蒙古族舞蹈走基本动作:China on the way of seeking happiness

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China on the way of seeking happiness

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2011-3-5 11:47


China's government vowed Saturday to clamp down on inflation and urgently raise incomes as it pushes to spread the benefits of economic growth at a time when living standards are rising but so are popular calls for greater change.


In a speech that is China's equivalent to the American president's annual State of the Union address, Premier Wen Jiabao said there would be more assistance to working class and rural Chinese who have not benefited from the country's rapid growth.


"Happiness" is a key theme for the authoritarian government this year, as it seeks to pull down inflation that has caused public grumbling and deliver more sustainable growth rather than the breakneck pace that has fouled the environment and widened a yawning rich-poor gap.


"We must make improving the people's lives a pivot linking reform, development and stability ... and make sure people are content with their lives and jobs, society is tranquil and orderly and the country enjoys long-term peace and stability," Wen said at the opening of the National People's Congress, where the country's social and economic goals will be laid out for the next five years amid lower growth targets and concerns about inflation and asset bubbles.


In a country where many people spend a large part of their salaries on food, inflation is a serious concern, hitting 4.9 per cent in January despite government efforts to reduce it.


"This problem concerns the people' s well-being, bears on overall interests and affects social stability," Wen told the nearly 3,000 national legislators, adding the government would impose price controls as needed and promote food supply, including building up reserves of key items to be released into the market when needed.


Price supports for wheat and rice will also be raised.


The centerpiece of Wen's program is a five-year plan that outlines an ambitious transformation: moving the economy from its dependence on state investment and exports to one driven by consumption.


If accomplished, the change would boost household spending power through higher wages, level the playing field for private companies and end policies that have effectively shortchanged consumers and channeled savings to the favoured state-owned enterprises. The move would also likely reduce friction with the United States and other trading partners as China imports more.
Getting there, however, would require altering the successful formula that has helped propel China to the world's No. 2 economy. It would also challenge deep-seated interests — from state companies and real estate barons who have benefited from cheap bank loans to politicians whose careers have benefited from the resulting high rates of growth.


Wen's program sets economic growth for this year at about the normal 8 per cent, but ratchets back the figure for the whole 2011-15 period to 7 per cent annually, hoping to downshift to better quality growth.


"We will adjust the income distribution in a reasonable manner. This is both a long-term task and an urgent issue we need to address now," Wen said, adding the government would steadily increase the minimum wage, pensions and welfare payments, and boost spending on health care.


"Through unremitting efforts, we will reverse the trend of a widening income gap as soon as possible and ensure that the people share more in the fruits of reform and development," he said.


Behind the shift to greater economic and social fairness is a demographic change. State media have in recent days reported that China's labour pool is expected to peak during the five-year plan before shrinking as the population ages.
Poll

1. Do you think China's economic development curve will copy Japan's in the last decade of 20th century? 1) Yes, China must take urgent actions to avert bursting of economy bubble. 2) No, there are signs of overheat emerging in some sections but they are not the whole picture of China's economy.
2. Some analysts worry China's harmonious society plan that aims at boosting people's well-being by spending more on the poor may be bad for business. Do you agree? 1) Yes. 2) No. 3) I don't know.
3. What indicators should be considered as measuring citizen's happiness? 1) Access to clean air, water and safe food. 2) Affordable housing and healthcare. 3) Equal right to have cheap and qualified education. 4) Sound channel to express people's grievance. 5) Government's ability to protect citizens from natural disasters, crimes, wars and other threats at home and overseas. 6) Government's resolution and efficiency to curb corruption. 7) Congestion-free road traffic. 8) Balanced income distribution. 9) Others (Please indicate, your contribution is welcome)      


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