Push and Pull： Opposing Forces on China＇s Growl

IN the second half of 2011,the European debt crisis spread further,sending shockwaves throughout the world and dragging down the global economic recovery. The world is turning its gaze from the U.S. with its sluggish economic recovery and Japan with its lasting depression to emerging economies like China and Brazil. The momentum of China’s economic growth will not only become the main concern of China’s major trade partners,but will also be a focus of world major transnational corporations’ attention.     

China Seeks Economic Transformation——Consumption Coupons： New Attempt to Expand Domestic Demand

The financial crisis that started in the United States is spreading worldwide, and its impact on China＇s economy is increasing daily. Difficulties and problems that accumulated in China＇s long period of fast economic growth have gradually become apparent Both the Chinese government and enterprises are considering how to transform and upgrade China＇s economy through changing development mode and adjusting the industrial structure, while coping with the tinancial crisis. Therefore. guaranteeing economic growth, expanding domestic demand and making structural adjustments have become China ＇s important economic goals for 2009.     

China Seeks Economic Transformation

The financial crisis that started in the United States is spreading worldwide, and its impact on China’s economy is increasing daily. Difficulties and problems that accumulated in China’s long period of fast economic growth have gradually become apparent. Both the Chinese government and enterprises are considering how to transform and upgrade China’s economy through changing development mode and adjusting the industrial structure, while coping with the financial crisis. Therefore, guaranteeing economic grow...     

2010 China Yangzhou World Canal Cities Expo & Experts’ Forum Held

Yangzhou City was built along with the birth of the Grand Canal of China. Over more than 2,000 years, the canal has witnessed the city’s growth and its progress in civilization.     

Lebanese Friendship Delegation In China

The delegation of the Lebanese-Chinese League for Friendship and Cooperation(LCLFC)led by its vice president Massoud Dahervisited Beijing,Nanjing and Shanghai from Oc-tober9to16,2004at the invitation of theCPAFFC.During its stay in China,the delega-tion had working conferences with Wang Yunze,vice president of the CPAFFC,Wu Xijun,presi-dent of the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Asso-ciation for Friendship with Foreign Countries,and Yao Quanfu,executive vice president of theShangh…     

China’s Economy over the Last Ten

CHINA is approaching its once-in-adecade change in president and gov- ernment. It’s a good time to pause and reflect on the last 10 years of China’s economic performance. The data for 2012 is stil being produced, so our decade has to be 2001- 2011. This doesn’t give us a precise overlap with the country’s politics - 2001 was the final year of the previous administration,     

China’s Nasdaq-Style ChiNext Board Embraces Reform

Chi Next,China’s Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises,will replace its approval-based initial public offering(IPO)system with a registration-based one to better cultivate new industry startups and bolster the real economy,in the latest leg of the country’s capital market reform.     

Bazhong——A City of Tranquility and Beaut

IN northeastern Sichuan Province,diminutive Bazhong City exudes a pastoral sparkle and tranquility.It makes one wish to blend in with its unique natural environment.A walk through Bazhong,it is said,is like a hazy drizzle that awakens people’s memories.The picturesque city,resembling a Monet oil painting,lies inlaid within the southern foothills of the towering and extensive Daba Mountains.Situated at the center of three large cities of Chengdu,Chongqing and Xi’an,Bazhong also sits along the dividing line between south and north China.Covering 12,000 square kilometers,the city combines both the grandeur of northern China and the warmth of southern China,with distinctive vistas of mountains and rivers,as well as places of historical and cultural allure.It has also been a historical channel for cultural exchanges between north and south China,witness to the Qin and Han dynasties,the Three Kingdoms,and the Red Army.People here easily sense the pulse and echoes of history.     

Seventy Years Later, James Hilton’s Shangri-la Rediscovered

WHEN the Beijing Olympic torch relay passed through Shangrila (Zhongdian) County in June, seat of Yunnan’s Deqen Tibetan Auton-omous Prefecture and the likely inspiration for James Hilton’s book Lost Horizon, it began its second leg with a lighting ceremony at Po-tatso, China’s fi rst national park on the mainland. The park was the brainchild of Kyhigyala, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Deqen Prefectural Committee, who proposed establishing the nature preserve in Shangrila three years ago, and today the park’s pristine beauty compares favorably with Hilton’s mythic Shangrila, an imaginary kingdom where no one grows old.     

