Peace,Development and Progress

Theinternationalsituationinthepastyearwascomplicatedandchangeable.TheUnitedStateswagedwaronIraq熏whichshockedtheworld鸦therelationshipamongtheworldpowershadundergonepro鄄foundchanges鸦therehadbeennewdivisionandrealignmentintherelationsacrosstheAtlantic鸦thebuildingof″LargeEurope″hadmaderapidprogress鸦theMiddle-EastsituationhadremainedunstablewithPalestineandIsraelstillgettingstuckinantroubledtimes鸦KoreaPeninsulanuclearissuehaddrawntheworldwideattention鸦UNwasregainingitsvigorafterhavin…     

Silver Lining in Changing International Situation——An overall review of international situation in 2003

Theyear2003witnessedastillcomplicatedinter鄄nationalsituationinwhichtheprocessoftransitionfromanoldpatterntoanewpatternandfromanoldordertoaneworderwasconspicuouslydifficultandtortuous.Wecouldsaythat″onetheme″熏″twomainscourges″熏″threepostures″熏″fourtrends″and″fivehot-spots″constitutethemainfeaturesofthedevel鄄opmentandchangeoftheworldsituationinthepastyear.However熏thetendencyandprospectofthefu鄄tureinternationalrelationsstillremainunknown.Oneunchangedtheme.Inearly1980s熏ComradeDe…     

The Situation and Prospect of Implementation of the Follow-up Measures of World Conference on Women in China——Speech at Sino-German Seminar on Women’s Status and Roles in the New Era

AfterthesuccessfulconveningoftheFourthWorldConferenceonWomen熏1995andNon-GovernmentOrganization穴NGO雪ForumonWomen熏Beijing'95熏theissueofwomenhasarousedfurtherconcernfromtheinternationalcommunity.Inthepasteightyears熏theChinesegovernmenthasmadeunremit鄄tingeffortstoimplement″BeijingDeclaration″and″PlatformforAction″tomatchitspromisewithac鄄tion.Asabiggestnon-governmentalwomen'sorga鄄nizationinChina熏theAll-ChinaWomen'sFedera鄄tion穴ACWF雪熏bygivingfullplaytoitsadvantagesoforgani…     

Cries from the Civil Society——Impressions of the 4^th World Social Forum

FromJanuary16-21熏the4thWorldSocialForumwasheldinMumbaiIndia.Uptonow熏themovingcrowdsatthevenue熏thecriesfromtheworldvul鄄nerablegroupsandthesongsanddancescontainingdreamsforabetterfuturearestillechoinginmymind.TheForumattractedmorethan100熏000peoplefromover130countries熏with75%fromIndia.Underthethemeof″AnotherWorldisPossible″熏1067meet鄄ings熏panels熏seminarsorworkshopsofdifferentscaleswereheld.Theforumcoveredthefollowingmajortopicslike″Militarism熏WarandPeace″熏″Me鄄dia熏Informat…     

Present Condition,Problems and Prospects of East Asian Regional Cooperation

Inrecentyears熏withthespeeding-upofeconomicglobalizationandregionalintegration熏countriesinEastAsia熏takingintoconsiderationeconomicre鄄turnsandnationalsecurity熏haveactivelyconductedmultilateraldialogueandcooperationinsuchareasaspolitics熏economyandsecurityinapragmaticmanner.Regionalcooperationhasbeenintheas鄄cendant.Furtherstrengthenedandincreasinglyin鄄tensifiedregionalcooperationinEastAsiaisnotonlyconducivetopeace熏stabilityandprosperityinthisregion熏butalsowillhaveafar-reachingbear鄄ingo…     

Impression about the visit in America

AttheinvitationoftheAsiaFoundationoftheUnit鄄edStates,CAFIU'sthree-memberteamheadedbySecretary-GeneralXuJianguopaidavisittoU.S.from4-11November熏2003.ArrangedbytheAmer鄄icanside熏thedelegationengagedintheextensivecontactswiththeAsiaFoundation,theWorldAf鄄fairsCouncil熏UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley熏UnitedNationsAssociationoftheUSA,CouncilonForeignRelations熏EastAsianInstituteoftheColumbiaUniversity,″Newsday″EditorialDepart鄄ment熏SisterCitiesProgramofthecityofNewYork,Ame…     

The Feature and Trend of the Relationship Among the Big Powers in 2003

Theyearof2003haswitnessedbigchangesandreadjustmentsintherelationshipamongtheworldbigpowers熏featuringtheapparentdivisionandre鄄alignmentofvariousmajorforcesintheworld熏moreintensifiedstrategicrivalryandinterestsscrambleamongthecountries.Theinternationalsituationwascharacterizedbyturbulenceandintranquility.Con鄄tradictionofvariouskindswerefurtherdeepened.Thepostureofmutualcompetition熏coordinationandcooperationamongbigpowerswasfurtherstrength鄄ened.InfluencedbyIraqwar熏KoreaPeninsulanu鄄clear…     

