President Hu Jintao＇s Speech in the National Scientific and Technology Conference

Scientific and technology are the first productivity. They are the revolutionary power of accel erating the civilization progress of the human society. In order to realize the goal set in the 5^th Plenary Session of the 16^th Central Committee of the Communist Part of China, we must adhere to the Deng Xiaoping Theory and the guideline of Three Represents, comprehensively implement the guideline of Scientific Development, adopt the Strategy of Developing the Country wirh Science and Education and the Strategy of Talents Strengthen the Country, further exert the important role of the scientific and technology progress and innovation, so as to lead the economic and social development into the orbit of Human First and comprehensive and sustaining development.     

President Hu Jintao's Speech in the National Scientific and Technology Conference

Scientific and technology are the first productivity. They arc the revolutionary power of accelerating the civilization progress of the human society. In order to realize the goal set in the 5th Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Part of China, we must adhere to the Deng Xiaoping Theory     

Supervise the market of certification Guarantee the quality of certification National Conference of Certification Institutions is held in Beijing

At present, the national conference ofcertification institutions is held inBeijing. This is the first large-scale na-tional conference of certification institutionsafter the establishment of National Certifica-tion & Supervision Administration Commis-sion; this is also the first national conferenceof certification institutions since our countrybegan to carry on the certification work. LiChuanqing, secretary-general of the partycommittee of National General QuarantineBureau of Quality-control & Inspection, WangFengqing, director of National Certification& Supervision Administration Commission,     

NDRC Attaches Great Importance to National Development and People's Life NDRC President Ma Kai's Answer to the Reporters

Issues concerning national development and people's lives are always regarded as the most importance at the People's Congress. At this year's People's Congress, a series of issues, including GDP growth, investment of fixed assets, real estate prices, energy saving and reduction of polluting emission, energy consumption, etc., have attracted extensive attention. On March 7, Ma Kai, President of National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC) attended the press conference, providing answers to the above questions. Editor     

Technology and counterfeiting in the fashion industry: Friends or foes?

This article addresses the relationship between technology and counterfeiting in the fashion industry. Starting with an economic analysis of counterfeiting, I examine how new technologies encourage counterfeiters while at the same time provide important tools to combat it. The development of sophisticated technologies to obtain, process, and reproduce images and the extensive use of new digital channels for online sales have simplified both production and distribution of counterfeit products. Based on tagging and DNA analysis, as well as web-based monitoring systems, trace and track technologies allow rights holders to combat counterfeiting through effective control of the entire production and distribution chain. This article considers an innovative method of product monitoring based on latest-generation IT platforms, integrated with portable devices, that can easily and immediately verify product authenticity. The spread of these new technological systems is closely related to the role of a party that is glaringly absent in the battle against counterfeiting: the consumer. Indeed, new technologies are the driving element in a virtuous circle where the consumer becomes an essential instrument in the battle against counterfeiting, along with the other players involved: companies, public institutions, and civil society.     

Trade Promotion System,Bridging Over the Government and Enterprises——2009 National Trade Promotion Conference

With the New Year＇s bell ready to ring, representatives from enterprises all over the country and overseas offices all over the world met in Beijing, to gather up the threads from 2008, and make plans for the future. The 2009 National Trade Promotion Conference was hold at the Jingxi Hotel from January 4th to the 5th, with over 300 people in attendance.     

China Eximbank:Dynamic Power in China‘s Globalization President Li Ruogu Answers Questions of Central Medias

Q:2005 was the last year of the 10th Five-Year Plan of the national economic development. As the national policy bank engaged into the foreign economic and trade cooperation, would you take the opportunity to introduce the performance of your bank during the period of the 10th Five-Year Plan?……     

Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom: Trade and/or Technology?

I employ two alternative intra‐industry trade Applied General Equilibrium (AGE) models to explain some stylised facts of the British economy. The model with skill‐biased technical change (i.e. exogenous skill‐biased technical change à la Solow) can explain the rise in wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers, the decline in manufacturing and the expansion of modern services. However, the model where technical change is trade‐induced (i.e. endogenous sector‐biased technical change à la Romer) performs better, because it can also explain the exponential rise of imported intermediate capital goods and developments in the wage rate of unskilled workers.     

China‘s Foreign Trade Availed in the Sino-US Trade Partner Network

China council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Chairman Wan Jifei and US Commerce Acting Under Secretary for International Trade Tim Hauser signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) on July 11,2005 to launch a new Sino-US International Partner Network in 14 major business centers across China. The MOU was signed during the Sino-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade annual meeting.……     

Latest Developments in China‘s Banking Reform, Opening-up and Supervision

China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) was authorized by law to regulate and supervise all the banking institutions in China and their business activities. CBRC plays an active role in China‘s banking reform. According to a press release by the State Council on December 5, under the leadership of the central government and the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of“ Three Represents,“ the CBRC continues to practise the scientific concept of development, deepen the banking reform, further the opening up and enhance banking supervision, so as to ensure a safe and sound development of China‘s banking sector.……     

Epistemic Closure’s Clash with Technology in New Markets

Many people, such as Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, Irving Fisher, and William Sharpe, assume that free markets full of rational people automatically lead to ethical actions and outcomes. After all, at its equilibrium point, a perfectly competitive free market maximizes utility, respects autonomy, and fulfills justice??s dictates. Unfortunately, in some technology markets, there are a significant number of people who have undergone epistemic closure. Epistemic closure entails that all reliable evidence that would challenge deeply held beliefs is dismissed as corrupted, whereas all supporting evidence, no matter how unreliable, is accepted as incontrovertible. Those who have the condition act irrationally within that domain. As a result, business decisions become much more difficult than they would be in a rational market. In this article, epistemic closure??s ethical issues are developed. First, although they are acting irrationally within the closure??s domain, those with epistemic closure can still be held accountable for their actions. Second, to deal ethically with epistemic closure and its consequences, then it is vital to know what it is and its root causes, as well as to have a practical principle that can assist in making pragmatic decisions. Because some new technologies face epistemic closure, then focusing on a particular representative case of it will help to illustrate the issue??s ethical dimensions.     

National Innovation Systems, ‘Real Economies’ and Instituted Processes

The design of institutions, policies and units of analysis are all predicated upon the ways in which we see the world and explain change. Today, as the pace of change quickens due to technological advancement and growing technoeconomic interdependencies in a series of processes generally referred to as globalization, analytic frameworks which emphasize national systems have emerged to provide a unit of analysis through which to explain these changes and growing interactions. These frameworks have the allure of trying to incorporate the ways in which economies, markets and economic agents actually behave – with particular reference to innovation, knowledge, learning and institutions. Our purpose in this paper is to raise some questions about the importance of these frameworks from a policy (managerial) and analytic perspective, to outline some limitations of their utility, and to suggest some useful paths for investigation.     

Blueprint for the Foreign Trade Promotion ——2009 National Trade Promotion Conference to Be Hold

The 2009 National Trade Promotion Conference would be held in Beijing at the very beginning of the new year.     

China’s Investments in Germany and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Intereconomics - This paper analyses how China’s investments in Germany have developed over time and the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in this regard, based on four different...     

CCPIT＇s President Introduces the 1st China-Latin America Business Summit to a Delegation of Ambassadors and officials

On 15 June 2007, the president of CCPIT, Mr. Wan Jifei held a lneeting with a delegation of ambassadors and busmess officials from 1 I Latin American countries. Mr. Wan introduced to the delegation the background information and current development of the first China-Latin America Business Summit, and suggested the delegates introduce the Summit to their countries so that their government delegates and enterprises could attend the Summit,[第一段]