Ninth five-year plan (China)
| 9th Five-Year Plan | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 第九个五年计划 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 第九個五年計劃 | ||||||
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The Ninth five-year plan, China's national economic and social development plan for 1996–2000. It was the first complete five-year plan in China since the introduction of the socialist market economy, with the primary objective of enhancing the quality of life and reforming the enterprise system.
Objectives
[edit]The Outline of the Ninth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Term Goals to the Year 2010 were adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on September 28, 1995.[1] The primary objectives of the Ninth five-year plan for national economic and social development were as follows: to quadruple the per capita GNP in comparison to 1980; to raise the living standards of the populace and reduce poverty; to expedite the establishment of a socialist market economic system and a modern enterprise system; to increase university enrollment; and to increase the number of students in universities and colleges, as well as the number of students in the socialist market economy. promoting a shift from a primitive to an intensive mode of economic development; expanding enrollment in colleges and universities; researching and developing information technology; and implementing a socialist market economic system.[2][3]
Accomplishments
[edit]Factors such as the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the disasters[clarification needed] in 1998 impeded the progress of the five-year plan. By the year 2000, the Ninth Five-Year Plan had already achieved the majority of its objectives. Additionally, emissions of major pollutants decreased.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Suliman, M.O. (1998). China's Transition to a Socialist Market Economy. Quorum. ISBN 978-1-56720-142-0. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
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