A BLUEPRINT for sustainable economic growth entitled ''China's Agenda 21'' is to be formulated next year, the daughter of patriarch Deng Xiaoping said.
Deng Nan, vice-minister of the State Science and Technology Commission, said it would help improve economic growth and people's livelihood while preserving the environment.
She was speaking at an international seminar on the strategy which was attended by more than 180 Chinese and foreign officials as well as international experts.
The participants are to discuss how to revise the economic and social development strategy of China for sustainable growth in the next century.
Ms Deng said Beijing had agreed to hold an international round-table conference with the United Nations Development Programme on the development strategy in the second quarter of next year.
She said the strategy was prepared in accordance with international standards.
International experts have expressed concern that China's rapid economic growth would be achieved at the expense of irreparable damage to the environment.
