A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has informed leaders of non-communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) of the just concluded 2007 Central Economic Work Conference.  

Du Qinglin, head of the United Front Department of the CPC Central Committee, called the conference an important one for achieving new victories in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, when he briefed the non-communist party leaders on Thursday.

Du called for seriously studying the plans and requirements of the economic conference and more contributions to the country's economic and social development.

China has eight democratic parties or non-communist parties, namely the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, the Chinese Democratic League, the China National Democratic Construction Association, the China Association for the Promoting Democracy, the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, the China Zhi Gong Party, the Jiu San Society, and the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.

These non-communist parties have helped the CPC topple the old regime and establish the People's Republic of China in 1949, and since then, they have been working together with the CPC under the framework of the United Front and the Multiparty Cooperation System.

China concluded its three-day 2007 Central Economic Work Conference on Wednesday with a pledge to shift its monetary policy from "prudent", an approach it has followed for the last ten years, to "tight."

(Xinhua News Agency December 7, 2007)