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Firm stride towards prosperous society

BEIJING: The Seventh Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held here from October 9 to 12.It was decided that the 17th CPC National Congress be convened from October 15 in Beijing, according to a communique of the plenum issued on Friday.

The plenum was presided over by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, delivered an important speech.

Mr. Hu, entrusted by the Political Bureau, presented a work report which was discussed and approved at the plenum.

The plenum also approved a report which will be presented to the Party Congress, as well as an amendment to the Constitution of the CPC.

Mr. Hu explained to the plenum the draft report, and Wu Bangguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, explained the draft amendment to the CPC Constitution.

The plenum made a positive assessment on the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the Sixth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee held last October, according to the communique.

It held that guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of “Three Represents”, the Political Bureau had implemented the spirit of previous six plenums and carried out “the scientific concept of development”.

The communique says the Political Bureau pushed forward “an overall development of the socialist economic, political, cultural and social construction” and the “great project of the Party building” by “promoting scientific development and social harmony, strengthening macroeconomic control, adjusting economic structures, transforming development style, boosting energy saving and environmental protection, pushing reform and innovation, advancing social development and trying hard to address problems concerning the public’s life”.

It says the Party has “taken a firm stride” towards the goal of “an overall building of a moderately prosperous society” set in the 16th Party congress in 2002, and “created better conditions” for the convention of the 17th Party congress. — Xinhua

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