Innovation——the Soul of World Expos

The telephone, light bulb, steam engine,levision... many revolutionary new technologies have debuted at World Expos over the past one anda half centuries.     

Painting China’s Soul——the Flower of Winter

THE plum blossom, flower of the Prunus mume, is a prominenticon of traditional Chinese culture and one of the most loved subjects in Chinese     

Preserving the Soul of Beijing

WHILE many Westerners would not dream of living in other than Western-style housing, I like to try somethingdifferent. I was lucky enough to find a courtyard situated in a park. Every day,     

Deepening Reform,Enhancing Human Rights Development——Summary of the Symposium on Human Rights Construction and Reform

<正>At the end of 2013,theGraduate School of theC h i n a U n i v e r s i t y o fPolitical Science and Laworganized a symposium on HumanRights Construction and Reform andactivities at the university in com-memoration of the 65th anniversaryof the adoption of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights.LuoHaocai,who was vice chairmanof the 10th National Committeeof the Chinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference and presi-dent of the China Society for HumanRights Studies(CSHRS),PresidentHuang Jin of the China Universityof Political Science and Law,andnearly 50 scholars from the Civil andCommercial Law School,China-EUSchool of Law and the InternationalInstitute of Confucianism also at-     

The Soul of the Shanghai Communiqué

On February 25, the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the National Committee on United States-China Relations and the Committee of 100 co-hosted an event, both online and offline, marking the 50 th anniversary of the signing of the Shanghai Communiqué. Seasoned diplomats including Dr. Henry Kissinger as well as other public figures examined how China-U.S. relations should evolve over the next 50 years building upon the legacy of the landmark document.     

Man with a Heart of Gold——A website to help released former offenders

One million private businesses arrange for the placement of and help one million people who have been     

Dying Convention of Sanctuary for the Soul

MEN of the Yiethnlc groupliving in theLiangshanMountainsof SichuanProvince have for the past 2,000years followed the convention of     

To Toast China——Vice Chairman of the Chilean-Chinese Institute of Culture Visits China

At the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(CPAFFC), Mr. Dario De La Fuente, vice chairman of the Chilean-Chinese Institute ofCulture (CCIC), and his wife paid a visit to Shanghai, Guilin, the Yangtze River Three Gorges,Wuhan and Beijing from June 4 to June 17. During their stay in Beijing, CPAFFC Vice-presidentXu Qun met with and entertained them. On separate occasions they had discussions on questionsthey were interested in with the leading officials of the China National Publications Import and Ex-     

Judicial Protection of the Right To Environment——An analysis of a fishery pollution case

The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Environmental Protection stipulates that every unit and individual is obliged to protect environment. The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Marine Environment provides that those who are held liable for marine pollution that causes damage should eliminate the hazard and repay the losses. An example is the case of fishery pollution in Leting County, Hebei Province. The Case With a coastal line of 98 kilometers and a total area of beach land of 43,300 hectares, Leting at the Luanhe River Delta by the Bohai Sea claims the best beach land shell farms in China. In early October of 2000, the industrial     

To the Edge of Ningxia

In September this year, I visited Yinchuan, capi tal of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. We now set off on a journey of discovery through the fascinating though little explored south and western parts of the Hui region.Several hours by bus southwest from Yinchuan and close to the border with Gansu is Zhongwei, a small pleasant town centred on a highly ornate red and green drum tower ('gulou'). The main attraction is the carefully restored 15th century Ming Dynasty (1368～1644) structure the Gao Miao Temple Originally completed during the rein of Emperor Yongle     

Wang Fumin： Seeking the Soul of Western China

<正>Wang Fumin locates his painting in western China, depicting the residents as his heroes and heroines.Such preference results in a unique quality of strength and spontaneity captured in his art,which fully interprets the soul of western China.     

Fifteen Years of Reform in China''''s Countryside

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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.     

Reform and Development of Shanghai''''s Civil Affairs

The work of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau centers on social administration, democratic political construction at grass roots level, social relief and welfare, care and support of servicemen and their families, and national defense construction. It guarantees the people's basic rights, particularly those in difficulty, and maintains social stability. Effective management of civil affairs is crucial to the construction of a well-off society.     

Reform and Opening and theStandard of Living

MOSTChinesepeoplehaveseenrealchangeintheirdailylivesfthehousingconditionsofurbanresidentshaveimnroved.moreandloreordinaryhouseholdshaveelectricalaPpliances,ndthetelephoneisbeingusedmorethaneverbefore.Exceptinafewremoteareas,thecountry's900mil-onpeasantshaveacomfortablelife.Todayshopsarewellstockedwitharticlespeoplewanttobuyandthegeneralstandardoflivinghasimprovedgreatly.Intermsoffood,clothing,hous-ingandtransportationpeoplearebetteroffthanbe-fore.Sucharethefruitsof20yearsofreformandopen-ingt…     

To the Roof of the World

ack home in Scotland I was a 'weekend mountaineer' -most weekends were spent climbing mountains and experiencing the great outdoors. Compared to China Scotland's mountains are small (mostly under 1000 metres high). Many times I thought I would love to see the highest in the World - the Himalayas. Recently that dream came true when I flew south from Beijing to Lhasa.     

Six-Year-Old Becomes the Reincarnated Soul Boy of the 10 Panchen Lama

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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.