« Business News:Yahoo Adds Podcast Search | Main | Business News: Fast Company's 2005 Customers First Awards »

October 12, 2005

Business News:Communist Party chief Hu Jintao's development agenda for China

From the WSJ:

-- Double per capita GDP in 2010 from 2000

-- Decrease energy consumption per dollar of GDP by 20% in next five years

-- Develop domestic intellectual property and brands

-- Lower poverty level

-- Improve energy efficiency, environmental protection and health-care
system

-- Establish basic social-security system

-- Further overhaul fiscal, tax and financial systems

Read the article, "Chinese Leaders Set Out Priorities, Citing Challenges; Communist Party Produces Ambitious List to Address Social, Economic Inequities" for the entire story.

Posted by Becky at October 12, 2005 12:53 PM Posted to International