BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu called for greater efforts to fight floods and droughts Monday at a meeting held by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. Hui said governments at all levels should place priority on ensuring people's safety and taking care of people in disaster-hit regions. Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu (C) addresses a meeting held by the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters in Beijing, capital of China, on Aug. 24, 2009, calling for greater efforts to fight floods and droughts Local governments were urged to take measures to combat droughts and floods in major grain production bases and to step up monitoring of freak weather. A severe drought has affected north China since late July as a result of insufficient rainfall and continued high temperatures, while heavy rains and typhoons have battered some other parts of the country.
SOFIA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping held talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Angel Marin on Wednesday, and both leaders pledged to further cement the traditional friendly relations between the two countries. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese-Bulgarian diplomatic relations, and his current visit was mainly aimed at celebrating the anniversary together with the Bulgarian side and further advancing the pragmatic friendly cooperation between the two nations, said Xi. Bulgarian Vice President Angel Marin (L) welcomes visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, Oct. 14, 2009While reviewing the Chinese-Bulgarian relationship over the past six decades, Xi called it a good example for the friendly co-existence between countries with different social systems. Xi said that the two sides should maintain mutual respect, seek win-win cooperation and work together to safeguard common interest, to ensure the long-term healthy development of bilateral relations and to bring benefit to the two peoples. Bulgarian Vice President Angel Marin (3rd L) meets with visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (3rd R) in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, Oct. 14, 2009Xi put forward a five-point proposal on further advancing the relationship between the two countries: -- To further strengthen their traditional friendly relations on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. Xi expressed hope that governments, parliaments, and parties of both sides at all levels would enhance exchanges and cooperation and boost mutual understanding and trust; -- To expand trade cooperation to achieve mutual benefit and create a win-win situation; -- To deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, specially among the youth; -- To continue strengthening coordination and collaboration within multilateral frameworks to jointly promote world peace and development; -- To work for a sustainable, stable and healthy relationship between China and Europe. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping presents a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, Oct. 14, 2009Marin said Xi's visit demonstrated the importance the Chinese government has attached to the relations between the two countries. Bulgaria attaches importance to its relations with China, and has taken China as a strategic and cooperative partner. Bulgaria is ready to work with China to cement mutual political trust and intensify cooperation on trade, investment, tourism, culture and education, he said. Bulgarian Vice President Angel Marin (R) introduces the general situation of Bulgaria to visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping before their meeting in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, Oct. 14, 2009. Marin reaffirmed that Bulgaria firmly adheres to the one-China policy and supports China on issues concerning Tibet and Xinjiang. After the talks, the two leaders attended the signing ceremony for several cooperation agreements. Xi arrived here on Wednesday afternoon for the third leg of his five-nation Europe tour. He has visited Belgium and Germany, and will also visit Hungary and Romania.
BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed to stick to the proactive fiscal policy and moderately easy monetary policy in the second half year to sustain stable and relatively fast economic growth. Hu, who is also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), made the remarks at a conference with leaders of the country's leading non-Communist Parties on Thursday in Beijing. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior leaders including top political advisor Jia Qinglin, Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang, attended the meeting. Hu said the Chinese economy is generally improving because of the stimulus packages the Chinese government rolled out to weather the global economic downturn, but caution against risks should be strengthened. The macroeconomic policies should be maintained to consolidate the current recovery to achieve the goal of eight-percent economic growth for this year, Hu said. China's annual economic growth quickened to 7.9 percent in the second quarter of this year, mainly boosted by a 33.5 percent surge in fixed-asset investment driven by powerful fiscal and monetary stimulus. The figure was compared with the 6.1 percent economic growth in the first quarter and 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. Hu called for thorough implementation of stimulus measures to expand domestic demand. The government tried to boost domestic demand to offset falling exports because of a slump of global demand. The measures included programs of rural home appliance subsidy and home appliance replacement and purchase tax cuts on autos. Economic restructuring and innovation should be enhanced to ensure economic recovery, Hu said. In rural development, Hu called for efforts to boost grain production and increase farmers' income through various channels. More investment should go to ethnic, border and poor regions, Hu added.
PHUKET, Thailand, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi underlined here Wednesday the importance of tapping new areas of economic growth so as to enhance cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN). Yang noted that one area of development is to implement plans to enhance agricultural productivity by drawing on advanced technology and to accelerate the cooperation on new and renewable energies. The ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting is held in Phuket, Thailand, on July 22, 2009."We have maintained high-level exchanges, enhanced political mutual trust, shared development experience and strengthened confidence in cooperation," Yang said at the China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Wednesday afternoon. China and ASEAN have completed negotiations on the China-ASEAN Investment Agreement, paving the way for the full establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) in 2010. The ASEAN on Monday appreciated China's active role in developing transportation infrastructure between the two sides and welcomed the establishment of the 10 billion U.S. dollar fund for bilateral investment cooperation. In April, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that China has decided to set up a 10 billion U.S. dollar "China-ASEAN Fund on Investment Cooperation" to support infrastructural development in the region.
