Chinese president: to maintain steady, relatively fast economic growth China´s primary task

Source: Xinhua | 02-16-2009 17:17

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's primary task now is to maintain steady and relatively fast economic growth, said visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao here on Monday.

The Chinese government has "rolled out an array of policy measures to boost domestic demand and promote economic growth," he said in his key-note speech entitled "Work Together to Write a New Chapter of China-Africa Friendship" at the welcoming rally held by people from various sectors in this Tanzanian capital.

"This will not only lend a strong impetus to China's economic development but also stimulate world economic growth," he said.

Since last year, due to the impact of the global financial crisis and the notable slowdown of economic growth in the world, China has encountered more difficulties in its own economic development, he said.

Hu said the Chinese government, in the face of the situation, strengthened macroeconomic regulation and swiftly adjusted its policies.

Hu said China would continue to take effective measures to ensure steady and relatively fast growth of its own economy and play a constructive role in promoting stability and development of the world economy.

He also recalled China's 30-year-long reform and opening up program, saying China had successfully realized the historic transformation from a highly centralized planned economy to a vibrant socialist market economy, and from a closed or semi-closed society to one that fully embraces the world.