Authorities of south China's Hainan Province are determined
to build the island into the country's most prosperous region
in the new century.
In an interview
with reporters, Du Qinglin, secretary of the provincial committee
of Communist Party of China, said that as the first step toward
that goal, the provincial authorities have set a target in
the province's 10th Five-Year plan (2001-2005) that the province's
per capita GDP will exceed 10, 000 yuan (US$1,204) in five
years, and will be doubled in ten years.
Du said the target
is practical, and it also combines improvement of the ecological
environment and sustainable development.
Hainan, with its
unique rich natural resources, is one of the country's five
special economic zones (SEZs). It enjoys preferential treatment
in economic development. Last year, Hainan achieved an 8.8
percent increase in GDP.
The party secretary
also listed five tasks that have been set to achieve the goal.
The tasks are: fostering advantageous and new industries in
an effort to adjust industrial structure; enhancing the capacities
of scientific and technological innovations; creating conditions
to liberate and expand productivity; optimizing factors of
production; and making greater progress in urbanization.
(People's Daily
01/02/2001)
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