D.Zorigt: “People’s Development” program will benefit the country
Delegates attending the third MPP conference on Thursday ratified the party’s “People’s Development” program, a twenty-year plan to develop society and the economy. Mineral Resources and Energy Minister D.Zorigt answered our correspondent’s questions about the program.
Q: MPP members have different opinions about the program. What is your opinion?
A: The “People’s Development” program focuses on goals from 2012 to 2031. Any political force needs goals for developing the state, and the program’s purpose is to develop the country. Political parties and citizens should work hard to implement the goals. The program outlines the goals and purposes. The MPP members discussed what to implement and how to implement it.
Q: What sector was deemed most important to implement the goals of the program?
A: The mining sector will be the leading sector in the economy for the next ten years, according to the MPP. But the infrastructure sector will boost development in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Construction of roads, railways and power plants will develop the country. Economic growth has reached 20 percent and we should implement infrastructure projects to continue economic growth. We could build oil refineries, and iron, steel, and coking coal plants that produce value-added products during implementation of the program.
And agriculture and animal husbandry should be developed at the same time.
Q: What is the role of citizens in the program?
A: The ultimate focus of the program is the Mongolian citizen. Mongolian citizens will earn higher salaries after the country’s economy and society are developed. Citizens will have high incomes after two decades, if the program is implemented. The most important goal is that citizens will gain employment through economic growth. The prime minister has said the Government will implement a policy that small- and medium-sized businesses will be exempted from taxes for a certain period, and the conference discussed this.
Q: But economists say small- and medium-sized businesses can not develop the nation as well as large corporations that compete on the world market. What about that?
A: Look at Japan and South Korea. They developed small -and medium-sized business like Mitsubishi and Honda in Japan and Samsung and Hyundai in South Korea. Also, large factories in Mongolia could be developed in the mining sector and by producing value-added products. Small- and medium-sized businesses could be developed around these large factories. Mongolia is remote from the world market and the cost of our imports is high. We can see examples of state support for small- and medium- sized production in any country’s experience. Small- and medium-sized businesses can not be developed without a government policy of support, such as reduced electric rates. But the state will not interfere in the development of large factories.
Q: MPP members have different opinions about the program. What is your opinion?
A: The “People’s Development” program focuses on goals from 2012 to 2031. Any political force needs goals for developing the state, and the program’s purpose is to develop the country. Political parties and citizens should work hard to implement the goals. The program outlines the goals and purposes. The MPP members discussed what to implement and how to implement it.
Q: What sector was deemed most important to implement the goals of the program?
A: The mining sector will be the leading sector in the economy for the next ten years, according to the MPP. But the infrastructure sector will boost development in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Construction of roads, railways and power plants will develop the country. Economic growth has reached 20 percent and we should implement infrastructure projects to continue economic growth. We could build oil refineries, and iron, steel, and coking coal plants that produce value-added products during implementation of the program.
And agriculture and animal husbandry should be developed at the same time.
Q: What is the role of citizens in the program?
A: The ultimate focus of the program is the Mongolian citizen. Mongolian citizens will earn higher salaries after the country’s economy and society are developed. Citizens will have high incomes after two decades, if the program is implemented. The most important goal is that citizens will gain employment through economic growth. The prime minister has said the Government will implement a policy that small- and medium-sized businesses will be exempted from taxes for a certain period, and the conference discussed this.
Q: But economists say small- and medium-sized businesses can not develop the nation as well as large corporations that compete on the world market. What about that?
A: Look at Japan and South Korea. They developed small -and medium-sized business like Mitsubishi and Honda in Japan and Samsung and Hyundai in South Korea. Also, large factories in Mongolia could be developed in the mining sector and by producing value-added products. Small- and medium-sized businesses could be developed around these large factories. Mongolia is remote from the world market and the cost of our imports is high. We can see examples of state support for small- and medium- sized production in any country’s experience. Small- and medium-sized businesses can not be developed without a government policy of support, such as reduced electric rates. But the state will not interfere in the development of large factories.
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