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Communique of CPC Central Committee Plenum
Following is the full text of the
Communique of the Fifth Plenary Session of
the 15th Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China:
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th
Central Committee of the Communist Party
of China was held in Beijing from October
9 to 11.
A total of 183 members and 144 alternate members of
the central committee attended the plenum, with
members of the Standing Committee of the Central
Commission for Discipline Inspection and leading
officials of relevant departments as non-voting
participants.
The plenum was presided over by the Political Bureau
of the central committee. Jiang Zemin, general
secretary of the central committee, made an important
speech at the meeting.
The plenum examined and approved the
Proposal of the Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party for Formulating
the 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-2005) for
National Economic and Social Development.
Premier Zhu Rongji explained the draft
proposal.
The plenum heaped praise on China's
achievements in economic construction and social
development since the start of reform and opening to
the outside world more than 20 years ago, especially
during the 9th Five-Year Plan (1996-2000) period.
Thanks to the concerted efforts by the whole Party
and people of various ethnic groups nationwide,
China's productive force has made remarkable
advances, the shortage in commodity supply has
generally ended, and noteworthy changes have occurred
in the balance between market demand and supply.
The foundation of a socialist market economic system
has been established and the market mechanism is
playing, increasingly markedly, a basic role in the
distribution of resources; this represents a
significant change in the system environment for
China's economic development.
The opening to the outside world has progressed in an
all-around way and the open economy has been growing
rapidly, leading to major changes in foreign economic
relations.
China has successfully realized the first two
strategic objectives in modernizing itself, with the
economy and society developing comprehensively and
people generally living a comfortable life. This
reality is a new milestone in the development history
of the Chinese nation.
The plenum profoundly analyzed the situation both at
home and abroad which China's reform and opening-up
and modernization drive are confronted with on the
threshold of the new century. Plenum participants
held that China will enter a new development stage of
building a well-to-do society in an all-around way
and speeding up modernization.
The next five to ten years will be an important
period for China's economic and social development,
for carrying out strategic readjustment in the
economic structure, and for fine-tuning the socialist
market economic system and expanding opening-up.
The plenum put forward the major objectives for
economic and social development during the 10th
Five-Year Plan period (2001-2005), based on the
arrangements made at the National Congress of the
15th Central Committee of the CPC for China's
modernization in the new century.
The goals are to: maintain a relatively rapid speed
for economic development, make progress in strategic
economic restructuring and considerably improve
economic growth quality and efficiency, in a bid to
lay a solid foundation for doubling the gross
domestic product (GDP) in 2010, compared with that of
2000; make major progress in setting up the modern
enterprise system in state-owned enterprises and a
relatively sound social security system, make
substantial progress in improving the socialist
market economic system, and participate in
international cooperation and competition in a larger
scope and to a deeper extent; widen employment
channels, continuously raise the incomes of residents
in urban and rural areas, considerably improve the
material and cultural life, and strengthen protection
and the eco-system and environment; speed up the
development of science, technology and education in
an effort to further improve people's quality, and
make obvious headway in promoting the ethical and
cultural progress and the democratic and legal
system.
The plenum stressed that to promulgate the 10th
Five-Year Plan and work to complete the
above-mentioned objectives, development must be the
main theme, with economic restructuring as the
masterstroke, reform and opening-up and scientific
and technological progress as the driving forces, and
enhanced living standards as the starting point.
The meeting held that development is the overriding
principle and the key to resolving all problems
facing China. A relatively rapid development speed
must be maintained for solving the contradictions and
problems existing in the economy and society, at a
time when China is facing a new situation, featured
by intensifying economic globalization, swift and
powerful scientific and technological revolutions,
accelerated industrial restructuring, increasingly
fierce international competition, and the arduous
tasks of the country's modernization drive.
Consistent efforts must be made to carry out the
spirit of the 15th CPC National Congress, never waver
on the principle of focusing on economic
construction, seize opportunities and speed up
development in a bid to enhance the country's overall
strength.
Efforts must be focused on improving economic
benefits and restructuring economy strategically in
order to maintain a sustainable, rapid and healthy
economic development, which is a necessary step to
raise the quality of the national economy as a whole,
expand domestic demand, and strengthen international
competitiveness.
Work must be done to optimize the industrial
structure to upgrade China's agriculture, industry
and the service sector for better benefits in an
all-around way. Particular attention should be paid
to strengthening the leading role of agriculture to
guarantee the country's grain security, readjust the
agricultural structure, and make it possible to
increase farmers' incomes continuously.
