BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo met here Monday with Speaker Luka Bebic of the Croatian Assembly, vowing to facilitate closer parliamentary exchanges and cooperation between both countries. "China highly values its relations with Crotia, and regards the country as a reliable good friend and partner in southeast Europe," Wu told Bebic in Beijing. He vowed joint efforts with the country to cement bilateral exchanges in all fields to build better future for both sides. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), hailed the progress of bilateral ties since the forging of diplomatic ties 17 years ago, citing frequent high-level visits, remarkable trade cooperation and increasing exchanges in cultural, technological and educational areas. Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, meets with Croatian Parliament Speaker Luka Bebic in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 17, 2009. "The parliamentary cooperation between both sides had contributed to the development of an all-round cooperative partnership," Wu said, adding the Chinese NPC is ready to deepen exchanges between special committees and working groups of the two parliaments. In response, Bebic told Wu the Croatian Assembly would like to cooperate closely with the Chinese NPC for greater progress of bilateral all-round cooperative partnership. He expected closer cooperation with China in the areas of trade, tourism and infrastructure construction. Calling China a great friend of Croatia, Bebic said his country believed China had made great contribution to world peace and development by dealing with the global economic downturn in an active way, and maintaining relatively fast economic growth. At Wu's invitation, Bebic arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a week-long tour to China.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping urged closer cooperation between China and Belgium during a speech Friday at the China-Belgium Economic and Trade Forum. Xi said the development of cooperation between China and Belgium has brought tangible benefits to the two countries.Despite the impact of the global financial crisis, bilateral trade volume rose 14.4 percent to 20.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2008, 1,000 times as much 38 years ago when diplomatic relations were established, he said. The vice president advanced a three-point proposal to further strengthen bilateral cooperation. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (1st L) delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the China-Belgium Economic and Trade Forum in Brussels, capital of Belgium, on Oct. 9, 2009 First, it is necessary and possible for the two sides to further tap their cooperation potential in order to promote economic and trade efforts. Mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Belgium, the world's second largest trader and eighth largest trader respectively, enjoys potential because bilateral trade accounts for a relatively small proportion of each country's total foreign trade volume, he said. China and Belgium, Xi said, should make joint efforts to expand the scale of bilateral trade and investment. They also should consolidate their traditional cooperation in such sectors as electromechanical manufacturing, shipping, telecommunication and textiles, he said. In addition, the two countries should expand cooperation in biotech, new energy, microelectronics and environmental protection, Xi said.Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (1st L) delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the China-Belgium Economic and Trade Forum in Brussels, capital of Belgium, on Oct. 9, 2009.The vice-president said China welcomes more Belgian companies to invest in the Chinese market, adding that he believes the visit of the Chinese trade mission will bring more Chinese enterprises to Belgium for cooperation and investment. Second, China and Belgium should enhance exchanges and cooperation on technology and enrich the content of their reciprocal cooperation. Belgium has advanced technologies, while China has a big market and great potential for development. China will continue introducing advanced foreign technology, management experience and personnel with special capabilities as well as promoting self-reliance on technological innovation, Xi said. The two countries have the potential to enlarge technology cooperation and personnel exchanges in various sectors, including manufacturing, finance, nuclear energy, tourism, port and corporation management, Xi said. Belgian companies could also strengthen their cooperation with their Chinese counterparts to participate in development projects in western, northeastern and central China and in the process of upgrading China's industrial structure, Xi said. Third, the two countries should also continue improving services and management in a bid to form a better environment for trade and investment. China and Belgium should make a good use of their cooperation mechanisms, including a joint committee for economy and trade and the Chinese-Belgian investment fund, he said. They also should try to eliminate trade and investment barriers, provide conveniences for each other's companies in terms of visas and working licenses, improve the efficiency of the investment fund between the two countries and encourage companies to establish long-term and stable cooperation, Xi said. The two governments also should enhance administrative surveillance and management by protecting intellectual property rights and improving market order to provide a good environment for each other's companies, Xi said. During the speech, Xi also reviewed the rapid development of bilateral ties between China and the European Union (EU). Further development of China-EU relations is faced with new challenges as well as opportunities in the face of a number of international issues, Xi said. Those issues, he said, include the global financial crisis, world economic development, climate change, food and energy security, the Doha round of trade talks, and international financial structure reforms. "I believe that the perspective of the mutual benefit cooperation between China and the EU has a better future with the joint efforts of the two sides," Xi said. Xi also reviewed the great achievements China has made in the 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Xi stressed that there still is a long way to go for China to achieve a more prosperous society. As a peace-loving country, Xi said, China will always continue efforts to cooperate with world countries based on the five principles of peaceful coexistence. He said China also would actively help solve regional and international hot issues and work together with the international community for a peaceful and harmonious world. Under the current situation, China will continue to cooperate with Belgium and other EU members to promote reforms of the international financial system, to enhance international financial surveillance, to prevent further spread of the financial crisis and to stem the torrent of all kinds of trade and investment protectionism. Xi arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to Belgium, the first leg of his five-nation European tour. He will also visit Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's power consumption in September continued to rise with a faster increasing rate, according to China's National Energy Administration (NEA) on Thursday. Power consumption in September rose 10.24 percent from the same month last year to 322.41 billion kilowatt hours last month. The increasing rate was 2 percentage points up from that of August. Accumulative power consumption in the first nine months topped 2.66 trillion kilowatt hours, an increase of 1.4 percent over the same period last year. In the first three quarters, power consumption of the primary industry which covers agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, added 6.35 percent from a year earlier to 72.5 billion kilowatt hours. The second industry, including mining, manufactural, building and construction sectors, consumed 1.95 trillion kilowatt hours, representing a decrease of 1.67 percent over the same period last year. Power consumption in the service sector climbed 11.26 percent year on year to 293.5 billion kilowatt hours in the first three quarters.
BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun Tuesday asked the People's Publishing House, China's oldest publisher of books on the Party and politics, to actively use new media to expand its influence. Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, said during a visit to the publishing house that it should invigorate its development. Li Changchun (2nd R, front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, shakes hands with an old worker during his visit to the People's Publishing House, China's oldest publisher of books on the Party and politics, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2009.Acknowledging the company's achievements, Li said it should increase investment, further reform income distribution and human resources management. He also urged the publisher to raise its international profile by publishing more books on the successful theories and practices of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It would contribute to improving the country's soft power, he said. Li Changchun (3rd L, rear), a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, speaks during a symposium during his visit to the People's Publishing House, China's oldest publisher of books on the Party and politics, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2009. The house should endeavor to nurture a group of foreign-language literate talents who not only understood China's national situation, but also had a global view, Li said. He said the house should earnestly implement the gist of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee that concluded in mid-September. The CPC session decided to expand democracy within the Party and better fight corruption. The People's Publishing House was founded in 1921 and rebuilt in 1950. It is a well-known publisher of works on philosophy and social sciences. Li Changchun (3rd R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, visits an editing room of Marxism-Leninism during his visit to the People's Publishing House, China's oldest publisher of books on the Party and politics, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2009
BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua)-- China and the European Union (EU) should properly cope with trade frictions, and push forward economic and trade cooperation, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan said here Wednesday. Wang was meeting with EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton, who is on her first visit to China. "China and the EU should appropriately handle trade frictions, and fight resolutely against trade protectionism," he said. Since late July, the EU has launched a series of anti-dumping actions against Chinese products, covering steel wire rod, seamless steel tubes, sodium gluconate, steel cables and aluminum road wheels. "Some of China's major trading partners have shown signs of protectionism during the global financial crisis, and there has been rising trade protectionism inside the EU," said Sun Yongfu, who is department chief in charge of European affairs of Chinese Commerce Ministry. Vice premier Wang said the two sides' top priorities at the present time should be making efforts to continuously further coordination and cooperation, jointly tiding over the global financial crisis, and facilitating the recovery of regional and international economy. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (1st R) meets with European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton (1st L) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 9, 2009. Wang also urged the EU to recognize China's status as a market economy at an early date. The EU would like to adopt a pragmatic attitude in solving problems in bilateral trade and investment, and create a favorable environment for deepening economic and trade cooperation with China, said Ashton during the meeting. In Ashton's speech at the University of International Business and Economics earlier Wednesday, she called for the EU and China to "work on outstanding issues" in order to strengthen trade relations, the European Commission said in a press release on its website. Ashton, who began the visit on Sept. 6, said during the meeting that she was glad to see what was happening in China with her own eyes. In May, Ashton and Wang held talks in Brussels as co-chairs of the EU-China High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, which set the strategic direction for the bilateral economic relationship and identified challenges and opportunities. Currently, China and the EU are one of the most important trade partners to each other. Bilateral trade volume reached 425.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2008. During her visit, Ashton was scheduled to meet with Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, and attend the 13th China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Xiamen city of southeast Fujian Province.
