Minister the day before I again expressed the hope that
she would be able to come to China at a time convenient
to her, because her previous visits to China were too
short and I welcome her to come to China to see more of
China and to personally experience the friendly
sentiments and goodwill the Chinese people cherish
towards the British people.
Cornelie McDougal, Financial Times.
Q. Mr Hu, you said that you plan to withdraw yourself
from active life from next year. Does that mean you will
retire at the Party Congress? And secondly; China's
control of the economy has caused stagnation this year.
Could you explain how the Chinese leadership will solve
this problem?
A.
It is true that the Chinese Communist Party of China
is going to hold its 13th National Congress next year and
in September this year we are going to hold the 6th
Preliminary Session of the Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party to discuss very specific matters
and the convening of the National Congress. Well I said
that starting from next year we are going to gradually to
do less and less of the work of the first front.
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