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Show A15 The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD Sunday, January 31,1999 Chinese Authorities to Revise Constitution in a Bid to Boost the Private Sector THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the legitimate rights andinterests which was enacted in 1982. They Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which Communist Party has openly acknowledged the importance of the country’s more than 28 million private companiesin employing workers laid off by the ailing state sector. Since its 1997 congress, the in China remains an uphill battle. State-owned banks have starved of the self-employed and private were drafted by the Communist Party’s policy-making Central the man credited with launching enterprises and the country should also exercise guidance,su. pervision and management over them according to law,” the draft the country’s economic reforms, state-run media reported Saturday. six years BEIJING — Chinawill amend its constitution to enshrine the rights of private enterprise and pay homage to Deng Xiaoping, ‘Theconstitutional revisions being considered by the National People's Congress reflect positions set by a key Communist Party Congress in September 1997 and are not majorpolicy changes. But they do signal the ruling amendments said. The amendments are thefirst in to the constitution, Committee and submitted to the metFriday and Saturdayin a special session. But running a private business tion will be amendedto acknowl- the reportsaid ONE! 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Hedied in 1997 at age 92, and joins revolutionary leader Mao Tse tung, Marx and Lenin, who The amended preamble also na “should implementthe princi- forts to sell off state factories to | will help it better meet the needs of reality and help maintain its uthority,” legislative chairman ynd former PremierLi Pengsaid. The preamble to the constituedge the late Deng Xiaoping for that “public ownership is dominant.” To reinforce efforts to build a modern legal system, an amendmentwill be included saying Chi foreign trade. Entrepreneurs have tended to operate at the fringes of the economy, surviving on loans from family andfriends. Fears of inadequate legal protection are one factor slowing ef- cat Duct Pros 355-8719 Xinhua said the amendments would be approvedbythelegisla- “over a long periodoftime,” and crats banned them from direct Communist Party’s commitment to market-oriented economic reforms despite festering social ua- ture whenit convenesits annual plenarysession March5. ‘Timely and meticulous amendments to the constitution will remain a socialist country startups of capital, and bureau- AIR DUCT CLEANING est due to rising unemployment and lagging farm incomes. private and foreign investors. The constitutional revisions, however,also mention that China SaltLake So.Salt Lake Pp} WestValley ! rc “| | I ' : 1400 Minutes... 533-8700 463-1044 974-9900 I $ 39 95 ! 500S0.300W. 33000. 500E. 3316 W. 2100S0. 4 . ! Bountiful Ogden Provo I a Month! ! 295-2661 392-4433 373-8727 | j Other great plans available te at ! 1 y $999jae Seestore for det ails! 2527 So. 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