The fourth session of the 13th People’s Congress of Dehong Autonomous Prefecture commenced on Jan 11, 2010.

Yu Mayue, executive chairman of the Congress, chaired the opening ceremony, which was attended by 236 representatives of 1 million people of various nationalities of Dehong, there to discuss plans for the eco-social development of the Prefecture.

On behalf of the Prefecture People’s Government, Dehong’s Governor Meng Biguang made a report to the Congress, which comprised 3 parts: efforts to accomplish the 11th Five-Year Plan; determination to realize the targets set for the 12th Five-year Plan; and an appeal to all participants to make every effort to achieve .

Meng said that Dehong has witnessed both huge challenges and remarkable achievements in the past 5 years. Faced with complex international situation and arduous development tasks, Dehong must seize every opportunity to vigorously press ahead with Reform and Opening Up.

The next 5 years will be a period of important strategic transformation and a golden period for us to narrow the gap between us and developed regions, according to the report.

He also proscribed seven major tasks: accelerating the economic restructuring and transform the development mode; further expanding the Opening-up; enhancing infrastructure construction; pressing ahead with urbanization; encouraging innovation conducive to economic and social development; guaranteeing and improving people’s lives; and accelerating the construction of ecological projects to enhance one’s capacity for sustainable development.

The Congress submitted the “Dehong 12th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (Draft)”, issued the “Report on the Implementation of Dehong National Economic and Social Development in 2010 and Plan for its National Economic and Social Development in 2011 (Draft)”, and the “Report on the Local Budget in 2010 and the Budget in 2011 (Draft)” for examination and approval.