BEIJING, Dec. 26 -- The weight of private enterprises in the overall economy is on the rise and that of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the decline, Ma Jiantang, minister of the National Bureau of Statistics, said on Friday. The number of private firms rose by 81.4 percent from 2004 to 2008 to reach 3.6 million and SOEs dropped by 20 percent to 143,000, Ma said at a press conference where China's second economic census results were released. China has made great efforts over the past 30 years to restructure its economy. It has gradually raised the proportion of private enterprises after the market-oriented reform began in the early 1980s. As a result, the private sector has contributed an ever-growing value to the country's GDP and provided most of the jobs. But in recent years, some major acquisitions have seen SOEs buying into private companies, sparking concern that the State may be strengthening its control over the private sector. Ma said the census figures do not suggest SOEs are buying into private enterprises. In terms of asset value, SOEs saw their proportion in the nation's total drop by 8.1 percentage points from 2004 to 2008 to 23 percent. In contrast, private enterprises' assets rose by 3.3 percentage points to 12.3 percent.
CAIRO, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday met Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa and expressed China's willingness to further its cooperation with the Arab countries by enriching the contents of the China-Arab friendly cooperation. The Chinese premier met the Arab League secretary general at the league's headquarters in Cairo. "Under the current international political and economic circumstances which are undergoing profound and complicated changes, it is in the interests of both China and the Arab countries to strengthen cooperation which contributes toward world peace, stability and development," the Chinese premier said. Wen told Musa that China is willing to pool efforts with the Arab League and Arab countries to render the China-Arab Cooperation Forum into a more effective platform which will result in more progress. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) meets with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa at the headquarters of the Arab League in downtown Cairo Nov. 7, 2009 "Both China and the Arab countries belong to the developing world," said the Chinese premier who expressed his appreciation for Musa's positive contribution toward the promotion of the Arab-China friendly relations. The Arab League secretary general said during the meeting that Wen's speech delivered earlier at the Arab League headquarters highlighted the importance China has attached to developing its friendly relations with the Arab world. Musa expressed his gratitude to China for its support to the just Arab causes. He reiterated the league's support to China's territorial integrity. He hoped that the Arab League would cooperate with China in all fields to promote the Arab-China Cooperation Forum and to promote world peace, regional stability and development.
MACAO, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Saturday that "one country, two systems" had been successfully implemented in both Hong Kong and Macao since their return to the motherland. "The two special administrative regions have accumulated rich experience in the regard, and can learn from each other and make progress together," said the president when meeting with Donald Tsang, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and principal officials of the Hong Kong SAR government. Hu and Tsang arrived here Saturday to attend the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inauguration of the third-term government of the Macao SAR. Chinese President Hu Jintao(R) shakes hands with Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) in Macao SAR in south China on Dec. 19, 2009 The 10th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland is a festive event not only for the Macao people, but also for the people in Hong Kong and people of all ethnic groups of the nation, said Hu. The president spoke highly of the active efforts by the Hong Kong SAR government and people of all circles, under the leadership of Tsang, in maintaining Hong Kong's prosperity and stability amid the global financial crisis. The president expressed his confidence that through concerted efforts of the Hong Kong SAR government and people of all circles, the Hong Kong economy can be recovered at the earliest time, people's livelihood constantly improved, and the issue of constitutional development properly handled. He was also confident that the Hong Kong SAR government and people of various sectors will also continue to work hard together to create a good social environment of harmony and stability. Tsang thanked the president for the encouragement and support given to him and Hong Kong, pledging that the HKSAR government will do its utmost to sustain Hong Kong's prosperity and stability. Present at the meeting were Liu Yandong, Ling Jihua, Wang Huning, Li Jianguo, Liao Hui and Chen Bingde. Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region Edmund Ho Hau Wah was also present at the meeting.
BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Sino-U.S. ties have been warmed up for U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming China visit by frequent contacts between high-level officials from both sides, Chinese experts said Thursday. The 20th meeting of China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) was officially convened on Thursday morning in China's eastern city of Hangzhou. This year's JCCT talks, highlighted by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, were widely seen as part of preparations for the presidential summit next month. "Today's JCCT meeting laid a solid groundwork and made full preparations for President Obama's visit in two weeks, which will help build the positive, cooperative and comprehensive China-U.S. relations toward the 21st century," China's Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said at the end of talks. In the meantime, Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, was paying his first visit to the United States under the Obama administration. During his talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Xu and Gates explored ways to further military-to-military cooperation and reached agreement on seven points, which included Gates' visit to China in 2010 and mutual visits of warships. The agreement on conducting joint maritime searches and rescue exercises has already had the embryonic form of crisis management mechanism, said Ding Xinghao, president of the Shanghai Association of American Studies. During the 11-day visit, the Chinese general was also invited to visit some sensitive military sites, including the Strategic Command Headquarter, which was in charge of nuclear weapons and cyber war. Xu's visits to the sensitive military sites showed the U.S. military's willingness to promote mutual trust with the Chinese military, said Fu Mengzi, a researcher with the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations. Since the Obama administration took office, Sino-U.S. relations have witnessed a smooth transition and maintained a good momentum of development. In June 2009, the defense ministries of China and the United States held the 10th defense consultation. In July, the two countries held their first round strategic and economic dialogue. In August, the two militaries held the maritime military security consultation. In addition, Obama issued a "presidential determination" On Sept. 29 that shifted authority for approving sales to China of missile and space technology from the White House to the Commerce Department, a move viewed by experts as Washington's delivery of goodwill to Beijing. It was also noteworthy that U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg proposed a new term to describe U.S.-China relations in his keynote address entitled "Administration's Vision of the U.S.-China Relationship" at the Center for a New American Security in Washington on Sept. 24. "Strategic reassurance", as Steinberg noted, means that "just as we and our allies must make clear that we are prepared to welcome China's 'arrival'...China must reassure the rest of the world that its development and growing global role will not come at the expense of security and well-being of others." This term captured the crux of Sino-U.S. ties, said Niu Xinchun, vice director of the Center for American Studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations. "It is aimed at realizing the strategic mutual trust between the two countries." The foundation for the sustained and stable development of bilateral ties lies in mutual trust, he said, but trade frictions between the two nations show that mutual trust still needs to be strengthened. Obama announced in September to impose 35 percent punitive tariffs on all car and light truck tires from China for three years. Just on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced preliminary determination that intended to impose a tariff up to 12 percent on the steel grafting and steel strand imported from China, valued 269 million U.S. dollars. In addition, China and the United States still have differences on some issues concerning China's core interests, such as U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and Tibet-related issues. Although both sides have the willingness to enhance mutual trust, it is still difficult for them to fulfill the goal, said Fu Mengzi, adding it needs sustained efforts from both sides. "Sino-U.S. relations are now standing at a new historical starting point," said Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan at the opening ceremony of the 20th JCCT meeting. "President Obama's first China visit will surely provide new opportunities for bilateral cooperation."
BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States have agreed to continue dialogue and cooperation in macroeconomic and financial policies as the recovery of the global economy remains unsteady, Chinese President Hu Jintao told the press here on Tuesday after his talks with visiting U.S. President Barack Obama. Hu said he and President Obama exchanged views on the current global financial situation and held that given the positive signs of the recovering global economy, the foundation of it was far from solid. "We both agreed to properly handle trade frictions between the two countries through negotiations on an equal basis, and to make concerted efforts to boost bilateral trade and economic ties in a healthy and steady way," said Hu. "I stressed to President Obama that under the current situation, both China and the United States should oppose and resist protectionism in all forms in an even stronger stand," he said.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- President Barack Obama said here on Monday the United States would continue to fully support the one-China policy, and would be very pleased to see the improving cross-strait relationship. "I have been clear in the past the United States supports a one-China policy. We do not want change that policy or approach," he said during a dialogue with Chinese youth in the nation's economic hub Shanghai. "I am very pleased with the reduction of tensions and improvement of the cross-strait relations," he said. U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he delivers a speech at a dialogue with Chinese youth at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum during his four-day state visit to China, Nov. 16, 2009 He noted it was his "deep desire and hope" that he would continue to see great improvement between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan in resolving issues. Economic and commercial ties were helping to lower a lot of tensions, he said. He said as some people looked towards the past, he preferred to look towards the future. Obama arrived in Shanghai late on Sunday and met city officials Monday morning before his meeting with young Chinese.
