An Opportunity

正A development plan for cooperation between Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei Province(Jing-Jin-Ji)has recently been submitted for approval by the State Council,indicating that a solid step is being made toward the unified development of the three locations.This will be a milestone for China’s regional economic development as well as representing one of the effective measures to control smoggy weather.     

Climate Change and Western Development： Policies and Actions

SINCE 2000 China has been implementing the Western Development Strategy, the aims of which are to push forward the development of backward areas and reduce regional imbalance. Since its inception, the Western Development Drive has integrated ecological construction and environmental protection as vital tasks, and in the process of executing a succession of eco-environment projects has enhanced the region＇s capability to adapt to climate change.     

A FUTURE ECONOMIC BACKBONE

正The Yangtze River provides fertile grounds for development Revered as the Chinese people’s"Mother River,"the Yangtze River’s economic importance has swelled,giving way to the recent formation of the Yangtze River Economic Belt as a key component of the nation’s regional economic strategy.     

On the System of Regional Ethnic Autonomy and Tibet’s Political Modernization

In eras of revolution and development, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has scored notable achievements, including in ethnic affairs, one aspect of the Party’s work. as one of China’s three fundamental political systems and an important part of the Party’s ethnic affairs policy, the system of regional ethnic autonomy is the Party’s great creation that integrates Marxist-Leninist theory with China’s national conditions. it has been conducive to promoting the development of different ethnic groups and fostering harmony among them, which displays its superiority and vitality. This     

Advances in IPR Protection

China’s record of intellectual property right(IPR) protection has been unfairly criticized by some sections of the international community for various reasons,such as infringements or theft of intellectual property.This,however,cannot negate the rapid progress the country has made in development and protection of intellectual property.On the occasion of the 2020 World Intellectual Property Day。     

Growing Teamwork

To ensure energy security, China and India are seeking energy cooperation on a worldwide basis In recent years, the energy situation has increasingly become an unfavorable element in the development of China-India relations. The two countries have worked out and implemented their own energy strategies, such as expanding the development and utilization of foreign energy resources, to ensure their energy supply security, but that     

Democracy and the Rule of Law Promote China’s Development

CHINA’S modernization has been a historical process of continuous reform and development,exploring practices such as constitutional monarchy,democratic republic,and the Soviet mode.It has experienced twists and turns and ups and downs in drawing on foreign experience of reforms,finally arriving at"the socialist road with Chinese characteristics,"the mode of modernization that takes root in Chinese soil and is marked     

SHINING STAR IN NORTH BEIJING

The area around the Asian Games Village in north Beijing has seen rapid development in recent years,boosted by the construction of Olympic stadiums,such as the National Stadium,National Aquatics Center,Olympic Hockey Field, Archery Field and Tennis Center. Equipped with complete facilities,     

Strategic Independence Is Key

The presidential election in the Republic of Korea(ROK)has attracted much attention as its location and growing economic and military capacity make it a country of increasing strategic importance.Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol secured a victory on March 10 by pulling ahead of his liberal rival by only 0.7 percentage point.As the U.S.pushes forward its Indo-Pacific Strategy,the role the ROK chooses to play in it under the new administration will impact not only its own development but also the regional landscape.     

Keeping It Green

正The Chinese Government has set a target of having 500,000 all-electric and plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015.However,technological stumbling blocks such as insufficient infrastructure must be tackled to clear the way for the sector's development.A more successful business model is also badly needed for the fledgling     

Shared Aspirations,Dif erent Approaches

正THE Chinese dream and the Mexican dream have many similarities,but the two countries take different paths to pursue them.What the two national dreams have in common is the determination to resolve such issues as the rich-poor divide,uneven regional development,     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION New Yardstick The State Administration of Work Safety has announced that China will take the death rate per 100 million yuan ($12.3 million) of GDP as an indicator of assessing national and social development. The launch of the new yardstick is significant at a time when China is haunted by recurrent industrial accidents, especially deadly coalmine blasts. There are many underlying reasons for the accidents. Apart from their corrupt practices, regional officials' obsession with GDP growth     

