The Main Activities and Features of NGO in 2003

In2003熏activitiesofnon-governmentalorganiza鄄tions穴NGO雪wereincreasing.Theinternationalcom鄄munitypaidmoreandmoreattentiontotheroleplayedbyNGO.ThecooperationamongNGOwasstrengthening.Governmentsofallcountriessupport鄄edtheactivitiesofNGOconditionallyandatthesametime熏tookadvantageoftheactivitiesheldbyNGOtoservetheirforeignpolicies.MainNGOactivitiesin20031.WorldSocialForum.FromJanuary23to28熏the3rdWorldSocialForumwasheldinthePortoAlegre熏Brazil.Over20熏000registeredrepresenta鄄tive…     

Silver Lining in Changing International Situation——An overall review of international situation in 2003

Theyear2003witnessedastillcomplicatedinter鄄nationalsituationinwhichtheprocessoftransitionfromanoldpatterntoanewpatternandfromanoldordertoaneworderwasconspicuouslydifficultandtortuous.Wecouldsaythat″onetheme″熏″twomainscourges″熏″threepostures″熏″fourtrends″and″fivehot-spots″constitutethemainfeaturesofthedevel鄄opmentandchangeoftheworldsituationinthepastyear.However熏thetendencyandprospectofthefu鄄tureinternationalrelationsstillremainunknown.Oneunchangedtheme.Inearly1980s熏ComradeDe…     

Cries from the Civil Society——Impressions of the 4^th World Social Forum

FromJanuary16-21熏the4thWorldSocialForumwasheldinMumbaiIndia.Uptonow熏themovingcrowdsatthevenue熏thecriesfromtheworldvul鄄nerablegroupsandthesongsanddancescontainingdreamsforabetterfuturearestillechoinginmymind.TheForumattractedmorethan100熏000peoplefromover130countries熏with75%fromIndia.Underthethemeof″AnotherWorldisPossible″熏1067meet鄄ings熏panels熏seminarsorworkshopsofdifferentscaleswereheld.Theforumcoveredthefollowingmajortopicslike″Militarism熏WarandPeace″熏″Me鄄dia熏Informat…     

The Communist Party of China and the Liberation of the Chinese Women——Speech at Sino-German Seminar on the Women''''s Status and Roles in the New Era

Deardistinguishedguests熏Ladiesandgentlemen熏Friends熏Today熏thefemalestatesperson熏expertsandscholarsofChinaandGermanyhappilygatherheretoex鄄changeviewsindepthonwomen'srights熏women'sparticipationindeliberationandadministrationofstateaffairs熏women'sstatusandroleintheeconom鄄icandsocialdevelopment熏women'sliberation熏women'semployment熏protectionofwomen'srightsandinterestsandcooperationbetweenthewomenofChinaandGermanetc.Thisisofimmediatesignifi鄄canceforthepromotionofthefriendshipandfriendl…     

Enhance International Cooperation and Build Peace and Prosperity Together——Speech by Mr. Li Chengren, Executive Vice-President of CAFIU （Okinawa, Japan, November 15, 2003）

Mr.Chairman熏Ladies熏gentlemenandfriends押Ontheoccasionoftheopeningofthe″5thInterna鄄tionalConferenceforPeace熏DisarmamentandSym鄄biosisinAsian-Pacific″inOkinawa熏Iwouldliketoextend熏onbehalfofmycolleagues熏andinmyownname熏warmcongratulationstotheconference熏andheartfeltthankstotheJapanesecommitteeandthefriendsofOkinawafortheirthoughtfularrange鄄mentsandwarmhospitality熏andourgreetingstothestatesmen熏expertsandscholarspresentherefromothercountries.Thisisthefirstmeetingoftheconferenceint…     

Highlights of CAFIU''''s International Exchanges(From December 2003 to February 2004)

December2003穴1雪Dec.2-10熏invitedbyCAFIU熏ChiefEditorofthemagazineContinentofKazakhstanMr.SultanAkimbekovaccompaniedbyothertwopersonsvis鄄itedChina.InBeijing熏CAFIUadvisorandViceMinisterofInternationalDepartmentofCPCCentralCommittee穴IDCPCCC雪Mr.CaiWumetwithandentertainedtheguests.Besidesmeetingwithre鄄searchfellowsofCAFIU熏theyalsocalledonPolicyResearchCenteroftheCPCCentralCommittee熏theMinistryofEducationandtheofficeofOutlookWeekly.TheirvisittoChinawasconcludedbyvisit…     

