http://www.yellowbridge.com/general/invoke.php?u=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/17/content_12826731.htm
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu wants more public resources for rural areas to enhance rural and agricultural development. Essentially he wants to balance out the public resources in the city and the country so the interests of farmers will be safeguarded in the process of development. As of right now, over seventy percent of Chinese live in rural areas, but more often then not government resources are given to better developed, wealthier urban areas.
Personally, I feel like this may be an empty promise with no backbone given to the majority by a politician who may or may not move forward with his speech.
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I may be ignorant of the Chinese political system, but I didn't think they had elections. Isn't the reason that the Chinese elite have been able to ignore and mistreat the peasants is because they don't have to play for their votes? So why would a politician bother with an empty promise? Perhaps it is an attempt to secure the favors of the international community...
ReplyDeleteIdeally, allowing for more resources in places that are desperate for them seems like a good plan. However, whether or not this will actually happen is up in the air. It seems as though Hui Liangyu is just trying to appeal to the general public as someone who wants to help them.
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