Country Report on the Child Development in China, 2003-2004

Since the beginning of the new century, the United Nations Mil- lennium Summit and the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children wereconvened in 2000 and 2002 respectively. In 2003, the 6th East Asia and Pacific Min- isterial Consultation on Children was held. The above meetings set global and region- al goals for social and child development. In recent years, in accordance with the spirit of the United Nations and regional conferences as well as the global and regional ac…     

Ma‘anshan——Regional Economic Powerhouse

MA'ANSHAN, in eastern Anhui Province, is an iron and steel industry based city that has developed since the founding of new China. Ma'anshan is not one of Anhui's largest cities, as regards territory, population, and aggregate economy, yet its per capita major economic indexes have ranked first in the province for successive years. China's huge population dilutes per capita resources, so integrated and coordinated development of the regional economy is vital. Nanjing, capital city of neighboring Jiangsu Province, is just a 30-minute drive away, which has prompted Ma'anshan to take the initiative of merging into the Nanjing Megalopolis* and the Yangtze River Delta Economic Belt* (*see the reference box at the end of the article).     

IMAGE IMPROVEMENT

After five years of development, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization says it has become a player in maintaining regional security and promoting economic cooperation. On June 15, leaders of SCO member countries will gather in Shanghai, birthplace of the SCO, to discuss the future development of the organization. SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang fielded questions from reporters on the organization's development and international image at a press conference on June 6 in Beijing. The following are excerpts of the questions and his responses:     

Recent Development of Human Rights Protection in China

Since 1949, China has achieved great progress in human rights protection. We also experienced some big setbacks such as the Cultural Revolution. China redirected itself to a proper course of healthy human rights development from 1978. But during the time of 1983 to 1990, our concept of human rights fell behind world civilization greatly; the mainstream concept of human rights in China was that "the term of human rights is a pure slogan of western society." China should not adopt it. Theturni…     

China Has the World’s Fastest Growth in Living Standards简

正ONE of the strangest claims about China that sometimes appear in the media is that it has a slow growth of consumption and living standards.In reality China has the fastest growth of consumption of any country in the world–whether this is measured only by household consumption or includes government consumption in areas vital for quality of life,such as education and health.Furthermore,indicators show that compared to other countries,China’s quality of life is better than would be expected from its present stage of economic development.First the facts regarding these issues are established and then they will be analyzed.     

An Altered Pattern of Economic Growth

CHINA'S economic boom has been a focus of world attention For more than a decade. Its GDP having increased almost 13-Fold in the past 15 years, economy and development are two of the most Frequently heard buzzwords in the Chinese media. China is also holding its own within the global economy. and in 2004 was the number one contributor to global trade growth. Products "Made in China" are to be seen in every country in the world, as are Chinese investors. The rapidly growing Chinese economy has indisputably brought with it improvements to living standards, but has also engendered social problems. At the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao listed in his 2006 government work report the problems that have emerged in the past five years of economic and social development. They are: an irrational economic structure; lack of motivation to innovate: excessive consumption of energy resources; alarmingly high environmental pollution; uneven regional development and a widening income gap; and sluggish promotion of social welfare. In order to solve these problems, the Chinese government has proposed a new pattern of economic growth whose emphasis is on social development and conserving energy and resources. Within this new development mode, economic growth will depend less on resource consumption and more on technological and human resources. In the past, the government sacrificed rural interests in order to boost industrial development in urban areas. Its current plan is to invest in and channel funds towards stimulating the rural economy, and also to make various public services available throughout China's vast countryside.     

Blueprint for Urbanization

正New guideline for planning,development and management sets overall goa Cities in China are bursting at the seams and scraping further into the sky as the country pushes forward urbanization policies.Consequently,this has also exacerbated urban maladies such as pollu-     

Better Social Welfare for a Society in Transition

The development of the social welfare system, covering areas such as healthcare, support for the elderly, education, housing and poverty relief, mirrors that of the entire nation.