MAJOR TARGETS OF NATIONAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ZHEJIANG IN 2006-2010

The general destination of Zhejiang economic and social development for the Eleventh Five-Year Project period is to basically build up a moderately prosperous society in all aspects, and to lay a concrete basis for its early realization of socialist modernization in advance. Its major targets include:

On the basis of optimizing economic structure, improving quality, and reducing energy cost, economy of Zhejiang is to develop in a sustainable, fast, coordinated, and wholesome way. Its annual GDP growth rate shall stay at around 9 percent, to make the provincial GDP reach about 2,000 billion yuan in 2010, and the per capita GDP reach about 40,000 yuan at that time. Its comprehensive strength and international competitiveness shall improve significantly, and further progress shall be achieved in making rural and urban areas as well as different regions to develop coordinately.Reform and opening up is to be further implemented. There shall be breakthroughs in switching the style of governments to service-oriented and the allocation of key elements market-oriented. The ownership of diverse forms is to become more prosperous, and a comparatively mature socialist market economic system is to be formed. The export-oriented economy shall step onto a higher level. New advantages of Zhejiang economic mechanism, system, and opening-up strategy are to be created.Living standard and employment rate are to be further improved. A comparatively sound social welfare security system shall be established. Conditions for housing, transportation, and living environment shall improve significantly. The income and household property of urban and rural residents shall increase commonly. People shall enjoy richer material and spiritual life than today, as their living quality and standard are to be further raised.The construction of an ecological Zhejiang is to make great progress. The ecological environment is to be improved. The efficiency of resource utilization shall rise significantly, with the energy cost for unit output value to fall by about 20 percent. The amount of pollutant disposal shall be reduced gradually, as the capability of sustainable development is to grow continuously.The construction of a Great Province of Culture is to speed up. Eight projects are to be forwarded concretely with solid measures concentrating on improving decency quality of citizens, creating new classic works, strengthening research and studies, protecting relics, developing industries, promoting communications, building platforms, and cultivating talents in the field of culture. The policy of rejuvenating Zhejiang through science, education, talents, hygiene, and sports shall make significant progress, and the citizens’ qualifications of morality and ideology, scientific and cultural education, as well as physical conditions shall be further improved.Real effect is to be achieved in practicing the principle of "governing Zhejiang according to law". Relative jobs are to be further carried out. The legal environment for social and economic life shall be improved continuously. People's political, economic, and cultural rights shall be respected and protected conscientiously. Democracy at grassroots level is to be enhanced. Public security shall maintain stable. People shall live and work in joy and peace, and the society shall become more harmonious.

MAJOR TARGETS OF NATIONAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ZHEJIANG IN 2007

The provincial GDP will grow by 10 percent while the fiscal income will increase by 12 percent. The total consumption of energy for each 10,000 yuan GDP will drop by four percent, the discharge of oxygen required by chemical reactions in industry will drop by 3.5 percent, and the emission of sulfur dioxide will drop by 3.6 percent. The per capita disposable income of urban resident in the province will have a real growth of six percent. The growth rate of gross index of commodity prices will be below three percent. In urban areas, 0.6 million people will be newly employed, with the registered unemployment rate will be controlled fewer than 4.5 percent. The natural growth rate of population will be controlled below 5.04 per thousand.