1.3 Billion People： A Weighty Responsibility——China＇s Population Policy

A sample survey of the 2004 population increase releasedby the State Statistics Bureau shows that by the end of 2004 the total population of the Chinese mainland was 1.29988 billion, and that it was increasing by 208,000 people per day. According to this data,on January 6, 2005,China‘s population(excluding HongKong, Macao andTaiwan) reached 1.3 billion.     

Grim Challenges Afoot for China’s Photovoltaic Industry

THE European Commission launched on September 6 an anti-dumping investigation into imports of solar panels and their key components (solar cells and solar wafers) originating in China involv- ing a total sum of around US $20 billion.     

Readjustment to China＇s Birth Policy

正Since its introduction of the one-child policy for most Chinese couples in the late 1970s,China has effectively reined in its rampant population growth.Benef iting from the policy,Chinese women have been liberated from the birth burden to a great degree and their education and employment situation has improved dramatically.To promote long-term,balanced development of the population,China is gradually adjusting its family planning policy.On December 23,2013,a bill to allow couples to have two children if either parent is an only child was approved at the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress.The move marks another major adjustment to China’s family planning policy since the country allowed couples to have two children if both parents are only children.     

The Making of China’s Public Policy

Editor’s note: Last April 17 U.S. o cials came to the Center for U.S.-ChinaRelations at Tsinghua University to attend a seminar on such topics as China’spolitical system, foreign policy, trade policy, military modernization and media.As contacts between China and the U.S. are growing closer, mutual communication and trust become     

Many Challenge China’s Monetary Policy

<正>The recovery of the American economy is moving along with a strong momentum and with steady improvement of employment and inflation,as indicated by its latest economic growth and job growth rates.The U.S.Federal Reserve(Fed)is widely expected to raise interest rates in the first half of 2015 for the first time since the eruption of the global financial crisis in 2008.     

Spelling Out China’s Asia Policy

While current international and regional developments are complex and fluid,Asia has generally maintained peace and stability.Promoting good neighborly relations,dialogue,cooperation and common development are prominent features in the policies adopted by countries     

Will Noda Shift Japan’s China Policy?

<正>Better ties with China could help Japan’s economic recovery The Japanese political merrygo -round has spun out yet another new prime minister. On August 30, Yoshihiko Noda replaced Nao to Kan to become Japan’s third prime minister in the last two years and sixth in the last five years. Observers are     

Tussle for China’s E-Wallet

Can PayPal challenge leading domestic players in the third-party payment market?The mobile Internet has changed the everyday life of the Chinese,with the revolution in payment methods being a maj or highlight.QR code-based solutions have replaced cash payments in most consumption scenarios and facilitated transactions beyond borders and imagination.Third-party payment service providers like Alipay and WeChat Pay have become a new industry with more new players joining in.     

China’s Soft Power:Room for Improvement

SINCE implementing its reform and opening-up policies in the late 1970s, China has gradually moved into the international spotlight to become the second biggest economy and exporter/importer. In 2001, China joined the WTO and became part of the global economy. Its international standing has grown, and its voice is heard more and more within the international community. But what about its soft power?The concept of soft power was first conceived by American thinker Joseph Samuel Nye, Jr.,     

China’s Peaceful Development

ON September 6, the Information Office of the State Council, China’s cabinet, released a white paper on China’s peaceful development, elaborating on the motivations, policies and goals behind the strategy.     

China’s Ancient Towers

WHAT the Chinese generalize as ＂ta.＂ or ＂tower＂ for the convenience of cross-cultural communication, has its origins in the Indian ＂stupa,＂ which means ＂tomb mound＂ in Sanskrit. Nowadays, a ＂ta＂ can refer to a tower, a pagoda, a stupa, or anything like them. The iconic Buddhist brick-and-mortar architecture of the ta was adopted by China in the first century when Buddhism crossed the border from India.     

Cool for School China’s Growing Study Abroad Market

As of March 2012, total visits abroad for study purposes amounted to 2.3 million person-times, making China the world’s largest source country of overseas students.     

Empowering China’s Children——An Exclusive Interview with Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative to China

MOST of China’s lay population learn about the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) through its projects in the country’s disaster-affected or poor rural areas. People are also acquainted with UNICEF China through its publicity activities, and Goodwill Ambassadors such as popular film stars Maggie Cheung and Chen Kun and celebrated broadcast journalist Yang Lan. The history of UNICEF’s collaboration with China can be traced back to 1947,     

New Direction for China’s Diplomacy

正China now is experiencing growing pains as its economic strength and international influence are on the rise.In the meantime, the international situation has changed,and the international community has higher expectations of China,hoping the country can     

Gearing Up for China’s ’Solvency Ⅱ’

When Beijing-based Jiahe Life Insurance Co.released its financial report for 2011 in May,it grabbed the attention of insurance industry professionals because its solvency ratio for 2011 was minus 86.     

Clarity Needed on China’s Share Market

IMPORTANT economic issues and policies in China are honing in on its stock markets.These include proposals for the wider availability of short selling and the suggestion China’s pension funds should increase share purchases.     

Enabling China’s Disabled

I love the vocational rehabilitation center. I love the disabled persons’ home. It’s my second home. These were the first words written by Yang Jia, 32, at the vocational rehabilitation center of Heyi Subdistrict Disabled People’s Home in Beijing. Yang suffers from amentia. For her, writing is hard,     

China’s Human Rights Construction Centers on People’s Livelihood

<正>I.Concept of People’s Livelihood in Traditional Chinese Culture The concept of human rights was borrowed from the West.In order to have it become rooted in China,people needed to i nd traces in Chinese culture on which the human rights theoretical system could be based and the Chinese human rights idea could be realized.Only if the idea of human rights is grounded in Chinese culture can the concept of human rights be understood by the people and human     

Speaking up for the People Deputies to China’s Legislature: the People’s Voice

LEI Chuang, a postgraduate student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was very excited to learn that aproposal of his was being taken up at the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) byXie Zilong, an NPC deputy and president of LBX Pharmacy.Lei is a vocal advocate of reducing discrimination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers. Lastyear, his proposal on HBV-related discrimination was also taken up at the NPC session by Xie. More recently,