Wang Shengying, a teacher and delegate to the ongoing 17th Party congress, is interviewed by a student reporter yesterday.Xu Jingxing

Delegates to the Party congress have vowed to carry out the Scientific Outlook on Development while seeking development in their respective fields.

Bai Enpei, a delegate from Yunnan Province, said during a group discussion on Hu Jintao's report delivered to the congress on Monday: "This (the outlook) was proposed at the right time to meet China's demands for maintaining sustained and stable economic growth."

Hu said in the report that the Scientific Outlook on Development was formulated to meet the new requirements of development by analyzing China's own practices and drawing on the experiences of other countries.

The outlook "takes development as its essence, putting people first as its core, comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development as its basic requirement, and overall consideration as its fundamental approach," Hu said.

Although underdeveloped, Yunnan boasts a good ecology and ample wildlife resources, Bai, who is the provincial Party chief, said.

"We must be careful not to seek economic development at the cost of the environment," he said.

The subtropical province receives 80 million tourists a year who generate 60 billion yuan ($8 billion) in revenue.

"There is still room for expansion, but we have to maintain harmony between man and nature," Bai said.

In the latest attempt to seek a more scientific means of development, Bai said the hilly province will encourage farmers in 120 counties to grow walnuts instead of low-yield corn.

"The government will pay the farmers a subsidy of 450 yuan for each hectare of land," he said.

Xinhua

(China Daily 10/18/2007 page7)