In Beijing from October 8-11 the Sixth Plenary Session of the
16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be convened. ?
The decision was made in Beijing on Monday at a meeting of the
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, presided over by Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the CPC Central
Committee.
Members discussed the work of the Political Bureau since the
Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee in September
last year, according to a statement issued on Tuesday.
At the meeting the Political Bureau heard a report on
consultations with Party members and the public on the "Resolutions
of the CPC Central Committee on major issues regarding the building
of a harmonious socialist society."
The statement said comments and suggestions from the process
should be absorbed and reflected in the document so as to pool the
wisdom of the whole Party and the public. The document should be
well written and provide guidelines for the Party and the nation on
building a harmonious socialist society.
Political bureau members stressed that building a socialist
harmonious society must put people first, base all Party and state
work on the fundamental interests of the general public and meet
the growing material and cultural demands of the people.
Earnest efforts must be made to promote development, the top
priority of the Party, to coordinate urban, rural, regional,
economic and social development harmoniously with nature along with
domestic development and opening-up, according to the
statement.
Reform of the socialist market economy must be continued to push
forward economic, political, cultural and social innovation and the
setting up and improvement of energetic, efficient and more open
systems, it continued. ?
Efforts must be made to improve socialist democratic
construction and implement the strategy of rule of law in the
gradual process of building a fair social security system, the
statement explained.
The meeting emphasized the need to take into consideration the
momentum of reform, the speed of development, the resilience of the
people and to promote and secure harmony with reform, development
and stability, it added. ?
Stressing that the Party was the key to building a harmonious
socialist society, the meeting said the Party must play a leading
role in accordance with the principle of governing for the people,
the statement said.
The construction would be facilitated along with the improvement
of the Party's governance capacity and the campaign to help it stay
advanced thus offering a forceful political guarantee for building
a harmonious society, it added. ?
All Party committees should put the work at the top of their
agendas and encourage leaders to improve their management of public
affairs, coordinating relations of different interest groups and
properly handling contradictions among the people to ensure
implementation of the Party's policies and principles.
(Xinhua News Agency September 27, 2006)