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HAVANA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo on Thursday visited Fidel Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, in Havana, a source with the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) confirmed. The two leaders had a two-hour conversation in a sincere and friendly atmosphere on bilateral relations and other issues of common concern, the source added. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), spoke highly of the China-Cuba relationship, according to a NPC press release. Bilateral relationship between China and Cuba is at its best time in history, Wu said, adding that China would strive to push its relations with Cuba to a new high by continuously expanding their friendly cooperation in various fields. Castro said Cuba closely follows China's economic and social development and feels proud when China scores new achievements. China's success is of special significance for Cuba and all the developing nations, he added. "The Cuban people, along with the Chinese people, will continue to support each other, work closely and intensify their cooperation with the aim to maintain world peace and realize common development," the press release quoted Castro as saying. On China's efforts to curb the global financial crisis, Wu said China is actively participating in international cooperation while striving to maintain a steady and relatively fast economic growth. He said developing countries should have a greater representation and a bigger say in endeavor to deal with the global financial crisis and reform the global financial system. He also urged the international community to try to minimize the damage the current crisis inflicts on the developing nations, especially on the most underdeveloped ones. Wu arrived in Havana on Tuesday at the invitation of Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, president of the Cuban National Assembly of People's Power (CNAPP). Cuba is the first leg of Wu's three-nation American tour, which will also take him to the Bahamas and the United States. China established diplomatic relations with Cuba on Sept. 28, 1960. Cuba was the first Latin American country to have diplomatic ties with China.
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued a statement late Monday saying it would approve U.S. automaker General Motors Co.'s (GM) plan to buy part of parts supplier Delphi Corp, but set conditions on the deal to avoid restricting competition. The approval came after an anti-monopoly probe by the MOC into the deal last week and negotiations with the two companies over the deal conditions, aimed to avoid exclusion or restriction of competition, according to the statement. The conditions include a ban on GM and Delphi exchanging trade secrets on Delphi's other Chinese customers, to prevent GM from getting confidential and competitive information. Delphi should also maintain the timeliness and quality of supplies indiscriminately to the other domestic automakers, at market prices. The ministry said it had discussed with the two companies its concerns on competition, and GM and Delphi had come up with solutions. According to a Dow Jones report Monday night, authorities in the U.S. and E.U. had earlier given their approval for the deal, after Delphi, GM's former parts division, received approval from a U.S. court to sell assets to its lender and GM. The report said this would clear the way for the auto-parts supplier, which operates 17 wholly-owned entities and joint ventures in China and 21 manufacturing sites, to end its four-year stay in bankruptcy. Under China's anti-monopoly law, mergers and acquisitions that could impact the domestic market must undergo an anti-monopoly review.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tire producers, who are facing proposed sanctionative tariffs from the U.S. authorities, appeal for "fair ruling" from the U.S. government, a Chinese tire industry representatives told Xinhua in an interview on Wednesday. "The proposed sanction against Chinese tire export to the U.S. market will cause a lose-lose situation on both countries," said Mary Xu, deputy secretary general of the China Rubber Industry Association and the leading member of a Chinese tire producers delegation in Washington. "We have filed much evidence demonstrating that Chinese tire imports do not injure the U.S. tire industry. The restriction of the Chinese tires cannot solve any problem faced by the U.S. tire industry, and further would hurt U.S. tire distributors and consumers," the delegation said in a letter to the U.S. President Barack Obama before a government hearing on this issue on Friday. The U.S. Steelworkers union, which represents workers at major U.S. tire manufacturers, filed a petition against China earlier this year for import relief and won a favorable ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The panel recommended Obama impose a 55 percent tariff on the Chinese tire imports which would be reduced to 45 percent in the second year and 35 percent in the third before being removed. The steelworkers asked for protection under Section 421 of U.S. trade law, which only requires petitioners to show that imports from China have disrupted the U.S. market. "Chinese tires are welcomed by the American consumers who believe that our products have good cost performance," Xu said. "Chinese tires are relatively lower ended and mainly for the replacement of tires. The U.S. tire makers do not produce these types of tires. So our tires are complementary, not competitive to the U.S. products." Xu said that the tariffs will hurt the American consumers and cause job loss as well. "This case will influence about 100,000 U.S. employees across the country, including tire sellers, distributors, transporters and logistic companies. More than 25,000 American workers may lose their jobs if the sanction is implemented," Xu said. "And about 100,000 Chinese workers from 20 tire producers will be influenced by the case," she added. The ITC said it submitted its investigation report to President Obama and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk last month. The USTR hearing would be the final event in the investigation before Obama rules on the ITC recommendation. The USTR will submit its remedy recommendation to Obama by September 2. He is required to make a decision within 15 days after receiving it. Xu said that the tariffs proposal are widely opposed by the U.S. consumers and tire distributors. In a letter to President Obama, the American Tire Industry Association (TIA) opposed petition to limit imports of Chinese-made tires and said that it will hurt the U.S. economy and consumers. This case also aroused closely watch of trade protectionism since it is seen as a test case for the Obama administration's trade policy. The president's decision will tell the world if he believes his own rhetoric about the dangers of protectionism in a weak global economy, The Wall Street Journal said in a report Tuesday. "Chinese tires have fairly traded in the U.S. for years. I think limiting trade in fairly traded goods is protectionism. It would contradict recent pledges by the United States to avoid protectionism and to work in cooperation with China to promote trade," said Xu. "We cannot predict the result of the case right now," Xu said. "What we expect is a fair ruling from the U.S. government."