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CANBERRA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met here Friday with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to discuss the development of relations between their two countries and issues of common concern. At the meeting, Li said that a healthy and stable China-Australia relationship was beneficial to the core interests of the two peoples and would therefore help promote stability and prosperity in the region and the world as a whole. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) meets with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang in Canberra, capital of Australia, Oct. 30, 2009As two important nations in the Asia-Pacific region, China and Australia shared a wide range of common interests and solid ground for cooperation, either in maintaining regional peace and stability or in driving regional and global economic growth, and dealing with international challenges, Li said. Stressing dialogue, coordination and cooperation were crucial for bilateral relations, the vice premier said both nations need to adhere to a strategic and long-term perspective to deal with bilateral ties. Only by joint efforts could the two sides achieve common progress, he said. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (3rd R) meets with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L) in Canberra, capital of Australia, Oct. 30, 2009Noting that China and Australia have complementary economies, Li said China hopes Australia will always stick to an open and non-discriminatory policy towards Chinese investment in Australia. Furthermore, Li said, the two governments need to forge a friendly policy environment for business from both nations to conduct mutually beneficial cooperation. On international cooperation, Li said China seeks to continue communication and coordination with Australia within multilateral cooperation mechanisms such as the United Nations, G20, APEC, East Asia Summit and the Pacific Islands Forum. Speaking at the meeting, Rudd congratulated China on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and for what the Chinese people has achieved in the past 60 years. Rudd said he is optimistic about the future of the Australian-Chinese relationship and willing to view those relations in the long run. China is very important to Australia's future and Australia is also very important to China's future, the prime minister said, adding that the two sides should bring their relations to a new high based on the solid foundation achieved in the past. Rudd said he and Li have agreed to develop more contacts at a government level in the future. Rudd said Australia, which understands China's long-term demand of resources and energy, is willing to be a strategic partner with China in this regard. He also reiterated that Australia adopted an open and nondiscriminatory policy towards investments from China.
GUANGZHOU, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- China is to maintain basic stability and continuity in the economic policies and RMB exchange rate to ensure a foreseeable prospect for its businesses. Minister of Commerce Chen Deming made the remarks Sunday at the Canton Fair, an important barometer of China's foreign trade, in Guangzhou City, capital of southern Guangdong Province. In the following months, China would maintain stability of the macro-economic policies, stick to the proactive fiscal policy and moderately easy monetary policy, Chen said. Meanwhile, the RMB exchange rate should also maintain relatively stable so that domestic manufacturers and exporters can better predict and adjust to the market, Chen added. Chen said the number of participants to the fair and the trade volume showed China's foreign trade was recovering, but uncertainties remained. Chen urged Chinese enterprises to enhance their competitiveness with better quality and lower cost by technological upgrading and restructuring. "Next year, our focus will be on the quality of export products," he said. "Enhancing competitiveness with better product quality and brand-building is also an effective way of avoiding trade protectionism," Chen added. In the previous three quarters this year, 19 countries and regions have launched 88 trade remedy investigations against Chinese goods, totaling 10.2 billion U.S. dollars. "In addition to the recovering export, China's import is also on the rise, contributing significantly to the recovery of the world economy," Chen said.
NANCHANG, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Zhou Yongkang has called for better understanding of new changes in the society, the nation and the world at large and urged more research and efforts in promoting social stability and harmony. Zhou, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the call during his visit to east China's Jiangxi Province on Wednesday. Zhou Yongkang (C), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits a company operated exclusively with Hong Kong capital, in Ji'an City of east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 4, 2009. During his visit, Zhou also urged strengthening of the self-construction of the law enforcement organs so as to provide a better legal protection for the economic and social development. When visiting Red Army veterans, Zhou said the people will forever remember the great sacrifice revolutionists of the older generation have made for the country. He pledged to them the determination to well build the nation. Zhou Yongkang (C), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with red army soldiers during his visit in Ji'an city of east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 4, 2009Zhou also visited a fire department in Jinggangshan city, where the official encouraged the firefighters to work hard to protect the people's lives and properties. At a local police station in Ji'an city, Zhou praised the policemen's innovation of improving service through information technologies. The official also paid visit to rural households. At a village in Ji'an city, Zhou was pleased to know that no single crime has ever occurred in the village since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.Zhou Yongkang (R, front), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits a fire station in Jinggangshan city of east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 4, 2009
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of January. China will perform its duty as the rotating Council president in an objective and fair way and work with other Council members to maintain international peace and security, said Zhang Yesui, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, in a recent interview. China will do its utmost to make sure that the Security Council works in a smooth and efficient way, Zhang added. The Security Council presidency rotates among the Council members in the English alphabetical order of their names. Each president holds office for one calendar month. China previously assumed the presidency in October 2008. As a permanent member of the Security Council and the largest developing country in the world, China fully participates in the work of the United Nations and plays a constructive role, Zhang said. Under the UN Charter, the Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in the world at large. The Council has 15 members: five permanent members -- China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States -- and 10 non-permanent members elected by the UN General Assembly for two-year terms. Also on Friday, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria began their two-year terms on the 15-nation Council. The five new Security Council members were chosen after running uncontested races for the non-permanent seats, and they were duly elected by the 192-member General Assembly during a secret ballot at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in October 2009. The five countries joined Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda, whose terms on the Council end on Dec. 31, 2010.