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Ek is trots om aan te kondig dat net nadat my onderste post oor China se vernietiging van sy natuur en mense verskyn het, het die Chinese propagandamasjien aan die werk gespring en die onderstaande artikel uitgereik. Ter wille van regverdigheid plaas ek 'n uittreksel en die volle berig verskyn in China Daily hier. Dis ook netso, onveranderd, in die Maleise nuusmedia gedra.
Lau Nai-keung - China Daily
One of the significant events that mark this year's sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) meetings is the beginning of the 11th Five-Year Plan. It is the first indicative plan for the country's economic and social development, and is therefore sometimes referred to as the 11th Five-Year Programme. It is also the first one with specific mention of Hong Kong and Macao.
Briefly stated, China's per capita gross domestic product (GDP) has just passed US$1,700 and the country is now entering into a phase where social turbulence is likely to be incurred. Instead of pursuing economic growth as the country's primary objective, now it is viewed as a means to improve the general welfare of the populace to achieve socio-political harmony, and harmony with nature.
This strategy is revolutionary not only in the Chinese context, but also among the developing world, as it is the first developing country striking out in this entirely new direction during the early stage of development.
Even among rich countries with clear sky and blue water, this Chinese philosophy with emphasis on man's harmony with nature has a richer content than the conventional sustainable development paradigm, and one with an operational programme for implementation.
Our achievements of the past decade, notably more people getting above the poverty line along with more trees to fight erosion, have proved to the world that we do not have to be rich before cleaning up the mess, not to mention some rich country that refuses to carry out this obligation.
In 15 years' time when this new strategy will have been fully executed and China achieves a per capita GDP of US$3,000, we will be able to contribute to the world an alternative model of development with proven success in a holistic way. This is the Chinese model of peaceful development.