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.
MADRID, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) He Guoqiang met with leaders of Spain's Popular Party (PP), a major opposition party in the country's parliament, and Spanish Communist Party (PCE) on Tuesday. While meeting with PP President Mariano Rajoy, He, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said PP was an important political force in Spain and made positive contribution to the growth of China-Spain ties. He said China appreciated PP's efforts to building China-Spain comprehensive strategic partnership, which was established in 2005when Chinese president Hu Jintao visited Madrid. He, also secretary of the CPC's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said the CPC attached great importance to its exchange with the PP and would like to increase party-to-party contacts, enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples and promote a long-term and steady growth of bilateral ties. Saying China was a country with a promising future, Rajoy hailed his party's communication with the CPC as very helpful. Rajoy briefed He on the recent European Parliament election, which took place in early June in 27 member states of European Union (EU), and the latest development of the European integration. Rajoy also gave He an analysis of how the global financial crisis took a toll on Spain and the world. In return, He introduced the impact of the crisis on China's economy and finance as well as the country's responsive measures and their effects. In another meeting with PCE General Secretary Francisco Frutos, He said PEC played an important role in safeguarding Spain's political democracy, social progress and laborers' rights. He said PCE made unremitting efforts to exploring a socialist path that fits Spain's reality. He reviewed the long-standing friendly exchanges between the CPC and the PCE, which He said worked for the development of country-to-country ties. Citing the CPC's great importance on ties with the PCE, He said the CPC would like to deepen party-to-party friendly cooperation for the interests of both countries and their peoples. He said the CPC's pursuit of a socialism path with the Chinese characteristics was the foremost experience in the party's rule of country over the last six decades. Frutos said the PCE and the CPC had some ideals in common, thus their exchange of ideas and friendly cooperation would be significant for both parties' growth. China's anti-graft chief arrived in Madrid on Monday after concluding an Egypt tour. The fortnight visit will also take him to Jordan and Mongolia.
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales climbed 9 percent from a year ago to about 12 billion yuan (1.76 billion U.S. dollars) during the three-day May Day holiday, the Ministry of Commerce said Sunday. The estimate was based on sales from May 1 to May 3 at 1,000 major domestic retailers monitored by the ministry. The ministry said robust sales were reported for gold, jewelry, home appliances and autos, as retailers launched promotion campaigns. Sales of gold and other jewelry rose 19.6 percent, the ministry said, without giving specific figures. However, it said the Beijing Caishikou Department Store, a major gold retailer in the capital, saw its sales nearly double to 14.3 million yuan on May 1 alone. Sales of appliances, such as LCD TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators and lap-tops, increased 11.4 percent, while those of automobiles grew 9.2 percent.
BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged Party members to better facilitate their daily work by applying their knowledge and enhanced research ability obtained at a top Party school. Xi, also president of the Party School of the Communist Party of China(CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks Wednesday in a meeting with representatives of officials who are in the school for advanced studies and training. Wednesday marks the CPC's 88th birthday. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R), member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and also president of the Party School of CPC Central Committee, shakes hands with representatives of the Party school students in Beijing, China, on July 1, 2009. Xi held a meeting with representatives of officials who are in the Party school for advanced studies and training here on Wednesday. He called for Party schools to embrace strictness in school administration and management so as to guarantee quality teaching. Students of the Party school were mostly leaders and shouldered great responsibilities, he said, urging them to gain more knowledge, enhance their ability and cultivate their working style through the training and study at the school.
HEFEI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu Tuesday urged efforts to fight pine wood nematode disease, which has caused severe damage to pine forests in several provinces. Strong measures and more funds must be used to curb the spread of the disease, Hui said. The disease, also known as pine wood cancer, can quickly kill huge numbers of trees. In China, the disease was first detected in1982 in eastern Jiangsu Province. According to a conference in Huangshan City in eastern Anhui Province held by the State Forestry Administration, the disease has spread to 14 provincial regions, killed more than 5 million mu(333,333 hectare) of pine forests and caused huge losses. Attendees at the conference agreed measures must be taken to stop the spread of the deadly disease by 2010 and reduce the area of affected forests 60 percent by 2030.
BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- More than 900 scholars, experts and representatives from business circle from around the world have gathered in Beijing to discuss remedies for the global financial crisis and the future development of the world economy. They are attending the Global Think Tank Summit, which opened here Thursday evening. Attendees to the summit included former President of the European Commission Romano Prodi, former Secretary of State of the United States Henry Kissinger, and Muhammad Yunus, laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize. Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delivers a keynote speech in Beijing, capital of China, July 2, 2009. The global think-tank summit opened here Thursday. Scholars, experts and business leaders attending the summit will discuss issues including global consumption, savings and the financial security, trade and investment liberalization, as well as sustained development and macro-economic policies in the coming two days. The summit is organized by China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), a non-governmental research and consulting organization created in this March and headed by former Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan
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JINAN, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen people were confirmed dead and two others fatally injured in a fireworks explosion Saturday afternoon in east China's Shandong Province. The explosion took place at an unlicensed fireworks processing factory in Yangzhuangzi Village of Qingyun Township, Qingyun County, at 1:30 p.m. Three rooms owned by villager Yang Ziye were toppled, according to the Qingyun county government. A bulldozer works at the site of the explosion in Yangzhuangzi Village of Qingyun Township, Qingyun County in east China's Shandong Province, May 2, 2009. Thirteen people were killed and two others injured in a fireworks explosion here Saturday afternoon. One woman villager said she heard a loud noise when explosion was happening. "Taking it for an earthquake, by instinct, I ran out of my home," said the woman. Photo taken on May 2, 2009 shows the damaged house at the site of the explosion in Yangzhuangzi Village of Qingyun Township, Qingyun County in east China's Shandong Province. Thirteen people were killed and two others injured in a fireworks explosion here Saturday afternoonWindows in other houses in the vicinity were battered, and cracks were also found with some of the houses. The villagers said they didn't know Yang had rented his house to another person who had organized secret fireworks making around Yang's house. Two bulldozers were continuing to comb through the debris. Identities of the dead were still unknown at the moment. The police were hunting down for the tenant who was suspected of causing a major crime for the accident, said Gao Lixia, an official in charge of publicity with Qingyun County Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The two injured were rushed to a hospital in Binzhou, a nearby city in Shandong, for medical treatment. Qingyun is a county in northern Shandong and is about three hours' bus ride from Jinan, the provincial capital.
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China's political advisors brainstormed Wednesday on the country's economic development and offered suggestions about coping with the impact of the global downturn. They gave their advice as the standing committee of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee continued its sixth meeting, which started Tuesday. Li Yining, a renowned economist and one of the members of the standing committee, said restructuring and innovation were pivotal for an economic recovery. Once the problems of fair play and difficulty in financing were solved for private companies, their potential for innovation would emerge. Other proposals ranged from fostering new growth poles to solving social disputes. Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, was present at the meeting. He said Tuesday that maintaining steady, relatively fast economic development and safeguarding social stability and harmony were the foremost tasks facing China, and he asked the participants to focus their discussions on these themes and make valuable suggestions.
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday raised a four-point proposal to boost collaboration with Malaysia so as to jointly tackle the global financial crisis. China and Malaysia should insist on the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, take each other's concern into consideration and achieve common development, Wen said to visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People. Wen raised a four-point proposal for further cooperation between the two countries, which included promoting trade diversification, enhancing mutual investment, deepening financial cooperation and safeguarding financial stability, and strengthening coordination on regional affairs. Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak (front, L) receives a special gift, a photo of his late father and China's late Premier Zhou Enlai when the two established diplomatic ties between China and Malaysia in 1974, from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front, R), in Beijing, capital of China, June 3, 2009. Malaysia has become China's largest trade partner among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Trade between the two countries reached 39.06 billion U.S. dollars in 2008, up 10.3 percent year on year. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia. Wen said that China is ready to work with Malaysia to take this opportunity to promote their relations. Malaysia was the first ASEAN member country to forge diplomatic relations with China 35 years ago under then Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, Najib's late father. Najib said it is his honor of choose China as the first non-ASEAN destination since he took office in April. "This shows that Malaysia attaches great importance to the development of Malaysia-China relations." Najib noted that his visit is aimed at further accelerating the development of the bilateral ties and strengthening cooperation. Najib said he agree with Wen's proposal on advancing Malaysia-China relations, saying Malaysia, on the basis of reciprocity and mutual benefit, is ready to enhance cooperation with China in the fields of economy, finance, resources, energy and infrastructure construction. After the meeting, the two leaders witnessed the signing of bilateral agreements on cooperation. Najib received a special gift from the Chinese side: a photo of his late father and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai when the two established diplomatic ties between China and Malaysia in 1974. Najib received an honorary doctorate in international relations from the Beijing Foreign Studies University at the opening ceremony of an international seminar on the dialogue between Chinese and Malaysian civilizations here Wednesday.