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PREC: ROUTINE
CLASS: UNCLASSIFIED
LINE1: RAAUZYUW RUEHLZA0028 0610904-UUUU--RHEHAAX.
LINE2: ZNR UUUUU ZZH
LINE3: R 020904Z MAR 98
LINE4: FM AMCONSUL LEIPZIG
OSRI: RUEHLZ
DTG: 020904Z MAR 98
ORIG: AMCONSUL LEIPZIG
TO: RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0446
RUEHOL/AMEMBASSY BONN 0708
INFO: RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHBW/AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 0046
RUEHUB/USINT HAVANA 0032
SUBJ:
LEIPZIG WEEKLY REPORT, FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 1998
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
TEXT:
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 LEIPZIG 0028
SENSITIVE
BELGRADE FOR QUINTUS
HAVANA FOR LINDERMAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON, PGOV, PREL, MARR, GM
SUBJECT: LEIPZIG WEEKLY REPORT, FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 1998
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
I. ECONOMIC
BIEDENKOPF'S ECONOMIC ADVICE SOUGHT IN CHINA
1. (U) MINISTER-PRESIDENT KURT BIEDENKOPF (CDU) AND 20
LOCAL BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES FROM SAXONY ARE CURRENTLY
TOURING CHINA, AT THE INVITATION OF ZHU RONGJI, WHO PAID
A STATE VISIT TO DRESDEN LAST YEAR. BIEDENKOPF TOLD HIS
HOSTS ABOUT EASTERN GERMANY'S EXPERIENCES IN TRANSFORMING
A PLANNED ECONOMY INTO A MARKET ECONOMY. HIS MAIN POINT
WAS THAT LARGE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES ARE "NOT SUITED"
TO TODAY'S ECONOMY. HE SAID THAT DELEGATING MORE POWER
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PROVINCES WOULD "EASE" THE
REFORM PROCESS IN CHINA, NOTING THAT THE DECENTRALIZED
STATES IN EUROPE HAD PROVEN MORE FLEXIBLE AND CAPABLE OF
REACTING TO MARKET FORCES. THE MINISTER-PRESIDENT ALSO
DISCUSSED THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRANSFORMATION
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