Illuminating Hope for Peace

China plays an active role in safeguarding stability on the Korean Peninsula Tensions on the Korean Peninsula finally seem to be easing.President of the Republic of Korea(ROK) Park Geun Hye said on April 11 that Seoul would conduct dialogue with Pyongyang and offer humanitarian assistance.During his recent visits to China and South Korea,U.S.Secretary of State John Kerry     

Reassessing U.S. Policy

正Washington should be more constructive in Asia The motives for U.S.Secretary of State John Kerry’s Asian tour in January were as nebulous as his itinerary was odd.The top U.S.diplomat’s first two stops were to countries that have had nothing to do with the South China Sea issue.Nonetheless,Kerry asked Laos     

Exchanges

John Kerry Visits China
U.S. Secretary of State ,John Kerry opened his 24-hour China visit on the morning of February 14 by meeting President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. He also met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and State Councilor Yang ,Jiechi and held talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi later in the day.     

Chairman Li Ruihuan Meeting with U. S. Governor of Kentucky

THE Delegation of Commonwealth Governmentof Kentucky led by Governor Paul Patton vis-ited Beijing from June 1 to 6. Li Ruihuan, chairmanof the National Committee of the Chinese People'sPolitical Consultative Conference (CPPCC), metwith the delegation. Wu Yi, minister of foreign tradeand economic cooperation, Qi Huaiyuan, presidentof the Chinese People's Association for Friendshipwith Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Guo Dongpo,president of the China Council for the Promotion ofInternational Trade and Yang Jiechi, assistant min-ister of foreign affairs, met with the delegation andhosted banquets in its honour on separate occasions.Kentucky has friendship-state (province) ties withJiangxi Province of China. Zhou Zheping, vice gov-ernor of Jiangxi Province, came to Beijing specially     

Shanghai and China from the Eyes of a WesternScholar

正Shanghai 2020–The City’s Vision for Its Future Author:Kerry Brown Price:RMB 98,paperback Published by Foreign Languages Press,in December2013,BeijingShanghai is one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing cities on earth.China,where this metropolis is located,is engaging with modernization in ways which have utterly reshaped its economy and society since the start of the reform and opening-up process in 1978.The city is returning to its historic role as a great crossing     

Taking a Path of Human Rights Development Suitable to the Economic Basis and Humanistic Environment of China, Realizing“Chinese Dream”

The Sixth Beijing Forum on Human Rights is opened today,which is co-sponsored by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development.First,on behalf of the China Foundation for Human Rights Development,I would like to express warm congratulations to the opening of the Forum,and heartfelt thanks to the friends who have always cared for and supported for the development and progress of human rights cause of China.Since the first session of the Forum in 2008,six years have passed.For past six years,human rights experts,scholars,renowned personages and governmental oicials from countries in the world have gathered in Beijing once a year,discussing the     

China's Path to the Implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

<正>This year is the 70~(th) Anniversary of the universal Declaration of Human Rights.It is of great importance for the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development to hold a symposium to commemorate and discuss the historical significance and value to the times of the universal Declaration on Human Rights     

“Friendship-with-China is the Inner Content of Our Life”——About German Friend Mr. K. H. Gass

A reception jointly-sponsored bythe Chinese People's Associ-ation for Friendship with ForeignCountries (CPAFFC), the China-Germany Friendship Association(CGFA) and the Donnesberg Ger-many-China Friendship Association(DGCFA) was held on January 6,1995 to mark the publication of thebook "My Friendship with China" byK. H. Gass, the second chairman of     

PEOPLE & POINTS

正FUGITIVE BROUGHT TO JUSTICEXu Chaofan,former head of the Kaiping Sub-branch of Bank of China in south China’s Guangdong Province,has been returned to China from the United States to face trial on charges of embezzlement and corruption,according to the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection(CCDI)on July 11.Two billion yuan($300 million)were also recovered.     

The U.S. Propaganda Warfare Against China

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said in praise of his successor, "Secretary [Antony]Blinken has spoken about the genocide that’s taking place in western China. I applaud him for building on what I tried to do. I hope that he can do even better than we did." This meant to imply that Pompeo himself was the original architect behind the current wave of anti-China propaganda warfare.     

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

<正>Guideline sets foundation for China and ASEAN to resolve the South China Sea dispute China and ASEAN countries have reached an agreement on a guideline for implementing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea(DOC),which lays a solid foundation for their practical cooperati on and will be helpful for the settlement of disputes in the area,said Chinese officials and scholars.     

Focus on the Human Rights Thought of the Communist Party of China in the New Era——Learning from General Secretary Xi Jinping's congratulatory Letters on Human Rights

<正>As socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a new era, so do have human rights in China. General Secretary of Communist party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping, for has sent a congratulatory letter to the 2015 Beijing Forum on Human Rights for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018, and he addressed the International Seminar on the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration on the Right     

ECONOMY

<正>Investment Destination China remains one of the most attractive destinations for investment with more companies planning to reinvest in the country this year,according to a report released by the American Chamber of Commerce in South China(AmCham South China)on February 27.The chamber’s annual white paper on China’s business environment is seen as a window for observing the country’s business environment through the eyes of foreign-funded enterprises.     

CPC IN THE EYES OF WORLD POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS

正This year marks the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China(CPC). Many political parties shared their opinions on the CPC and its governance of China with Xinhua News Agency on different occasions. Below are excerpts from their comments.Aleksei Sokol First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus The main reason for the CPC's longevity is its ability to adapt the Marxist theory to the Chinese context. China has set an example of what needs to be taken in the fight against such a terrible pandemic.     

RECOGNIZING CHINA'S POWER OF RESILIENCE

Shamshad Akhtar,Policy Advisor to Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia(BFA)and former UN Under Secretary General,talked to the BFA on March 3 on China’s efforts against the novel coronavirus and its cooperation with the international community.Edited excerpts of the interview follow:It’s been a tough time for China since the novel coronavirus outbreak.     

Pro-Life

正China acts to address legal barriers and conduct awareness campaigns to boost organ donation Due to the scarcity of donated organs patients around the world regularly die while waiting for life-saving transplants.The prospects for those on a transplant waiting list in China are particularly gloomy as at least 150 people scramble for every donated organ.According to the Ministry of Health     

NEW CONTROLS IN THE MAKING

China’s housing sector is waiting for the second shoe to drop.Last month China sent eight teams of central government officials to 16 provinces to check on the implementation of its property curbs.With the Central Government’s inspection team returning to Beijing at the begin-     

Message of Greetings From U.N.Secretary-General Kofi Annan

It gives me great pleasure to convey to convey my greetings to all who have gathered for the 2000 China International Friendship Cities Conference. This admirable initiative of the Chinese People's Associ-ation for Friendship with Foreign Countries is verymuch in the spirit of the United Nations Charter     

BUDDING BEAUTY

正Tourists admire cherry blossoms on the Wuhan University campus in Wuhan,Hubei Province in central China,on March 8.The campus,one of the best places to enjoy the sight in China,opened reservations that day for visitors to experience the spring phenomenon.Real-name bookings have to be made three days in advance,with the number of daily visitors capped at 10,000people on weekdays and 15,000 on weekends.     

BUDDING BEAUTY

Tourists admire cherry blossoms on the Wuhan University campus in Wuhan,Hubei Province in central China,on March 8.The campus,one of the best places to enjoy the sight in China,opened reservations that day for visitors to experience the spring phenomenon.Real-name bookings have to be made three days in advance,with the number of daily visitors capped at 10,000people on weekdays and 15,000 on weekends.