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Li Rongrong： An Argument for Accounting Transparency,Duan Yihong： Accurate Digital Weather Forecasts Still 10 Years Off,Meng Hongtao： Footballers Have Spiritual Needs, Too     

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Zhou Xiaochuan: China’s Financial System Is Improving Governor of the country’s central bank Zhou Xiaochuan says, “The Chi- nese nancial system is no longer what it was three or four years ago, and large banks have developed the strength to handle a more exible RMB.” Zhou points out that China should grasp the current“ optimal opportunity” to propel its pensions and medical system reform. He also suggests that China should con- tinue to make use of price mechanisms to encourage the…     

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CASS:Labor Shortage within Two Years A recent report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences says that there is less surplus labor in rural China than previously estimated. It presages a labor shortage in China by the year 2009. Entitled “Growth and Structural Change of Employment in China,” the report predicts that this shortfall will raise the wages of rural laborers. It was generally understood that China had 100 to 150 million surplus laborers in the countryside. The report, however, gives a gure of 52.12 million aged under 40     

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Hu Jintao： The Economic Effects of the Beijing Olympic Games Should Not Be Overestimated;Li Rongrong： Chinese SOE Executive Salaries Paid at Proper Levels;Chen Deming： China Still Supports the Export of Labor-intensive Products     

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao proposed to set up a regional foreign reserve pool by the end of the year, on October 24, 2009 during the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations （ASEAN） Plus China, Japan and the ROK （10＋3） Summit.     

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Zhou Xiaochuan：Powerful Action to Avert Economic Decline;ACFIC：Half of Real Estate Expenditures Go to Govemment;Ren Zhiqing：Beijing Housing Prices Reasonable.     

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＂In Russia we see China ＂s fast growth as a positive factor for development of the whole world. Although both China and Russia advocate harmonious foreign relations, unfobrtunately this is not a commonly observed phenomenon. Sometimes expediency prevails, and concern for short-tetra benefits outweighs strategic interests. In such circumstances it is important to set a good example. China and Russia have established a strategic partnership of equality not based on expediency. My long experience of working for international organizations tells me that close coordination and cooperation between our two counn＇ies such as this is good for the world at large.＂     

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正"The countries concerned bear the primary responsibility for the protection of women during conl icts.The international community should fully respect the leading role of these countries and provide constructive support,"Ambassador Liu Jieyi,Permanent Representative of China     

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正"Unity and stability are blessings,while secession and turmoil are disasters.People of all ethnic groups of the country should cherish ethnic unity."President Xi Jinping called for resolute opposition to any words and actions that might damage the country’s ethnic unity,during a panel discussion with ethnic minority members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s     

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正"Tibet has been visibly transformed by uninterrupted double-digit GDP growth over two decades and has entered a new stage of development…As a result of this development,Tibet’s interaction and integration with the rest of China has deepened and its isolation from the rest of the world has been decisively ended,"     

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NBS： National Economy Facing Two Major Pressures,Gao Hucheng： China to Adjust Foreign Trade Policy,Zhou Zhengqing： Ensuring Stable Growth of the Stock Market.     

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BOCOG： US $20m Net Profits Expected;Ministry of Commerce： Foreign Investment for Regional Development Welcomed;     

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Shang Fulin: Chinese Stock Market Is Not Overheated When commenting on the questionof the unexpectedly bullish Chinesestock market, Shang Fulin, head of theChina Securities Regulatory Commis-sion (CSRC), stated that the rise doesnot indicate an overheated stock mar-ket. He said that what is actually at is-sue are shortcomings in the basic market     

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Yi Gang： Zero Interest Rate Not a Good Choice for China;Chen Deming： China to Fight Trade Protectionism;CASS： Changing European Perspectives on China Bring Uncertainties to Sino-EU Relations     

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Fon Gong： Don＇t Look Down on Shoes and Socks
＂The current crisis has taught us a bitter lesson - return to industry and don＇t look down upon shoes and socks,＂ Economist Fan Gang called on domestic enterprises to go back to heaw or light industries. ＂We attached too much importance to the idea of catching up with the U.S. Many of our entrepreneurs, therefore, turned their noses up at shoes and socks, cement and iron.＂ He reiterated that financial and service trades should retain a fixed ratio relative to industries, ＂As a developing country, we cannot disregard that ratio and blindly develop high-end services with the aim of surpassing developed countries, That would be another trap.＂     

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Energy Expert:ExcessiveGDP Growth MayPrevent Realization ofEnergy-Saving GoalAccording to Zhou Fuqiu,depu-ty director of the Energy E ciencyCenter of the Energy Research In-     

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Zhou Xiaochuan： Calls for New International Reserve Currency;Hu Xiaolian： No Signs of Serious Capital Outflow;Yao Jingyuan： Rebound in Waste Metals Price a Sign of Economic Recovery.     

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正"The way that the Chinese conceive of themselves in the world is very dif erent from the Western tradition I imagine that most people think that as China rises it will be a bit like the U.S.in some shape or form     

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＂Thirty-five years ago toda.y, China and the United States entered into official diplomatic relations. It is fair to say that this historic event in 1979 exerted the greatest strategic impact on international relations h7 the latter half of the 20th century. It not only opened a newpage in the history of China-U.S. relations, but also had a far-reaching impact on the evolving international en vironment.＂