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.
BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has called on the country's enterprises to recruit more talents and strengthen research and innovation in order to facilitate the transition from "made in China" to "created in China." Hu made the remarks during a two-day inspection to Zhuhai, a coastal city in China's southern economic hub of Guangdong Province, from Sunday to Monday. Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) talks with students at the Zhuhai advanced vestibule school in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 21, 2009. President Hu Jintao made a two-day inspection tour in Zhuhai from Dec. 20During his visits to the Kingsoft Corporation Limited, a leading software company in China, and a research institute of the Gree Electric Appliances Inc., Hu said the two companies' business success was indispensable from the country's support and their own research and innovation. Chinese enterprises should recruit more talents and hone their research and development capabilities in order to facilitate the transition from "made in China" to "created in China," Hu said. He also urged members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to play a leading role in the enterprises' technical innovation. Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd R Front) visits Kingsoft Corporation Limited in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 21, 2009. President Hu Jintao made a two-day inspection tour in Zhuhai from Dec. 20The president also visited two local technician training schools, where he encouraged the students to devote themselves to their studies in order to become talents needed by the country. After hearing the work reports from the Guangdong provincial government and the Communist Party of China (CPC) Guangdong provincial committee, Hu urged the province to accelerate its transition to an innovation-driven economy. The province should also make sound efforts to improve people's livelihood, promote socialist culture, safeguard social harmony and stability, and push forward party building under the new situation, he said. Hu, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Zhuhai after he attended celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland.
BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- China Merchants Securities, a leading domestic brokerage firm, announced Monday that it has set its A-share initial public offering (IPO) price range between 26 yuan (3.8 U.S. dollars) and 31 yuan. The Guangdong-based brokerage is scheduled to issue no more than 358.5 million shares, it said in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange Monday. The IPO price translates into a price to earnings (P/E) ratio between 47.18 and 56.26 times. The subscription of the company starts on Tuesday, said the company.
WUHAN, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has urged officials and governments at all levels to serve the people by addressing their concerns. He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks during his visit in Chibi City of central China's Hubei Province on Saturday. He said officials and governments must solve well the problems that concern people's immediate interests to ensure social harmony and stability. When visiting a local village and urban community of the city, He urged local officials to help residents increase their incomes and answer the needs required by the people. He asked the officials to improve their ability of resolving practical problems to bring about more tangible benefits to local people. He, also secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, also called on local Party organs to improve their organizational construction, promote intra-party democracy and strengthen the struggle against corruption.
BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- China would not yield to pressure for the appreciation of its currency yuan, or renminbi, in any form, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday. "A stable Chinese currency is conducive to the international community," Wen told Xinhua in an exclusive interview.
BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao said during an inspection tour to East China over the weekend that the country would rely on science and technology advancements to meet its carbon emissions reduction targets. When visiting the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wen encouraged researchers to develop key technologies for electric vehicles and vehicles with high energy efficiency and low emissions. He said China would adjust its "consumption policies" to push for the development of automobiles with low emissions and high energy efficiency, and "vigorously support" the development of electric cars. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L, front) shakes hands with a scientist as he visits Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 28, 2009. Wen made an inspection tour in Shanghai and Jiangsu from Nov. 28 to 29. On Thursday, the State Council announced to cut China's carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent from the level of 2005. While visiting Shanghai and the neighboring Jiangsu Province, Wen called for a more balanced and energy-efficient economic development model. He said China must speed up shifting its economic growth to a new pattern that depends not just on investment and export but also on domestic demand. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R front) receives a school badge for commemoration as he visits Nanjing University of Technology, in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 29, 2009. Wen made an inspection tour in Shanghai and Jiangsu from Nov. 28 to 29.Economic growth should also rely on a balanced development of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries, rather than on manufacturing alone, Wen said. Scientific and technological advancements, improvement in workers' qualities and innovations in management models should take over consumption of resources as the driving force for growth, he said. Wen also visited the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China based in Shanghai and the construction sites of 2010 Shanghai Expo. In Jiangsu, he visited retail, hi-tech companies and talked with university students
