国内英语新闻:China to continue fiscal and monetary policies next year

    Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao addressed the meeting, which is held once a year to set the tone for economic development during the next year.

    It was agreed at the conference that 2010 is the last year in the counry's 11th five-year plan, and to do a good job in the country's economic and social development next year was of great importance to dealing with the impact of the international financial crisis successfully in an all-around way and laying a sound foundation for China's 12th five-year plan.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks during the Central Economic Work Conference, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2009. Other Chinese leaders Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang also attended the conference

    More efforts would be made to promote the transformation of the economic development pattern and structural adjustments and to enhance the focus and flexibility of economic policy in the following year in line with new situations next year, according to the attendees of the meeting.

    More efforts would also be laid on reform and opening-up, innovation, enhancing the vigor and momentum of the economic growth, improving people's livelihood, maintaining social harmony and stability, said participants of the conference.

    It was agreed at the meeting that a good balance should be kept in maintaining a relatively fast and stable economic growth, economic restructuring and dealing with predicted inflation next year.

Wen Jiabao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chinese premier, speaks during the Central Economic Work Conference, which was held in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 5-7, 2009