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AND SINGAPORE) BY 2010 AS URGED BY DENG XIAOPING. UNDER THE PLAN THE PROVINCE'S ANNUAL DOMESTIC OUTPUT VALUE WOULD REACH Y1600BN AND PER CAPITA OUTPUT MORE THAN Y20,000 BY 2010. THE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OVER THE TEN YEARS UP TO 2000 WOULD BE 13.4 PERCENT AND FROM 2000-2010 IT WOULD BY 12.4 PERCENT. GUANGDONG'S ELECTRICAL GENERATING CAPACITY WOULD BE INCREASED BY 72M KW. 52,000 KM OF ADDITIONAL HIGHWAYS AND 2,000 KM OF NEW RAILWAYS WOULD BE BUILT AND 38.M NEW TELEPHONE LINES WOULD BE INSTALLED TO INCREASE COVERAGE TO 45 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE PROVINCE. THE PROPORTION OF PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY INDUSTRIES WOULD CHANGE FROM 26:40:34 IN 1990 TO 5:31:64: IN 2010.
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IN REVIEWING THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN 1992, ZHU QUOTED PRELIMINARY FIGURES ANNOUNCED BY THE PROVINCIAL STATISTICAL BUREAU AS SAYING THAT GUANGDONG GDP IN 1992 WAS Y222 BN, 19.5 PERCENT MORE THAN IN 1991. ACCORDING TO SOUTHERN DAILY OF 8 AND 9 JANUARY, THE PROVINCE'S 1992 EXPORTS WERE US DOLLARS 18 BN, 31 PERCENT MORE THAN FOR 1991. THIS ACCOUNTED FOR ONE QUARTER OF CHINA'S TOTAL EXPORTS COMPARED WITH ONE-FIFTH IN 1991.
5. ZHU STRESSED THAT THE DEEPENING OF REFORM SHOULD BE CENTRED ON ESTABLISHING A MARKET ECONOMY INCLUDING GIVING ENTERPRISES
MORE DECISION-MAKING POWER IN FINANCING AND PRICING AND SETTING UP A UNIFIED, COMPETITIVE AND ORDERLY MARKET SYSTEM. AS FOR THE FUTURE, THERE WAS NEED TO STRENGTHEN WORK IN RESPECT OF REDRESSING THE IMBALANCE IN ECONOMIC GROWTH BETWEEN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA AND THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, EXPANDING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND TRADE CO-OPERATION, INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT OF MONETARY SYSTEM, PROPER TOWN PLANNING AND PUBLIC SERVICE EFFICIENCY.
6. AN ELECTION WAS HELD ON 31 JANUARY TO CHOOSE 162 DEPUTIES TO THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS FROM A LIST OF 197 CANDIDATES, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PRAESIDIUM. THOSE ELECTED INCLUDED 28 NOMINATED TO REPRESENT HONG KONG AND 5 NOMINATED TO REPRESENT MACAU, AS PART OF THE GUANGDONG DELEGATION. THE NUMBER OF HONG KONG DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS WAS INCREASED BY 10 TO 28. THIS, TOGETHER WITH THE 5 DELEGATES FROM MACAU, WILL BE ENOUGH FOR RAISING A MOTION AT THE NPC.
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DEPUTIES OF THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS FROM THE 3 SEZS IN GUANGDONG WERE REPORTED TO HAVE CALLED FOR ACTION TO COUNTER THE TENDENCY OF DEPRIVING THE SEZS OF THEIR 'SPECIAL' CHARACTERISTICS. THEY COMPLAINED THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE
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