Impression about the visit in America

AttheinvitationoftheAsiaFoundationoftheUnit鄄edStates,CAFIU'sthree-memberteamheadedbySecretary-GeneralXuJianguopaidavisittoU.S.from4-11November熏2003.ArrangedbytheAmer鄄icanside熏thedelegationengagedintheextensivecontactswiththeAsiaFoundation,theWorldAf鄄fairsCouncil熏UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley熏UnitedNationsAssociationoftheUSA,CouncilonForeignRelations熏EastAsianInstituteoftheColumbiaUniversity,″Newsday″EditorialDepart鄄ment熏SisterCitiesProgramofthecityofNewYork,Ame…     

The Feature and Trend of the Relationship Among the Big Powers in 2003

Theyearof2003haswitnessedbigchangesandreadjustmentsintherelationshipamongtheworldbigpowers熏featuringtheapparentdivisionandre鄄alignmentofvariousmajorforcesintheworld熏moreintensifiedstrategicrivalryandinterestsscrambleamongthecountries.Theinternationalsituationwascharacterizedbyturbulenceandintranquility.Con鄄tradictionofvariouskindswerefurtherdeepened.Thepostureofmutualcompetition熏coordinationandcooperationamongbigpowerswasfurtherstrength鄄ened.InfluencedbyIraqwar熏KoreaPeninsulanu鄄clear…     

Adhering to the Scientific Concept of Development and Enhancing the Common Prosperity of Human Being

Onthe22ndGeneralAssemblyofCONGO熏we熏ChineseAssociationforinternationalUnderstand鄄ingwouldliketostateourbasicstandpointsonad鄄heringtothescientificconceptofdevelopmentandenhancingcommonprosperityofhumanbeing熏andlistencarefullytotheviewsoffriendsfromallcoun鄄tries.I.Thescientificconceptofdevelopmenttakesthepeopleasitsessence.Peopleisthemostpre鄄ciousresource.Topromotecomprehensivehumandevelopmentistheultimateobjectiveandstrongestdrivingforceofdevelopment.Societyishumansoci鄄ety熏thepeopl…     

Peace and Disarmament are Still the Common Aspiration of the People of All Countries

Thecurrentoverallinternationalsituationiscom鄄plicatedandvolatile熏nevertheless熏theoutbreakofaworldwarintoday'sworldisunlikely.Peaceanddevelopmentremainthemajorthemesofourtimes熏anditisquitehopefulforthewholeworldtoenjoypeaceandstabilityforalongperiodoftimetocome.Evenso熏nobodycandenythefrequentemer鄄genceofeconomicandpoliticalcrisis.Theworldsituationisfarfrombeingtranquilandpeaceful熏sincetheterrorismisnoteliminated熏hegemonismandpowerpoliticsshownewmanifestations熏thesit鄄uationinMiddleEas…     

Peace,Development and Progress

Theinternationalsituationinthepastyearwascomplicatedandchangeable.TheUnitedStateswagedwaronIraq熏whichshockedtheworld鸦therelationshipamongtheworldpowershadundergonepro鄄foundchanges鸦therehadbeennewdivisionandrealignmentintherelationsacrosstheAtlantic鸦thebuildingof″LargeEurope″hadmaderapidprogress鸦theMiddle-EastsituationhadremainedunstablewithPalestineandIsraelstillgettingstuckinantroubledtimes鸦KoreaPeninsulanuclearissuehaddrawntheworldwideattention鸦UNwasregainingitsvigorafterhavin…     

Present Condition,Problems and Prospects of East Asian Regional Cooperation

Inrecentyears熏withthespeeding-upofeconomicglobalizationandregionalintegration熏countriesinEastAsia熏takingintoconsiderationeconomicre鄄turnsandnationalsecurity熏haveactivelyconductedmultilateraldialogueandcooperationinsuchareasaspolitics熏economyandsecurityinapragmaticmanner.Regionalcooperationhasbeenintheas鄄cendant.Furtherstrengthenedandincreasinglyin鄄tensifiedregionalcooperationinEastAsiaisnotonlyconducivetopeace熏stabilityandprosperityinthisregion熏butalsowillhaveafar-reachingbear鄄ingo…     

Alleviating Poverty and Building A Human-oriented Information Society

TheChinaSocietyforPromotionoftheGuangcaiProgram(CSPGP)isanon-profitandnongovern鄄mentorganization熏consistingmainlyofprivateen鄄trepreneurs.Itaimsatalleviatingpovertywiththeultimateachievementofsustainabledevelopmentasitsgoal.ItenjoysthespecialconsultativestatuswiththeEconomicandSocialCouncilofUNandthroughtheaid-the-poorprogramslikeorganizingandmotivatingChineseprivateentrepreneurstopoorandbackwardareas熏ethnicminorityregionsandborderareas熏especiallywesternChina熏toex鄄ploitresources熏p…     

