Cultural Exchange Strengthens Ties

<正>The Year of Chinese Culture in Australia is poised to cement bonds between the Chinese and Australians As the Year of Australian Culture in China drew to a close in June,the Year of Chinese Culture in Australia,titled Experience China,came ons tage to showcase the rich variety of China’s traditional and contemporary culture to the Australians.The opening ceremony of the event was held on June 24 at the Sydney State Theater.It featured famous Chinese dancer Yang Liping’s original dance drama The Legend of Shangri-La.The Year of Chinese Culture in Australiais by far the largest Chinese cultural festival     

China＇s Housing Security System and Housing Rights Security for Citizens

The right to adequate housing is a basic human right. During the transition to the market economy in China,it is a new issue for the Chinese Government to ensure everyone, particularly the families with the low- to-medium incomes, has the access to adequate housing while increasing the supply of houses. Housing is a basic tight of people, and everyone in China will enjoy the adequate housing, said Wang Guangtao, the Chinese Minister of Construction.     

Shenzhen： Lodestar of China＇s Reform and Opening-up

THE Third Plenary Session of the 1 lth Central Committee of the CPC in 1978 has always been regarded as the starting point of China＇s reform and opening-up drive. Since there was no previous development model to follow and most Chinese people were fettered by old conventions, the Chinese government decided to set up four experimental Special Economic Zones （SEZs） in the coastal cities of Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong Province, and Xiamen in Fujian Province, in an attempt to find a suitable way to build socialism with Chinese characteristics.     

The NBA＇s ＂China Derby＂

IF the sheer number of deals the American National Basketball Association （NBA） has with Chinese television stations around the country is anything to go by, basketball is big business in China these days. In addition to arrangements with 51 local and regional broadcasters in China, the NBA has concluded marketing contracts with 20 major Chinese companies. Millions of Chinese watch NBA games, and 30 percent of the traffic to NBA.com originates in China.     

Chinese Young Volunteers In Africa

The logo of the Chinese young volunteer services is a hand in the shape of a heart, meaning extending a friendly hand to all those who need help. The Chinese young volunteers are not only active in providing services in all parts of China, but also in giving a helping hand to the rest of the world.The Chinese young volunteer overseas service programme, launched jointly by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) and the Chinese Young Volunteer Association in 2…     

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.     

The Strength of the Internet

In the 15 years since China joined the Internet in 1994 the number of Chinese net users has soared to 300 million, laying the ground for an information era in a nation that has barely accomplished industrialization. Ms. Hu Qiheng, chairman of the Internet Society of China （ISC） and former deputy president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was the chief representative of China in its negotiations with the U.S. regarding connection to the Internet.     

Chinese Buddhist Temples

"Visiting temples in the daytime and going to bed early in the evening." This was a complaint many overseas tourists to China made in the early days of China's development of tourism when night life was virtually unknown in China. Beijing has been the center of Chinese religious activities, since it became the capital of a unified China in the 13th century. The temples, mosques and churches around the city are not only places for religious worship but are interesting places to the visit because of their close links to Chinese culture and the life of the people. Just like visiting churches in the West, tourists to     

王晨：中国人权取得了历史性进步

Under the guidelines set at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China （CPC） in late December of 1978, China entered a new historical period of reform and opening-up. Over the past 30 years, the CPC has, rallying round it the Chinese people of various ethnic groups, worked unswervingly to push China＇s institutional reforms and open the country to the outside world.     

An Altered Pattern of Economic Growth

CHINA'S economic boom has been a focus of world attention For more than a decade. Its GDP having increased almost 13-Fold in the past 15 years, economy and development are two of the most Frequently heard buzzwords in the Chinese media. China is also holding its own within the global economy. and in 2004 was the number one contributor to global trade growth. Products "Made in China" are to be seen in every country in the world, as are Chinese investors. The rapidly growing Chinese economy has indisputably brought with it improvements to living standards, but has also engendered social problems. At the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao listed in his 2006 government work report the problems that have emerged in the past five years of economic and social development. They are: an irrational economic structure; lack of motivation to innovate: excessive consumption of energy resources; alarmingly high environmental pollution; uneven regional development and a widening income gap; and sluggish promotion of social welfare. In order to solve these problems, the Chinese government has proposed a new pattern of economic growth whose emphasis is on social development and conserving energy and resources. Within this new development mode, economic growth will depend less on resource consumption and more on technological and human resources. In the past, the government sacrificed rural interests in order to boost industrial development in urban areas. Its current plan is to invest in and channel funds towards stimulating the rural economy, and also to make various public services available throughout China's vast countryside.     

