Meeting New Challenges

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged that his government would meet new challenges and live up to the expectations of the people.He called the year 2003 an extraordinary year as China had won an “important victory” over the outbreak of SARS and scored “obvious (显而易见的)achievements” in its   economic development. “A wise nation is one good at learning, especially the one that is good at learning from difficulties,” Wen said.This year’s goal was to maintain a balanced, relatively-fast economic growth, the premier said. The most difficult problems involved agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and what he cared for most were matters pertaining to people’s.