BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese official Jia Qinglin called on Friday Chinese anti-independence organizations to continue their unique role and make new contributions to the promotion of national peaceful reunification. Jia made the comments in a meeting attended by representatives of overseas Chinese anti-independence organizations here. Jia, head of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, said that anti-independence organizations had played an important role in creating favorable conditions for the peaceful development of relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits. Jia Qinglin (L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (CCPPR), meets with directors of CCPPR's overseas branches in Beijing, capital of China, April 24, 2009 Jia, who is also chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, noted that last year, anti-independence organizations actively promoted exchanges and communications between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan and had firmly opposed separatist activities supporting "Taiwan independence" and "Tibet independence." They had also united overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao and especially those from Taiwan, he said. In promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, the global alliance of anti-independence organizations shouldered important responsibilities and would continue to play their unique and important role, according to Jia, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. He urged anti-independence organizations to oppose separatist activities in any form. He warned anti-independence groups to be vigilant against and firmly oppose separatist attempts by the ** Lama and his followers, and asked anti-independence organizations to boycott the infiltration of "Tibet-independence" forces. He also extended a message to those who had proposed "Taiwan independence" or had participated in or followed "Taiwan independence" forces, saying they were most welcome to return to the track of promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations.
HEFEI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Wu Bangguo urges here Tuesday the role of low-carbon economy in the development of east China's Anhui Province. "As the world is focusing on low-carbon economy, we should seize the opportunity by promoting solar, wind and other reproducible energies, providing endless power for the sustainable development of the country's economy," said Wu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau, during a visit to Anhui between July 2 and 7. Wu Bangguo (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visits a plant of Anhui's Conch Group in east China's Anhui Province, July 3, 2009. Wu Bangguo paid a visit to Anhui between July 2 and 7.Wu praised Anhui's Conch Group for growing from a small cement factory to one of the country's largest construction material companies. "The company has been promoting environmental protection by reducing the consumption of coal and the emission of carbon dioxide, which, in return, brought more profitable opportunities for the company," he said. In 2007, Conch began to cooperate with foreign groups in making energy-saving equipment. As of the end of May 2009, Hailuo had sold 96 energy-saving power generators to 20 domestic and foreign cement companies. Wu Bangguo (2nd R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Political Bureau and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visits the research department of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. in east China's Anhui Province, July 3, 2009. Wu Bangguo paid a visit to Anhui between July 2 and 7.Wu, also chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), or top legislature, also visited the country's leading automobile maker Chery, headquartered in Anhui'scity of Wuhu. According to sources with Chery, the company is shifting its focus from oil-fueled cars to electric and hybrid-energy vehicles. Under the policy of expanding domestic demand, Chery's sales from January to May achieved a year-on-year rise of 60 percent. "The global financial crisis has brought both challenges and opportunities. While ensuring the steady and rapid economic development, we should also see clearly ahead and change the pressures from the market into momentum." Wu especially stressed the development of the north region of Anhui. Six cities of Fuyang, Bozhou, Huaibei, Huainan, Suzhou and Bengbu are in the north of Anhui. With 46 percent of the province's population, these cities only accounted for 20.4 percent of the province's financial income in 2008. "The north region of Anhui is the country's important food-producing area and coal energy base. Its development considerably affects Anhui's overall situation," Wu added.
SHENZHEN, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Chen Yunlin, president of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) said Saturday that the ARATS will offer more support to help Taiwan businessmen weather through the financial crisis. Chen said this at a symposium here Saturday on the development of Taiwan companies amid the financial crisis. According to the Taipei World Trade Center, the second purchase delegation from the mainland had shown intention to purchase more than 600 million U.S. dollars worth of goods from Taiwan companies in the coming 12 months during a weeklong visit to the island, mainly involving food, drinks, garments and daily necessities. "Under the current circumstances, we should positively seek more cooperation opportunities to overcome the hardships," said Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF). The mainland will send the third procurement delegation to the island in August, focusing on the island's chemical industry, electronic products and automobiles. More than 50 representatives from the mainland-based Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises, the Taiwan-based "Chinese National Federation of Industries" and other organizations attended the symposium, which was jointly held by the ARATS and the SEF.
BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- In light of an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, China's Ministry of Health issued a notice Sunday about disease prevention and detection, warning citizens to be careful. The notice defines the symptoms of the disease and how it can be transmitted to humans. Although there is no vaccine yet, the disease is preventable, controllable and treatable, it said. As of Monday morning, no cases of the illness had been reported in China. The ministry said so far, there is no evidence that this flu could be spread through food. It also warned those who travel abroad to be alert for any signs of infection. Swine influenza A/H1N1 is a respiratory disease that infects pigs and does not normally infect humans. But sporadic cases do occur, usually for people who have had close contact with pigs. It has killed more than 60 people out of about 1,000 suspected cases in Mexico. China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) issued an emergency notice Saturday requiring people to report flu-like symptoms at the point of entry when returning from affected regions. According to the Health Ministry, the ministry is working with the Ministry of Agriculture and GAQSIQ to monitor the disease. The ministry has contacted scientists who have done viral sequencing on swine flu. It has also stepped up cooperation with the World Health Organization and the U.S. and Mexican governments to obtain updated epidemic information and prepare for a possible outbreak. China should establish an effective disease prevention and control system it it entry-exit inspection and quarantine process, the ministry added.
UNITED NATIONS, May 4 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday called on the international community to continue to push forward the nuclear disarmament process. Cheng Jingye, director-general of arms control and disarmament department of the Chinese foreign ministry, made the appeal here at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons for the establishment of a world free of nuclear weapons is not only the shared aspiration of the international community, but also the goal that China has advocated and worked for over the years, Cheng said. "China believes that nuclear disarmament should be a fair and reasonable process of gradual reductions towards a downward balance," he said. Cheng urged nuclear-weapon states to commit themselves unequivocally to complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons, and negotiate and conclude an international legal instrument at an early date. Pending achievement of the above-mentioned goal, nuclear-weapon states should reduce the role of nuclear weapons in their national security policies, he said. They should undertake unequivocally not to be the first to use nuclear weapons, and conclude an international legal instrument on not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or nuclear-weapons-free zones. As states with largest nuclear arsenals, the United States and Russia bear special and primary responsibilities, he said. They should continue to drastically cut their nuclear arsenals, which is indispensable for advancing the nuclear disarmament process and realizing the ultimate goal of complete and thorough nuclear disarmament. China welcomes the agreement of the United States and Russia to start negotiations on a new bilateral nuclear disarmament treaty, and hopes that the two countries will further reduce their nuclear arsenals in a verifiable and irreversible manner, Cheng said.
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official Tuesday called for steady, active efforts to build a just, efficient and authoritative socialist judicial system. Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the comment when presiding over a meeting here on judicial reform and work. He called for intensified efforts to implement the decisions of the CPC Central Committee, get an accurate understanding of the right direction of reform, and carry out research and analysis. Deepening judicial reform serves the urgent needs to consolidate state power, carry out the basic policy of governing the country by law, and to ensure social fairness and justice, according to Zhou, who is also the secretary of the CPC Central Political and Legislative Affairs Committee. Judicial reform matters China's long-term stability, social harmony and stability, as well as direct interests of the public and the development and progress of the country's political and legislative work, he stressed. Reform should reflect opinions and suggestions from all social strata and be in line with national conditions and public opinions, he said. He also called for efforts to gather the strength and pool the wisdom of the masses in the reform process and ensure reform had practical effects.
