China's top political advisors voiced their views on economic
development of the country on Wednesday at the ongoing annual
session of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Jia
Qinglin, Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and a member
of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist
Party of China Central Committee, and Vice-Premier Wu Yi
were present at the plenum of the top advisory body.
The country should create a favorable environment of law and
policy to encourage the development of economic cooperatives of
farmers to shore up the drive of building a new countryside, said
Chen Yaobang, vice-chairman of the advisory body's Committee of
Economy.
To build "a new socialist countryside" was listed on the top
agenda of the country's five-year plan of national economic and
social development for the 2006-2010 period.
The draft plan was submitted to the annual full session of the
10th National People's Congress (NPC),
which opened on Sunday, for examination and approval.
The blueprint is also under discussion of the CPPCC National
Committee members, who are expected to give their opinions.
The advisory body's session opened two days ahead of the
NPC's.
Impoverished areas should be given top priority in the new
countryside drive, said Li Yonghai, an advisor from the All-China
Federation of Trade Unions.
Xiao Zhuoji, a professor of economy at Peking University, said
the government should increase financial input into the rural areas
and improve infrastructure there.
Education in the rural areas plays a key role in the development
of the countryside and should be regarded as a long- term cause in
rural development, said the professor.
Chen Changzhi, a CPPCC National Committee member who is from the
China Democratic National Construction Association, proposed to
deepen the reform of the country's financial system and strengthen
the management over financial expenditure.
The country should set up an effective mechanism of supervision
over governmental budget to avoid the government's non-budgeted
income and expenditure, said Chen Shouyi, a member from eastern
Zhejiang Province.
Lu Zhiqiang, who represents the Committee of Population,
Resources and Environment of the advisory body, proposed that the
government should make a long-term plan of the development of
circular economy.
Both the government and the market should play their due role to
boost healthy and sustainable development of circular economy, Lu
said.
Liu Yingxia, an entrepreneur from northeastern Heilongjiang
Province, said the country should encourage private investment to
enter the traditionally monopolized industries by public
sectors.
Liu and another CPPCC National Committee member Zhang Zhilong
pointed out the country needs to create favorable legal, policy and
market environments for private economy's healthy development.
The current session of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee
session is expected to last to March 13.
(Xinhua News Agency March 9, 2006)