II. The Master Work Plan for 2005
This year is
crucial for accomplishing all the tasks of the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-2005)
and for laying a solid foundation for development during the Eleventh Five-Year
Plan (2006-2010). The basic ideas for the work of the government this year are:
to take Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three Represents as
our guide; to conscientiously put into practice the guidelines of the Sixteenth
National Congress of the Party and the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of its
Sixteenth Central Committee; to continue to guide overall economic and social
development by a scientific outlook on development; to strengthen and improve
macro regulation; to make reform and opening up the driving force for all our
work; to build a harmonious socialist society; and to promote the simultaneous
progress of socialist material, political and spiritual civilization.
Taking all domestic and international factors into account, we have set our
main targets for this year's economic and social development as follows: GDP
growth around 8 percent, 9 million new jobs for urban residents, registered
urban unemployment rate within 4.6 percent, rise in the consumer price index of
no more than 4 percent, and basic balance in international payments.
Maintaining steady and rapid economic development is an important issue that
the government must successfully handle. This is a period of important strategic
opportunities for China, and the economy should grow rapidly, but not be allowed
to overheat. Both drastic upturns and downturns in economic growth are bad for
economic development, reform and opening up, and social stability. In setting
the target for this year's economic growth at around 8 percent, the Central
Committee took into consideration both what is necessary and what is feasible,
as well as what will be needed to meet employment, price and other targets to
ensure that the growth target accords with actual conditions. Under the
conditions of the socialist market economy, targets are only guidelines for
economic and social development and can be adjusted in line with economic
changes. All localities should set their targets for economic and social
development in line with local conditions and focus on improving the quality and
efficiency of economic growth. They should not blindly compete with each other
for the fastest pace of economic growth.
To ensure completion of all the tasks for economic and social development for
2005, we will pay particular attention to the following three aspects in our
guidance and planning work. First, we will concentrate on doing our macro
regulatory work well. We will continue to eliminate destabilizing and unsound
factors in our economic activities, promote economic restructuring and
transformation of the pattern of economic growth, maintain steady and rapid
economic growth, and keep overall price levels basically stable. Second, we will
press ahead with reform and opening up. We will make reform the driving force
behind all aspects of our work, integrate efforts to deepen reform with efforts
to implement a scientific outlook on development and to tighten and improve
macro regulation, and use reform to solve institutional problems in our
development. We will open to the outside world more fully and make better use of
both domestic and international markets and resources. Third, we will build a
harmonious society. To build a socialist society that is democratic and
law-based, fair and just, trustworthy and friendly, full of vigor and vitality,
secure and orderly, and in which man and nature are in harmony, we need to unite
all forces that can be united, bring all positive factors into full play and
stimulate the creativity of the entire society. We need to properly balance the
interests of all quarters and ensure that everyone shares the fruits of reform
and development. We also need to balance reform, development and stability and
strive to create favorable conditions and a good climate for sustained economic
and social development.
