I know not everyone is interested in
following China and/or Asian threads, but note paragraphs 3 - 5 below about
personal income and Taiwan from the China Daily website. Also check out info re: ASEAN agreement
earlier this week @ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5382-2002Nov4.html. KWC
Jiang:
China to quadruple GDP in 2020 from 2000
(November
08,2002 )(chinadaily.com.cn)
By the
year 2020, China will become a "well-off society" in an all-around way when
the country's GDP is quadrupled from that of 2000, and its overall national
strength and international competitiveness will increase markedly, General
Secretary of the Communist Party of China Jiang Zemin told the Party's 16th
Congress in Beijing Friday.
In his
report, Jiang also urged the whole party to implement the "three represents"
theory, and made clear that the Party's door is open to the private
entrepreneurs. He said that it is
essential to bring all positive factors into full play and bring new forces to
the "great cause of rejuvenating the Chinese nation".
Jiang,
who is also China's president, said: ``All
legitimate income, from work or not, should be protected. It is improper to
judge whether people are politically progressive or backward simply by whether
they own property or how much property they own. But rather, we should judge them
mainly by their political awareness, state of mind and performance, by how
they have acquired and used their property."
In
the report, Jiang also said Taiwan's future lies in the reunification with the
mainland. He appealed to Taiwan
authorities: On the basis of one-China principle, let us shelve for now
certain political disputes and resume the cross-straits dialogue and
negotiations as soon as possible.
On the premise of one-China principle, all issues can be discussed.
Jiang
suggested that the two sides of the Taiwan Straits discuss how to end their
hostility formally, discuss the international space in which the Taiwan region
may conduct economic, cultural and social activities compatible with its
status, or discuss the political status of Taiwan authorities or any other
issues.
Speaking
to China's economic objectives in the next 20-50 years, Jiang said China has
attained the targets of the first two steps of a "3-step" strategy for its
modernization drive, and by and large, the people have generally become
well-off.
But
how to become better-off, Jiang urged the country and Party to gear up efforts
in the first 20 years of the new century in order to realize the "third step"
target of modernization by 2050, when Chinese people's average living
standards meet that of the advanced countries in the world.
Jiang
said that China and the Party should continue to centre on economic
development and strengthen economic system restructuring, which include taking
on a new road to industrialization, sticking to rejuvenating China through
science and education, speeding up urbanization, advancing western region
development, deepening reform of state property management, improving market
system, income distribution system, social security system and doing a better
job in opening-up.
With
regard to international situation and China's external affairs work, Jiang
said China will continue to pursue the independent foreign policy of peace,
and stand for establishing a new world political and economic order that is
fair and rational, and fighting terrorism of all forms.
Jiang
said that China oppose all forms of hegemonism and power politics, and
promised that China will never seek hegemony and never go in for expansion.
http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/2002-11-08/93050.html
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