If, duringthe 13th five year plan, China's economygrowsat 6.5 percent or above China willbe able to take a historic leap to join theranksofhigh-incomecountries.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is pledging to stick by his plan to liberalize theeconomy, but his popularity, once well above 70%, has abruptly plunged to just above 50%.