9th Five-Year Plan (China)
Chinese economic development plan (1996–2000)
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The 9th Five-Year Plan, officially the 9th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2010, was China's national economic and social development plan for 1996–2000. It was the first complete five-year plan in China since the introduction of the socialist market economy, with the primary objective of enhancing the quality of life and reforming the enterprise system.
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| Full name | 9th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2010 | ||
| Start date | 1996 | ||
| End date | 2000 | ||
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| Average GDP growth rate | 8.6% | ||
| GDP at start | CN¥7.118 trillion | ||
| GDP at end | CN¥9.921 trillion | ||
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| Simplified Chinese | 第九个五年计划 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 第九個五年計劃 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中华人民共和国国民经济和社会发展“九五”计划和2010年远景目标 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中華人民共和國國民經濟社會發展「九五」計畫和2010年遠景目標 | ||||||
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Objectives
The Outline of the Ninth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Term Goals to the Year 2010 were adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on September 28, 1995.[1] The primary objectives of the Ninth five-year plan for national economic and social development were as follows: to quadruple the per capita GNP in comparison to 1980; to raise the living standards of the populace and reduce poverty; to expedite the establishment of a socialist market economic system and a modern enterprise system; to increase university enrollment; and to increase the number of students in universities and colleges, as well as the number of students in the socialist market economy. promoting a shift from a primitive to an intensive mode of economic development; expanding enrollment in colleges and universities; researching and developing information technology; and implementing a socialist market economic system.[2][3]
Accomplishments
Factors such as the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the disasters[clarification needed] in 1998 impeded the progress of the five-year plan. By the year 2000, the Ninth Five-Year Plan had already achieved the majority of its objectives. Additionally, emissions of major pollutants decreased.[4]
