Forestry Action Program——On China's 21st Century Agenda

Environment and development are important issues of common concern to societies of the contemporary world. They have a direct bearing on the destiny of mankind, as well as the future of the world. Their influence extends to every country, every people and every individual in this world. Forests are the key and bond to carry out the integration of environment and development. It has become a consensus in international society. Forestry shoulders two missions: optimization of the environment and promotion of     

MACHINERY SUB-COUNCIL OF THE CCPIT——A WINDOW TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD FOR CHINA'S MACHINERY INDUSTRY

The Machinery Sub-council ofthe CCPIT (China Council forthe Promotion of InternationalTrade)was among the six firstestablished sub-councils.In lessthan eight years since itsestablishment,the Machinery Sub-council of the CCPIT has performedsuccessfully as a window to theoutside world for the machineryindustry,in coordination with thedevelopment strategy of foreigneconomic and trade cooperationfor the machinery industry sector,in promoting economic and tradeexchange between Chinese andoverseas enterprises,and makingChina's machinery industryaccessible to the world market.     

First Ten Years,First in Asia——In Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of CEIBS

On November 8, 2004, CEIBS will be celebrating its 10th anniver sary. Young as it is, CEIBS is already the number one business school in mainland China and recognized as one of the best in Asia. In recent annual world MBA ranking released by the prestigious British newspaper Financial Times, CEIBS advances to No. 53 in the world and No.1 in Asia. The school‘s other two major programmes, the EMBA programme, and executive education programmes, are all ranked among the world‘s top 50. After a decade of hard work, CEIBS has been widely recognized at home and abroad for its achievements. It is the only mainland business school to earn accreditation from the European Quality Improvement System     

Strengthen International Cooperation in Energy

China’s development cannot be achieved without cooperation with the rest of the world,and the prosperity of the world needs China as well.With accelerating economic globalization,China has forged increas- ingly closer ties with the outside world in the field of energy.China's development of energy has not only satisfied its own needs for economic and social progress, but also brought opportunities and tre- mendous space for development to the rest of the world.     

Better Water Update the Quality of Better City

With a warmer global climate and the modernization of cities, overcoming the problem of water is a common issue that many cities around the world have to face. With the development of modern cities, waste water from both families and factories is continuously flow- ing into lakes and rivers. Heavy rains often hit many cities in countries across the world, such as the South of China, Pakistan. Let us enter the Puxi side of Shanghai Expo, where many international cities are showcasing their achievements such as how to control flooding,     

China Needs the World,and the World Needs China——Mr.Li Lanqing on China's economic opening to the outside world

Mr. Li Lanqing, Vice Premier of the State Council, expounded on China's economy heading towards the 21st century,at the 32nd ICC World Congress. He said: China is greeting the 19th year of its reform and opening to the outside world. In the past 18 years, especially in the 1990s,China's economy, as an integral part of the world economy, has assumed three interrelated new features, under the circumstances of speeding up the development, deepening the reform, and expanding the opening. 1. Lasting trend for sustained and rapid economic growth. China has 1.2 billion people with everrising income and consumption levels and huge market demand, and the Chinese people have the habit of saving. So there are large amounts of bank deposits to support     

China Performs an Important Role in the World Economy A Speech by Bo Xilai, the Minister of Commerce

By means of mutual trade and investment, China performs a more and more important role in the world economy.As the weekly magazine Economist said: Although the United States stock market bubble broke in 2000 to 2001,the world economy survived from depression due to the strong development of Chinese economy. Both China and the United States are depicted by UN Conference on Trade and Development as two growth engines of the world economy. China is quite different from20 years before.     

China Performs an Important Role in the World Economy

By means of mutual trade and investment, China performs, a more. and more important role in the world economy.As the weekly magazine Economist said: Although the United States stock market bubble broke in 2000 to 2001,the world economy survived from depression due to the strong development of Chinese economy. Both China and the United States are depicted by UN Conference on Trade and Development as two growth engines of the world economy. China is quite different from 20 years before.     

China Performs an Important Role in the World Economy A Speech by Bo Xilai, the Minister of Commerce

By means of mutual trade and investment, China performs a more and more important role in the world economy.As the weekly magazine Economist said: Although the United States stock market bubble broke in 2000 to 2001,the world economy survived from depression due to the strong development of Chinese economy. Both China and the United States are depicted by UN Conference on Trade and Development as two growth engines of the world economy. China is quite different from20 years before.……     

China,More than Self-Sufficient

At the moment,the whole world faces the most severe inflation in food prices in history,as grain and soybean prices climb to all-time highs.Al- though some observers blame the weather for the decrease in crop yields and that the growing demand for cereals used for bio-fuel production has conspired toward continuous price rises on world grain mar- ket;others regard it simply as a matter of demand outpacing supply.In seven of the last eight years,world grain production has fallen behind rates of consumption. Soaring world grain prices are pro- jected to keep driving food price infla-     

