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UPDATED: March 9, 2007 NO.11 MAR.15, 2007
Road Definition
Problems do occur in the process of reform and opening up, especially in the accelerated industrialization and urbanization and in our struggle for the fruits of reform
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From the perspective of social relations, there are complicated reasons for the large income gap between different social groups, but this problem is largely blamed on the outdated income distribution system and the government's poor efforts in income distribution regulations. As for the problem of education, many families find it is too expensive because the government hasn't taken on the full responsibility of compulsory education. When it comes to health care, the irrational distribution of medical resources, the incomplete health insurance system and the lack of an effective basic medical system make it almost inaccessible to ordinary people. Also, the poor operation of the market economy should be blamed on the incomplete credit mechanism and the lack of a feasible mechanism for penalizing bad credit. After a specific analysis, we find that many causes can be found to various problems, but as a whole, none of the problems should be attributed to the reform direction. Instead, to a large extent, these problems should be attributed to incomplete reforms and ineffective measures, so their solution relies on the deepening of reform and the promotion of development.

Innovation to development is as important as reform is. Since China adopted the policy of reform and opening up in the late 1970s, great changes have happened to the country's sci-tech development levels and the technical composition of the industrial structure, with the quality of labor being greatly improved. However, on the whole, against the background of fast sci-tech development, increasingly limited resources and deteriorating eco-system, and fierce international competition featuring innovation and technological updating, the poor innovative capability is increasingly becoming the bottleneck for China's future development. As we know, during the current international division of labor, China is playing the role of manufacturer and processor of primary industrial products, providing resources and simple mechanical products to the international market. When trading with other countries, we have to offer a large quantity of tangible materials and resources in exchange for knowledge and technology-based products from developed countries. If China remains such a player for long, it will soon run out of its mineral resources and also damage the ecological environment.

China is now the major material producer rather than the producer of skilled labor. The demand for rapid development has thrown China into this situation. Thus, how to avoid the fate predicted by the theory of international division of labor is a realistic problem facing the Chinese. To enhance its independent innovative capability is the urgent demand for the acceleration of the transformation of the economic growth model. This is needed to strengthen China's national comprehensive strength and competitiveness and for the country's economic security in the face of tough international competition.

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