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Full speed ahead on road to reform

Unfazed by downward pressure on the economy, China’s top political adviser Yu Zhengsheng yesterday pledged further efforts to help advance reforms at the start of the most important two weeks on China’s political calendar this year.

Presenting a work report of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee at the opening meeting of its annual session, Yu said the CPPCC should put the “Four Comprehensives” at the center of its work.

He was referring to a political concept initiated by President Xi Jinping, which comprises building a moderately prosperous society, deepening reform, advancing the rule of law and strictly governing the Communist Party.

Reform is a recurring keyword throughout Yu’s report, in which he looked back on the national political advisory body’s work last year and set new goals for 2015.

In the past year, national political advisers have rallied support and energy for comprehensively deepening reform, Yu said. They should continue to stick to the reform agenda this year, he told fellow advisers who will spend the next few days reviewing a government work report, among others, that would comb through reform measures undertaken in 2014 and set the tone for this year’s economic plan.

The political advisers’ gathering runs almost in parallel with the annual session of the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature, which starts tomorrow and ends on March 15.

The two meetings are the most important annual political events in China, where political and economic developments are discussed and key policies adopted.

Although there are no major government appointments on this year’s agenda, the meetings are set to be closely watched, as decisive reforms launched last year gave them extra heavy footing.

Defining 2015 as “a critical year for comprehensively deepening reforms, the opening year for advancing the rule of law in an all-round way and the final year for completing the 12th Five-year Plan,” Yu said the CPPCC should focus suggestions and proposals on reform and development.

Facing looming downward pressure on the economy, China’s leaders are pinning  much hope on decisive reforms in hope of more healthy and effective growth.




 

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