BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's government is adjusting its policies on imported technological equipment with the purpose of boosting domestic innovation and greater industrial restructuring and upgrading. Key components and raw materials imported by domestic enterprises for manufacturing major technological equipment and products are exempted from import tariffs and value-added tax (VAT) as of July 1 this year, according to a joint communique issued by the Ministry of Finance and five other ministries Friday. Tariff exemption for imported complete set of machinery and equipment will be revoked, according to the communique. To ensure smooth transition, preferential policies for items which currently can not be wholly supplied domestically, if it is proved so after examination, will be phased out gradually. Major State-backed key technological equipment includes clean energy power generating systems and nuclear power generating units of above a million kilowatts. China's central government in March announced expenditure of 20 billion yuan (2.94 billion U.S. dollars) for this year, from a 908 billion yuan public sector budget, to help enterprises upgrade technology, energy efficiency and innovation. It also unveiled a three-year plan in May to stimulate equipment-manufacturing industry, which lacks ability to innovate and had underdeveloped technology. But experts said lack of funding and cooperation among research institutes still restrain China's technological transition.
BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- China will welcome more foreign experts to participate in the country's economic and social development, said Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday. "The development and achievements China made in the past 60 years have been the result of the united efforts of the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, together with the hard work and dedication of numerous foreign experts," said Li. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (4th R) attends a reception for the foreign experts working in China on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27. Li made the remarks while addressing a reception on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Some 1,800 foreign experts and Chinese officials attended the reception. The number of overseas experts working in China continued to rise, reaching 480,000 tours of duty in 2008, he said. "They provide strong expert support for the economic and social development of China," said Li. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a reception for the foreign experts working in China on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing China set up the Friendship Award in 1991, the country's highest award for foreign experts, to award those who have made outstanding contributions to China's economic and social progress. "The Chinese government will further deepen the reform and opening up......widely attract and gather international personnel, and conduct international exchanges and cooperation in an ever-broader scope, in a wider range of fields and at higher levels than before," said Li. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L, front) toasts with Chinese-American physical scientist and Nobel Prize winner Yang Zhenning (R, front) during a reception for the foreign experts working in China on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27With regard to China's economic development, Li said China's stimulus measures adopted to deal with the global financial crisis was producing results, however, the foundation for the recovery of the Chinese economy was not solid yet. China would maintain the continuity and stability of its macro-economic policy, deepen economic restructuring, expand domestic demand and promote renovation and transformation of economic development mode, so as to push for the long-term steady and fast economic growth and overall social progress, Li said. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L, front) attends a reception for the foreign experts working in China on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27.
BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's power consumption in September continued to rise with a faster increasing rate, according to China's National Energy Administration (NEA) on Thursday. Power consumption in September rose 10.24 percent from the same month last year to 322.41 billion kilowatt hours last month. The increasing rate was 2 percentage points up from that of August. Accumulative power consumption in the first nine months topped 2.66 trillion kilowatt hours, an increase of 1.4 percent over the same period last year. In the first three quarters, power consumption of the primary industry which covers agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, added 6.35 percent from a year earlier to 72.5 billion kilowatt hours. The second industry, including mining, manufactural, building and construction sectors, consumed 1.95 trillion kilowatt hours, representing a decrease of 1.67 percent over the same period last year. Power consumption in the service sector climbed 11.26 percent year on year to 293.5 billion kilowatt hours in the first three quarters.
Changchun, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's macro-economic policy would remain "consistent" and "stable" to consolidate a base for economic recovery, vice premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday. Although positive factors are accumulating and momentum apparently growing, China's economy still faces many difficulties and challenges as the international financial crisis is still not over, said Li at the opening ceremony of the 5th China Jilin Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, in the northeastern city of Changchun, the capital city of Jilin Province. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang addresses the opening ceremony of a High Level Forum on the Northeast Asia Economic and Trade Cooperation held in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Sept. 1, 2009He said the government would continue to stimulate consumer spending, push forward economic restructuring and facilitate foreign investment to energize enterprises and maintain persistent and steady economic expansion. The revitalization of northeast China, which is known as the country's old industrial base, would play a key role in coordinating regional economic expansion and spurring domestic demand. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd R, front) visits the exhibit venue after the opening ceremony of the Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo held in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Sept. 1, 2009Northeast Asian nations are highly complementary in economic development. Strengthening economic and trade cooperation in this region would play a positive role in boosting regional development and the world economy, Li said. China is willing to enhance cooperation with countries in the region with more open and positive attitudes to realize win-win results, he said. The six-day exposition, which started on Tuesday, focuses on opportunities and challenges in coping with the global financial crisis. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R, front) visits the exhibit venue after the opening ceremony of the Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo held in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Sept. 1, 2009
BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- China will welcome more foreign experts to participate in the country's economic and social development, said Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday. "The development and achievements China made in the past 60 years have been the result of the united efforts of the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, together with the hard work and dedication of numerous foreign experts," said Li. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (4th R) attends a reception for the foreign experts working in China on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27. Li made the remarks while addressing a reception on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Some 1,800 foreign experts and Chinese officials attended the reception. The number of overseas experts working in China continued to rise, reaching 480,000 tours of duty in 2008, he said. "They provide strong expert support for the economic and social development of China," said Li. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a reception for the foreign experts working in China on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing China set up the Friendship Award in 1991, the country's highest award for foreign experts, to award those who have made outstanding contributions to China's economic and social progress. "The Chinese government will further deepen the reform and opening up......widely attract and gather international personnel, and conduct international exchanges and cooperation in an ever-broader scope, in a wider range of fields and at higher levels than before," said Li. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L, front) toasts with Chinese-American physical scientist and Nobel Prize winner Yang Zhenning (R, front) during a reception for the foreign experts working in China on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27With regard to China's economic development, Li said China's stimulus measures adopted to deal with the global financial crisis was producing results, however, the foundation for the recovery of the Chinese economy was not solid yet. China would maintain the continuity and stability of its macro-economic policy, deepen economic restructuring, expand domestic demand and promote renovation and transformation of economic development mode, so as to push for the long-term steady and fast economic growth and overall social progress, Li said. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L, front) attends a reception for the foreign experts working in China on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27.
