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Eight out of 10 people in China’s major cities support political reform, according to a survey reported on today, on the eve of a once-in-a-decade leadership transition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seven in 10 people believe the government should face greater public scrutiny and strengthen its checks against corruption, said the poll, published in the state-run Global Times newspaper.<\/p>\n

Corruption topped the survey’s list of threats to social stability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Most Chinese people believe China should initiate political reform,” the newspaper said.<\/p>\n

The survey figures come as President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao wind down 10 years of leadership that saw roaring economic growth<\/strong> but also growing popular discontent over problems including corruption and income disparity.<\/p>\n

The leaders’ expected successors, Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang, are due to be anointed at a five-yearly Communist party congress beginning in Beijing tomorrow.<\/p>\n

They will face mounting pressure to address such issues and spur economic growth, which has slowed to 7.4 per cent, its lowest quarterly rate since 2009.<\/p>\n

Analysts say the administration has failed to enact the economic and political reforms needed to ensure steady growth in the coming years.<\/p>\n

China’s all-powerful ruling party censors public criticism and its top leaders make key policy decisions and appointments through negotiations behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

Two thirds of respondents rated China’s development over the past decade as “satisfactory or somewhat satisfactory”<\/strong> while seven in 10 said they felt reform should occur gradually.<\/p>\n

After corruption, they ranked the widening rich-poor gap and an inadequate social safety net as the most pressing problems.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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