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China will concentrate on building a well-off society of a higher standard in an all-round way in the first 20 years of this century to the benefit of well over one billion people in this period, Jiang Zemin said in his report to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing Friday.
"We will further develop the economy, improve democracy, advance science and education, enrich culture, foster social harmony and upgrade the texture of life for the people," he said.
He pointed out that, an overview of the situation shows that for China, the first two decades of the 21st century are a period of important strategic opportunities, which China must seize tightly and which offers bright prospects.
"Building on what is achieved at this stage and continuing to work for several more decades, we will have in the main accomplished the modernization program and turned China into a strong, prosperous, democratic and culturally advanced socialist country by the middle of this century," he said.
In order to attain the Party's objectives for the new stage in the new century, it is imperative to come up with new ideas for development, make new breakthroughs in reform, break new ground in opening up and take new moves in all fields of endeavor. All localities and departments must proceed from their actual conditions and take effective measures to attain the objectives, he stressed.
Places where conditions permit may develop faster and take the lead in accomplishing modernization by and large on the basis of building a well-off society in an all-round way, Jiang said.
(Xinhua News Agency November 8, 2002)
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