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CPPCC members on social responsibility
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Source: CCTV.com | 03-08-2008 19:18
Special Report: 2008 NPC & CPPCC sessionsThe number of the Representatives from the new strata increases in this year's new CPPCC members. While taking advantage of the reform and opening up to grow up, these people are also asked to carry their social responsibilties.
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The number of the Representatives from the new strata increases in this year's new CPPCC members. While taking advantage of the reform and opening up to grow up, these people are also asked to carry their social responsibilties. (CCTV.com) |
Five members from the new strata expressed their wills to carry out their duties as the newly rising force in the country.
Wang Jianlin, one of the three entrepreneures in the five members, said the number one social responsibility for the private sector is to run their business in abidance by laws.
Wang Jianlin, CPPCC member, said, "Being a businessman, we should not only focus on the profit. Fair competition, worker's interests, all these are what we should pay attention to."
The so called new strata mainly comprise of the business people from the non public economy and intellectuals.
The non public business contribute nearly a third of the country's annual GDP and its revenue.
the new strata has become the major pushing force for the country's economic growth.
Liu Yingxia, CPPCC member, said, "Business development should go along with the entire country's development, contributing to the construction of social harmony. business people should be clear enough of their responsibility in the protection of its workers' interest and environment."
Lawyers are also the major part of the new strata.
Now there are more than 13 thousand law firms in the whole country, and more than 1 hundred and 30 thirty thousand accredited lawyers are working in the sector.
Liu Yingxia, CPPCC member, said, "Rich lawyers are still a very small number in this sector. even though, many of us insist to work for those who are not able to pay for their cases. we have to remember being a lawyer, we take the responsibility to maintain justice."
The scale of the new strata is getting larger, and have become a major force in the country's development.
Changes in economic restructuring are leading to the creation of new divisions of labor. This is considered a symbol of the progress in China's economic and social development.
Now, representatives from the new strata have had their say in the country's political arena. It shows China's socialist democratic development is providing broader channels for the appeals from the entire society.
Editor:Zhang Pengfei