Strategy Assessment

正The U.S.policy of pivoting to the Asia-Pacific is expected to continueRecommendations made by the AsiaPacific Rebalance 2025 report have outlined a clear goal—the containment of China's growing clout in order to maintain the United States'dominant role in the Asia-Pacific region.The report,unveiled by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies     

On Human Rights from the Perspective of Human Dignity

In his government work report to the 3rd Session of the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) on March 5, 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said: Everything we do is to make the people live happier and more dignified,make the society more just and more harmonious. This is held up by the media as the     

Democratic Consultation Not Cheap Talk

I am chief of a residents’ committee in Xinhe Town of Zhe-jiang Province’s Wenling City. I was elected as a deputy to the local People’s Congress in 1995.In the past, at the annual gatherings of the township legislature deputies usually just sat and listened to cadres reading the government work report. They never had the chance toraise opinions or suggestions. Since 2000 democratic     

Reducing Poverty

Big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are little different from any other world metropolis and belie the unimagin-able degree of poverty in certain rural areas of China. Staff reporter Zhang Hua went to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to report on a poverty reduction project called "Love of the Earth, Mother's Water Tank" launched by the China Women's     

Twin Meetings Frank on V Problems and Challenges

THE government report delivered by the Chinese premier is invariably a key event in the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress(NPC). The NPC session overlaps with the yearly meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to produce a week of key political importance for the country.     

China＇s Comprehensive Advantages in Attracting Foreign Investment

ON March 5, 2014, Premier Li Keqiang delivered the government work report, which promises to initiate anew phase of openness and high per- formance. The government will foster a new open-economy system and advance a new round of opening up to embrace the international market. The govern- ment will also open China to the out- side world in all areas. Further, the re- port promises to level the playing field for domestic and foreign enterprises soas to ensure that China remains a top choice for foreign investment.     

ECONOMY

正Growth in 2017China’s economic growth may continue to slow in 2017 to 6.5percent before possibly bottoming out in 2018,showed a report on November 21.As the economy showed signs of stabilization in the frst three quarters with a growth rate of 6.7 percent,the rate for the whole year may also register the same pace,according to the report by the National Academy of Development and Strategy at Beijing-based Renmin University of     

PEOPLE & POINTS

“The commanding tone of the report displays more bias than reason.”Yang Yi, Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies under the National Defense University of China, refuting the Pentagon's annual report to the U.S. Congress on     

Promoting Human Rights Or Creating Confrontation?——On U.S. State Department''''s Human Rights Report

The U.S. State Department published on June 24, 2003 a report entitled Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2002-2003. The report for the first time highlights the U.S. efforts to "promote human rights and democracy" in 92 countries and entities—the 92 claimed to have "the most human rights abuses"—in addition to its annual country report that heaps on accusations against 196 countries and entities for what it calls their human rights conditions.     

NO THREAT,JUST PARTNERSHIP

A Xinhua News Agency report on May 27 looks at how the Donald Trump administration's sanctions on Huawei may cause losses to rural telecom carriers in the U.S. An edited excerpt of the report follows.     

New Digital Locomotives

<正>In 1990,the landmark report of the South Commission,chaired by Manmohan Singh,who served as Indian prime minister from2004 to 2014,represented a defining moment for the Global South,calling for South-South cooperation and consecrating the theory of the"locomotives of the South."The report emphasized that Global South countries could not expect former colonizers and imperialist forces to be the driver of their development."The new locomotive forces have to be found within the South itsel...     

UNEP Acknowledges Green Games

The Olympics has been a catalyst for Beijing's authorities to improve the environment, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Program     

What the 2020 Plan Really Means

The Communist Party of China convened its 17th National Congress in October 2007.In his keynote report,General Secretary Hu Jintao outlined an overall roadmap for the country to build a moderately prosperous society by 2020.According to Zheng Xinli,deputy head of the Policy Research Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,the report can also serve as a guide for foreigners hoping to better understand China.Excerpts of his analysis follow.     

On the Defensive?

The U.S. Department of Defense recently submitted its Four-year Appraisal Report on National Defense to the Congress. The report clearly points out that China has great potential to become a US. military rival. Ding Gang, a columnist at People's Daily, comments on the report Excerpts follow:     

Advisory Body on Road to New Start

正The First Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC),China’s top political advisory body,closed in Beijing on March 15.Political advisors endorsed a resolution on an amendment to the CPPCC Charter at the closing meeting in addition to a resolution on the work report of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee,a report on the examination of proposals and a political resolution.     

SOCIETY

正Cyber Attacks Cyber attacks on China launched from bases overseas surged in 2011,rising to 8.9 million computers affected from 5 million in the previous year,according to a network security report.Japan was the source of most attacks (22.8 percent),followed closely by the United States (20.4 percent) and the Republic of Korea (7.1 percent).The report,released on March 19 by China's     

How Should China Cope With U.S. Interest Rate Rise?

正A May 25 Bloomberg report said that Chinese officials plan to ask their American counterparts during the upcoming eighth round of the China-U.S.Strategic and Economic Dialogue about the chance of a Federal Reserve(Fed)interest rate increase in June.Chinese central bank offcials said later that day that the report was not correct.However,there are still signs that the Fed is likely to raise interest rates this month.     

Advancing Peaceful Reunification

A gathering to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the issuing of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan was held in Beijing on January 2,where President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech.An edited report by Xinhua News Agency on the event follows:     

SOCIETY

正Fishing Season Fishing boats cruise on Xingyun Lake in Yuxi,Yunnan Province in southwest China,on December 25,2019,the day a fishing ban on the lake was lifted The fishing season will last until January 23.Renewable Energy Effective enforcement of China's renewable energy law has boosted renewable energy utilization in the country and facilitated the rapid development of the sector,according to a report The report on the enforcement of the renewable energy law was submitted on December 24,2019,to the bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC)Standing Committee.The power generated from renewable energy sources amounted to nearly 1.87 trillion kWh in 2018,     

Shots in the Arm

正With China being the first country to report cases of the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19),and also the first to contain it,an analysis of the country's fight against the virus shows the situation was effectively controlled due to three major institutional strengths.First,China's basic medical insurance system that covers the whole population played