Ninth five-year plan (China)

9th Five-Year Plan
Simplified Chinese	第九个五年计划
Traditional Chinese	第九個五年計劃
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dìjiǔgè Wǔnián Jìhuà

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

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

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

• Socialist market economy

References

1. Suliman, M.O. (1998). China's Transition to a Socialist Market Economy. Quorum. ISBN 978-1-56720-142-0. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
2. China. 国务院; China. 國務院. 秘書廳; China. 国务院. 办公厅 (1996). 中华人民共和国国务院公報 (in Chinese). 中华人民共和国国务院办公厅. pp. 197–243. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
3. Wang, G.; Wong, J. (1998). China's Political Economy. G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Singapore University Press, National University of Singapore. pp. 198–200. ISBN 978-981-02-3428-7. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
4. Zuo, C. (2018). The Evolution of China's Poverty Alleviation and Development Policy (2001-2015). Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer Nature Singapore. pp. 2–6. ISBN 978-981-13-1690-6. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

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