Alleviating Poverty and Building A Human-oriented Information Society

TheChinaSocietyforPromotionoftheGuangcaiProgram(CSPGP)isanon-profitandnongovern鄄mentorganization熏consistingmainlyofprivateen鄄trepreneurs.Itaimsatalleviatingpovertywiththeultimateachievementofsustainabledevelopmentasitsgoal.ItenjoysthespecialconsultativestatuswiththeEconomicandSocialCouncilofUNandthroughtheaid-the-poorprogramslikeorganizingandmotivatingChineseprivateentrepreneurstopoorandbackwardareas熏ethnicminorityregionsandborderareas熏especiallywesternChina熏toex鄄ploitresources熏p…     

Adhering to the Scientific Concept of Development and Enhancing the Common Prosperity of Human Being

Onthe22ndGeneralAssemblyofCONGO熏we熏ChineseAssociationforinternationalUnderstand鄄ingwouldliketostateourbasicstandpointsonad鄄heringtothescientificconceptofdevelopmentandenhancingcommonprosperityofhumanbeing熏andlistencarefullytotheviewsoffriendsfromallcoun鄄tries.I.Thescientificconceptofdevelopmenttakesthepeopleasitsessence.Peopleisthemostpre鄄ciousresource.Topromotecomprehensivehumandevelopmentistheultimateobjectiveandstrongestdrivingforceofdevelopment.Societyishumansoci鄄ety熏thepeopl…     

The Communist Party of China and the Liberation of the Chinese Women——Speech at Sino-German Seminar on the Women''''s Status and Roles in the New Era

Deardistinguishedguests熏Ladiesandgentlemen熏Friends熏Today熏thefemalestatesperson熏expertsandscholarsofChinaandGermanyhappilygatherheretoex鄄changeviewsindepthonwomen'srights熏women'sparticipationindeliberationandadministrationofstateaffairs熏women'sstatusandroleintheeconom鄄icandsocialdevelopment熏women'sliberation熏women'semployment熏protectionofwomen'srightsandinterestsandcooperationbetweenthewomenofChinaandGermanetc.Thisisofimmediatesignifi鄄canceforthepromotionofthefriendshipandfriendl…     

The Main Activities and Features of NGO in 2003

In2003熏activitiesofnon-governmentalorganiza鄄tions穴NGO雪wereincreasing.Theinternationalcom鄄munitypaidmoreandmoreattentiontotheroleplayedbyNGO.ThecooperationamongNGOwasstrengthening.Governmentsofallcountriessupport鄄edtheactivitiesofNGOconditionallyandatthesametime熏tookadvantageoftheactivitiesheldbyNGOtoservetheirforeignpolicies.MainNGOactivitiesin20031.WorldSocialForum.FromJanuary23to28熏the3rdWorldSocialForumwasheldinthePortoAlegre熏Brazil.Over20熏000registeredrepresenta鄄tive…     

Peace and Disarmament are Still the Common Aspiration of the People of All Countries

Thecurrentoverallinternationalsituationiscom鄄plicatedandvolatile熏nevertheless熏theoutbreakofaworldwarintoday'sworldisunlikely.Peaceanddevelopmentremainthemajorthemesofourtimes熏anditisquitehopefulforthewholeworldtoenjoypeaceandstabilityforalongperiodoftimetocome.Evenso熏nobodycandenythefrequentemer鄄genceofeconomicandpoliticalcrisis.Theworldsituationisfarfrombeingtranquilandpeaceful熏sincetheterrorismisnoteliminated熏hegemonismandpowerpoliticsshownewmanifestations熏thesit鄄uationinMiddleEas…     

The Delegation of Jean-Jaures Foundation of France Visit China

AttheinvitationofCAFIU熏thedelegationofJean-JauresFoundationofFranceheadedbyPierreMauroy熏formerFrenchPrimeMinisterandHonoraryPresidentoftheSocialistInternationalpaidavisittoChinafromOctober15to19熏2003.Duringtheirvisit熏MemberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCPCandChineseVice-PremierHuangJu熏MinisteroftheInternationalDepartmentoftheCPCCentralCommitteeandAdvisortoCAFIUWangJiaruimetthedelegationsepa鄄rately.Vice-MinisteroftheInternationalD…     

Highlights of CAFIU''''s International Exchanges(From December 2003 to February 2004)

