Guangdong party chief Hu Chunhua vows to stick with existing policies
Guangdong must reach consensus to speed up development, says provincial party chief
Guangdong party secretary Hu Chunhua pledged continuity and consistency while touching on his policy vision for the province for the first time since assuming the position last month.
Speaking yesterday at the second plenary session of the 11th Guangdong Provincial Party Committee in Guangzhou, Hu, formerly the party secretary of Inner Mongolia, vowed to continue existing policies still in the works or pending for Guangdong.
"Do not think that a new party secretary will necessarily yield new vision. The planned work laid out and promoted by the provincial party committee must be continued," he said, adding that no existing policies would be overturned.
He also emphasised the need to continue "emptying the cage and letting the right birds in" - referring to an initiative launched by his predecessor, Wang Yang , to transfer low-tech, labour-intensive and highly polluting industries out of the Pearl River Delta region.
Hu said the undertaking must be continued and properly carried out, so industries that remain in the delta may enjoy the fruits of their efforts.
Hu also said Guangdong must form "a consensus of urgency to speed up development" because of mounting economic challenges and competition.
He warned that, if implementation efforts were not stepped up, grand or ambitious plans would be at risk of staying on paper or in people's heads rather than being carried out.
