China will stick to its people-centered policy in its new
approach to development, said Chinese State Councilor Hua Jianmin
on Thursday.
The Chinese government is currently focusing on four areas:
promoting economic growth, conserving energy, tackling agricultural
and rural problems and encouraging innovation, Hua told a session
of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland.
China's economy grew 10.7 percent in 2006 with low inflation, he
said, adding that the economy is expected to maintain an impressive
growth in 2007.
He said, however, the Chinese government will put efficiency
before speed and seek "to build a resources-efficient and
environment-friendly society."
By 2010, China will cut energy consumption of per unit of gross
domestic product (GDP) by about 20 percent, reduce emissions of
major pollutants by 10 percent and increase the recycle rate of
industrial solid waste to 60 percent, he said.
As the rural population accounts for over half of China's total
population, he pledged the Chinese government "will continue to
strive for coordinated development between rural and urban areas,
and follow the principle of industry nurturing agriculture and
cities supporting the countryside."
To support agricultural development, promote rural prosperity
and increase rural income are top priorities on China's
modernization agenda, said Hua.
(Xinhua News Agency January 26, 2007)