China＇s Wealth： First National Economic Census

““When I first arrived in Beijing, I felt China was already a developed country.““ This was American traveler Bob‘s first impression of China. But as he found out,first impressions aren‘t always true. ““When I saw western China, I got confused; the economic situation there is completely different from that of the capital.I really wonder what the true state of the Chinese economy is.““ Bob is not alone.The Chinese economy has become the subject of much global debate. In 2004, the Chinese central government carried out a national economic census covering Chinese business and industry.Its aim was to collect a comprehensive range of accurate economic data in order to get a clearer picture of the country‘s economic make-up.     

Economic Realities in U.S.-China Relations

ECONOMIC relations between China and the United States formed a central part of discussions during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to the U.S. Analysis of economic fundamentals shows that it is possible in principle to resolve this aspect of the international situation to mutual benefit.     

MARKET WATCH

At the very end of the first quarter this year, the United States filed an anti-subsidy case against imported Chinese coated paper and planned to levy a punitive tax of up to 20 percent. The Chinese Government regretted the decision and is working to resolve this matter. As the Chinese foreign exchange watchdog discovered, the surging trade surplus in recent years is partly shored up by a huge influx of international hot money. The supervisory department is bent on checking the speculative capital in an effort to bal-ance China's international payments. At the end of March, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued its guidelines on foreign investment in China. Service and hi-tech companies are welcomed. China itself has invested heavily in overseas mar-kets with a total of $16.1 billion last year, mostly in Latin America. Late in April, China CITIC Bank, the seventh largest bank in China, will be listed on both the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges, the second duel-listing after Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.     

Mamma Mia!Hits Chinese Stages

<正>The Chinese version of Broadway’s musical sensation set to run for six months The Chinese version of Mamma Mia!,one of the most popular musicals in the world,has come to China,to demonstrate the charm of the musical to Chinese citizens in three major cities in 2011.     

Business in Brief

More Chinese Abroad Spurred on by rapidly rising incomes, many Chinese travelers are heading for exotic overseas destinations, and are proving to be big spending tourists. Chinese tourists spend an average US $175 a day per capita, according to the organizer of the China International Travel Fair, making them the world's second most extravagant bunch of travelers. A survey carried out in Australia shows that per capita spending among Chinese tourists in     

Exchanges

In her speech at the opening ceremony of the China-Russia Youth Year of Friendship Exchanges at St. Petersburg State Uni- versity on March 28, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong spoke of the progress and changes in China＇s society, commending the development of bilateral ties. Liu called on young people to con- tribute to friendly ties between the two countries.     

China＇s Private Economy：Challenges and Solutions：An Economy Matures

For the first three decades of the People＇s Republic, the Chinese economy consisted solely of state-owned or collectively owned enterprises.The emergence of private businesses following China＇s reform and opening-up in 1978 ushered in a private economy that has since grown to account for up to 50 percent of the country＇s GDP,70 percent of its jobs and 30-40 percent of its tax revenue.     

China on Wheels——The Volkswagen Success Story

“When are you going to buy car?“is a question frequently heard these days. Over the past few years,automobiles have become a feature of Chinese households.China‘s first automobile manufacturing base was 50 years ago in Changchun, Jilin Provice. For three decades, produciton was limited to old-style lorries, and a limited number of Red-flag brand carrs for government use. Technology as outdated and output capacity low. The few family cars on Chinese roads were imported.In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping,pioneer of China‘s reform and opening policy, decided to develop China‘s national automobile industry in order that the Chinese people might drive Chinesemade rathe than foreign cars.In the following two decades,with the estabishment of joint ventures,the Chinese automobile industry boomed.By 1998 China had become one of the top the automobile manufacturing countries in the world. Now,in 2003,with an estimated annual production volume of 4 million vehicles,China ranks fourth in the world. The developement of the automobile industry has brought an enormous change to he Chinese people. The development of the automobile industry has brought an enormous change to the Chinese people. The increasing number of family cars enriches their lives, stimulates the tourism industry, and keeps business at car repair firms and driving schools brisk. Since China put it self on wheels, an increasing number of leading world automobile companies have focused on its market.     

Supply-Side Financial Reform Must Tackle Core Issues

Supply-side structural reform in the financial sector is an important measure to advance high-quality development of the Chinese financial industry, which is of great significance to enhancing the capability of finance in serving the real economy, improving the competitiveness of China’s financial industry in the international market and achieving financial development with Chinese characteristics.     

Voices

正"China has undergone some remarkable changes over the past 30 years.My wife can speak Chinese.She brought me to China in the 1980s,when the country had just kicked of its policies of opening-up and reform,and I immediately fell in love with the place.When I went back 30 years later,I was amazed at the velocity of its growth.In a country of such openness all are moving briskly towards a better future,"