years we have assumed here realitively great
responsibilities.
Of course all these important policy
decisions are subject to the agreement and approval of
Chairman Deng Xiaoping and other comrades.
However I am
not young.
I am over 70 years old and the Comrade Zhao
Ziyang is four years my junior he is now 66 years old.
It is therefore the wish of both Comrade Zhao Ziyang and
I myself to gradually disengaged ourselves from state
affairs, starting from next year so that younger comrades
in their 50s will have, er, will be able to assume
greater responsibilities on state affairs. If one takes
into account all this then one will see that there's no
such thing as decision making by any particular
individual in China and this will also ensure the
continuity of the the policies now in place in China.
D I Radio Television, Hong Kong.
Q. Mr General Secretary, following the Chernobyl
incident the people in Hong Kong are getting more and
more anxious and concerned about the building of a
nuclear power plant in Daya Bay which is only 50 km from
Hong Kong. In fact there was some demonstration and
protest in the colony during the weekend. Mr Hu, in view
of the general concern will the Chinese government think
/about