Opinion

Realize Wen's dream

(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-03-02 14:30

To realize what Premier Wen Jiabao said recently - let people live more happily with more dignity - the authorities have to improve their performance on several fronts, says Shanghai Business Daily. Excerpts:

Premier Wen Jiabao said while greeting a large group of people for Spring Festival that we should let people live more happily with more dignity. To make that happen the authorities have to improve governance by focusing on several aspects.

First, they have to solve the problem of inequitable distribution of wealth and resources, and narrow the income gap in society.

They have to improve public services to reach them to every person. Second, the government has to break monopolies and give private players more room in the market. Recent years have seen a rising trend of re-nationalization of enterprises, which restricts the freedom of private companies and goes against the goal of creating social wealth and eliminating poverty.

People deserve a certain degree of political freedom. So the authorities should grant people more rights and opportunities to enable them to participate in the management of State affairs.