CHANGCHUN, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu has urged more efforts to ensure grain production and improve rural livelihoods to ensure fast and steady rural development. Hui made the remark at an agricultural products fair in Changchun, capital of the northeastern Jilin Province on Tuesday, saying the government will continue to see maintaining a fast and steady rural economic development as a top task. He called for promotion of agricultural technology and products to increase the competitiveness of China's agricultural enterprises and their products in the global market. "The overall situation about the country's agriculture and rural development is good, and China has seen a summer grain output growth for six straight years this year", he said. He also urged more efforts to fight drought in parts of China and "try every means" to ensure harvest this fall and a continuous rise in farmers' income. As of Sept. 8, a severe drought has affected 19.72 million mu (1.31 million hectares) of crops in seven provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chongqing, according to data from the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. About 2.75 million people and about 1.20 million livestock had difficulties getting adequate water supply.
BEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese leader has called on all security staff to provide zero-mistake security guarantee for the week-long National Day holiday. Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, visited a command center in Beijing Thursday afternoon to learn about the overall social security condition across the country. Zhou Yongkang (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, pays regards to security personnel in Beijing, China, Oct. 1, 2009."Festive air can be found in every corner of the country," said Zhou, who was in charge of law enforcement. He attributed the overall stable situation to the police's hard work and expressed his appreciation to them. He also expressed his gratitude to security volunteers, with the oldest being 75 years old. "Only by mobilizing the masses can we form a strong fortress for national security and social stability," he said. On Thursday morning, Zhou visited security staff ahead of the grand celebration marking the 60th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and asked them to do their best to ensure a smooth organization of all activities. China staged a grand military parade and massive celebration in Tian'anmen Square at the heart of Beijing Thursday to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the PRC.
PINGYAO, Shanxi, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- A photo exhibition exclusively dedicated to Canadian surgeon Henry Norman Bethune opened Saturday at the Pingyao International Photography Festival in north China's Shanxi Province. Bethune is a household name in China, a country where he saved numerous lives and sacrificed his own in 1939 during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese aggression. "He is noble-minded and pure, a man of moral integrity and above vulgar interests, a man who is of value to the people," Chairman Mao wrote in his article In Memory of Norman Bethune. The exhibition consists of 41 photos of Dr. Bethune living and working in China, some of which had never been shown before. "As Canadians, we are all proud to be associated with this visionary adventurer and deeply touched by the respect and recognition shown to him here in China," said Canadian Ambassador to China, David Mulroney. Most of the pictures were provided by Wang Yan, daughter of ShaFei, who was a forefather of China's news photography and a close friend of Bethune. "I remember that I was touched when I first read about Bethune in my school days and now it feels like looking at the pictures of an old friend who has just passed away," said visitor Wu Jun. "Many people love Bethune for they have learnt his deeds and spirit in Chairman Mao's article while my affection for him comes from his friendship with my father," Wang said. "Bethune was my father's mentor as he exemplified the essence of communism." Upon his death Bethune left his Kodak Retina camera to Sha Fei. Bethune also healed Japanese soldiers, took pictures of them, which were sent back to Japan. "He wished the Japanese people would protest against the war when they saw how their sons were suffering on battlefield. He was a true humanist," Wang said. Just before he died, Bethune wrote in a letter, saying that the last two years (those he spent in China) have been the most significant, the most meaningful years of his life.
BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong Sunday stressed the importance of nurturing more first-class financial personnel for the nation. Liu made the remarks when visiting the Beijing-based Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) to convey congratulations on its 60th founding anniversary. CUFE is the first university specialized in financial and economic studies established by the People's Republic of China. It is one of the 100 universities to which the Chinese government attaches top priority in the 21st Century. Noting that finance is an important state function, and the core of modern economy, Liu expected the university to play a better role in cultivating innovation-oriented financial talents. She also called on the university to contribute more to the national and local development programs.
BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday proposed closer cooperation among members of a regional security group to tackle the world economic recession. "Confronted with the global financial crisis and aiming at a steady economic growth, member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should work together and seek mutual benefit," Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang told a SCO business forum in Beijing. The SCO was founded in 2001 to enhance security cooperation among its six member states, namely, China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Mongolia, India, Iran and Pakistan are observers to the regional group. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attends a business forum of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 14, 2009 "Despite the world financial crisis, the trade volume between China and some SCO member states has been growing over the past year," Li said. "The crisis didn't shake up the foundation for SCO states' cooperation. Instead, it offered more opportunities for them to work together," Li said, citing the fact that SCO members are complementary in economies and have an increasingly-connected market. Although the total population and territories of SCO member states amounted to a quarter and one fifth of the world's total, their overall economic scale and trade volume made up only the world's 11 percent or 10 percent respectively, Li said. "Thus, there is a huge potential for SCO member states to expand economic and technology cooperation," Li said. He called for SCO member states to carry out the joint actions to deal with the global slump and accelerate the process of trade and investment liberalization. He proposed promoting the projects that involved and benefited multiple parties, building infrastructure networks of transportation, communications and energy. It was necessary to step up cooperation in modern agriculture, emerging industries, high-tech and social welfare so as to benefit the people, Li said. He vowed that China will unswervingly pursue the path of peaceful development, take a more active part in SCO affairs, fully participate in regional economic and regional cooperation in a bid to work for the welfare of 1.5 billion people within the SCO member states. The business forum was an important event under the framework of the eighth SCO prime ministers' meeting, which took place on Wednesday.
HONG KONG, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China has made great progress in gender equality and empowering women in the past 60 years, well on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, said a senior UN official on Saturday at the Asia Pacific Women Forum held in Hong Kong. Khalid Malik, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the UN Development Program resident representative in China, quoted Chairman Mao Zedong's famous remarks "Women holding up half of the sky" to review China's good will and determination in promoting gender equality. He noted that the People's Republic of China has witnessed important progress since its founding nearly 60 years ago, with gender equality as the country's basic national policy and one of the core elements to pursue a harmonious society. Six years away from the deadline of MDGs, China is now well on track for further progress to meet the goal in promoting gender equality, said Malik. "There is almost no gender disparity to Chinese women's access to a living market, and there is much that the Asia-Pacific region can learn from China's lessons," he said. The eight MDGs, set by world leaders at a UN summit meeting in 2000, also include relieving poverty, popularizing primary education, reducing child mortality and ensuring environmental sustainability. As the Asia-Pacific region emerges stronger than any other one from the undergoing global financial crisis, he also believed the women in the region have a real prospect in redefining and strengthening their role in economy and society amid "a time of great changes". "Women are the driving force to overcome poverty and hunger, fight illiteracy, prevent the spread of diseases and promote stability," he said. More efforts were needed yet, Malik added. He urged both China and the whole region to eliminate even more bias towards empowering women and to bring the gender equality to a whole new level on the foundation of all the progress that has been made so far.
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BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Monday it would extend anti-dumping duties on phthalic anhydride imported from the Republic of Korea, Japan and India for another five years after review investigation. Phthalic anhydride is an important industrial chemical mainly used in the mass production of plasticizers for plastics The imported phthalic anhydride would cause damage to Chinese industries should anti-dumping duties be lifted, said the ministry. The duties took effect Monday. On Jan. 7, China imposed anti-dumping measures on phthalic anhydride to offset negative impact on domestic producers.
