Portugal Sees Top Priority Market in China——Interview with H.E.Mr.Rui Quartin-Santos,Ambassador of portugal in China

In recent years, the economic and trade cooperation between China and Europe has witnessed a rapid growth and is showing a more and more remarkable tendency of market integration, this is why the Chinese market and west-em European countries are being comprehensively opened to one another. Portugal, at the western point of Europe which has a territory of 92152 sq. meters and a population of 10.54 million, is ready to accelerate its integration into the Chinese market. In 2005, according to Chinese statistics provided by the Custom's Office, the bilateral trade between China and Portugal was only US$1.236 billion. When interviewed by China's Foreign Trade in November, H.E. Mr. Rui Quartin-Santos, Ambassador of Portugal in China stressed: "Among the countries in Europe, Portugal has one of the longest historical relations with China. China is regarded as a top priority market for Portugal and the Portuguese business community." His comments are as follows: By Editor     

Portugal Sees Top Priority Market in China

In recent years, the economic and trade cooperation between China and Europe has witnessed a rapid growth and is showing a more and more remarkable tendency of market integration, this is why the Chinese market and western European countries are being comprehensively opened to one another. Portugal, at the western point of Europe which has a territory of 92152 sq. meters and a population of 10.54 million, is ready to accelerate its integration into the Chinese market. In 2005, according to Chinese statistics provided by the Custom Office, the bilateral trade between China and Portugal was only US$1.236 billion. When interviewed by China's Foreign Trade in November, H.E. Mr. Rui Quartin-Santos, Ambassador of Portugal in China stressed: "Among the countries in Europe, Portugal has one of the longest historical relations with China. China is regarded as a top priority market for Portugal and the Portuguese business community." His comments are as follows. By Editor     

America Sees Important Market in China

Premier Wen told us that the best solution to the bilateral trade imbalance is not to reduce Chinese exports to the US, but to increase Chinese imports from the USA.     

China and Egypt：More Cooperation Brings Prosperous Future——Interview with H.E.Ali El-Hefny,Ambassador of Egypt to China

With long history and outstanding cultural achievements, China and Egypt have good cooperation in politics, economy, tourism, andeducation, Focusing oneconomy, what complementarities do you think our two countries have? What kind ofpotentials could be discovered and in which aspects could we enhance economic and trade cooperation?     

Mutual and Equal Benefits Enjoyed in Indonesia-China Trade Relations Interview with H.E. Ambassador of The Republic of Indonesia

Indonesia is one of the important partners of China in the ASEAN countries. During the passing years, the bilateral relations have witnessed great progress. In 2005, the two countries jointly promulgated the Proclamation of Strategic Partnership; in March, 2006, Jia Qinglin, Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference visited Indonesia and gave the speech of "Strengthen the communication and cooperation. Strive for a brighter future". In August, China's Foreign Trade interviewed H.E. Mr. Sudrajat, Indonesian Ambassador.     

Seek for Closer Ties beyond Energy- Exclusive Interview with H.E. Dr. Javad Mamsouri, Iranian Ambassador to China

This year marks the 35 anniversary of the establish- ment of diplomatic relations between China and Iran.Over the last 35 years,bilateral relations between the two sides have seen smooth progresses.In recent years,with active high-level leaders contacts,the two-way economic and trade cooperation between the two countries has been increasingly enlarged in depth and scope.Iran has be- come the second trade partner of China in West Asia and North Africa and the third largest oil supplier of China in the world. The main fields of Iran and China coopera- tion are energy,petrochemicals,chemicals, machineries,textile and steel industry.In 2006,Sino-Iranian two-way trade reached US＄14.45 billion,a year-on-year increase of 43.3%.Among this total,about US＄4.5 billion belonged to China's exports to Iran,and about US＄10 billion came from imports from Iran,up 46.2% and 46.7% re- spectively over the last year.We imported about 16.8 million tons of Iranian oil in that single year.In the first half of 2007,a num- ber of agreements in various areas have been reached by the two countries.In spite of the close bilateral ties,there is still huge room for both sides to further strengthen their economic cooperation. At the invitation of the Iranian Em- bassy to China,China's Foreign Trade had an exclusive interview with H.E.Dr.Javad Mansouri,Iranian Ambassa- dor to China,on a number of issues relating to Sino-lranian economic and trade ties development. By Editor     

Iceland,Small Country Witnessing Diversified H.E.Mr,Cooperation with China——Interview with Ambassador of Iceland H.E.Mr.Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson

