Get-together of Chinese and Russian Children

Sponsored by the China-Russia Friendship Association (CRFA) and the China National Chil-dren's Centre (CNCC), a joint dance performanceby the Chinese and Russian children was stagedat the CNCC theater on the afternoon of January16, 2001. Bai Shuxiang, vice president of the CRFAand the China Federation of Literary and Art Cir-cles (CFLAC) and president of the Chinese Danc-ers' Association; Wu Zuqiang, adviser to theCRFA, vice president of the CFLAC and profes-sor of the Central Conservatory of Music; Vladmir     

Report on the Work of the Supreme People's Court 2016(Extract)

正Review of Work in 2015In 2015,the SPC,under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)with Comrade Xi Jinping as General Secretary,and under the effective supervision of the National People’s Congress(NPC)and its standing committee,profoundly studied and carried out the spirits of the 18th National Congress of the CPC,and the third,fourth and fifth plenary meetings of the 18th CPC     

Reception Marking Establishment of China-Oman Friendship Association,Oman-China Friendship Association And China-Oman Friendly Exchange Fund Held

On June 28,the CPAFFC and the China-Arab Friendship Association (CAFA) jointly held a grand reception celebrating the establishment of the China-Oman Friendship Association (COFA),the Oman-China Friendship Association (OCFA) and the China-Oman Friendly Exchange Fund (COFEF). Tomur Dawamat,president of the CAFA,Yang Fuchang,president of the COFA,Abdullah Saleh Al Saadi,Omani ambassador to China,Mhd Kheir Al-Wadi,dean of the diplomatic corps of Arab countries in China,and Feng Zuoku,vice president of the CPAFFC and chairman of the China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development (CFFPD),attended and spoke at the reception.     

Delegation of CPAFFC and CRFA Visits Russia

At the invitation of the Russian Centre for In- temational Scientific and Cultural Coopera-tion (RCISCC) and the Russia-China FriendshipAssociation (RCFA), a delegation of the CPAFFCand the China-Russia Friendship Association(CRFA) led by Liu Shu, executive vice presidentof the CRFA and vice president of the China As-sociation for Science and Technology, paid a two-week visit to Russia in September 2001. Amongthe members of the delegation were Gao Mang,recipient of the Russian "Friendship Medal", re-nowned translator of Russian literature and painter,     

DPRKCFA Delegation Visits China

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the China-Korea (DPRK) Friendship Association (CKFA) and the DPRK-China Friendship Association (DPRKCFA), a 6-member delegation of the DPRKCFA with Choe Chang Sik, chairman of the Central Committee of the DPRKCFA and minister of public health, as the leader visited China     

The Birth of a Plan The formulation of the 12th Five-Year Plan shows the operation of China's public policy-making mechanism

In March 2008,the National Development and Reform Committee ( NDRC) began to evaluate the progress of the 11th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (2006-10),in an effort to push forward its implementation and prepare for the formulation of the next big blueprint.At the end of that year,the NDRC published 39 major subjects under eight categories for the formulation of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15),and invited bids to carry out relevant studies.Thousands of experts and researchers focused on hundreds of topics,which finally yielded research reports of millions of words.Based on these reports,the NDRC set out to draft the basic lines of the 12th Five-Year Plan and reported to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council.     

Peace and China-Arab Friendship Tour Announced

On March 1, the Chinese People’s Asso-ciation for Friendship with ForeignCountries (CPAFFC) and China-Arab Friend-ship Association (CAFA) jointly held a pressconference announcing the launching of Peaceand China-Arab Friendship Tour. TomurDawamat, former vice chairman of the NPCStanding Committee and president of the CAFA,Chen Haosu, president of the CPAFFC, LiuZhiming, vice president of the CPAFFC and ChenDuo, member of the National Committee of theCPPCC and well-know…     

A New Milestone of China-Saudi Arabia Friendship

On October 16,1997 the auditorium of the Chi-nese People's Association for Friendship withForeign Countries (CPAFFC) was alive with happylaughters and cheerful voices, where a reception tomark the establishment of the China-Saudi ArabiaFriendship Association (CSAFA) and the Saudi Ara-bia-China Friendship Association (SACFA) washeld. Qi Huaiyuan, president of the CPAFFC and     

China-ASEAN Association President Gu Xiulian Visits Myanmar,Indonesia and Brunei and Attends Second Conference on China-ASEAN People-to-People Friendship Organizations

At the invitation of the Union Solidarity and Development Association of Myanmar (USDA), the Association of Indonesia-China Economic, Social and Cultural Cooperation (AICESCC) and the Brunei-China Friendship Association (BCFA), Gu Xiulian, president of the China-ASEAN Association and vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, led a delegation of the China-ASEAN Association to pay a goodwill visit to Myanmar, Indonesia and Brunei from June 10 to 21 and attended the Second Conference on China-ASEAN People-to-People Friendship Organizations in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.     

