BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- China proposed on Monday to advance its economic and trade relations with France to a new level by taking the opportunities that may emerge when tackling global challenges including the financial crisis and climate change. Premier Wen Jiabao made the remarks when meeting with visiting French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, who witnessed an unveiling ceremony of the biggest new energy joint venture between the two countries Monday morning. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 21, 2009. "We should take the opportunities of tackling the international financial crisis, climate change, energy security and other global challenges, and change our ways of thinking and deepen cooperation to advance bilateral economic and trade relations to a new level," Wen told Fillon "We should follow the opening and win-win principles, oppose trade protectionism, and take effective measures to help bilateral trade resume growth at an early date," Wen proposed. Statistics showed that the China-France trade volume has been falling since the third quarter of 2008, with China's exports to France declining significantly. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon during a welcoming ceremony Wen holds for Fillon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 21, 2009According to China's customs data for the first three quarters of this year, the two countries' trade volume was about 24.6 billion U.S. dollars, down 15.6 percent from the same period last year. It was the first year-on-year decline since 1996.
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday called for more peace efforts from Israel and Palestinians toward a two-state solution. Wen made the appeal on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In a congratulatory message to this year's UN activities to observe this day, Wen said the Palestinian issue is at the core of the Middle East issue. "China firmly supports the demands of Palestinian people for the restoration of their legitimate national rights and for the establishment of an independent state," said Wen. The Middle East Peace process is at a crossroads. China hopes that Israel and Palestinians could guide the peace talks toward a desired direction and work for a two-state solution in accordance with relevant UN resolutions and the "land-for-peace" principle, he said. An early resolution of the Palestinian issue in a comprehensive, just and permanent manner is not only beneficial to the Palestinian people, but also conducive to peace and stability in the whole Middle East region, said Wen. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, said Wen, China remains committed to the Mideast peace process and is willing to play a constructive role, together with the international community, in promoting peace, stability and development in the Middle East.
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday pledged to work with Indonesia to push forward the bilateral strategic partnership. China's top legislator Wu Bangguo and top political advisor Jia Qinglin made the remarks in separate meetings with Taufik Kiemas, Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia. Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, shakes hands with Taufik Kiemas, chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia during their meeting in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 7, 2009. "We always attach great importance to the relations with Indonesia," said Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature. Hailing the sound development momentum of China-Indonesia ties, Wu said the countries had enjoyed increasing mutual political trust, fruitful cooperation in various sectors, and close coordination in regional and international organizations. Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Taufik Kiemas, chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia, in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 7, 2009. "We applaud Indonesia's long-term adherence to the one-China policy," he noted, expressing appreciation for the country's support in issues concerning Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang. The two nations, both as important nations in the Asia-Pacific region, enjoyed broad common interests, Wu said, hoping that the two sides would enhance parliamentary exchanges and cooperation to enrich the contents of bilateral ties. Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, told Taufik that the China-Indonesia ties had stepped into a new phase of rapid, healthy and stable growth. "We are ready to work with Indonesia to expand cooperation in economy, trade and culture to advance our strategic partnership," Jia said, noting that this would benefit the two peoples and help regional and world peace and development. Jia hoped the CPPCC, the top political advisory body, and the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia would maintain close exchanges and learn from each other to help promote relations between the two nations. This China trip from Dec. 6 to 9 was Taufik's first visit abroad since taking office in October this year. Taufik told Chinese leaders that this showed the importance attached by Indonesia to relations with China. Indonesia valued the friendly and cooperative ties with China, he said, hoping that the two nations would increase pragmatic cooperation in infrastructure construction and resources exploitation. He said the People's Consultative Assembly was ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the NPC and the CPPCC to contribute to comprehensive growth of Indonesia-China ties. Taufik reiterated that his country would firmly stick to the one-China policy.
BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's discipline watchdog Wednesday opened a national informant website, to deal with the public's reports on discipline violation problems of the Party organizations and its members, and to collect suggestions for the Party's anti-corruption work. The informant website, www. 12388. gov. cn, was launched by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and the Ministry of Supervision. Citizens in China's 31 provinces and autonomous regions can all send their complains through the website, which has 31 portals for citizens from different places sending their appeals. Each computer is required to send three letters each day in order to prevent repeated appeals. The discipline watchdogs are also planning to establish informant website in city and county levels, in order to build a nationwide reporting system. Since 2005, local supervision and discipline departments began to set up informant website one after another, which had accepted a large number of public complaints, helped relevant departments uncover valuable clues and also played an important role in combating corruption. However, these websites did not work well because of its non-standard domain name and inadequate working system. On June 26 last year, Supervision Ministry opened an informant hotline "12388" for people to report discipline offences of civil servants and officials.
BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese central authorities have stressed the promotion of honesty and uprightness among the public, especially government officials, in enhancing clean governance and anti-corruption drive. It is imperative to foster and carry forward the merit of honesty and uprightness, and officials should have the awareness of using power justly and pursue clean-fingered work style, according to suggestions on clean governance put forward by six central government departments. The six departments also urged to strengthen education on the public about the value of honesty and cleanness combining social morality, professional ethics, family virtues and personal moral character. It is stressed that anti-corruption should be a subject that is reflected in literature works, films and TV dramas, as well as newspapers and magazines, books, and electronic products. The suggestions were jointly issued by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Ministry of Supervision, Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Culture, State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the General Administration of Press and Publication.
BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's anti-graft chief He Guoqiang Thursday hailed an online interview program on rectifying officials and government agencies' misconduct. He, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, said the program by the People's Daily Online has made full use of the Internet media to answer people's questions and help solve their problems. The program will undoubtedly help promote the government's efforts in rectifying misconduct of officials and government agencies. The program started on July 16 to encourage people's participation in the government's rectifying campaign. Officials in charge of the rectification work are invited to answer netizens' questions, which cover a wide range of hot topics including farmers' benefits, education, medical treatment, transportation, food and drug safety among others. Netizens can also disclose misconduct of government agency staff during the online interview, and authorities will start investigations, according to the State Council's rectification office. Currently rectification offices in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have set up their official Web sites.
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TAICHUNG, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Negotiators of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan ended a new round of talks Tuesday as the two sides agreed to cooperate in farm produce quarantine and cross-Strait employment of fishermen, as well as to deal with different product quality standards. In an evening banquet held by the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Tuesday, ARATS president Chen Yunlin expressed his gratitude to the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and to those in Taiwan who had contributed to the ARATS-SEF meeting. The fruitful meetings between the two organizations were made possible by both sides across the Taiwan Strait, Chen said. He said the two sides should continue to contribute to the peaceful development of the cross-Strait ties despite all difficulties. Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), speaks during the banquet held by Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), in Taichung of southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 22, 2009. The ARATS held the banquet to express its thanks to SEF and the people who had worked for the talks between the two organizations SEF chairman Chiang Pin-kun said negotiations between the ARATS and SEF had helped sign 12 agreements and reach one consensus between the mainland and Taiwan, all of which were aimed for peace and economic prosperity of both sides. He called on the two sides to overcome difficulties with wisdom. During Tuesday's meeting, the ARATS and the SEF signed three agreements on farm produce quarantine, the cooperation in standards measuring, inspection and certification, and on cross-Strait employment of fishermen. "All the topics we choose to discuss are closely related to the interests of people," said Chen Yunlin at the opening of the talks. "The only way to measure our efforts is whether the agreements really benefit people across the Taiwan Strait." In the previous three rounds of talks since June 2008, the two sides reached nine agreements concerning transport, trade, tourism, cooperation in finance and fighting crime among other issues. "We have done many things in the past one and half years that should have been done long before. We will work with our Taiwan counterparts to make sure the agreements are implemented and to close loopholes in them." Chen said. Chiang Pin-kun said Taiwan and mainland must jointly tackle economic challenges, and the establishment of a cross-Strait economic framework should not be delayed. He called on both sides to contribute to economic prosperity and development as well as long-term peace and stability. The agreements reached at previous meetings between SEF and ARATS had brought substantial benefits for the normalization of cross-Strait communication and benefited people on both sides, he said. However, there was room for improvement and both sides needed to carry out further negotiations, he said. He called for both sides across the Taiwan Strait to continue efforts to push for the development of systematic talks and promote cross-Strait communication and cooperation. The ARATS and SEF are expected to discuss future negotiations on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), although talks on the agreement were not on the agenda of this meeting. The two sides reached a basic consensus on avoiding double taxation and strengthening taxation cooperation in a preparatory meeting Monday afternoon. Chen Yunlin, president of the Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), speaks during the banquet held by ARATS, in Taichung of southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 22, 2009. The ARATS held the banquet to express its thanks to the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the people who had worked for the talks between the two organizations
BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Friday that China is committed to fully tackling climate change and pledged contribution to the international cooperation in this regard. Wen made the remarks while meeting with the foreign representatives who attended the 9th annual conference of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with Margaret Biggs, president of the Canadian International Development Agency, in Beijing, Nov. 13, 2009. Wen Jiabao met with the foreign representatives who attended the 9th annual conference of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) on Friday.While tackling the global financial crisis, the Chinese government has never relaxed its requirements for energy conservation, emissions reduction and environmental protection, and is striving to seek new economic growth opportunities in environmental protection and eco construction fields, said Wen. Wen said China will integrate actions on climate change and carbon dioxide emission cut into its economic and social development plan and take legal, economic and technological measures to fully advance its work in fighting the climate change. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) talks with Margaret Biggs, president of the Canadian International Development Agency, in Beijing, Nov. 13, 2009. Wen Jiabao met with the foreign representatives who attended the 9th annual conference of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) on Friday. China will participate actively in the upcoming UN climate change conference in Copenhagen and make contribution to the international cooperation in the climate change issue, Wen said. CCICED, established in 1992, is an environment consulting organization composed of officials and experts from home and abroad to provide policy advice to the Chinese government.
espect. During his meeting with Anastase, Xi said China-Romania relations have maintained steady development since the two countries forged diplomatic ties 60 years ago. China highly appreciates Romania's support on major issues relating to Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang which concerns China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, he said. The recent years have witnessed frequent exchanges of high-level visits, growing political mutual trust, fruitful economic and trade cooperation, and various cultural and educational exchanges, he added. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R, front) meets with Romanian Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberta Anastase in Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 19, 2009China highly values the bilateral friendly relations with Romania and expects to work with Romania to expand their pragmatic cooperation and push the bilateral ties to a new height, Xi said. Anastase said that the past 60 years have seen frequent exchanges between the two countries' parliaments. The Romanian parliament hopes to further strengthen exchanges with China's National People's Congress and is ready to help promote economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, she said. Both Geoana and Anastase reaffirmed that the Romanian parliament would never change its stand on the one-China policy. The Chinese vice president arrived here on Sunday on an official visit to Romania, which was the last leg of his five-nation European tour.
BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit the United States next year at the invitation of President Barack Obama, a joint statement said Tuesday. Obama extended the invitation at a formal meeting with Hu in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, and Hu accepted it with pleasure, said the China-U.S. Joint Statement issued after the meeting.