In an earlier inspection in Nanhai, Guangdong Province, south China, the president said that as a member of the WTO, China will have precious opportunities as well as great challenges.
During the process of economic globalization, the economic and technical cooperation of a country with other parts of the world can be expanded advantageously only after the country establishes an economic and trade administrative system adaptable to internationally accepted norms and in line with the country's actual conditions, said Jiang.
He said China's WTO membership brings hard-won opportunity while constituting considerable challenge for the country.
As a member of the WTO, said Jiang Zemin later in Guangzhou, China will strike a carefully-thought-out balance between honoring its commitments and enjoying its rights.
In addition, during his inspection in Nanhai, Jiang attached a great importance to the construction of information technology. He called on leaders at all levels to give priority to the use of information technology in China's economic and social development so as to vigorously promote the development of national economy and informationization.
Jiang heard the report by Deng Yaohua, Communist Party Secretary of Nanhai, and watched a demonstration of the application of information technology by local government departments, used for systems of electronic administration, land management, and financial settlement.
He appreciated the achievements made by Nanhai on the construction of information technology. He said he is looking forward to a further success.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the central government will adopt more measures to promote the use of information technology in its industrialization and modernization drive, said the president.
Jiang also inspected the situation of municipal construction of Guangzhou.
(People's Daily November 12, 2001)
