Hebei on the Fast Track

正‘Coordinated development of Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei Province is a critical opportunity for Hebei’s reform and development,and we must seize the opportunity to gain momentum.Everybody should move to implement the region’s integration strategy,     

Narrowing the Wealth Divide

The time has come for the government to act on China’s growing income gap"Common prosperity"an aspiration deeply rooted in the Chinese people is key to the sustainable economic and social development of the country.Fair and equal income distribution will help inspire a majority of laborers instead of a small coterie of company owners and managers.     

The Vigorous Development of China's Township and Village Enterprises——A Miracle in the History of World Economic Development

HAVING made a detailed study of the development of China's township and village enterprises, an official from the World Bank exclaimed: "The development of China's township and village enterprises has created not only a miracle in the history of employment, but also a miracle in the history of world economic development."     

RELIGIOUS TRANSFORMATION

Tremendous changes have taken place in Tibet in the 60 years since the launch of democratic reform.Abolishing the theocracy changed the previous social structure and conformed to the trend of world progress.The move also satisfied the demand of Tibet's social development,while guaranteeing the political right of people in Tibet to equally participate in state affairs and their autonomous right of managing local and ethnic affairs.This laid a solid social foundation for the modernization and prosperity of Tibet.     

Mind the Gap

While a growing number of Chinese people are enjoying the benefits brought by economic reform and social development, some are being left behind. The divide between the rich and the poor is widening in China, resulting in an increasingly dissatisfied populace. Some argue that a wealth gap is not a big deal in a market economy and that the problem in China has been exaggerated. But in an article published by China Economic Times, Wu Zhongmin, a sociology professor at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, points out that China's wealth gap and its impacts are far more serious than people may think, taking into account some hidden factors. His main ideas follow:     

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.     

From Poverty To a Well-Off Life——Chinese people enjoy full rights to subsistence and development

Ⅰ The Chinese government has always attached much importance to human rights and placed the rights to subsistence and development of the more than one billion people above everything else. In the fundamental interests of the broadest possible masses of people, it has adopted a series of major policy measures toward this end, thus winning the support and love of the people. 1. No wavering in making economic development its central task and a matter of the first and foremost importance in invigorating the nation and concentrating every     

From Poverty To a Well-Off Life——Chinese people enjoy full rights to subsistence and development

Ⅰ The Chinese government has always attached much importance to human rights and placed the rights to subsistence and development of the more than one billion people above everything else. In the fundamental interests of the broadest possible masses of people, it has adopted a series of major policy measures toward this end, thus winning the support and love of the people. 1. No wavering in making economic development its central task and a matter of the first and foremost importance in invigo-     

The Rise of Chongqing

Being the most populated municipality directly under the control of Central Government, Chongqing in the southwestern part of China has become an engine for the development of the country's western region. During an exclusive interview with Beijing Review, Vice Mayor Huang Qifan explained how the municipality could become a financial center for the upper Yangtze River region in the coming years.Despite being a rich region in west China, Chongqing faces many challenges, including environmental issues and a wealth gap between rural and urban areas, if it is to achieve this aim.     

Western China Development Drive——Strategic decision for improving right to subsistence and development

The implementation of theWestern China DevelopmentStrategy is a concrete expres-sion of accelerating the eco-nomic development andsocial progress and safeguarding and pro-tecting the right to subsistence and devel-opment of the people in that part of thec…     

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.     

Green Whirlwind in a Black Land——A Visit to Jidong and Hulin

JIDONG and Hulin areunder the jurisdiction ofJixi City in southeastHeilongjiang Province.Having a mining history of 100years, Jixi is known as the "CoalCity", and is the site of China'sfirst power station fueled bygangue. Since the 1980s, Jidongand Hulin have exploited rich coalresources and achieved synchro-nized development of industryand environmental protection.They have thus become the mod-els for a new development style.Jidong-Developing the"Non-Coal Economy"Jidong County is 3,2…     

Xinjiang Opens Wider to Western Neighbors

正LAST year a new flight route connecting Islamabad,Pakistan and Kashgar,Xinjiang opened,marking one move the Uygur Autonomous Region has undertaken to galvanize development on China’s western frontier.Other expansion measures include the second railway between the region and neighboring Kazakhstan and the electric conversion program of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway.These efforts all aim to strengthen Xinjiang’s function as a gateway to the West,bringing China’s western region closer to     

Qinhuangdao Takes Advantage of the Beijing Olympics to Move Ahead——A Conversation with Zhu Haowen,Mayor of Qinhuangdao

QINHUANGDAO in Hebei Province is famous for its section of the Great Wall and pristine beaches.But it is more than just an ideal summer resort.In 2008,it attracted world attention as the only prefecture- level co-host city of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,staging not only some memorable Olympic football matches, but also taking advantage of the opportunities created by the Games to move ahead in terms of development. China Today spoke with Zhu Haowen, the city＇s mayor,and he described Qinhuangdao＇s unique charm with seven key words.     

Scientific Approach to Development and Human Rights

The Third Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in October 2003 put forward a scientific approach of people-centered, all-round, coordinated and sustainable development and made it a strategy for governing the country, putting it in command of all economic and social development. Since reform and opening up in 1978, China has persisted in the central task of economic development and put development in the first place. The evolution of the concept "development is the     

Modernity Awaits

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has called for the development of a modernized economy to push the country's development to the next level. Xi made the remarks while presiding over the third group study of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee on January 30. Xi called developing a modernized economy "a key subject in theory and practice, a strategic goal for the country's development, and an imperative for the shift of the development mode, economic structure and growth momentum."     

MILESTONES MARK NEW DIRECTION

Laws move China a step further down market March 16 witnessed the approval of the landmark Property Law at the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC). This is the first time that equal protection to state and private proper- ties has been enshrined in Chinese law, a move which marks a significant step in the     

Making the Connection

A new spirit of friendship between Beijing and Tokyo heralds a move away from the cool atmosphere of the past years     

GREEN AND PROSPEROUS

正The Yangtze,the world’s third-longest river,runs through 11 Chinese provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities,covering 1.8 million square km.The Yangtze River Economic Belt,which accounts for more than 40 percent of China’s population and GDP,is a new growth engine for the country,reducing the development gap between eastern,central and western regions,while pursuing ecological sustainability at the same time.     

A Pearl Embedded in the New Silk Road——An Exclusive Interview with Mayor of Kaifeng Ji Bing

正KAIFENG,located in the heart of China,was the world’s biggest and busiest city during the 11th and 12th centuries.As the intersection of the land and maritime Silk Roads,it was a place from where goods were dispatched and traders from the East and West met.Today,it is a major city in the central China economic region due to its integrated development with Zhengzhou,capital of Henan Province.