Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu
Rongji said in Hague on July 5, 2000, that the whole
national economy in China is well on the track and in a
healthy circle.
When meeting
with Dutch businessmen, Zhu said some important changes has
emerged in China's whole national economy since early this
year. During the first six months, China's gross domestic
product increased 8 percent compared with that of the same
period last year, Zhu said adding that national economic
benefits has showed remarkable rise since January.
Addressing a group of
representatives from Dutch corporates including Philips,
Shell and AEGON, the Chinese premier pointed out that
China's economy is advancing on the track of healthy circle
as some economic indicators show.
In China,
there is a big growth in state revenue, foreign trade has a
strong increase, domestic market is brisk and financial
market is stable, Zhu told the Dutch CEOs. All these showed
that China's economy has overcome the adverse impact out of
the Asian financial crisis, he said.
Now, China's national economy
is keeping the growth momentum, the Chinese premier pointed
out. However, China still needs to overcome difficulties and
solve problems in economic life and to fully raise the level
of modernization, said Zhu, who is also the dean of College
of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.
As an economic expert, the
premier said the Chinese government will carry out strategic
adjustment in economic structure, implement all-around
exploitation in China's western areas, further put into
effect the strategies of nation-building through technology,
education and sustainable development, continue in- depth
reforms in the economic system, and speed up the pace of the
opening-up process.
In the
first decade of the new century, Chinese economy will surely
see greater and better development, and will have closer
ties with the world economy, Zhu said.
After meeting the Dutch CEOs,
the Chinese premier attended a lunch meeting hosted by Dutch
Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard. Dutch Prime Minister Vim
Kok and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic
Affairs Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink also attended the
banquet. They had relaxed talks during the dinner.