EDITOR'S NOTE
FOREWORD Henry A. Kissinger
FOREWORD Hdmut Schmidt
1998
SPEECH AT THE FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF THE STATE COUNCIL
(March 24, 1998)
ON THE PROPER REASSIGNMENT, RESETTLEMENT, AND REEMPLOYMENT
OF LAID-OFF WORKERS (March 25 and26, 1998)
REFORMS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES REQUIRE STRONG
DETERMINATION, STEADY STEPS, AND SOLID WORK (April 10, 1998)
KEY ASPECTS OF REFORM OF THE GRAIN CIRCULATION SYSTEM
(june 3, 1998)
A CONVERSATION WITH U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY ROBERT E. RUBIN
(June 26, 1998)
CRACK DOWN HARD ON SMUGGLING (July 15, 1998)
REBUILDING AFTER THE FLOODS WITH THE SAME SPIRIT DISPLAYED IN
COMBATING THEM (August 31-September 10, 1998)
A TALK WITH THE PRODUCERS OF TOPICS IN FOCUS (October 7, 1998)
CLOSING DOWN GUANGDONG INTERNATIONAL TRUST AND
INVESTMENT COMPANY WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO (October24, 1998)
A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL D. EISNER, CEO, THE WALT DISNEY
COMPANY (October 26, 1998)
"TOFU DREG PROJECTS" ARE A CRIME AGAINST THE PEOPLE
(December 3, 1998)
SPEECH AT THE 1998 CENTRAL ECONOMIC WORK CONFERENCE
(December 7, 1998)
HAINAN MUST KEEP ITS HILLS GREEN AND ITS WATERS BLUE
(December 19, 1998)
ENSURE CONSTRUCTION QUALITY OF THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
AND PROPERLY RESETTLE THE AREA'S INHABITANTS (December30, 1998)
1999
A CONVERSATION WITH ALAN GREENSPAN, CHAIRMAN, U.S. FEDERAL
RESERVE (janua~ 12, 1999)
A CONVERSATION WITH AN AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
(March 31, 1999)
REMARKS AT PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S WELCOMING CEREMONY
(April& 1999)
ADDRESS AT A WELCOMING DINNER HOSTED BY PRESIDENT BILL
CLINTON (Aping, 1999)
THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE LIES WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (june 10, 1999)
WE MUST BE SELECTIVE IN SUPPORTING SMALL AND MEDIUM
ENTERPRISES (June 24, 1999)
TO TAME THE YELLOW RIVER, WE MUST CONSERVE SOIL AND WATER
IN ITS MIDDLE AND UPPER REACHES (August 6, 1999)
WE MUST BE DETERMINED TO STOP LOGGING IN NATURAL FORESTS
(August 14, 1999)
SOME THOUGHTS ON SPEEDING UP DEVELOPMENT IN ETHNIC-
MINORITY AREAS (October 3, 1999)
THREE MAIN APPROACHES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN
CHINA (October29, 1999)
THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY MUST CONTROL TOTAL OUTPUT AND
RESTRUCTURE (December 6, 1999)
2000
LET OUTSTANDING ARTS AND CULTURE BE PASSED DOWN FROM ONE
GENERATION TO THE NEXT (IVebrua~ 13, 2000)
CUSTOMS MUST REGAIN ITS FORMER STATURE (Februa~ 20, 2000)
A CONVERSATION WITH PASCAL LAMY, EU COMMISSIONER FOR TRADE
(March 29, 2000)
THREE ECONOMIC RISKS WE MUST GUARD AGAINST (Ap*il 18, 2000)
THE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM MUST BE REFORMED (lune 13, 2000)
ON USING RELENDING TO HELP LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RE-
PAY DEBTS AND GUARANTEE PAYMENTS (August 1, 2000)
WE SHOULD USE ECONOMIC MEASURES TO ELIMINATE OVERCAPAClTY
(August 3, 2000)
SEVERAL ISSUES REGARDING XINJIANG'S DEVELOPMENT (September 10, 2000)
2001
PAY GREATER ATTENTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
BUILDING THE ECO-ENVIRONMENT (]anua~ 11, 2001)
HUNAN MUST GIVE PRIORITY TO MANAGING ITS MOUNTAINS AND WA-
TERS (Appil 11, 2001)
TEACHERS ARE THE BASIC DRIVING FORCE OF EDUCATION (April27, 2001)
THE SPIRIT OF TSINGHUA 1S THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION (June 5, 2001)
ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THREE AUTONOMOUS ETH-
NIC-MINORITY PREFECTURES IN SICHUAN (lune 11, 2001)
FURTHER SPEED UP TIBET'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (lune 25, 2001)
IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN INVESTMENT, WE MUST ACHIEVE THE
"THREE INTEGRATIONS" (lu~ 4, 2001)
A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE SOROS (September 17, 2001)
TOWARD A MORE OPEN AND PROSPEROUS CHINESE ECONOMY
(September 19, 2001)
THE IMPACT OF 9/11 ON OUR ECONOMY, AND OUR COUNTERMEASURES
(September 27, 2001)
CHINA CAN BECOME THE WORLD'S INVESTMENT PARADISE (October 22, 2001)
STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT THROUGH THE MEDIA (December 6, 2001)
STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT THROUGH PUBLICATIONS (December 13, 2001~
2O02
HALT THE TENDENCY TO BLINDLY SEEK INCREASES IN URBAN SIZE
(January 9, 2002)
INNER MONGOLIA SHOULD PLAY TO ITS OWN STRENGTHS IN ITS DE-
VELOPMENT (March 7, 2002)
A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A.
KISSINGER (April 14, 2002)
ON VISITING THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF HU XUEYAN (May 5, 2002)
A CONVERSATION WITH AN AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
(may 30, 2002)
PUT"ACCURACY" FOREMOST IN STATISTICAL WORK (October 28, 2002)
HONG KONG HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE (November 19, 2002)
SPEECH AT THE 2002 CENTRAL CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC WORK
(December 9, 2002)
2003
COMPREHENSIVELY UNDERSTAND AND IMPLEMENT THE PARTY'S POLI-
CIES ON RELIGION (January 10, 2003)
A MEMORABLE FIVE YEARS (January 27, 2003)
MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DEVELOP PUBLIC TRANSPORT
(February 1, 2003)
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