Forty-Sixth Anniversary of Treaty of Friendship,Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Between China and DPRK Celebrated

The CPAFFC and the China-Korea (DPRK) Friendship Association (CKFA) jointly held a reception at the auditorium of the CPAFFC to mark the 46th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship,Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Between China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on July 9. DPRK Ambassador to China Choe Jin Su,CKFA President Li Shuzheng and CPAFFC Vice President Feng Zuoku attended the reception.     

Being and Nothingness, Chinese Style

THE two centuries from the founding of the Wei Kingdom in 220 to the end of the Jin Dynasty in 420 were punctured by chronic wars and frequent regime changes. To stay out of the ugly and bloody political strife, philosophers of the time turned away from the brutality of politics and started exploring the ontological existence of the world, building on the cosmology of the previous Han Dynasty. Studies on the relationship between being (you) and nothingness (wu) flourished, becoming Neo-Daoism in the Wei-Jin Period.     

China-Japan-Korea(ROK)Cultural Exchange Forum Set Up

Liu Deyou, executive vice president of the China International Culture Association, Chen Yongchang, vice president of the China-Japan Friendship Association, and their party visited the Republic of Korea (ROK) and attended the meeting for the establishment of the China-Japan-Korea (ROK) Cultural Exchange Forum in Seoul from December 5 to 8, 2005. Kim Yong-woon, representative of the Korea (ROK)-Japan Cultural Exchange Council and famous mathematician, Park Sam-koo,     

中共中央政治局常务委员会召开会议 研究当前新冠肺炎疫情防控和稳定经济社会运行重点工作 中共中央总书记习近平主持会议（英文）

正BEIJING, March 4(Xinhua)--Xi Jinping has chaired a leadership meeting to study the major tasks in preventing and controlling the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19) and stabilizing economic and social development.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China(CPC) Central Committee, made an important speech at Wednesday's meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.     

NPC Vice Chairman Cheng Siwei Leads CLAFA Delegation to Three Latin American Countries

Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and president of the China-Latin America Friendship Association (CLAFA), led a CLAFA delegation to visit Jamaica, Cuba and Venezuela from January 2 to 16 at the invitation of the Jamaica-China Friendship Association (JCFA), the Cuban Institute of Friendships with the Peoples (CLAP) and the Association of Venezuela-China Friendship.     

An Unforgettable Visit——CPPCC Vice Chairperson Qian Zhengying and Her Party in Kenya and Zimbabwe

At the invitation of the Kenya African NationalUnion (KANU) and the Parliament of Zim-babwe, a delegation of the Chinese People's As-sociation for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC) led by Qian Zhengying, vice chairper-son of the Chinese People's Political ConsultativeConference (CPPCC) and senior adviser to theCPAFFC, paid a goodwill visit to Kenya and Zim-babwe from June 17 to 26, 1997.     

Reception in Celebration of 50th Founding Anniversary of Japan-China Friendship Association

Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao attended the reception in celebration of the 50th an-niversary of the founding of the Japan-China FriendshipAssociation(JCFA)jointly held by the China-Ja-pan Friendship Association(CJFA)and the JCFAin the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on theafternoon of October 21,2000,and spoke on theoccasion.     

国土资源行政复议规定

Article 1 For the purpose of regulating the administrative reconsidera?tion on land and resources, further exerting the role of the administrative reconsideration system in tackling the administrative disputes over land and resources, resolving social contradictions and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, the Provisions is formulated pursuant to the Administrative Reconsideration Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Ad?ministrative Reconsideration Law) and the Regulation on the Implementa?tion of the Administrative Reconsideration Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation on the Implementation of the Administrative Reconsideration Law).     

Less Means Better

正On June 10, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment(MEE) released the results of the second national census on pollution sources. Compared with the fi rst census in 2010, the results of this report are encouraging. Levels of sulfur dioxide, chemical oxygen demand(COD) and nitrogen oxide in the air and water     

DPRK Marks 35-Year Agreement

THE Committee for CulturalRelations with Foreign Coun-tries of Korea and the Korea(DPRK)-China Friendship Asso-ciation (KCFA) jointly held agrand banquet on July 10 in thePeople's Cultural Palace inPyongyang to mark the 35th an-niversary of the signing of theTreaty of Friendship, Cooperationand Mutual Assistance BetweenChina and DPRK. Kim YongNam, member of the PoliticalBureau of the Workers' Party ofthe Democratic People's Repub-lic of Korea (DPRK), vice pre-mier of the Administration Coun-cil of DPRK and foreign minister,attended the banquet. Choe Hui     

Tianjin Folklore Museum

TIANJIN Folklore Museum is a specialized museum that follows the principle of "studying and displaying the folklore of Tianjin, and collecting and preserving historical relics of folklore that are characteristic of Tianjin."Located on the former site of the Palace of the Goddess of the Sea (Tianhou Gong) in Tianjin, one of China's three largest of this kind, (the other two being the Ma Zu Temple in Meizhou, Fujian Province and the Chaotian Temple in Beigang, Taiwan), the Tianjin Fol…