A CHINESE WEEKLY OF NEWS AND VI£WS Voh 32, No. 27 July 3-9, 1989 - ..~ _ "= r. "~ . CPC Central Holds F • ~- , ~.*.~ / Cr I J m ~. ~ ?!~i : = •i! =~i ~• ¸ A Farmer's.ewhome. Photo by Zhang Longfa BEIJING REVIEW VOL. 32, NO. 27 JULY. 3-9, 1989 CONTENTS CPC Central Committee Holds Plenum [] At a CPC Central Committee plenum recently held in Beijing, Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang was dismissed from all his leading posts in the Party for supporting the EVENTS/TRENDS 4-8 turmoil and splitting the Party. A partial adjustment in the. CPC Central Committee Holds Party's leadership was made, with Jiang Zemin, former Party Plenum chief of Shanghai, as the new Party general secretary. The session also reaffirmed that all the fundamental policies China Not to Yield to Foreign adopted since the Third Plenary Session of the I l th Pressure Party Central Committee will continue. Full text Of the Foreign Trade to Be Expanded communique of the session (p. 4 and p. 9). China Sticks to HK, Macao Policy Policies Towards Hong Kong and Macao Unchanged Martyrs Are Remembered t~ Ji Pengfei, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs News in Brief Office under the State Council, on behalf of the Chinese government, solemnly declared that the Chinese DOCUMENTS 9 government's policies towards Hong Kong and Macao, which have been formulated in line with the conception of "one Communique of the Fourth country, two systems," would not change (p. 6). Plenary Session of the 13th CPC Central Committee China's Domestic Situation and Foreign Policy (Adopted on June 24, 1989) [] In a TV interview with US National Broadcasting Co. anchorman Tom Brokaw, spokesman for the State Council CHINA Yuan Mu pointed out that the overwhelming majority of the Spokesman on Current Chinese people support the leadership of the Communist Party and do not want their government to be subverted. Situation 11 This is the most fundamental fact of all (p. 11). Three Gorges Project ( 1): Dream and Reality 15 China Will not Bend to Foreign Pressure Three Gorges Project (2): M~in [] Chinese Premier Lj Peng reiterated that China will not Points of the Feasibility Study yield to any form of foreign pressure, and he feels optimistic Report 22 and confident on the future of the nation (p. 5). Three Gorges Project (3): Why I Three Gorges Project: Dream and Reality Am Against the Project 27 [] A large number of Chinese and foreign experts and Pictorial Pages Centrefold scholars have spent years investigating the possibility of building a mammoth dam to provide flood control and CULTURE/SCIENCE 32-34 electricity in the Three Gorges of the Changjiang River. COVER: A bird's-eye view of the Sharp differences have arisen over the project and the central Three Gorges. Inset is the sketch map government has ordered a re-study. This is the first time since the founding of New China that the government has for the proposed Three Gorges project. reconsidered an approval which it had already given in by Shui Ligao principle (pp. 15-27). Unless written by Beijing Review staff, the opinions expressed in signed articles do not .necessarily reflect the view of the Beijing Review editorial board. Director/Editor-in-Chief: Wang Youfen Published every Monday by " Subscription rates (1 year): Tel: 893363 BEIJING REVIEW Australia ...................................A.$29.OO TLX: 222374 FLPDA CN 24 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037 J New Zealand ......................NZ.$39.00 FAX: 8314318 The People's Republic of China J UK ...................................................¢14.50 General Editorial Office Tel: 8314318 Distributed by China International Boo N USA ..........................................US829.00 English Dept Tel: 8315599 Ext. 546 Trading Corporation (GUOJI SHUDIAN)/ Canada .................................Can.825.O0 P.O. BOx 399, Beijing, China / EVENTS/TRENDS I CPC Central Committee Holds Plenum he Fourth Plenum of the 13th Central Committee of T the Communist Party of China (CPC) was convened in Beijing from June 23 to 24, 1989. A communique was issued an- nouncing that Party General Se- cretary Zbao Ziyang had been dismissed ll'om all leading posts in the Party for supporting the turmoil and splitting the Party. His case will be further looked into, the communique .said (For full text of the communique, see p. 9). Jiang Zemin, former Party chief of Shanghai, was elected to replace him. The communique also an- The Fourth Plenum of the 13th Central Committee of the CPC Is in session. nounced the following changes WANG XINQING in the CPC leadership: communique adopted at the ing the situation nationwide. -- Jiang Zemin, Song Ping and Li Ruihuan were elected to the plenum. -- to continue to improve Standing Committee of the Polit- The four cardinal principles the economic environment and ical Bureau of the CPC Central are the foundation of the country straighten the economic order, to Committee; and must be implemented unhes- carry out the reform and open -- Hu Qili was removed from itantly and consistently, the com- policies while