Qingdao Port:Seeking Chances in Challenges

AS China＇s second largest in terms of international trade, Qingdao Port has achieved growth against a backdrop of shrinking global markets. By the end of June, it had already handled over 157.57 million tons of freight and 5.09 million standard containers, an increase of five percent and two percent respectively over the previous year.     

China＇s First Dragon Chip Supercomputer Is Cheap, Fast, and the Size of a Fridge

According to the China Internet Development Report, issued by the China International Network Information Center, China＇s broadband users account for 85.9 percent of the country＇s domestic network users, with ADSL responsible for 46.5 percent of that figure. In 2007, nearly 40 percent of newly registered users were rural dwellers, while the total number of China＇s Internet users reached 210 million people in the same year, setting China on a course to surpass the U.S. in early 2008. in addition, the number of Chinese domain names reached 11.93 million with an annual growth of 190.4 percent, and .CN domain names increased fourfold over 2006, to 9 million,     

Creen Sanming：City of Historical Charm

THE beautiful garden city of Sanming in southwest Fujian Province covers an area of 22,900 sq km and has a population of 2.68 million. Regarded as an ecological paradise, Sanming＇s location and 76.8 percent forest coverage make it an ideal area for wood industry cooperation between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.     

Better Economy Provides Bigger Space for Reform

<正>Figures from the National Bureau of Statistics reveal that the Chinese economy performed in a stable manner and had good momentum for growth in August.In the month,the output of industrial enterprises above the designated size——an annual revenue from their main business operations of 20 million yuan($3.04 million)——grew 6percent in real terms.Moreover,in the first     

Economy

正China Sees a Big Leap in Mobile Payments Last year 125 million Chinese made payments by mobile phones,an increase of 126 percent over the previous year,and the volume of payments rose by 707 percent.Users who pay by smartphone now outnumber those who pay by other means like bank cards and the Internet,according to the 2014 China Internet Financial Development Report,published in August by the Internet Society of China(ISC)and Finance World,a Xinhua News Agency magazine.     

Vroom Vroom! Foton Revs Up Its World Strategy

STATISTICS from the China Association of Automobile In- dustry show that in 2009 China produced 13.791 million vehicles, an increase of 48.3 percent over the previous year; over 13.644 million vehicles were sold, representing 46.2 percent year-on-year growth.     

Three-Phase Targets

By the end of 2013,there Will be 210million fixed broadband users,with 55percent in urban and 20 percent in rural households.There will be 330 million3G/LTE equivalents,accounting for 25percent of mobile subscribers.At least90 percent of administrative villages will have broadband access,80 percent of urban broadband users will have access to networks of 20 Mbps and 85 percent of rural broadband users will have access to networks of 4 Mbps.Wifi will cover all key public areas in cities.By 2015,the number of fixed broadband users will reach 270 million,with65 percent of urban and 30 percent of rural households being covered by fixed broadband service.The number of 3G/     

The Thorny Issue of Pre-Affluence Aging

One of the internationally recognized benchmarks of an aging nation is when 10 percent of the population is above the age of 60. That China is an aging country is confirmed by 2005 statistics, which place 144 million Chinese citizens – 11 percent of the national population – in the over-60 age bracket.     

Green Sanming:City of Historical Charm

THE beautiful garden city of Sanming in southwest Fu-jian Province covers an area of 22,900 sq km and has a population of 2.68 million. Regarded as an ecological paradise, Sanming's location and 76.8 percent forest coverage make it an ideal area for wood industry cooperation between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. Sanming has a long, fascinating history. It was established as a     

Yuhuan,A Friend of Nature

LOCATED in the subtropicalzone along the southeasterncoast of Zhejiang Province,Yuhuan County is noted forits production of environment-friendly fillers that meet a broadscope of industrial needs. Thecounty, covering an area of 2,300square kilometers, and with a pop-ulation of 460,000, has invested700 million yuan in a state-levelenvironment research and devel-opment base, whose afforestationcovers 51.2 percent of the town. Inaddition, Yuhuan is a manufactur-ing base for vehicle and motorc…