Modernisation, reunification and world peace will be pursued with equal zeal
The Communist Party's Central Committee yesterday pledged to ensure social stability as it highlighted the need to build a more effective party leadership.
A statement issued after the four-day meeting of the fourth plenum of the 16th Central Committee in Beijing, noted the importance of the party's 'three historical tasks': to continue to promote modernisation, to complete the reunification of China, and to maintain world peace and promote development.
'This has much to do with the success and failure of socialism, with the future of the Chinese race, as well as with the life and death of the party and the long-term stability of the country,' said the statement issued at the close of the plenary session.
But it fell short of spelling out details of political reforms.
The party meeting was attended by 194 members of the Central Committee and 152 alternate members.
The meeting also approved the resignation of Jiang Zemin from the chairmanship of the Central Military Commission.
