JAKARTA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo met with Surin Pitsuwan, secretary-general of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) here on Friday.Dai highly appreciated the achievement of ASEAN in terms of ASEAN Community construction and its integration development. He said that China as a strategic partner supported the development of ASEAN and was willing to see it show more influence in international affairs.He said that the relationship between China and ASEAN had gone steadily, and the two sides had achieved plenty fruits in their cooperation. "As the China-ASEAN free trade zone went into operation on Jan. 1, the two sides saw their economic and trading cooperation entering into a comprehensive and deepening development stage, which provides more benefits to their people," said the visiting State Councilor.Dai added that the cooperation between China and ASEAN follows the development trend and people's wishes, and it would improve the peace and development of Asia-Pacific region, while the economic globalization and regional integration were being accelerated.He said China had attached great importance to its relationship with ASEAN. According to him, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao declared a series of important initiatives on further strengthening China- ASEAN cooperation at the recent China-ASEAN summit. China is willing to join hands with ASEAN nations to fulfill these initiatives, expand and deepen communication and cooperation with them, share the opportunity, face the challenges, achieve win-win, and create a brighter future for the China-ASEAN strategic partnership, and contribute to the common development and prosperity of Asia.Dai also said that China as a member of East Asia family always proposed and supported East Asia cooperation. With a diversification, East Asia has many cooperation system existed. China advocates opening up and make each system to support and improve others with its own advantages. China welcomes countries outside East Asia to make efforts for the peace and development, with the cooperation between ASEAN and China, Japan and South Korea as a main channel and ASEAN working steadily as a guiding force.Surin said that the ASEAN-China relationship developed fast with many active, innovative and prominent achievements. According to him, China acted positively against the international financial crisis with a responsible attitude, which contributes significantly to the stability and recovery of Asia and world's economy.He added that the ASEAN nations appreciated the support and assistance from China, and was believing they could benefit from China's Development.The secretary-general said that ASEAN expected to join hands with China in the development of ASEAN-China free trade zone, enhance cooperation in more areas, realize mutual benefit and win- win, and improve the stability and prosperity in this Region. "We are confident about the future of ASEAN-China free trade zone," said Surin.
HAIKOU, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Government plans to make China's southern island province of Hainan an international tourist resort have cut the supply of housing as owners and developers hold out for huge profits.More than 200 property buyers had arrived everyday since the end of last year when the government unveiled plans to turn the tropical island into a top international destination by 2020, said Li Zhuo, a salesman with Rongyu Project in Haikou, the provincial capital.Prices were rising by about 1,000 yuan (164 U.S. dollars) per square meter each day on some properties and properties that had been selling for 15,000 yuan a square meter at the beginning of the year were now asking20,000 yuan, he said.The Shanhuwan real estate project in Haikou had sold 600 of its 643 apartments in two weeks despite prices jumping almost 50 percent, said salesgirl Min Xia.In the popular tourist destination of Sanya, the average price of Shanyuhu project had soared from 13,000 yuan a square meter in November, to 28,000 yuan as of Thursday, and was almost sold out.The tourism promotion blueprint, which was officially announced on Jan. 4 and is expected to be approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, drew real estate developers and investors from home and abroad, driving up the property market to fever and causing property bubble fears."Many home developers and owners suspended sales, expecting higher prices and profits," said Liu Haiyi, assistant general manager of Hainan Jintai Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.In an effort to clamp down on potential speculation, the provincial government on Jan. 15 suspended the leasing of land and approval of projects, which worsened speculation concerns.The suspension was aimed at cooling the overheated sector, but it may have led to a second wave of price hikes, said a property agent surnamed Wu."Sufficient housing and land resources could be provided to fulfill demands of the market and the tourism promotional campaign," Wei Liucheng, secretary of Hainan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, said Tuesday."We will blacklist real estate developers who seriously disturb the property market order and not approve any new land for them," he said.Official statistics show 58,489 commercial homes, totaling almost 6 million square meters, were on the market in Hainan's major cities as of Monday.In the first half of 2009, Hainan had approved development of 3,164.7 hectares of land, including 1,522.65 hectares already under construction, according to the provincial administration of land, environment and resources.Wei said homes for local residents were a priority. The authorities should conduct comprehensive supervision campaigns and work out plans for land approval for residential purposes. Strict penalties should be meted out to those who violated land use and transfer regulations.Hainan is one of the five special economic zones. Agriculture and tourism are its pillar industries.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yunshan, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Wednesday pledged to work with Germany to increase bilateral cooperation."We can enhance our cooperation in various areas, including environmental protection and sustainable development," Liu said when meeting with a delegation of Germany's Green Party, one of the country's major parties.Liu, who is in charge of the CPC's publicity department, said the growth of bilateral ties accorded with common interests of both nations.Liu Yunshan (R), head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Cem Oezdemir, co-leader of Germany's Green Party, in Beijing, capital of China, March 17, 2010.The CPC and the Chinese government valued ties with Germany and with the Greens, and would expand bilateral cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual respect, Liu said.Cem Oezdemir, co-leader of the Greens, said his party was ready to increase coordination with China on coping with international challenges.Oezdemir and his delegation are visiting China at the invitation of the CPC from March 16 to 20.Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met with the delegation earlier Wednesday to exchange views on promoting party-to-party relations.
BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu told Chinese rescuers in Haiti via phone Friday night to make all-out efforts to save the eight buried Chinese policemen after they were located. Rescuers have decided on the location where the eight Chinese police officers were buried after a 7.3-magnitude quake in Haiti. Liu Zhiqiang, director of China's Ministry of Public Security international cooperation department, told Xinhua that "various means are being used simultaneously" to search for the missing men. Rescuers have decided on the location where the eight Chinese police officers are buried after a 7.3-magnitude quake in Haiti Four of the eight officers just arrived in Haiti Tuesday. They all serve in China's peacekeeping forces in Haiti. A Chinese rescue team of more than 60 people left Beijing for the Caribbean island Wednesday evening along with 10 tonnes of food, equipment and medicines. Meng, also State Councilor, said via satellite phone to Chines erescue team in Haiti, "We must spare no efforts in rescuing the buried police officers." He also passed on concern of China's top leadership on the safety of every member of the rescue team.
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China saw a 32.9 percent growth year-on-year in fiscal revenue in the first two months of the year due to factors including rising tax revenue following continued economic recovery, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Sunday.Fiscal revenue for January and February combined reached more than 1.36 trillion yuan (about 200.05 billion U.S. dollars), the MOF said in a statement posted on its website.Of the total, the central fiscal revenue topped 702.7 billion yuan, up 36 percent from the same period in 2009, while local governments raked in 657.61 billion yuan, up 29.7 percent.Fiscal revenue in January was 865.9 billion yuan, up 41.2 year on year and exceeding February's 494.5 billion yuan.The statement said the big difference in fiscal revenue between the past two months was resultant because a nationwide seven-day Spring Festival occurred in February, leading to fewer working days in the month.The MOF attributed the fast fiscal revenue growth to the continuing economic recovery in China which boosted tax revenue, and a low comparison base in the first two months last year, when revenue was down 11.4 percent due to the financial crisis.China's National Bureau of Statistics released figures last Thursday which showed in January and February, the country's industrial output grew 20.7 percent, and retail sales of consumer goods rose 17.9 percent, while the urban fixed assets investment leapt 26.6 percent, and import and export in general trade soared by 52.1 percent.
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YINCHUAN, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for more efforts to promote social, economic development in the underdeveloped western areas of the country.Hu made the call during his three-day visit to northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from Sunday to Tuesday.This year marks the tenth anniversary of China's campaign to develop the west.Hu said the past decade witnessed a good beginning of and laid a solid foundation for the "West Development" drive and the next decade would be a crucial period for pushing forward the campaign. Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) visits Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Hu Jintao called for more efforts to promote social, economic development in the underdeveloped western areas of the country during his three-day visit to northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from March 21 to 23To develop the west would remain one of the priorities in the 12th five-year plan starting 2011, during which the central government would provide more favorable policies and greater funds to western areas, Hu said.He called for transforming the economic growth pattern, and improving people's livelihood, as he visited local factories, farms, renovated shanty-towns and new villages housing farmers that had migrated to from virtually uninhabitable areas.In his visit to a successful company which manufactures rare metal products, Hu said the central government attached strategic importance to developing the new material industry. He called on companies to innovate technology, produce new products and implement new management practices.
BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao has commended the heroic deeds of a special policeman, who died on duty at the age of 28, and asked the country to build a special police team with high fighting capacity.Hu made the call in a written instruction to a meeting on Tuesday honoring Shen Zhandong, a special policeman from Zhengzhou, of the central Henan Province.Shen was known for his outstanding performance in many missions, including the rescue work after the deadly Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province and the security work for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.Shen died on Jan. 30, the day of his 28th birthday. Medical diagnose suggested that overwork had taken a heavy toll on Shen and caused his sudden death.At Tuesday's meeting, Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, called on the country's police to learn from Shen.Zhou urged the police to step up efforts to resolve social conflicts, improve social management and enforce the law in a just and clean manner.
CHENGDU, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Two giant pandas in the United States will fly back home in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan next week, according to local officials.Tai Shan, a 4-and-a-half-year-old male panda born at the National Zoo of Washington D.C., and Mei Lan, a 3-year-old female panda born at Zoo Atlanta, will arrive in Chengdu Feb. 5 after a 14-hour journey from Washington.Experts from the two zoos will escort the two giant pandas back to China.Tai Shan, who was born in July 2005 and raised up in the National Zoo, will return to the Ya'an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base of Wolong National Nature Reserve.Tai Shan was supposed to get back to China at the age of two. The Chinese government agreed to postpone its return twice in 2007 and 2009 at the request of the National Zoo, where millions of people visited him.Tai Shan's father Tian Tian, 13, and mother Mei Xiang, 12, are also due to return December next year.Mei Lan will return to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.Mei Lan was born in September 2006. Her parents Lun Lun and Yang Yang arrived in Atlanta in November 1999.There are now 13 Chinese giant pandas living in four zoos in the United States.Giant pandas, known for being sexually inactive, are among the world's most endangered animals.There are about 1,600 giant pandas living in China's wild, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu. Another 290 are in captive-breeding programs worldwide, mainly in China.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's economic hub Shanghai in December posted the first year-on-year growth in both imports and exports in 14 months, indicating further recovery from the economic downturn, local customs said Sunday. Last month, Shanghai's foreign trade stood at 30.7 billion U.S. dollars, a growth of 35.3 percent over the same month of 2008. This was the second year-on-year growth of foreign trade in two consecutive months in the city, the sources said. Exports in particular, which stood at 15.21 billion U.S. dollars, reported the first year-on-year growth of 23.5 percent since November 2008, while imports surged 49.5 percent, up from the 26.7 percent growth rate in the previous month. Last month saw the city's trade with the European Union, the United States and Japan up 15.4 percent, 36.8 percent and 19.8 percent, respectively. However, Shanghai's foreign trade in total last year went down 13.8 percent from 2008 to 277.73 billion U.S. dollars due to the economic crisis effect. The total included 141.91 billion dollars in exports, down 16.2 percent, and 135.82 billion dollars in imports, down 11.1 percent.