Extracts. A Doctoral Student Breaking Away from "Falun Gong" This is a self-account of an ex-practitioner of cultist "Falun Gong". Being a "Falun Gong" practitioner, he had become sadly bigoted and self-opinionated until he finally extricated himself from the mire of the cult. By retelling his nightmare and experiences as a "Falun Gong" practitioner Li has convincingly and penetratingly given a thorough exposition of the true nature of the cult. In this sense, his account is much worth reading. Things may be inconceivable in view of the account done in an abnormal regretful way and the sort of psychology under which he has long been tormented. **** Overseas Chinese in Germany Condemn Falun Gong Cult Overseas Chinese residing in Germany <http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/data/Germany.html> and representatives of Chinese students studying there yesterday expressed their strong indignation over the evil nature of the Falun Gong cult and voiced their support for the correct decision of the Chinese government to ban and strike it. At a forum held here, a participant said that the incident in which some Falun Gong practitioners set themselves on fire on Tian'anmen Square is an act with ulterior political motives committed by Li Hongzhi, the ringleader of the cult, and international anti-China forces. The overseas Chinese in Germany denounced this evil cult and expressed their resolute support to the Chinese government in waging tit-for-tat struggle against the Falun Gong cult. Why is it, some participants asked, that some countries accused the Chinese government of banning and striking this anti-human, anti-society and anti-science Falun Gong Cult? Because they do not want to see China moving toward prosperity. The Falun Gong cult has become a tool of anti-China forces in interfering in China's internal affairs, Li Qichang told the forum. China now enjoys the situation of stability and unity, as well as a good economic development trend, Sun Menghai, said, "so we must not let Li Hongzhi and his followers disrupt this good situation." The participants also expressed their great regret over the fact that among the Falun Gong Practitioners making suicidal attempts by setting themselves on fire on Tian'anmen Square, two were juveniles. They shared the view that young people should improve their ability to make a clear distinction between the right and the wrong, that they should be taught to be responsible for their own behaviors and that they should become people useful to society. China is moving toward the period of material prosperity, they noted, adding that as long as a healthy cultural life prevails in society, everyone will denounce the Falun Gong cult. **** Opinions on 10th Five-year Plan Widely Solicited By the end of last January, the State Planning and Development Commission (SPDC) and relevant news media had received a total of over 17,000 offers of opinions and suggestions advising on the "10th Five-year Plan" (2001-2005) from all walks of life in China. The SPDC announced Thursday, February 8, that the activity for soliciting public opinions had evoked widespread response. Letters, e-mails and phone calls received by SPDC got to 11,028, 1,256 and 500 respectively. Economic Daily, Guangming Daily, Workers' Daily, Farmers' Daily, China Economic Herald and other media engaging in the activity had got a total of 5,200 letters. Requested by the State Council, SPDC began to solicit public opinions on the "10th Five-year Plan" for the first time from all walks of life since last October. It is reported that opinions solicited are concentrated mainly on popularly concerned problems. Of these, a consensus has been reached on forging a risk investment system, upgrading traditional manufacturing, developing civil-use ships, exploiting marine resources, expanding modern Chinese medicine, strengthening food security construction, breaking old permanent residence registration system, enhancing rural infrastructure and providing public-use products. These, amongst others, have all been mentioned in the draft proposal of the "10th Five-year Plan". **** China to Build Qinghai-Tibet Railway China to Build Qinghai-Tibet Railway ------------------------------------------------------------------------The Chinese government has approved the construction of the first railway linking the Tibet Autonomous Region with the rest of China. The 1,118-kilometer railway will extend from Lhasa in Tibet to Gormo in Qinghai province in northwest China. It will be the longest and most elevated railway built on highlands in the world. Feasibility studies and planning of the construction of the railway are now underway. The construction of the railway will start as soon as possible. Chinese President Jiang Zemin said that the construction of the railway is highly necessary. Premier Zhu Rongji said that the time was ripe for building the Qinghai-Tibet railway. He said that the railway will have great significance for accelerating economic and social development in Tibet, increasing economic and cultural exchanges between Tibet and the rest of the country and reinforcing unity among various ethnic groups. More than 960 kilometers, or over four-fifths of the railway will be built at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. And more than half of it will be laid on earth that has been frozen for a long time. China has been considering building the Qinghai-Tibet railway for over five decades. The rapid economic growth and technological advance over the past two decades have given the country enough national strength to complete the project. **** Anti-Corruption Plan Has to Be Carried Out Without Fail: Commentary The Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has worked out a clear, concrete plan for the anti-corruption work this year, the essence of the plenary session is being conscientiously implemented by Party committees at various levels. To