FUZHOU, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
has called for the acceleration of an economic zone on the western side of the
Taiwan Strait, in order to boost social and economic development in the region
and combat the global economic downturn.
In a three-day visit to the southeastern province of
Fujian from Friday, Wen said the economic zone, centered on Fujian and facing
Taiwan Island across the strait, had been long planned by the central
government.
Such an economic zone could make use of the currently
peaceful ties across the Taiwan Strait to forge stronger economic cooperation
for mutual benefits and development, and help tackle the challenges posed by the
global financial crisis, Wen said.
It would also contribute to the
ignition of a new growth engine in China by capitalizing on Fujian's comparative
advantages, and to the long-term development plan of the country, he said.
During his inspection of nine companies in Fuzhou,
Quanzhou, and Xiamen, all in Fujian, Wen stressed that creativity was at the
core of the development of the economic zone on the western side of the strait.
"Creativity is key to our strength building, to
gaining advantages and development, and to retaining our honor," Wen said.
He urged labor-intensive industries to become technology-intensive, adding that information technology and
environmental industries were the focuses of economic competition that merited vigorous development.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) and the
staffs of Star-net Communication Co. Ltd take a group picture in Fuzhou,
southeast China's Fujian province, May 9, 2009. Wen Jiabao was on a
three-day visit to the southeastern province of Fujian from May 8 to 10.
(Xinhua/Li Xueren)
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The Premier also called for
greater importance to be attached to boosting social security,
which would be one of the country's
key ensuing measures to combat the global financial crisis, he
said.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front R)
talks to Cai Qiumu who comes to handle endowment insurances at the social
security services hall in Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian province, May
9, 2009. Wen Jiabao was on a three-day visit to the southeastern province
of Fujian from May 8 to 10. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
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During his visit to Xiamen, Wen also visited
Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to the Xiamen University to learn about the
prevention of A/H1N1 influenza in the city and the ongoing medical reform.
After talking with a quarantined patient at the
hospital via video camera, Wen hailed Fujian's disease prevention efforts, but
warned they must not be relaxed.
"The whole
country must carry out disease prevention work in accordance with the arrangements
made by the central authorities, to protect the health of the Chinese people,"
he said.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) talks to
the medical staffs at Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to the Xiamen
University to learn about the prevention of A/H1N1 influenza in the city
and the ongoing medical reform, in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian
province, May 8, 2009. Wen Jiabao was on a three-day visit to the
southeastern province of Fujian from May 8 to 10. (Xinhua/Li
Xueren)
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On May 4, the State Council, China's cabinet, passed
the plan to support the development of the economic zone on the western side of
the Taiwan Strait.
The new economic zone faces Taiwan Island across the
strait, and neighbors the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, two
economic powerhouses on the mainland.
Besides Fujian, the zone also covers parts of the
neighboring provinces of Jiangxi and Guangdong.
The zone would become a frontier platform to boost
industrial and cultural exchanges across the strait, according to the plan.
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