The Fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia

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Name: Mahathir ben mohamed.

Term:1981July16–2003 1 October 31.

Honorary title: father of ambition

Contribution: 8 major contributions

1. Establish close ties with third world countries ... After Mahadi took office, Malaysian relations with western countries tended to fade, especially with Britain, the former colonial suzerain, and even put forward the slogan of "buying Britain last"; At the same time, it also revised the traditional foreign policy of relying too much on the West and turned to establish closer ties with third world countries. Such as vigorously supporting South-South countries; Strengthen relations with Donghe, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Federation; Promote cooperation with the Islamic world and support the sovereignty struggle of Islamic countries such as Afghanistan, Bosnia and Palestine.

2. Actively participate in United Nations affairs ... Malaysia has also actively participated in the peacekeeping missions of the United Nations Peace Forces, and was elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council (1989-90) and President of the General Assembly (1997).

3. Take the initiative to attack and challenge western hegemony ... In order to expand the Malaysian trade field, Mahadi often leads trade delegations to visit abroad and strengthen trade ties with other countries; At the same time, he often criticized the economic and political hegemonism of European and American countries and bravely stood up to safeguard the position and interests of developing countries in the third world, so he was highly respected by the international community.

4. Great Vision for 2020 ... Since the 1990s, the government has put forward the "National Development Policy", with the goal of continuing the new economic policy, and put forward the "WAWASAN 2020" for Malaysia to develop into an "advanced industrial country" within 30 years. Although this policy inherits some factors of the new economic policy, it no longer sticks to the Malay share in equity, but emphasizes the "balanced development" of economic growth and benefit distribution, and emphasizes the redistribution of wealth through rapid economic development; Therefore, economic construction has become the theme of Malaysia in the next 30 years. According to Premier Mahadi's description, by 2020, Malaysia will be a country of sincere unity, a Malaysian society full of self-confidence, a society with lofty moral values, democracy, freedom, mutual tolerance, friendship, economic fairness, progress and prosperity. But to realize this ambition, Malaysia must face the following nine challenges: 1, build a United Malaysia with the same destiny and create a "Malaysia" with the same destiny; 2. Create a free, stable, confident and proud society; 3. Establish a mature Malaysian-style democratic society based on multi-races; 4. Establish a society with strong morality and ethics; 5. Establish a mature, free and tolerant society, so that all people can freely practice and pursue their own customs, cultures and religious beliefs, and have a sense of belonging to the country; 6. Establish a society with scientific progress, innovative spirit and foresight, and make contributions to scientific and technological civilization; 7. Establish a caring and loving society based on the family system; 8. A society with economic equity; 9. Achieve a prosperous, economically competitive, dynamic and flexible society.

5. Privatization policy ... State-owned companies established in 1970s have become more and more bloated due to implementation deviation. In order to reduce public expenditure, improve productivity and competitiveness, improve service level and increase government revenue, from 65438 to 0983, the government began to privatize state-owned enterprises, such as posts and telecommunications, Malaysia Airlines, expressway construction, port operation and housing construction.

6. Promoting the development of domestic capital ... 1986, the government implemented the Investment Promotion Law, actively encouraged foreign and domestic capital to develop small and medium-sized enterprises, provided various conveniences for small and medium-sized enterprises, and relaxed the restrictions of the Industrial Coordination Law. Small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly Chinese-funded, have developed rapidly. In addition, in 1986, the government also identified 12 key industrial sectors to encourage the establishment of high-tech industries, including rubber, palm oil, wood, petrochemical, electronic appliances, transportation equipment, machinery and construction industries, steel, textile and clothing industries. This has made Malaysia's industry and exports more diversified.

7. Look East Policy ... 1982 The government pursues the policy of learning from Japanese and Koreans' diligence and team spirit, and strives for investment and trade between Japan and South Korea. Under this policy, the government sends students and workers to Japan and South Korea for further study and training, and encourages large enterprises and manufacturers in the two countries to invest in joint ventures, hoping to achieve the purpose of technology transfer through cooperative relations, thus enhancing Malaysia's position in the field of planting. The most successful cooperation is the domestic car launched by 1985. Domestic cars were created by a joint venture between HICOM of Malaysia and Proton of Japan.

8. Economic reform policy ... When Mahadi was in power, the new economic policy had been implemented for 10 years, and some achievements had been made in social structure adjustment. But at that time, the world economy was depressed and the country was facing a severe economic situation. While continuing to carry out the new economic policy, Mahadi has put forward many innovative reform policies in view of its dependence on Malays, emphasizing taking care of the interests of Malays and speeding up the national economic development, so that all ethnic groups can enjoy the fruits of economic construction and get out of the economic downturn smoothly.