China＇s Accession to the WTO

LONG Yongtu is well known in China for his work as the chief negotiator on China＇s entry into the World Trade Organization （WTO）, helping to finally ensure its success in 2001, after 15 years of negotiations.     

XCMG： Globalizing China＇s Manufacturing Industry

正SUCCESS in the manufacturing industry demands as much hard work as farmers need to grow rice–they sow the seeds one by one and reap the harvest one by one.Despite its cautionary tone,this well-known metaphor in industry circles has never shaken the resolve of the managers of Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group(XCMG),a respected pioneer of China’s manufacturing industry.Wang Min,chairman of XCMG,said that China’s equipment manufacturing industry would not be as successful as it is today without the people at its helm who stick to     

Achievements and Significance of China＇s Human Rights Activities in the World

Toward the end of the 1970s, the United States began to implement its human rights （HR） diplomacy, trying to export its ideology by exercising hegemony as part of the cold war. Under its influence, some other western countries also introduced HR into their bilateral relations. The drastic changes in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union gave the United States the chance of spearheading its HR attack against China.     

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.     

Ten Years after China＇s Accession to the WTO： Dancing with the World

In the run up to and the period after China’s accession to the WTO in 2001, "the wolf is coming" became a catchphrase among business and academic circles, re? ecting people’s fear of the coming global competition. In response to the new market landscape in the mak- ing, Chinese government and enterprises began to study WTO regulations and laws. China’s top leaders including President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji gave lectures to provincial governors on WTO-related topics.     

China Has the World’s Fastest Growth in Living Standards简

正ONE of the strangest claims about China that sometimes appear in the media is that it has a slow growth of consumption and living standards.In reality China has the fastest growth of consumption of any country in the world–whether this is measured only by household consumption or includes government consumption in areas vital for quality of life,such as education and health.Furthermore,indicators show that compared to other countries,China’s quality of life is better than would be expected from its present stage of economic development.First the facts regarding these issues are established and then they will be analyzed.     

China’s Double-digit Military Spending Increases Clarified

AT the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislative meeting held in March, it was agreed that the defense budget in 2012 would be increased by 11.2 percent. With the growth rate remaining in double digits for the second consecutive year, this decision has attracted much international comment. Some people in the media believe that this could lead to an arms race in Asia, as nearby countries see China as an increasing military threat.     

Practice and Model of China＇s Participation in the World＇s Human Rights Development

China started to participate in the world＇s Human Rights （HR） development from the time when it began to reform and open up. The efforts over the past 30 years have made China one of the countries that are the best in respecting and protecting HR in the world. Not only has China made tremendous achievements in HR development but also attained a deeper understanding of HR that transcending ideology and the universal values for the mankind.     

China＇s Monocameral System Opens Up

DEMOCRACY is a topic often mentioned when certain Western people talk about China. China has chosen to practice a form of democracy that is different from that in Westem countries. As early as in 1987 Deng Xiaoping said, ＂In the West, democracy means separation of the three powers and multi-party elections. We have no objection to their doing so, but in the Chinese mainland we don＇t practice multi-party elections, separate the three powers, or use a bicameral system. We practice the monocameral system - the National People＇s Congress. This bests suits China＇s realities.＂     

Re-examining China＇s Economic Growth Momentum

正ACCORDING to the National Bureau of Statistics,China’s economic growth rates in the fi rst and second quarters of 2014 were 7.4 percent and7.5 percent respectively,lower than those of last year’s third and fourth quarters,which were 7.8 percent and 7.7 percent.Observers have started to question this economic trend:Is China headed for a recession?Judging by the growth rate,China’s economy does seem to be slowing down.But in fact,there is signifi cant sustaining potential and momentum behind the country’s economic growth,and factors like structural adjustment     

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     

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     

The Power of the Market

IN 1992, China set out to establish a socialist market economy system-a move that jump-started reforms to the film distribution system the following year. In 2001, the year negotiations were concluded on China’s terms of membership of the WTO, film was defined as a product of the service and trade sector. Since then, the market force has gradually become predominant in the industry’s development.     

China＇s Antarctic Exploration：1984-2014

正THE launch in 1984 of the Xiangyanghong No.10 marked China’s first Antarctic survey tour.As the ship was not able to break ice,it was a tough start to the country’s Antarctic explorations.But after 30 years of effort,Chinese scientists have successfully sailed from Shanghai to the Southern Hemisphere and beyond to the earth’s southernmost continent.China has since witnessed great achievements in its scientif ic expeditions to the     

China＇s West： Generating Change

OVER a century after droves of Americans were heading to the western states to seek out new opportunities, the Chinese government launched its own campaign to put Western China onto a fast development track. By 2010, thanks to the Western Development Program, the pace of economic growth there overtook that of the eastern coastal region to become a new economic engine in China.     

Chinese Correspondents on a“Big Stage for the Ambitious”

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China resuming its legitimate seat at the United Nations.At the 26th UN General Assembly in 1971,of the 23 member states who submitted a draft resolution to restore to the PRC all its rights at the organization,11 were African;and of the 76 votes in favor of it,26 came from African countries.When the motion was approved,representatives of African countries were so excited they danced in the hall."It is our African friends that brought us back into the UN,"Mao Zedong observed. Chinese gratitude to Africans endures.     

Strong Rebound Expected from China in 2023

<正>President Xi’s New Year address bolstered the nation’s confidence in its restored vibrancy and strengthened solidarity when forging ahead on the new journey toward China’s modernization.THE New Year arrived amid the gradual return of the world’s second largest economy to its pre-epidemic bustling normalcy.In bidding farewell to the eventful year of 2022,among its many memorable moments are some that will be forever etched in the people’s memory.     

Protecting China＇s Wildlife： An Eternal Topic

At lO pm on July 3, 2o13, 32 captive-bred crested ibises were released into the wild in the Liulin Forestry Farm in Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. It marked the first time so many ibises have been returned to their natural environment north of the Qinling Mountains, an important geographical boundary in China. The move aims to restore the ibises＇ natural habitat and revive its population. It is one of numerous measures that the government has taken to protect China＇s wildlife, safeguard the environment, and carry out international obligations.     

Sinicization of Marxism （Part I）---- Creative Application and Development of Marxism by the Communist Party of China

IN June 1921, 13 communists representing 52 members of communist organizations all over China met in an ordinary apartment building in Shanghai to found the Communist Party of China (CPC). Joining them were two representatives of Communist International. Today this ordinary apartment building has become one of the most important memorial places for the People’s Republic of China and its people. Every time I visit this place, I always feel its historic atmosphere and importance. There are few places of comparable historic significance in the world. Who at that time might have imagined what a world changing effect this historic event would eventually have?     

China＇s Changing Pattern of FDI

正INWARD investment into China continues to be the highest of any developing economy,at US$101 billion in 2013,according to UN fi gures,but its pattern is changing signifi cantly as the country develops,and this trend will inevitably deepen.In the first decades after the start of China’s economic reforms in 1978,foreign direct investment was primarily