firmly carry out anti-corruption tasks set at the meeting, it is first necessary to conscientiously study the document and have a thorough grasp of its spirit. At the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Jiang Zemin made an important speech, in which he scientifically reviewed and summed up the important understanding and experiences formed in the practice of our Party's anti-corruption struggle; he profoundly expounded our Party's ruling position and the influence it brought about; made a brilliant exposition on the historical law that the will of the people decides the rise or fall of a political party and a regime; and stressed that while continuing to provide a temporary solution to the problem, it is necessary to intensify efforts to get to the root of the problem, thereby preventing and controlling corruption from its fountainhead. The Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was rich in content. For example, with respect to honesty and self-discipline, it put forward moral standards from six aspects for leading cadres to promote clean and honest government on the basis of observing existing stipulations to suit the basic rules of the socialist market economy; To control corruption from its fountainhead, the meeting called for reform of the administrative systems, such as examination and approval, finance, cadre and personnel, and blocking corruption-generating loopholes in systems relating to the management of power, money and personnel. These key areas of work and measures are current outstanding problems concerning improvement of the Party's style of work and the promotion of a clean and honest government, these highly purposeful problems are of common concern to the masses. Only by assiduously studying the document, understanding it profoundly, having a thorough grasp of its spirit, clearly knowing the task and carrying it out firmly, is it possible to grasp the key points, give an impetus to generalities and promote the development of various fields of work. The key to carrying it out firmly lies in the Party committees and governments at various levels, the heads of work units, in particular, should enhance their sense of responsibility and intensify their awareness of liability. Whether or not one carries out the tasks is an expression of whether or not one puts emphasis on political awareness. Party and government chiefs at all levels should, displaying a high sense of political responsibility, conscientiously carry out the responsibility system for improvement of the Party style of work and promotion of clean and honest government and regard this as a political discipline, so as to further create a situation in which Party committees exercise unified leadership, Party and government make joint efforts for management, departments each shoulder their respective responsibilities, and the whole Party takes a hand in fighting corruption. Leading Party and government officials assume general responsibility for the improvement of the Party style of work and promotion of clean and honest government within the scope of their respective responsibilities, if they take a perfunctory, negligent attitude toward the anti-corruption work within the range of their respective responsibilities, with the result that problems arise one after another, thus causing very bad influence, then these leading cadres will be investigated and affixed responsibility, and they must never be indulged in their dereliction of duty. To firmly implement the tasks, it is necessary to earnestly improve the style of work, and guard against formalism and bureaucracy. At present, some regions and departments, which develop a superficial style of work, often just hold another meeting to transmit the work arranged at a meeting without hooking it up with their local realities, they practice formalism, do things as a mere formality, and so on and so forth, this style of work inevitably bungles matters. It is necessary to firmly correct this kind of formalist and bureaucratic style of work, implement the Party Central Committee's anti-corruption tasks one by one. To do this, it is necessary to set clear requirements in light of realities and to strengthen supervision and inspection. If a situation of failure to implement these tasks is discovered, then it is necessary to make conscientious analysis to see where is the cause of the problem, then timely measures should be adopted to ensure attainment of the objective of these tasks. To carry out the tasks, it is essential to carry forward the spirit of reform and innovation, and carry out the work creatively. The situations in various regions and departments are different and the main problems they face are not completely the same. This state of affairs calls for a combination of the Party Central Committee's plan with the realities of the concerned region and department, accurately finding out the connecting point, creatively carrying out work and achieving substantial results. Implementation of the tasks also includes the need to carry out the anti-corruption work already arranged in recent years. Over the past few years, the Party Central Committee has made a series of important decisions and arrangements concerning the struggle against corruption. Some regions and departments, however, have failed to properly carry them out, as a result, some corruption phenomena have not been brought under effective control. The arrangements for the anti-corruption work this year represent the new requirements set forth in light of the new situation, as well as the deepening and extension of the anti-corruption work over the past few years. Such being the case, while successfully carrying out this year's anti-corruption work, we must pay attention to maintaining the consistency and continuity of the work and thereby fulfilling the various tasks set forth previously. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
