Green Revolution for Exhibition Industry

Shanghai World Expo is widely regarded as another grand international pageant, so many people thought that the opening ceremony must be as much magnificent and brilliant as the opening ceremony for Beijing Olympics.However, it was revealed by Wan Jifei, Executive Director of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Shanghai World Expo that the opening ceremony of the Expo was not that luxurious and extravagant as that for the Beijing Olympics, but would have its own characteristics under the elaborate design and thorough arrangement conducted by the host. The veto against that luxurious opening ceremony was actually a practice echoing for the concept of Green World Expo, which would be applied for every corner from the beginning to the end of the Expo, including the construction of exhibition hall, building of exhibition stand and advertisement etc.     

China Needs to Continue Its Drive of Reform and Opening up——On the 10th anniversary of China's entry into the WTO

Sun Zhenyu,Chinas first ambassador to the WTO and president of China Society for World Trade Organization Studies.Sun served as the ambassador to the WTO for 9 years,the Chinese delegation to the WTO has made great efforts in dealing with trade frictions,resolving trade disputes,fulfilling the nation's WTO commitments,and facilitaring the Doha Round of negotiations.     

From 1851 to Today——China in the World Expo

Some say that to host the World Expo represents the comprehen- sive strength of a country,and then to participate in the World Expo also represents the development of a country.China's interaction with the World Expo and its role in the 150 year history of the Expo serves as a record of China's development in modern and contemporary times. As early as in 1851,when the first World Expo was held in London,the UK, there were already Chinese products ex- hibited in the Expo and won honors.There     

BIE lauds Expo Shanghai＇s virtual innovation

Officials with the Bureau of International Expositions （BIE） hailed Expo Shanghai Online as a ＂revolutionary landmark practice＂ at the 146th BIE conference in Paris on November 24.Thumbs up for the virtual version of the real Expo also came from representatives present at the conference after the organizer delivered a report and broadcast a video on the program.     

Spirit Of Innovatio

China has directly invested 28.6 billion yuan in the Shanghai World Expo, according to its official data. So far, the Shang-hai Expo has embraced over 15 million total visitors over 50 days （95% of whom are Chinese）, and hit a record of 552 thou- sand people in one day. Reports from the Pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said that the longest queue at the pavilion has reached as long as 9 hours, which still does not capture the enthusiasm for these pavilions. So, as a big celebration for Chi- nese everywhere, what is the meaning of holding such a big World Expo？     

Spirit Of Innovation

China has directly invested 28.6billion yuan in the Shanghai World Expo,according to its official data.So far,the Shanghai Expo has embraced over 15 million total visitors over 50 days(95% of whom are Chinese),and hit a record of 552 thousand people in one day.Reports from the Pavilion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said that the longest queue at the pavilion has reached as long as 9 hours,which still does not capture the enthusiasm for these pavilions.So,as a big celebration for Chinese everywhere,what is the meaning of holding such a big World Expo?     

Extraordinary 2008,Great NPC ＆ CPPCC：Brief of the NPC and CPPCC

There has been a lot of talk that says the economic environment in China will continue its excellence in the future.In 2007,the 17th CPC Congress was held,and in 2008 there are the i lth NPCItnd CPPCC sessions, well as the Beijing Olympics;2009 will be the 60th anniversary of the P.R.C.;in 2010 the World Expo will come to Shanghai,and the 18th session of Congress is on the schedule for 2011.     

The Development in the Coming 3 Decades

On June 25,2008,Summit Fo- rum on the Development in the Coming 3 Decades,hosted by China Business Press and sponsored by BMW Brilliance,was held in Beijing Great Wall Sheraton Hotel. World known economists and entrepre- neurs gathered together to review the ex- perience of China's thirty years of reform and opening up as well as to explore the driving force of China's future develop- ment.China's five famous economists,as     

Milan Expo 2015 will be a Platform for China and Italy

At a press conference on December 29,2014,Wang Jinzhen,general representative for the China Pavilion at World Expo 2015&vice president of CCPIT said,"This is the first time that China will open a national pavilion at an overseas expo.During Milan Expo 2015,the China Pavilion will hold hundreds of activities and act as a platform for further promoting cooperation between China and Italy in a variety of fields such as agriculture,travel,culture,and finance."     

