2007 China Port Comprehensive Ability index Report

China Port Comprehensive Ability Index Report is released to the public twice in the middle and the end of every year,subjecting on the research of ports in the Mainland.     

Overheated Economy in China？

On July 19,2007,the State Statistics Bureau made a report on the development of national economy in the first half of this year.The central government has come up with a string of macro-control policies and regulations this year to deal with urgent contradictions and problems during the economic development.As a result,the     

COPIT,Ready for a Bigger Role in 2010

The year 2010 is not only a crucial year in responding to the crisis, but also the last year implementing the ＂Eleventh Five-Year Plan＂. To do a good job in 2010 is essential to win a complete victory in the international financial crisis as well as to maintain stable and rapid economic development. It is also of great significance to lay a good foundation for the implementation of the ＂Twelfth Five-Year Plan＂.     

Overall Economy Runs in Gear in the First Half of 2005

In the first half of this year, regions and departments at all levels made all efforts in implementing the scientific approach to development and various policies set by the Central Party Committee and State Council on economic work, with the aim to consolidate and promote the achievements brought by macro-control. As a result, fairly good overall economic performance was recorded in the first half of this year, according to Zheng Jingping,Spokesman with National Bureau of Statistics of China on 20 July 2005.     

Chinese Government Pursues Active Diffluence in Foreign Exchange Reserves

Chinese foreign exchange reserves have risen from US$ 145 billion in 1999 to US$ 1433.6 billion in 2007, increasing by almost ten fold in less than ten years, this can be attributed to the sustained and rapid growth of the Chinese economy, and the increasing amount of foreign direct investment(FDI). In the first three quarters of this year, the value of actually utilized FDI totaled US$ 47.2 billion,an increase of 10.87 percent compared with the same period last year.     

Report on “Chinese Famous Brand Mall”in Lille of France 24

In a cold and rainy day in February 2005, Chinese culture upsurge is landing in every country in Europe. In France, last year‘s Chinese Art Parade in Champs Elysees Av enue is still favored and impressed by many people. This year, Dragon Dancing at the Chinese Lunar New Year organized by French Chinese Business Association of 5th District is still on stage. At the street corner of London, Peking opera, stilts show, and folk dance attracted more than 500,000 visitors. Chinese culture also landed other countries and regions such as New York, US; Oslo,     

Experts＇ Warning： Enterprises must fully utilize the system of intellectual property

In recent years, there is art upward tendency as to Japan‘s application for patent in China; last year Japan completed 13.736 cases of paten1 application in China. which is increased by 38.9% compared with the same period of last year, and which accounts for over 1/3 of the total amount of foreign application for patent. There is a tendency that the quantity of Japan‘s application for patent in China will surpass the total amount of patent application by all English-speaking countries. This information is learned by the reporter at the “Sino-Japanese senior-level seminar on the intellectual property” recently held in China.     

2007 Saw Fresh Air for Insurance

What happened to China's insurance sector this year?Above all, this year was the first in the new Five-Year Plan for the Standardization of China's Insurance (2007-2011). The Five-Year Plan,released back in February, sets the first standards for the insurance industry in China; meanwhile, it also lays out a blueprint for future development. Additionally, the insurance sector is focused on meeting international standards and levels of service in 2015.     

China＇s Economy in H1： Better Performed Yet Uneasy to Say Upturn

On 16 July, 2009, Li Xiaochao, Spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, hosted a press conference in Beijing, to release the national economy performance data in the first half of the year.     

Seven Issues Should Be Focused on Investment

Under macro-control of the central government, thesuper high-speed investment momentum in the first half of this year was controlled and some overheated industries were becoming normal.     

China＇s reUance on coat to drop 7% by 2015

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. （Sinopec）, the nation＇s largest oil refiner, said July 20 that it processed 101.45 million tonnes of crude oil in the first half of 2010, up 16.74 percent year on year due to strong growth of the Chinese economy.     

Congratulatory Messages For the New Year

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Beijing wishes a happy and a prosperous New Year in 2007 to the People and Government of the People＇s Republic of China. In the year of 2007, we look forward to strengthening the relationships between the two countries and further cooperation between the Government of the People＇s Republic of China and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in various fields.     

Perspectives for 2004

The outlook for China‘s economy this year looks even brighter than in 2003,according to a host of officials, econo mists and international organizations.     

How Do China＇s Economic Policies Work？

All the indicators of China＇s economic data in the first half of 2008 have shown that the fast growth is not going to translate into overheating. But given the complicated economic .situation now, it remains a headache to maintain a steady economic growth. What challenges will there be in China＇s economic development in the second half of this year＇？ And what policy would be the key to the problems＇？     

China＇s Economy： Where to Go in the Second Half of 2010？——Macro-Control V.S. Economic Slowdown

2010,defined as the most complicated year in the economic circle,has already witnessed quite complex and changeable uncertainties of the macro economy when just passing the middle of the year.Before April,the academic circle was still very confident about the recovery of the macro economy and many data also evidenced that the China＇s economy was the engine for pulling the world economy out of the bottom.     

Insight of The New Shipping Structure

Last year, the financial crisis sourced in USA caused shipping ,market to decline. All at once, global economy＇s environment,industrial structure, capital value and supply chain structure changed greatly, marking the beginning of world economic fission. Great fission brings chances of great consolidation. Just one year after the financial crisis broke out, shipping industry participants are standing at the point of consolidation, considering a light, strong, clear strategy for this new shipping and trade industrial trend.     

Srilankan Airlines：Home Away from Home

The year of 2007 marks the 50 anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and Sri Lanka,which started in 1947.Trade and economic ties between the two sides have become increasingly closer especially in these years.As one of the largest airlines in Asia and a previous winner of the Best South Asian Airline Award for 2005,Srilankan Airline has been an important contributor to this good bilateral relationship. This year,Srilankan Airline has also won a series of awards such as the PATA Gold Awards for the Best Marketing Campaign for an Airline,KLIA Awards,and so on.Recent- ly,China's Foreign Trade exclusively interviewed Mr.Chanaka Olagama,Chief Representa- tive Country Manager-China of Srilankan Airlines.He shared with us the development of and achievements made by Srilankan Airlines over these years.     

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CPI:1.5%↑in Jan. China's consumer price index(CPI), a main gauge of inflation,rose 1.5 percent year on year in January 2010,the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) announced on February 11. Food prices went up 3.7 percent last month year on year,with non-food prices edging up 0.5 percent from a year earlier.The figure advanced 0.6 percent in November 2009,ending nine months of decline.     

FAW-Volkswagen keeps high growth in production and sales at first half of the year

In the first half of year 2003,FAW-Volkswagen has a good situation in business,and keeps a high growth in production and sales.From January to June,FAW-Volkswagen has finished more than half of the whole year‘s task in production and sales;in has totally sold 130,300 cars,which is increased by 44.5% compared with the same period of last year,it has totally produced 147,500 cars,which is increased by 74.5% compared with the same period of last year.     

Operation of the National Real Estate Market from Jan.to July,2009

From January to July this year, the total investment in real estate development amounted to 1,772.0 billion yuan, up by 11.6 percent year-on-year, and went up 1.7 percentage points over first half year, while that of a decrease of 19.3 percentage points over same period of previous year. Of which, investment in commercial residential buildings reached 1,242.7 billion yuan, 8.2 percent of increase year-on-year, picking up 0.9 percentage points over first half year, or 25.5 percentage points dropped over same period of previous year, which occupied 70.1 percent of the investment in real estate development.