When China’s Agricultural Exports Meet Green Barriers

ON June 25 last year,officials from African countries visited Anqiu City in Shandong Province to inspect the quality and safety management of local agricultural products.Located in the central Shandong Peninsula,Anqiu has over 86,700 hectares of prime arable land. Its major agricultural products are peanuts,fruits and vegetables. Agricultural exports are the lifeblood of the city’s economy.     

Coordinating Regional Development in China’s Economy

Central and western China is seeking to stimulate economic growth through its advantages in labor, resources and geography and its regional planning policies. Meanwhile, eastern China is feeling the pressure brought by economic restructuring and aims to release it using resource integration and institutional reform.     

A Master at Work Qi Baishi’s Landscape Painting Compilation

QI Baishi (1864-1957) is regarded as one of the most renowned Chinese painters of the 20th century. His work Landscape Painting Compilation recently fetched RMB 194 million (US $30.55 million) at the China Guardian 2011 Autumn Auction, the highest priced work at that event. Record-breaking feats are nothing new for this particular work - in 1994 it set a price record for an auctioned Chinese artwork at RMB 5.17 million (US $810,000). Qi Baishi completed Landscape Painting Compilation in the fall of 1931 and presented it as a gift     

A Special Zone for Highly Skilled Workers Drives Changchun’s Development

He is a man of genius. Do you know what that means? It means he is brave, profound, and of clear insight. He plants a tree and his mind travels a thousand years into the future, and he sees visions of the happiness of the human race.     

Fengxian County – A Model for China’s New Countryside简

正EVERY time we travel to the countryside for an interview,we gain a new understanding of China that transcends that of large metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai.Fengxian County of Jiangsu Province offered us just that;its steps towards rural transformation and development show what can be done to help the countryside reclaim its dynamism.