Promising Future for Sino-Lebanese Relations——An Interview with Lebanese Ambassador to China Fared Abboud

正ON the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Lebanon,China Today interviewed Lebanon’s ambassador to China Fared Abboud about the history of Sino-Lebanese relations and the prospects for its future development.China Today:What have been the most significant developments in the history of Sino-Lebanese relations?     

Canada Youth Ballet Tours China

At the invitation of the Chi- nese People’s Association A for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Canada Youth Bal- let Company, with a cast of 35, toured China from April 4 to 15 and gave 4 performances in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. The Canada Youth Ballet Company, comprised of top dancers from Vancouver Goh Ballet Company under the guid- ance of Artistic Director Choo Chiat Goh and Principal Mrs. Lin Yee Goh and more than 20 years’ diligent practice, has established its…     

Delegation of Sino-Burkinabe Friendship Forum Visits China

Invited by the CPAFFC, the delegation of the Sino-Burkinabe Friendship Forum headed by its secretary general Titanwa Francois Bognini paid a goodwill visit to Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai from June 15 to 22. It was the first time for all three members of the delegation to visit China. They said with deep feelings, there exists a pro- found traditional friendship be- tween the people of Burkina Faso and China. In Burkina Faso, many public facilities built with China’s help are stil…     

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.     

Neighboring Countries Gain from China’s FDI

正SINCE 1979,when the policy of reform and opening-up came into force,China’s economic growth has been among the most rapid in Asia.Owing to similar cultures but different natural resources,China and its neighboring countries have complemented one another’s needs during their respective phases of development.Bilateral investments and cooperation are hence mutually beneficial to China and its neighbors.These complementary economies and     

Nuclear,New & Clear——A small city in east China takes the lead in heating its homes with nuclear energy

The tall chimneys of Haiyang, a small coastal city in Shandong Province, are no longer billowing smoke this winter. The long lines of coal trucks that once jostled and beeped their way through the city’s streets are now just a memory as all of the city’s 12 boiler rooms, which had supplied its residents with heating for decades, have been laid idle.     

Continuing to Build a Life-Long Friendship: Canada and China

The People’s Republic of Chi- na’s President Hu Jintao’s recent visit to Canada, coincided with the 35th anniversary of the Testablishment of diplomatic rela- tion between Canada and China. We are optimistic that his visit will further enhance the friend-ship and cooperation between these two countries. The future holds tremendous opportunities for both Canada and China and itis with open optimism with which we observe and support President Hu’s visit. As an active and very inter- es…     

Nuclear,New & Clear

<正>A small city in east China takes the lead in heating its homes with nuclear energy The tall chimneys of Haiyang, a small coastal city in Shandong Province, are no longer billowing smoke this winter. The long lines of coal trucks that once jostled and beeped their way through the city’s streets are now just a memory as all of the city’s 12 boiler rooms, which had supplied its residents with heating for decades, have been laid idle.     

Chinese-Cuban General Visits Kinsfolk in China——Long Traditional Ties Between China and Cuba

China’s close links with Cuba were vividly recalled in May with the visit of Rodriguez Choy,one of three famous generals of Chinese descent whose exploits contributed much to the Caribbean island’s independent advancement.Now nearly 80,it was his first visit to his ancestral homeland having lost contact for three decades and the occasion was a deeply emotional one.     

Delegation of Palestinian City of Ramallah Visits China

Invited by the CPAFFC,the delegation of the Palestinian city Ramallah led by its mayor Janette Nicholas Michael paid a goodwill visit to China from June 11 to 17. CPAFFC President Chen Haosu and Vice President Feng Zuoku met with the delegation. Zuo Huanchen,vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Political Consultative Conference,met with Mayor Janette Michael and her party.     

What Can the World Expect From China?

正The core of the message to the outside world lay in President Xi Jinping’s assertion that the international community expects to hear China’s voice and be aware of China’s plans and China will not be absent from the world’s debate.This is not new,of course.For some time now,the world has recognized China as a force to be reckoned with.But in order to understand what the world can expect from China in 2016,it is useful to analyze the carefully considered content of the president’s