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CHONGQING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have ordered the local authorities to spare no efforts to save those people buried in a fatal landslide in the southwest city of Chongqing. Caution must be taken to avoid life losses during the rescue work, the two leaders said. Chinese vice-premier Zhang Dejiang arrived at the landslide site in Wulong county at 5 a.m. Saturday to oversee the rescue efforts. At least 80 people are feared buried in the landslide at an iron ore mining area. Firemen search for survivors at the site where a landslide occured earlier in the Jiwei Mountain area, in Tiekuang Township, about 170 kilometers southeast of the downtown area, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, June 5, 2009. At least 80 people were feared buried in the landslide at an iron ore mining area in Chongqing Municipality on Friday, according to the local government Rescuers had pulled out seven injured people, including four seriously hurt, from the debris as of 8:30 p.m. Friday, according to the publicity department of Wulong County. The injured were taken to hospital. The landslide happened at about 3 p.m. in the Jiwei Mountain area, in Tiekuang Township, about 170 kilometers southeast of the downtown area. Millions of cubic meters of rock filled a valley and buried an iron ore plant and six houses. The trapped included quarry workers, residents and possibly passers-by. The landslide also cut off power and communications in many parts of the town. More than 500 rescuers are searching for the missing. Investigation into the cause of the landslide has begun. A team of fire fighters await orders before rescue near the site of landslide at an iron ore mining area in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, June 5, 2009.At least 80 people are feared buried in the landslide in Chongqing on Friday, according to the local government. Rescuers had pulled out seven injured people, including four seriously hurt, from the debris as of 8:30 p.m., according to the publicity department of Wulong County, the site of the accident
SHANGHAI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in Shanghai Friday that he expected cooperation between China and the United Stated in the fields of clean energy technology and carbon emission elimination would benefit both countries in the campaign against climate change. "I believe there is great opportunity for greater cooperation between United States and China," said Locke, a Chinese American, in his speech at a welcome ceremony jointly hosted by American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and the US-China Business Council. His audience included dozens of Chinese businessmen from across the country and representatives of international corporations with branches in Shanghai. "I want China and the United States to lead the world and save the planet from irreversible climate change. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke delivers a speech at a welcome reception hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and the United States-China Business Council, in east China's Shanghai, July 17, 2009. "We all share the same atmosphere, and if we do not act, we will all suffer from the coastal flooding, unpredictable weather and agricultural damage," he added. Locke spoke highly of China's efforts in eliminating carbon emissions. He said that developing new clean energy could create jobs in America, help promote renewable energy and curb pollution in China. "So much of U.S. direct investment in China created win-win opportunities for both workers in America and workers in China and benefit the climate in the world and planet as well," Locke said. He later attended the cornerstone laying ceremony of the United States Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo site.
BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese leader has urged local governments to make a greater effort to promote economic development and support social stability during the economic downturn. Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the call during a five-day tour of eastern Anhui Province that ended Friday. Zhou Yongkang (R), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, talks to a worker at the Anqing Huanxin Group Co., LTD in Anqing, east China's Anhui Province, June 16, 2009Zhou directed local governments to faithfully implement the central authorities' policies and strive to maintain economic growth, improve people's living standards and safeguard social harmony. Improved living standards would provide the basis of a peaceful society, while social stability was a prerequisite for economic development, he said. He called on employers to shoulder their social responsibilities and create more jobs, and asked law enforcement personnel to offer better judicial support for creating social peace.
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China unveiled Saturday credit rating standards for the sovereignty entity of a central government, the first sovereign credit rating standards in China, aiming broader participation in global credit rating. The standards were announced by Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., Ltd, one of the first domestic rating agencies in China. The sovereign credit rating standards would be able to evaluate the willingness and ability of a central government to repay its commercial financial debts as stipulated in contracts, said the company. The rating results could reflect the relative possibility of a central government to default as a debtor, and the rating is based on the country's overall credit value, according to Dagong. Elements of credit risks will include the country's political environment, economic power, fiscal status, foreign debt and liquidity, said the company, adding that it judges the credit of a sovereign entity on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of its fiscal strength and foreign reserves. Compared with other rating agencies, Dagong pays more attention to the different economic stage of each country, and examines the features of its credit risks in a holistic and systematic view, according to Dagong. Jiang Yong, director of the Center for Economic Security Studies under the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said the financial crisis exposed a risk of the international society relying solely on the credit rating institutions of a single country, which is the largest risk of the world economy. Luo Ping, head of the training center under China Banking Regulatory Commission, said the launch of the sovereign credit rating standards would help improve the transparency of credit rating information, and would strengthen China's position in the international financial arena.