Measures should be taken to speed up industrial
reorganization and transformation, and raise the
overall quality of China's industry and sharpen its
international competitive edge. Great efforts must be
made to develop the service sector to substantially
expand its share in the national economy.
To continue the industrialization process is a
difficult and historical task in China's
modernization drive, and to vigorously promote the
construction of information infrastructure for the
country's economic and social development is a
strategic step that affects the modernization in its
entirety. Work should be done to make use of
advantages in strength to realize rapid development
in social productive forces, with information helping
boost industrialization.
The distribution of productive forces should be
rationally readjusted to best carry out the strategy
of developing the western areas of the country, and
steady efforts should be made to promote urbanization
and balanced regional, urban and rural development.
Effort must be intensified to improve infrastructure,
protect the eco-system and environment, and
strengthen control over population and resources so
as to maintain sustainable development.
The plenum agreed that promotion of economic
development and restructuring should rely on
structural and scientific innovation. Reforms should
be deepened to break through the obstacles holding
back productivity.
Large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises should
establish modern enterprise system and strengthen
corporate governance structure so as to become worthy
competitors in the market.
The plenum urged that the readjustment of the
distribution and ownership structure of the
state-owned economy should be promoted, and the
healthy development of the self-employed and
privately-owned businesses, especially those in
technically-oriented firms, be supported, encouraged
and guided.
A unified national market system with fair
competition, standardization and order should be
established and perfected. The government's function
should be further transformed according to the need
of the development of the socialist market economy.
The macro-restructuring and management should be
strengthened and improved.
With the pacing up of the process of entering the
World Trade Organization, China's opening-up policy
has entered a new stage. Steps should be taken to
ensure the country opens to the outside world at
various levels and in wider fields.
Scientific and technological advance is the decisive
factor to enhance a country's comprehensive strength.
The strategy of revitalizing China by relying science
and education should be continued, and active
measures should be taken to promote high-tech
research of strategic importance, develop the
high-tech industry and enhance the sustained
innovative capability of the high-tech industry.
It is a major strategic task to train, attract and
give full play to the role of talented personnel, and
efforts should be made to do a good job of it, and to
vigorously develop human resources, step up the
development of education and build up a huge
contingent of quality talents.
The plenum held that it is both the starting point
and the ultimate goal of economic development to keep
improving the people's living standard. Measures
should be adopted to increase the income for urban
and rural residents, improve their living standards,
and provide social security so that the people can
live and work in peace and contentment.
More job opportunities should be created,
preferential policies will be adopted to encourage
people to find jobs themselves and promote
reemployment in various ways. Work should be done to
deepen the reform of the income distribution system,
standardize the social distribution order, encourage
the participation of capital, technology and other
production factors in the distribution.
A complete social security system is an important
pillar of a socialist market economic system. Efforts
should be done to gradually establish and improve the
basic retirement insurance, medical insurance and
unemployment insurance systems for urban workers and
staff, as well as the minimum living standard for
urban residents, so as to form as soon as possible a
social security system supported by multiple fund
sources, standardized social security regulations and
socialized management and service. The plenum pointed
out that in order to push forward the socialist
modernization, economic growth and comprehensive
social progress must become realities.
The promotion of socialist cultural progress and the
development of a socialist culture with Chinese
characteristics are important elements of the
socialist modernization drive, according to the
plenum.
Therefore, practical efforts should be made to
promote cultural progress, meet the continuously
growing demands of the people in various aspects of
the cultural life, improve the overall quality of the
people and enhance the cohesion of the nation.
According to the plenum, to develop a political
system of socialist democracy, run the state
according to law and build a socialist country under
the rule of law are important goals of the socialist
modernization drive.
As required by the reform of the economic system and
the modernization drive, restructuring of the
political system has to continue, and more efforts
should be made to enhance democracy and the legal
system.
The plenum called for enhancing the democratic
political system, promoting scientific and democratic
decision-making and expanding the people's
participation in political affairs in an orderly way.
The plenum also called for establishing and
perfecting a legal system that is compatible with the
socialist market economy, maintaining orderly markets
and safeguarding fair competition, conducting
administration according to law, enforcing the law as
it is written, and securing judicial justice.
It called for balancing reform, development and
stability, maintaining long-term social stability and
creating favorable conditions for the reform, opening
and modernization drive.
The plenum also called for enhancement of national
defense.
The plenum pointed out that in the new century, China
faces three major tasks -- pushing forward the
modernization drive, realizing reunification of the
motherland, and maintaining world peace and promoting
common development.
The development of the party is the basic guarantee
of the achievement of these goals, according to the
plenum.