seeking a sus- tamed, steady and coordinated the Standing Committee of the munique said, adding that re- economic development; Political Bureau of the CPC Cen- form and opening to the outside -- to carry out conscientious- tral Committee, from the Politi- world, which lead the country to ly ideological and political work cal Bureau of the CPC Central strength and prosperity, must be and education in patriotism, so- •Committee and from the Secre- steadfastly carried out as usual. cialism, independence, self- tariat of the CPC Central Com- China will never go back to the reliance, plain living and hard mittee; old closed-door path. The plenum reiterated that work and to oppose earnestly -- Rui Xingwen and Yan bourgeois liberalization. Mingfu were removed from the China's independent foreign pol- icy for peace remains un- -- to enhance Party building, Secretariat of the CPC Central democracy and legality, to elimi- changed. China will continue to Committee. nate corruption resolutely and to develop friendly relations with The session pledged to contin- accomplish matters of popular other countries on the basis of ue to implement the line, princi- concern so as to live up to the the Five Principles of Peaceful ples and policies laid down since people's expectations of the the Third Plenum of the 1 l th Coexistence and contribute to Party. Party Central Committee in De- world peace. The plenum highly evaluated cember 1978. .The communique called for the important role of veteran The basic line of focusing on special attention to the following proletarian revolutionaries re- economic construction and the tasks: presented by Deng Xiaoping in policy of upholding the four car- --to check turmoil thorough- the struggle, and great contribu- dinal principles and adhering to ly and quell the counter- tions of the People's Liberation the policy of carrying out econo- revolutionary rebellion while Army, armed police and pol- mic reforms and opening to the making a clear distinction be- ice in quelling the counter- outside world will also be fully tween two different types of con- revolutionary rebellion in Bei- implemented, according to the tradictions and further stabiliz- jing. [] 4 BEIJING REVIEW, JULY 3-9, 1989 EVENTS/TRENDS| demonstrations, a hunger strike China Not to Yield to and a sit-in," Li said, "We will Foreign Pressure be broad-minded and treat them properly even if they had had hinese Premier Li Peng of the people involved in the radical statements and actions." said on June 21 that China 50-day incident, Li said that "a During the meeting, Li also c will not yield to any form small minority" of people who told the guests that his scheduled of foreign pressure. violated the law will be dealt visit to Pakistan will go ahead as "In times of difficulty, it is with through legal procedures. planned. Li is expected to pay very clear who are true friends," "As to the majority of people, an official visit to Pakistan later he said during a meeting with a Pakistan delegation headed by who had participated in parades, this year. [] Foreign Secretary Humayun Khan who is in Beijing for Sino- Foreign Trade to Be Expanded Pakistan vice foreign ministerial consultations. he scope of China's economic in, because there is both business This was the first time Li had contacts and trade with for- and money to make in China." met foreign guests since the sup- T eign countries will expand, The vice-premier said that pression of the rebellion in Bei- not diminish, promised Vice- China's imports and exports are jing. Premier Tian Jiyuan in a meet- going well with its export volume Li said some countries had ing on June 22 with Viscount at the same level of the previous tried to exert diplomatic and eco- Errington, managing director of year and import volume on the nomic pressure on China. "This the Inchcape Group of Britain. increase. Foreign exchange re- only showed that they are short- Tian said the quelling of the serves are sufficient and the sighted and unwise," he said, ad- counter-revolutionary rebellion banks are in good shape, he said. ding that once they got to know by the Chinese government Errington and a number of the truth of the matter, these doesn't mean that China will other foreign businessmen have countries x~ould change their change its policies. expressed their willingness to viewpoints. He quoted Deng .Xiaoping as continue expanding co-operation During the meeting, he said saying that the line and policies with China. China's policy of reform and put forward by the Third Plen- The managing director said his opening to the outside world ary Session of the 1 lth Central China visit shows the Inchcape will not change, its independent, Committee of the Chinese Com- Group's confidence in its busi- peaceful foreign policy will re- munist Party, especially the pol- ness with China and that he be- main unchanged and the country icy of reform and opening to the lieves that the Chinese govern- will continue to develop friendly outside world, will remain un- ment will overcome its difficul- relations with all nations in the changed.