Accelerate the Transformation of Economic Development Mode to Achieve Scientific Development
The scientific concept of development proposed by the CPC Central Committee serves as not only the fundamental guiding ideology and action program for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects but also the fundamental major policy for facilitating economic and social development in the future in China. We should achieve sound and rapid economic development under the guidance of scientific concept of development. The core for achieving this goal is the transformation of the mode of economic development. Just before the 17th CPC National Congress,Comrade Hu Jintao proposed the transformation of economic development mode for the first time in his speech at the study sessions arranged for the provincial and ministerial leaders. The report of the 17th CPC National Congress clearly states that the core of the transformation of economic development mode is that we must keep to the new path of industrialization with Chinese characteristics,pursue the policy of boosting domestic demand,particularly consumer demand,and propel three transitions in the mode of economic growth:the transition from relying mainly on investment and export to relying on a well coordinated combination of consumption,investment and export,the transition from secondary industry serving as the major driving force to primary,secondary and tertiary industries jointly driving economic growth,and the transition from relying heavily on increased consumption of material resources to relying mainly on advances in science and technology,improvement in the quality of the workforce and innovation in management. At the Central Economic Working Conference held at the end of 2009,Comrade Hu Jintao stated that we should take speeding up the transformation of economic development mode