Shenzhen： Lodestar of China＇s Reform and Opening-up

THE Third Plenary Session of the 1 lth Central Committee of the CPC in 1978 has always been regarded as the starting point of China＇s reform and opening-up drive. Since there was no previous development model to follow and most Chinese people were fettered by old conventions, the Chinese government decided to set up four experimental Special Economic Zones （SEZs） in the coastal cities of Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong Province, and Xiamen in Fujian Province, in an attempt to find a suitable way to build socialism with Chinese characteristics.     

Chinese Reform：Thirty Years of Progress

A Western journalist covering the Beijing Olympic Games said that what touched him most were the smiling Chinese faces he saw, and that remark highlighted the fundamental changes that the past three decades of reform and opening-up have brought to the country. Indeed, compared with the smiles, which beam an increasing confidence, the sprawling cityscape of high-rise buildings has become an old story.     

Zhuang Brocade： State of the Weaving Art

WITH a population of over 16 million, Zhuang is the largest ethnic minority group in China. Over 90 percent of Zhuang people live in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwest China, and the rest reside in neighboring Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan provinces. Throughout the centuries, the Zhuang people have been admired for their outstanding brocade weaving skills.     

China Opens nnumerable Doors

ACCURATELY analyzing and predicting China’s economicd evelopment has been my livelihood, and opened innumerable doors, for more than 20 years.It also gave me the satisfaction of seeing my personal interests and skills linked to the world’s biggest story-the growth of China’s economy and its "na-     

LETTERS

Heavy smog reoccurred in several big cities in the first two months of 2013. The environmental authorities blamed particular weather patterns and industrial pollution. Average citizens, however, put much of the blame on cars, whose number has steeply risen over the past years.     

Will or Won’t the RMB-Greenb Rate Dip Below 6?

THE Renminbi entered 2013 with gusto, the spot Yuan/US$ rate hitting 6.2216-strongest since China’s 2005 exchange reform and also a 19-year high. This market hotspot might presage a rate lower than the RMB 6 benchmark.The exchange rate reflects the exter-     

Saunter ThrouqhTengchong

TENGCHONG is a frontier town on the western edge of Yunnan Province. Long overshadowed by neighboring Lijiang and Dali, famous for their snow mountains,crystal clear rivers and fascinating ethnic cultures,Tengchong has remained relatively obscure owing to under-     

王晨：中国人权取得了历史性进步

Under the guidelines set at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China （CPC） in late December of 1978, China entered a new historical period of reform and opening-up. Over the past 30 years, the CPC has, rallying round it the Chinese people of various ethnic groups, worked unswervingly to push China＇s institutional reforms and open the country to the outside world.     

The Old Folks at Home

THE afternoon sunlight streams into the room, with its neatly-made beds, exquisite teaware set, an up-to-the minute TV, and old family photos bedecking the walls of this cozy abode in the Silver Age Apartments for Senior Citizens. This is the home of 85-year-old Shu Hongjun and his wife Li Shizhen, three years his junior. Evolving Concepts of Elderly Care The couple moved to the old folks home in 2007, at the very filial sug-gestion of their daughter. Although the     

Memorialize the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre

正THE Nanjing Massacre refers to the 40-day slaughter committed by the Japanese army in the early stages of their invasion of China,which cruelly claimed the lives of more than 300,000 civilians and captured soldiers.One third of the city was razed and property losses were beyond count.Some believe that the Nanjing Massacre,along with Auschwitz Concentration Camp and bombing of Hiroshima(the first use of atomic weapons in combat)were the three     

30年的跨越与启示

岁月流逝，30年在历史长河中只是短暂的一瞬，但改革开放的30年，是不平凡的30年，我国发生的变化是巨大、深刻的，成就举世瞩目，令人鼓舞。     

LETTERS

Irecently read your article .entitled ＂Coupling and Unoupling Chinese Style＂ with great interest. Though the events mentioned in the article weren＇t part of my life, I know them to be true. My parents told me that they had bowed to a portrait of Chairman Mao at their wedding, a must for any wedding process of the time. The gifts they received were mostly wash basins and thermal flasks, several of which remained unused till I was a teenager.     

地方可为新时期改革再探新路

新改革时代的到来萧（萧三匝,下同）：你认为中国正在进入一个新改革时代,为什么这样说？华（华炳啸,下同）：我把2012年视为新改革元年,党的十八大将成为进入新改革时代的一个重要标志。但是,进入新改革时代有一个过程,这个过程在2008年就开始了。     

Hard and Fast on the Path of Reform ：Winds of Democracy Sweep the Country

Over the past 35 years, China＇s socio-economic development has relied on reform and opening-up. Now the country is confronting conundrums, risks and challenges in its course of development.     

观点

在转变经济发展方式所赖以实现的体制条件不完备的情况下,政府一定要优化自己的行为,为所应为。一是办应该办的事,二是不去做不该做的事。     

Learn from the Past,Look to the Future——On 30 Years of Reform and Opening-up

BUILDING socialism in a country with a large population and a weak economic foundation has entailed successful experiments as well as detours. Since 1978, reform and opening-up has seen China undergo rapid, sustainable and sound economic development.     

He Liehui：My Home in Africa

HE Liehui was 24 in May 2000, the year he went to Africa to start his own business. Now managing director of his own company, the Touehroad International Holdings Group, He has traveled most African countries. Over the past 13 years the original intent of making his fortune has changed to a desire to grow together with Africa.     

China＇s Changing Development Pattern

正DATA available on the world’s two largest economies,China and the U.S.,for 2013provide an opportunity to take stock of China’s immediate economic prospects and the more general challenges facing its economic development strategy.     

虎年来临话信心

牛年远去,虎年走来,一元复始,岁月峥嵘。想起去年这个时候,一个词高频率地在中国出现,这就是＂信心＂。如今,当我们跨越虎年门坎,回望过去的一年之际,梳理曾经的点滴之时,我们蓦然发现,信心已经被验证,信心已经被镌刻,信心已经被放大,＂中国信心＂已经成为特殊的名词,在这个特殊的年代,凝聚成为一种力量,固化为一段传奇。     

Cross-Straits Step Forward

正SOME are calling it a major breakthrough,even a milestone.This is true,in the sense that it was the f irst time in six decades that representatives of the administrative authorities on both sides of the Taiwan Straits met in their off icial capacities.Others are cautioning against unrealistic anticipation of the outcome,which also holds true given the complicated context and subtle nature of such a meeting.