called for more attention to institutional construction and
innovation on the basis of summing up successful experience of
reform and economic development, which, he said, is of vital
importance in securing prosperity and long-term stability of the
country.
The Chinese President also expressed confidence that as long as the
entire Party and all Chinese people closely rally round the Party
Central Committee with Hu Jintao as its general secretary, work
hard in a down-to-earth manner and live simply, socialism with
Chinese characteristics would develop faster and better.
(Xinhua News Agency March 13, 2003)
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