How to Boost Agro-technology

The priority of the No.1 Document of the Chinese central government has changed from water conservancy investment in 2011 to agricultural science and technology in 2012.As key resources such as land,water and labor are becoming more scarce,the increase in productivity from investment in water conservancy and adoption of new technologies will be critical to producing adequate amount of and nutritious food for a more well-to-do and urban population in China.But for China,it is not a choice between water conservancy and technology.It needs both.     

How to Boost Agro-technology

The priority of the No.1Document of the Chinese central government has changed from water conservancy investment in 2011 to agricultural science and technology in 2012.As key resources such as land,water and labor are becoming more scarce,the increase in productivity from investment in water conservancy and adoption of new technologies will be critical to producing adequate amount of and nutritious food for a more well-to-do and urban population in China.But for China,it is not a choice between water conservancy and technology.It needs both.     

Opportunities for A Low Carbon Future-- China＇s Clean Revolution II

Despite economic downturn, China＇s domestic markets continue to scale up low carbon technology. A new report that was released in Beijing in August by the Climate Group shows that in an incredibly short time China has taken the lead in the race to develop and commercialize a range of low carbon technologies. On the back of ambitious government policies and a new breed of entrepreneurs, Chinese businesses are amongst the top producers of electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels and energy efficient appliances. Even with this growth, the opportunities for Chinese and foreign companies are huge. A successful agreement in Copenhagen later this year will open the door to further collaboration and growth.     

Opportunities for A Low Carbon Future——China's Clean Revolution Ⅱ

Despite economic downturn,China's domestic markets continue to scale up low carbon technology.A new report that was released in Beijing in August by the Climate Group shows that in an incredibly short time China has taken the lcad in the race to develop and commercialize a range of low carbon technologies.On the back of ambitious government policies and a new breed of entrepreneurs,Chinese businesses are amongst the top producers of electric vehicles,wind turbines,solar panels and energy efficient appliances.     

BIOLINGUALISM: A CASE STUDY OF LANGUAGE USE IN THE LHASA OF TIBET

Bilingualism is one of the most salient features of language use in Tibet and, at first sight, Lhasa appears to be just one example of this practice. And most of people in Lhasa are able to speak Chinese and Tibetan,however, it also arouses problem with finding the balance of using the two languages, many people are more focusing on learning Chinese and they are paying little attention on Tibetan which would cause a problem of losing the language with its unique culture. So in this thesis, I am going to do a case study of language use in Lhasa, Tibet, and questions about how people cope with bilingualism arise. Answers to such questions can be found in the fact that people are able to create a bilingual state in a given area because everyone is bilingual. That is conclusion emerged from interviews conducted with 100 inhabitants of Lhasa city in Tibet, an area primarily inhabited by the Tibetan people. The linguistic situation in Lhasa provides a valuable case study of what can happen in the absence of a fully developed Lhasa and can contribute to broader discussions of language use in Tibet.     

ROK, China Strive for Mutual Economic and Trade Benefits

The President of the Republic of Korea （ROK） Roh Moo-hyun announced that Korea fully recognized China＇s market economy status. Roh＇s announcement was made during a joint press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao, who was on a state visit to ROK in November. China is now the largest trading partnet of ROK, with trade volume between the two countries expected to reach 100 billion US dollars this year. The two leaders agreed that the bilateral trade volume should be doubled to 200 billion US dollars by 2012. A significant milestone having been reached between the two countries, what kind of impact can be expected to follow from the events in regards to the bilateral economic and trade relations between China and ROK？ With such questions in mind, China＇s Foreign Trade reporters interviewed Kim Ha-joong, Ambassador of ROK to China.     

Five Dilemmas of SMEs

When the financial storm indulges in the Wall Street of US,the whole world economy is threatened.In this global economy,no one can turn away from its impact.So as China and her SMEs.Small and medium-sized enterprises,i.e.SMEs,are often opposite to state-owned enterprises,i.e.SOEs in China.Born with some natural shortages, where can Chinese SMEs find shelter for the bad weather? How can they survive in the tempest? To be or not to be,that is a question raised to them cruelly.     

