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 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 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     

Strengthening——Foreign Scientific Cooperation in the Non-ferrous Metal Industry

Since the China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Corporation was founded, it has always adhered to the development principle of "Science and technology are a production force" and "Economic construction must rely on science and technology progress and science and technology must serve economic construction in return" to enhance the reform in the scientific research system. With support from the State and through     

China to Construct An Innovative Country in 2020

The National Mid and Long Period Program on Scientific and Technol- atio of contribution of China＇s scientific and technology progress to the economic growth should be improved to 60%, the ratio of R ＆ D investment in GDP should be improved to 2.5%.     

A New Economic Growth Option for China

It is knowledge and/or technology that has changed the world's development course and has become the engine of social, economic and cultural development in every country.The last decades of the 20th century have rep resented a turning point in the global development process. It is knowledge and/ or technology that has changed the world's development course and has become the engine of social, eco-     

China＇s anricuiturai hi-tech fair opens, highlighting innovation

On Nov.4, China＇s Tropical Agricultural Sciences Cooperation and Innovation Seminar, sponsored by Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences （CATAS） was held in Hainan Province in order to implement the spirit of Premier Wen Jiabao＇s instruction to support the development of tropical agriculture and technological innovation, give full play to science and technology in developing tropical agricultural industry, and speed up technological progress of tropical agriculture.     

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 me- dium enterprises(SMEs)have been playing a significant role in promoting the tech- nological progress,employment,export, etc.Especially in the modern society with efficient development of knowledge and in- formation,which is making the production and business operation smaller and more dispersed,and with more family participa- tion 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 gov- ernment 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 inter- viewed Zhu Shuhai,Director of Depart- ment for SMEs,Trade Development Bu- reau,Ministry,of Commerce.     

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.     

The 11th High-Tech Expo

The 11th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo,themed as＂high-tech Olympics and high- tech innovation＂,was rounded off successfully on the afternoon of May 25.The Expo,held as planned in such a special period of post-quake relief work,has shown us the power of technology and scientific spirit. It has not only given all the Chinese people the spiritual support and hope for the future but also opened a window for the international community to know more about the Beijing Olympic Games and the development of science and technology in China.     

Heilongjiang Deepening Economic Restructuring

In 1993, under the inspiration and direction of the important talks of comrade Deng Xiaoping and the spirits of the 14th CPC Congress, economic reform in Heilongjiang began to enter the indepth development stage of building a system of socialist market economy. Centred on the establishment of modern enterprise systems, all the reform programs including transferring government functions, fostering production element markets, setting pension schemes and social security systems, have made substantial progress.     

Zhongrun, Heading for Advanced Bio-Energy Technolog＇,

Huaibei Zhongrun Bio-energy Technology Development Co., Ltd. is a high-tech Sino-US joint venture, also a participator of the 12th CHITEC. Its majority shareholder is Anhui Huaibei Mining Group and it is co-sponsored by Anhui Guohua Group and US Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. The major research and development field of the company lies in refining technology of cellulosic biomass, production technology, and the industrialization of development and.     

The Pursuit of Common Prosperity for People's Well-being

Since "People’s lives are better off,comprehensive development of the people and common prosperity of all the people to achieve more obvious substantive progress" has become the vision of 2035, "common prosperity" will become one of the core pieces of work of the current and future years.What is common prosperity?     

Sichuan Opening to the Ontisde World

Expanding its opening is a major eventin the economic development ofSichuan, a big hinterland province inChina. Sichuan will adhere to the guidelineof promoting development by opening, andpromoting further progress by exploitation,and make full use of two resources, twomarkets at home and abroad and becomeactively involved in exchange and competitionat home and abroad. It will further strengthenthe work of foreign trade, foreign capital,foreign economy, foreign affairs and tradingport, and by the turn of this century, moredevelopment will be made in the foreign-oriented economy of the whole province,creating a new way for the hinterland province     

Qinghua Wentong Intelligent Office Systems

Along with the rapid progress of computer technology, it has become a natural trend that computers are used to handle office routine work to realize office automation. Offered by the Beijing Qinghua Wentong Information Technology Company, the Qinghua Wentong intelligent office system is a newly developed and integrated one     

Preface

Currently,the economic development and social progress in China proceed with great transformation.New opportunitieshave set foot in the time-honored territory of China,when the modern value of development is established,the mode ofeconomic development changed and all-round well-off society built.There is a situation that China will take a stride withinformatization,industrialization and internationalization in a pace.In this phase,the new information technology andpromotion of informatization will constitute a stable base for the further development of China.     

Science Accelerates the Modernization of Communications and Transport

Scientific progress has greatly improved the technical level of China's highway and waterway transport in the past ten years. In order to modernize communications and transport and raise competitive power of enterprises as early as possible, the Ministry of Communications has decided to add more scientific investment, planning to double the annual expense on scientific investment during the Ninth Five-year Plan period compared to the Eighth Five-year Plan     

江西是投资创业的好地方

Jiangxi Province has a clear aim in economic and social development, puts forward the guideline of connecting Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Fujian, merging into the process of globalization, taking full play of comparative advantages in favorable location and industry development, opening wider to the inside and outside world and undertaking the industries transfer in eastern and overseas areas. By Editor     

Realizing Sustainable Development of Foreign Trade

At present,unbalanced,inconsistent and unsustainable development factors persist in China's foreign trade.They are manifested in the following ways:Export growth mainly relies on the input and consumption of resources,energy,land,manpower,environment,etc.,while the input of science and technology,management,innovation and other factors are insufficient,resulting in an ever more conspicuous contradiction between foreign trade development and the constraint on resource supply and environmental carrying capacity;enterprises are not competitive enough in R&D,design,marketing and services,and products with their own intellectual property rights and with their own brands account for only a small proportion of the exports;the contribution of foreign trade to China's primary,secondary and tertiary industries is unbalanced;central and western China falls behind other regions in the scale and level of foreign trade;and foreign trade needs improvement in terms of the quality of its products and profits.The Chinese government is clearly aware of these problems and has taken active measures to accelerate the change of the development pattern of foreign trade,and achieve sustainable development.     

A New Economic Growth Option for China

The last decades of the 20th century have rep resented a turning point in the global development process. It is knowledge and/or technology that has changed the world's development course and has become the engine of social, economic and cultural development in every country. The role of knowledge and information in economic activity is now so great that it is inducing quite profound structural and qualitative changes in the operation of the economy and transforming the basis of comparative advantage of the countries.     

Shanghai World Expo, Not Only in Shanghai

The World Expo is a huge event sponsored by national governments. It is the world＇s highest level of comprehensive exhibitions with many countries and international organizations＇ participation. Since the first Expo held in London in 1851, the Expo has been recording and making tremendous contributions to the prosperity and progress of human civilization in over 150 years. Time proves that the Expo is a great opportunity for the host country to promote economic growth and social development, brings long-term economic and social benefits, as well as enhances its international status. Therefore, almost all countries attach great importance to holding the Expo. It is really a unique opportunity for the hosting country to promote economic development, upgrade,technology, speed up the domestic infrastructure construction, strengthen international cooperation, and display its own civilization.