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.     

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.     

New Year Message Delivered by Wan Jifei, Chairman of CCPIT

On the occasion of New Year, on behalf of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), I would like to extend New Year greetings to all colleagues who are working in the trade-promotion field, to representatives of CCPIT overseas offices, to friends of all chambers of commerce of various countries and regions in the world, and to domestic and international readers who show concerns for China's Foreign Trade!It was an unusual year of 2003, Chinese economy underwent many ordeals such as SARS, the pressure of exchange rate of RMB, the protectionism of international trade, etc. Under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the Chinese people united and overcame difficulties to make every progress. Various reforms of     

Annual Report On China's Exhibition Industry 2009(Ⅲ)

To better understand China's exhibition industry's development trend,and its policy regulation features,and industrial market characteristics,China Council for the Promotion of International Trade(CCPIT) organizes experts and scholars of the exhibition industry to compile and publish Annual Report on Chinas Exhibition Industry in both Chinese and English every year since 2004.After years of efforts,the Report has become a significant window for domestic and overseas insiders to know about China's exhibit...     

Annual Report On China's Exhibition Industry 2009 (III)

To better understand China's exhibition industry's development trend, and its policy regulation features, and industrial market characteristics, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) organizes experts and scholars of the exhibition industry to compile and publish Annual Report on China's Exhibition Industry in both Chinese and English every year since 2004. After years of efforts, the Report has become a significant window for domestic and overseas insiders to know about Chinas exhibition industry.     

Annual Report On China＇s Exhibition Industry 2009 （III）

To better understand Chinas exhibition industry＇s development trend, and its policy regu- lation features, and industrial market characteristics, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade （CCPIT） organizes experts and scholars of the exhibition industry to compile and publish Annual Report on Chinas Exhibition Industry in both Chinese and English every year since 2004. After years of efforts, the Report has become a significant window for domestic and overseas insiders to know about China＇s exhibition industry.     

“Better Auto, Better Life”

It has been 20 years since Auto Shanghai was firstly held in 1985，From the first Shanghai auto show with 73 exhibitors and a scale of over 10,000 square meters to the current 120,000 square meters. aiming at an international A-Class show, the development course of Shanghai International Automobile and Manufacturing Technology Exhibition witnessed the development of China‘s Reform and Open Policy and that of the auto industry in China. In June last year, Auto Shanghai obtained successfully the certificate of Union of International Fairs (UFI), which makes it the first auto show certificated by UFI in China. “Auto Shanghai 2005” has become a world wellknown auto exhibition in regard to scale and influence.     

Proper Financial System for the Socialist Market Economy——Vice-Governor Zhou Zhenqin of the People's Bank of China on China's Financial System at an international meeting

In the year 1994, China's new policies and measures for taxation, finance, invcstment and foreign system reform came into being respectively and enjoyed steady progress. At an international meeting not long ago, Vice-Governor Zhou Zhenqin of the People's Bank of China talked about the targets, measures and headway for China's financial system reform to domestic and forcign people from economic circles who attended the meeting. When talking about the financial reform carried out this year, he focused on the introduction of the following five     

China''''s Foreign Trade Faces More Challenges After WTO Entry

China's imports and exports areconfronted with severe challengesin its first year of WTOmembership,due to the decline of globaleconomy and the drop in international tradegrowth,Ma Xiuhong,vice-minister ofForeign Trade and Economic Cooperation,said at the First National Conference on FairTrade which opened in Dalian recently.Tomeet the challenges,domestic enterprisesshould completely understand the rules of     

Finishing the Historical mission with a Superman＇s Speed——The Lightening Speed Development of Gonow

Established in September 2003, Zhejiang Gonow Automobile Co., Ltd. is a new private complete automobile production enterprise. In June 2005, Gonow exported 161 SUV to Europe, and became the first China independent brand exporting to Europe. In December 2005, Gonow successfully exported 2050 pickups to Europe, which started the export of military automobile export, and won the first large order of China automobile export in that year. At present, Gonow is finishing its historical mission at the speed of a superman. In the interview of Gonow by China＇s Foreign Trade, readers can see the special development characteristics and their unremitting efforts for independent innovation.     

Continental Airlines Tops U.S. Network Carriers for International Business Class Service, Say Conde Nast Traveler Readers

For the ninth year in a row, Continental Airlines （NYSE： CAL） outranked all of its U.S. competition in international Business Class service, according to results of a survey of Cond6 Nast Traveler readers published in the magazine＇s October 2006 edition.     

China Eastern Paves the Wavon Shanghai International Terminal

To build Shanghai air terminal is to realize the transits from one international flight to the other,or from international flight to domestic flight,or from domestic flight to international flight in Shanghai.The basis for the construction of international air terminal needs a powerful and confident airlines company which can bear any kind of big risks,and China Easter is undoudtedly the first choice.     

