Fifteen years of rapid progress has laid a firm basis for further modernizaion of all aspects of the Korean society. The incessant effort for rapid growth and industrializaition in the past also has created an impressive foundation for a self-sustainable econmy. The remarkable growth attained in all walks of life is a souce of national pride, and fully supports the confidence of the Korean people in every section of society that efforts they have made will continue to bear brilliant fruit in the years ahead.

Under th basic principle of growth , efficiency and equity , the Fourth Five-Year economic Developmet plan is again designed to fulfill the people's aspiration for attaining viable national security on the one hand and improving the equality of life for the Korean people on the other.