China and Egypt Work Together to Ensure Bilateral Trade and Investment Ties

Egypt＇s Minister of Trade and industry, Rachid Mohamed paid a week-long visit to China from September 4 to September 11, 2006. During the visit, he met Chinese government officials and business representatives about engaging China in the development of Egyptian industry and attracting Chinese investment, technology and know-how into key industrial projects.     

Encounters ＆ Responses Trade Protectionism ——Export of Chinese Electronic Products

After several months＇ downtrend, the export market of Chinese flat-panel TV began to recover in the first quarter, with 5.815 million LCD TV sets exported to overseas, increasing by 17.7% from the same time of a year ago, and 132,000 plasma TV sets exported, up by 1.5% with the same comparison. Since the later half of 2008, export volume of color TV sets from China continued to decrease, making the exporters of such products in China really touch the influence of economic crisis. In February of this year, Buy American Act was adopted by US Congress, which reminded of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930s. To deal with the economic crisis then, the US government issued Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, and highly lifted the tariff tax for over 2,000 types of products. Not long after the act, many countries like UK, France, Germany and so on took retaliatory measures against USA,     

China-Syria： Opportunities, Friendship and Cooperation

Syria Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah al-Dardari headed a professional delegation to China and the First Meeting of the Syria- China Joint Business was held with the attendance of the Deputy Prime Minister at the main hall of CCPIT(China Council for the Promotion of International Trade)this July.Mr.Mon Couja,Managing Director of PracTech Co.in Syria and also a member of Board of Directors of the Syrian-Chinese Businessmen Council on Syrian side,was among the delegation.During this Meeting,Syrian-Chinese Businessmen Council of both sides worked together to yield a closer ties between each other,Mr.Mon Couja was one of them. Mr.Couja wrote those words in his e-mail,"I thank you,China's Foreign Trade,for this opportunity to communicate with our friends,the Chinese people. Kindly don't hesitate to contact me for any further cooperation."We can sum- mary it in three keywords:Opportunity,Friendship and Cooperation. Yes,China and Syria,the two friends,with the efforts from both sides,will continuously seek more opportunities and cooperation in the coming days. By Editor     

NORTH AMERICA

U.S. to continue probes against steel cylinder imports from China The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on June 24 cleared the way for the U.S. government to continue anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations against imports of high-pressure steel cylinders from China. The USITC determined that there was reasonable indication that a U.S. industry had been materially hurt by high-pressure steel cylinders from China, which were allegedly subsidized by the Chinese government and sold in ...     

Boosting Int＇l SMEs Cooperation——Interview with Zhu Shuhai,Director,Department for SMEs,Trade Development Bureau,Ministry of Commerce

Either in the developed countries or developing countries,the small and medium enterprises（SMEs）have been playing a significant role in promoting the technological progress,employment,export, etc.Especially in the modern society with efficient development of knowledge and information,which is making the production and business operation smaller and more dispersed,and with more family participation as well,SMEs are becoming a more and more important force of the social and economic development. Although the SMEs have made very important contributions to the national economic development and the increase of employment,they are thirsty of more government and social supports,especially for the overseas development.In order to meet the mission of promoting the SMEs development,the Ministry of Commerce has established Department for SMEs. In July,China＇s Foreign Trade inte viewed Zhu Shuhai,Director of Department for SMEs,Trade Development Bureau,Ministry,of Commerce.     

China-U.S. Trade Agreement Needs Further Bilateral Cooperation

One of the events this Spring Festival is the signing of the phase-I trade agreement between China and the U.S.in Washington D.C..This agreement covers a wide range of issues including intellectual property rights,technology transfer and financial services.It also includes China’s commitment to make an additional purchases of U.S.goods and services with the value of USD 200 billion between 2020 and 2021.According to statistics from the U.S.Ministry of Commerce,U.S.exports to China amounted to USD 130.37 billion in 2017.     

