Xiamen is learning its lesson from and leveling itself out of
the case of Yuanhua Smuggling in a bid to speed up development
of its economy, said Zhu Yayan, mayor of Xiamen, Fujian Province
in an interview given after hosting the opening ceremony of
the 5th Xiamen-Taiwan Export Fair.
Yuanhua smuggling
had brought heavy tariff losses and badly harmed Xiamen's
economy and image, Zhu added.
The municipal government
and residents of Xiamen all back the struggle launched by
the Central Government to fight against smuggling in Xiamen.
Xiamen must draw lessons from the case and see to it that
economy is developed, a clean government built, and success
won for an all-round development of various social and economic
undertakings, said the mayor.
According to Zhu,
Xiamen has achieved a speedy economic progress and a GDP growth
of 11.5 percent in the first quarter, pointing to an annual
14 percent GDP growth potential this year.
During the 10th
Five-year Plan years 2001-2005, Xiamen will open up on a bigger
scale, training of personnel will be stepped up, economy restructured,
development of hi-tech industry accelerated and modernization
first basically realized by 2005 to turn Xiamen into an international
modern port city by 2010.
(People's Daily
04/16/2001)
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