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- A grand military parade will be held at the heart of Beijing Thursday morning to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, underscoring the country's self-defensive policy. "As an important force safeguarding world peace and development, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will continue pursuing a national defense policy that is defensive in nature and pose no threat to other countries," said Lieutenant General Fang Fenghui, commander-in-chief of the parade and commander of PLA Beijing Military Area Command in an interview with Xinhua. "We will stick to our country's policy to safeguard world peace and promote common development," Fang said. China adheres to a long-standing defensive policy of "no first use of nuclear weapons" from the very beginning it developed its nuclear ammunition, Fang said. Addressing the United Nations Security Council nuclear summit in New York on Sept. 24, 2009, Chinese President Hu Jintao proposed that all nuclear weapon states abandon the nuclear deterrence policy based on first use of nuclear weapons and take credible steps to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons. "To realize a safer world for all, we must first and foremost remove the threat of nuclear war," Hu said. "All nuclear-weapon states should make an unequivocal commitment of unconditionally not using or threatening to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapon-free zones, and conclude a legally-binding international instrument in this regard." According to the White Paper "China's National Defense in 2008"released on Jan. 20 this year, China noted that its nuclear missiles of the Second Artillery Force "are not aimed at any country in peacetime." China has been reporting on its national defense policy in a white paper every two years since 1998, introducing its national defense policy, the structure and development of the forces, the budgets and use of defense expenditure. Chinese leaders have made repeated commitments to world peace and development since the nation's founding in 1949. "For now and in the future, China would never seek hegemony, nor would we turn to military expansion or arms race with other countries," Chinese President Hu Jintao told heads of 29 foreign navy delegations attending the PLA Navy celebration in Qingdao on April 23, 2009. "China will unswervingly stick to the road of peaceful development, which demands China to adhere to the defensive national defense policy," Hu said. During the process of reform and opening up, the Chinese army takes it as the fundamental purpose to safeguard world peace, development and stability, as well as national sovereignty, security and development. Wang Xinjun, a research fellow of warring theory and strategy at the PLA Military Science Academy, said defensive armaments were the majority of the PLA ammunitions as offensive weapons account for a very small proportion of its depot. "This is the most distinctive aspect that makes PLA different from the troops in other countries," Wang said. "The core of Chinese military strategy lies in defensiveness rather than offensiveness." Preparing to disclose many of its latest national defense strength in the parade, China holds on to its goal of a peaceful development. "What poses threat to another country is not one country's military strength, but the policy it follows," said Major General Gao Jianguo, spokesman for the joint headquarters for the parade in Beijing. "China unswervingly persists in taking a road of peaceful development, striving for a harmonious world that highlights global peace and common prosperity," Gao said. "Our military ties with foreign countries are based on equality, mutual trust and cooperation." Through non-alignment, non-confrontation and non-targeting at any third party, China has established military ties with more than 150 countries and set up military attaché offices in 109 countries. Meanwhile, 101 countries have set up military attaché offices in China. Among the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, China currently sends the most peacekeepers. More than 13,000 Chinese peacekeepers have carried out 18 UN peacekeeping operations since China's first dispatch of military observers to such operations in 1990. Since the end of last year, the Chinese navy has carried out escort missions in the waters of the Gulf of Aden off Somali and has escorted more than 800 ships.
BEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday called on police in Beijing to continue efforts in protecting public stability in the capital city, especially in areas near the Tian'anmen Square. Hu, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with representatives from Beijing's special police forces, traffic police, and armed police who were stationed in the Tian'anmen Square. Chinese President Hu Jintao (front) stands in a subway train as he inspects the management of the subway system in Beijing Oct. 7, 2009. Hu made a tour in the Chinese capital to inspect the city's order in sectors as public security, traffic and tourism during the National Day holidaysThe president noted the police had made outstanding contributions to the success of the country's National Day celebrations, which included a military parade, a grandiose pageant and an evening gala in the Tian'anmen Square, by maintaining public order in Beijing. The police should further improve their working capabilities as well as their equipment in order to better protect public stability in Beijing and in areas near the Tian'anmen Square, he said. President Hu also took the city's newly completed subway to the Summer Palace in northwestern Beijing. Chinese President Hu Jintao (front C) listens as he visits a police station in central Beijing Oct. 7, 2009. Hu made a tour in the Chinese capital to inspect the city's order in sectors as public security, traffic and tourism during the National Day holidays.During his 30-minute ride on the subway No. 4, which just started operation in late September, Hu told employees of the subway line to provide the public with fast, safe, convenient and comfortable services, in order to encourage more people to use public transportations. In the Summer Palace, Hu also greeted the park's employees, visitors as well as volunteers working in the scenic spot. Liu Qi, secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, Ling Jihua, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of General Office of CPC Central Committee, and China's police chief Meng Jianzhu accompanied Hu in Wednesday's visit.
BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong has asked schools to educate students comprehensively about national unity during recent a tour to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Liu said teachers should play a guiding role in helping students become "forceful practitioners, loyal promulgators, and strong guards" of national unity. Great efforts should be made to develop education, science and technology, and culture in Xinjiang, Liu said. She called for contributions toward building a prosperous, affluent and harmonious socialist Xinjiang. During the tour Liu visited educational institutes, cultural organizations and a company engaged in renewable energy.