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- The cooperation between the United States and China has never been so important as it is now, and the just-concluded U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) has provided a platform to reinforce common interests, a senior U.S. official has said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua. "We have broadened the dialogue ... and the S&ED is a new approach towards the U.S.-and-China relations," David Loevinger, Treasury executive secretary and senior coordinator for China Affairs and the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, told Xinhua on Tuesday night. "There was a common understanding that U.S.-China cooperation and engagement on economic issues have never been so important because of the challenges that we face in the global economy and global financial market right now," said Loevinger. He said he was struck by the fact that both sides have so much in common in the discussion. "The U.S. and China have a very similar outlook on the global economy and adopted very similar policy response," said Loevinger, once a Treasury Department's Financial Attache in China. "Both U.S. and China act very quickly and aggressively on global economic crisis." "The monetary and fiscal stimulus in both countries was among the most aggressive and most far-reaching of any major economy," he also noted. However, during the dialogue, China also expressed its concern over the security of its heavy investment. So far, China has invested more than 1.5 trillion dollars in the United States government-issued securities. "We are deeply concerned about the security of our financial assets in the United States," Zhu Guangyao, China's assistant finance minister, told Xinhua. Wang Qishan, Chinese vice premier and co-chair of the S&ED, also urged the United States to protect China's assets during the dialogue. Loevinger indicated that the United States understands China's concern and explained to the Chinese side the U.S. monetary and fiscal policies during the two-day dialogue, which ended on Tuesday. "(Federal Reserve) Chairman Bernanke talked about the Federal Reserve's approach to U.S. monetary policy," Loevinger said, referring to an op-ed Bernanke published last week in the Wall Street Journal, in which he talked about tightening monetary policy to prevent the emergence of an inflation once economic recovery is assured. "Bernanke discussed many of these issues with China," he added.
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BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese leader on Thursday urged the cultural industry to make greater efforts to improve China's capacity to communicate internationally and boost cultural exchanges between China and other countries. Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, said when visiting the 16th Beijing International Book Fair, the cultural industry was a new area of growth with tremendous potential. Praising achievements made in the sector despite the global downturn, Li said it should strengthen international communication and promote China's brand names effectively and professionally. The Beijing International Book Fair, initiated in 1986, is one of the world's four largest book fairs. This year, the five-day fair has attracted 1,800 publishing houses from nearly 60 countries and regions. Li Changchun (R, front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, visits the 16th Beijing International Book Fair, in Beijing, capital of China, on Sept. 3, 2009
BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Beijing has widened a ban on flying activities to include pigeons and kite flying in its latest efforts to beef up security ahead of the National Day celebrations, police said Tuesday. The ban, which is effective from Sept. 15 to Oct. 8, applies to sports, recreational and advertising flight activities in the capital. Li Runhua, head of the public security squadron of the Beijing municipal public security bureau, said residents were banned from releasing pigeons, and flying kites and balloons even at celebrations and shopping promotions. Li encouraged residents to report to police if they find suspicious flying objects. Police also started to check every vehicle entering Beijing at nearly 200 major road intersections and security check points on Tuesday. Police would check drivers' and passengers' ID and confiscate imitation guns, fireworks and knives until Oct. 8. More than 7,000 police have been patrolling the city's major roads and business districts since Aug. 22. China will stage a wide array of activities, including a grand military parade in Beijing, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on Oct. 1. Chinese citizens will have an eight-day public holiday from Oct. 1 to 8.
HOHHOT, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The key to social harmony and stability in China is to strengthen and improve the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, Vice President and member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, said during a tour of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xi said issues concerning economic development and social stability were top priority in the country's minority areas during his tour from Aug. 22 to 25. He visited villages, customs posts, companies, communities and schools in Hulun Buir, Manzhouli, Baotou, Erdos, and Hohhot. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (2nd L) visits at the Carbon-to-Liquid plant of the Shenhua Group Corporation Limited in Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Aug. 22, 2009Xi met with industry leaders, including leaders at coal and power giants Huaneng Group and Shenhua Group, and major dairy producer Meng Niu Group. He also inspected the well-known land port of Manzhouli, which links China with neighboring Mongolia. Xi also talked with ethnic Mongolian herdsmen to learn about their work and lives. In Hohhot, the regional capital, he urged officials to work hard to resolve problems regarding people's lives. "Let people of different ethnic groups share the achievements of reforms and development," he said. At the end of his study tour, Xi held a workshop that was attended by leading regional officials.
BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Prosecutors have approved the arrest of four employees of the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd. on charges of trade secrets infringement and bribery, according to a statement of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate late Tuesday. Preliminary investigations have showed that the four employees, Stern Hu, Liu Caikui, Ge Minqiang and Wang Yong, had obtained commercial secrets of China's steel and iron industry through improper means, which had violated the country's Criminal Law, according to the statement. Prosecution authorities also found evidence to prove that they were involved in commercial bribery. Photo taken on July 9, 2009 shows the Rio Tinto Ltd. Office in Shanghai, east China. Four employees of the Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd. have been arrested over alleged stealing of China's state secrets, including Stern Hu, general manager of the company's Shanghai offic. The four people, including Hu, had been detained by China's security authorities Sunday evening Investigations have also revealed that there were suspects in China's steel and iron enterprises who were providing commercial secrets for them. The four were detained in Shanghai in early July on charges of stealing China's state secrets. Stern Hu, an Australian citizen of Chinese origin, was general manager of the company's Shanghai office and was in charge of the iron ore business in China. Hu was a long-standing employee of Rio Tinto and had lived in Shanghai for a number of years with his wife, who is also an Australian citizen. The other three, who also worked in the Shanghai office, are Chinese employees of the company.