BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has commended the heroic deeds of a special policeman, who died on duty at the age of 28, and asked the country to build a special police team with high fighting capacity.Hu made the call in a written instruction to a meeting on Tuesday honoring Shen Zhandong, a special policeman from Zhengzhou, of the central Henan Province.Shen was known for his outstanding performance in many missions, including the rescue work after the deadly Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province and the security work for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.Shen died on Jan. 30, the day of his 28th birthday. Medical diagnose suggested that overwork had taken a heavy toll on Shen and caused his sudden death.At Tuesday's meeting, Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, called on the country's police to learn from Shen.Zhou urged the police to step up efforts to resolve social conflicts, improve social management and enforce the law in a just and clean manner.
BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leaders on Friday offered their Spring Festival greetings to people across the nation at a gathering to mark the incoming Lunar New Year.President Hu Jintao, top legislator Wu Bangguo, Premier Wen Jiabao and top political advisor Jia Qinglin attended the gathering, held by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Chinese President Hu Jintao presides over a gathering in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2010Other leaders including Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang also attended the gathering.The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival for family reunion in China. It falls on Feb. 14 this year, and the weeklong holiday kicks off Saturday, or the eve of the Spring Festival. Top Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders Hu Jintao (front, C), Wu Bangguo (front, 4th R), Wen Jiabao (front, 4th L), Jia Qinglin (front, 3rd R), Li Changchun (front, 3rd L), Xi Jinping (front, 2nd R), Li Keqiang (front, 2nd L), He Guoqiang (front, 1st R) and Zhou Yongkang (front, 1st L) attend a gathering in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2010
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday met World Economic Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab, stressing his country's commitment to cooperating with the international community to boost sustained and balanced economic growth in the world.Li told Schwab, founder of the annual forum, that as the largest developing country in the world, China will stick to its responsibility in extending cooperation into more fields and into different layers during the global economic recovery.Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L front) meets with Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 28, 2010China will keep the continuity and stability of its macro-economic policies, continue to follow a proactive fiscal policy and moderately easy monetary policy and make its policies better targeted and more flexible in response to new circumstances, Li said.The vice-premier described his country's cooperation with the World Economic Forum as sound and fruitful over the years.The Chinese cities of Dalian and Tianjin have so far offered to host three summer versions of the Davos forum.Schwab said that China has played an active and promotive role in boosting global economic recovery and is an important force to be reckoned with in the world economic arena.Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (1st R) meets with Klaus Schwab (2nd R), founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 28, 2010.Schwab expressed his hope that the winter and summer versions of the economic forum would complement each other and attract the participation of trend-setters in such sectors as new energy and new technology to render the fora more influential worldwide.The vice premier also met, on the sidelines of the forum, entrepreneurs and executives from companies from various countries.
BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- China has decided to draft new guidelines for poverty reduction through development for the next ten years, according to a statement of an executive meeting of the State Council held Wednesday.The meeting was chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao.Participants of the meeting heard a report on the implementation of China's Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development Program (2001-2010).The statement said that Chinese government has made great efforts to lift the rural poor out of poverty by development in the past decade and has met the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halve the the proportion of people living on less than one U.S.dollar a day "ahead of schedule".Other strides achieved by China are: noticeable improvement in the economic strength and infrastructure in impoverished regions, ecological degradation being brought under control, according to the statement.The country is also said to have made good progress in construction of a social security network, which has been extended to cover the nation's rural areas with the establishment of a minimum living standard system, the new rural cooperative medical system and the pilot old-age insurance system.The statement said China had been charged with an uphill task in poverty alleviation due to factors such as a large impoverished population, frequent threats of natural disasters, deep-rooted conflicts restraining the development of the poor areas.The poverty reduction departments were told to intensify the relief work by integrating the development of urban and rural areas, and uphold the policy of supporting the poor through economic development.The statement also called for great efforts in the forthcoming decade to ensure the rural per capita net income enjoying a higher growth than the national average.Efforts should also be made to gradually improve the health, the living standard, and capabilities of steady progress for the poor, said the statement.
