Feng Yunhai
 

The Development of the West Can¡¯t Simply Copy SEZ Practice
Top official of Baiyin city Feng Yunhai said during the annual session of the National People¡¯s Congress (NPC) held last March that opportunity is the most important

 
 

 

 

resource and blessing. The key to seizing opportunities is to observe the laws of the market economy and find a new mechanism suitable for developing the west.

Feng noted that ¡°special economic zones¡± appeared against the background that the planned economic system had not been dismantled completely, and therefore they contain certain elements of government intervention. But as the socialist market economic system has now been basically established, everything should be done according to the laws of the market. The key to the development of the west is to provide developers with a normal and stable rate of recovery of their investment. It is not a permanent solution to attract investors by exempting or reducing taxes. The focus of development should shift from the development of materials to the development of both material and human resources; from the development of natural resources to the development of both natural resources and various essential factors of production involving education, technology, information and markets; and in terms of modes of development, from simply depending on mandatory planning and government action to depending on both overall regulation and the regulation of market guidance and law of value.

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