We need a new economy with competitive industries and infrastructure, a developed services sector and effective agriculture – an economy based on modern technology. We must develop an effective mechanism for modernizing our economy and find and attract huge material and personnel resources needed to achieve this goal.  
 
Economic tasks
We are living in a period of radical change in the global economy. Technology is being modernized faster than ever before. Much of what is routine to us today looked like science fiction 15 to 20 years ago. The struggle for global leadership has become more acute than ever before, and we see countries whose standing seemed rock solid giving way to those countries that were looked down on only yesterday. The threat of man-made catastrophes and environmental disasters is greater than ever. But human opportunities have never been greater either. And it is those who make the fullest use of these opportunities that will be the winners.

In these circumstances we must ensure sustainable progressive development of our economy and try to shield our citizens from the hardships of crises as much as possible, while at the same time consistently and rapidly modernizing all economic sectors, from the material and technical base to approaches to our economic policy.