Located in the North Europe,Iceland is a very beautiful country. Although very small with an area of 103,000 sq.km and a population of 308,000, and quite different in most respects such as geographical location,size,history,climate and political structures,it has developed very good relations with China.For in- stance,Iceland was the first European coun- try to recognize China as a market economy. In many areas such as trade,investment, industrial cooperation,from fishing,food processing,tourism,information technol- ogy,geothermal,finance,etc.,Iceland has made pragmatic activities,for instance,last summer Icelandic and Chinese authorities concluded a feasibility study on negotiating Free Trade Agreement;in June an Iceland Business Forum was held,which groups to- gether over twenty Icelandic companies that have established offices in China;etc. In July,China's Foreign Trade inter- viewed H.E.Mr.Gunnar Snorri Gunnars- son,Ambassador of Iceland in Beijing. According to him,Iceland has developed diversified and active economic and trade cooperation with China in many areas.The following is a written interview with Mr. Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson.     

Finland,A Very Open Economy Ready for Full Cooperation with China——Interview with H.E.Mr.Antti Kuosmanen,Ambassador of Finland

Finland, Rotating Chair of the EU, has played an important role in the Partenariat event. H.E.Mr. Antti Kuosmanen,Ambassador of Finland attended the opening ceremony of the event and gave the first speech. On the eve of the event, China‘s Foreign Trade interviewed Mr, Antti Kuosmanen. ……     

Finland,A Very Open Economy Ready for Full Cooneration with China——Interview with H.E. Mr. Antti Kuosmanen, Ambassador of Finland

Finland, Rotating Chair of the EU, has played an important role in the Partenariat event. H.E. Mr. Antti Kuosmanen, Ambassador of Finland attended the opening ceremony of the event and gave the first speech. On the eve of the event,China's Foreign Trade interviewed Mr. Antti Kuosmanen.     

Foreign Trade in 2007, Stable and Rapid Development Forecasted——Interview with Li Jian ,Senior Researcher,Department of China＇s Foreign Trade,Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperafion,Ministry of Commerce

2006 is the fifth anniversary of China＇s WTO Accession ,As we have seen ,China＇s foreign trade has witnessed rapid development ,We now have to be aware of some potential difficulties：trade surplus has increased gratly,     

Portugal Sees Top Priority Market in China——Interview with H.E. Mr. Rui Quartin-Santos,Ambassador of Portugal in China

In recent years,the economic and trade cooperation between China and Europe has witnessed a rapid growth and is showing a more and more remarkable tendency of market integration,this is why the Chinese market and western European countries are being comprehensively openedtoone another.     

Finland,A Very Open Economy Ready for Full Cooperation with China——Interview with H.E.Mr.Antti Kuosmanen,Ambassador of Finland

Finland, Rotating Chair of the EU, has played an important role in the Partenariat event. H.E.Mr. Antti Kuosmanen,Ambassador of Finland attended the opening ceremony of the event and gave the first speech. On the eve of the event, China's Foreign Trade interviewed Mr, Antti Kuosmanen.     

Australia & China:No.1 Priority upon Free Trade Agreement An Interview with Australian Ambassador Dr Alan Thomas

"One of the main things we've done is we have conducted a joint study into the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and Australia. That study looked at what the possible benefits could be and was completed in March this year."     

China and Egypt:More Cooperation Brings Prosperous Future--Interview with H.E.Ali El-Hefny,Ambassador of Egypt to China

Q:With long history and outstanding cultural achievements, China and Egypt have good cooperation in politics,economy, tourism, and education. Focusing on economy, what complementarities do you think our two countries have? What kind of potentials could be discovered and in which aspects could we enhance economic and trade cooperation?     

Ambassador of Maldives to China H.E Ahmed Latheef:Boundless Shallow Sea Resources

I'n Beijing,a Maldivian diplomat-H.E Ahmed Latheef,Ambassador of Maldives is busy preparing,for a special pingpong match,H.E is also the promoter of diplomats pingpong match.Two days before the match,I had an interview with H.E Ahmed Latheefwho talked much about China and Maldives bilateral relations on economy,trade,tourism and investment cooperation as well as the prospect.At the end of the interview, H.E Ahmed Latheef showed us the precious photos he preserved in 1973     

Polish Embassy Ready to Promote Economic Cooperations with China Interview with Krzysztof Szumski, Ambassador of Poland to China

Ql: Would you give us your comments on China 's job in 2005 in promoting the economic and trade relations with vour Country ?