"Ice-thawing Visit":New Opportunities for Closer China-Japan Trade Ties Exclusive Interview with Takeo Donoue,Economic Counsellor of Embassy of Japan in China

At the invitation of the Japanese government, from April 11 to 13, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid an official visit to Japan, which was described as an "ice-thawing journey", and launched talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During the visit, both sides also inked a joint press communique, in which detailed measures to fresh out contents of strategic and mutual beneficial bilateral relationship have been included, marking a historic event of the bilateral relations between the two nations. Wen's successful visit to Japan, which occurred in the year of the 35th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations, received great concerns from the two peoples and the world community and was of far-reaching significance concerning the longstanding friendship between the two peoples and the steady development of China-Japan bilateral relations in both politics and trade. On April 19,China's Foreign Trade had an interview with Takeo Donoue, Counsellor of Embassy of Japan in China, on the discussion of promoting the sound development of Sino-Japanese economic and trade relations on this critical historic moment. Takeo Donoue told us that both the Japanese government and its economic community have been looking forward to faster progress of the economic and trade ties between the two sides.     

The history of SIPO

The intellectual property system in China was originated from and developed as a result of the policy of reform and opening-up.With the approval of the State Council,the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China(CPO,the predecessor of SIPO),wasfounded in 1980 to protect intellectual property,encourage invention and creaton,help popularize inventions and their exploitation,promote the progress and innovation in science and technology,and meet the needs of socialist modernization.In 1998,With therestructuring of the government agencies,CPO was renamed SIPO and became a government institution directly under the     

China in Overcapacity Exacerbating？

The problem of overcapacity has been plaguing China for years. Many economists claim that China＇s double-edged economic system of foreign trade and investment has resulted in a lack of consumption. It is estimated that approximately 35% of GDP depends solely on exports, some of which has naturally turned into excessive capacity due to the recent lack of external demand from western markets. Repeated build up in certain industries, which the government has failed to restrain, has resulted in prevailing overcapacity, and has also indirectly triggered the flood of anti-dumping cases against Chinese enterprises in recent years.     

Focus on "Quality of Growth" Urged——China's economy has been quite strong, with a high growth tate.

Despite concerns that the Chinese economy is showing some early signs of overheating, a senior official with the World Bank in Beijing said he was confident that the government is well capable of containing the threat while maintaining growth at seven to 8% this year.Looking ahead, Yukon Huang, the bank's country director and chief of mission in China, said the challenge is to ensure sustainable growth, perhaps at lower rates, that would generate     

Taking Big Steps to the Future

In 2010, China and Ecuador celebrated the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Accepting an invitation from the Chinese government, Ricardo Armando Patino Aroca, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration of Ecuador, and his delegation had a state visit to China. During his visit, China＇s Foreign Trade magazine interviewed the Minister, providing his views on bilateral relations, he stated that in the past thirty years, bilateral relation haven＇t developed enough and the aim of this visit was to strengthen bilateral relations further, especially regarding the economy and travel.     

Grasping Opportunities And Forging Ahead To Establish A Comprehensive International Group Corporation

The Chinese government officially resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997. On this historic occasion, the China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation officially renamed itself as the China Machinery Import and Export Group Corporation, with the approval of the relevant department of the state, and moved into its new office building. The change of name marks the progress it has achieved in a the course of exploring the establishment of a modern enterprise system. It was designated by the State Council in 1994 as one of the first group of 100 enterprises in China to introduce the modern enterprise system on a trial basis.In particular since 1995, when its scheme     

China Moves to Encourage Agricultural Technology Innovation

China is keen to accelerate technology innovation and scientific research in agriculture,a move to boost the country's modern agricultural development,a central government statement said on Feb.1. China will intensify efforts to encourage development of both frontier agricultural technologies and basic research,so as to maintain sustainable agricultural growth,said the document issued jointly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council,China's cabinet.