Ninth five-year plan

The Ninth five-year plan, China's national economic and social development plan for 1996–2000. It was the first complete five-year plan in China since the introduction of the socialist market economy, with the primary objective of enhancing the quality of life and reforming the enterprise system.

Objectives

The Outline of the Ninth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Term Goals to the Year 2010 were adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on September 28, 1995. The primary objectives of the Ninth five-year plan for national economic and social development were as follows: to quadruple the per capita GNP in comparison to 1980; to raise the living standards of the populace and reduce poverty; to expedite the establishment of a socialist market economic system and a modern enterprise system; to increase university enrollment; and to increase the number of students in universities and colleges, as well as the number of students in the socialist market economy. promoting a shift from a primitive to an intensive mode of economic development; expanding enrollment in colleges and universities; researching and developing information technology; and implementing a socialist market economic system.

Accomplishments

Factors such as the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the disasters in 1998 impeded the progress of the five-year plan. By the year 2000, the Ninth Five-Year Plan had already achieved the majority of its objectives. Additionally, emissions of major pollutants decreased.