Hu urges good start for 11th Five-Year plan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-02 14:24

The year 2006 marks the start of China's 11th five-year period (2006-2010) for economic and social development and this year's work is vital to China's development, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Sunday.

Top Chinese leaders Hu Jintao (C), Wu Bangguo (4th R), Wen Jiabao (4th L), Jia Qinglin (3rd R), Zeng Qinghong (3rd L), Huang Ju (2nd R), Wu Guanzheng (2nd L), Li Changchun (1st R) and Luo Gan (1st L) attend the New Year tea party hosted by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, on Jan. 1, 2006. [Xinhua]

China will attach more importance to the expansion of domestic demand, advance rural development, strengthen independent innovation capability and improve its economic structure in a bid to build an energy-efficient and environment-friendly society, Hu stressed.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with a participant during the New Year tea party hosted by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, on Jan. 1, 2006. [Xinhua]

China will continue promoting social harmony, work hard to address problems closely related to people's life, increase employment, enhance the social security system, improve health service, strengthen workplace safety, upgrade social management and maintain social stability in the new year, he said.

Hu noted enhancing the Chinese Communist Party's governing capability is key to economic and social development.