Impression of the NGOs in Norway and Germany

Attheinvitationofthe″MoralRe-armament″Nor-wegianFoundationandtheFriedrich-EbertFoun-dationofGermanythedelegationoftheChineseAssociationforInternationalUnderstandingCAFI-UheadedbyVice-PresidentMr.ZhuDachengpaidavisittoNorwayandGermanyfromMay17to27.DuringthevisitwedidsomeresearchonthestateofNGOsinthetwocountries.Throughthevisitwehavefoundthattheso-called″matureNGOsphenomenonoftheWest″alsocalledphenomenonofthecivilsocietyisinfactanimportantoutcomeoftheevolutionofthecapi-talistpoli…     

The Delegation of Jean-Jaures Foundation of France Visit China

AttheinvitationofCAFIU熏thedelegationofJean-JauresFoundationofFranceheadedbyPierreMauroy熏formerFrenchPrimeMinisterandHonoraryPresidentoftheSocialistInternationalpaidavisittoChinafromOctober15to19熏2003.Duringtheirvisit熏MemberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCPCandChineseVice-PremierHuangJu熏MinisteroftheInternationalDepartmentoftheCPCCentralCommitteeandAdvisortoCAFIUWangJiaruimetthedelegationsepa鄄rately.Vice-MinisteroftheInternationalD…     

Exchanging Experience and Promoting Cooperation——On China-German Seminar of "Women''''s Status and Roles in the New Era

FromNov.16-232003adele-gationofGermanHeinrich-BllFoundationledbyMs.BabaraUnmuessigpaidavisittoChinaandattendedtheChina-GermanSeminarinBeijingunderthethemeof″Women'sStatusandRolesintheNewEra″whichwasjointlyheldbytheChineseAsso-ciationforInternationalUnder-standingCAFIUtheHeinrich-BllFoundationandtheInterna-tionalDepartmentofAll-ChinaWomen'sFederation.Mr.ZhuDachengVice-PresidentofCAFIUpresidedovertheopen-ingandclosingceremonies.Mme.LiShuzhengAdvisortoCAFIUdeliveredspeeches…     

Develop Sino-Japanese Friendship and Promote Peace and Prosperity in Asia and the World（Address by Council Member Zhang Zhiming at the 53^rd Annual Meeting of Japan-China Friendship Association on May 22）

MycolleaguesandIfeelverypleasedtohavethisopportunitytoattendthe53rdannualmeetingofJapan-ChinaFriendshipAssociationinOsakaheretoday.WesincerelythankourJapanesefriendsforyourhospitalityandmeticulousarrangement.IfeelverygladtovisitJapanagainafter16yearssincemyfirstvisit.Overthepast30yearssincenormalizationofdiplomatictiesbetweenChinaandJapanontheprinciplesdefinedin″Sino-JapaneseJointStatement″″Sino-JapaneseTreatyofPeaceandFriendship″and″Sino-JapaneseJointDeclaration″bilateralrelati…     

Views on How to Break the Deadlock in the Sino-Japanese Relations

Inrecentyears,duetotheexistenceoftoomuchmisinterpretationandmisunderstandingaswellasthelackofknowingandunderstandingeachotherbetweenChinaandJapan,theSino-Japaneserela-tionshavebeenoutofbalancebybeing″economi-callyhotandpoliticallycold″andbyhaving″warmresponsefromthenongovernmentalcirclesandcoldreactionfromthegovernments″.Atthesametimetherehasbeenanunprecedentedcrisisofconfi-dencesincethenormalizationofdiplomaticrela-tionsbetweenthetwocountries.Inordertobreakthecurrentdeadlock,bothsideshav…     

An Overall Review of the International Situation in the Second Quarter of 2004

I.AturbulentsituationinIraqhadkeptdeteri-oratingalongwithrepercussionsof″prisonerabuse″story.WhilepoliticalreconstructionmadesomeprogressdissociationappearedintheU.S.-ledallianceregardingstationingtroopsinIraq.CombatsbetweenIraqiclericmilitantsandforeigncoalitionforceswereexpandingandfiercefightingsoccurredinseveralmajorcities.MorethanonehundredAmericasoldiersdiedinAprilsettingasingle-monthrecordsinceIraqWarbrokeout.Ab-ductionofforeignhostagesroseoneafteranotheraccompaniedbyfrequentterro…     

An Overall Review of the International Situation in the Third Quarter of 2004

I.Iraqcontinuedtobeturbulent,andthepost-warreconstructioninIraqkepttough.Inthepastmonths,PresidentBushhadstrivedtodefendhisIraqipolicyasbefore.Butthechangeofthedo-mesticandinternationalsituationhadturnedmuchmoreadverselyagainsthispolicyonIraq.The″9·11″CommissionReportsaidthatnoevidenceshowedSaddamHussein'sregimehadgivenanydirectas-sistancetoterrorists.Whileconfrontedwiththepro-longedviolenceinIraq,Bushhadtoadmit,forthefirsttime,thathehadmiscalculatedthesituationinpostwarIraq,whereinsu…