1995-04, Promote Social Development, Better Our Future《社会发展 共创未来》

Stamp Title: Promote Social Development, Better Our Future
Scott No: 2558
Serial number: 1995-4
Values in set: 1
Date of issue: March 6, 1995
Designers: Guo Zhenshan
Size: 40*30mm
Perforation: 11*11.5
Sheet composition: 50
Printing process: gravure

In the light of the 47/92 resolution approved by the 47th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the World Summit for Social Development would be held in Copenhagen of Denmark in March 1995, The meeting was scheduled to draw up a declaration and an action program to embody the purposes of the UN’s Charter to realize social progress and improve the life of all . The three core topics for discussion at the meeting were to alleviate and reduce poverty, to expand productive employment, and to strengthen social mix, of which the content covered all fields of social development. This was the first time in history that the United Nations sponsored the World Summit for Social Development, which would be of great significance to promoting international cooperation and exchanges on social development, to enabling governments of different nations to pay attention to social development, to raising the status of social development in the strategy of the national development, to strengthening the work and coordination in the fields of social development, and to facilitating the world safety and the progress of the human society.

The People’s Republic of China has obtained achievements in social development that attract worldwide attention. In the process of socialist modernization, China wanted to accomplish its second strategic objective to raise the people’s material and cultural life and quality, urban and rural structure, social order and living surroundings to a new level. The Chinese government would positively support the United Nations to host the world summit for social development, and publicize the importance of the meeting. It would set up a China reparatory committee for the meeting while organizing a series of activities. Included would be an exhibition to display China’s achievements in social development, an international seminar on Beijing’s social development, the first meeting on national social development, a state report on China’s social development, to the United Nations, and the issue of a set of a commemorative stamp entitled “Promote Social Development, Better Our Future.” The Chinese people would, as usual, promote social development, continue to work for the social civilization, justice and happiness, and join hands with the people of the world to develop the bright future.

1995年纪念邮票《社会发展 共创未来》
国家邮政局1995年3月6日发行《社会发展 共创未来》纪念邮票1套1枚。
（1-1) J 社会发展 共创未来 20 分 5204.2万枚

志号名称：1995-4J
版别：影写
整版枚数：50 枚
全套面值：0.20元
邮票规格：40 × 30毫米
齿孔度数：11 × 11.5度
设计者：郭振山
印制机构：北京邮票厂

所谓社会发展，是指在经济增长和科技进步的基础上，国家通过发展社会事业和实施社会政策，促进人民生活质量不断改善，人口素质不断提高，社会文明不断发展，社会公平不断扩大，从而实现社会全面进步的过程。社会发展具体包括人口控制和计划生育，教育培训，劳动就业，卫生医疗保健，收入分配调节与社会保障，城市化发展与住房，公共设施建设，文化体育，大众传播与休闲娱乐，公共安全与治安，生态与环境保护，民族、宗教以及对妇女、儿童、残疾人、老龄人等特殊群体的保护等领域。

目前，全世界有12亿人口处于绝对贫困状态，每年有1300万至1800万人死于贫困，大大超过战争造成的死亡。现在，世界南北差距越来越大，穷国在增加，贫困状况在恶化，即使在西方发达国家中，穷人队伍也在扩大，由此而带来的凶杀、卖淫、抢劫、虐待儿童等社会问题日趋严重，使社会动荡不安。

1991年5月，由智利代表团在联合国经社理事会上建议召开联合国社会发展世界首脑会议。1992年第47届联大通过决议，决定1995年初在丹麦召开，并就会议的目标、核心议题和筹备工作等作出了一些规定。

1995年3月6日至12日，联合国社会发展世界首脑会议在丹麦首都哥本哈根召开，这是联合国成立50年来第一次举行有关世界发展问题战略的最高级会议，表明联合国在维护世界和平、推动世界发展、共创未来等方面，正发挥越来越大的作用。这次会议是集中解决贫困、失业和两极分化这三大主题，即讨论加强社会融合、减轻和减少贫困以及扩大生产性就业等问题。这些讨论的正是世界各国亟待解决的问题。世界各国人民对此寄予希望，愿与会首脑能取得一些共识，共同努力来解决这些困扰世界的问题。

我国政府对社会发展问题极为重视，自智利代表团提出此动议后，便一直给予坚决支持，积极参与各项筹备工作。1994年10月，首脑会议筹委会秘书处、中国筹委会和联合国开发署在北京举办了社会发展国际研讨会，交流了各国社会发展经验，探讨社会发展问题，加强国际合作，为首脑会议文件起草做实质性的准备。在这一系列活动中，我国政府都在为创造全球和中国未来的美好前景而努力工作。

1995年3月6日，为了祝贺联合国社会发展世界首脑会议召开，邮电部发行了《社会发展、共创未来》纪念邮票，全套1枚。