Forging Ahead Toward a Powerful Stone Producer in the World

The reform and opening has given impetus to the rapid development of China's stone industry, laying the foundations for its development to a higher level, and for the realization of the development target of a powerful stone producer in the world by the year 2010. Its major features are as follows: 1. Production of major products in China's stone industry has witnessed significant growth, leaping to second place in the world and ranking among the world's major stone producers. In 1995, total production of the national granite slabs, marble slabs, terazzos and     

Voices from the ＂Summer Davos＂ in Asia

China pledges to sustained growth
Wen Jiabao, Premier of the People＇s Republic of China, opened the World Economic Forum＇s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, laying out an ambitious agenda to reinvigorate China＇s economy while meeting social goals. He explained the nation＇s stimulus plan and called for increased cooperation to meet collective challenges as the world recovers from the recent financial turmoil. ＂Over the past year, the world economy has experienced the most severe challenge since the Great Depression,＂ said Wen. ＂Thanks to the concerted efforts and active measures of the entire world community, the world economy has started to recover.＂     

Chapter Ⅱ Better Water Update the Quality of Better City

With a warmer global climate and the modernization of cities,overcoming the problem of water is a common issue that many cities around the world have to face.With the development of modern cities,waste water from both families and factories is continuously flowing into lakes and rivers.Heavy rains often hit many cities in countries across the world,such as the South of China,Pakistan.Let us enter the Puxi side of Shanghai Expo,where many international cities are showcasing their achievements such as how to control flooding,how to utilize rain,and how to treat waste water.For instance.Water Square at the Netherlands exhibit,the living water park at the Chengdu Pavilion,the treatment of waste water in Izmir,Turkey and three Swiss cities (Zurich,Geneva,Basel),along with the Osaka exhibit,all showcase solutions to the problem of "Water".     

Huatai" Faces WTO With Smile

With the faster process of China'saccession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), China's insurance industry has been growing in breath and depthin opening to the outside world. In theface of a new competitive situation, ifChinese-funded insurance companies intend to seek subsistence and development, they must work as hard as theycan, deepen reforms and enhance theircapability to achieve sustainable development.Both challenges and opportunitiescoexist, as do difficulties and hopes.The Hua…     

Global IPR Forum： A Platform for International IPR Cooperation, Protection and Innovation

The Global IPR Protection and Innovation Forum, jointly sponsored by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade（CCPIT） and US. Chamber of Commetre, was held from March 27 to 28 in Beijing. The forum focused on the discussion of the protection and innovation of intellectual property rights. Government leaders from China and America attended the forum, as well as scholars, entrepreneurs from Japan. ROK, Singapore, etc. The forum is always regarded as an important platform on which to disecuss and strengthen the international IPR cooperation, protection and innovation, especially in the current days of economic globalization in the world. Here we publish some important speeches and interview of the forum, so as to cater to the readers.     

China,More than Self-Sufficient

At the moment,the whole world faces the most severe inflation in food prices in history,as grain and soybean prices climb to all-time highs.Although some observers blame the weather for the decrease in crop yields and that the growing demand for cereals used for bio-fuel production has conspired toward continuous price rises on world grain ma ket;others regard it simply as a matter of demand outpacing supply.In seven of the last eight years,world grain production has fallen behind rates of consumption.     

Huatai" Faces WTO With Smile

With the faster process of China's accession to thc World Trade Organization (WTO), Chi-na's insurance industry has been growing in breath and depth in opening to the outside world. In the face of a new competitive situa-tion, if Chinese-funded insurance companies intend to seek subsistence and development, they must work as hard as they can, deepen re-forms and enhance their capability to achieve sustainable development.Both challenges and opportunities co-exist, as do difficulties and hop…     

Pudong Development Project—An Interview with Zhao Qizheng, vice mayor of Shanghai and Chairman of Shanghai Pudong New Area Administration Committee

Since the central government decided on the Pudong development as a lead for the coming 10 years of China's reform and opening up, and particularly after the 14th CPC Congress further verified this decision, the opening and developing of Pudong has increasingly caught world attention. Recently, our reporter paid a special visit to Shanghai and interviewed Zhao Qizheng, vice     

Shipbuilding Industry,Ready to Sail

The shipbuilding industry is known as “the head of comprehensive industries” among all national sectors, due to its wide-linked production line, long production process, and huge investment for each order. single order to build a 10,000-ton vessel can provide 3,000 jobs for shipbuilders and related upstream industries. At present, China has become the world＇s second largest shipbuilder. In 2008, China shipbuilding capacity amounted to 2,881 million tons, 29.5% of the world total; China＇s ship orders accounted for 35.3% of the world total, and 37.7% of new orders.