1、政府工作报告英文节选REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT，2007（Extract）Fellow Deputies, On behalf of the State Council, I would now like to present to you my report on the work of the government for your deliberation and approval. I also welcome comments and suggestions on the report from the members of the Na
2、tional Committee of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). I. Review of the Work in 2006（Omitted）II. General Plan for Work in 2007This is the last year for the term of this government, so we must do our best to carry out our duties with even greater drive and work tirelessly
3、to do even better in all our work in order to deliver a good report to the people. The basic approach and tasks for the work of the government are: to take Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three Represents as our guide and fully implement the Scientific Outlook on Development; to ac
4、celerate the building of a harmonious socialist society; to conscientiously implement the principles and policies the CPC introduced since its Sixteenth National Congress; to strengthen and improve macroeconomic regulation; to speed up adjustment of the economic structure and change of the pattern o
5、f economic growth; to strengthen resource conservation and environmental protection; to advance the reform and opening up policy and independent innovation; to promote social development and resolve issues related to the peoples wellbeing; and to promote all aspects of socialist economic, political,
6、 cultural and social development to create a good environment and favorable conditions for the convening of the Seventeenth National Congress of the CPC. Taking into consideration all factors, we have decided on the following main goals for Chinas economic and social development this year: On the ba
7、sis of structural improvement, improved productivity, reduced consumption of energy and environmental protection, GDP is forecast to grow by about 8%, the number of jobs created in urban areas should be at least 9 million, and the rate of registered urban unemployment should be kept below 4.6%. The
8、overall price level should remain basically stable, the overall increase in consumer prices should stay below 3%, and there should be improvement in the imbalance in international payments. It is important to mention here that in a socialist market economy, a target for GDP growth set by the governm
9、ent is a guide and an indicator of the anticipated level. It serves as an important basis for setting macroeconomic targets for the budget, employment and prices. Because of changes in the domestic and international economic environments including the market, the real GDP growth rate will vary a cer
10、tain amount from the projected target. In setting the target for GDP growth around 8% for 2007, we have taken into account a number of factors, such as what is needed and what is feasible. The most important task for us is to promote sound and fast economic development. To attain this goal, we shoul
11、d guide all sectors of the economy to conscientiously put into practice the Scientific Outlook on Development, focus on improving the economic structure and economic performance, saving energy, reducing energy consumption and cutting down on the discharge of pollutants, and to avoid seeking only fas
12、ter growth an d competing for the fastest growth. In order to realize the goals and complete the tasks for this years economic and social development, we must closely adhere to the following policies and principles:First, we must stabilize, improve and implement policies. Stabilizing policies means
13、ensuring the continuity and consistency of macroeconomic policy and continuing to follow prudent fiscal and monetary policies. Improving policies means promptly revising policies and measures in response to new developments in the operation of the economy and finding specific solutions to serious is
14、sues and problems. Implementing policies means conscientiously implementing all policies and measures of the central government, improving the ability to implement policies and truly putting all policy decisions into effect. Second, we must strengthen and improve macroeconomic regulation. The focus
15、of this work is to keep the scale of fixed asset investment and credit under control and to promote overall balance between total supply and total demand while improving the structure. We must encourage growth in some sectors and discourage it in others, treating each sector according to its specifi
16、c situation, and make more use of economic levers and legal means to guide and standardize economic activity. We need to correctly balance the relationship between central and local government organizations to give full play to the initiative of each.Third, we need to greatly improve the quality and
17、 efficiency of economic growth. We must attach greater importance to saving energy and resources, protecting the environment and using land intensively, pay close attention to improving product quality, strengthen the competitiveness of the economy and better ensure the sustainability of economic de
18、velopment. Fourth, we need to pay closer attention to promoting social development and improving the peoples wellbeing. We must put people first, promote faster progress in social programs, work energetically to solve the most practical problems that are of greatest concern to the people and most di
19、rectly affect their interests, safeguard social fairness and justice, and ensure that all of the people share in the fruits of reform and development. Fifth, we need to make reform and opening up the driving force behind all our work. We must continue in the direction of reform to develop the social
20、ist market economy. In order to meet the requirements for economic and social development, we need to promote economic, political, cultural and social restructuring and accelerate the establishment of institutional guarantees for implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development and building a harm
21、onious society. We need to make China more open to the outside world in all respects. III. Promoting Both Sound and Fast Development of the Economy Looking at the overall situation, we need to concentrate on the following areas in promoting this years economic development:1. We will continue to stre
22、ngthen and improve macroeconomic regulation.We need to continue to follow a prudent fiscal policy.One, we will reduce the budget deficit and the amount of long-term development treasury bonds issued by an appropriate amount. The deficit for the central government budget this year is set at 245 billi
23、on yuan, down 50 billion yuan from last year. We plan to issue 50 billion yuan of long-term development treasury bonds, down 10 billion yuan from last year. We also plan to allocate 80.4 billion yuan from the central government budget for investment in regular development projects, up 25 billion yua
24、n from last year. Total central government investment in development projects is expected to be 130.4 billion yuan. Two, the structure of budgetary expenditures and government investment will be improved to put more emphasis on key areas. Increase in three areas must be ensured in the use of governm
25、ent funds, i.e. a year-on-year increase in investment to directly improve living and working conditions in rural areas, investment in social programs such as elementary education and public health, and investment in the large-scale development of the western region. In addition, we will increase exp
26、enditures for energy conservation, environmental protection and independent innovation. Three, we will spend the excess revenue in the central government budget in an appropriate way. Because of the fact that actual economic growth exceeded targets plus some policy factors that increased revenue, th
27、e central government revenue has exceeded the targets in recent years by a fair amount. The average annual amount of revenue over the target for the years 2003 through 2006 was 204 billion yuan, with last years surplus reaching 257.3 billion yuan. The excess revenue was mainly spent for the followin
28、g purposes: to pay off longstanding arrears in export tax rebates and payments for returning farmland to forests, to increase tax rebates and general transfer payments to local governments in accordance with the law, to increase legally mandated expenditures for education, science and technology, an
29、d to increase expenditures for the social security fund, for policy-mandated bankruptcy of enterprises and for basic cost of living allowances for residents. Fifty billion yuan will be allocated from last years excess revenue to establish a central budget stability fund this year. The fund makes it
30、possible to compile the central government budget more scientifically and rationally, and helps keep it stable and preserve the continuity of fiscal policy. The use of this fund will be put under budgetary control and subject to the oversight of the NPC. We must strengthen the management of public f
31、inance, work very hard to increase revenue, reduce expenditures, practice strict economy, combat extravagance and waste, and ensure the efficient use of public funds. We must administer taxes in accordance with the law, strengthen the collection and management of tax revenue and standardize the mana
32、gement of non-tax government revenue. We will continue to follow a prudent monetary policy. We must employ a full range of monetary policy tools to appropriately control the supply of money and credit and effectively address the problem of excess liquidity in the banking system. We will adjust and i
33、mprove the credit structure to guide banks to increase credit support for agriculture, rural areas, farmers, small and medium-sized enterprises, energy conservation, environmental protection and independent innovation. We must continue to control long- and medium-term loans and strictly limit loans to backward enterprises that consume high qu
