Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow

Gao Xinjun of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau has for many years been engaged in the comparative study of different political and economic systems, local governing systems, grassroots democracy and political reform, as well as China's triple issue of agriculture, farmers and the countryside. After examining U.S. practice, he published Investigation and Case Studies of American Local Governments and Governance Systems. China Today interviewed Mr. Gao on issues relating to Chinese democratic...     

Small Loans, Mighty Impact

WENZHOU has cultivated the most vibrant private capital market in China, estimated conservatively at RMB 342 billion by the Wenzhou Branch of the People＇s Bank of China, or a steeply higher RMB 600 million by other experts. China＇s Banking Regulatory Commission published Advice on Experiments with Small Loan Companies in May of 2008, clarifying the nature of these financial entities and setting rules for their operation. It is widely believed this is a move by the state to give private capital its long awaited legitimacy. So far eight small loan companies have been established in the city, all closely watched by the financial sector of the nation.     

Room to Grow

正South Africa’s unexplored sectors spell new opportunities for investors Though the year 2016 saw a downturn in the automobile industry in general due to the sluggish global economy,Beijing Automobile Works(BAW)South Africa,a subsidiary of Chinese state-owned enterprise BAIC Group,proved an exception.Li Yongfu,General     

Too Old To Grow

Recent economic figures show the Japanese economy is declining-its nominal GDP fell 6 percent in 2009 to ＄5.85 trillion,even below the level of 1992 when its real estate market started to collapse.In a recent article in Century Weekly magazine,Andy Xie,a renowned independent economist,blamed the Japanese downturn on an aging population,a problem also shared by many other countries.Edited excerpts follow:     

Grow With the Snow

Chen Chen used to be a veterinarian in Yanqing,a suburban district in northwest Beijing,the city that is going to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 together with Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province.When China won the bid for the Winter Games in 2015,Chen's enthusiasm for winter sports was ignited.He developed an interest in skiing and bought the entire paraphernalia,including a helmet and a ski suit.     

China and Asia Grow Together

THE world has witnessed rapid eco- nomic development in China and other Asian countries, especially since the 1997 financial crisis. It is now clear that, regardless of the present or the future, China and its Asian counterparts will grow to- gether.     

Israel Epstein Sees China Grow

IN the past,there Was muchtalk about how the advancing world would changeChina.We are now in theperiod when China's role inthe world is changing the world situation and attracting notice all over     

税式支出视域下海南离岛免税对经济增长的影响研究

离岛免税政策是国家为拉动海南经济发展所采取的措施,其实质是通过税式支出的方式减让国家的财政收入,用以促进海南的经济增长和社会发展.本文尝试以税式支出理论为指导,分析离岛免税政策的成效,并据此完善海南离岛免税的税式支出预算管理和评估机制,以期更好地发挥国家赋予海南的离岛免税政策.     

让学生在和谐的环境中成长

师生关系作为学校中最基本的人际关系,是教师与学生之间以认知、情感与行为交往为主要互动形式的心理关系。国内外许多教育心理研究表明,师生关系不仅直接影响学生的学业成绩、情绪情感、自我概念等方面发展,而且对学生的社会化有着重要影响。中国的教育工作者不得不面对的现实是,当前师生关系存在很多不融洽与     

Why China Will Grow Rich Before It Grows Old

正THE announcement of the relaxation of China’s one child policy created great discussion in China and internationally.But its significance was widely misunderstood.Contrary to myth,the increase in China’s labor supply plays little role in China’s rapid economic growth.In reality,96 percent of China’s economic growth comes from factors other than a rising labor supply.Therefore,there is no reason why China’s economy should slow significantly because China’s working age population stopped growing in 2012.The mistaken view,sometimes expressed,that China will grow old before it becomes rich is therefore the reverse of the reality:China will grow rich before it grows old.To demonstrate clearly why,first the facts will be stated and then their implications analysed.     

加快经济发展方式转变必须大方促进非公有制经济健康发展

大力促进非公有制经济健康发展对于加快经济发展方式转变具有重要意义,是加快经济发展方式转变的重要内容和重要力量.加快经济发展方式转变,应当深刻认识阻碍非公有制经济健康发展及其转型的深层原因,着力以完善体制为基础,以转变政府职能为保障,大力促进非公有制经济健康发展.     

社会实践是青年大学生成才的有效途径

社会实践是青年大学生成才的有效途径。高校作为培养和造就中国特色社会主义事业合格建设者和可靠接班人的摇篮,要充分认识社会实践对大学生成才的重要作用,积极采取有力措施,更好地服务青年大学生成才。     

China and the West Grow Closer through Higher Education Cooperation - An Interview with Dr. Thorsten Pattberg, a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Peking University

CHINESE higher education is changing fast. The sector is rapidly expanding. A decade ago roughly one million college students graduated per year. This year there were almost seven million graduates, according to a recent statement from the State Council. The quality of teaching and research at universities has improved significantly since the turn of the millennium. A massive increase in university funding is largely to thank for this. Project 211, initiated at the end of the 199os, saw loo leading universities receive a total of RMB 36.8 billion to build physical plant. Project 985, launched soon after, sought to create world-class universities out of 39 institutions. Peking University alone received US $36o million under the project. The nine leading universities from these 39 institutions sub- sequently received extra cash injections with the formation of the C9 League, China＇s answer to America＇s Ivy League.     

实践出真知 调查出成果——为纪念"六山六水调查"20周年而作

本文全面回顾总结了荔波瑶山瑶族的调查 ,并指出调查研究工作出成果 ,而且培养了一批民族研究人才     

Lessons from Antarctica

AFTER a lifetime of work in a profession that entails making the right acquaintances in the right places, I’d racked up my fair share of frequent flier miles to just about every continent. Not a single one, however, was courtesy of Antarctica. In fact, it wasn’t until a five-year posting during the 1970s to China’s Permanent Mission Office to the United Nations that I first learned about the continent. It was at meetings of the UN Seabed Committee that I made     

Enlightenment from Security

正China’s fully-functioning connection with the international Internet over the past two decades has triggered social reform,bringing with it the concepts and values of openness,freedom,sharing,and innovation.Many regard it as a renewed openingup since the launch in 1978 of the reform and opening-up policy.When reviewing and summing up the 20-year history of the Internet in China,most salient is its innovative effect.Such innovation has both changed the Chinese people’s lifestyle and promoted economic,political,cultural,scientifi c,and educa-     

Lessons from WWII

正THERE have always been contradictions between countries around the world.We,however,should not be vexed by them,but instead adopt the right attitude and appropriately respond to them,"Nakayama Toshio of the Clausewitz Society of Japan said at an international seminar held in Beijing last July to retrospect World War I and II.Mr.Toshio went on to say that     

巴金的启示

巴金老人在世时,我是见到过他再次的. 第一次是1977年5月23日,上海举行纪念毛泽东<在延安文艺座谈会上的讲话>的活动.一次规模很大的活动.