The plan was to further enhance equity and improve the quality of life by promoting systematic social development which was emphasized in the plan for the first time. The fourth plan also dealt with diverse areas in comparison to earlier plans as evidenced by the participation of 22 teams in the formulation of the plan. In the process of formulating the plan, all experts were drawn from academia, business and the mass media as well as foreign experts. It was highly admirable in the sense that the third plan could reflect all of the opinions of various sectors of society.