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leaders joined lawmakers Thursday in discussions on the work report of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.In the deliberation with lawmakers from northwest China's Qinghai Province, Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said he totally agrees with the report.Li Changchun called on Qinghai authorities to further carry out the Scientific Outlook on Development and explore a new path of scientific and leapfrog development for underdeveloped regions.Li Changchun also told the deputies to step up efforts to promote core socialist values and ethnic unity.Vice Premier Li Keqiang joined the the discussion with lawmakers from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in which he underscored the transformation of economic growth pattern.Li Keqiang said the region should improve economic restructuring, reforms and innovation, as the current drive to transform the economic growth pattern offers a new historic opportunity for western regions.Li Keqiang also said he entirely endorses the work report of the NPC Standing Committee.In his discussion with deputies from Jilin Province, He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said the province should take advantage of national policies to boost its own development.When speaking of fighting corruption, He, also head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, urged more efforts to address the loudest complaints of the people, expand participation of the public, and strengthening the collection and analysis of online information.
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LONDON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said "Gong Xi Fa Cai", or "Wishing you prosperity" in Chinese, on Monday during a reception held at 10 Downing Street to mark the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year.In a message to mark the occasion, Brown said the government would continue to promote values shared with the thriving Chinese community such as the belief in "hard work, enterprise, community spirit and strong families."British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (1st L) expresses warm new year wishes to attendees during a reception at No. 10 Downing Street, the residence of the Prime Minister, in London, capital of the U.K., Feb. 15, 2010. Brown hosted a reception for overseas Chinese in Britain here on Monday to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year that falls on Feb. 14 this yearBrown said: "We are doing all we can to ensure economic stability and job security and I am proud that many Chinese entrepreneurs continue to create employment and contribute to the nation's GDP."Almost 100 guests including television presenter Gok Wan visited Number 10 to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Tiger. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown expresses warm new year wishes to attendees during a reception at No. 10 Downing Street, the residence of the Prime Minister, in London, capital of the U.K., Feb. 15, 2010.
PARIS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with hundreds of Chinese representatives during a reception at Elysee on Tuesday, the first celebration of Chinese Spring Festival at the presidential palace.At the reception, which aims to co-celebrate the lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, the president greeted happy new year to around 800 Asian attendees, mainly Chinese-French and Chinese visitors living in France.Sarkozy said the relations between France and Asian countries, including China, was becoming closer and closer. He has visited China three times since he took office as French President and Prime Minister Francois Fillon also visited China last year. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2nd R) and Prime Minister Francois Fillon (1st R) shake hands with delegates at a ceremony celebrating the Chinese New year, the year of Tiger, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, capital of France, Feb. 16, 2010This year, he will attend the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo in China and receive Chinese President Hu Jingtao in Paris, Sarkozy said.To welcome the year of tiger, Sarkozy extended his best wishes to all Chinese nationals living in France.Sino-French friendship is a precious treasure not only for both peoples of the two countries but also for the world, Jean-David Levitte, Sarkozy's foreign affairs adviser, told Xinhua.Besides the Shanghai World Expo, President Sarkozy also plans to meet with his Chinese counterpart Hu during his spring visit to China, in the hope of building up and enriching the traditional friendship between the two nations, Levitte added.This was the first time for France to guest Chinese nationals at Presidential palace for Chinese New Year, said Sun Wenxiong, the adviser of Chinese affairs for the French reigning party Union for a Popular Movement.This activity represented several positive signals, including China's rising profile in the international state, stronger China- France relations and integration of Chinese nationals into French mainstream society, Sun added. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at a ceremony celebrating the Chinese New year, the year of Tiger, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, capital of France, Feb. 16, 2010.
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang has urged law enforcement departments at all levels to ensure their work practices are just and incorrupt to better solve social conflicts and uphold justice."Currently, our country is experiencing a period when social conflicts are prominent and more and more cases have emerged in the judicial field," Zhou told a plenary meeting for the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee here Monday."More people are expecting to protect their own rights through judicial channels and they also have a higher requirement for just law enforcement," said Zhou, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee."However, many people's ideas, abilities and working styles in the judiciary who enforced the law still left much to be desired," he said, adding that many proposals raised during the just-concluded annual parliamentary and political advisory sessions were about law enforcement.Zhou urged related departments at all levels to "carefully" study these advices and proposals and investigate and correct mistakes.