December2003穴1雪Dec.2-10熏invitedbyCAFIU熏ChiefEditorofthemagazineContinentofKazakhstanMr.SultanAkimbekovaccompaniedbyothertwopersonsvis鄄itedChina.InBeijing熏CAFIUadvisorandViceMinisterofInternationalDepartmentofCPCCentralCommittee穴IDCPCCC雪Mr.CaiWumetwithandentertainedtheguests.Besidesmeetingwithre鄄searchfellowsofCAFIU熏theyalsocalledonPolicyResearchCenteroftheCPCCentralCommittee熏theMinistryofEducationandtheofficeofOutlookWeekly.TheirvisittoChinawasconcludedbyvisit…     

CAFIU Delegation Visits Australia and Fiji

A t the invitation of A ustralian and Fijian governm ents,CA FIU delegation headed by M r. Li G uixian, V ice-Chairm an ofthe N ational Com m ittee of the Chinese Peo鄄 ple's Political Con鄄 sultative Conference (CPPCC) and the President of Chinese A ssociation forInter鄄 national U nderstand鄄 ing(CA FIU ),visitedthe two countriesfrom 26N ovem berto 10Decem ber.W hile in Australia,M r.LiGuixian m etrespectively with leading figuresfrom political,eco鄄 nom ic and financialcircle…     

Develop Sino-Japanese Friendship and Promote Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World（Address by Council Member Zhang Zhiming at the 53^rd Annual Meeting of Japan-China Friendship Association on May 22）

MycolleaguesandIfeelverypleasedtohavethisopportunitytoattendthe53rdannualmeetingofJapan-ChinaFriendshipAssociationinOsakaheretoday.WesincerelythankourJapanesefriendsforyourhospitalityandmeticulousarrangement.IfeelverygladtovisitJapanagainafter16yearssincemyfirstvisit.Overthepast30yearssincenormalizationofdiplomatictiesbetweenChinaandJapanontheprinciplesdefinedin″Sino-JapaneseJointStatement″″Sino-JapaneseTreatyofPeaceandFriendship″and″Sino-JapaneseJointDeclaration″bilateralrelati…     

Exchanging Experience and Promoting Cooperation——On China-German Seminar of "Women''''s Status and Roles in the New Era

FromNov.16-232003adele-gationofGermanHeinrich-BllFoundationledbyMs.BabaraUnmuessigpaidavisittoChinaandattendedtheChina-GermanSeminarinBeijingunderthethemeof″Women'sStatusandRolesintheNewEra″whichwasjointlyheldbytheChineseAsso-ciationforInternationalUnder-standingCAFIUtheHeinrich-BllFoundationandtheInterna-tionalDepartmentofAll-ChinaWomen'sFederation.Mr.ZhuDachengVice-PresidentofCAFIUpresidedovertheopen-ingandclosingceremonies.Mme.LiShuzhengAdvisortoCAFIUdeliveredspeeches…     

Impression of the NGOs in Norway and Germany

Attheinvitationofthe″MoralRe-armament″Nor-wegianFoundationandtheFriedrich-EbertFoun-dationofGermanythedelegationoftheChineseAssociationforInternationalUnderstandingCAFI-UheadedbyVice-PresidentMr.ZhuDachengpaidavisittoNorwayandGermanyfromMay17to27.DuringthevisitwedidsomeresearchonthestateofNGOsinthetwocountries.Throughthevisitwehavefoundthattheso-called″matureNGOsphenomenonoftheWest″alsocalledphenomenonofthecivilsocietyisinfactanimportantoutcomeoftheevolutionofthecapi-talistpoli…     

Hot Spots, Difficult Spots and Bright Spots——Comments on the 2004 world situation

Whiletheyearof2004haswitnessedastablesitua-tionintheworldasawhole,theinterlockedunilat-eralism,hegemonism,terrorismandregionalhotspotshaveneverceasedmakingtroublesthathavecontinuedtostartletheworld.AroundtheU.S.presidentialelection,theU.S.foreignstrategyandthedevelopmentoftheMiddleEastsituation,theworldhasundergonearapidchange,withtheinter-nationalrelationsmakingdrasticrestructuringandtheworldsecuritybeingseriouslyimpaired.Incon-trastwiththeturbulenceinsomepartsoftheworld,politicalpartiesinv…     

She has ″China Complex″ All Her Life——A story of an American friend

Shewasanordi-naryandcom-monperson.Asa″whiteangel″shecametoYan-anChinafromtheothersideoftheoceanwithayounggirl'sdream.Shespentonlyoneyeartherebuther″Chinacomplex″hadbeenwithherfortensofyearsuntilshediedattheageof72inBeijingin1991.ShewasanurseoftheNo.19medicalteamoftheAmericanFriendsServiceCommitteeAF-SCnamedMargaretStanley.TheChinesepeople'santi-Japanesewarreceivedsupportandaidfrommanyforeignpartiesorgani-zationsandfriendlypersonages.ManyforeignfriendscametoYan-anincludingjournalist…