into an International One——An interview with Mr. Wang Shengchang,Secretary General of CIETAC

2004 is a summit year for the work of international arbitration. In confonnity with the requests of domestic and international readers, we have made an exclusive interview with Mr. Wang Shengchang, PH.D in Laws, Secretary General of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. Mr. Wang has made a review and summary of the Chinese arbitration work in 2003, meanwhile, he prospects for the development of the Chinese arbitration work in 2004.     

Interviewing Liu Wenjie＇ Vice Chairman of CCPIT and CIETAC

To meet the demand for rapid and impartial conclusion of financial disputes, CIETAC formulated the FDAR in compliance with the development of market economy.     

Combination of Arbitration with Conciliation Famed the World——-Practice of combining arbitration and conciliation Initiated by CCPIT＇s leaders

In 1952, when China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) was established, the first CCPIT Chairman Nan Hanchen, and Secretary-General Ji Chaoding, put forward the Proposal of Handling Foreignrelated Arbitration to its higher authority, in view of the demand for the development of China‘s foreign trade. The higher authority attached great importance to the     

Strive for Good Credit of Chinese Arbitration——An interview with Ren Jianxin, Honorary Chairman of CIETAC

With 50 years experience, CIETAC emphasizes on settling disputes according to the principle of independence, impartiality and mutual benefits and international practice.     

Promote Chinese Arbitration Work into an International One——An interview with Mr.Wang Shengchang,Secretary General of CIETAC

2004 is a summit year for the work of international arbitration. In conformity with the requests of domestic and international readers, we have made an exclu-sive interview with Mr. Wang Shengchang, PH.D in Laws, Secretary General of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. Mr. Wang has made a review and summary of the Chinese arbitration work in 2003, meanwhile, he prospects for the development of the Chinese arbitration work in 2004.     

Compose the New Chapter For the Foreign HR Service——An Interview with the Secretary-General of China Association of Foreign Service Trades,Zhao Naizhen

In the 21st century,China has be come a powerful engine to pro mote the world economy.Confronting with the world-class competitions,Chinese industries will deal with the unprecedented challenges and opportunities.China‘s entry into WTO also leads us to a boundless business environment of economic system and globalization.The ever-growing co-operations on foreign trade raised new subjects to our foreign services.Under the new situation and developing trend, foreign services must play an important role on the stage of Chinese economy.As a trade association in this field,what are China Association of Foreign Service Trades(CAFST)‘s current situation and future development? Recently, the writer interviewed with the secretary-General of CAFST,Mr.Zhao Naizhen.     

We Are Engaged in Eliminating Trade Barriers between Africa and China——Exclusive interview with Mohamed A. El Masry, Chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Chamber of Commerce

On November 3 to 5, the Beijing Summit of the China-Africa Cooperation was held in Beijing. The People's Daily, the central government-administrated newspaper, praised this as a New Starting Point for Sino-African Relations, marking that the half-century Sino-African friendship that has stepped into a new historical period. During the forum, China's Foreign Trade interviewed Mr. Mohamed A. El Masry. Chairman of Federation of Egyptian Chamber of Commerce. "In Egypt, people feel very proud of China, and about what the Chinese people have achieved, we believe that as Africans, we want to strengthen ties between China and Africa. That's why Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak will continue to have special visits to China after the summit on November 6 and 7, in order to enhance trade relations between Egypt and China, especially in investment, tourism, etc." Mr. Masri said. By Editor     

Heterogeneous Distributions of Firms Sustained by Innovation Dynamics—A Model with Empirical Illustrations and Analysis

This paper develops a framework of innovation dynamics to appreciate observed heterogeneity of firm size distributions, in which dynamics refer to exit and entry of product varieties and variety markets of individual firms. The analysis is based on a model of variety-triplets where every such triplet in the economy is identified by a unique combination of a variety, destination and firm. New variety triplets are introduced by innovating firms in a quasi-temporal setting of monopolistic competition. Ideas for variety-triplets arrive to firms according to a firm-specific and state dependent Poisson process, whereas variety triplets exit according to a destination-specific Poisson process. The empirical analysis employs a detailed firm-level data base which provides information about all variety triplets. Firm size is measured by a firm??s number of variety triplets. The empirical results are compatible with the model predictions of (i) a persistent distribution of firm sizes, (ii) frequent events of exit and entry, and (iii) state dependent entry, where a state may be given by each firm??s composition of triplets and/or other firm attributes.     

Enhancing the IPR System and Building An Innovation Society——Interview with Tian Lipu,Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office

Intellectual property rights（IPR）, a key issue in China＇s process of internationalization, has attracted extensive attention, both abroad and at home and has been more and more frequently discussed by the Chinese people, especially since the admittance of China into the WTO in 2001.     

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,     

Cooperation of Neighboring Countries：A Common Awareness for China and Mongolia——An interview with H.E.Amarsanaa,Ambassador of Mongolia to China

After Mongolian President Bagabandy‘s visit to China in July this year, China and Mongolia strengthened neighborly and friendly bilateral relations and opened a new chapter for cooperation in many fields. More than two months passed since then, how are the cooperative agreements that both side signed going on? What will the two countries do in future? Below is the interview with H.E. L. Amarsanaa, Ambassador of Mongolia to China, in which he stated the President‘s visit and introduced economic and trade cooperation between two countries recently.