China's communists to endorse Hu Jintao's economic model

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

BEIJING (AFP) — China's Communist Party will this week endorse President Hu Jintao's economic model for the nation to place more emphasis on the environment and marginalised people, a government spokesman said Sunday.

The party will change the constitution at its five-yearly Congress that begins Monday, incorporating President Hu Jintao's ideology of "scientific outlook on development," spokesman Li Dongsheng told reporters.

The move to include Hu's ideology in the constitution is widely seen as a sign that the president has consolidated his power after succeeding Jiang Zemin five years ago.

Scientific development is a catchphrase for a broad concept that, in general, seeks to correct many of the imbalances that have accompanied China's historic economic...