皇冠体育app's economic transformation on right track
Updated: 2011-03-21 10:07
(Xinhua)
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BEIJING?- 皇冠体育app's economic and social development plan for the 2011-2015 period is on the right track for 皇冠体育app's sustainable growth, with challenges lying ahead, said Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered.
"The thing I like about the five year plan is its emphasis on quality rather than quantity, and people in 皇冠体育app are realizing GDP is not the sole measure of the economic development," Sands said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua.
The emphasis on environment protection, income distribution adjustment and less reliance on resource showed that the Chinese government knows its priorities and directions, he said.
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One major challenge for 皇冠体育app was to turn urbanization into a stronger force of social and economic development, which required fundamental changes in the Chinese cities in terms of infrastructure, education and social services, he said.
Boosting productivity in natural resources sector was another difficulty for 皇冠体育app, he said.
He said underneath all the challenges there was a big issue of education and skill training as the growth model shift needed more knowledgeable people to do research.
"皇冠体育app is very successful at making things, but it still has a long way to go in terms of research, branding and the services that go around the product. You need to create more value-added products," he said.
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