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     

Shanghai Expo in Promotion

As an important part of the prep- aration work of World Expo Shanghai 2010,the organizers have launched a series of suc- cessful promotion campaigns in China, participating countries,BIE members' countries,etc.,as for developing aware- ness and conveying the concept of the worldwide grand events.Various methods are used in the promotion work,such as dedicating a 5.28-square-meter area at the core of the city to exhibitions,events and forums,and building a powerful and last- ing pilot example of sustainable and har- monious urban living.     

Impact of 2010 World Expo on China′s Exhibition Industry

China won the bid to host 2010 World Expo with votes in its favor at the general assembly of Bureau of International Expositions(BIE) on December 3,2002.The Expo,which will see its grand opening on May 1st, 2010 after 7 years of meticulous preparation,stands as not only a trial to China's capability in holding exhibitions of such a scale,but also an unprecedented     

Changes of Australia''''s Cultural Policy in the 20th Century

1.The assimilation phase1.1Background From the19th century up to the Second World War,with the vast majority of immigrants coming from Britain and Ireland,Australia was able to maintain the racial purity and remain a monocultural nation.After the Second World War,with fewer and fewer immigrants coming from the most preferential nations,the Australian government,aware of growing needs for labor in the manufacturing sector and of the declining birth rate,embarked on an ambitious immigration …     

China Is Fully Embracing the WTO——An interview with Joseph Michael Finger,former Lead Economist and Chief of the Trade Policy Research Group at the World Bank

Dr. Finger retired from his position at the Wodd Bank in 2001. There, he served as Lead Economist and Chief of the Trade Policy Research Group, and was also the bank＇s initial Coordinator for the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries. He has since served as Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and worked as a consultant to the governments of a number of developing countries,     

Shanghai World Expo Breeds Enormous Busi-ness Opportunities

Renowned as the Olympic Games of culture, economy, science and technology, the i.Shanghai World Expo is around the corner. It is reported that, by the end of January 2010, 90% of the World Expo pavilions have been completed and 18 million tickets have been sold. According to Xinhua news agency, sales value of franchised commodities for the Shanghai World Expo, which is to be held from May i to Oct. 31, have reached RMB 8 billion （US$1.2 billion U.S. dollars） by mid March.     

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.＂     

Interim Measures for the Tax Preservation and Enforcement Measures of the Customs of the People＇s Republic of China

The Interim Measures for the Tax Preservation and Enforcement Measures of the Customs of the People＇s Republic of China, which was deliberated and adopted at the executive meeting of the General Administration of Customs on August 13, 2009 entered into effort as of September 1, 2009.     

Protection of Intellectual Property for Both Sides of the Straits

At the invitation of Pen-tsao Chang, Chairman of the Commercial Affairs Coordination Committee for the Two Sides of the Straits, a delegation composed of nine intellectual property experts and scholars, headed by Xie Jianqun, Vicechairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Chairman of the Economic and Trade Coordination Committee for the Two Sides of the Straits, recently paid a nineday visit to Taiwan. The visit caught the attention of Taiwan's mass media as it was the first high-ranking economic and     

Inevitable Trend of China's Entry into the World Multilateral Trade System

At the end of 1994, the negotiations on China's re-entry to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT) failed in reaching an agreement, due to the unjustifiable obstructions by a few contracting parties. Many people at home and abroad expressed their regret for this. However, fewer people are doubtful about the prospect that China will eventually become a member of the World Trade Organization. China's past decade or so of reform and opening and eight years of negotiations for re-entry into GATT have     

Interim Measures for the Tax Preservation .and Enforcement Measures of the Customs of the People＇s Republic of China

The Interim Measures for the Tax Preservation and Enforcement Measures of the Customs of the People＇s Repubfic of China, which was deliberated and adopted at the executive meeting of the General Administration of Customs on August 13, 2009, entered into effect as of September 1, 2009.