In the conference documents, you mentioned telecommunications. This is an important field in today's information society. China is devoting major efforts in fiber-optic, satellite, and programmable telephone systems. Every year 15 to 17 million telephones are added and there is now a national network. Meteorology is another field to which we pay special attention, because it is especially important to China to reduce the effect of natural disasters.
China is a country with frequent floods and droughts.
Generally in a five-year period, we have two years with good harvests, two with average harvests, and one with disaster. We have dredged rivers and watercourses, built dams, and planted trees to prevent floods. But droughts are more serious than floods in China. Solving this problem will depend on more efficient use of water resources. China also suffers typhoon attacks.