The plenum emphasized that according to the
requirements of "three representations" or Jiang
Zemin's instructions on the Party's role, the Party
should strengthen itself ideologically,
organizationally and in its work style in all aspects
so as to enhance its cohesion and combat
effectiveness.
The plenum called for the party to establish a
truth-seeking, practical, straightforward and
diligent work style and oppose formalism and
bureaucratism.
According to the plenum, the Party should insist on
strict discipline of its members and step up the
fight against corruption. When considering the
further development of the socialist cause and the
transition from the old generation to the young, the
Party should strengthen development of the cadres and
leadership at all levels, especially the young
cadres, so as to guarantee the continuity and
progress of building socialism with Chinese
characteristics.
The plenum decided to promote Yue Haiyan, Huang
Zhiquan and Wang Zhengfu, all alternate members of
the CPC Central Committee, to fill vacancies in full
membership of the Committee.
The plenum passed the Report on Examination of the
Problems of Comrade Xu Penghang by the CPC Central
Commission for Discipline Inspection. The plenum
decided to repeal Xu's alternate membership of the
CPC Central Committee and punish him by placing him
on probation for two years.
The plenum called for all members of the Party to
unite closely around the CPC Central Committee with
Jiang Zemin at the core, raise high the great banner
of Deng Xiaoping Thought, keep to the basic line of
the Party, rouse themselves, be enterprising, work in
a down-to-earth manner, unite and lead the people of
all ethnic groups of the country to build a
prosperous, democratic, civilized and modern
socialist country, and see to it that reunification
of the motherland occurs as soon as possible.
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Russia Slams U.S. Congress Resolution on Espionage
Case
The resolution on the case of U.S. businessman Edmond
Pope, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives
Tuesday, is an attempt to interfere in Russia's
internal affairs, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
Wednesday.
The resolution demands the Russian authorities set
free Pope, who is charged with spying in Russia, and
threatens economic sanctions against Russia if it
refuses to do so.
"The noisy minority in the U.S. Congress is again
trying to crudely interfere in Russia's internal
affairs and pressure Russian investigating and
judicial agencies," the ministry said in a statement.
The U.S. action will only damage the mutually
beneficial trade between the two countries, it says.
The pretext for them is very far-fetched, as
irrefutable evidence proves that Pope illegally
collected defense data in Russia, it noted.
The Moscow City Court will launch an inquiry into the
case on October 18. It is the Russian judicial
authorities rather than U.S. congressmen to make a
final judgment in Pope's case, the statement said.
On the same day, Russian State Duma (the lower house
of parliament) Chairman Gennady Seleznyov sharply
criticized the U.S.resolution, calling it "rude
intervention in Russia's criminal-procedural laws."
Dmitri Rogozin, head of the Russian State Duma's
International Affairs Committee described the U.S.
Congress decision as "imprudent" and "gross
interference in the internal affairs of Russia and
open pressure on our judicial system."
"Only the court can decide whether or not Pope is
guilty... If a person, even a U.S. citizen, is
detained by law-enforcement agencies on criminal
charges, a final verdict may be passed only
by the court. Such a practice is common in all
democratic states," a Russian government spokesman
said.
Pope, a former U.S. naval intelligence employee, was
detained in Russia on April 5, while trying to hand
secret drawings of a high-speed torpedo to a Russian
agent recruited by U.S. intelligent services.
Pope's trial is set to begin on October 18, but U.S.
congressmen have demanded that President Bill Clinton
slap economic sanctions on Russia until Pope is
released.
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Yugoslav President-elect Meets China's Ambassador
"Yugoslav-Chinese relations are very important and
bilateral economic cooperation and trade should be
further developed," Vojislav Kostunica,
President-Elect of Yugoslavia, said Wednesday when
meeting Pan Zhanlin, Chinese ambassador to
Yugoslavia.
During the meeting, Pan conveyed Chinese President
Jiang Zemin's congratulations to Kostunica on his
election victory and Kostunica thanked him for it.
President Kostunica said it would be easier for both
Yugoslavia and China to further develop cooperation
in politics, economy and culture, if sanctions
imposed on Yugoslavia were removed.
Referring to Yugoslavia's domestic situation,
Kostunica said, "The top priority should be
normalizing relations between Serbia and Montenegro
and relieving tensions after the presidential
elections so as to establish a federal republic of
Yugoslavia as soon as possible."
Kostunica also expressed his desire to join the
United Nations, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, and the Council of Europe. But
participation in these organizations should not
infringe on the independence and sovereignty of the
state and national dignity of Yugoslavia, he
stressed.
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