China Eastern Paves the Way on Shanghai International Terminal

To build Shanghaiair terminal is to realize the transits from one international flight to the other, or from international flight to domestic flight, or from domestic flight to international flight in Shanghai. The basis for the construction of international air terminal needs a powerful and confident airlines company which can bear any kind of big risks, and China Easter is undoubtedly the first choice.     

Survey on Chinese Enterprises' Outbound Investment and Operation (I)

The year of 2011 marked the beginning of China s 12th Five-Year Plan period,and also the 20th year of the country's implementation of its “going global” strategy.In the past decade,Chinese enterprises' outbound investment has witnessed the gradual transition from rapid growth to steady growth and from quantity based growth to qualitative based improvement.In 2011,against the backdrop of increasing turmoil in the global political and economic environment,the ongoing deepening of the European debt crisis,and an increasing complex international investment climate,Chinese enterprises' outbound investment maintained a stable growth momentum.Domestic investors made non-financial outbound direct investment in 3391 overseas enterprises in 132 countries and regions around the world,and the cumulative direct investment amounted to US$60.07 billion,up 1.8％ Y/Y.Going into 2012,domestic enterprises are actively more involved in overseas investment.In January and February,domestic investors made US$7.435 billion of non-financial outbound direct investment in 706 overseas in 97 countries and regions around the world,up 59.9％ y/y.     

Linyi City——A City Good for Investment

The reform and opening to the outside world has motivated the development of every sector and created several rising cities.The new cities have a strong opening spirit. They eagerly hope the outside world will get to know of them and that their products can enter the international market. For the purpose, beginning from this issue, China's Foreign Trade will have a new section—Rising Cities, which will introduce certain cities' economic development, investment environment, and export products to foreign and domestic readers, especially overseas friends from industrial and commercial sectors and enterprises.     

China to Be Ranked 3rd in Global Trade

According to the report on China's foreign trade released by Ministry of Commerce on November 12 that the total volume of China's imports and exports this year will reach around US$1.1 trillion, up 30% for the first time. It is expected to rank the 3rd in global trade.The report says that under the favorable domestic and international economic environment, China's foreign trade will     

Handling the Relationship Between Expanding the Open Policy,Using Foreign Capital,and Protecting Domestic Industry and Markets

It has been our consistent policy to expand the opening policy, while using foreign capital reasonably and effectively. Our experience of economic development since China's economic reform and opening to the outside world 20 years ago has shown that implementing the opening policy, participation in the international division of labour and exchange, the use of both domestic and international markets and resources, and the introduction of a foreign market     

Auto Technology Exhibition in Tianjing

The 4th International Automotive Technology Exhibition Tianjing 2009, jointly hosted by the So-ciety of Automotive Engineers of China （SAE-China）, China Automo-tive Technology and Research Center （CATRC） and Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area （TETD）, is to be held in Tianjin Binhai International Convention and Exhibition Center from August 27 to August 30 this year. In line with China＇s national 1 lth Five-year Plan, The Automobile Industry Revitalization and Adjustments Planning and The Equipment Manufacturing Revitalization and Adjustments Planning, this Exhibition, centered on the theme of au- tomobile and equipment manufacturing, arranges the exhibition halls respectively for private autos, commercial autos and equipment manufacturing etc. The exhibition, combining the events of new- tech offering, insight to the industrial development trend, international trade, international capital cooperation and technological trade, prehensive platform will provide a comfor the international automobile companies, auto spare parts companies and equipment manufacturing companies to display their features and make exchanges.     

Moving Through Thorns

2020 was a year that was destined to be remembered.Last year,China accomplished the important target of poverty alleviation and building an all-round well-off society.In 2020,China completed the 13th Five-Year Plan and formulated the 14th Five-Year Plan.In 2020,China also proposed a new development paradigm featuring dual circulation,with the domestic market as the mainstay and the domestic and international markets reinforcing each other.As China has gradually got control of the COVID-19 pandemic,the Third China International Import Expo,the China Import and Export Fair,and the First China International Fair for Trade in Services were held as scheduled,and the ministries and government departments introduced a number of measures to support the economic recovery.The industries affected by the epidemic are gradually starting to recover.     

Well-Developed Agriculture Boosts Czech-China Trade——Exclusive interview with H.E. Peter Gandalovic, Minister of Agriculture of Czech Republic

Czech Republic, an European Union (EU) member in the Eastern Europe, has very well developed agriculture and relevant industries and technologies. In May, A Czech trade delegation headed by Peter Gandalovic, Mi lister of Agriculture of Czech Republic visited China, were warmly received by the Chinese government. Following, they went to Shanghai for SAIL China 2007, an international food and drinks exhibition. During the visit, China's Foreign Trade had an exclusive interview with the Minister, which follows below, on the topics of promoting the agricultural cooperation and bilateral trade relations between ina and Czech.