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CHANGCHUN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday said the country's old industrial base should coordinate economic growth and industrial restructuring to revitalize regional development. During an inspection tour in northeastern Jilin Province on Monday and Tuesday, Li urged stepping up innovation, pushing forward industrial restructuring, and improving people's lives, in order to achieve sound economic and social development. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L Front) visits Bajiazi Forestry Bureau's shantytowns in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 31, 2009. Li Keqiang made an inspection tour in Jilin Province from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1.During an inspection of the First Automobile Works, Li encouraged the pioneering auto maker to innovate based on its own technology, in order enliven the enterprise. Li also visited several other enterprises, including the Jilin Aodong Medicine Industry Group Co., Ltd., a leading pharmaceutical company, and encouraged firms to diversify their product mix to meet various demands and explore new markets. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R Front) talks with workers at Changchun First Automobile Works in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 31, 2009Li also visited shanty towns in Yanbian city where tens of thousands of forestry workers live. He urged local government to speed up the building of low-income housing and the renovation of the shanty towns, to rehouse low-income workers who deserved better conditions. China has 1.7 million forestry workers, of whom 960,000 live in shanty towns. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R2 Front) visits the Yanji branch of Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Industry Group in Yanji, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 31, 2009.China is aiming to provide proper housing for 7.5 million low-income urban households and 2.4 million households of coal mine, reclamation area and forest zone workers living in shanty towns within three years, Premier Wen Jiabao said in March. The central government has pledged to allocate 49.3 billion yuan (7.25 billion U.S. dollars) from the central budget to finance housing projects in 2009 alone. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L) visits Bajiazi Forestry Bureau's shantytowns in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 31, 2009.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Visiting top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo on Thursday met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, was the first top Chinese legislator that has visited the United States during the past two decades. Before meeting with Obama, Wu met U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. Wu will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton later in the day. Wu Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, the United States, Sept. 10, 2009 On Wednesday, Wu met U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, telling her that his visit aimed to promote further growth of the China-U.S. relationship, which is, in his words, one of the most important, dynamic and promising bilateral ties in the world. Wu is here on a week-long official goodwill visit to the United States, the final leg of his three-nation tour to the Americas which also took him to Cuba and the Bahamas.Wu Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, the United States, Sept. 10, 2009
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- China will cut gasoline and diesel prices from Wednesday by 220 yuan (32.4 U.S. dollars) per ton, or by about 3 percent each, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced Tuesday. The retail price of gasoline will drop by about 0.16 yuan per liter, and that of diesel by about 0.19 yuan per liter, the commission said in a statement issued after a news briefing. A staff member works at a gas station in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, July 28, 2009The benchmark prices of gasoline would be reduced to 6,910 yuan per tonne, and that of diesel to 6,170 yuan per ton. The price cut was in response to recent falls in global crude prices, which had dropped to 63.97 U.S. dollars per barrel from 67.8 U.S. dollars on June 30, according to the statement. Global crude prices, despite recent rebounds, experienced consecutive falls in the first half of this month, said the statement. The NDRC is basing its adjustment of domestic fuel prices on three kinds of global crude prices, but the commission did not reveal the structure of the three prices. On Monday, light, sweet crude for September delivery rose 33 cents to settle at 68.38 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. London Brent for September delivery rose 50 cents to 70.82 dollars a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. It is the sixth fuel price adjustment since the country adopted a new fuel pricing mechanism, which took effect on Jan. 1. The Chinese government has lowered retail fuel prices in December, before the new mechanism became effective, and again in January. It also raised prices once in March and twice last month. Under the pricing mechanism, the NDRC would consider changing benchmark retail prices of oil products when the international crude price rises or falls by a daily average of 4 percent over 20 days. The two price rises last month were slight, said the statement, in an effort to quell doubts over frequent price hikes. The country's latest fuel price hike on Jan. 30 sparked widespread debate as consumers grumbled that the record domestic prices were even higher than in the United States. However, according to the NDRC statement, post-rise prices on June 30 translated into about 60 U.S. dollars per barrel, which was 7.8 U.S. dollars lower than the international price that day. On June 1, post-rise prices were equal to about 50 U.S. dollars a barrel, 7.6 U.S. dollars lower than the global crude price. The NDRC raised pump prices of gasoline and diesel by 400 yuan per ton, or 7 percent and 8 percent, respectively, from June 1, and again by 600 yuan per tonne, or 9 and 10 percent, respectively, from June 30. Such controlled rises were meant to ease the burden of downstream industries so as to help fuel a recovery in the economy, and also to cushion the negative effect of irrational rises in global crude prices, such as raises in investment of speculative capital, according to the statement. The commission would continue to adjust domestic fuel prices "at an appropriate time", and take into account of changes in global crude prices, domestic economic situation, and demand and supply on the domestic market, said the statement.