China will continue to concentrate on economic construction and
seize the strategic opportunities afforded by the first 20 years of
this century to speed up the country's development, said President
Hu Jintao Tuesday.
Hu, also the general secretary of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China (CPC), made the call during his inspection
tour of South China's Guangdong
Province.
Since Thursday, Hu has visited local firms, city communities,
harbors, villager's homes and army units in, among other cities,
Zhanjiang, Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou, accompanied by
provincial party and government leaders.
Hu
urged Party officials to push forward with reforms by accelerating
the innovation of systems to further open up to the outside and
develop an export orientated economy.
He
said the eastern parts of China, together with Guangdong Province,
are entering a new development phase, one which poses fresh
challenges and opportunities. With the help of scientific and
technological innovation and efficient management of human
resources, the area should be able to set an example for the
construction of both a material and culturally prosperous
civilization.
The general secretary urged all Party officials to devote their
lives and efforts to helping to improve the well-being of the
people they have been appointed to represent.
He
said every Party member should bear in mind the Party's principal
purpose that whole-hearted service to the people was a fundamental
mission of the CPC.
Topping the agenda, he said, is the need to care for the lives of
the people, whether they are in poverty-stricken regions or
economically better-off areas.
(China Daily April 16, 2003)