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BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Central Meteorological Station (CMS) on Sunday evening issued the third orange alert since the first one on Saturday, extending the warning against a strong cold wave and strong wind. Temperature was expected to fall by 14 to 18 degrees Celsius from Sunday night to Tuesday in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shaanxi Province and the western parts in regions along the Yellow and Huaile rivers, or 16 to 18 degrees Celsius in some of these regions, according to the CMS. Soldiers of the Armed Police Force clean the snow on the street in Beijing, China, Jan. 3, 2010.The country's north and central areas, including eastern parts of the northwest China, north China, Guizhou Province, Chongqing, and some regions in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, would suffer a temperature plunge by 8 to 12 degrees Celsius, said the CMS. From Tuesday to Wednesday morning, temperature in the northern parts of north China was forecasted to slump to minus 20 to 32 degrees Celsius, and the central and south regions in north China and areas long the Yellow and Huaihe rivers would drop to minus 10 to 18 degrees Celsius. Tourists pay a visit to the Ancient Cultural Street in snow, in Tianjin, north China, Jan. 3, 2010. A heavy snowfall hit Tianjin on Saturday night. The local observatory has issued orange warning signal of heavy snowThe CMS issued the first orange alert against cold wave on Saturday, and the second one on Sunday morning. During the three-day New Year's Day holiday, a total of 15 highways and some sections of three national highways in eight provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia were closed due to the heavy snow brought by the cold snap, according to the Ministry of Transport. Pedestrians walk in the street during a snowfall in Shijiazhuang, capital city of north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 3, 2010
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China would continue to adopt the proactive fiscal policy and moderately easy monetary policy next year and endeavor to improve the economic growth quality, according to the Central Economic Work Conference Monday. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao addressed the meeting, which is held once a year to set the tone for economic development during the next year. It was agreed at the conference that 2010 is the last year in the counry's 11th five-year plan, and to do a good job in the country's economic and social development next year was of great importance to dealing with the impact of the international financial crisis successfully in an all-around way and laying a sound foundation for China's 12th five-year plan. Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaks during the Central Economic Work Conference, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2009. Other Chinese leaders Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang also attended the conference More efforts would be made to promote the transformation of the economic development pattern and structural adjustments and to enhance the focus and flexibility of economic policy in the following year in line with new situations next year, according to the attendees of the meeting. More efforts would also be laid on reform and opening-up, innovation, enhancing the vigor and momentum of the economic growth, improving people's livelihood, maintaining social harmony and stability, said participants of the conference. It was agreed at the meeting that a good balance should be kept in maintaining a relatively fast and stable economic growth, economic restructuring and dealing with predicted inflation next year. Wen Jiabao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chinese premier, speaks during the Central Economic Work Conference, which was held in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 5-7, 2009The government would strengthen financial support to sectors including farming, science and technology, education, health care, social security, affordable homes, energy saving and environmental protection in 2010, according to participants of the conference. The country would tightly control loans targeted at high energy-consuming, high polluting industries and those with excessive production capacity in a bid to improve loans quality and efficiency, according to the meeting. The Central Economic Work Conference comprises policy-making officials from central and provincial-level governments.
BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Tuesday that China and the United States will start preparations as soon as possible for the second round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) scheduled for next summer in Beijing. China and the United States will continue implementing the agreements reached at the first round of the dialogue last July in Washington, Hu said in remarks to reporters after talks with visiting U.S. President Barack Obama. The two leaders spoke positively during the talks of the importance of the strategic and economic dialogue mechanism in strengthening mutual trust and cooperation between the two nations, he said. Both leaders believed that close high-level contacts and other dialogues and consultations at various levels are essential to the development of bilateral relations, said the Chinese president. The two sides agreed to keep close communication through visits, phone calls, letters and meetings during multilateral events, Hu said.