OREANDA-NEWS. December 29, 2011. Anhui Provincial Economic Work Conference was held in Hefei, Anhui's capital city, from Dec.26 to 27, wrapping up this year's economic works while deploying targets for the coming year.

Zhang Baoshun, Secretary of Anhui CPC Provincial Committee and Li Bin, Vice Secretary of Anhui CPC Provincial Committee and acting governor presided over the conference.

Zhang confirmed results attained in 2011, which is also beginning year for 12th Five Year Plan and he pointed out that 2012 is the important year of consolidating the good start.

In order to guarantee a sound and rapid economic growth for 2012, Zhang highlighted six aspects. Firstly, we should implement state's macro-regulating policies, effectively expand investment, and spur steady growth of consumption needs; secondly, we should further promote the initiatives of independent innovation, strengthen the overall planning of industrial deployment and coordination, bring the role of emission cutting and energy saving into full play, and accelerate industrial upgrading and transformation; thirdly, we should launch massive construction of water projects in farm land, develop scaled operation, activate county-level finacing service; fourthly, we should push forward the reform of state-owned enterprises, boost the accelerating development of private economy, improve cooperation mechanism among regions, steadly enhance volume of foreign trade; sixthly, concretely improve people's livelihood by promiting related 33 livelihood projects, expand income-increasing channels, improve social security system, promote the in-depth medical and cultural reform.

Representatives from all 16 prefecture-level cities made their speeches during the conference.